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21 F E AT U R E S

CREATE

ALL ABOUT

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DOWNTOWN GEORGETOWN ASSOCIATION | 32 Led by Dan Marek, the DGA brings prosperity to the Square

GET TING TO KNOW

CURTAIN RISING | 38

Rising Star contestant finds his niche in secular music?

FITNESS VIEW

ART EXPANDING | 21

A CLOSER LOOK

SWEATING THE SMALL STUFF | 56 Southwestern professor helps Olympic swimmers go for gold

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MUSINGS FOR MOMS

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RELAX—GOOD IS GOOD ENOUGH | 60 You’re not perfect. So what?

RISING STARS

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LIVE AND LEARN

VIEW FROM THE TOP

BEHIND THE RAT-A-TAT-TAT | 11 Parent volunteers support high school bands on the field and off

VIEW FROM THE TOP

STYLE, MATH, AND DREAMS | 16 Eduardo Raya brings an engineer’s eye to hairstyling

COOKING QUINOA | 67

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WINE MEETS ART IN GEORGETOWN | 48 Georgetown Art & Wine on the Square festival is coming this month!

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THE COCONUT CHALLENGE | 52

GREETINGS | 6

GEORGETOWN LIVE | 69 GOLFER’S CORNER

LEARN FROM THE BEST | 71

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I was wearing a tutu when it happened. In dainty pink ballet slippers, I took my place as lead dancer on the polished wood stage, and my classmates fell in slightly behind me in a V. We positioned our feet, our hands, our heads. The curtain went up, the music began, ONE-two-three, ONE-twothree—I bent my legs into a plié… and looked out at the audience. I saw eyeballs out there. Lots of them. Staring. “What is the matter?” my teacher hissed from stage right. “Move! Remember your steps!” I stayed frozen in place as the music waltzed on, mixed with muffled laughter from the audience. Finally, my exasperated teacher edged onto the stage, and I awoke enough to follow her as she mimed the steps. Needless to say, I was demoted to back row—and a classmate took my place as leader—for the next dance. Such was my humiliating brush with stage fright at age six. If Colin Huntley, the young musician featured in this month’s Getting to Know, had stage jitters during his performance on ABC’s high-glitz contest Rising Star this past July, he didn’t let on. Maybe that’s because Colin is grounded by his faith, his family, and his talent, as writer Mikaela Cain shows. Talent—and a whole lot of practice—propels those spectacular halftime performances at football games by EVHS and GHS high school bands, but in “Behind the Rat-a-tat-tat” Tiffany White reveals how an army of parent volunteers also contributes. And the next time you watch swimmers vying for gold at the summer Olympics, you’ll better understand the science behind those performances after reading Cindy Weigand’s Closer Look on Scott McLean, kinesiology professor at Southwestern, whose work in biomechanics helps those elite athletes reach their goals. School comes into full swing this month. As you sit in the stands for sporting events or settle into seats for recitals, presentations, and plays, remember your own tutu moments. Remember the eyeballs. And remember to applaud.

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parents taking care of the kids’ needs only begins to describe the roles parents play. “We try to take care of as many things as we can so that the band directors and the kids can focus on the music and the show,” says Arvella Oliver, a Georgetown Band Mom. Work for the marching band goes on year-round. In July, before the Georgetown and East View marching bands report for band camp, volunteers construct props representing their band’s yearly theme. Hard-working, everyday dads turn scrap lumber and other materials into works of art. Last season, GHS’ pit crew built a fifteen-foot-wide half globe of the earth for One Small Step—a show capturing the wonderment of the Apollo space missions. Parents like Arvella, an expert seamstress, pull out their tape measures. For a moment, each student becomes a sheet of measurements destined for one of the existing band uniforms tucked in storage. “I joke that it’s a full-time job in August and September to

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t’s halftime under the Friday night lights. Teenagers stream towards the concession stand, while the audience turns with anticipation toward the empty field—the show’s about to begin. Musicians in crisp uniforms prepare to enter their stage. As the announcer’s voice echoes back to rising cheers from the crowd, little does anyone notice the wellrehearsed movements that make the show possible. Hidden behind practices, halftime shows, and competitions is an army of parent volunteers that tackle the business side of marching band. “There are three groups of volunteer activities that we get involved in: an overwhelming set of ‘need-it-all-the-time’ activities, a good set of major events that need a lot of people at once, and the last minute chaotic sort of ‘we-need-someone-to-pickthis-up’ type stuff,” explains Bob Kalka, an East View Band Dad. Boosters, fundraisers, chaperones, pit crews, concession stand workers, and a host of other

