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I just wanted to remind you about a fun event that is happening at Valley View Mall on Saturday, October 15th. It’s the annual Positively Pink Parade & Party!

Registration is at 10 a.m. and is $5 and that money goes to the Every Woman’s Life program, which provides free mammograms to uninsured and underinsured women in the Roanoke Valley.   http://www.carilionclinic.org/Carilion/Every+Womans+Life+Program

With your $5 paid registration you get a Power of Pink ring, a pink ribbon bagel from Panera Bread (a HUGE sponsor of this event!) a chance to win a Pandora bracelet from Fink’s Jewelers (must be present to win) and the first 200 will receive a $20 Valley View Mall/CBL gift card!

Get your most outlandish, outrageous pink outfit together and join us in a mardi gras style parade with family and friends as we raise awareness by remembering those touched by breast cancer and celebrating the many survivors.  The parade starts at 11 a.m. and the party will be on -going just outside of Panera Bread.

Panera Bread has been such an awesome advocate for breast cancer awareness and have sponsored this event with passion!  Carilion Clinic, Fox 21/27 and Valley View Mall have joined forces to sponsor this fun event.

All over the nation these parades are taking place and they are making a difference in their communities. We would love for Roanoke to lead the way and show the nation not only how much we support our breast cancer survivors, but how we celebrate their lives in style!

Wont you join the party?  I hope to see you there!

 For more info check out   www.facebook.com/carilionclinic

October marks the return of Fall and Breast Cancer Awareness month! During the month there will be many Breast Cancer events, and I will try to list just a few of them here. You will see the pink ribbon EVERYWHERE!

And this year, when you see the ribbon, I’d like to encourage you to not just acknowledge that is represents breast cancer awareness, but that you will take action as well. If you are a woman at the incredible age of 40 or older, please get your mammogram scheduled! And if you have an amazing lady in your life, your grandmom, mom, sister, aunt, cousin, best friend, please nag them to get their mammogram!

1 in 8 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in America this year. The good news is, when caught early, breast cancer can be treated and cured! It’s time to take action and get those mammograms!

Hope to see you out supporting some of these events!

 Sister’s Night Out – This Thursday at the Lewis Gale Medical Center Education Center Auditorium 6:30pm – 9pm. Join Joy Sutton & me as we introduce you to a panel of physicians that will answer your breast cancer questions. Enjoy refreshments, music, shopping, and door prizes!

Paint The City Pink! - Now through Oct. 6 - Paint the door or your windows of your business PINK by October 6th to be in the running for cool prizes. Winners will be announced at the Cheer For A Cure 100 event October 8th at Patrick Henry High School. More info at www.cheerforacure100.org

Pink Ribbon Gathering – October 7 - Hotel Roanoke. Tickets and details http://www.eventbrite.com/event/1707359759

Pink Ribbon Tennis Tournament – October 13 . More info here: http://pinkribbontennis.eventbrite.com

8th annual Robynn Jaymes Pajama Jam! – Friday, October 14th – more info here:  www.pajamajamconcert.com

Positively Pink Parade & Party – Saturday, October 15th – dress up in your most outlandish pin attire and parade with friends and family at the Valley View Mall Food Court, Roanoke. Registration begins at 10a.m. and the parade begins at 11 a.m. All proceeds will benefit Every Woman’s Life program which provides free mammograms to uninsured and underinsured women in the Roanoke Valley.  More info  facebook.com/carilionclinic

Going on this morning – you can buy a $25 chance to win the Ultimate fan experience! This VIP package includes a pair of tickets to Jason’s nearly sold out Roanoke show next Friday night at the Roanoke Civic Center, a pair of passes to a private meet n greet with Jason, passes to Chris Young’s soundcheck earlier in the day, followed by a private meet n greet with Chris, an autoraphed Jason guitar and a $200 certificate to use at the merchandise stand. 

Call 540.774.9200 to make your tax deductable $25 purchase.  Credit cards and debit cards only, the drawing will be held on Tuesday, September 27th.

This is the 6th year that Jason Aldean will present his Concert for the Cure- donating all proceeds to Susan G. Komen for the Cure — an organization near and dear to Jason’s heart.

“Most of my long-time fans know that I had a really good friend die of breast cancer when she was only 29,” the country star explains. “The day she passed away, my family decided that we would always do something to carry on her memory and to help in the fight. Everybody I know has been touched by it; they say a woman dies every 69 seconds from it.”

Tomorrow morning Star Country wants to give you the Jason Aldean VIP experience and the proceeds will benefit the Susan G. Komen For the Cure.

At 7 a.m. we will give out the phone numer to call to purchase a $25 chance, or more if you want!  The grand prize is a pair of tickets to the Jason Aldean, Chris Young & Thompson Square concert Friday, September 30th at the Roanoke Civic Center, a pair of passes to a private meet n greet with Jason, a pair of passes to Chris Young’s soundcheck party and an autographed guitar from Jason as well as a $200 gift certificate to the merchandise stand!

Don’t miss your opportunity to help find a cure and win an awesome VIP experience tomorrow morning!

It’s that busy time of year, isn’t it? This Saturday is our annual Star B Q at the Salem Farmers Market. Rutledge will blow you away if you have never heard them – and if you have, you will know how awesome they are! 

We are also proud to welcome Stealing Angels from Nashville as a part of this year’s show.  Of course this isa barbque competition, some come hungry and plan to vote on fthe best bbq in the area! Gates open at 4pm and the show starts at 5:30pm. Be sure to bring your lawn chairs for this one!

