CONWAY — Ten years in the show business world is a big deal.
Come Sunday, at the newly renovated Majestic Theatre in Conway, singer/host Jonathan Sarty and his crew will be celebrating 10 years of bringing the Cold River Radio Show — offering the best in regional talent to Mount Washington Valley, mixed in with an occasional national headliner — live to appreciative audiences,.
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