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or Eduardo Raya, growing up poor in Mexico City was a way of life— until not having his own toothbrush and wearing the same shoes in spite of growing feet became intolerable. He was supposed to be the first in his family to graduate from university. He was supposed to be a mechanical engineer. But his heart yearned for something different. So on October 1988, just before reaching his 24th birthday, Eduardo took a leap of faith and moved to Los Angeles. He didn’t know anyone there. He didn’t

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he Georgetown entry form read, “Main Street Program seeks mural art entries … that may be a single image or a series of panels that fill the 10-by30-foot space.” Anna Sebesta is primarily an illustrator, not a muralist, but she saw this contest as an opportunity to stretch her artistic boundaries. A FIRM FOUNDATION IN ART Anna has always loved art and remembers her parents encouraging her creative endeavors from an early age. Anna grew up in an artistic family. Her mom was very musical and played the piano, and her father is a landscape designer. After high school, Anna headed off to the University of Southern Mississippi to study art, but she

missed home, so she came back to Texas and finished the last two years of her studio art degree at Austin College in Sherman. She worked for a while after that—in the framing department at Hobby Lobby—but wanted to enhance her art education. So she applied and was accepted to the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), where she earned her BFA in illustration. Anna says that in illustration an artist learns “to work in a certain style—your own unique style—so that your clients will know what to expect,” and that’s exactly what she has done. Her signature color palette features neutrals primarily—blacks, whites, and browns— accented with small splashes of bright color—say, red, purple, or green. She creates the brown

shades by staining her paper with coffee. When Anna first tried this technique, she says, “I had to do a couple of runs and make the coffee really strong” to get the depth of color that she wanted. Anna utilizes a variety of media in her illustrations, including graphite, colored pencils, watercolor, and linoleum printing—a technique in which paint is rolled onto a carved piece of rubber, then flipped onto the paper and burnished so that the paint sticks to the paper. This combining of techniques results in a richly layered finished piece. But Anna’s unique style is also a result of her ability to capture her viewers’ imaginations by incorporating design elements of the things she loves, such as nature, yoga, and poetry. For one of her 

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school projects, she created an art piece for each of the seven chakras frequently referenced in yoga. In planning the illustrations, Anna says, “I looked up what each chakra represented. For instance, the first chakra stands for stability and comfort, so what would that look like if I drew lines to represent it?” Then she created a mandala (a geometric figure) for each chakra and incorporated it into the illustration. Anna says, “I discovered that I like designing mandalas. It’s very meditative, and I like to combine them with the more natural elements.” In the yoga pieces she also included a yoga pose, as well as her own poetry. In another illustration, developed for the Savannah Music Festival, the cables of a famous Savannah bridge transform into musical strings that are plucked by a musician’s hands. Using the neutral colors she favors and red accents, Anna incorporated the geometric bridge lines with the organic shape of the hands to stir her viewers’ imaginations. REACHING FOR SOMETHING NEW When Anna first saw the information about the Georgetown mural contest, she thought, “Maybe I should do something for that.” She had never done a mural before, but this contest spoke to Anna for two reasons. First, the winner’s painting was to be printed on canvas and then attached to the wall, so she didn’t need to know all the

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specific techniques for painting on a large brick wall. And second, the work was for Georgetown! Anna loves her hometown, and she saw this contest as an opportunity to expound that love through her art. For her entry piece, she chose to go with her neutral palette and highlight some of Georgetown’s wellknown architecture. Anna hopes that when people look at the mural, they see “that Georgetown is multifaceted,” with “a rich historical background.” She feels so honored to have won. And Anna continues to take on new artistic endeavors. She says that her art is constantly evolving, taking her in new directions. Recently, Anna began designing sympathy cards. The idea for the cards formed after she had searched for a sympathy card, only to come up empty-handed. So she decided to create one herself, using her own art and poetry and incorporating her love of nature. Anna came across a paper embedded with seeds. She explains that her cards “will have a separate piece of seeded paper included that you can plant in honor of a loved one.” Who knows where her next idea will take her! But as Anna continues working on her illustration projects, she has also decided that she wants to share her love of art with kids, so she is earning her Texas teaching certification. There’s no doubt that her future students will be lucky to have this talented artist helping them stretch their own creativity, even as she continues to expand her own. 

