Thursday, February 4, 2016 7A ! The Valdosta Daily Times Xtra! X #vdtxtra Spreading Sunshine

FROM DESIREE front of audiences since age 4.

Her Tennessee roots show fully BRUMMET C. STEVEN OF COURTESY PHOTO t’s not often that an 11-year-old takes in her performances as her sound the stage at the Grand Ole Opry, yet it incorporates americana, bluegrass, Iis something that Emi Sunshine has gospel, blues and country. done 11 times. Parents Randall and Alisha She makes a Valdosta stop later Hamilton said Emilie Sunshine this month. Hamilton has been making music Despite her age, she since before she could even speak is no stranger to the by humming and harmonizing stage. Emi Sun- with her musically gifted family. shine has been Emi Sunshine wrote her first perform- song at age 5 titled “My Time to

ing in F l y. ” TE After a YouTube clip of her performing “Blue Yodel No. 6” at a flea market went viral, Emi found herself on the Today show, at amount of the CMA Music Fest and at the soul and feeling Emi Sunshine Grand Ole Opry. puts into her lyrics, although she may be 150 shows a year with her Audiences appear too young to fully understand them, is entire family getting involved. Her father, captivated by this astonishing. brother and uncle all play alongside her. young girl. She has also taken up a variety of Emi Sunshine will be stopping in Val- Her vo- instruments including ukulele, guitar, dosta for a show at Ashley Street Station, cals are mandolin and xylophone which add to her Feb. 19. Tickets are $12 in compa- performances. advance. Show will begin 9 rable Her father being a recording engineer p.m. to such allowed her to record her first two albums, country “Strong as the Tall Pine” and “Wide River Desiree Carver can be reached greats as to Cross,” at age 7. at desiree.carver@gaflnews. Dolly Parton. The Currently, Emi Sunshine plays about com.

When Deadpool took on Valdosta

ASSOCIATED PRESS FROM TERRY Musashi Schroeder poses as Deadpool he only Marvel superhero before playing — and that term is used Tom Clancy’s advisedly — to go on a T Rainbow Six rampage through Valdo- Siege at the sta is getting his own Ubisoft movie soon. event Deadpool, the during “merc with a Comic- mouth,” hits the EVENTS Con. big screen Feb. 12. Ryan Reynolds stars as a former What’s happening around town? special forces oper- ative who, after an experiment, winds up with super-fast Ashley Street Station healing abilities Super Bob @ 10 p.m. and a broken mind. Laney Strickland @ 10 p.m. The titular he- A Brilliant Lie @ 10 p.m. ro — who generally Second Death w/ Five Foot leaves a trail of death, Atlas, Diseaser and Here To Party @ 9 p.m. destruction and snide comments in his wake — Fat Tuesday w/ Dirty made his Marvel Comics de- Bird & The Flu @ 9 p.m. but in 1991. Unlike many other Funk You w/ Jen fictional characters, he seems to & Tanner @ 10 p.m. know he’s a character in a comic vending machines and often “breaks the fourth wall” to inside,” harkening talk to the reader directly. back to the days before Bleu Cafe In a 2010 adventure titled “Next Stop, Zom- the airport’s current passen- Joe Smothers @ 7-10 p.m. bieville,” Deadpool is heading to Florida to tackle a ger terminal was built, when “passen- Darren & Rob @ 7-9 p.m. zombie invasion. A half-page panel on one page shows a ger services” was a single waiting room with — a couple blasted airfield vaguely reminiscent of World War II com- of vending machines. Lake Park Pub bat movies with a sign reading “VALDOSTA REGIONAL This is Valdosta’s second brush with AIRPORT” out front with an old helmet hanging from it. zombies; in 2008-2009, portions of the Open Jam Night @ 7 p.m. Another character mentions that he “found a couple of movie “Zombieland” were filmed in Hijacking Honey @ 7 p.m. Lowndes County. Super Bowl Party @ 5 p.m. Terry Richards can be reached Salty Snapper Lucky’s at [email protected]. $2 domestic bottles & fireball Little Henry Band @ 7-10 p.m. $2 whiskey & 5 domestic River Duo @ 7-11 p.m. pitcher Adam Harris @ 7-11 p.m. Bleu Cafe $2 wells all night Matt Brantley Duo @ 6-9 p.m. Happy hour from Penny Budlight & Yuengling Tanner Strickland @ 6-9 p.m. 5-7 p.m. ($3 craft drafts, $3 11-1, $3 O Bombs & Grape Sodas well liquors, $3 house wines). $1 Natty & PBR Draft Happy hour all day. $2 domestic draft $1 Natty & Rolling Rock cans

Bleu Pub Happy Hour from 5-7 p.m. and midnight to 2 a.m. ($1 PBR, $2 wells, $4 craft drafts) Happy Hour all night $2 wells all night Drink $1 PBR Tallboys all night $3 craft drafts all night Ashley Street Station Spec als Happy Hour from 5-7 p.m. ($2 wells, $5 pitchers, $1.50 Rolling Rock, Natty Lt, PBR, High Life, or Schlitz) $2 PBR Tallboy and High Life $2 off all Whiskey