Please join Our State at the 25th annual Best of Our State event January 3-5, 2025, at the Omni Grove Park Inn in Asheville, North Carolina.
Celebrate North Carolina with Our State as the magazine “comes to life” with music, history, humor, storytelling, art, and food at the Omni Grove Park Inn. The Best of Our State is a lively weekend of learning and luxury designed to rejuvenate the senses to begin the new year.
Your Weekend Package Includes:
- Two nights’ accommodations
- Two Southern-style breakfast buffets
Friday evening ice cream social- Saturday night dinner sponsored by Barton College
- Friday and Saturday night entertainment
- Admission to ALL seminars Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
The Best of Our State is sponsored by:
Speakers and Entertainment Includes:
Elizabeth Hudson
Editor in chief of Our State magazine
Victoria Livengood
Behind the Curtain with Our State’s Own Dazzling Diva! Grammy Award-Winning Metropolitan Opera Star, Victoria Livengood!
Dr. Elliot Engel
Humorist, historian, and stand-up scholar, and author. The Cold Genius of Robert Frost
Donald Davis
Award-winning, nationally renowned storyteller and author
Wiley Cash
New York Times bestselling author of four novels and founder of This Is Working
Deborah Holt Noel
“North Carolina Weekend” host and contributing producer at PBS-NC
Brent Lubbock
Birds of a Feather – Tending the Flock at Sylvan Heights Bird Park. Director of Operations and Development
Balsam Range
International Bluegrass Music Association Award-winning bluegrass band
Benjy Springs
Our State’s Little Big Band with Sarah Strable, vocalist
Zeb Ross and the J Creek Cloggers
High-energy dance team out of Haywood County, NC
Expenses:
Total: $1799 per couple*
Inclusive of tax and gratuities
Single rate: $1191.03
Please note: The Best of Our State is sold out but there is a wait list.
To add your name to the wait list, please call Amy Wood Pasquini at (336) 286-0600
Discounted room rates are available for a night before and two nights after the event.
*Parking not included