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or two days last month, under the direction of Texas Mission of Mercy, East View High School was transformed into a makeshift dental clinic serving over 850 patients in need. “This was the 56th Texas Mission of Mercy event since 2001,” says lead dentist Dr. Kent Macaulay, “and the sixth time we have been in Williamson County.” Texas Mission of Mercy is a program under the Texas Dental Association Smiles Foundation. Dr. Macaulay explains, “The TDA Smiles Foundation was dreamed up and developed with the idea of doing missions like this where we can go to communities across the state of Texas and provide emergent care to help those folks who don’t have access to other care.” “TDA is the mothership,” says

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Foundation chair Dr. Don Lutes says, “East View High School was the perfect location. Here we were able to get everyone under one roof.” Instead of having to stand outside in inclement weather, which has happened at events in the past, Georgetown TMOM patients began their day in the EVHS theatre in “pods” of 20 to 25, traveling in an almost serpentine manner to the classrooms set up for registration and prescreenings and through the long hallways until they reached their goal: the dentists in the cafeteria. It takes the work of many participants to keep the gears of this charitable machine running smoothly. Eight hours of effort went into setting up the physical necessities for the event, such as the tables and chairs and equipment, but East View’s transforma-

tion from high school to fully functional dental clinic was the result of months of planning. “We’ve been meeting every week since January,” Stephanie explains. While Stephanie has volunteered for TMOM several times in the past, this was her first time to co-chair. She shared the duties with longtime friend and co-chair extraordinaire Carol Woods. Together they rounded up volunteers, many of them TMOM “groupies,” as return volunteers jokingly call themselves, to head up the various TMOM stations. “Once you have all of these people in place,” Stephanie says, running her hand down a page in the binder, “the rest falls into place.” Stephanie makes the challenging logistics sound much easier than they are. Carol and Stephanie also had to oversee details a person might not consider part of a free dental clinic, such as finding a parking lead to direct patients, volunteers, dentists, and staff. Celebration Church took on that particular

duty. “They are so good with parking!” Stephanie raves. “They know how to do it, so we asked if they would help, and they said they would.” As lead dentist, Dr. Macaulay organized more than 120 volunteer dentists and a dental team consisting of an xray lead, a sterilization lead, a prosthetics lead, and a triage lead. He arranged for a generator and compressor to be brought in. A dental supply company donated more than $5,000 in supplies such as disposable latex gloves. TDA owns the 40 treatment chairs that were delivered to the school on Walmart trucks and unloaded by community volunteers. “We also had ten chairs for triage, which is exam and diagnosis,” says Dr. Macaulay, “and those were essentially lawn chairs that we set up in a classroom to do our examinations.” St. David’s Foundation out of Austin allowed TMOM the use of three of their mobile dental vans. “These are mobile dental offices that have two chairs each so we had an additional six chairs for

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For more information about Downtown Georgetown Association, go to www.thegeorgetownsquare.com or call 512-868-8675. ing was localized to the city of Georgetown. “So what we did was advertise in Temple, Killeen, Ft. Hood, Round Rock, Cedar Park. We were trying to pull tourists into Kay Briggs, Dan Marek, Laurie Wendel, Lisa King, DGA Board members. Georgetown at the something a little bit different.” same time. Over the seven years [the The DGA, Main Street Georgetown, winery has] been in business [on the and the CVB meet together regularly Square] we’ve seen a huge impact on for what they call the “city low-down shoppers coming in from out of town, meeting.” They also coordinate their which is what you want.” advertisements to prevent duplications “Dan has just been an amazing in ads. “We’re all here to do ultimately board president,” Joyce says. “He has the same thing,” Dan says, “which is to taken the DGA to new levels, and he’s promote downtown.” achieved such great success in the time Joyce Holmes, the DGA’s single fullhe has been with us. … He really, really time employee, points out, “It does take works hard for what the mission statean awful lot of energy and expertise ment is, for what the DGA is all about, on many people’s parts to make the and what the end result is going to be. Square what it is. It’s a collective energy He’s really a remarkable person.” through the various organizations that Dan’s also modest. He humbly claims makes the ‘wow’ factor out there.” that he stepped up as the Downtown One look at the Square these days, Georgetown Association president and it’s easy to see what has been acsimply to get the DGA where it is today. complished, but it wasn’t always that “I don’t want it known that I did it. If way. The DGA has been in existence for I didn’t have my board with me, we the past thirty years, but it had some wouldn’t be where we are now.” bumpy times. “We did lots of good Because Dan and his wife started a things,” says Carolyn Martin, owner similar association in Rockdale fifteen of the Georgetown Antique Mall on years ago, he had the background to the Square and one of the earlier DGA run an organization like the DGA. “I members. “It was a struggle to get the knew how to get it started, how to run DGA going, but we persevered.” it, and how to run it like a business so Their perseverance paid off, even you save money every month, even if initially they weren’t able to see the if it’s just a little bit.” But he stresses fruits of their labors. “We tried our first repeatedly how much he needs his Market Days in ’98 or ’99,” Carolyn dedicated board members. says. “It was hard to get people to participate. We had maybe five people who showed up.” Today, Market Days attracts anywhere from 1,500 to 2,000 people and more than 100 vendors. The number of vendors has increased in the past few years from the previous average of between 50 and 75, “which I think,” says Dan, “is because we’re getting the word out to the different communities.” When Dan joined the DGA, advertis 34

