JACKSON — Well, they always say it ain’t over till the fat lady sings — and whoever she is, she’ll no doubt be singing disco with Motor Booty Affair when they take to the stage at Black Mountain this evening for the final weekend of the long 2025-26 ski season, the longest in the independently owned ski area’s 91 years.
There will be music all day long, with fireworks at dusk.
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