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Music Is Me in Glasgow ALSO: has its roots in •CONCERT COURT: Shaylin BLACK STONE McGuire, Shady Jake & the Upsetters, 00 the Rabbit, CHERRY Poison Karma and The Great Page 27 Gatsby Jazz Funk Odyssey •RevFest: Battle of the Bands •A CONVERSATION WITH Shawn Mullins
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Page 2 l www.Amplifier.BGDailyNews.com On the following pages, you’ll find the results of the Best of Bowling Green 2012. In August, readers of the Daily News and the Amplifier were invited to nominate their favorites in more than 100 categories. In September, the top three (or more, in the cases of ties) nominees in each category were then voted on by the readers to determine the best. The Best of Bowling Green is not scientific and does not pretend to be. It is offered for entertainment purposes only. Best New Best Place Best Place for Best Place for Fish Restaurant for Lunch Cheap Eats RED LOBSTER (2012 openings only) • Yuki Japanese CAMBRIDGE MARKET CHEDDAR’S MELLOW • Moe’s • Taco Bell Restaurant MUSHROOM Southwestern Grill • Wendy’s • Captain D’s • Penn Station • Lost River Pizza • Hibachi Grill & Co. Thanks, Supreme Buffet Bowling Green • On the Bone Best Casual Dining for voting CHEDDAR’S Best Fine Dining Dr. Glasser • Home Cafe & MARIAH’S Marketplace Best • 440 Main • Lost River Pizza • The Bistro Physician 1325 Andrea St, Suite 100, Bowling Green, KY 42104 Co. (270) 842-6164 “Come Live The Good Life” Thank You For Voting Us Best Place To Buy Replacement Windows
Thank You for Voting Us BEST R ETIREMENT COMMUNITY 270-780-9600 324 Dishman Lane, Bowling Green, KY WindowWorldBG.com www.chandlerparkassistedliving.com I 270.842.2626 FREE IN-HOME ESTIMATES • INTEREST FREE FINANCING
www.Amplifier.BGDailyNews.com l Page 3 Best Restaurant Best Restaurant Best Place Best Place for a Overall Service for a Steak Burger and Fries LONGHORN (Waiters/Waitresses) LONGHORN FIVE GUYS STEAKHOUSE RAFFERTY’S STEAKHOUSE • Double Dogs • Home Cafe & • Mariah’s • Outback • Culvers Marketplace • Mellow Mushroom Steakhouse • Lost River Pizza • On The Bone Best Place for Co. Best Place for Mexican/Hispanic Food Sandwiches or Subs Best Place EL MAZATLAN Best Place JIMMY JOHN’S for Pizza MEXICAN for Barbeque GOURMET MELLOW RESTAURANT & SMOKEY PIG SANDWICHES MUSHROOM CANTINA BAR-B-Q • Linzie’s Exceptional • Lost River Pizza • Puerta Vallarta • Guadalajara • Split Tree BBQ Sandwiches Co. Restaurante • Wild Hawgs • Penn Station East • Mister B’s Pizza & Mexicano Bar & Smokehouse Coast Subs Wings Grill Thank You!
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Page 4 I www.Amplifier.BGDailyNews.com Best Place Best Ice Cream Best Place Best Buffet for Chicken or Frozen Yogurt for Asian food HIBACHI GRILL CHICK-FIL-A STAKZ SELF SERVE (Chinese, Japanese, AND SUPREME • Zaxby’s FROZEN YOGURT Thai, etc) BUFFET • Lee’s Famous • Bruster’s Real Ice HIBACHI GRILL • Ryan’s Recipe Cream AND SUPREME • Gatti's Pizza • Baskin Robbins BUFFET Best Place • Yuki Japanese Best Place for Wings Best Caterer Restaurant • Thai Thai for Coffee CAMBRIDGE BUFFALO WILD Restaurant SPENCER’S MARKET & CAFE WINGs COFFEEHOUSE • Sugar Bakers Best Bakery • Spillway Bar & • Tea Squares Custom Cakes, Grill RILEY’S BAKERY • Nova Dolche Desserts & Catering • Lost River Pizza • Sweet Temptations Espresso Bar Co. • Michele Deaton Bakery & Cafe Catering • Tea Squares
13 Times Thank you for voting Thank You! Thank you for nominating and voting for Dr. Tammy Love Hot Yoga Bowling Green in a total of 13 catagories over the past several years. Bowling Green’s This year we have been voted for in 3 Best categories: 1st Place - Best Personal Trainer Eye Doctor! (Tony Bishop, E-RYT) 2nd Place - Best Place to Workout 3rd Place - Best Sports Training Facility Much gratitude for your support! God bless and namaste. -- Tony & Anice Bishop The Special and all the instructors at Hot Yoga Care