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The DGA’s Board of Directors members are volunteers who receive no compensation. “Usually,” Joyce says, “you find that after [the president] has served one term on a volunteer basis, which is very demanding, especially if they’re running their own business, they are satisfied that they have completed their office term.” Dan has now served for four years, which is two terms. “He always has the time to do [the job] right and to do it well.” Dan will be stepping down as president at the end of his term, but he has accomplished the goals he had in mind when he accepted the position: “The DGA is thriving. We are financially stable, membership is high, and we’re making money to accomplish our goals.” They’ve also spent more money than ever before. “Our goal was to have money in the bank so if we need to buy a new computer, we can buy it.” This past year the DGA had enough money not just for a computer but for a trailer and barricades. The cost was $6,000. “And we had the money to cover it.” The DGA has also spent more money on advertising than the organization has ever spent. “We spent $15,000 last year to advertise the downtown.” People see the ads on TV, hear them on the radio, or catch them at the bowling lanes and movie theatre. “We’re doing a lot of advertising. Most people don’t realize how much the DGA pumps into the downtown.” “The end result is out there,” Joyce gestures to the Square. “I remember the first time I saw it, and it absolutely took my breath away.” Joyce is not the only person affected this way. “A lot of people only come through Georgetown once every ten years or so,” Dan says, “and they don’t realize what’s in downtown, how it’s evolved, and where it’s going. They’ve asked, ‘When did Georgetown go through this transformation?’” Thanks to Dan and his outstanding DGA team, more people are discovering Georgetown. Dan is confident that “Georgetown is becoming the next huge tourist destination in Texas.” 

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bar. Eleven-year-old Colin, with red hair and a freckled, round face, clutched his sister’s plastic Guitar Hero controller and stared in wonder at the animated characters striding across lit-up stages on the screen. “Dad, come in here and watch me play,” Colin begged his father, Bob. Colin selected “Hit Me with Your Best Shot” and clicked the brightly colored buttons on the guitar’s neck in rhythm with the flashing colors on the screen. Bob watched his son for a few minutes before picking up his real guitar and starting to play the same song. Amazed, Colin listened to his dad playing—improvising, even— along with the game. A connection suddenly clicked in his mind: ZZ Top, Slash, and other rock star avatars that walk the PlayStation game stage reflect real musicians in real life. At that moment, Colin says, he “put down the plastic guitar and picked up the real one.” Colin’s parents noticed his talent right away. He’d come home from school and baseball practice, pop in DVDs of guitar lessons, and watch YouTube videos with guitar instructions for hours. He was playing songs like “Stray Cat Strut” by the Stray Cats and “Pride and Joy” by Stevie Ray Vaughan and easily singing while playing. Bob recalls feeling amazed that Colin’s abilities were so far ahead of the training he’d had.

Colin soon realized that he had a passion to be on stage as well as a love for music. In the sixth grade, Colin landed the lead role in an eighth-grade performance of Huckleberry Finn, which he played compellingly. Many people feel nervous on stage. Colin came alive. He asked his parents for voice lessons and began to write songs, saying that he felt God calling him into the music industry. Later, he attributed his early successes—including producing a music video, writing songs, starting a band, and competing on ABC’s Rising Star—to being propelled by an assignment from God. “WHY DON’T YOU WANT TO PLAY ‘JESUS MUSIC’?” Although they couldn’t deny that Colin had a gift for playing guitar, Colin’s drive toward the stage concerned Bob and Linda, who felt that the pursuit of secular music was an unwise career choice. Bob’s father, Wayne “General Boogie” Brooks, was a talented singer and pianist who left his family for music. When Bob was five years old, Wayne divorced Bob’s mother to be free to perform in honky-tonks and nightclubs in Houston, at casinos in Las Vegas, and on cruise ships. He didn’t see his children for forty years. Later, Bob learned about his father’s involvement with drugs and alcohol in these venues. Bob never dreamed that one of his children would ask to pursue a similar path. “Why don’t you play in churches as a worship leader?” Bob asked Colin. But Colin—just a twelve

