Editing Alamance County, North Carolina (section)

==Arts and recreation==
===The arts===
The Paramount Theater serves as a center of dramatic presentations in the community. To the south there is the [[Snow Camp, North Carolina|Snow Camp]] Outdoor Drama which has plays from late spring to early fall in the evenings. Alamance County is also home to the Haw River Ballroom, a large music and arts venue in [[Saxapahaw]].

===Parks===
[[File:CedarockWaterfall.JPG|thumb|left|Old Dam at [[Cedarock Park]]]]

Alamance County, Burlington, Graham, Elon, Haw River, Swepsonville, and Mebane all have small parks that are not listed here. Major parks include:
* [[Cedarock Park]], located {{convert|6|mi|0}} south of the intersection of Interstate 85/40 and NC Highway 49. The park is home to the [[Cedarock Park Historic District|Cedarock Historic Farm]], an old mill [[dam]], and three [[disc golf]] courses.
* Great Bend Park at Glencoe, located {{convert|4|mi|0}} north of the intersection of US Highway 70, and NC Highways 87, 62, and 100 in downtown Burlington. Great Bend Park contains parts of the [[Haw River Trail|Haw River Land and Paddle Trails]] and the [[Mountains-to-Sea Trail]], the Textile Heritage Museum, along with picnicking, fishing, and other opportunities. The park was built around the site of the [[Glencoe, North Carolina|Glencoe Mills]], an area that is currently under renovation with an old mill that has been listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].

===Sports===

====Professional====
The [[Burlington Sock Puppets]], members of the [[Appalachian League]], a wood-bat collegiate summer league, play their home games at [[Burlington Athletic Stadium]] in Fairchild Park. They were previously known as the [[Burlington Royals]] from 2007 to 2020. The Royals were rebranded as the Sock Puppets following the contraction and reorganization of minor league baseball prior to the 2021 season. 2021 was the inaugural season for the revamped Appalachian League and the Sock Puppets. Prior to being known as the Royals, the team was also known as the [[Burlington Indians (Carolina League)|Burlington Indians]] from 1986 to 2006. This version of the team has been active since 1985, but Burlington hosted a minor league baseball team for many years under the Burlington Indians and Burlington Bees.

====Collegiate====
The [[Elon University]] [[Phoenix (mythology)|Phoenix]] play in the town of Elon. The Phoenix compete in the [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]]'s Division I ([[Football Championship Subdivision|Championship Subdivision]] in football) [[Colonial Athletic Association]]. Intercollegiate sports include [[baseball]], [[basketball]], [[cross country running|cross-country]], [[American football|football]], [[golf]], [[football (soccer)|soccer]], and [[tennis]] for men, and basketball, cross-country, golf, indoor [[Track and field|track]], outdoor track, soccer, [[softball]], tennis, and [[volleyball]] for women.