http://www.bacroads.com Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 07 May 2012 13:46:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 http://www.bacroads.com/index.php/2012/04/spitzerabbeygraduation12/ http://www.bacroads.com/index.php/2012/04/spitzerabbeygraduation12/#comments Wed, 25 Apr 2012 15:26:33 +0000 jillianswordpress http://www.bacroads.com/?p=3205 Father Spitzer will also be the sole recipient of an honorary degree from the College Father Robert Spitzer, S.J., the former President of Gonzaga University, an acclaimed author, a leader in Catholic higher education, and a much sought-after speaker will be the homilist at Belmont Abbey College’s Baccalaureate Mass on May 12th.  The Mass, which [...]]]> http://www.bacroads.com/index.php/2012/04/spitzerabbeygraduation12/feed/ 1 http://www.bacroads.com/index.php/2012/04/esgrbanquetaward2012/ http://www.bacroads.com/index.php/2012/04/esgrbanquetaward2012/#comments Wed, 25 Apr 2012 15:09:15 +0000 jillianswordpress http://www.bacroads.com/?p=3213 The award was presented at the 2012 North Carolina Employer Support of the Guard and Reserves Banquet.  Belmont Abbey College has received the “Above And Beyond” award from the North Carolina Committee for Employer Support of the Guard and Reserves (ESGR). The award “gives thanks to businesses and government agencies who go further than the law requires [...]]]> http://www.bacroads.com/index.php/2012/04/esgrbanquetaward2012/feed/ 0 http://www.bacroads.com/index.php/2012/03/2012salutetospring/ http://www.bacroads.com/index.php/2012/03/2012salutetospring/#comments Fri, 23 Mar 2012 19:02:38 +0000 jillianswordpress http://www.bacroads.com/?p=3184 This is the last concert for the 2011-2012 season. Come join Belmont Abbey College’s Chorus and instrumentalists as they perform the final concert of this season’s Arts at the Abbey series. The concert, which is free and open to the public, will be held on Sunday, April 29, 2012  at 3:00 pm in the Abbey Basilica and will feature sacred [...]]]> http://www.bacroads.com/index.php/2012/03/2012salutetospring/feed/ 0 http://www.bacroads.com/index.php/2012/03/silverwoodduo/ http://www.bacroads.com/index.php/2012/03/silverwoodduo/#comments Fri, 09 Mar 2012 16:04:33 +0000 jillianswordpress http://www.bacroads.com/?p=3148 The free concert will begin at 8:00 p.m. in the Abbey Basilica. On Thursday, March 15, Arts at the Abbey invites you to a performance by the Silverwood Duo. The duo, comprised of Sam Stowe and Vikki Husband, will perform music for flutes by 18th century composers, Michael Blavet, Jean-Baptist Loeillet, Johann Adolph Hasse and others. [...]]]> http://www.bacroads.com/index.php/2012/03/silverwoodduo/feed/ 0 http://www.bacroads.com/index.php/2012/02/bacsummercamp12/ http://www.bacroads.com/index.php/2012/02/bacsummercamp12/#comments Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:16:07 +0000 jillianswordpress http://www.bacroads.com/?p=3067 The camp will be held in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina and is open to students ages 15-19. Come enjoy deepening your faith and learning how to better defend it from some of America’s leading Catholic apologists, while having a blast in the great outdoors in a setting that’s close to heaven: nestled in [...]]]> http://www.bacroads.com/index.php/2012/02/bacsummercamp12/feed/ 0 http://www.bacroads.com/index.php/2012/01/february2012/ http://www.bacroads.com/index.php/2012/01/february2012/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:33:19 +0000 jillianswordpress http://www.bacroads.com/?p=3027 The evening will feature music by Johann Sebastian Bach, George Frideric Handel and Georg Philipp Telemann Carolina Pro Musica – German Baroque Masters 8:00 p.m. in the Abbey Basilica Free to the public; Donations are gladly accepted. The College’s ensemble-in-residence performs intricate works by Johann Sebastian Bach, George Frideric Handel and Georg Philipp Telemann. Carolina Pro Musica will perform “Cantata [...]]]> http://www.bacroads.com/index.php/2012/01/february2012/feed/ 0 http://www.bacroads.com/index.php/2012/01/matteobevilacqua/ http://www.bacroads.com/index.php/2012/01/matteobevilacqua/#comments Thu, 05 Jan 2012 20:18:04 +0000 jillianswordpress http://www.bacroads.com/?p=3002 The concert is free to the public. Arts at the Abbey is pleased to start 2012 off with a performance by Italian musician, Matteo Bevilacqua, on Monday, January 23 at 8:00 p.m. in the Abbey Basilica. Bevilacqua will perform original music by 18th c. Italian composers Emmanuele Barbella, Pietro Morandi and Ludwig van Beethoven. The concert [...]]]> http://www.bacroads.com/index.php/2012/01/matteobevilacqua/feed/ 0 http://www.bacroads.com/index.php/2011/12/dec1peprallysuccess/ http://www.bacroads.com/index.php/2011/12/dec1peprallysuccess/#comments Tue, 06 Dec 2011 15:05:29 +0000 jillianswordpress http://www.bacroads.com/?p=2968 The Wheeler Center was packed with nearly 1500 enthusiastic supporters. By Amanda Memrick, staff writer of the Gaston Gazette Host of “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” Ty Pennington wasn’t at the Wheeler Center at Belmont Abbey College for the show’s pep rally on December 1. But the packed house showed plenty of enthusiasm for one lucky area family [...]]]> http://www.bacroads.com/index.php/2011/12/dec1peprallysuccess/feed/ 0 http://www.bacroads.com/index.php/2011/11/aataholidayconcert/ http://www.bacroads.com/index.php/2011/11/aataholidayconcert/#comments Mon, 21 Nov 2011 15:52:12 +0000 jillianswordpress http://www.bacroads.com/?p=2919 Join the Arts at the Abbey chorus as they perform Christmas classics. The Annual Arts At The Abbey Holiday Concert, Featuring The Abbey Chorus 8:00 p.m. in the Abbey Basilica Free To The Public   On Friday, December 2, Arts at the Abbey invites you to attend their Annual Holiday Concert to celebrate the Christmas season. The  concert, which will begin at 8:00 p.m. in the [...]]]> http://www.bacroads.com/index.php/2011/11/aataholidayconcert/feed/ 0 http://www.bacroads.com/index.php/2011/11/abc-show-extreme-makeover-home-edition-comes-to-belmont-abbey-college/ http://www.bacroads.com/index.php/2011/11/abc-show-extreme-makeover-home-edition-comes-to-belmont-abbey-college/#comments Mon, 21 Nov 2011 15:50:28 +0000 jillianswordpress http://www.bacroads.com/?p=2950 The Abbey hosts a pep rally for local family on December 1. Belmont Abbey College will host a pep rally on Thursday, December 1 at 7:00 p.m. at the Wheeler Center in advance of a Charlotte area family that has been chosen to receive a new home courtesy of the ABC Network’s popular show: Extreme Makeover: [...]]]> http://www.bacroads.com/index.php/2011/11/abc-show-extreme-makeover-home-edition-comes-to-belmont-abbey-college/feed/ 1