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Walking in the Footsteps of a Legend: 8th Annual Otis Music Camp
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This issue we continue what was a very popular feature last issue, Faces of Macon. I wanted to make note that this particular Faces, on Roy Flowers, will be turning into it’s own series, on the Life of Roy Flowers. One of the most popular things we’ve ever done here at the 11th Hour is run the Diary of a Madman. For the few that don’t know, these were actual pages from a Diary found at the camp of a fellow who had murdered his mother and father. He’d been living in the woods of Macon for a couple of years, and had been featured on the American’s Most Wanted program. People loved reading his account of life on the edge. When I met Roy Flowers I knew his story was going to be good, but I had no idea how good. My friend Slade Edwards told me about him after running into him at a card game. He really wasn’t interested in telling his story to a writer, and it took months of writing letters (with Johnny Cash stamps) to convince him. I’ve been meeting with him for about a year and a half now. He’s been to my home, bounced my kids on his broken down knees, and believe me when I say that he’s a sweetheart of a man. He just happened to live a very violent life filled with crime. I’ve spoken with his family, his lawyers, his prison gaurds, and a few of his cohorts, and I can’t wait to continue this series. I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I have enjoyed writing it. It will be posted online, under the name Teddy Bear (Roy’s nickname his whole life). Check 11tthhouronline.com for more details.
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Folk Legend John McCutcheon, live in concert Saturday, May 9 Presented by Acoustic Productions Historic Douglass Theatre - Tickets $20 adv / $22 at the door John McCutcheon has emerged as one of our most respected and loved folksingers. As an instrumentalist, he is a master of a dozen different traditional instruments, most notably the rare and beautiful hammer dulcimer. His songwriting has been hailed by critics and singers around the globe. His thirty recordings have garnered every imaginable honor including seven Grammy nominations. He has produced over twenty albums of other artists, from traditional fiddlers to contemporary singer-songwriters to educational and documentary works. The Washington Post described John as folk music’s “Rustic Renaissance Man,” a moniker flawed only by its understatement. “Calling John McCutcheon a ‘folksinger’ is like saying Deion Sanders is just a football player...” (Dallas Morning News). Besides his usual circuit of major concert halls and theaters, John is equally at home in an elementary school auditorium, a festival stage or at a farm rally. He is a whirlwind of energy packing five lifetimes into one. . In the past few years alone he has headlined over a dozen different festivals in North America (including repeated performances at the National Storytelling Festival), recorded an original composition for Virginia Public Television involving over 500 musicians, toured Australia for the sixth time, toured Chile in support of a women’s health initiative, appeared in a Woody Guthrie tribute concert in New York City, gave a featured concert at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, taught performance art skills at a North Carolina college, given symphony pops concerts across America, served as President of the fastest-growing Local in the Musicians Union and performed a special concert at the National Baseball Hall of Fame. To buy tickets, visit www.douglasstheatre.org or call 478-742-2000. Sponsored by the Community Foundation of Central Georgia and the Douglass Theatre.
Friday, May 1 Macon’ Us Glow 5K Fun Run 6-8 p.m. It is in conjunction with Downtown Macon’s First Friday. The 5K will begin at Central City Park and go through the Ocmulgee Heritage Trail. Runners who sign up before April 20th are guaranteed a t-shirt and a glow stick. Cost is $25 (by April 20), $30 (after April 20), & $20 for Macon Tracks Members. Participants can sign up at https://runsignup.com/race/ga/ Macon/MaconUsGlow Hay House Spring Stroll Amble at your leisure through lush, blossoming private gardens during the ever popular Macon Secret Gardens Tour (Friday through Sunday). The Historic Interiors Tour (Friday and Saturday evenings) allows views of historic and newly restored interiors in the Macon area. Tickets available for purchase at the Hay House, $15 in advance / $20 day of. 478-742-8155 First Friday Dog Fashion Show Presented by NewTown Macon Outside the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame, The event starts at 5:00 p.m. and the contest runs 6:00 until 7:00 p.m. The dog fashion show categories are flashy leashes and collars, costumes, and dog wear. The people’s choice award is for the cutest dog. Opening Reception of “Godspeed” at the 567 Center for Renewal 6-9 p.m. Free event. The May exhibit at The
567 will be “Godspeed,” featuring mixed media paintings by Atlanta artist Daniel Raymond Dussault. 533 Cherry St. Barberitos Grand Opening on Forsyth Rd Help us celebrate Cinco de Mayo and our May 1st Grand Opening of the newest Barberitos on Forsyth Road in Macon. Specials all day long. In the Prado Shopping Center.
Saturday, May 2 Dinner in the Orchard 2015: A Unique Farm-to-Table event in the pecan orchard of the Georgia Industrial Children’s Home in Macon. Cocktails start at 6:30 p.m., and the five-course dinner starts at 7:30 p.m. Dinner is $125 per person. Big Mike and the Booty Papas will be performing live at Dinner in the Orchard 2015. Proceeds from this event benefit the operational costs for the Georgia Industrial Children’s Home. For tickets to Dinner in the Orchard, contact Lisa Wicker at (478) 474-8220 ext 1910 or lwicker@twincedars.org. 4690 North Mumford Road. Chef Adam Jones has worked for the Halyards Restaurant Group and Tramici for nine years and will travel from St. Simons Island to Macon. Along the way, he will stop to pick up farm-raised ingredients for the Dinner in the Orchard fundraiser. He will be accompanied by Matthew Raiford, Program Coordinator of Culinary Arts at the Coastal College of Georgia. Raiford is also a sixth-generation farmer who was a finalist on “Beat Bobby Flay”.
Monday, May 4 Full Moon Euphoria Presented by Historic Riverside Cemetery Conservancy, 7-11 p.m. Learn to create amazing low-light photographs of gorgeous night time vistas at this once-a-year event at historic Riverside Cemetery. As dusk sets in and the full moon begins to rise, experienced professionals Bonnie Gehling, Matthew Odom, and Doug Nurnberge will show you how to experiment with long and multiple exposures to create awesome special effects. $25 for individuals. $40 for couples 478-742-5328
Music in the ‘Macon’ Presented by Otis Redding Foundation and Robert McDuffie Center for Strings at The Library Ballroom - Celebrating Macon’s vibrant musical culture, while cultivating support for the education of our next generation of musicians who call Macon ‘home’. Featuring: Otis Redding III, Floco Torres, and Students from the Robert McDuffie Center for Strings Doors open at 7:00pm -Table seating for (4) comes with a variety of samplers and dessert from Grow and a complimentary drink from the bar. General admission $15. For more info call (808) 722-3009.
Friday, May 8 “The Importance of Being Ernest” Presented by Macon Little Theatre thru May 17 - This masterpiece is probably the most famous of all comedies. It revolves
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Arts + Culture + Entertainment wittily around the most ingenious case of “manufactured” mistaken identity ever put into a play. Oscar Wilde’s most brilliant tour de force, a witty and buoyant comedy of manners . The Importance of Being Earnest is celebrated not only for the lighthearted ingenuity of its plot, but for its inspired dialogue, rich with scintillating epigrams still savored by all who enjoy artful conversation. Macon Little Theatre, 4220 Forsyth Rd. Adults $18.00,Seniors (60 +) $15.00, Students (ages 5 - 23) $10.00. Nashville Children’s Choir in Concert The Townsend School of Music at Mercer University will present the Nashville Children’s Choir in concert on May 8. The performance will take place at 7:30 p.m. in Fickling Hall, and is free and open to the public. The Nashville Children’s Choir is comprised of 68 choristers, and Macon is their first stop on their annual spring tour. Young singers, ages 8 through 14, will perform quality choral music. The Mercer University Children’s Choir will join them for a few numbers. Music in the “Macon” Benefit concert for the Otis Redding Foundation Otis Redding, III will be performing with Floco Torres (an Otis Music Camp coach) to highlight the history and future of Macon music, and to raise money for the Otis Redding Foundation. Organized by a student at Mercer University’s Robert McDuffie Center for Strings, all performances will be accompanied by Center students. The show will take place Friday, May 8 at 7:30 p.m. at the Library Ballroom in downtown Macon. General admission $15, tables of 4 also available. Visit Eventbrite.com for details.