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Page 6 l www.Amplifier.BGDailyNews.com Best Dentist Best Pediatrician DR.ELI JACKSON DR.DEBBIE • Dr. Daniel Simon SOWELL • Dr. Ron Yaeger • Dr. Kelly Kries Best OBGYN • Dr. Zahid Fraser DR.CARL Best Eye Doctor DOBSON DR.TAMMY LOVE • Dr. Joseph Gass • Dr. Robert Duvall • Dr. Keith Hewitt • Dr. Marc Moore • Dr Joe Davis Gift Cards Available Buy 3, Get 1 FREE Best Physician Best Pharmacy Buy 5, Get 2 FREE
Locally Owned DR.JACK SHELDON’S & Operated Best Place to Get Your Car Washed LASSER XPRESS G E 2007 • 2008 • 2009 • 2010 • 2011 • 2012 • Dr.Ashley Bennett • Hines Pharmacy Come See Why We’re the Best • Dr.Tim Long • CDs#10 Pharmacy 763 BAKERSFIELD WAY • BOWLING GREEN, KY THANK YOU! Thank you Bowling Green for voting us best place for lunch and best Thank You caterer! Bowling Green For Voting Us Best Place for Sporting Goods www.CambridgeMarketAndCafe.com
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www.Amplifier.BGDailyNews.com l Page 7 Best Place for Best Personal LASIK Trainer Thank You for MCPEAK VISION TONY BISHOP, Choosing Us As 2 70-843-0126 PARTNERS HOT YOGA One of Your Favorite US 31-W ByPass • (Fairview Plaza SC) • Dr. Jennifer BOWLING GREEN B EST PLACE Wentworth, • Mike Fields Electricians 2012 for Hardware/Lumber B EST PLACE GGCeyes Coaching to buy Gardening Supplies a nd Plants • Dr. James • Jeremy Jasso, Thanks to all that nominated and Rynerson, Downing Advantage Training 270-843-9995 voted for us in the at BAC Serving the area for over 16 years. 2012 Best of Bowling Green! Rynerson Eye Institute Best Place for a Thank You For Voting Best Health Club Massage Steve Thornton or Place to Work BELLA SALON Bowling Green’s Best Attorney Out/Exercise AND SPA BOWLING GREEN • Heartland Massage ATHLETIC CLUB • Jason Appling, • Workout Anytime Appling Massage 270-781-6630 • Hot Yoga Bowling 1011 Lehman Ave • Bowling Green Green Therapy
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Page 8 I www.Amplifier.BGDailyNews.com Best Place for Martial Arts Instruction JEREMY BLACK TAEKWONDO ACADEMY • Marty Eubanks World Champion Karate SUBS SO • East West Kung Fu Academy FAS T Best Injury Rehab Center SOUTHERN KENTUCKY REHABILITATION HOSPITAL YOU’LL • Total Fitness Connection Physical Therapy & Fitness • Bluegrass Outpatient Center FREAK!
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www.Amplifier.BGDailyNews.com l Page 9 Best Chiropractor Best Retirement Best Local Home Best Plumber JOHN ERSKINE Community Builder RAYMOND HYMER PLUMBING CHIROPRACTOR CHANDLER PARK DARRYL SWEETS, INC. • Jeremy ASSISTED LIVING SWEETS DESIGN • Hiller Plumbing, • Massey Springs McWhorter, BUILD GENERAL Heating & Cooling McWhorter Senior Living Community CONTRACTORS • Shane Elmore Chiropractic • BG Retirement • Bob Dillard, Plumbing • Kyle M. Owsley, Village Contracting DC, Eriksen Unlimited Best Landscaper • Terry Davis,Terry Chiropractic Best Real Estate Davis Construction and/or Lawn Agent Co. Service Best Auctioneer MICHAEL A CUT ABOVE Best Electrician TRAVIS AYERS BUCHANON LAWN CARE • Steve Cherry • Jeremy Dawson JB ELECTRIC • Chuck’s Lawn Care • James Cook • Katherina Cisco • Buck Electric • Top Cut Lawn • Gary Wantland • R & S Electric Service RAYMOND HYMER PLUMBING, INC. Would Like To Say A Special Thanks To Everyone Who Helped Us Be Voted Bowling Green’s Best Plumber 4 Years In A Row
