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Whenever the Air Force’s entertainment talent, Tops In Blue, comes to town thanks to Moody Air Force Base, it’s always a special event.
But it’s become even more special with the knowledge that Barry Best of South Georgia also serves as the song-and-dance troupe’s musical director. Best is a musician whose connection to Tops In Blue started in 1993 and developed by 1995 into the music director’s position. In this job, he helps select the show’s annual cast and arranges the musical selections.
Best is quick to note that Tops in Blue shows are not about him. The group is about giving active-duty Air Force members the chance to perform, tour and share their musical talents.
Tops In Blue is about entertaining Air Force personnel and their families in base towns throughout the United States and around the world. Air Force personnel and families receive first seating. Once they are seated, any additional seats are available, for free, to the public, so Tops In Blue is also a gift to the community.
So, if you are a civilian member of the public and want to see this premier group, go with the knowledge that Air Force is seated first then it’s first-come, first-serve. But it is a show well worth even the slightest chance of seeing and well worth welcoming these talented Air Force men and women to town.
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Historic day celebrated
On January 1, 1863, Pres. Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, announcing that all persons held as slaves within the rebellious areas are and henceforth shall be free.
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How this garden grew
A special-needs couple wanted a garden. A teacher not only wanted to teach gardening skills but she also wanted to instill a sense of community purpose within her young students.
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Happy Father’s Day
He beamed with pride on our birth. He understood worry upon our birth. He is the giant by which we would judge all men. He protected us. He provided for us. He often sacrificed time with us to provide for us. He spent time with us.
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Thumbs up
THUMBS UP: To Stevie Young of Valdosta. The owner of Artistic Taxidermy, Young won Best in the World, Turkey, in the 2013 World Taxidermy Championship. His eastern wild turkey display dominated the competition, earning him the distinction of best in the world. Another title for TitleTown!
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Canning preserves food, way of life
When the going gets tough, the tough getting canning. Valdosta-Lowndes County residents have this opportunity.
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PSST!: Round Two!
With tonight’s opening of “The Marvelous Wonderettes,” Peach State Summer Theatre presents its second show of the 2013 season.
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A responsible fix for pets
The photo and story in Sunday’s paper about the dog whose owners had left him tied up with an electrical cord elicited a tremendous response from readers, outraged at the dog’s treatment.
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A band-aid in a crisis?
The announcement Monday by the Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities that a crisis stabilization center will be built in Lowndes County is good news for some, not so great for others.
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Slowing down for summer
Twenty-some years ago, it seemed Valdosta and South Georgia slowed down for the summer. School was out. Controversies seemed to dwindle. People seemed to work shorter hours despite the longer days.
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Storms: Of preparation and prayer
If you haven’t already, maybe this morning in church would be a good time to say a prayer of thanks that Tropical Storm Andrea blessed us with some much-needed rain while sparing us the overwhelming catastrophe that weather has wreaked upon the Midwest in recent weeks.
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