WEG: The Scene

Spotlight Lexington festival to return in fall

Spotlight Lexington, the event that brought thousands of people downtown during the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games, will ride again this fall.

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Equine educators pursue students at WEG

The University of Kentucky's College of Agriculture planted seeds at the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games that could result in a bumper crop of new students.
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Recovering from WEG accident, horseman gains new appreciation for life

As the saying goes, you have to get back on the horse. Perhaps horseman Eitan Beth-Halachmy knows that better than anyone.
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Committee to consider future Spotlight festivals

Lexington Mayor Jim Newberry has appointed a 19-member committee to "evaluate the Spotlight Lexington festival and to discuss the opportunities for downtown festivals in the future," according to a news release.
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WEG entertainment for Oct. 9: Debby Boone

Yes, that is Debby Boone, daughter of Pat and singer of chart-topper You Light Up My Life coming to Frankfort on Saturday.
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WEG Best Bets: Oct. 9

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Country of the day: Netherlands
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David Sanborn's sax sound is his signature

Few sounds from an alto saxophone are more distinctive than the music of David Sanborn. Once heard, it's never mistaken for anyone else's music.
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WEG entertainment for Oct. 7: Kenny Rogers

Kenny Rogers' heyday was in the late 1970s and '80s, and what a heyday.
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Haitian children's visit is a mix of celebrities and simple pleasures

Since arriving in Central Kentucky on Sept. 22, the two dozen children from the Centre Educatif l'Union des Coeurs in Ouanaminthe, Haiti, have met movie stars, sung for and performed with internationally acclaimed musicians and exchanged T-shirts with college basketball royalty.
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WEG boosts business, just not as much as owners hoped

The high hopes of businesses to cash in on the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games seem to have dissipated, but many around Lexington say it has provided a boost, just not as much as they had expected.