year-old kid—looked his father in the eyes and said, “Dad, my calling is to be a light in the secular music business.” Bob and Linda felt they couldn’t say no after their son said something like that, but they still had reservations. In 2011, while Colin was thirteen, his iPod broke. For the first time in his life, he turned on the radio. He heard an advertisement for Actors, Models & Talent for Christ (AMTC) announcing upcoming auditions in Austin. “AMTC’s mission is to make good stronger in the entertainment industry,” the voiceover said. Colin was hooked. He pestered his parents until they relented and took him to the hotel where AMTC was holding free auditions.

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thing when they’re able to pursue their passion. But it can also lead to poor choices when it’s in conflict with other personal responsibilities.” Fortunately for the Huntleys, Wayne turned his story around before it was too late. He reunited with his family several years before Colin’s auditions at AMTC and began playing to make a little money at Lone Star Cowboy Church in Montgomery, Texas, during their Sunday services. After listening to three sermons every week while waiting to play, he became a Christian. He passed away in 2013. “Music tore my family apart when I was little,” Bob says. “But music brought us back together before my dad passed away.” PHOTO BY RUDY XIMENEZ

In the opening session, a speaker presented AMTC’s vision to equip Christians with aspiring talent to engage in traditional entertainment venues rather than sticking strictly to Christian venues. “Nothing had ever connected with me more than that,” Colin says. “I didn’t know there were people who had that vision—the same one I had. People were always asking me why I didn’t want to play ‘Jesus music.’ I had played in the church before, but it didn’t excite me. For some people, that’s exactly what they’re supposed to do, but it’s not what I’m supposed to do, and I know it.” The message at AMTC impressed Bob and Linda and showed them a different side of the music industry. They’d also been observing Colin’s personal character. Colin was kindhearted, especially toward people who were mistreated. He stayed away from friends who were getting into trouble, and he was open with his parents about mistakes he made. Once, he dropped his bike on the family car and dented the door. Even though no one saw the accident, he immediately told his parents and took

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responsibility. Bob says that seeing this maturity in their son allowed him and Linda “to trust that whatever comes,” Colin will stay grounded and continue making decisions that reflect his faith. He and Linda decided to “buckle our seatbelts and support Colin one hundred percent.” Since then, as they’ve watched the way Colin comes alive on stage, they’ve come to understand why “Boogie” made the choice to leave Bob’s family years before. “He and Colin just feel compelled to perform,” Bob says. “That can be a good

A LITTLE TOO OBVIOUS NOT TO BE PROVIDENCE During and after the auditions at AMTC, Colin’s career began to unfold quickly. Connections and events worked in his favor in ways he couldn’t explain. For instance, after he passed the auditions and made it to the convention in Orlando, Florida, a backstage

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n June 22, Colin competed on ABC’s new reality television show Rising Star, a competition for aspiring musicians. (Go to http://abc.go.com/shows/ rising-star/episode-guide/season-01/101-seriespremiere-week-1 to watch Colin’s performance). The show was hosted by superstar Josh Groban, and each performer received feedback from music industry luminaries Brad Paisley, Kesha, and Ludacris. Colin didn’t make it past the first round, but Paisley encouraged him: “I hope to see you back here on this show—I don’t know if that’s even allowed—but I’d like to see you again in a few years. You have real promise.” Mikaela Cain chatted with Colin about his experience: TELL ME ABOUT YOUR FIRST MOMENTS ON THE RISING STAR SET. I was the first contestant to arrive. The first thing I heard over the walkie-talkie was “Make sure Colin gets a warm wel-

coach observed Colin and said, “You know, you’re really funny. You should try out for acting.” Colin competed on guitar and did a few improvisational acts, which landed him twenty callbacks, five for music and fifteen from acting agencies, including the prestigious Abrams Artists Agency, which signed him. He and his mother flew to Los Angeles, where he landed small TV roles—including ABC’s Modern Family— and commercials. Colin returned, nine months later, to attend The Austin School for the Performing and Visual Arts. About two years after the AMTC Orlando conference, a man named John DeGrazio called Colin. He’d been cleaning out his office desk and found Colin’s audition from AMTC. DeGrazio said, “I didn’t think your audition was very good, but I thought that you had a lot of potential and kept your audition to check you out in a few years.” Sure enough, he liked