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R AYMOND H YMER P LUMBING , I NC . 270-842-7206 762 S. Hewitt Rd • Bowling Green “Serving The Area Over 39 Years”
Page 10 I www.Amplifier.BGDailyNews.com THANK THANK YOUYOU Bowling Green for Voting Us • Best Place for an Oil Change • Best Auto Service Shop 35 35 YearsYears of gegettingtting to know you & your ccarar
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www.Amplifier.BGDailyNews.com l Page 11 Best Place for Best Pest Control Sports Training Service TOTAL FITNESS GUARANTEE PEST CONNECTION CONTROL • D1 Sports Training • Toby’s Pest Control • Hot Yoga Bowling Services Green • The Wheeldon Company Best place for Thank You for Voting Us as Favorite Casual Lawn Equipment Best Place for Dining & Favorite Restaurant Overall Sales & Service Always Fresh • Always Fantastic Custom Framing Every meal should be an occasion. At Home Cafe and Market Place, we FAXONS strive to bring you the best quality and freshest local products we can find. B AND J GALLERY Treat yourself to something delicious. You Deserve It! OUTDOOR POWER EQUIPMENT • Deck the Walls • The Vance Store • Suitable For • Lanny’s Auto & Framing 2440 Nashville Rd, Suite 108 • 846-1272 Mower Parts
Page 12 I www.Amplifier.BGDailyNews.com Best Antiques/ HAIR DEN DEEMER’S ABC Flea Market • Classic Cuts & FLOWERS & GIFTS SELF-STORAGE FLEA LAND OF Shaves • MacKenzie’s • Sheldon’s Midtown BOWLING GREEN • Sports Cuts • The Bouquet Self Storage • Grandma’s Attic Best Paving Shoppe • Acorn Mini Storage • Vette City Antique Company Best Veterinarian Best Bank or Mall & Flea Market (driveways, blacktop, ect.) GREYSTONE PET Credit Union Best Hair Salon SOUTHERN HOSPITAL U.S. BANK TONY LINDSEY & SEALING AND • All Creatures • South Central CO.PROFESSIONAL STRIPING CO. Animal Hospital Bank • Scotty’s HAIR DESIGNS • Snodgrass • Service One Contracting & Stone • Bella Salon and Spa Veterinary Medical Credit Union • Decker Sealing & • Friendz Salon Center Striping Best Storage Best Place for a Best Florist Best Barber Shop Facility Mortgage/Loan
Thank YOU for voting MELLOW MUSHROOM best BEST Pizza of bowling green & BEST New Restaurant Voted Favorite in the Best of Servers too! Bowling Green contest! 1035 Chestnut Street facebook.com/MellowMushroomBG
www.Amplifier.BGDailyNews.com l Page 13 Best Place for a Mortgage/Loan U.S. BANK Thanks Thanks toto everyoneeveryone forfor makingmaking • Service One Credit Union • Morgantown Bank & Trust • First Rate Billiards - Bar - Darts A favorite for more than 30 years Best Place for Investments 18 pool tables FREE Pool Saturday 2pm-7pm (stocks, mutual funds, 401k, IRA, etc) Karaoke every Friday U.S. BANK Visit us on facebook at www.facebook.com/CueTimeBG • Hilliard Lyons VOTED BEST OF BG & DEVOTED TO • Modern Woodmen of America PROVING IT.
We at A Cut Above want to extent our heartfelt appreciation to southcentral Kentucky, for overwhelmingly naming us the best lawn care Best Insurance Agency service in the region. You’ve made us the rapidly growing company that we are - and now more than ever, we’re committed to providing the absolute best lawn care money can buy. STATE FARM So for those of you who voted, thank you! And for those of you who’ve yet to see why we’re • Kentucky Farm Bureau No. 1, give us a call. • Van Meter Insurance
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Page 14 I www.Amplifier.BGDailyNews.com We at State Farm Insurance would like to take this opportunity to say... THANK YOU to the Daily News & Amplifier Readers for Jonathan McDaniel, Agent Curt Gammons, Agent 1840 Christian Care voting 1643 Scottsville Road 270-842-5556 270-842-5616 [email protected] State Farm Insurance the [email protected] BEST INSURANCE AGENCY in the 2012 Best of Bowling Green Readers Survey!
