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North Carolina's singing cowboy, Fred Kirby,
appears with his horse Calico at the auditorium for the annual union
Christmas party. Since the large stage accommodated even full court
basketball games, the auditorium provided an ideal venue for many
large community events such as fiddlers' conventions, plays,
pageants, graduation exercises, and musicals. (Courtesy of Textile
Heritage Center at Cooleemee.)