point, you’re like, this doesn’t seem like it’s an accident.” Instead, Colin feels that it confirmed that he is right where he is supposed to be. Colin has found his niche in secular pop and rock, which he finds is a perfect expression for him. He sleeps best after playing shows and feels the most alive in front of audiences. As he pursues a career in music, he hopes to share his faith by his example. “I want to be the guy who people ask, ‘Why hasn’t he ever gotten into trouble? How is he still married even though he’s touring? Why is he so grounded? How is he holding a family together?’” Colin says. “I want to be the guy who, when people ask how is he doing all of this, I know who to point them to.” 

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Colin’s new work and connected him with his friend Jason Davis, who worked at a consulting company called One One 7 Media. Davis helped Colin produce his first extended play and a music video of Colin’s original song “Best I Never Had.” As Colin reflects on these early breaks, he says, “It was almost too easy that I was able to get to do some of the things that I got to do. There were things that were not in my power that were lining up repeatedly. And at that

come!” The crew gave me lots of free food. Then I started to meet the contestants. We were staying in the same hotel together, eating dinner together, spending fourteen-hour days together.

What they call the Green Room you see on TV is actually a part of the set called the Contestant Holding Area. The real Green Room is up several floors and is where we spent our time off-camera.

HAVE YOU KEPT IN CONTACT WITH ANY OF THE CONTESTANTS? Yes. Maneepat Molloy and I are the same age and have similar senses of humor. She’s definitely a life-long friend. I also keep up with Austin French. He was on The Voice two years ago and didn’t make it past the first round—the exact experience I had on this show. Now, he’s just made it to the semifinals in Rising Star. We were texting the other day, and he encouraged me that “[t]here is definitely something else in store” for me.

ALTHOUGH THE JUDGES DIDN’T VOTE FOR YOU, YOU THANKED THEM FOR THE EXPERIENCE AND FOR THEIR FEEDBACK. WHY? It just kind of came out. Even when “the wall” didn’t go up, I knew that my career wasn’t over and that this moment is going to be a reference. Anyone who can make or break my career can look back on this, and I want them to know that I have a good attitude about things. I want to be known for that, personally and professionally.

HOW DID YOU HANDLE THE NERVOUSNESS BEFORE THE SHOW AIRED? Some contestants and I had a jam session in the Green Room.

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andace Weigand describes her first three years of college as “taking a sledgehammer and slowly destroying my [earlier] finite ideas of what I wanted my art to be.” Perhaps such words speak to how college expands horizons and encourages risk. However it happened, Candace’s fall semester, 2013, at Southwestern University culminated in success. Her senior project showcased large feminist figures, done in oil or charcoal, compelling, evocative, and dramatically multilayered. Then Candace and two other SU art graduates, Jamie Gardner and Nikki Grona, faced another exciting challenge. They spent their final spring semester interning with

established artists through the New York Arts Program (NYAP). In January, they catapulted from a small, quiet campus into Manhattan’s famously frenzied lifestyle. In her first NYC blog entry, Candace expressed solid goals for the months ahead, but, not surprisingly, practical survival initially upstaged professional concerns. Wryly, she remembers turning full circles on a corner to orient herself, trying to understand N-SE-W instead of visual landmarks, and developing subway savvy. She shivered in brown snow for weeks, found grocery shopping “annoyingly complicated without H-E-B,” and chafed at NYC’s culture of anonymity. She was surprised that gallery openings were too packed for her to actually see the artworks. She struggled to maximize available time. “It took a long time to fall into routine,” she admits, “to adjust to the pace of life.” Some positives, a great roommate and the studios where she worked, balanced the negatives.

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Running errands became easier, and she learned “where all the best art supply stores are.” Candace’s workdays involved “doing artistic stuff,” like creating stencils at one studio and drawing organic shapes on bookbinding cardboard at the other. She and friends “discovered” Brooklyn’s diverse galleries, far more than they had time to truly absorb. On other excursions, they marveled at famous pieces at the Guggenheim and Museum of Modern Art. Horizons continually opened, and Candace now says, “Staying in dialogue with what others are doing has its place, even if [their work] isn’t my personal aesthetic.” She’s still amazed by a giant hamster wheel with furniture bolted around its inner and outer edges in The Boiler of Pierogi Gallery. The artists presented the contraption as a performance and installation piece and lived on it for forty-eight hours. Candace’s mid-semester post offered this insight: “I’ve reached a sort of Zen with this city. It’s simultaneously