Tony Rhoades, Agent D C Clement, Agent 701 Dishman Lane Ext. 836 US 31W By-Pass 270-781-3737 270-842-0154 [email protected] [email protected]
Like a Good Neighbor, State Farm is J.R. Wade, Agent Ginger Cleary Ins Agcy Inc ® Patricia A Dillard Ins Agy Inc 1240 US 31 W Bypass Ginger Cleary, Agent There Patti Dillard, Agent 270-846-4414 1114 Lovers Lane Bowling Green, KY 2317 Russellville Rd. 270-782-7276 270-842-8154 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]
www.Amplifier.BGDailyNews.com l Page 15 Best Attorney/Lawyer STEVEN O. THORNTON Thank You! • Christpher At CDS #10 Pharmacy we are committed to excellent customer service you can count on, year after year. We D. Minix are Bowling Green’s oldest family owned independent pharmacy. We appreciate all our patients and think of • Gray Caudill you as more than just a number. Come Give Us A Try! CDS #10 Pharmacy Best Dry Cleaner 1308 Ashley Circle, Bowling Green, K Y 42104 BIG B CLEANERS 781-5661 • www.cds10.com • Look Sharp Dry Cleaners Thank Thank YouYou forfor youryour votevote forfor • Fabric Dry Cleaners BEST BEST REALREAL ESTATEESTATE AGENTAGENT Best Place for an Oil Change Michael Michael BuchanonBuchanon 270-991-9344 270-991-9344 MIDAS • Jim Johnson • Mark Muffler
Bowling Green Daily News readers All of US Thank you for voting us Best Place for Investments
U.S. Bancorp Investments For generations, U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc. and its affiliate, U.S. Bank, Page Beard, Financial Advisor have been helping individuals and families build, preserve, and transfer 207-745-7592 their wealth. We are right here in the Bowling Green community. Regina Parsley-Byrd, Financial Advisor Discover for yourself how all of us can help you reach your financial goals. 270-745-7572 Bill Hines, Financial Advisor Call or visit one of our branches today: 270-659-3235 500 E. Main Street 270-745-7600 Jefferson Mullins, Financial Advisor 721 Campbell Lane 270-783-7250 270-745-7584 3240 Louisville Road 270-783-7260 Bradley Golden, Financial Advisor 1970 Cave Mill Road 270-783-7230 270-846-7870 810 Lain Avenue 270-783-7240 U.S. Bank 1747 Scottsville Road 270-783-7220 Ben Howard Private Client Group Relationship Manager 270-745-7621 NOT A DEPOSIT NOT FDIC INSURED NOT GUARANTEED BY THE BANK MAY LOSE VALUE NOT INSURED BY ANY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AGENCY Greg Wassom, Portfolio Manager For U.S. Bank: Deposit products offered by U.S. Bank, N.A., Member FDIC, Equal Housing Lender. U.S. Bank is not responsible for and does not guarantee the products, 270-745-7682 services or performance of its affiliates. Craig Browning, Regional President For U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc.: Investment products and services are offered through U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc. member FINRA and SIPC, an investment adviser and brokerage subsidiary of U.S. Bancorp. U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc. is not a tax advisor. When it is appropriate you are encouraged to seek professional tax or 270-745-7590 legal advice. Sharon Kreke The award is based upon a non-scientific survey conducted by the Bowling Green Daily News. The survey was available to all online viewers over two rounds, which Private Client Group Managing Director included a nomination and a final round of voting between the three nominees that received the most votes. No compensation or fees were paid for this award. The award of the title was based solely on voting. Working with an award winner or any wealth manager is no guarantee as to future investment success nor is there any guarantee 270-745-7571 that the selected individual will be awarded this accomplishment in the future. The Best Place for Investments Award is not indicative of future performance. The inclusion of a wealth manager on the Best of Investments list should not be construed as an endorsement of the wealth manager by the Bowling Green Daily News. #1011334
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Best Place to get your Car Washed WATER WORKS AUTO WASH • Elite Detailing BEST PLACE FOR A STEAK • Regal Car Wash BEST RESTAURANT OVERALL
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BOWLING GREEN TECHNICAL COLLEGE The Pines Shopping Center (Scottsville Rd by Chicos) • WKU Community College 781-6831 • Daymar College Open Monday-Saturday 10-6 Thanks Thanks forfor votingvoting usus Thanks Bowling Green 2012 2012 for Voting Hiller Plumbing B B ESEST ESTT PP LACE LACE one of your favorite plumbers. for for MusicM Musiusicc SuppliesSuSupplpplieiess && ServiceService Join the $ (studios, (studios, instruminstruments,instrumeents,nts, etcetc.)etc.).) 99 Happy Hiller Club! 1 cooling and 1 heating tune-up plus 1 plumbing health & safety inspection Hiller Plumbing, Heating & Cooling 270-843-6606 With this coupon. Not valid with other offers or prior services. SalesSa Saleless •• Service Service •• Lessons Lessons Offer expires 11/30/12 Office: 270-842-9435 Fax: 270-842-9436 Toll Free: 1-800-633-6156 830 Cambridge Square • Bowling Green, KY 42102 (next to Cambridge Market & Cafe) 270-843-6606 Page 18 I www.Amplifier.BGDailyNews.com Best Academic Improvement Program/Tutoring Center SYLVAN LEARNING CENTER • Mathnasium of Bowling Green • Community Education Bowling Green Warren County Afterschool Program Best Place for Music Supplies/Services (studios, instruments, etc) ROYAL MUSIC COMPANY • Kentucky Music Co. • Musician’s Pro Thank You Bowling Green For Voting Us.... Favorite Place To Eat Lunch • Favorite Casual Dining Favorite Restaurant Overall • Favorite Place for Pizza Favorite Place for Wings • Favorite Place for Happy Hour 2440 Nashville Road Suites 106 & 107 • Bowling Green, KY 270-746-0255 Mon-Thur: 11am-11pm • Fri-Sun 11am-1am Find Us and Like Us On www.Amplifier.BGDailyNews.com l Page 19 Best place to Buy Replacement Windows WINDOW WORLD OF BOWLING GREEN • Capitol Window & Door • Window City Best Place to Buy Carpet and/or Tile SHOP AT HOME CARPETS • Carpet Place • Red Carpet Shop Best Place for Hardware/Lumber ACE HARDWARE • EH Harris Lumber Co. Inc. • Mid-South Lumber & Supply • Carter Lumber Sheldon’s... 