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52 | July/August • 2014 Deep South Entertainment artist Erin Nenni also rocked the May con- cert. She is an up and coming country artist, who according to Smallwood, has a "honky tonk, yet modern feel to her sound." While the May launch usually brings a big country headliner, the rest of the summer months are de- voted to regional tribute acts and es- tablished local bands. King handpicks all the bands that play the stage and she is really excited about August's On the Border, an Eagles tribute band. "e Dogwood committee attended a conference three years ago and they played there. I came back and said we have got to book them at some point. ey played our stage last year and it was our biggest show of the summer." She continued, "I used to not be into the whole tribute thing but when I heard them I thought, 'Oh I can get into this!'" Bringing "yacht rock" to the Festi- val Park stage is Triangle-based band, Captain & the Keels. eir trumpet player and vocalist Steve Baker shared, "People tell us all the time, that we play the soundtrack of their life. We really focus on playing music that is not typi- cally covered by other bands." He con- tinued, "ere is, surprisingly, a very high musicianship factor of the bands that created the Yacht rock movement. Or, put another way, the smooth or so rock hits of the late 70s and early 80s." King looks forward to another fun-filled summer of crowd-pleasing acts brought to Fayetteville by the Dogwood Festival. e effervescent, yet firm executive director wants you to know a few things about their endeavors. "We constantly gamble. We take risks and chances…things that the community may not be aware of. We have proven that the Dogwood Festi- val continues to deliver to the commu- nity what they're looking for. We have established that country and rock are the top two genres here as far as return on investment." "We know that the Aer 5 concert series is the essence of what is Fayette- ville." CV Erin Nenni On The border Captain & The Keels

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