most inspirational and depressing.” Within New York’s creative milieu, Candace revisited an earlier project idea and returned to Georgetown pleased with eleven new pages of progress. She enjoys telling stories visually in comic format, and Anton is her “supernatural slice-of-life” narrative about “two broke twenty-somethings in (of course!) New York.” She’s loved drawing “always, since I could hold a pencil.” New York marked another milepost along Candace’s artistic roadway. She will return there for “energy infusions,” just as she will travel to other art-centric cities like Los Angeles, Santa Fe, or newcomer Marfa. Her journey has included childhood years of sketching anime figures, four years of art at Georgetown High, and “Aha!” moments at SU en route to a bachelor of fine arts. Candace is particularly inspired by two artists: Alberto Giacometti, for his treatment of space and “the way he builds up marks to suggest both the figure and its environment,” and Cecily Brown, “for the playfulness of her images.” Of her NYAP experience, Candace says, “It was the best way to finish my time in undergrad. I grew, gained so much knowledge and confidence.” Now, new works beckon, as Candace meshes mood and mindset into strong, intuitive pieces, balanced by the creative fun of comics. 

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he wine and art festivals are excited to join forces this year for the inaugural Georgetown Art & Wine on The Square. The event fuses some of the finest Texas wines with upscale art accented by live music. “The 3,000-square-foot tent on 8th Street will house the wines. The tent alone is going to catch a lot of eyes,” Dan Marek, Downtown Georgetown Association President, says. The Williamson County Wine and Food Festival is in its eighth year but is dropping the food aspect of the festival in favor of art. The event is scheduled for the weekend of September 26th through 28th. The art portion of the festival will be held all three days, while the wine portion will be held only on Saturday, September 27th. Blue Lotus Art Show Tour, a fine art festivals production group that brings shows to venues where locals appreciate art and tourists enjoy visiting, is hosting

the festival’s display of fine and contemporary art. The art show will be held from 3 to 8 p.m. on Friday, from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Saturday, and from noon to 8 p.m. on Sunday. More than a dozen Texas wineries are expected to take part in the winery portion. So far, The Vineyard at Florence, Lakeview Winery, Georgetown Winery, Wedding Oak Winery, Dry Comal Creek Vineyards, and Grape Creek Winery & Vineyard have officially signed on to take part.

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t all started with a coconut. I was at the grocery store with a cart full of healthy, budget-friendly foods, foods chosen because I’d realized that if I didn’t want to eat away my savings and retirement, I’d better start learning to cook. Really cook. A typical college dinner for me was microwaveable mac n’ cheese. Breakfasts featured justadd-water oatmeal. Besides milk and eggs, it was on rare occasions that my fridge housed items with expiration dates. But college life is behind me; and, fortunately, so is college cooking. So instead of throwing a box of instant pancake mix into my cart, I headed straight for the grown-up aisles: meat, dairy, and produce. It had been several months since I’d decided to claw my way out of culinary laziness, but I’d

somehow managed to slip into a new rut, purchasing the same nutritious, perishable items each week and eating entirely too much marinated portabella, Greek yogurt parfait, and baked fish. “I might be saving money,” I thought to myself, “but if I kept eating the same meals each week, my palate will die of boredom.” Yet, upon seeing that coconut in all of its hairy glory, an idea awakened in me: Wouldn’t it be fun to make shopping, and thus cooking, a challenging game? Each time I went grocery shopping, I would purchase at least one new item and force myself to find a use for it. So I selected the hairiest coconut I could find and eagerly took

a power drill to it that evening, extracting the refreshing liquid inside. Admittedly, the “meat” of it was a little tougher to procure, but after I watched a tutorial on YouTube, the coconut was no match for me. I sliced it into chunks and snacked on it for the next few days. Since then, I’ve bought foods like black rice, oysters, cabbage, and steel-cut oats. Almond milk has now become a staple in my fridge. With thousands of items stocked at the typical grocery store, it’ll be quite some time before I branch out to chicken liver or canned sardines, but I do have cactus and rhubarb on my list. And speaking of rhubarb, it just so happens that I’m invited to a potluck this Friday. Perhaps I’ll make that strawberry rhubarb pie I’ve been thinking about … then again, I might just pick up a bottle of wine. 

RACHEL’S CHALLENGE: The next time you go grocery shopping, challenge yourself to select a food you’ve never before purchased and find a way to prepare it.