Saturday, May 9 Folk legend, John McCutcheon, live in concert at the Historic Douglass Theatre Presented by Acoustic Productions 7:30pm $20 adv & $22 at the door. For Tickets, call 478742-2000 or online at www.douglasstheatre. org . John McCutcheon has emerged as one of ourmost respected and loved folksingers. As an instrumentalist, he is a master of a dozen different traditional instruments, most notably the rare and beautiful hammer dulcimer. His songwriting has been hailed by critics and singers around the globe. His thirty recordings have garnered every imaginable honor including seven Grammy nominations. He has produced over twenty albums of other artists, from traditional fiddlers to contemporary singer-songwriters to educational and documentary works. Second Saturday Art Fest at Middle Georgia Art Association, 10am-3pm. Give the gift of art for mother’s day! Paintings, pottery, photography, jewelry and more. 2330 Ingleside Ave. Birds of Prey - Come out to Ocmulgee National Monument to watch Dale Arrowood perform flight demonstrations with owls, falcons, hawks and a turkey vulture. Arrowood, conservationist and master falconer, has extensive experience working with various types of birds of prey, and he will provide educational facts and interesting details about each bird. Free event. Programs begin @ 10am, 12:30pm, & 3:30pm. Mother’s Day Craft Workshop Presented by Goodwill Industries of Middle Georgia - 10 a.m. - noon Kids of all ages are invited
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to participate in this FREE workshop and make a craft for a Mother’s Day gift. Space is limited. RSVP with children’s first names to 478-4714854 or bhartness@goodwillworks.org.
Sunday, May 10 Second Sunday in Washington Park Presented by Bragg Jam - Second Sunday Concerts are a College Hill Corridor signature event. Every second Sunday of the month, from April through October, expect one of the best community picnics in Macon featuring live music in beautiful Washington Park. The concerts are free to attend and feature a cash bar and food available for purchase. Picnics, lawn chairs and pets are welcome. Please refrain from bringing tents and grills though. 6-8 p.m. “Timbuktu” Film Screening Presented by Macon Film Guild at Douglass Theatre - $6 general admission. Shows at 2PM, 4:30PM, and 7:30PM. Discussion after the 4:30 showing. Timbuktu (France/Mauritania, 97 minutes, rated PG-13 for some violence and thematic elements); Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film, Academy Awards 2015.
Friday, May 15 Identity Presented by Nick Farley and Imime, Inc. at Douglass Theatre - Join us for a theatrical mime worship production presented by Nick Farley and Imime, Inc. $10 in advance and $15 at the door. 478-742-2000
Saturday, May 16 Georgia Jug Fest in Roberta In celebration of the pottery-making heritage of Crawford County, the 10th annual Georgia JugFest and Old Knoxville Days, offers a look back to a time when folks learned life skills necessary to provide comfort to their existence. This Middle Georgia festival features the best of those long ago skills that evolved into talents for creating works-of-art that are still sought after today. Enjoy a day filled with a pottery exhibit, quilt show, demonstrations and tours, tractor parade, children’s activities and more. Visit gajugfestival. com for a detailed schedule of events. Adult Field Day presented by Macon-Bibb Parks & Rec Field Day…Ah the memories. Team t-shirts, 50 yard dash, tug of war, over under; all on the hottest day of the school year, of course. But what if you could experience that elementary school fun as an adult? Form your team of 6 and call 478-751-7694 to register. Or just show up at Central City Park and cheer on the participants.
Sunday, May 17 Mercer University Children’s Choir: Songs for a Spring Day Featuring Richard Kosowski, conductor; 10th anniversary celebration in an afternoon of gorgeous sacred and secular song. 3 p.m. in Vineville United Methodist Church, 2045 Vineville Ave. There is a $10 suggested donation per person for this event; proceeds benefit MUCC Scholarship Fund.
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Daisies, Knick Knacks and Rowdy Gentlemen BY NICOLE THURSTON
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Ingleside Village is coming back to life with the addition of a few new stores that have popped up recently. For years, people have enjoyed the popular pizza joint, Ingleside Village Pizza; now you can go just a few stores up and visit Jack & Darcy, UpsA-Daisy, and Knick Knacks. Owned by Rachel Phillips, Jack & Darcy is the quintessential Southern boutique. Decorated in cool tones of pastels and white, their manager, Michigan native, Annie Walter, says there is something for everyone in their store, “We specialize in women’s fashion - forward clothing, as well as offer the clasBrenda Butler, owner, sic Southern styles in men’s fashion.” Ups-A-Daisy Walter, not being from the South, says she noticed that there is a very distinct look for men’s fashion down here, “I see more pastels, seer sucker, and Croakies. All of which we sell.” Some of their more popular items include Betsy Pittard Designs, Jack Rogers sandals, specialty t-shirts like the Rowdy Gentleman brand, and unique koozies. One not so secret special the boutique does is offer a Wednesday night internet sale. Starting at 8 p.m., items go on sale for up to 50% off the retail price. Walter hopes this edition will really pull more customers online and into the stores. One of the secrets to their success has been their Instagram account. You can find Jack & Darcy @jackanddarcy on Instagram and Facebook, or their website. Not only can you spruce up your wardrobe at Ingleside Village, you can also make a huge difference in your yard. Next door neighbors and owners, Marty Young and Brenda Butler opened Ups-A-Daisy a little over 6 weeks ago, and have turned a once vacant gardening center, into a fresh and whimsical oasis in the middle of the Village. “We understand people want to spruce up their yard, but not have the same thing everyone else has,” said Young,
“People want what is affordable.” They believe that folks in Middle Georgia should not have to drive to Atlanta to find the latest trends in gardening, and that is why they decided to open their shop on Ingleside. Once you make your way down the wooden steps, you enter into a completely different environment. “This place has such a magical feel,” says Young, “ I get such an instant gratification when I plant things.” He says he understands why people get into gardening and he is eager to assist the novice. “It is powerful to transition a place so quickly.” Ups-A-Daisy is open Tuesday through Saturday, 11am - 7pm. They specialize in plants, trees & shrubs, unique yard art, kinetics, flags, pottery and fountains. Finally, nestled right on the other side of Ups-A-Daisy, is David Parkson’s thrift store, Knick Knacks. Open Monday - Friday from 10am - 5pm and Saturday from 9am - 3pm, Knick Knacks offers everything from refurbished furniture and accessories to valuable antiques. Parkson moved to Macon with his wife and opened Knick Knacks about 2 years ago, after giving online sales and auctions a try. He decided to open the space in Ingleside village due to the diversity of the neighborhood, “You have such a mix of people who shop here. Everything from low income to high income. That’s why my shop works so well.” Make sure to tell Parkson’s special assistant, 2 - year-old Hannah, hello as you enter. Jack & Darcy, Ups-A-Daisy, and Knick Knacks are just three of the dozens of shops located in Ingleside Village. There is ample parking, a few restaurants, art galleries, and boutiques, as well as a Saturday festival. For more information on any of the stores in Ingleside, visit the historic Ingleside Village shopping district on Facebook.
