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BRAD EVANS bradevans11@gmail.com The issue you are holding is number 300 for the 11th Hour. I’m not really surprised that we made it this far, but I am really thankful. There are a lot of small businesses, just like us, that have supported our paper over the years. Ingleside Village Pizza, I will never forget, was our first advertiser; back when Meg and I were beating the streets in a beat-up pick up trying to sell enough to print the first edition. It was the kindness Tina showed me that made me believe Macon would be a place to set up shop, and this was before there were organizations in place to make people like me believe that Macon was a place to set up shop. Other small businesses followed her, and more sign on all the time. This is not only a sign of our success, but of Macon’s, and that makes me very happy about the place I live. Just this year we had our largest issue ever, after 12 years in the market. Tracy Powell, our sales manager, has been there all along and we certainly wouldn’t have made it without her. There was also Tom Glennon, who gave us a closet for an office for free when we didn’t’ have any money for office space when we finally made the jump here. There are loyal friends like Wes Griffith and Chad Evans, who have done everything from write for us to help us distribute on Fridays, long before we knew anyone else we know today. Chris Horne let us use his weird brain, and Jessica Walden inspired us to get better. Carey Pickard has given us his sage advice on everything from sales strategies and story ideas (which we needed) to polishing silver (which we didn’t need). There was also a brief time when Chace Ambrose worked for us, perhaps my favorite time. And Slade Edwards has kept us out of trouble when we cross someone. To everyone who has believed in us and supported us, and all those who have come out of the woodwork to help in any way, even all the 20 something poets who have politely asked that we consider including their work in the paper, Thank You! We look forward to serving Macon for many years to come! If you have a story suggestion or any suggestion at all please email me. Bradevans11@gmail.com
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Fabian Concert Series: Viva Viola!
Tree Lighting at the Shoppes at River Crossing All the magic of the holiday
11.18
Viola takes the spotlight in an evening of music with family and friends. Distinguished faculty artists and sisters, Rebecca and Julie Albers, and Center Director Amy Schwartz Moretti, joins guest artist Hsin-Yun Huang in a program that includes the Brahms String Quintet in G major, Op. 111, all on Nov. 18 at 7:30 p.m. in Fickling Hall. Tickets cost $12 each. Fabian Concert Series Season Tickets are available for $65. To purchase tickets call (478) 301-5470.
Monthly Wine Tasting at Off The Vine 6-8 p.m. FREE for Wine Club Members / $10 Non-members. Taste 6 wines & nibbles! 3090 Vineville Ave., Macon
Circles with Shel Silverstein
Celebrating the birthday, life and music of Duane “Skydog” Allman
Every year for the last nine years, hundreds have gathered in Central City Park to celebrate the music and life of Duane Allman and collect thousands of pounds of canned goods for the Macon Rescue Mission. The event this year will be from noon until 5 p.m. and as always, is free with canned food donations. Come here music Duane played and inspired by some of the finest musicians middle Georgia has to offer. Special guests will include Tommy Talton, Lamar Williams Jr., Robert Coleman, Paul Hornsby and many more. Admission this year is ten or more canned goods or non-perishables, so come on out, bring chairs, blankets, coolers and friends for an afternoon of music and celebration.
8:30 a.m. Join us #inthecorridor for a morning meditation of whimsy with Shel Silverstein poetry readings, author of “The Missing Piece” and inspiration behind the circle sculptures rolling down Coleman Hill. In the spirit of fun, enjoy doughnuts and coffee from Ocmulgee Traders. RSVP by emailing info@collegehillmacon.com. These readings will take place every Tuesday morning through the holiday season beginning November 18th.
Thursday
11.20
An Evening with Third Day at Macon Centreplex There’s no denying the power of music to impact lives. During nearly two decades in the spotlight, the members of Third Day have seen that truth become evident over and over againand they testify to that power on their latest album, Miracle. Faith, passion and rock ‘n roll swagger coalesce on the band’s 12th album, a simmering brew of potent rock anthems infused with the substantive, life-affirming lyrics that have always been the bedrock of the band’s music. Tickets $20 and up. 478-751-9232
Friday
11.21 Goodwill Gala
Goodwill Industries’ tenth annual blacktie fundrasier will be held Friday, November 21 at 7p.m. at Anderson Conference Center. This year’s theme is “New York.” Guests will enjoy live entertainment, heavy hors d’oeuvrs, and an open bar. Tickets are $125 each or $1,000 per table; corporate sponsorships available. Proceeds benefits Helms College. Call 478-475-9995 or visit goodwillworks.org/ goodwillgala for more info.
Friday Morning Brass: Mercer Brass
Choir, Brass Quintet and Trombone Quartet Get ready for the weekend with some big brass sounds. A Friday morning concert will take place at 10:15 a.m. in Fickling Hall on Mercer’s Macon campus. Admission is free and open to the public.
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Sunday
11.23
Mercer Singers: Thanksgiving Song:
Mercer Women’s Chamber Choir Featuring Dr. Stanley L. Roberts, conductor – This performance will take place on Nov. 23 at 7:30 p.m. in Fickling Hall. Admission is free and open to the public.
Monday
11.24
Joan Stockstill Godsey Concert Series: Ian Altman, piano – Faculty artist
Ian Altman takes the stage at Fickling Hall to perform dramatic works by Clementi and Chopin with Schumann’s Carnaval as the centerpiece of the evening. Altman, who is a scholar in 19th century Romanticism, is an active recitalist, soloist, and chamber player whose concerts have taken him from coast to coast in North America. See Altman live on Nov. 24 at 7:30 p.m. in Fickling Hall. Admission is free and open to the public.
Friday
11.28 Soul & Springwater Festival at Mellow Mushroom
Mellow Macon’s annual Soul and Springwater Festival is coming up and this year will be bigger and better than ever! Soul and Springwater features prominent local musical acts all evening and a selection of arts, crafts, and handmade goods from local vendors. In addition, we’ll have our regular lineup of delicious hand-tossed, stone-baked pizza, craft beer, and premium liquors. Free event! Starts at 6p.m.
Saturday
11.29
2nd annual Delmar Singleton Memorial Love Run
Benefiting the Georgia Industrial Children’s Home - starting at Georgia Bob’s in Byron at 10AM Kickstands up at 1pm at AP’s Hidden Hideaway. Cash donations $15 single / $25 per couple. FREE lunch w/ donation, Prize Raffles, 50/50 and Auction. Get your motors revving for a great cause! Sponsored by AP’s Hideaway. 11thHourOnline.com 05
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Don’t miss Mike Cooley, co-founder of the Driveby Truckers Dec. 6, presented by the Macon Music Ambassadors.
Sunday
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A Very Merry Holiday Pops by Macon Symphony Orchestra at The Grand Opera House. 4 p.m. Celebrate the season by sharing this warm and joyful musical event with your family. Enjoy your favorite holiday music including selections from The Polar Express, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, O Come All Ye Faithful, Yes Virginia There is a Santa Claus, and many others, as well as an audience sing-along. Exuberant choruses will set your season aglow and lift your spirits high, including Beulahland Bible Church Choir and other surprises. Our Holiday Pops is a magical celebration to kick off this special season in an inspiring way. $38.50 for adults, $18.50 for students, and $13.50 for children age 12 & under. For tickets, call 301-5470.