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In the former days of film photography, Family 10-14-12.” Obviously I’d replace organization was more obvious. Your photos the generic information with that which per- were an object with substance and physical tains to the session. Then inside that folder I existence. You could find and move them create a new folder called “Final.” It contains easily, provided they were displayed in the non-original images that have been pro- albums or alphabetically categorized in fessionally edited and are ready for upload. boxes or even displayed on the wall. This saves time when uploading multiple Modern digital photo has plagued many batches of images. You can take the organi- with a full hard drive and lost or missing zation further and create: My Pictures/ images. Clients/Sessions/ClientName/Final. You can Despite the virtual existence of digital also create My Pictures/Family so you can photography, regular maintenance and create and organize your personal photogra- organization can help assist with organiza- phy separately from your client’s. Even if tion and with preventing unrecoverable loss- you are not a photographer who photo- es. graphs for money, this file hierarchy process Owners of digital cameras of any size can be modified to suit your needs. An should first ensure their camera is set to example would be: My Pictures/Travel/ shoot files with an ascending file number. FishingTrips. Always edit and upload as Never reset the file number count back to soon as possible so that an overwhelming zero or you will risk deleting different files amount of photos are not unshared and on your computer, or storage device, with awaiting your attention. the same number. Next you’ll want to sort What do you do to organize cellphone and delete photos either on your card or via photography? Your options depend primari- software such as Adobe Lightroom 4 (free ly on your cellphone. Older models either trial: www.adobe.com/cfusion/tdrc/index. store photos via a micro SD card or internal- cfm?product=photoshop_lightroom). Then ly with access via an USB cable. In this A memory card commonly used in digital cameras. Photo by Amber Flowers back up duplicates of the originals to an case, organization is nearly identical to that external hard drive. Ensure the folder cate- of a DSLR or digital camera provided you gorization match on both your external’s have read your manual and understand the media has the advantage of helping photog- of regret in the future. hard drive and your computer’s. Most utilize necessary steps for downloading images to rapher’s work go viral overnight, but comes Regardless of skill level and equipment, a top-level folder called “My Pictures” your computer. with the risk of digital theft. Files that aren’t organizing your photography can be one of which has usually been created via the com- For iOS devices such as the iPhone, the watermarked are hard to trace and image the most important things you do during puter manufacturer or operating system. process is different. Most will rely upon the theft and safety remains a big concern for all your photography workflow. Ignoring this There are multiple software options for iTunes software to backup files on the com- sharing photography online. If you are a important step will lead you down a clut- photo organization, but you want to ensure puter. For those without a computer, Apple photographer who regularly shoots, I rec- tered path of overwhelming disorganization your images are organized on your hard has provided basic single-level folder organ- ommend considering a website. This will and eventually risk a full hard drive or stress drive, instead of only within your chosen ization capabilities and there are tons of provide a place to organize and share your from feelings of failure. Organization may software, in case you change software in the apps with additionally improved options. work online in categories such as people and take time, but the rewards are worth the future. Unfortunately not all programs actu- Regularly delete and organize your cell- landscapes. Paid options such as SmugMug, effort. ally change the file location. Many only phone photos before they fill up your phone Zenfolio and Photoshelter are popular. You can view a short visual tutorial video change locations and organize inside the or overwhelm you with their quantity. Some free options include creating a here: youtu.be/3kW5wOnfh5s. program leaving an unorganized mess with- Alternately, if you utilize an online storage Wordpress.com blog, Photobucket and a About the author: Amber Flowers is out the program. solution and photography website host, such free website via Webs or Wix.com. The paid owner of Soul Gaze Photography, founder All photographers are different in regard as SmugMug, you can use an app to regu- options provide commerce and backup of Southern Kentucky Photographer’s Club to how they organize their photos. It can be larly backup your content privately to your options as well. There are many other and trained Skywarn spotter for the overwhelming to create