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BRACK: Symphony performance with granddaughter was great fun

By Elliott Brack |  Presented with two tickets to the symphony, we jumped at the offer. After all, we had not been in attendance at anything much at all during the pandemic, except for two special outdoor church services. 

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NEW for 12/15: On film industry, Beethoven and “soft skills”

NEW for 12/15: On film industry, Beethoven and “soft skills”

Click here to read the latest edition. In this edition:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Georgia film industry recovering by innovation, and staying safe
EEB PERSPECTIVE: This week we celebrate the 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s birth
ANOTHER VIEW: Educational system not giving today’s students the “soft skills” 
SPOTLIGHT: Howard Brothers
FEEDBACK: Our nation’s fabric of democracy has held together 
UPCOMING: County/state seeks input on five proposed road projects
NOTABLE: Gwinnett names Lake Lanier raw water intake for Wayne Mason
RECOMMENDED: How the Brain Works, published by Dorling Kindersley
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Macon tailor was first Black member to speak at U.S. House
MYSTERY PHOTO: Here’s a famous painting to identify 
LAGNIAPPE: Two distinctive steeples near one another in Lawrenceville

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by · December 15, 2020 · Full issues
Mural painting of Beethoven on a wall in Beethovenstraße (Beethoven Street) in Leinefelde. Image via Wikipedia.

BRACK: Celebrating the 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s birth

By Elliott Brack  |  The Bibb County Board of Education is heavily responsible for my early love of classical music. Back when I was in grammar school, the Macon school system employed a person to travel to its elementary schools with her small 78 rpm record player, and give the students a lesson in “music appreciation.”

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by · December 15, 2020 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
12/22:  Woodall and accountability; Christmas music; letters

12/22: Woodall and accountability; Christmas music; letters

Click here to see the latest issue. Inside:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Woodall Is Misrepresenting Keeping Partners of U.S. Accountable
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Several Ways To Enjoy Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony
FEEDBACK: Readers Question If U.S. Senate Needs a Makeover; Idea on Merit Pay
UPCOMING: Duluth Sketching Group Produces Coloring Book for the City
NOTABLE: Graduates of Georgia Gwinnett College Now Total over 3,000
RECOMMENDED READ: Slade House by David Mitchell
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Georgia Native Don West Foremost Regional Poet, and Labor Leader
TODAY’S QUOTE: Recognizing That This Nation Has Two Types of Heroes
MYSTERY PHOTO: Several Recognize Last Week’s Mystery Cemetery
LAGNIAPPE: Mary Jane Gresham Is Snellville Senior Center Volunteer of the Year

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by · December 22, 2015 · Full issues
BRACK: “Joyful, Joyful” and Beethoven’s Ninth, plus Bernstein in Berlin

BRACK: “Joyful, Joyful” and Beethoven’s Ninth, plus Bernstein in Berlin

By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | During the holiday season, we hope you (and I) get to hear and sing one of our favorite hymns, Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee. Somehow it reminds me of Christmas.

The stirring hymn was written in 1907 by Henry Van Dyke, a Princeton University professor of English, who was also a Presbyterian minister. His inspiration was two-fold: the beautiful Berkshire Mountains of Western Massachusetts, and the fourth stanza of Ludwig Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony.

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by · December 22, 2015 · Elliott Brack's Perspective