DOTHAN, AL- The most popular show to ever portray the world of competition barbecue, BBQ Pitmasters, is coming to the 7th annual Tri-State BBQ Festival to film an upcoming episode. Season three of BBQ Pitmasters is scheduled to begin airing Memorial Day weekend, so filming during the April 13-14 event in Dothan was perfect timing.<?xml:namespace prefix = o />

The Tri-State BBQ Festival is held at the Houston County Farm Center, and features some of the biggest names in professional competition barbecue, vying for over $10,000 in prize money.

Troy University will host a screening of the documentary “My Anniston” followed by discussion with director Stan Arthur and the film’s subject, civil rights movement veteran Edward Wood.

The screening will be held at the Troy Campus on Monday, February 13th at 6:00 p.m. inside the Civic Room, located on the second floor of the Trojan Dining hall.

Discussion sessions with Arthur and Wood will follow each screening. Admission is free and open to the public.

“My Anniston” recounts the life story of 84-year-old Woods, a veteran of the U.S. Navy and the civil rights movement, and a witness to the 1961 burning of a Freedom Riders bus in Anniston, Ala.

More than 150 local middle school band students will learn more about classical Chinese music and culture when Troy University hosts a performance by the Nanjing University Traditional Instruments Orchestra on Friday, February 3rd, at the Dothan Campus.

Band students in 6th-8th grade at Beverlye Magnet School will attend the 10 a.m. performance inside the Sony Hall auditorium in the Library/Technology Building.

Founded in 1996, the Nanjing University Traditional Instruments Orchestra is a student art group that gives traditional performances in the form of instrumental ensemble, unison, small ensemble and solo, using bowed and plucked strings, wind and percussion instruments.