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Arts + Culture + Entertainment ONGOING SPECIAL EVENTS Time to pick strawberries at Twin Oaks Fun Farm in Forsyth
Farmer’s Markets Wesleyan Farmer’s Market: Twice Monthly 2nd and 4th Saturdays 9a.m. - 1 p.m. The Wesleyan Market provides the Middle Georgia community with the opportunity to buy from and speak directly with local farmers, producers, and artisans. All vendors sell local, organic products from the Macon/Middle Georgia area. Shop local! Mulberry Market in Tattnall Square Park Mulberry Market is a producer-only farmers’s market in historic Tattnall Square Park in Macon, Every Wednesday from 3:30-6:00. We accept EBT benefits! Join the My Market Club for exclusive benefits and support 8 local farms. First Saturday Village Market at Mercer Village 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. Designed to attract true artists who hand craft their product or grow produce locally and need an outlet. Some of the produce is organic and identified as organic by farmers. The market is open to local artists who produce jewelry, dog clothing, hard and soft candies, melons, cucumbers and more.
Special Events Macon’s First Friday Every first Friday of the month, downtown Macon businesses celebrate with drink and dinner specials, live entertainment and late hours. Gallery hop from Macon Arts to the Arts Exchange and much more. 5-10 p.m. Free event sponsored by NewTown Macon. Yappy Hour every 3rd Thursday at the Macon Dog Park 5pm – 8pm. Macon Bibb Parks and Rec received a Knight Neighborhood Challenge Grant for Yappy Hour. It is a once a month “happy hour” at the dog park for people to gather in a social setting with their pups! Dog demonstrations, live music, and give aways. Patrons will also have the opportunity to purchase beer or wine from our vendor and be entered in to drawings for door prizes!
For the Kids Storytime at Barnes & Noble Fridays at 10:30 a.m. Singing, snacks and great children’s books are the regular features of our children’s Storytime events. Storytime at the Library Thursdays and Saturdays at Washington Library - Little Bookworms (for kids 4 and under)
10:30am. Fridays 10:30am at Riverside Library. Story Times consist of a variety of activities including read-aloud stories, finger plays, special guests, songs and puppets. Kool-Aid & Canvas at the 567 Center for Renewal, an artist takes children age 6-12 stepby-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. The workshop starts at 10 am and lasts an hour and a half. $20 includes all materials for the class and a snack. To register your child online, please give us their name and click the “Pay Now” button below. Or, you can contact Melissa Macker at (478)238-6051 or melissa@the567. org.
Outdoors Sky Over Macon Every fourth Friday 8-10 p.m. at the 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. $5 to $10. 478-477-3232 Twin Oaks Fun Farm, Forsyth This summer, pick our juicy, plump and delicious golf ball sized strawberries and picnic under our cool pavilion with strawberry cider and ice cream! Enjoy Our Playscape Playground, animal feeding and “goatel”, covered pavilion and honey hut. Open Tuesday - Saturday 9am-6pm. Sunday 12-6pm. 678-544-0756 The Rock Ranch, Thomaston It’s time for some outdoor fun. Make a day of memories as you enjoy all The Rock Ranch attractions. The Ranch is an adventure destination like none other. From a miniature locomotive train ride, to flying through the air on amazing ziplines, to exploring a complete miniature town just for kids, The Rock Ranch attractions are like no other. Other activities include; Pedal cars, petting zoo, pony rides, cane pole fishing, John Deere Gators, rope maze, paddle boats and so much more! Monday - Saturday 10am - 4pm. Admission: $10 per person, 3 and under free. 5020 Barnesville Highway, The Rock, Georgia 30285. Office: (706) 647-6374 11thHourOnline.com 11
One Otis Music Camp coach said that what stands out the most about the camp is the talent, passion and freedom she sees in the campers. The 2015 Camp will take place June 1-12.
Walking in the Footsteps of a Legend: 8th Annual Otis Music Camp BY NICOLE THURSTON Community supporter and choreographer, Pilar Wilder, summed it up in three simple sentences, “The students can see that they indeed have a future. Music is a viable possibility. That’s all a community needs to scale the fence of doubt and depression: Hope.” That is essentially what The Otis Redding Foundation attempts to accomplish each summer with their signature Otis Music Camp. In its eighth year, the Foundation, with support from the Knight Foundation will present a 10-day music camp at the Zuver Center on the campus of Mount de Sales Academy. At the center of this camp, and in essence what makes the camp so unique, are the coaches that dedicate their time. An array of accomplished musicians and music industry professionals will guide campers through such classes as: Music Genre, How to Make a Hit, GarageBand Techniques, to Music Theory and How to Be Studio Ready. “This camp provides an opportunity for young musicians in our community to meet each other and work with each other, “ says guitarist and coach, Bobby Hall. “This networking is great for the musicians to find like minded artists who want to create.” Hall goes on to say that the camp provides sincere examples of how successful the music industry can be as a songwriter. Campers will get the opportunity to work alongside accomplished musicians like Roderick L. Cox, Assistant Conductor of the Minnesota Orchestra, originally from Macon, was given his first instrument, a French Horn, through The Otis Redding Foundation. (Roderick was previously a coach but won’t be this year, you’ll want to change the structure or this graf or just remove him) Other notable artists include Floco Torres, Vinson Muhammad, Isaac Gibson, Pilar Wilder, Jared Wright, Thomas Young, Louise Warren, Adam Gorman, Jayme Alilaw with the Atlanta Opera, and Florida-based producer, Stefan Billups. 12 MAY 1 - 15, 2015
A variety of music industry professionals help coach the campers. Touring musicians also participate in Q&A sessions.
“The Foundation is really the only tangible link that youth have to the music industry,” sayscamp coach, Thomas Young. “Seeing this is such a daunting business, it is always helpful to have connections.” Young believes that the type of support the campers receive from the Reddings makes all of the difference. “I hope that they gain the confidence that they need to go out and record and perform their work.” Young, a former camper turned coach, feels that getting the opportunity to play with talented musicians gave him the confidence with his own recordings and performances. Jamye Alilaw, a professional opera singer based in Atlanta, has been a part of the Otis Music Camp for two years, and is responsible for leading the morning vocal warm-up and assisting the campers with their performance skills and stage presence. “While my job description is to teach the campers, I actually learned quite a bit from them in the process.” Alilaw says that what stands out the most about the camp is the talent, passion and freedom she sees in campers. Their work inspires her and this has even made her consider take up songwriting again. Coach Pilar Wilder believes that the students learn how to communicate to the audience, with the guidance from the coaches, and in turn, that creates the artist. “More than anything, I hope the students learn the importance of valuing and nurturing their talents, “ says Wilder. “I want them to take away an appreciation for those who have come before them and have the hope, realization that they, too, can go and be anything they choose.” The 2015 Otis Music Camp (previously the Big “O” Singer/Songwriter Camp) will take place June 1 – 12, Monday – Friday, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. at Mount de Sales Academy in Macon, Ga. For more information, visit otisreddingfoundation.org/camp.
A Mercer Senior Helps Promote Music Education BY MEAGAN EVANS
Taylor Yasui is a senior at Mercer University’s Robert McDuffie Center for Strings. He is also the organizer for a musical benefit titled “Music in the Macon,” that will take place May 8 in support of the Otis Redding Foundation. “I wanted to give back to the Macon community,” said Yasui. “I was moved by the impact the Otis Redding Foundation’s music camp has on Macon’s youth. For many of the camp’s participants, it is their first step towards a life-long passionate journey with music.” Born and raised in Honolulu, Yasui began studying the cello at age 12. Now a senior under full scholarship at Mercer, he hopes to continue playing chamber music and pursue a career in Arts Administration upon graduation. “I see this concert as a culmination of my musical and entrepreneurial endeavors at Mercer. ‘Music in the Macon’ celebrates Macon’s vibrant musical culture, while cultivating support for the education of our next generation of musicans who call Macon home.” Yasui has created an evening of live music that will feature Otis Redding III, Macon’s own Floco Torres and students from the Robert McDuffie Center for Strings all playing in support of the Otis Redding Foundation and their mission towards strengthening and perpetuating music in Macon. The concert will take place at 7 p.m. in The Library Ballroom, 652 Mulberry Street. General admission is $15. A cash bar will be available.
