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PAGE 12A PICKENS COUNTY PROGRESS THURSDAY. OCTOBER 12. 2023
Peachtree string quartet up next
for Music in the Mountains
The Peachtree String Quartet will perform a free concert at the Big Canoe Chapel at
4 p.m. on Sunday, October 22.
The Peachtree String
Quartet will perform at Big
Canoe Chapel as the second
concert in the concert series,
‘‘Music in the Mountains.”
This free concert is 4 pm,
Sunday October 22, at the
Big Canoe Chapel, 226
Wolfscratch Village Circle,
Big Canoe GA. Under the di
rection of Music Director Dr.
Samuel Holmes, the concerts
are organized by Dr. Calvert
Johnson, Keyboard Accom
panist at the Chapel. Persons
from outside Big Canoe will
need to inform the gatekeep
ers that they are attending
these concerts in order to
enter Big Canoe.
The members of the quar
tet are Christopher Pulgram
and Robert Anemone, vio
lins; Yang-Yoon Kim, viola;
and Thomas Carpenter, cello.
The compositions to be
performed include the Franz
Joseph Haydn String Quar
tet, op. 76 “The Emperor;”
Joaquin Turina’s “La
Oracion del Torero” [Prayer
of the Bullfighter]; and the
Claude Debussy String
Quartet.
Subsequent concerts on
the series include:
• Annual Christmas Concert
with the Big Canoe Chapel
choirs and orchestra, di
rected by Dr. Samuel
Holmes, Tuesday December
12, at 7 pm;
• Celtic Fire, March 3, 2024
featuring Celtic instrumental
music and dance;
• Wanda Yang Temko, so
prano, and Nic Deusen, gui
tar, May 5, 2024.
The Peachtree String
Quartet was formed in 2012.
The members of the quartet
are also distinguished mem
bers of the Atlanta Sym
phony Orchestra and have
performed around the world
as soloists and chamber mu
sicians.
The Peachtree String
Quartet has a focus on string
quartet music, playing the
greatest chamber music writ
ten for this ensemble by
composers of many diverse
styles: well-loved as well as
rarely-heard selections that
delight and move audiences.
The group’s repertoire
spans 300 years. The Big
Canoe Chapel concert will
include Franz Joseph
Haydn’s “Emperor” Quartet,
op. 76; Joaquin Turina’s La
Oracion del Torero [Prayer
of the Bull-fighter]; and
Claude Debussy’s String
Quartet.
Founder and director of
the Peachtree String Quar
tet, Christopher Pulgram
has been a first violinist with
the Atlanta Symphony Or
chestra since 1992 and has
recorded extensively with
the Orchestra. Since 2007, he
has also been the concert-
master of the Wintergreen
Festival Orchestra.
Violinist Robert
Anemone is the first prize
winner of the 2015 Hudson
Valley Philharmonic Strings
Competition, the 2013-14
New England Conservatory
Violin Competition, and the
2007 Concord Young Artist
Competition.
Yang-Yoon Kim has
been a violist with the At
lanta Symphony Orchestra
since 2009. She has won
many awards, including the
1995 Se-Gye Newspaper
Music Competition, first-
place recipient of the LG Art
Center Chamber Music Fes
tival Audition, third place
winner of the Dong-Ah
Newspaper Music Competi
tion, and was a 2003 finalist
in the William Primrose In
ternational Viola Competi
tion.
Thomas Carpenter
joined the Atlanta Symphony
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ETC is requesting
bids for Landscaping
and Mowing at our
properties across our
service area including
Polk County Tennessee, Fannin, Gilmer,
Pickens, Cherokee and Dawson counties
in Georgia.
To receive a comprehensive bid package
please contact Frankie Rigdon, ETC VP
of Operations by email: frankier@etcnow.
com or phone: 706-697-5557.
Bids will be accepted between October
15, 2023 to November 15, 2023.
Orchestra after serving two
years in the New World
Symphony of Miami Beach,
Florida. Originally from
Charlottesville, Virginia, he
completed his undergraduate
degree at the Cleveland Insti
tute of Music, studying with
Stephen Geber, and com
pleted his master’s degree
with Norman Fischer at Rice
University’s Shepherd
School of Music.
Concerts of Music in the
Mountains are funded by
generous donations, enabling
anyone to attend. Contribu
tions may be made to Big
Canoe Chapel, 10455 Big
Canoe, Big Canoe GA
30143, with the notation
“Music in the Mountains” on
the memo line.
For additional informa
tion, contact Calvert Johnson
calvertjohnson@gmail.com
or 404-373-0748.
Mexican Folkloric
Dance Troupe at
Holy Family,
October 15
The Episcopal Church
of the Holy Family is
happy to announce the re
turn of the Concert-Even
song program with a
performance by the BAL
LET FOLKLORICO
TEOTL, Mexican Folk
loric Dance Troupe, Adri
ana Murillo, director on
Sunday, October 15 at 4
p.m.