a “system” that website. options available online – with a little com- National Weather Service. She spends time works well for you. I prefer to create as few Once the organization has been tackled, a parison shopping you’ll find the perfect volunteering, working in her garden or hik- folders as possible, but in a way where I can great idea is to share those photos online. option for your needs. Just remember, once ing with her family. Amber resides in Nobob easily access each session or event separate- This can be a great tool in case of computer you post online, the entire world will have with her husband, two children and many ly. Let’s assume I did a fall portrait session failure or data loss. While Facebook and access to your photography. Ensure you take pets. Learn more, ask questions, purchase for a client. I would create a new folder other social media websites remain a popu- adequate steps to protect your work and fine art or follow on social media via her inside “My Pictures” and title it: “Fall lar option, there are many others. 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Page 26 l www.Amplifier.BGDailyNews.com Music Is Me BSC family opens music business, hosts community events, festival By Kim Mason Ben Wells (from left), Ryan “Jonesy” Gorman, John Matthew “Shep” Shepherd and Jon Lawhon are the owners of Music Is Me. (First three photos by Joe Imel of the Daily News; fourth submitted.) “When Black Stone Cherry toured with Def Leppard, we were all backstage and they had really vibey tapestries with tranquil patterns,” explained Ben Wells as he showed how chords are built are still used. off the new Music Is Me studio. They also value the ties created through playing and encourage them. Each week all Wells credits Def Leppard’s haven as the inspiration for the new studio’s feel. The the guitar teachers and all their students meet for a group lesson. In addition to playing soothing scent of incense wafts through rooms with walls and ceilings covered in Indian music, they discuss showmanship and stage presence. Performance is an important part images on tapestries, as well as posters designed by the Music Is Me graphic artists. The of music and the Music Is Me students are given the opportunity to hone these skills in posters include the most recent BSC album, “Between the Devil and the Deep Blue monthly public session at George J’s. The concerts are also a chance to hear and meet Sea,” designed by Jon Lawhon, and posters for the Music Is Me concert series each other local musicians. Each month the lineup changes – some are bands that have Wednesday at George J’s in Glasgow. recorded at or worked with Music Is Me in some way, others are just groups they like. While Music Is Me is not a BSC undertaking, it emerged from the musical family Genres range from rock to folk, and members of the Music Is Me staff even became surrounding the band. The company’s owners include BSC guitarist/vocalist Ben Wells, part of the show, forming The Barren River Troubadours, playing classic country, rocka- BSC bass player/vocalist Lawhon and BSC sound engineers Ryan “Jonesy” Gorman billy and gospel. and John Matthew “Shep” Shepherd. The rest of the band and several of their associates Music Is Me has also become a resource for other youth through the Caverna After also contribute their skills by teaching lessons or assisting in other capacities. School program thanks to a grant from 21st Century Artists. They rent 15 guitars and Lessons are taught by Ben, Shep and Gabe Feese (guitar/bass), Jonesy and Jon Fred six pianos for use twice a week for those in the afterschool program. Interested students Young (drums), Justin Kirby (piano), Steven Stewart (violin), Blake Perkins (vocals) are taught all the basics and perform a school Christmas program. and Chris Robertson (vocals and guitar). On the graphic side, the group has also been able to work with the community they Music Is Me is also the name of the Nov. 24 indoor music festival at the Plaza love, designing posters for Butterflies for Maddie, Cave City Proud Days and other Theatre that the group is hosting on the heels the success of their ongoing music series community events. They all feel a close tie to southcentral Kentucky and the talent Wednesdays at George J’s. The event is intended to have the feel of a festival, but found here which influenced their own careers. indoors. Bands included are Sixth Floor, 449, Buffalo Rodeo, Lost River Cavemen, Over the last decade, BSC performed in all but three states and toured 20 to 30 Undead Anna and Left Hand Voodoo. European countries. But according to Ben, the guys were always glad to come home. Several vendors will also be featured, including a representative from the Lexington “We love it,” he said. When pressed if there were somewhere else appealing to retire comic and toy convention, a man from Alabama who makes guitar pickups by hand, someday, he insisted, “Not gonna happen. I love it here. It’s where I grew up and it’s Rebel Iron’s custom mics, stands and stage props, the Entertainment Shack and several comfortable. There is a Walmart, a Mexican restaurant and a movie theater – what else artists whose work varies from pottery to portraiture. do I need?” According to Wells, the idea for Music Is Me came about because the collaborators were already doing freelance work when they were home from the road. For much of the last decade that wasn’t very often as the band traveled extensively in the U.S. and Europe, with groups such as Def Leppard, Nickelback and others, as well as selling out their own headline tours. In fact, BSC only recently came off nearly two years