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Meat & Bread $3.99 Meat, Bread &1 $5.79 Meat, Bread & 2 $7.69 Meat, Bread & 3 $9.49 Vegetable Plate (3) $6.19 Vegetable Plate (4) $7.99 Founded in 1959 by Inez Hill and Louise Hudson, H&H Restaurant is a Macon institution. Mama Hill and Mama Louise have kept Macon’s most diverse clientele well fed with delicious, stick-to-ya-ribs soul food since Otis Redding was just an unknown band member in Johnny Jenkins’ Pinetoppers. On one fateful day in the mid-60’s a group a long hairs pooled their money together for two plates. Mama Louise felt sorry for them and gave them all a heaping helping. A friendship between her and The Allman Brothers Band was born. A friendship that took her on quite a ride that included a seat on the tour bus in 1972 and lifelong friendships with Gregg and the rest of the band. In 2007, Mama Hill passed on, but Mama Louise kept on keepin’ on. She calls us every other day, saying “y’all ready yet! I’m ready to go back to work.” To which we reply, “We’re almost there Mama.”
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11 Things You Didn’t Know About Jill 1. I was captain of my college tennis team. 2. I played the french horn in middle school and performed once at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. 3. My first job out of college was a tennis pro at a country club 4. I learned to drive stick shift in a 1969 Volkswagen Beetle 5. I married my high school sweetheart. We first met in preschool and I remember Mark being that really annoying boy but then we met again our junior year in high school. 6. I didn’t have a middle name until I got married. 7. I spent my college summers teaching at a Nike Tennis Camp in Lawrenceville, NJ 8. I am really an introvert. Crowds tend to stress me out. 9. I will not eat spaghetti noodles in public. 10. I wish that I could wear flip flops everywhere everyday. 11. Growing up, I was a baseball expert. Tom Glavine was my favorite player and I loved the Atlanta Braves. I watched on TV or listened on the radio to almost every Braves game during middle school.
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Jill Vanderhoek Inspiring Change Hometown: Gainesville, FL Occupation: Executive Director of Susan G. Komen Central Ga. Favorite Restaurant?: This is hard because I love to eat and also cook. I have so many favorite local restaurants. I would say I enjoy picking up my fresh produce and happy meat from Mulberry Market at Tattnall and creating a simple meal at home with my family. My favorite creation I have made with ingredients from the market is the Vanderhoek Breakfast Bowl - roasted potatoes and kale, bacon, shredded cheese topped with a fried egg. Macon’s Best Cultural Asset? Can I name three? Macon has quite a few gems! 1. Mercer University has really developed a college town feel in the last several years. I loved growing up in Gainesville with the University of Florida having so many opportunities at my fingertips. As a family, we love going to watch an athletic, theater or music performance. 2. Architecture- I love architecture and there are so many awesome buildings in Macon. There is such an interesting mix of architectural styles too. 3. Macon Arts and Science Museum- Seriously this is the best deal in town! You get animals, science and art. It’s perfect for a really cold day, a really hot day or a rainy day. Plus a family membership only cost $65 for the year. I’ve planned pit stops for family vacations to take advantage of the reciprocal museum admissions you receive as part of the annual membership. Meeting Jill Moody Vanderhoek could be a surprise if you’re not prepared for her. She observes and is strangely quiet where her contemporaries in the volunteer community are boisterous. As the Executive Director of Susan G. Komen Central Georgia, she makes sure she recruits those whose palpable excitement continue to make the non-profit grow. But don’t be fooled by her quiet façade. Jill Vanderhoek has a lot to say. Born and raised in Gainesville, FL, Vanderhoek graduated from Florida Southern College in Lakeland, FL. Known for the largest single collection of Frank Lloyd Wright architecture in the world, she was well equipped 14 MAY 1 - 15, 2015
to recognize the beauty in Macon’s architecture. Moving from Harrisonburg, VA when her husband, Mark, got a job at the Houston County bureau of The Telegraph, they initially bought a house in Warner Robins. A year later, Mark took a job at Mercer University. When they realized that they spent the majority of their time in Macon, they sold their house in Warner Robins and moved to the Beall’s Hill neighborhood. Jill telecommuted keeping the job she had in Virginia handling marketing and advertising for a real estate firm. “I telecommuted for six years. In 2009, I had my first daughter, Dulcie. I stepped away from my job at the real estate firm to focus on this wild ride of parenthood. I stayed home for 4.5 years, added a second daughter, Cordelia, to the mix, worked part time at The Grand Opera House as the House Manager and threw myself in many community projects mainly involving community gardens and local food,” said Vanderhoek. Vanderhoek became the Executive Director of the Susan G. Komen Central Georgia a year ago. “It was an opportunity I couldn’t pass up,” said Vanderhoek. “When I was in 7th grade, my mom was diagnosed with Stage III breast cancer and it definitely changed my childhood. I remember my mom being really sick from all her chemo and radiation treatments, I remember being worried about all the medical bills, I remember feeling different from all my friends because my mom lost her hair and eyebrows. In the early 1990s, people didn’t talk about breast cancer the way they do now. Susan G. Komen changed that. Komen has funded incredible research that resulted in lifesaving treatments. And on a local level, Komen Central Georgia provides breast health education and screenings to uninsured and medically underserved individuals. Komen Central Georgia is a good fit because it combines my personal story with mom and helping improve the community.” The move from Virginia to Middle Georgia delighted the Vanderhoeks because it was closer to their families in Florida. “We never intended to stay in Central Georgia for more than three or four years. But after we scratched
the surface we fell in love with opportunities that Macon presented,” said Vanderhoek. “I like to describe Macon as a town that is big enough to embrace big city ideas but small enough to connect with the folks to make those ideas happen. I’ve been known to have ‘idea brainstorming date nights’ so Mark and I can talk about projects we want to see in Macon. I am also the kind of person to take pictures of solar powered trash cans while on vacation so I can figure out how to get them in Macon.” Even in the infancy of the progressive changes we were seeing in Macon, Jill and her husband Mark saw what Macon could become and continued to work hard to help those changes happen. “I feel that the best is yet to come. I love my neighborhood. I love that I can walk around Mercer’s campus, College Hill Corridor, and downtown with my girls and discover amazing little details that are ignored when driving in a car. I love Macon’s architecture, it really is a gem,” said Vanderhoek. Jill Vanderhoek thinks common courtesy could go a long way in helping Maconites change the dynamic in Macon for the better. “First, be kind! Acknowledge your fellow neighbor with a smile and say hello,” said Vanderhoek. “Second, I would love to see better manners from drivers. If someone lets you merge or turn left at a busy intersection just give them a friendly wave. It takes two secs. I can’t stand it when I extend the courtesy to a fellow driver and they don’t wave! Third, let’s change the conversation in Macon. Rather than complaining about what you don’t like about Macon, use that energy to improve the situation. There may still be frustrations and roadblocks but Macon is showing its ability to adapt.” So what’s next for Jill Moody Vanderhoek? “On a professional level, I am excited about the coming year for Komen Central Georgia. We have made some big changes with our signature 5K event Race for the Cure. We are thrilled to have the race back in Macon at Mercer University on September 26th,” said Vanderhoek. “Personally, Mark and I are trying to figure out how to have an urban farm so this year we are going to start with chickens in the backyard.”