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lympic swimmer Jevon Atkinson, who represented Jamaica in the 2008 Olympics, grabs the starting block handles to steady his body. Muscles taut, he prepares to dive. Dr. Scott McLean, professor of kinesiology at Southwestern University, gives the signal, and the swimmer propels his body forward. Back at poolside, Dr. McLean asks Jevon to evaluate his takeoff. He then turns to student interns Ashley Moulder and Arianna Weeks, both majoring in kinesiology, for their opinion. They agree that it was a pretty good start. The interns record comments and other data. Not only are they learning how to conduct biomechanics research, but they’re also keeping in touch with the human side of competitive athletics. “Working with an elite athlete was amazing,” Arianna observes. “I gained a tremendous appreciation for the amount of control these athletes have over their bodies, control that was learned from hours and hours of practice.”

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In addition to conducting swimming research, Dr. McLean stays in touch with the sport by continuing to coach. He has volunteered as an assistant coach at Southwestern since 2002 and has been involved with the Aquadillos program in town for nine years. Dr. McLean is to expect incremental improvements and ongoing analysis. She’s learned that effective researchers persevere “even though you may not get the results that you are looking for. … You have to look at the results with no preconceived ideas so you can interpret the results without bias.” As Dr. McLean evaluates each starting block, he will provide expert analysis to the swimmers participating in the study. Dr. McLean believes that Jevon Atkinson has already made some measurable improvements to his start time, which should translate into improved race times. In August, Jevon competed for Jamaica in the Commonwealth Games in Scotland. By incorporating these changes, he hopes to reach his goal of again swimming for his country in the 2016 Olympic Games. 

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Quinoa Salad

Ingredients: 1 cup quinoa 2 cups low sodium vegetable broth

Ingredients: 1 cup quinoa 2 cups low sodium vegetable broth 1 red onion, diced 1 large tomato, seeded, diced 1 bunch parsley, chopped 1 small avocado, chopped ½ cup Parmesan cheese, shredded ½ cup olive oil 1 lemon, juiced ¾ tsp ground pepper 1½ tsp salt

For the dressing: ¼ cup extra virgin olive oil ¼ cup balsamic vinegar 2 cloves garlic, minced 2 tsp sugar Salt and pepper to taste Preparation: 1. In a sauce pan, combine quinoa and vegetable broth. Bring to a boil. 2. Stir, cover, and reduce heat to low. 3. Simmer for 15 minutes. Remove from heat immediately.

Preparation: 1. In a saucepan, bring quinoa and vegetable broth to a boil. 2. Stir, cover, and reduce to heat to low for 15 minutes. 3. Remove from heat and transfer quinoa to a large mixing bowl. 4. Add the onion, tomato, parsley, Parmesan cheese, olive oil, lemon juice, and seasoning. 5. Toss ingredients and finish with chopped avocado. Serve at room temperature.

Apple and Quinoa Breakfast

Quinoa Stuffed Peppers

Ingredients: 1 cup milk 1 cup water ½ cup quinoa 2 apples, chopped ½ tsp ground cinnamon 1 tsp vanilla extract 1 Tbsp ground flaxseed ½ cup dried cranberries

Ingredients: 2 cups low sodium vegetable broth 1 cup red quinoa 6 bell peppers 2 yellow onions, diced ½ cup pine nuts, toasted 1 cup feta cheese 1 Tbsp olive oil 1 bunch fresh mint, minced ½ tsp salt ¼ tsp pepper

Preparation: 1. In a sauce pan, combine quinoa, milk, and water. Bring to a boil. 2. Stir, cover, and reduce heat to low. 3. Simmer for 15 minutes. Remove from heat immediately. 4. Add milk, apples, cinnamon, vanilla extract, flaxseed, and cranberries. 5. Replace over heat and cook for 5 minutes until creamy. Top with dried cranberries and cinnamon and serve.

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Preparation: 1. Preheat oven to 350° F. 2. In a sauce pan, combine quinoa and vegetable broth. Bring to a boil. 3. Stir, cover, and reduce heat to low. 4. Simmer for 15 minutes. Remove from heat immediately. 5. In a bowl, combine quinoa, onion, pine nuts, feta cheese, mint, salt, and pepper. 6. Wash bell peppers and cut in half lengthwise. Discard seeds and rind. 7. Lay bell peppers on a sheet pan and drizzle them with olive oil, salt, and pepper. 8. Stuff each bell pepper half full with ½ cup quinoa mixture. 9. Bake for 15 minutes.

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