on the road and they’ve spent a large part of the last 10 touring. But, these days, several of the members have started families and plan on spending more time at home. Jon, in fact, Just a Minute! was unavailable for an interview and photo shoot for this article – he was on his honey- moon. Transferring your prescriptions to BSC has taken off the remainder of 2012 and plans to be home much of 2013 both to the new Nation’s Medicines is as easy enjoy their homelife and to begin work on their fourth studio album. The group has also as making a phone call. We’ll handle produced three EPs and their library to date has garnered eight charting singles on all the details for you ~ Billboard’s U.S. Mainstream Rock Tracks. When they do go back on the road, Ben says that he and Jon will continue their contributions to Music Is Me by exchanging music professionally and personally. and graphic files via the Internet and giving lessons using Skype. They have already Take a minute and call us today! been making use of technology in this way for years. Music Is Me, at 302 Reynolds Road in Glasgow, now serves as a one-stop shop for ~ Call 783-8834 ~ artists, offering lessons, recording and engineering/production, graphic design and con- sultation, as well as concerts that support local bands and give their own students per- formance opportunities. Plans are also in the works to add retail sales of music related LOCATED ONLY AT products and guitar and bass repair/technical services began in October. Nashville Road Although most of the cohorts are from the area, Jonesy joined the BSC family in (Across from McDonald’s) 2006 after meeting the group on the road. He was from Indiana and educated in the recording arts in Florida. As an audio engineer, he worked on albums for bands such as Deftones. While hanging out they turned him on to tapes from some of their favorite Looking for a New Pharmacy? local bands – Sixth Floor, Gear, Supafuzz and Pylot. Intrigued by such a vibrant arts community, he started coming home from the road with them and by 2009, he had relo- You’re welcome here! cated to Glasgow. Ben grew up as part of the local scene, joining BSC in 2001 when he was only 15. It was his first true band – before then, he couldn’t find one where the members actually wanted to practice. He had been performing since childhood, when his parents got him a little suit to do Elvis impersonations for talent shows. Jon also was hooked on music at a very young age, after seeing Elton John on the Muppets. Jon, Ben and Shep had a 2435 Nashville Rd • Bowling Green, KY 42101 more traditional music upbringing than Jonesy, each being part of their school bands. (Across from McDonald’s) Shep also went on to study music education at WKU. He explained the approach used (270) 783-8834 at Music Is Me in teaching their students, who range from 7 to 70 years old. “Overall school music programs are wonderful, but they have stuck with traditional Hours: Monday - Friday 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.; brass and woodwinds and dropped the ball on keeping up with the times. What music Saturday 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. means to people now is different than 100 or even 30 years ago,” Shep said. But while the group may involve their students more in choosing the music they want to learn and On-Line Refill Requests at www.nationsmedicines.com progressing at their own pace, the building blocks of learning to read notes, theory and www.Amplifier.BGDailyNews.com l Page 27 Page 28 l www.Amplifier.BGDailyNews.com It’s Alive: The resurrection of cinema BY FRANNE JENNINGS movie theaters and NCM’s proprietary Digital Broadcast Network (DBN).” I would be the first person to advocate that any performance is superior when you attend in I have been one of those people that have frequently commented on the cost of going to the the flesh. I will absolutely testify that any sporting event is worthy of consideration live. We movies. I confess. Then it occurred to me watching some movie on our television that the cannot all go to a live performance at the MET in New York City or even more out of the grasp movie is an art form – a true art form. It does indeed evoke emotion. It does reflect life and is a performance at Albert Hall. We can’t all go to the World Series. If you could go and watch existence. It does relay the human struggle. It has a frame of reference. It has composition. It a baseball game and the definition was so extreme that you could see the sweat sling off the has content. It is not merely entertainment. So who was I to affix a price on art? ball as the pitcher threw it, would you? As I rolled my epiphany Yes, you can sit at home around my new perspective, and maybe find a perform- the words of a friend, fellow ance from the Albert Hall on writer and movie junkie, a PBS station. Yes, you can Mitchell Plumlee, made the pause anytime at home. The announcement that he and his question is will the experi- wife were going to see the ence be as intense as the one 50th anniversary release of Fathom Events has produced. the newly restored I viewed the video trailers on “Lawrence of Arabia” at the website and I have to tell Great Escape 12. So with my you, I just don’t think a TV new insight I made the deci- broadcast can come any- sion to take my 14-year-old where near it. First is the daughter to this showing of sound. Very few people have art. I did not tell her it was the money or the knowledge 227 minutes long. She asked to replicate the sound quality me what it was about and I of a cinema. Second is the gave her a brief outline of the visual. The technology used