Tuesday
12.02
Movie Screening: Versailles ‘73: American Runway Revolution, a 90
minute documentary that explores the legendary fashion show battle between French and American designers at the Chateau de Versailles in 1973. The award-winning film, launched in 2012 at the Marche du Film at the Cannes Film Festival is now coming to Macon! Don’t miss the exclusive screening at 7:00 pm the AmStar 16 – Macon, 5996 Zebulon Road. For tickets, visit http:// www.tugg.com/events/11789. Join Macon’s fashionistas, influencers, historians and lovers of great films and witness one of the greatest moments in fashion, American and Black history. Wear your favorite haute couture or pret-a-porter, French or American, and bring your questions for the highly anticipated Q&A with Filmmaker and style maven Deborah Riley Draper.
Fabian Concert Series: The Cortona Trio Featuring Amy Schwartz Moretti, 06 NOVEMBER 14 - 28, 2014
violin; Julie Albers, cello; Elizabeth Pridgen, piano – The Center’s trio-in-residence presents an evening of Zwilich, Debussy and Arensky on Dec. 2 at 7:30 p.m. in Fickling Hall. Tickets cost $12 each; Mercer Universty faculty, staff and students with a valid Mercer I.D. receive one ticket free. Fabian Concert Series Season Tickets are available for $65. To purchase tickets call (478) 301-5470.
Saturday
12.06
Music Ambassadors Presents: Mike Cooley Music Ambassadors welcomes
Mike Cooley—songwriter, singer, guitarist and co-founder of Drive-By Truckers—to Macon on Saturday, December 6. Cooley will play a rare and intimate house concert at a historic home in Macon’s College Hill Corridor. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $25 in advance, and $35 at the door (if available). Space is limited. The exact location will be provided to ticket buyers close to the day of the show.
Holiday Guided Night Walk
7-8:30 p.m. Presented by Ocmulgee National Monument. Come for a holiday themed night walk with lanterns. 1 mile round trip walk from the visitor center to the Great Temple Mound. Free cider and cookies before night walk. Gates will open at 6:30 pm. Walk starts at 7:00pm
Christmas Candlelight Tour of Homes and Jazz Reception
2014 Biennial InTown Macon Christmas Candlelight Tour of Historic Homes with A Wine and Cheese Jazz Reception for and additional ticket price. Proceeds will provide grants to homeowners in the historic area near downtown to upgrade, repair, restore, etc. their homes. Approved projects must preserve the beauty of a historic home or improve the quality of life for a resident. Tour of Homes - $20. Jazz Reception - $10. 478-742-2190
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Starts Nov. 24 Macon Centreplex Arena
Wiggle into your long-johns and lace up those skates, Middle Georgia! It's time to hit the ice! Doors open 30 minutes prior to each session. All listed admission prices include skates. Non-skating guests admitted free. Concessions available. Admission is $10 per person, includes skates! MATINEE PRICES (10:30 am 12:30 pm): $8 per person! $6 per person for groups of 10!
Saturday, Nov. 15 Central City Park
10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Join us for a day of family fun and give your kids the chance to experience service v ehicles, construction vehicles, buses, fire trucks and sheriff vehicles. There will also be bouncy house, shaved ice and boiled peanuts. All proceeds benefit United Way of Central Georgia. $5 per family of 4 each additional person $1.
Friday, Nov. 28 Museum of Arts & Sciences
Explore space, the constellations and planets visible from Central Georgia in "Sky Over Macon" in the Mark Smith Planetarium. The show starts with a general tour of the heavenly sights visible each season, then a live presentation updates the current position of the planets and special events in the sky. After "Sky Over Macon" (if the sky is clear) view the real night sky through our telescopes in the Observatory.
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Friday, Dec. 5 at the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame
Join us for a FREE 7:00 showing of the Polar Express in the GSHF theater on Friday, December 5th. Come early and tour the museum. Popcorn, drinks, and hot chocolate will be on sale in the rotunda. Presented by The Children’s Hospital at Navicent Health
Saturday, Nov. 22
At Kool-Aid & Canvas, an artist takes children step-by-step through the process of creating a fun painting with acrylic paints on a real canvas. The students learn a variety of painting techniques to inspire them in their own creative endeavors. On Nov 22, Jondrea Randall will teach a painting of a colorful Thanksgiving turkey. The workshop starts at 10 am and last an hour and a half. $20 includes all materials for the class and a snack. To reserve your child’s spot, call 238-6051. Or, you can register online at http://the567.org/art-classes. 533 Cherry St. The 567 Center for Renewal.
Macon Charter Academy, Bibb County’s locally approved International Baccalaureate charter school, has officially opened its pre-registration enrollment process for the 2015-2016 school year. Parents can register students for grades K-8 by going to www.maconcharteracademy.org or www.facebook.com/maconcharteracademy online and completing the pre-registration application. While the school is opened to all residents of Bibb County, capacity is limited to 100 students per grade, on a first-come, first-served basis. (A public lottery may be needed)
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I’m guessing that everyone reading this has been on, or maybe is on, the internet at some point today. It’s hard to come up with anything that has been more life-changing than the invention of the internet, at least in my lifetime of 43 years.
