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WWW.UPANDCOMINGWEEKLY.COM JUNE 29 - JULY 5 10, 2022 UCW 21 e Fayetteville Dogwood Festival presents Fayetteville After Five Sum- mer Concert Series featuring River- mist and e TCB Band Friday, July 15 at 6 p.m. at downtown's Festival Park. "We are in the middle of our Fayetteville After Five Summer Concert Series that goes from June to August on the second Friday of the month," said Sarahgrace Snipes, executive director of e Fayetteville Dogwood Festival. "e purpose of the event is for the Fayetteville Dog- wood Festival to stay involved in the community, and many people think that we only do the Spring Festival, but we like to be in the community annually and year-round." Rivermist is a local hometown band comprised of Greg Adair, manager, drummer and vocalist; Tony Harri- son, bass player; Cliff Bender, guitar- ist; Allen Pier, songwriter, keyboards and lead vocalist; and Rick Starling, percussion, vocals and keyboards. "We have been really busy lately, and we have a couple of songs on the chart right now," said Adair. "One of the songs, "Pucker Up," is number one on one of the big charts, and we are actually up for a Cammy Award this year which is what the Carolina Beach Association calls their awards." He added, "We are not even a beach band, but we are getting a lot more gigs, and there is more money around it when you have songs on the charts." e band has a 100-song catalog that they play that features staple songs from a variety of bands. "We are excited about Fayetteville After Five, and we appreciate their faith in us by giving a local band the opportunity to perform," said Adair. "We are going to do everything that we can to pulverize that place, and we are going to give it to them one after another for a great show." e TCB Band, which stands for rowback Collaboration Band, is a local 70s and 80s Soul R & B Band. e members are Richard Bradford, drummer; Michael Counts, bass gui- tar player, vocals and lead musician on stage; Vanessia Holland, female lead singer; Duce omas, guitarist and background singer; and A. D. omas, lead singer and guitarist. "We play a lot of old-school Mo- town songs and some classic rock," said omas, lead singer and guitarist of the TCB Band. "We have been working alongside the Rivermist Band with Greg Adair, and we are grateful to them for the opportunities they have given us," said omas. "We have recently signed up to become a part of the North Carolina Festival Association, and we would like to lend our services to every city in North Carolina that has festivals." Future plans for the band entail working on an upcoming album slated to be released in January 2023. "At the Fayetteville After Five con- cert, listeners should expect an excit- ing and fun family show that involves a lot of dance music, a lot of hype, and we love to have audience participa- tion," said omas. "Our performance is very entertain- ing and full of fun." e concert is free and open to the public. For more information, visit www.thedogwoodfestival.com or call 910-323-1934. Fayetteville After Five brings local talent to the stage by DR. SHANESSA FENNER EVENTS DR. SHANESSA FENNER, Contributing Writer. COMMENTS? Editor@upandcomingweekly.com. (910) 484-6200 Left: A group picture of the TCB Band. (Photo Courtesy of TCB Band) Right: A promo- tional photo of Rivermist. (Photo courtesy of Rivermist) 4104 Raeford Rd. Fayetteville, NC 28304 910.483.1234 www.bryanhonda.com Proudly Serving Our Community For 75 Years. Home of the Bryan Honda $3,010 Advantage!