Annual Balsam Range Fundraiser
Balsam Range is one of the genre’s most award-winning artists in recent years. Since forming in 2007, the group has garnered 13 IBMA awards on the heels of 8 critically acclaimed albums. Balsam Range has left audiences spellbound while headlining major festivals from coast-to-coast, selling out venues across the nation and in multiple appearances at the Grand Ole Opry. In addition to winning Entertainer of the Year, Balsam Range vocalist Buddy Melton won IBMA’s Male Vocalist of the Year and bass player Tim Surrett won IBMA’s Bass Player of the Year in 2018.
Proceeds from this annual event have raised $68,300 in the fight against Alzheimer’s disease and $23,500 for local charities.
Proceeds from this annual event have raised $68,300 in the fight against Alzheimer’s disease and $23,500 for local charities.
"Grit and Grace" Official Video
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Following pictures from March 31, 2023, performance at GTC with proceeds being given to cutting-edge Alzheimer's Research ($11,000) and Loaves and Fishes of Beaufort ($10,000).
Rotarian Norm Rogers, left, CART repreentative, and Rotarian Dean McDonald
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Pastor David Bruce, left, Loaves and Fishes of Beaufort and Rotarian Jim Gregson
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Following pictures from April 29, 2022, performance at GTC with proceeds being given to cutting-edge Alzheimer's Research and these local non-profit organizations providing humanitarian services: Friends of Aging, Broad Street Clinic, and Crystal Coast Hospice House.
Balsam Range on-stage April 29, 2022.
Barbara Johnson, 2021-2022 Club President, Presents Check
The two pictures below show Barbara Johnson (President Morehead City Rotary Club) handing Norm Rogers (CART Executive Board) a $4500 check for CART. They are standing in front of the WORLD’S LARGEST ROTARY WHEEL. It’s 240 feet across and is the world's largest Rotary symbol. It was built in Greenfield Park, in Wilmington, NC, in honor of this club's 50th anniversary. The project had its origins in 1924 when the Rotary Club adopted the cause of developing Greenfield Lake as a public park.
Then in 1945 the Wilmington Rotary Club obtained discarded seating from The Lost Colony outdoor drama in Manteo, and brought the seats to Wilmington. Rotarians scraped, sanded, painted, and installed the seats in the Wilmington amphitheater. The story gets better and better and can be read at the club’s website. Rotary Club of Wilmington (wilmingtonrotaryclub.org)
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Following pictures from April 9, 2021, performance at GTC with proceeds being given to cutting-edge Alzheimer's Research.
Balsam Range on-stage at Glad Tidings Church
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Jim Gregson presents check to Dawn Rochelle, District Governor
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