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Some believe that they can measure people by being around them just a little while. I wonder, sometimes, if I would have met Roy Flowers 40 years ago, if I would have known to be afraid. I have had lunch with him regularly for over a year now, and after one of our meetings I went up to 20’s Pub and Subs, a place where an older crowd goes for happy hour. I walked in and asked aloud if anyone knew Roy Flowers. Several people raised their hands. One man had served time with him. Another remembered being in high school, and how just hearing the name struck fear into some. He even said he felt that fear when I came in and asked about him, that he half thought Roy was going to come in behind me and do god knows what. It’s hard to imagine now, as Roy is as gentle and kind of a man as I’ve ever met, always quick to ask about my family, and tell me about his own. But it’s hard to look at any man, and know the things inside him, and if there was ever a story about early promise gone wrong, this man, Roy Flowers, can tell it. I decided to tell his story from his point of view, as he’s told it to me over the last year and a half. This will turn into it’s own series. Look for Part II of Teddy Bear next issue.
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You could say I was a born grifter.
Schooled by gamblers, pool sharps and small time thieves, I took part in my first bank robbery when I was 14. By the time I was 35 years old, my rap sheet included 40 felonies, most of them violent, and I was on the lam following my fifth escape after doing time at some of the South’s roughest prisons. When a Nashville cop put five bullets into me, and my run as an criminal came to an end, my career would net me a life sentence plus 42 years in Virginia, 114 years in Alabama, 30 in Georgia, 25 in Tennessee, and three 25-year federal sentences for crimes committed in Arkansas and Kentucky. Yet, in 2005, I walked out of prison a free man, and moved back to my hometown of Macon, Georgia.
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Teddy Bear: Part One. By the time I turned 14, I knew what it meant to have money in my pocket. I used to go down on the corner and sell boiled peanuts that my mama would make for me. I’d get a little change, and I’d go buy some more at the farmers market and do it all over again. I enjoyed the freedom it gave me, having my own money to spend. I even helped out some with the bills around our house, pitched in what I could. But just like with most folks, eventually that little scratch wasn’t enough for me. I used to walk down Cherry Street with some buddies and eyeball everyone shopping on the square at Sears and J.C. Penney’s. There was a little old pool hall there called Macon Billiards, and one day I pressed my face up against the glass and looked inside. I could see the men in there, covered in smoke, cracking the rack, and chalking up their hands. The railbirds were watching a game of snooker over on the corner table and there was a green wad of money sitting on a stool beside it. It was the first time I saw a bet, and just watching it from the outside made my heart kick up a notch. I guess I was just born this way. It didn’t take long for me to start getting out of school and heading downtown just about every day. I’d always stop by the pool hall and buy me a gravy burger or a chilidog and hang out a while. Every kind of person was in there – doctors, lawyers, bricklayers, winos – they all came to hang out at Macon Billiards. They had snooker tables and pool tables and had even hosted a tournament in the 50s that New York Fats played in and won. Eventually, I got a note from Mama saying that I could work there, and they let me rack balls for the guys, who would leave me a little tip after the games. Back then, a game wasn’t but 10 cents. All I did was watch those guys shoot pool and listen to them talk back and forth. I had become a pretty good player myself over at the boys club on Second Street, and one afternoon the manager handicapped me and let me play in a snooker tournament. I ran up 64 points before I missed. I won myself a pool cue. Every once in a while, some out-oftowner would come into the place hoping to win some money off of one of the regulars. Mr. Bobby had taught me to be on the lookout for hustlers. I took it pretty seriously and was always sizing up folks coming in the door. One afternoon, a guy came in all dressed up in a mechanics outfit, had a little grease on his face, and he was acting all tired like he just got off work at the shop. I racked him up a game of nine-ball. It took him too long to finish and before long he was playing for some change against a guy who didn’t know any better. They were betting on the 5 and 9 with a penny a point on the shot rotation. A hustler doesn’t start out playing for much money, see. They want to play for a little, and maybe even lose for a while. Some might lose all day long, just so they can come in the next day and run tables for big dollars and have everybody jumping on them like a bunch of horny monkeys. I could see this guy’s hands – they were smooth, like a banker’s. He hadn’t turned a wrench a day in his life. A hustler was a method actor, a psychologist, a salesman, and a thief. They didn’t go over real well with the regulars at the pool hall.
One of the regulars they called Bean must have noticed me watching this guy and he came up beside him and slapped him on the back right before he was about to take a shot. “Hey Daniel, having a hard time with that six, ain’t ya? Looked like you put about a million dollars worth of English on it and only about a nickel took hold.” “Names not Daniel,” the guy said to him. Bean slammed a hundred dollar bill on the table and said, “Believe I’d like some of this action, Daniel, as soon as ya’ll finish up.” The hustler looked beaten already. Bean called me over to rack them a game of nine-ball. “Alright, you break, Daniel. Don’t you go running the table on me now,” Bean smiled as he said it. The guy tried his damndest, but he got some bad luck off the break and was stuck behind the nine. It was over from there. Bean didn’t miss. He put up his pool cue. “Alright now, let’s even up Daniel.” The guy’s chin was dug down in his chest, but he knew better than to argue. He took out a hundred dollars and paid Bean. That had to be more than he’d made in the last few weeks, hustling pool games. “Why you keep calling me Daniel?” he asked him “Because, son, you walked into the Lion’s Den.” We never saw that fellow again, but there were many others. Bean and his friends loved giving me a hard time at work. They’d call me Susie Q. or Teddy Bear, and just make sport of me when I was around. It didn’t bother me much; they always tipped me good after a rack, even before the game was finished. One afternoon, Bean asked if I could drive a car. I told him I could drive anything. He told me to skip school that Thursday and come downtown and told me he would pay me to drive them somewhere. Making a buck sounded a lot better than reading books, so I kept walking past the bus stop and made it downtown that Thursday morning and they were there waiting for me. “How’s it going buddy-ro,” Bean said, as I walked up on the sidewalk. “Going good, I reckon. Where we headed?” “Don’t you worry ‘bout that now. Get in. We’re gonna have you drive on the way back.” I got in the backseat with two other fellows, and we hit the road. It was an old blue ‘52 Ford, 292 with three in the collar. “You can drive a stick can’t you buddy?” Bean looked back and asked me. “I told you I can drive anything, didn’t I?” We drove a couple of hours, and they pulled up outside a bank. I’m not sure what town we were in. Bean turned around and faced me in the backseat. “Listen buddy-ro, we’re gonna run in here for a few minutes, and I need you to leave this car running, and I need you to step on the gas and get out of here pretty fast, just as soon as we all get back in the car. Can you do that for me?” “I can.” “You are stone cold, Teddy Bear, you know that?” I looked ahead and gripped the steering wheel tight.... 11thHourOnline.com 17
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Amerson River Park is nearly complete! The 160-acre park has new amentities and enhancements: three and a half miles of paved trails; two additional river access points; bathroooms; two new, large picnic shelters; a large, covered overlook; and improved parking. Amerson River Park’s Grand Opening is May 30, 2015 from 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. See the new improvements, and enjoy live music, kid activities, canoe and kayak trips, and family-friendly games. The entire event is free and open to the public. Food trucks will be onsite for food and drink purchases. Amerson River Park’s improvement project is a great example of a publicprivate partnership. Macon-Bibb was awarded $5.6 million in a federal grant with the assistance of former Mayor Jim Marshall, and NewTown Macon raised funds to provide the private match to the public grant.