My children laugh when I tell them how I used to spend hours at the Washington Memorial Library in downtown Macon doing research for school papers and projects using card catalogs and microfilm images of past newspapers and magazines. They can’t even fathom a world in which the answer to any question is more than a click of the mouse away. It’s analogous to our parents relating stories to us of walking miles to school with sole-less shoes. It’s not a stretch to say that the majority of the U.S. population gets their news, entertainment, advice, and general feeling of connected-ness, which has replaced real human relationships (but that’s another column) from the internet. We log on without much thought as to the myriad of “back links” that support all of this. Let me start with a full disclaimer. I am not an internet expert. I have become very curious about the issue of net neutrality since I watched a wonderfully done piece on this subject by John Oliver, host of HBO’s “Last Week Tonight.” Google it. This week, President Obama, conveniently after the mid-term elections, came out with a forceful statement to urge the FCC (an independent govt. entity charged with regulating things related to the airwaves such
as TV and the internet) to not do away with the principle of net neutrality. In essence, net neutrality is the level playing field that the internet was created upon. Internet start-ups, such as MySpace, Facebook, Amazon, Etsy, and Netflix exist(ed) on an equal playing field. Their success depended upon the quality of the experience of the user. MySpace failed because it was inferior to a start-up by a handful of college geniuses. This is the free market at its best. The speed at which different website’s content are delivered to your computer is not based upon how much they pay your internet service provider, better known as either Comcast or Time Warner Cable, to the majority of the country. These two companies are attempting to merge into one giant conglomerate of cable/internet monopolization. Unfortunately, with the growth of the Comcast/TWC empire, the usual, natural thing has happened that does when corporations are allowed to essentially monopolize an industry. They have almost unlimited sums of money to throw into campaign coffers and, with that, an incredible amount of influence over our elected officials. Already, our Republican leaders in Congress - future Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Speaker of the House
John Boehner, and Texas Senator Ted Cruz, have come out swinging against the FCC enacting rules to preserve net neutrality. Excuse me, but I thought that the Republican party, if it remembered the free-market spirit of competition that supposedly makes up its cornerstone, would, for once, get behind the President on this one. Alas, Senator Ted, “Green Eggs and Ham” Cruz, posted a tweet almost immediately after the President’s statement which compared net neutrality to “Obamacare for the internet.” Methinks Cruz knows not of what he tweets. Net neutrality is an issue that Republicans and Democrats alike should be able to rally behind. It is public knowledge that Comcast alone contributed almost $3 million to the midterm election candidates to buy influence in Congress. The CEO of Comcast is actually advocating for Congress to usurp the authority of the FCC and make new internet rules favorable to them. If only we knew how much in “dark money” the internet service providers contributed, but, again, that’s another column. I wish that the American public would take more of a real interest in public policy initiatives that directly affect them. My guess is that if I walked out onto Cherry Street in downtown Macon and asked ten people of voting age what net neutrality means that the reactions would range from complete ignorance to guesses that it might have something to do with fishing or tennis. Fox News viewers would probably say that it’s a conspiracy of the government to take over the internet. In truth, net neutrality is how the internet has worked up until fairly recently. It creates a level playing field where success for startups depends upon good ideas combined with sound management practices. It is survival of the fittest.The internet, without interference from internet providers who would
speed up or slow down content according to their whims, has truly opened the world up to new ideas. Oppressive regimes have been overthrown based on internet reporting, networking and communications, i.e.. Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, etc. The problem is that there are only a handful of ISPs (Comcast, Time Warner, Verizon, AT&T being the most powerful) in this country. The two largest of those being Comcast and Time Warner, which are now attempting to merge. Here, in Macon, most people are forced to rely on Cox for their internet connection. Or, if they don’t subscribe to cable TV service, Verizon or AT&T are most likely their internet providers. My family has watched our Cox bill rise steadily for the past five years, with no notable increase in either internet speed, and, certainly no increase in customer service. We can gripe and complain, but what real alternative do we have? Recently, Comcast was involved in negotiations with Netflix, a major internet player. Basically, Comcast strangled Netflix by slowing down the speed of their downloads (movie and TV shows) to their customers to make them to agree to their terms. How is this any different than a classic mob shakedown? (props to John Oliver) What President Obama is advocating for are restrictions on the monopolies who dominate the streaming of content on the internet. The government will not control pricing or impose any sort of taxation on internet providers. This is the way the internet was set up to work. Let’s preserve the beauty of the real capitalist spirit of the internet where all ideas should prosper or fail based on their own merit. Don’t let big cable and cell service providers control what gets to you. If you’d like to take a minute to let the FCC know where you stand on this issue, go to: fcc.gov/comments
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Who would have ever thought that the Republicans would have won so heavily not only in Georgia, but across the nation last week? From sea to shining sea, elephants stomped donkeys in almost every state in the union. Even California can see two Democrat incumbent Congressman booted out of office pending results of recounts currently being done in the 7th and 16th Congressional Districts, where by the way, both of the Republican candidates are leading as of this writing.
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2008 GOP Cast of Characters So now that the GOP has control of the US Senate and House of Representatives as well as many state legislatures and Governor’s seats, the party of Lincoln should have a leg up in the 2016 presidential election, one would think anyway. Nothing could be further from the truth as far as I’m concerned, especially if the Democrat torch carrier bears the last name of Clinton. As I have written before, the GOP is and has been in a political wasteland in search of our Moses to lead us out of the desert back into the Oval Office. My questions are these: Have we learned our lesson by reaching out to the ‘safe’ candidate that we think can bridge that party gap and get those valuable middle of the road people who don’t make a decision until 2 minutes before they pull the lever and reach back into the refrigerator of leftovers and sour milk and let another candidate like Mitt Romney, John McCain or Bob Dole lead us down the primrose path of losing again? Or will we actually learn from history and nominate someone who will not only excite the electorate of pachyderms and have them stampede to the ballot box but get new voters out as well? Let me tell you that there is no question that we as a party had better not savor this victory for very long because as the ancient Greeks used to say, “All glory is fleeting.” We cannot rest on the laurels of success and become complacent to the point where Mrs. Clinton will become the first female President. There is no question that a primary fight can be good for a party, but a primary fight like the GOP has had in the last two elections that led to the victory of President Obama and his reelection are certainly not the answer. I hope for the good of our party and ultimately the country that the field of candidates is narrow, yet complete with a clear choice. The problem with the past two
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primary cycles is that there were so many candidates, most of which were very similar in ideology, and most of which had no more chance of winning the nomination than my Boston Terrier Buster has. Remember Tom Tancredo? Duncan Hunter? Buddy Roemer? Nobody does...But they were all candidates who clogged the primaries and helped dilute the party faithful into a worthless unit that nominated first McCain then Romney, who couldn’t beat McCain. Add candidates like Ron Paul, Michelle Bachmann and Rick Santorum whose candidacies picked open scabs on the leper of a frontrunner, and you get the landslide election of President Obama. (By the way, Buster the Boston would win hands down against any of them. Guaranteed.) Back in the day, the GOP was a lot more clearly defined. The”Rockefeller” or liberal wing of the party fielded one candidate, and the “Goldwater” or Conservative wing of the party fielded another. Most members of the party identified themselves as such and rallied around the winner for the common good. It seems like now all of the candidates want to be the compromise guy or lady and are afraid to really take a stance. Again as I have said before, that’s why I felt Herman Cain would have been that breakout candidate and now that Texas Governor Rich Perry might actually know how to campaign and debate, may be the only candidate that can stop the Clinton Juggernaut in 2016. The mid-term elections that have just passed has shown that the United States is ready for a radical change back to a more Conservative nation and that we’re tired of the agenda that President Obama has forced down our collective throats. I just hope that we as a party are ready for the responsibility that the people have given us by not only stopping the stagnation in Washington but will give the nation a real leader.
