The Stanly-Spaight Duel. One of New Bern’s most compelling stories. A younger man goads an older statesman. The older man insults the younger. All in public. In newsprint. Add the story of Sarah Rice, a favored slave of the Spaights, who struggles […]
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The Team that Made it Happen NEW BERN, NC – Rogers and Hammerstein, Lerner and Lowe and now Hand and Spalding? This New Bern duo is too modest to assert the connection, but they are very excited for the opening of their
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New Bern, NC – Join Tryon Palace at the annual reenactment of the Stanly-Spaight Duel, an interpretation of an infamous moment in New Bern’s early history at 4 p.m. on Saturday, August 31, at the New Bern Academy. On September 5th, 1802,
NEW BERN, NC – Bringing history to life through musical theater – what a concept! The uniquely-New Bern production of Honour, The Musical will do just that, illustrating the iconic New Bern story of the Stanly-Spaight duel in a full-length musical theater
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