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Cheating our Kids Education When I first read about the then-alleged cheating scandal in the Atlanta public school system in 2009, I was not surprised in the least. People all over the country, it seems, were shocked by the fact that educators would stoop to such a low level as to correct wrong answers on their students’ CRCT answer sheets to boost test scores. The cheating scandal was brought to light by journalists who worked for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution in 2009 after scrutinizing the substantial gains made on test scores in several inner-city Atlanta schools. These journalists uncovered CRCT answer sheets with a startling number of erasures, which were corrected and the correct answers were bubbled in. It didn’t take long for them to realize that they had stumbled upon a widespread conspiracy within the school system to improve CRCT scores by cheating. Perhaps if anyone had been paying attention in the early-mid 1990’s, the Bibb County Public School System would have been in the news as well. My first teaching job was at John W. Burke Elementary School, which has since been closed. At the time that I taught there, from 1994-1998, Burke was comprised of the poorest students in the county. None of the students I taught came from families who could even qualify for a reduced-price lunch which, at the time, meant their families’ annual income levels (depending on family size) were around $15,000 per year, at the most. The students in my self-contained, fifth-grade classroom came from homes with very few, if any books. Some of my students didn’t even have running water or electricity. Because of the high rate of crime in their neighborhood, they couldn’t play outside their homes without fear of being a victim of some sort of violence, usually gang-related. One of the students I remember most came from a home, if you could call it that, where he had to fend for himself because his mother was a drug addict who was not around very much. He typically smelled of urine and had tattered clothes. He was a brilliant child and, if he had been born into another home, he probably would be a professional now. Tragically, I attended his funeral three years ago. It was commonplace for the students I taught to be responsible for their younger siblings and family members. Many had to take the place of parents, who either because of jobs that required irregular work hours, drug abuse, or other issues, could not help them get ready for and walk them to school in the mornings. These children were doing things that, even as a 24-year-old, I couldn’t even imagine doing. I’m giving you this background to let you know that I believe that my students were amazing. They were also robbed of a good education at the expense of bolstering the image of the school. When I was hired to teach 5th grade at Burke, Dr. Gene Buinger was the superintendent of Bibb County schools. Dr. Buinger and the school board hired a consulting company, “Target Teach,” to the tune of several hundred-thousand dollars, to help raise standardized test scores (at that time the Iowa Test of Basic Skills) in
Bibb County. There was no secret as to how important it was that teachers improve their students’ scores on the ITBS. I even remember being told when I wanted to spend several weeks teaching my class how to do research and write a paper based on their research that I was forbidden from doing so because, “it’s not on the test.” The motivation behind this push to raise test scores, which is a nation-wide problem, is that student performance on standardized tests is tied to the amount of money, in the form of teacher and administrator “merit” bonuses and funds the school systems rely on. It’s an easy way for politicians and policy-makers to decide which schools and teachers are doing a good job. It’s also a path for corruption and cheating, and it’s the students who suffer the most. The first year I taught, it was made very clear to me by my principal, Dr. Vivian Hatcher, how important high test scores were. Shockingly, the ITBS tests, which are supposed to remain locked and sealed until the day of testing were opened and made available to teachers in the teacher’s lounge. We were encouraged to look over the tests. We were never explicitly told to teach the test, however, I remember Dr. Hatcher saying many times, “it would behoove you to know what exactly is on the test so that you can help your students to do well.” I never, ever looked at those opened tests. Consequently, my students scored much lower as a class on the ITBS than most of the other classes. Several classes scored 100% correctly class-wide on the vocabulary section of the test. I was ridiculed as being a weak teacher in front of my entire school in more than one faculty meeting for having such low scores. I have never regretted for one minute the decision that I made not to cheat. If I had cheated, what kind of example would I have been setting for my students? At least three of the four years I taught at Burke, we had the highest test scores in the entire county. In 1998, third graders at Burke scored 5th out of 1,062 schools in the state of Georgia on the vocabulary portion of the ITBS. One of the third grade teachers I worked with at Burke, whose students routinely scored in the hundredth percentile, had a very limited vocabulary, herself. In fact, it wouldn’t have surprised me if this teacher didn’t have to look for the meanings of the vocabulary words she coached her students to learn before the test. During that same year Burke’s fifth-graders, one-third of whom I taught, scored below the 40th percentile on the ITBS. CONTINUED ON PAGE 30 11thHourOnline.com 19
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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.
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The Backburner Under new ownership with a new chef, this longtime Macon favorite has a refreshed menu featuring gourmet entrees including duck, sea bass, New York strip, lamb, oysters and more. Elegant dining experience on Ingeside. LD • $$-$$$ (478) 746-3336
The Downtown Grill Slightly upscale dining serving specialties like Andouille- crusted rainbow trout, cranberry and goat cheese stuffed filets and desserts to die for. Also features an extensive wine list and it’s own humidor. Free valet parking. D • BAR • $$-$$$ 562 Mulberry Street,Mulberry 742.5999 562 Street Lane
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Bearfoot Tavern- Kids Ginger Stir-Fry Located downtown, it’s Macon’s only build your own stir fry bar with over 500 meals half price from 4-7 combinations. Cool experience for the kids, not Lunch M-F 11-2:30 • Dinner Thur-Fri 5-11 Monday-Friday your average dining experience. You want it spicy, sweet, both? You be the judge, but don’t 15% OFF Thursdays worry, there are recipe cards as well for the beginner. LD • BAR • $-$$ 496 Second Street. with Your Lazy Dog 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 readymade desserts. Forsyth
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SEEING RED
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Proof Macon Can Support a Minor League Baseball Team A few weeks ago, my wife called me at my office and told me that
she had won tickets to see the Long Island Medium herself, Theresa
Caputo. To say that I was underwhelmed was an understatement, but since the tickets were free, I agreed to go, if for nothing else to say that I had been.
Interior of the Coliseum during the Caputo show - 3000 FANS!
Now we can fast forward to the night of the big show, which turned out to be date night for the Knowles family, which began with dinner at Margarita’s at Mercer Village eating wonderful Mexican food over a fantastic pint of Macon Progress beer. (Sounds like a commercial for 11th Hour advertisers, huh? I can’t help it that the advertisers that choose the 11th Hour are tops in their field. Plus it doesn’t hurt that the brewer of the Macon Beer Company’s last name is Knowles. No relation.) Finishing dinner, the topic of conversation went to the show we were about to witness, wondering just how many people would actually show up for this things tickets for it ranged from about $60 to over $200 bucks for the floor tickets. I was betting that there probably wouldn’t be more than 100 or 200 people there based on my knowledge of Maconites and the fact that we normally don’t turn out in huge numbers for much of anything unless it involves free beer, free food, free music or a chance to win a million dollars. How wrong I was. As we cruised down MLK Drive towards the Coliseum, traffic started getting a little heavy...Damn near backed up, By the time we paid the $10 parking fee, I was damn near in shock with the number of cars. (The lady taking my sawbuck must have thought I was a nut when I asked for my receipt because as I told her, “Nobody will believe I paid $10 bucks for parking for this!”) As the Medium began her show, she had our veterans stand up, which after the beautiful version of the National Anthem, made even the hardest nut in the room tear up, me included. She then went on to tell everyone about herself in her monologue and how much she loved those shoes and her nails and her hair...For those of you old enough to remember, she sounded very close to Liberace when he used to come out on stage and show off his diamonds, fur coats and crazy getups while asking, “Do you like this?” Then he would answer his
own question by saying, “You should like them....you paid for them!” For her part, I don’t see any harm in what Mrs. Caputo does as her message to people that she “reads” for is comforting and helpful to them in their grieving, but I see her more as a modern day Elmer Gantry than someone who sees dead people. (In any event, by the end of the evening Mrs. Caputo had spoken to several people who had “crossed over” and really did put on an entertaining show, but to me by the time she was finished, I was hoping that the ghost of Harry Houdini would float over from The Grand Opera House and debunk her as he did to several hundreds of other mediums of his era.) What really stuck out in my head was that if she could bring 3000 people in to the Coliseum at those prices, the Macon Mayhem should do incredible and that there is NO doubt that Macon can support a minor league baseball team. Let’s face it...Macon does not have a stellar record for supporting things but if she can draw 3000 people there is no excuse for us not to be able to support sports teams as well as the new movie theater that is planned in North Macon. Earlier this week, the Macon-Bibb Commission voted in favor of allowing proposals to be accepted for a feasibility study on attracting a minor league team. With the Atlanta Braves about to move north of the 1-285 perimeter there will be a lot of people not willing to slog through the miles of traffic that may be needed to get through to see a game, so this is definitely the time to capture that void. I sincerely hope that we can get through the study quickly and actively seek a team with a major league affiliation. Macon has a rich and fertile history of baseball and we need it back again. Mercer University Athletics has proven that we can support a quality program and a team will do nothing but good for our community as it will help us continue our upward momentum.