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Shakin’ and Bakin’ in Macon by Angel Collins If you’ve ever done something fun and unexpected in Macon, if you found yourself in Tattnall Square Park doing yoga for free, or if you participated in the Macon Beer Festival, the Christmas Parade, Soapbox Derby, or Moonlight Miles, you’re familiar with the work of Ellen Banas even if you’ve never seen her in person. If anyone could be called a spitfire in Macon it is Ellen. While diminutive could be used to describe the petite woman, there is nothing small about her dedication. Whether it was dedication to what was right when she was younger or working towards the kind of Macon she wants to live in, she is the epitome of go big or go home. “I was a pretty typical kid in school,” said Banas. “I got in trouble for speaking up and saying what I felt was right, I did things that aggravated my teachers, like writing a paper on how I was going to pirate a ship on Lake Michigan in order to travel the Chicago River to the Mississippi River so that I could get out to sea. Even though I had never seen the ocean I felt that was my calling.” Ellen grew up in Chicago’s Ukrainian Village. “I grew up…in a small apartment with my folks, younger brother, younger sisters, a dog and a tarantula… Our small, tight knit neighborhood was made up of legal Polish and Ukrainian immigrants as well as gypsies and thieves,” said Banas. “Since no one can trace down most of family’s records, I tend to believe that we are on the latter side of these groups.” As an artist who studied at Southern Illinois 14 NOVEMBER 14 - 28, 2014
University in Carbondale, she followed in her parents footsteps. “Since my parents were starving artists who worked long hours in strange studio spaces and basements, I spent a lot of my childhood with my gypsy grandmother who taught me how to properly tie a babushka and speak enough Polish to haggle with the deli owners.” She even found herself, later in life, “working” in her own strange studio spaces to create art. “I got really into producing artwork in train yards, which later lead to me spending a night in jail because yes, my dad thought it was funny to leave me there overnight. Too bad I didn’t really learn my lesson.” After graduating in 2005 with a BFA in Printmaking (like grandfather, like granddaughter) and a BS in Art Education she found herself truly considering what she wanted. And what she wanted was warmth. It was only pure luck and a determined boyfriend that brought her to Macon. “Well, before I finished college I decided that I was tired of the snow and the cold so I needed to start looking south for a permanent home. Rather than visiting or researching cities, I threw 3 darts at a map of the southern United States. Those darts ended up in Atlanta and Arizona, so I started applying for jobs, did an interview over the phone, and was offered a job on the south side of Atlanta teaching Art… This experience is something I really do feel everyone needs to do at least once. It was totally insane and I loved every minute of it. After teaching for 4 years in Atlanta I agreed to move
1. She’s pretty sure her maternal grandparents were gypsies. 2. Ellen grew up on the South side of Chicago, not the suburbs. Okay, if you’ve met her, you probably already know that, but did you know her dad taught her how to sneak into Comiskey Park before her tenth birthday? 3. One of her childhood friends is related to Bill Murray (yes…that Bill Murray). While filming Groundhog Day, “Cousin Bill” decided to stay with family in Chicago instead of staying in a fancy hotel. During this time, 12 year old Ellen had the privilege of hanging out with “Cousin Bill” on several occasions, one of which may have involved him partaking in a tray of Jello shots and playing drums in a magnificently horrific fashion. 4. Despite her diminutive stature, she is rabid College Basketball fan, but don’t you dare get it twisted and think she’s down with professional basketball or college football. That ain’t happening. 5. She goes to the gym before dawn and eats super healthy, but she has a problem with really crappy candy. Seriously, I think she’s the last person on the planet that eats “Mike & Ikes” on purpose on the regular. 6. She does Crossfit. Oh wait… this list is for things that you don’t know about her. The first rule of Crossfit is to NEVER STOP TALKING ABOUT CROSSFIT!!! Do you even lift bruh? 7. She is the worst dancer any of you will ever witness. I’m no Fred Astaire, but she when she “dances,” it looks like she needs medical attention 8. She cannot help out with your event because she’s already involved with a billion events in this community and she has to sleep at some point. 9. She is not the Director of Parks & Recreation. 10. She is deathly afraid of snakes. No seriously, don’t try to be funny and “surprise” or “scare” her with one. It’s a visceral and widely unpleasant experience for her. If you are brave/dumb enough to pull such a prank, remember these two things: she grew up on the Southside of Chicago and she does Crossfit 11. She is an amazing cook and baker. You can purchase her homemade breads, bagels, and pretzels (when she has the time) at the Tattnall Market on Wednesday evenings or order at thebreadgypsymacon@gmail.com.
to Macon with Chris Nylund (I am pretty sure I was drunk when I said yes).” Now Ellen serves the community as the Recreation Programmer at Macon Bibb Parks and Recreation. Not only does she have more than a full time job there, putting in more than 40 hours a week to bring the community things like the Summer Film Series at Luther Williams Field, Adult Field Day where adults got to remember the fun of school field day activities (even as they learned the aches and pains they never suffered as kids), and the recent, successful, Sidewalk Chalk Festival which brought kids, students, amateur, and professional artist to create works in chalk at the picturesque Tattnall Square Park, but she also serves in a Macon Maker capacity, making bread for The Market at Tattnall (formerly Mulberry Market) and a few business in the area as The Bread Gypsy. And if you’re not already breathless from the work she is doing, she is also the Mainstreet Macon Promotions Chair, helps organized the Macon Beer Festival and the Christmas Parade, and is on the Magnolia Soapbox Derby and Bragg Jam Moonlight Miles 5K board. She not only has her hand in a lot of pies, she’s made the crust for them. It’s evident that she has a role to play in moving the city forward but what role? “I’m still trying to figure that out,” said Banas. “I love my job and I work for a department that allows me to use my ADHD to my advantage. I get to work on diverse projects such as summer camp and community wellness as
well as create new events and programs… These programs and events, I think, are providing more outlets for residents both tall and small so, currently, this is my small piece to the puzzle.” While she alternates between threatening to leave and creating more new things for adults and children to participate in all over the city, she realizes that what she has in Macon is special. “It is a very strange place and you will question why you made this move on a regular basis, but if you are as lucky as I have been, you will meet some of the most kind, genuine people on this Earth,” said Banas. “More than once I have been in a bind and needed help, within minutes I had several people drop everything they were doing and essentially come to my rescue. The support system I have here is like nothing I have ever experienced and that is what prevents me from leaving.” This puzzling place (as she sees Macon) that she has decided to call home has its fair share of “improvements needed” which she approaches like a teacher. “Although in the past five years I have seen a lot of positive change, I personally think we have a very long road to travel. I am not going to get on my soapbox because that would take far too much time… but I will say that in order to make changes we need to hold ourselves accountable. If you talk about change and champion for this town, that is great; but act on those words too. For each person this is different and no one is perfect, but we need to be the change we want to see.”
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Communism just isn’t what it used to be. On a visit a year ago to Viet Nam, a nation that proudly now calls itself “The Socialist Republic of Viet Nam,” I was very surprised at modern-day Saigon (or, more accurately in deference to its status as a conquered city, Ho Chi Minh City). Elegant high-end stores that would be quite at home in Atlanta’s Phipps Plaza proudly displayed their expensive wares in windows that were avariciously ogled by passers-by of many nationalities, most of whom were staying in expensive five-star hotels.
