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Forsythlire
Sunday, February 13,2011
ADLEN ROBINSON
Columnist
Romance
on budget
Did you know that
Valentine’s Day is the
second largest day for
giving greeting cards? It’s
second only to Christmas.
As a child, I loved
Valentine's Day. I
remember choosing just
the right shoe box for the
big V-day party we had at
school.
Back in the day, chil¬
dren decorated their
“mailboxes” and brought
them to school along with
their valentines for fellow
classmates.
Throughout the day
you delivered valentines,
always giving one to
someone you secretly
liked, signed “your secret
admirer.”
Unlike today, valen¬
tines back then didn’t
come with candy
attached.
Once in awhile some¬
one would give you a
small box of chocolates
or those candy hearts
with messages, but that
was reserved for special
friends.
My father always gave
me a box of chocolates in
a red, heart-shaped box
and usually some type of
stuffed bear... even when
I was a young woman.
Those gifts always
meant so much.
Remember dads, you will
always be the first man
your daughters love.
More than 85 percent
of valentines are pur¬
chased by women, which
surprised me since I tend
to see mostly men on the
greeting card aisle at this
time of year (especially if
you happen to be at the
grocery store about 5
p.m. on Valentine’s Day).
There is usually a run
on flowers and chocolate
at the store during that
time as well.
As I have said before,
I’m not a big fan of greet¬
ing cards. I would much
rather receive a note (or
card) from someone with
a message in their own
words.
Not that I don’t appre¬
ciate a greeting card, and
I know that many people
spend hours searching for
the perfect one. Yet still
my preference is for
something more personal.
Early in our marriage, I
gently told my husband
that I preferred home¬
made or handwritten
cards.
Being the smart man he
is (and perhaps relieved
that he didn’t have to read
all those greeting cards),
he happily complied.
From then on, he gave
me homemade cards,
usually penned on plain
white paper. On the back
of each, at the bottom, he
always writes
“Paulmark.”
Just like the cards my
children have made over
the years, I have kept
every one of his home¬
made cards. Each is pre¬
cious.
Representing love, the
red rose is the most popu¬
lar Valentine’s Day
flower.
In fact, more than 89
million roses are expect
ed to be sold and deliv¬
ered within the three-day
period,
1 remember when we
were first married and
Paul ordered a dozen
long-stemmed roses
delivered to our door.
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Editor Kevin Atwill can be reached at editor@forsythnews.com or (770) 887-3126.
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Rick Rennick, Sawnee Artists Association committee member, helps arrange pieces of artwork on shelves Tuesday
at the organization's new gallery in Market 334 in Cumming.
Association
moves into
new gallery
By Alyssa LaRenzie
alyssalarenzie@forsythnews.com
It had been more than a year since
the Sawnee Artists Association had a
display space to use and five years
since it had a gallery.
In just the past couple weeks, how¬
ever, the organization’s luck has
changed.
The association recently set up
shop in a room inside the new Market
334 on Hwy. 9, just north of the
Cumming Square.
“I feel like I live here,” joked Rick
Rennick, a member of the group’s
gallery committee, on a recent after¬
noon as he finished up some labels.
Rennick doesn’t have any work on
the walls since he’s spent most of his
time lately renovating the back room
of Market 334, a building previously
owned by a stonemason.
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Duo music to Sharon Forks
Performance on
Valentines Day
By Alyssa LaRenzie
alyssalarenzie@forsythnews.com
A couple of musical perform¬
ers will play on a day often cel¬
ebrated by couples —
Valentine’s Day.
Noteworthy Duo, a guitar and
flute ensemble, will give a free
performance of Latin American
music on Monday at the Sharon
Forks library branch.
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“It’s fitting for Valentine’s
Day,” said Michael Nigro, gui¬
tarist. “We think of this hot
blooded Latin music.”
Nigro and flutist Lisa
Schroeder, from southern
California, will stop in Forsyth
County during a 10-day
Southeastern tour of libraries
and churches.
Branch manager Mendy
Gunter said this will be the
library’s first musical program
for adults, which she said was
made possible by the Forsyth
County Public Library Friends
& Advocates.
Though the duo contacted the
library without a specific day in
mind, Gunter said the date was
no coincidence.
“It was something we wanted
to do on Valentine’s Day,” she
said. “Their music is very pleas¬
ant and soft.”
Since the duo plays an entire¬
ly acoustic set, smaller and qui¬
eter settings are best for their
style, Nigro said.
The community space also
allows people who couldn’t
afford to go to the symphony to
hear classical music, he said.
The public setting can also
If you're going
•What: Noteworthy Duo
•When: 7 p.m. Monday
•Where: Sharon Forks
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open up ears and minds.
“When we play at libraries,
we feel like we’re reaching a lot
of people that normally would¬
n’t try and listen to classical
music intentionally,” Nigro said.
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