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Solar-powered Music on the Mountain (and BYOB)

Posted on November 07, 2008

Just found this on the ASU website (make sure you check out the 5 minute video ...):When Jimmy Hunt gets an idea, look out.A business class project in 2007 wasn't hypothetical in this student's mind. When his professor assigned the task of coming up with a business plan, Hunt decided to take it a step further. Together with his friend Nick Barringer, he put the plan into action.The result was Boone's first large-scale music festival, Music on the Mountain, held in August 2008. The event raised funds for three non-profit agencies NC Green Power, Appalachian State University's Energy Center an...

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