Knoxify

Photo by: Velo Steve

When Suzy asked our new-business-themed Fri­day ques­tion on Feb­ru­ary 5th we didn’t know what would hit our com­ment sec­tion. By the end of the day we had heard Knoxville loud and clear: bring Trader Joe’s to Knoxvegas!

Of the 39 responses to our ques­tion, 19 com­menters asked for a Trader Joe’s — a whop­ping 49% of you! Accord­ing to their web­site, the clos­est TJ’s to Knoxville is located in Roswell, GA.

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Watch­ing bub­bly teenagers morph into dis­ci­plined war­riors is an inter­est­ing expe­ri­ence. One minute they’re gig­gling and gos­sip­ing. The next minute they’re per­form­ing water bal­let on dry land – or on a cold hard floor, to be pre­cise. Instruc­tor Laura Raines beats a drum and guides the girls through a series of lat­er­als, lunges, pliés and relevés that are part of the Hor­ton Tech­nique of mod­ern dance designed to develop core strength. It’s just one hour out of the 15 – 20 hours a week the GO! Con­tem­po­rary Dance Works troupe spends in prepa­ra­tion for its upcom­ing per­for­mances at the Bijou The­atre on Sat­ur­day, Feb­ru­ary 20 and Sun­day, Feb­ru­ary 21.

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This photo was taken by Frank Kehren

The View of Knoxville series is derived from pho­tos in our flickr group. Add your pic­tures and we might fea­ture them here.

This photo was taken by Che­neworth Gap ~ Ken Redmond

The View of Knoxville series is derived from pho­tos in our flickr group. Add your pic­tures and we might fea­ture them here.

This photo was taken by mosaic_photo

The View of Knoxville series is derived from pho­tos in our flickr group. Add your pic­tures and we might fea­ture them here.