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Music and miracles
Finding the mirAcles At dugger mountAin Music Hall
is as easy as counting stars on a crisp Alabama night or
magical notes flowing from the stage. In an old church
along Highway 9, somewhere between Rab-
bittown and Piedmont in north Alabama, the
miracles just seem to take root.
Take a look at this one. "It was a Saturday
night and I went to a concert at Dugger Moun-
tain," explains Blake Lowry, Alabama Power's
residential marketing representative, Eastern Division.
"It was supposed to be just music. Then I met Bob
McLeod."
That's enough for most people, meeting the man be-
hind the music hall and the ministry called Our Father's
Arms (OFA). Low-key but passionate, heartfelt yet never
seeking help, McLeod chatted with Lowry for
about 15 minutes. At the end of that simple
conversation, Lowry's head brimmed with ways
for Alabama Power to assist.
For starters, why not consider changing the
old gas furnaces to electric? And shift the billing
status from residential to commercial. Provide some en-
ergy checkups for the men's home and, a few miles away,
STORy By CAROlAnne ROBeRTS PHOTOS By JOe Allen
Songs are more than mere melodies at Dugger mountain music Hall; they send out a
positive message from Alabama to the outside world.
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The Rigney Family,
a bluegrass band,
performs at
Dugger Mountain
Music Hall.