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BY RICK HUTTO
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True Public Servants After serving for 10 years as a city-wide elected member of Macon’s City Council, I knew it would be an adjustment when I decided not to run for a seat on the new consolidated governing body. That’s why I was honored that the old Bibb County Commission, in their last official meeting, unanimously appointed me to a four-year term on the Urban Development Authority. I appreciate knowing first-hand about wonderful opportunities for the city to continue to grow and have been delighted
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to vote for new bond issues in order to fund those developments. However, that position does not allow me the kind of personal interaction with city/county employees I used to enjoy. When I was asked to serve as an appointee of the new consolidated government on the Fire Civil Service Commission, I assumed we would meet once or twice a month and looked forward to that opportunity. The time required has been far more than I expected, but has been more than compensated by the opportunity to spend time face-to-face interviewing some of our firefighters who are attempting to rise in the ranks through promotion and hard work. The first thing that impressed me is their pride and fierce protection of their fellow firefighters. When discussing what would happen if water pressure is lost during a fire, two of the replies stood out in my mind. The first was, “I would let a structure burn down before I would send my guys into a building without water,” while the second was, “The first thing you do is get your guys to safety since our motto is, ‘Everybody goes home.’” The other impression is how much they are personally affected by what they see while doing their job. I, for one, tend to forget the level of death and destruction they experience in their work. One described battling a fire that killed a two-year old girl. This father of his own little girl said, “It weighs heavy on your heart and mind even though we know we did everything in our ability.” Another who had earlier suffered his own serious injury when a truck ran into him at a fire location described working a house blaze where he found a mother trying to shield her three children beneath her own body. All four died. Yet another young fireman described being called to a fire only to discover that it was the home of his uncle who died in the blaze. He recalled that he did what he was taught to do, completing his task as a professional before letting his emotions flood over him. We all remember – as well we should - Randy Parker, the fireman who lost his life in a house fire this past February. There were several other officers who were injured in that same fire. One who fell into the basement with Parker had earlier rescued a child from a burning house. After his recuperation, his wife of only six months urged him not to return to his dangerous job. I have a favorite
niece whose husband is a police officer so I understand this young wife’s reluctance to have him resume such a dangerous job. This young fireman did return to duty willingly, however, telling us that he loves his job and didn’t really consider any other option since this is what he is called to do. How do they handle such a range of emotions and return to their families unscathed? One interviewee told us about the emotions of the job. He said after witnessing a death at a fire scene, “We try not to take it home and spill it all over our family and kids.” It is easy to assume that they become desensitized to tragedy but each of us should ask whether we would be able to do the same. Macon-Bibb County is offering an early retirement package in the hope that quite a few of our employees will leave voluntarily and thus greatly reduce our payroll demands. I was particularly concerned to learn that 48 senior officers – called “white shirts” in the fire department - are eligible for early retirement while 18 “blue shirts” (sergeants and privates) are eligible. I was alarmed that we would be left with such a leadership vacuum at the top of the department. Having now interviewed more than 40 privates and corporals (most of whom have at least a decade of service), my fears are greatly eased. While a few need a bit more seasoning, I am relieved to report that there is a great core of expertise, experience, and leadership ready to move up to the front lines. A couple who are friends almost lost their historic home on College Street and they give all credit for saving it to the immediate and professional fire department response. As their way of thanking the crew, they arranged to take a complete lunch service to the nearby station. It was greatly appreciated and well within the bounds of what employees can accept. The next time you bake a cake or a dozen cookies, why not make extra and just drop it off at your nearest fire station? They work 24-hour shifts (something I would never be able to do) and would be very grateful. Our employees in the fire department deserve our thanks. Perhaps more important, they need our prayers.
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THE INTERVIEW
interview by BRAD EVANS
Arts + Culture + Entertainment
“Lake Street Dive: This year’s best new band.” - Rolling Stone
It took a casually made video featuring the band gathered around a single mic, performing a cover of Jackson 5’s “I Want You Back,” shot on a Brighton, Massachusetts, street corner to grab the public’s attention—its YouTube views now hurtling past a million views. What followed was nothing less than a modern-day music business success story—T Bone Burnett tapping them to perform on the Another Day, Another Time show at Town Hall featuring music from and inspired by the Coen brothers’ Inside Llewyn Davis, taped for an upcoming special on Showtime. Rolling Stone called the band “unexpected showstoppers,” while Hollywood Reporter noted the group “delivered one of the show’s best moments with the swinging ‘You Go Down Smooth,’ with stirring vocals by lead singer Rachael Price.” The New York Daily News was similarly enthused, saying Lake Street Dive “was the evening’s wild card,” and noting Price “has the soulful howl of a young Etta James.” We caught up with Lake Street Dive in the studio working on their new album.
I feel almost ashamed that I just discovered y’all last year, when someone sent me a Youtube Video of you guys. You’ve been at it over a decade now. Tell me about the beginnings? In the beginning, we were just 4 music school kids who really really wanted to be in a band. We discovered early on that when we got together to play we laughed a lot and shared the same affinity for eating snacks. It was only several years into it that we realized that this friendship we’d formed had turned into something musically worthwhile so we made our first album, booked a little tour, and then started playing regular shows in Boston. The band, as we currently know it, really grew from there. It was a lot of trial and error and a lot of seeing what aspects of our show made people feel good and dance and then, ya know, doing more of that! Growing up, when did you first get into Music and who was it that really spurred that interest? I (this is Rachael!) was singing from a very young age- probably
around 4 or 5. I loved Ella Fitzgerald and old musicals with Doris Day and Judy Garland. The Beatles were also on repeat in our house and in the car all the time and me and my siblings knew every song. Ever since I can remember, I’ve wanted to be a singer. I didn’t really think about what type- just that’s what I’d do. You are all classically trained? Well, we went to the New England Conservatory of Music but we studied jazz which did give us a lot of formal musical training. The great thing about going to a school like NEC is that is was very open to the student’s individual musical yearnings- folks were making all sorts of music. So while we were under this umbrella of formal musical training, we were free to explore whatever weird, out-there thing we wanted to and that’d be cool. How would you describe your music? We’ve never had this easiest time with this and that’s probably
cause we’ve sort of been honing it on it ourselves for the past several years. Basically, we just like to play good songs that make people want to move. What’s been the biggest moment for ya’ll these last couple of years? Well, if we aren’t using moment in the strictest sense of the word, our biggest moment was probably our “Bad Self Portraits” album release tour. It was the first time we’d ever done a tour on that scale (the entire country) in rooms twice the size we’re used to playing in. It was scary because we didn’t know if our show would translate to bigger audiences. We were so used to playing in tiny dive bars. So, the entire tour sold out and it was incredible. It felt like we got better each night (despite extreme exhaustion!) and by the end it felt like we’d come out on the other side a new band. Are you aware of the history of music in Macon? I can’t say I am any sort of expert on it but am aware of the many amazing musicians that have come from our there including one of my favorite singers, Otis Redding! Ya’ll were on Colbert Report. Tell me about that? We were so so nervous and excited and Stephen Colbert made it so fun. He’s the coolest, nicest man and from the get-go was so welcoming of us. Definitely one of our most memorable nights as a band!