Up next, Jason Aldean, Chris Young and Thompson Square hit town on Friday, September 30th and we are going to party at Corned Beef & Company before the show! Even if you don’t have tickets, join the party because we will have tickets to give away as well as backstage passes! The pre-party is 5pm-7pm and is open to all ages!

 (Remember to wear your PINK! Jason’s concert is a benefit show for Susan G. Komen and he has personally asked that everyone coming to the show wear their PINK!)

After the concert head back to Corned Beef & Co. to see Thompson Square up close and personal! This will be a 21 and older event and will have a $5 cover charge, but way worth it!

And coming up I will fill you in on all of the breast cancer awareness events that are going on throughout Central and Southwest Virginia! Ladies! Remember to get your mammograms!

17 years ago today my Dad passed away after courageously battling cancer.  He had beaten it in to remission twice before it took his life. The day he died was the worst day of my life.

It is very personal and I have been forthcoming about my loss even back to when he was first diagnosed. The first time I cried on the radio was when I came back from his funeral and I turned that microphone on for the first time after my life had changed. Amazingly, people like you understood and reached out to me in big and small ways. I learned a lot about human kindness during those difficult days.

My dad wasn’t a celebrity, politician or an important executive. He was a hard working man and he was my dad. 

I know that many people can relate to this loss and understand completely when I say that not a day goes by that I don’t still miss him.

I’ve mentioned before that he once told me he didn’t want me sitting around a grave crying while he was pushing up daisies! So, to make me smile and I think it makes him smile too, I put a pin-wheel at his grave whenever I get up to Cincinnati.

I hope this doesn’t seem morbid but that in fact you can see in my vulnerability a celebration of a life and my way of remembering a precious life. We all need to celebrate those we love a little more, don’t you agree?

Everyone is talking about yesterday’s earthquake. Did you feel it? Where were you when you felt it? Did you know what it was?

As for me, I was sick yesterday and was hanging out on my couch when the “event” happened. I’ve felt one other earthquake in my life ( I will talk about that further down in this note).

My first clue that something was about to happen was when Lucy the cat that lives with me started freaking out. I mean her hair and tail went straight up and she was in fright and flight mode!

I live kind of near the Roanoke airport so when I heard the roar next and then the shaking began, my first thought was that a plane had gone down. I literally felt it sweep across the living room floor and by the time it reached the kitchen and the glasses started rattling I realized what was going on. And still I sat on the couch! Talk about an earthquake plan? Yeah, I froze.  Then I texted Jay Webb at WDBJ 7 and asked the obvious, “was that an earthquake?!”

It certainly made my “sick day” highlight tape!

So, back to the other earthquake – I was grew up in Cincinnati,Ohio and in the summer of 1974 there was an earthquake. In those days my brother Steve and I use to rough-house a lot. So when the quake happened my parents just thought that Steve and I were rockin’ the house! But when I walked out of my bedroom and he came running down from upstairs, the parents had that “ohhh” moment!

 I had been napping, a Sunday afternoon ritual, and my bed shook! I remember waking up and having no clue what was happening.  I turned the radio on shortly after all the chaos and Cincinnati DJ Mark Sebastian said, ” I don’t know why everyone is talking about this earthquake thing..I”m not going to talk about it..” and he started playing the Carole King song “I Feel The Earth Move Under My Feet”! 

Three decades ago and I still remember that day. And I wont soon forget yesterday’s Roanoke quake either. These are the stories that make up our life!

Alan Jackson is offering a FREE concert to the city that demands it! He is launching his new record label and new album and giving away a free concert to show he is serious!

Currently, Covington,VA is in the running big time to get this concert, so Star Country wants to help make it happen!! One vote per person and the zip code for Covington is 24426. Go vote! Let’s get Alan Jackson!!

~ Robynn      Alan Jackson Demand Competition — Eventful

Here’s the scoop! Local celebrity Phil Vassar has wanted to play the Pajama Jam for years now, but he has always been booked before this year! Now, we finally get him !! Along with American Idol alum Casey James and rising country star Hunter Hayes, the line up is set!

 The Jam returns to the Hotel Roanoke on Friday, Ocotber 14th at 6pm. Tickets are $48 and go on sale Friday, August 26th at 7a.m. You will be able to purchase them by phone or at the Star studios, 3934 Electric Road, Roanoke. We will give out the phone number on the air at 7 a.m. for you to call. You can purchase up to 4 tickets. Your ticket gets you in to the Jam for your dinner, concert, plus a tshirt and goody bag.

 Proceeds benefit the American Cancer Society for breast cancer awareness and education.

There will be  a silent auction, raffle and door prizes.

It’s our annual girls night out, so get your jammies ready and plan to join us for this year’s Jam!!

 See you there!!

Tomorrow morning between 7-8 a.m. I will announce who is playing this year’s Pajama Jam and the date the tickets will go on sale. It’s year 7 for this incredible breast  cancer awareness event.

900 women get together to celebrate life, enjoy each other’s company and receogznie that early detection is the best protection against all cancers.

Thanks to Carilion and Hart Of Dixie/CW5 for sponsoring this year’s Pajama Jam. All the money raised goes to our local American Cancer Society for breast cancer awareness and education.

Listen tomorrow morning and of course check back here for the many details of this year’s Pajama Jam!