More recently I’ve just returned from a second trip to China, another country that clings to its communist status. That hardly seems possible for a nation that now owns more of the United States’ debt than any other in the world. By conservative estimates, China owns about 8% of the U. S.’s entire debt. We currently owe China 1.3 trillion dollars - approximately $4,114 for every man, woman, and child in America. In fact, every man, woman, and child, in the U.S. owes every person in China $1,000. By comparison, the middle-eastern oil-producing countries including Saudi Arabia own only 2% of American debt. It is impossible to spend more than a few minutes in China without seeing a Rolls Royce, a Mercedes Benz, and several BMWs on most city blocks. It seems everyone is getting rich. Admittedly, I was only in three major cities, and I’m not so naïve as to think the same would necessarily be true out in the rural areas of China. One interesting point is that, technically, there is no unemployment. If you don’t have a job, you show up in the morning at your local police station and are given a bright orange vest and a big bag. You pick up trash all day long and, at the end of the day, you return the two items and are paid for your daily efforts. If you choose not to work, then you’re on your own and not the state’s problem. In our attempts to begin a collaborative effort with a college there, we were driven in a colleague’s high-end Mercedes to the area Communist party headquarters encircled by a wall with armed guards at attention. There we saw two rows of expensive black town cars – mostly German-made – arrayed near the entrance. Inside we observed the ritual of exchanging business cards (I have been assured the Chinese characters on mine are accurate but who knows?) before sitting down to introductions to the party vice-chairman and two of his education officials. After polite dialogue, all of which was translated in each direction, the vice-chairman stood and thanked us then made his apologies for having to leave for another meeting – all in perfect English, making us to try to recall what we might have said to one another that he understood completely. Evidently his benediction was delivered, as we were soon on our way in a short caravan of cars (at least the education officials were in one made by Volkswagen, 16 NOVEMBER 14 - 28, 2014
even if it was a luxurious one). We visited an impressive technical college of 10,000 students on a campus only three years old. Not only is the word “German” in its name, but the labs and work spaces are full of German-provided turbines, engines, cutting machines, and equipment. The cars students learn to work on are the same ones craved here for their appeal – Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Porsche, and Audi. The Germans have realized that the best way for them to find an educated workforce is to train them at their own expense. Although my first trip to China made it clear that all this new-found wealth is being accumulated at the expense of the environment, this visit made the realization even more stark. One of my colleagues who has been many times said he had never seen the air quality it as bad as this. The Beijing marathon took place while we were there, and runners – almost all of whom wore surgical masks – literally fell out of formation all throughout the race. Although organizers were aware that the air quality warning was at the orange level, only exceeded by red, they went ahead because of the number of runners who had already made travel plans to participate. Even more cautionary to me was learning of prepartions for the upcoming conference of the Asian Pacific Economic Cooperation to be held in Beijing in November. Power plants which are near the meeting site will be closed down throughout the meeting and all government workers will receive paid leave for the five days of the conference. All those precautions are being taken in order for the air quality to appear far better than it actually is. The nation would receive quite a black eye if visiting delegates were to experience air quality that is as poor as what we suffered. In other words, China knows how to address the air quality issue, but only considers it necessary to do so for important visitors. Perhaps the lesson to be learned is that the communist doctrine of “spreading the wealth” has evolved. A nation that is giddy with economic prosperity has made a conscious decision to enjoy it while they can. Perhaps German and American money needs to be invested in the health challenges that are certainly ahead.
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A new dog in the fight By Brooke Williams
The hot dog debate has always been a “hot” topic in Middle Georgia. Some Maconites swear by the bright red dog that is the Nuway weiner, others have a special place for Mike’s Dogs in Warner Robins, and yet still others will drive an hour north for a Varsity dog. But there is a new downtown spot that now has a “dog in the fight”! Spud Dogs is a corner cafe that feels more like a New York deli. The old Sausalito tile floors and the cozy corner tables give this restaurant a good mix of Times Square delicatessen and Southern charm.
Betty Mock opened Spud Dogs about a month ago, after owning another downtown restaurant, Molly’s Cafe, for eight years. “I’ve always wanted a hot dog place. All American food, everybody loves hotdogs”, says Mock. The idea of adding potatoes to the mix came to her while strolling through downtown one afternoon. “I was out walking one day and I thought what else can I put with a hot dog, so I thought about the potato. I started coming up with different names and that’s where I came up with spuds”. After taste testing many hot dogs, Betty decided that Nathan’s hot dogs were the ones she would serve. “We only use Nathan’s. I tried Vienna sausages, Hebrew National and Nathan’s. Nathan’s were the best in my opinion. I wanted an all beef hot dog, a quality hot dog.” Spud Dogs has over 32 topping choices for dogs and potatoes, and an endless amount of combinations! Avocado, sport peppers, melted white cheese, and cucumbers are just a few of the options. Their specialty dogs include the Reuben Dog (sauerkraut and Thousand Island dressing), the Tipsy Dog which is topped with maple bacon crumbles, spicy mustard and Swiss cheese, or the “Big Mock”, which is the dog I chose to try. The description of the “Big Mock” reminded me of McDonald’s “Big Mac”...special sauce, lettuce, cheese, onions. It was delicious! The dog itself had the perfect snap when I bit into it and the special sauce tasted like a tangier version of Thousand Island dressing! If you decide to try this one, ask for a couple of extra
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napkins...it got messy! I also ordered Spud Dogs signature potato dish, the Tater Balls. They were simple, but so tasty! Tater Balls are boiled red potatoes with just the right amount of salt, garlic and butter. I ate them plain, but they would be great with some of the toppings. Maybe add a little cheese, jalapenos, and a dollop of sour cream! I know the question on everyone’s mind is “how does a Spud Dog compare to a NuWay weiner?”. Well, there is no comparison or competition between these two downtown hot dog joints. “I’m not really a competition person”, says Mock, “I think we should work together as a team. I send people to NuWay and I hope they’ll do the same for us. Working together instead of working against each other, that’s what its all about. If we don’t work as a team, it’s never going to survive. Help each other out, help your neighbors out”. And one last tip for all the downtown neighbors, try the Elvis Dog on your way home from the Hummingbird (or whatever watering hole you choose). It’s a banana, inside of a hot dog bun with peanut butter! “It’s for those people that are late night drinkers. Bananas absorb the alcohol,” says Betty! Spud Dogs will soon be open until 2 am on Friday and Saturday nights. But for now, you can try a dog or a spud Monday-Wednesday from 11:00 am-3:00 pm, Thursday and Friday from 11:00 am9:00pm, and Saturdays from 11:00-3:00. Catering and delivery are available. For more information or to place an order, call (478) 621-7307.