In 2011, Father Jaime
Molina and a small group
of people from Saint
Thomas Apostle Catholic
Church in Smyrna, GA
created a dance group.
When the group first
started out, it was called
"Ecos de Mi Tierra (Echos
of My Earth)." The group
performed folkloric
dances from Mexico and
South America through
out Atlanta.
Young people and chil
dren responded positively
and wanted to become in
volved. The dance group
became a way to mentor
and engage adults, young
people and children while
also educating them about
cultural and artistic tradi
tions. The group grew to
around 100 members of
all ages. In order for this
group to succeed, Father
Jaime Molina developed a
formal non-profit organi
zation to meet the needs
of children and youth in
the area.
Director Adriana
Murillo is a first-genera
tion Mexican American.
She graduated from Geor
gia State University with
a bachelor’s in anthropol
ogy-
The afternoon will cul
minate in a festive service
of Choral Evensong, sung
by the Choir of Holy
Family, John King Carter,
Director, followed by a
gala reception. This con
cert is part of a 4-event se
ries. All concerts are free
however voluntary dona
tions are appreciated.
The Episcopal Church
of the Holy Family is lo
cated in Jasper off of
Cove Road at 100 Griffith
Road. For more informa
tion, holyfamilyepisco-
palchurch.net or call the
parish office at 770-893-
4525.
“An evening with Mark Twain”
Oct. 14th and Oct. 15th
Kurt Sutton has played Mark Twain to strong reviews
from around the country. He will bring the show to the
Tater Patch Theater this weekend.
By Nan Nawrocki
Tater Patch Players
“An Evening with Mark
Twain” will be presented at
the Tater Patch Players The
ater on October 14 at 7:30
p.m. and October 15 at 2 p.m.
As noted in a review of
one of his shows in Mont
gomery, Kurt’s Mark Twain
“will give us a lot to think
about at a time when slogans
and moralizing have little
substance, we could well
take notice from the master.”
(Montgomery Voice, Mont
gomery, AL)
Kurt Sutton has per
formed at Tater Patch several
years ago. The passage of
time has not dimmed his
story-telling charm and Mark
Twain style one little bit. I’m
sure everyone from older
kids to “older adults” will
enjoy spending a little time in
Mr. Twain’s parlor.
From the flowing white
hair to the twinkle in the eye
and the sly smile, this is a
show that will convince you
that you’ve been listening to
one of America’s great writ
ers and greatest wits. There’s
likely to be a little music
played, too, as Kurt/Mark is
a fine musician.
Another reviewer, from
one of his many perform
ances all over the US said
“(Kurt Sutton) provides the
audience with a glimpse of
the behind-the-scenes Mark
Twain. It’s structured as an
impromptu talk to an inti
mate audience, with diver
sions into the sort of the
music with which Mr.
Clemens entertained guests
at his home. There is just
enough audience interaction
to keep things interesting,
and just enough of Twain’s
shambling delivery to give a
taste of the real man.”
There’s a question and an
swer with “Mr. Clemens” at
the end of the show and
every audience has loved it.
Hurry and get your tickets
now at www.taterpatchplay-
ers.org. Click the “buy tick
ets” button and follow the
prompts. Tickets may also
be obtained at the box office
beginning one hour before
show time. The theater is lo
cated at 95 Philadelphia Lane
in Jasper and easily found on
any map app or GPS. Tickets
are $20 for adults, $18 for
seniors, and $16 for students.
If you have any questions,
taterpatchplayers@gmail.com.
You may also call 706-
253-2800, but you may have
to leave a message as our
volunteers cannot always
man the phones.
Any way you decide to
get to this show, we strongly
recommend it. Mark Twain
once said “I have been on the
verge of being an angel all
my life, but it’s never hap
pened.” Join us to find out
why.
Longarm Quilting Services
for all Quilts
Computer guided edge to edge quilting
Amelia Broussard
Phone: 706-692-5663
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Shirley Mitchell, What do you think about
Proctor's post on his Facebook? The
councilman refers to Kirk Raffield, John
Foust and Jim Looney as his team.
What do you think?
Well, it disgusts me because team in
politics means they are nothing more than
cronies. Cronyism at it's best, in the city of
Jasper. I don't believe he is so dumb to
admit to cronyism. He is just that arrogant
to admit voting together for their pet
projects. Yes, they are a team alright, and
they have teamed up against the tax
paying citizens of Jasper.
Shirley Mitchell, What do you say when
Councilman Proctor says you can't beat
the incumbent Jasper City Council?
I say, Oh yes we can!
VOTE AGAINST CRONYISM
(PROCTOR'S TEAM)
VOTE AGAINST ALL
INCUMBENTS
Make Jasper City
Government LOCAL Again!
VOTE
SHIRLEY
MITCHELL
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