CONWAY — Showing musical skill, 1st District U.S. Rep Chris Pappas (D-N.H.) stopped to try out the piano during a tour of the restored Majestic Theatre and Mountain Top Music Center on Thursday, and noted afterward that the arts play a key role in helping to drive the economy.
Pappas was given the tour by Mountain Top Director George Wiese and other music school staffers.
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