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AP’s Hidden Hideaway Making homecooked meals like your mamma used tomake.Menu also features burgers, sandwiches, wings and more. LD • BAR $ 4274 Broadway. Open Tues-Fri 3pm - 2am. Sat and Sunday at noon. Waiter service and outdoor seating available. (478) 781-5656 Bearfoot Tavern Downtown Macon’s only sports tavern with loads of beers on tap, over 50 craft beers (the largest in middle ga!), great food and flat screen tvs at every booth. LD • BAR • $ 401 Cherry Street. Open Monday through Friday at 4:00 p.m and Saturday and Sunday at noon. CJ’s Bar & Grill You can’t really call this bar food. Is it fried, yes, but it’s fresh and so, so good! Sloppy nachos, great burgers and chicken wraps. LD • BAR • $ 2910 Riverside Drive, 757-3262 Locos Grill & Pub Casual, kid-friendly, family dining. We’re talking great food, sports on the big screens and a full bar. Fantastic weekly specials and live music on the weekends. Delivery and catering also available. LD BAR • $ 2440 Riverside Drive. The Rookery There isn’t a place downtown that has been serving us longer. Two time winner of Best Burger in Macon in the Readers Choice Awards. Sandwiches, fresh salads and house specialties. LD BAR $-$$ 543 Cherry Street, 746-8658 Texas Cattle Company Macon’s original premier steak house and banquet facility. Featuring hand-cut, choice-grain, aged beef, fresh seafood, in-house ground steak burgers and banquet accamadations for groups of 5-50. TCC will buy your dinner on your birthday, simply bring in a valid ID after 4 p.m. Open 7 days a week for lunch and dinner. Prices from $5.99 - $24.99. LD • BAR • $-$$. 5797 Houston Road. Wild Wing Cafe Newly opened franchise at the Shoppes at River Crossing, fantastic wings in over 30 flavors, over 20 brews on tap, great salads and one of the few dining options in North Macon that offers live music on the weekends. LD • BAR $-$$, 477.WILD
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Specialty Roasted Cafe & Lounge Serving delicious specialty deli-style sandwiches like the Cali Club, The Greek Heat and Roasted Chicken. Also, delicious salads and grown-up PB&Js. Try their famous Date Shake or specialty coffees. Open at 6 a.m. Monday - Friday 442 Second Street, downtown. Dovetail Downtown Macon’s newest restaurant featuring farm to table cuisine and a fully stocked bar of premier bourbons measured by “the finger.” Southern crafted small plates and inspired entrees in a cozy, lodge-like atmosphere. Located above the Rookery, they do accept reservations. D • BAR • $$-$$$ 543 Cherry Street, 238.4693. Hours: 5:30-10 p.m. Tuesdays-Thursdays; 5:30-11 p.m. Fridays-Saturdays Edgar’s Bistro City-chic and a foodie’s dream! Edgar’s Bistro presents a dining experience that nourishes the body and soul. Open for lunch Monday thru Friday, Edgar’s serves as a hands-on training facility for the culinary students at Helms College’s Polly Long Denton School of Hospitality. Come
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Ethnic Cuisine Yabu Sushi + Chic upstairs dining on Poplar Street. Serving inventive sushi rolls, nigiri and sashimi. Small plates and salads also available. Great specialty cocktail menu, hot teas and full bar available. 496 Second Street. Tuesday - Thursday 5pm - 10pm. Friday - Saturday 5pm - 11pm. Ginger Stir-Fry Located downtown, it’s Macon’s only build your own stir fry bar with over 500 combinations. Cool experience for the kids, not your average dining experience. You want it spicy, sweet, both? You be the judge, but don’t worry, there are recipe cards as well for the beginner. LD • BAR • $-$$ 496 Second Street. Greek Corner Deli Serving delicious lamb gyros, monster greek salads, subs and specialty sandwiches 7 days a week. One of the few restaurants downtown open on Sundays and the only late night eatery on Saturdays 12:30am til 3am! LD • $ 587 Cherry Street, 254.3059. Second location; Greek Corner Pizza also offers calzones, pizzas, greek firies and plenty of ready-made desserts. Forsyth Ninja Japanese Steakhouse Located in downtown Macon, enjoy their unique and delicious sushi options prepared by owner and 20-year chef, along side freshly prepared Japanese offerings. Open for lunch and din-
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It was the Cinderella story of the season! Our Mercer Bears beat the iconic Duke Blue Devils for a 78-71 victory last March! A game that surprised most of the nation. As the No. 14 seed team, it didn’t look quite promising when Mercer was picked to go head to head with No. 3 seed Duke. But Coach Bob Hoffman knew his team had worked hard and were ready for the challenge. by BROOKE WILLIAMS “It was just a thrill to see all the hard work and time that the players, assistants, trainers and everybody put in, to see that come to fruition with a victory over an iconic team and iconic coach. In that venue to have that kind of success, it’s about as good as it gets in our sport”, says Hoffman. When the buzzer went off at the end of that game, Mercer fans around the world danced in celebration! Most notably, senior Point Guard Kevin Canevari. Surrounded by his winning team, Canevari started his, now famous, celebratory dance called the Nae Nae! “I was just so excited! Maybe a little too excited! We would always have fun after big games and obviously that was probably our biggest win of the year as far as national recognition. Honestly, I think it just shows our group and how excited we were and how much fun we were having”. Kevin graduated last year, along with seven other players. But his passion for Mercer basketball led him straight back to Hawkins Arena. “I’m now a graduate assistant here at Mercer. I’m getting my MBA and also coaching with Hoffman to see if that’s something I want to do (in the future)”. Both Kevin and Coach Hoffman are setting their sights on the future. Coach Hoffman traveled all over the nation this summer recruiting for his new team. And this time those recruits knew exactly who he was and what a successful program he had at Mercer. Hoffman says, “I think our program continues to grow all over the country, as far as being visible in the right ways. It definitely helps us get into some homes and get into some gyms that we weren’t able to before.
You don’t have to explain who you are or where you’re at as much”. Another aspect that gained Mercer national media attention and a become a household name was the receipt of Mercer’s first ever ESPY award! The 2013-2014 basketball team won the “Best Upset” award for their amazing win over Duke. Head coach Bob Hoffman along with departing seniors Monty Brown, Kevin Canevari, Daniel Coursey, Jakob Gollon, Langston Hall and Bud Thomas attended the star studded event in Los Angeles to accept the award at ESPN’s annual award show. It’s a memory Kevin will never forget. “It was awesome! That was really the icing on the cake. We got to hang out with a bunch of famous athletes and we’re just kids that just graduated college here at the ESPY party with all these famous athletes! It was really a dream come true”. Although that incredibly successful season is behind them, the Mercer Bears are looking forward to making new memories. With several new players, seven of them incoming freshman, added to the roster for the 20142015 season, the Bears are ready to form the bonds of basketball brotherhood and win some championships! “As far as talent, I think we’ll be fine”, says Hoffman of his new team, “The cohesiveness and getting along they’ll be good at that. But it takes a little while for you to get comfortable around each other and I think they’re still learning all those things. The last group had so many experiences on the road collectively, so they were able to draw on tough situations. This group will have to learn some of those as we go in the next couple of months”.
“There’s no way to definitively link the continued increases in inquiries, campus visits and applications to the Duke win, but it certainly contributed to Mercer’s national visibility,” said Larry Brumley, senior vice president for Marketing Communications at Mercer. Above: Mercer’s Kevin Canevari’s infamous dance (the Nae Nae) at the Duke game has been viewed by over 100,000 people on Youtube. Photography MATT ODOM 11thHourOnline.com 23
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The University has also seen a significant increase in merchandise sales. T-shirts, hats, home decor, drink ware, anything with a Mercer logo is flying off the shelves. Brumley adds, “Revenue from the sale of Mercer licensed merchandise is running more than double that of the same period last year. There are several factors contributing to that large increase, but we believe the basketball team’s success is a big part of it. The total retail value of Mercer licensed merchandise sales surpassed $1 million this year”. Darious Moten, a 6’6, 195 pound Forward, is part of both of those groups. He was a junior last year during one of Mercer’s most successful seasons and played eight minutes during that Duke game and went one for two scoring two points for Mercer. This year Moten is ready to take on those big name teams again and make his senior year at Mercer really count! “Our school is not very big. People don’t expect us to do much, so it’s our job to go out there and prove everyone wrong.” No matter what his future plans entail, Darious will always take of piece of Mercer with him, “Family and teamwork are two huge components, that Coach Hoffman teaches us and that’s the reason we’ve had success. I can carry that into any career that I want.” The impact of last season not only affected the players and coaches, but the University as a whole. According to Larry Brumley, Senior Vice President for Marketing Communications and Chief of Staff, Mercer’s admissions are at a record high! “The University has a record enrollment of more than 8,500 students this fall, including a record freshman class of 807. Even before the Duke game, Mercer’s undergraduate enrollment was
seeing large increases. Over the last four years, the size of Mercer’s entering freshman class has grown by 42 percent, from 565 to more than 800. Attendance at this fall’s Preview Day events, which are major undergraduate recruiting weekends at the University, is up 28 percent over last fall. Inquiries from prospective students are up 85 percent over last year, and applications are also running 4 percent ahead of last year’s record pace. There’s no way to definitively link the continued increases in inquiries, campus visits and applications to the Duke win, but it certainly contributed to Mercer’s national visibility”. The University has also seen a significant increase in merchandise sales. T-shirts, hats, home decor, drink ware, anything with a Mercer logo is flying off the shelves. Brumley adds, “Revenue from the sale of Mercer licensed merchandise is running more than double that of the same period last year. There are several factors contributing to that large increase, but we believe the basketball team’s success is a big part of it. The total retail value of Mercer licensed merchandise sales surpassed $1 million this year”. The biggest selection of Mercer swag is at the Barnes and Noble bookstore located in Mercer Village.