Cheating our Kids Education, cont. from page 19 In an article in The Macon Telegraph in 1999, Burke principal Dr. Hatcher was quoted as saying that the difference between the 3rd and 5th graders’ scores was due to differences in the teachers’ skills. She wasn’t incorrect about it being a difference between the teachers, however, the difference wasn’t in the level of skill but was all about the level of integrity. You might ask how this cheating scandal never came to light. There were several reasons. I did attempt to let some of the higher-ups in the school system know what was going on at Burke, but no one seemed to want to investigate 30 MAY 1 - 15, 2015
my claims. One person told me that no one would believe my claims since because I was a young teacher going up against a pillar of the Bibb County educational system. I was told that I would be branded a racist for implying that Burke’s students could not achieve these kinds of test scores on their own merit. Also, I was afraid of losing my job. There was most definitely an atmosphere of intimidation at Burke. I was already bucking the system by not cheating, I knew that if I went out on a limb, by myself, that I would most likely be hung out to dry. Also, let me state that I do believe that the students I
taught at Burke were just as smart as students at any other school in Bibb County. I had several students score above the 90th percentile, on their own merit, which is truly amazing when you realize that these children were dealing with issues in their lives that most of us never have to experience. The children I taught at Burke had already been robbed of their childhoods. By using them as pawns in a game for first prize, the educational system I worked for in the 1990’s, here in Bibb County, also robbed them of a good education.
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Join us for educational talks and discussions about preservation tools available right here in your community during National Preservation Month. Annual Meeting •Tuesday, May 5 • 5:30p.m. to 7p.m. • Douglass Theatre • 355 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. Trolley Tour of Beall’s Hill • Thursday, May 7 • 5:30p.m. to 7p.m. Tour begins and ends at Tattnall Square Park. Tours leave every 20 minutes between 5:30p.m and 7p.m. from parking lot at 148 College Street. The Dangers of Deferred Maintenance • Thursday, May 14 • 5:30p.m. to 7p.m. Lifiting the Veil on Historic Tax Credits • Thursday, May 21 • 5:30p.m. to 7p.m. Mythbusters: National Register vs. Design Review Edition • Thursday, May 28 • 5:30p.m. to 7p.m. Cotton Avenue Walking Tour • Saturday, May 30 • 10a.m. to 11a.m. H&H biscuits will be served! Limited to 25 people. RSVP Required: 478-742-5084 or kcampbell@historicmacon.org All events are free and open to the public. Unless noted, all events occur at the Sidney Lanier Cottage (935 High St.). Visit www.historicmacon.org for details.
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Margo & the Pricetags Free concert at Second Sunday, May 10
Friday 5.01 Big Mike & the Booty Papas 20’S PUB Boot Hill Band BILLY’S CLUBHOUSE
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Radio Romance THE CRAZY BULL What do you get when you combine the soul and groove of pop country tunes and the excitement of a rock concert? Radio Romance. Radio Romance is a new and upcoming band out of Nashville, that pushes the envelope when it comes to modern country music. Stereotype THE HUMMINGBIRD Wes Robinson & Ronnie Pittman WILD WING CAFE
Saturday 5.02 Tres Hombres AP’S HIDEAWAY Amanda Daughtry THE CRAZY BULL Amanda has built a solid reputation of performing a vast array of current and classic country music, classic rock, and mainstream pop alongside songs of her own that she shares with those who are willing to listen. Any given night, there’s not a chance that someone walks out of the show without having a great time. Amanda’s success has been validated with opportunities to open for top country acts like Chris Young and Justin Moore. John Stanley Band RIVALRY’S SPORTS BAR Everybody knows Stan the drum-
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Thursday 5.07 Five40 Band BILLY’S CLUBHOUSE five40 is more than a reggae rock band—they’re helping to bring the music genre out of hibernation and they’re recruiting fans at every gig along the way. A part of the reggae rock scene since 2013, five40 is passionate about the genre, contributing their unique spin to the timeless music and refusing to hide behind the sound. Reverend THE HUMMINGBIRD Steeped in the heritage of strong
Chris Lane with Jared Aslhey THE CRAZY BULL With his high-energy live shows and distinctive country rock sound, Jared Ashley has built his career on the little things—“I’m very particular,” he says. “From the stage movement to harmonies to the way the bass and drums play off one another, it all matters. As a songwriter, I even like all the little words to matter, the ‘thes’ and ‘ands’ and ‘buts,’” he explains. And little by little, all the elements have come together to make Jared Ashley one of Nashville’s most promising rising artists. Stoopgrass THE HUMMINGBIRD Its rock, jazz, reggae, and southern funk...with a little bit of grass Wes Heath & Josh Carson WILD WING Two of Macon’s most talented musicians come together for one night on Stage at the wild wing. Both great pickers, great writers, and great singers. It doesn’t get much better. 11thHourOnline.com 35
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Macon Goes Up On Tuesdays by Michael Suhr (Dalmatian)
Youngans, hip parents, townies, weathered artists, hobos, bohos, middle Americans, Mercer students, organic omnivores, and all-around-really-nice-guys, yeah I’m hollering at all of you and everyone in between! As long as I’ve been a sentient young man-sponge, porous and infiltrative relying on the constant currents and waves of cultures to seep through and maintain me, it’s been a struggle to filter the pejorative pollutants pervading the purity and promise of Macon’s post-southern rock rebirth. This veritable sponge disposition of mine allows me to perennially absorb the currents of micro-culture that recycle ceaselessly through the arteries of the heart of Georgia. During my short time observing the movement and progress in the Macon music scene, the headway is thwarted by a naysaying Nietzschean notion: “Macon ist tot.” If I had a Nu-Way weenie for every time I’ve heard “Macon is dead,” starving children across the globe would be scarfing down beat-red pig pipes like competitive eaters.
To the detractors: Macon is not dead, James Brown, Otis Redding, Duane Allman, and Capricorn Records are dead. Their names and influence live on forever but the fire started by the friction of Otis’ dance shoes scooting cataclysmically on stage and Duane’s Coricidin slide rubbing raw across the Goldtop has burnt out. Rising out of the ashtray of Southern Rock gods are forward-thinking artists who are ready for the advent of a new Southern music mecca. Creative lifeforms who have adapted and now thrive in the umbra obscuring the world from our art, in hopes that a torch bearing talent will
persevere and change the god damn light bulb and flick on the light switch. How many musicians does it take to change a lightbulb? I mean... what’s the deal!?!? In Macon, organic creativity is growing copiously in the humus made fruitful by the idolized musicians who biodegrade in our backyards; as seedlings, we must absorb these nutrients and thrive. Segueing from the analogous organic gardening hokey pokey/micro-culture commentary/ pessimistic artistic philippic, I want to tell about when I saw Reptar at Fresh Produce Records. A couple months prior, I took part in one of the most entertaining shows I’ve seen in Macon. In retrospect, I had not been a long time fan of Reptar. Before this show I had only heard one song by them and it sounded like a modern, synth-based take on Paul Simon’s Graceland. I am super into that vibe. They brought that vibe with them to Macon and I was hooked. I was just utterly elated after that show, having never danced so uncontrollably at Macon’s venerable Cox Capitol Theatre. Reptar returned to Macon on a Tuesday. I arrived half way through Megabog’s set, which is the experimental 8-bit disco side project of Reptar’s lead singer and synth player. They had a dope setup and cut a rug with the always eclectic Fresh Produce crowd. The crowd is what makes that place royal. People show up with an open-mind, open a tall boy, and listen. Reptar, accompanied by an extra drummer, a trumpeter, and a saxophonist, replaced the void Talking Heads left us with. Entranced by melodic rhythm drenched dance jams, I left the show having received my footloose fix. I felt warm all over witnessing a crowd of 20-30 creatures of all kinds accrue for the same purpose: to hear music on a weekday night in Macon.
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