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Things are starting to happen in our fair city. Local, original music things. Things we like and hope you will as well. Floco Torres recently released ANOTHER killer EP. Dalmation has several shows booked over the next month and a half and more recording set for release. Widow Pills debut EP is now available online and they (full disclosure: I play in this one, so I suppose “we” is more appropriate) have a few shows in November. The point: there’s a momentum starting to build. I wish I could sit here and truthfully say that I (and we here @ FNS) have a finger on all of the great bands sprouting up and playing some damn fine original music in our area, but I (and we) cannot. If you are a band or know of a band, contact us on Facebook or fieldnotestenograpers@gmail.com. (you can follow us on twitter @FNStenographers) Remember: this is your music Macon. Get dirty. Dig the field.
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Sturgill Simpson at the Capitol 11/8/14 Cost $15
The opener, Cris Jacobs, kept it about as simple as you can: a man, his guitar, and a stage. Unfortunately, I didn’t get to catch his set because I was working the door but I can tell you that he kept the growing crowd entertained and engaged for his entire set. Those that did have the pleasure of catching his set had nothing but great things to say. Check out his music here (http://crisjacobs.com/) Sturgill took the stage in a flannel and Chuck Taylors, looking much more like a 5th grade teacher than the purveyor of true country music, the man whose sound many believe will save us from the overproduced nonsense Nashville has been pawning off as country music for years. The Waylon Jennings comparison is inevitable at times. To make matters worse (or better), Waylon’s son, Shooter Jennings, has been quoted several times that Sturgill reminds him of his dad’s favorite records. Waylon-esque baritone aside, his songwriting is the antithesis of “bro country” that has been produced and distilled to a such a point that the only thing “country” about it is the overwhelmingly redundant presence of bored stereotypes of “southern life,” e.g. trucks, being broke, cheap beer, and good ole ‘Merica love. To label Sturgill the “savior” of real country music implies that those that listen to “bro” country want to be saved, and I’m not sure I buy that (see: Luke Bryan’s ticket sales from his last tour). To be clear, I’m not hating. I’m fairly certain there were lots of Luke Bryan fans at the Sturgill show, but there were also metal heads and punk rockers and hipster/twenty-something’s sporting man-buns and mustaches that don’t usually touch
country but dig what Sturgill’s doing. The point: a damn good song is a damn good song, regardless of genre and Sturgill’s one of the few out there right now in any genre that is writing great songs AND steadily gaining support outside of the confines of the music industry machine. The moment I heard “Turtles all the way down” I knew I had to buy everything that I could find, so I did. Two full lengths and a two song EP I became (and still am) a fan. November 8th at the Capitol Theatre was proof that I wasn’t the only one with the impulse to purchase and support the man’s music. When Field Note Stenographers received confirmation that Sturgill Simpson was coming to the Capitol Theatre and we were (more than partly) responsible for it, we had the unenviable task of trying to figure out the best way to release the information and market the show, which meant we had to keep our fat mouths shut about it for a few days. Hot dang that was a long couple of days. You see, dear reader, one of the early (and main) goals of FNS was (and still is) to book shows that we want to see, and lucky for us, Sturgill Simpson was our first show and it sold out, which is more a testament to you and the 600 some odd folks that attended the sold out show. The Sturgill show stands as a testament that there are in fact enough folks out there who can and will support live music in this town. Stay tuned for more show announcements and head over to fieldnotestenographers.com, join our mailing list and let us know who you would like to see play in Macon. Remember: this is your music scene. Help us make it better. Get dirty. Dig the field.
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SATURDAY, NOV. 29 OLD SOUTHERN MOONSHINE REVIVAL @ THE CRAZY BULL
DANCE PARTY / DJ
The lust-filled, swaggering, stormy slide-guitar playing front man who sings tales of heartbreak, betrayal and beauty, AJ Ghent is reminiscent of James Brown and Otis Redding as he bellows out funky rock. His guitar playing is a masterful mix of Jimi Hendrix, Albert King and Ben Harper. AJ Ghent has a unique stand-up lap steel approach, and he floods the stage with energy. The notes leap from his guitar, grab the listener and lead them to a fun place of sultry bright summer rock.
In late 2005, the first song was written. By late 2006, the skeleton for the first record was laid out and scratch recordings were underway. In February of 2007, the first show was played to a small room of around 150 people and Old Southern Moonshine Revival was born. In October of 2007, Old Southern Moonshine Revival released their self-titled debut album to a sold out Ziggy’s crowd in Winston-Salem, NC… Flash forward five years to 2012. With their second full-length album debuting it’s first few weeks inside iTunes Top 100 Country Albums, Old Southern Moonshine Revival is touring in support and is turning heads everywhere they go.
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FRIDAY, NOV. 21 Stone Senate @ THE BIRD
Stone Senate is a five-piece contemporary southern rock band hailing from Nashville, TN. With a sound that is infused by a variety of musical back grounds from country to funk, Stone Senate has often been compared to such classic act’s as The Allman Brothers and Lynyrd Skynyrd with a twist.
SATURDAY, NOV. 22 Lance Daniel Band @BILLY’S CLUBHOUSE
Lance has always had a love for music, but at the age of 15 when he began learning to play guitar, music became his passion. When he heard Keith Urban playing Who Wouldn’t Wanna Be Me, Lance knew exactly what he wanted to strive for. Although Keith Urban and Brad Paisley are just some of his influences on his music, probably some of the biggest influences come from out west. Like Cody Canada & the Departed, Cross Canadian Ragweed, Reckless Kelly, and Micky & the Motorcars just to name a few
Gannon Adams @ THE CRAZY BULL Gannon’s debut
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WEDNESDAY, NOV. 26 Saint Francis @ THE BIRD
The Saint Francis Band was officially founded in 2009 in Macon, Ga, but relocated to Athens, Ga in 2010. TSFB is a crossover Americana group with a wide range of influences. TSFB is centered around strong vocal performance, lyrical content, and well delivered music composition that creates the unmistakable sound that is The Saint Francis Band.
Josh Carson & Wes Heath @ WILD WING CAFÉ
These two Macon Singer Songwriters are two of our most popular. They play great originals and covers that you will want to sing along to.
FRIDAY, NOV. 28 Southbound Mojo @ BILLY’S CLUBHOUSE
Playing all the hits with a rock edge. You can hear great tunes from top country artist to Outkast. Ross Coppley @ THE CRAZY BULL Ross and his band have been delivering acclaimed live shows to sold-out crowds for over 4 years. Averaging more than 100 performances a year, Coppley has established a solid and dedicated fan base throughout the Eastern U.S., all the while working toward his goal of a landing a record and publishing deal.
Doc Holliday @ COX CAPITOL THEATRE Doc Holliday is from
Macon Georgia where Southern rock
began with the legendary Allman Brothers Band. The group was signed to A&M Records in 1980. In 1981 their debut album DOC HOLLIDAY entered the Billboard Rock LPs chart in the top 30. The band then began to receive the attention of the European music press and the second album DOC HOLLIDAY RIDES AGAIN was released at the end of 1981 to critical acclaim. It contains the Southern rock classic ‘Lonesome Guitar’, a song in the tradition of Lynyrd Skynyrd’s ‘Freebird’.
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In late 2005, the first song was written. By late 2006, the skeleton for the first record was laid out and scratch recordings were underway. In February of 2007, the first show was played to a small room of around 150 people and Old Southern Moonshine Revival was born. In October of 2007, Old Southern Moonshine Revival released their self-titled debut album to a sold out Ziggy’s crowd in Winston-Salem, NC… Flash forward five years to 2012. With their second full-length album debuting it’s first few weeks inside iTunes Top 100 Country Albums, Old Southern Moonshine Revival is touring in support and is turning heads everywhere they go Acoustic Workshop @ COX CAPITOL THEATRE Acoustic Workshop was formed by Shane Bridges & Josh Carson in 1994. They recruited Brad Sorrell on drums and Charles Gaston on bass to record at Phoenix Sound (Old Capricorn Studios). Out of the studio came “Rage” the first CD that would take Acoustic Workshop to another level.The band reunited once a year to a sold-out crowd!
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Notice is hereby given that Macon-Bibb County will receive sealed bids in the Procurement Department, Suite 800, Government Center Annex, 682 Cherry Street, Macon, Georgia 31201, INVITATION TO TO: until 12:00 o’clock NOON at SUBMIT the time legally REQUEST FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES prevailing in Macon, Georgia on Thursday, April 17, 2014, for Reconstruct Road – Full Depth 15-032-ND Reclamation (2014) for the County PUBLIC/PRIVATEMacon-Bibb REAL ESTATE Engineering Department. Bids will be publicly SERVICES FOR opened in the Procurement Department ConferMACON-BIBB COUNTY GOVERNMENT, ence Room, on Thursday, April 17, 2014, starting MACON GEORGIA at 2:00 o’clock p.m. Bid documents may be examined and obtained at is thehereby Macon-Bibb County Procurement Notice given that Macon-Bibb Department, Suite 800, Government Center County Government will receive responses to Annex, 682 Cherry Street, Macon, Georgia 31201, the Request for Professional Services (RPS) by calling (478) 803-0550, or may be viewed and (original plus 4 copies) in the Procurement Dedownloaded from one of the links included below: partment, 682 Cherry Street, 8th Floor, Macon, Georgia Procurement Registry Georgia 31201, until 12:00 o’clock NOON at http://ssl.doas.state.ga.us/PRSapp/PR_custom_i ndex.jsp?agency=61100 the time legally prevailing in Macon, Georgia Bibb County website at on Thursday, December 11, 2014, for Public/ http://www.co.bibb.ga.us/ Private Real Estate Services for property owned City of Macon website at by Macon- Bibb County Government. http://www.cityofmacon.net NO LATE RESPONSES WILL BE CONSIDERED A Pre-bid conference is scheduled for 10:00 o’clock a.m., Thursday, April 3, 2014 in the 11th The names ofRoom responding firms will beCenter publicly Floor Training of the Government Annex, 682 Cherry Street, Macon, 31201. read on Thursday, December 11,Georgia 2014, at 2:00 This is not mandatory, highly P.M.conference in the Macon-Bibb Countybut Procurement recommended. Department Conference Room, located on the
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Bid envelopes must be sealed and identified on at “BID 682 Cherry Street, Macon GA the Building outside as: 14-012-ND – RECON31201. STRUCT ROAD – FDR (2104)” Delivered by hand or mailed to: Macon-Bibb Procurement Department Announcement of this Request for Professional Suite 800, Government Center Annex, Services also be posted on the Macon-Bibb 682 Cherry Street, County website at www.maconbibb.us/purMacon, Georgia 31201
chasing and on the Georgia Procurement Registry https://ssl.doas.state.ga.us/ Whereas thewebsite anticipate base bid exceeds PRSapp/PR_index.jsp $5,000.00, all bids in order to be considered, shall
Owner (Macon-Bibb in amount not on lessthe Responses must be County), sealed and identified than five-percent of theasBase This bid outside of the(5%) package and Bid. delivered to security shall become payable to the Owner only “RPS # 15-032-ND – Real Estate Services” if the bidder to whom award is made should fail to Macon-Bibb County Procurement Department execute a contract with the Owner and furnish 682 Cherry bonds in accordance with theStreet terms of the bid 8th Floor within ten (10) days after notification of award. Macon, Georgia No bid may be withdrawn for a 31201 period of thirty
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(30) days after date of opening. Whereas the anticipated contract price exceeds Submissions may not be withdrawn for a $5,000.00, the bidder to whom award is made period of one hundred and twenty (120) days shall submit a Payment Bond and a Performance after the deadline on date of closing. MaconBond, both in amount of one-hundred-percent Bibb of reserves the right to reject any and all (100%) the contract price. submissions to waive technicalities and Macon-Bibband County reserves full freedom (in addition to theRespondents right to reject shall any and all bids)read in formalities. carefully awarding bids to consider all available factors the information contained in the solicitation including, but not limited to price, reputation, documents and submit a complete response financial responsibility, and experience. In to all requirements and questions as directed. addition, the bidder recognizes the right of the Submittals anda any information submitOwner to reject bid ifother the bidder fails to furnish ted by in response to the RPS shall become any required submittals on the date required bythe property of Macon-Bibb County. the bidding documents, or if the bid is in any way incomplete or irregular. Hence, the County may award bids toDirect other than the lowestto: bidder if in all questions the judgment of the Board of Commissioners the Nyesha Daley, MBA, CPPB interest of the County will be best served by Director of Procurement award to another. Telephone: (478) 803-0553 MBE/WBE/DBE Participation: Minority, ndaley@maconbibb.us Women Owned, and other Disadvantaged Business Enterprises are encouraged to participate in the solicitation process. Additionally, respondents are encouraged to use M/W/DBE subcontractors where possible.
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