story. by Fathom for its live and Once at the theater she recorded performances ren- asked me how long it was ders the image higher than and I replied with the joke the 2.2 million pixels offered punchline and a hand signal by Blu-ray and HD. “You been here four hour.” Is it worth the money? I She giggled and settled in her can only speak for myself. seat after digesting that she You can spend $25 dollars was about to watch a movie easy on a teenager buying in a theater for four hours and them whatever. Special quickly deduced that was the showings at the Great Escape reason for the intermission. are usually $12.50. Sharing She’d never experienced an with my child a work of art intermission at a movie. that in turn influenced other Now there are movie buffs filmmakers and techno and then there are nerds like movie making wizards, me who know how a movie what’s that expression? is made. I’ve watched an Priceless. entire movie just to contem- A great movie is great art. plate its production schedule. People have been making I know who John Dykstra is. “Casablanca,” 1943, films now for over 100 years. I believe Stan Winston to be a starring Humphrey Bogart Art is not static. Nowhere in demi-god. I knew that this and Ingrid Bergman its definition is it defined by movie was filmed in 65 mil- medium. The movies that limeter, not the normal 35 mil- shaped my life and our culture limeter of most films, so I knew if it had been restored than it would be something to behold. are being restored and released. For years they’ve been on the current home theater format, be It was. it video, DVD, and now Blu-ray. It’s really only been recently that the idea of restoring these My 14-year-old never complained once. She asked questions quietly from time to time pieces of art and showing them as they were meant to be seen, on the cinema screen, has hap- throughout the movie and she seemed to grasp the complexities of the story. Was she wowed pened. Reprinting the film after its restoration would never have been cost effective but by it? Not really for its technically brilliance for we had discussed the lighting issues (Yes, through the Digital Broadcasting Network the distribution of these restored masterpieces is there is such a thing as too much light) the production team had faced during the desert scenes, possible. but she was wowed by the grandeur. It’s been 10 years since NCM started broadcasting live events and movies into multiplex I can say the other thing that did impress her was when I leaned over and asked her if she theaters. It began as way to raise revenue during off peak hours for movie theaters. knew who that actor was on the screen. She shrugged. I said, “Help me Obi-Wan Kenobi. I looked through the events that NCM Fathom Events have broadcast over the last four to You’re my only hope.” Her eyes lit up as she recognized Sir Alec Guinness. Of the other actors five years. I saw Wimbledon live, Peter Gabriel live in concert in 3D from London, and the not so much was she awed by their youth. 70th anniversary showing of the restored movie “Casablanca.” There were so many more. The next day I spoke with my editor about this and that and mentioned going to see the If you’re interested, simply keep your eye on the Great Escape website. Everything avail- movie and all. She asked if I planned on going to go see the next one. The next one? So with able to be seen right here in BG is on that website. At the time I wrote this, I planned to see my new perspective on movies as art, I started to inquire as to exactly what was going at the the restored classic “Frankenstein” and “The Bride of Frankenstein.” No way would I pass up Great Escape. I called the theater and was directed to the marketing manager for Great Escape the opportunity to see and hear Colin Clive deliver one of Hollywood’s most coveted lines, Theatres/Aliance Entertainment, Brook Hollis. Several emails later I discovered that this re- “It’s alive!” on the big screen. release of restored movies was part of a larger program. I work hard for my money and I work more than most. I have a limited amount of time to This larger program is called Fathom Events, the National CineMedia’s counter move to enjoy things like live music and movies. I have even less time to teach my youngest child, who home cinema and the concept has been growing steadily since 2002. According to the Fathom recently reminded me it was my job “to teach her all that stuff.” I think she said something Events website, the concept is described as follows: like, convey my knowledge of such things to her. Well thank goodness I have a new way to “NCM Fathom Events is the home of cinematic experiences that offer exclusive, affordable teach her. entertainment events broadcast to the big screen. Audiences get the best seat in the house – in About the author: Franne J. has lived in seven states, but considers Bowling Green her the comfort and convenience of their local movie theater – for live and pre-recorded concerts, home. She’s been a part of and writing about the local art and music scene since the mid-1990s world-class opera, original programming featuring the biggest names in radio and television, and now operates Normal Street Booking, which you can find on Facebook or Twitter. She’s sporting events and music concerts. Additionally, Fathom Events features exclusive content also a member of the BG International Festival Board and a volunteer for the Grateful not found anywhere else. It’s made possible by the nation’s largest network of over 1,500 Gathering. www.Amplifier.BGDailyNews.com l Page 29 Featured Martin BY RONNIE JAGGERS Martin Meredith has a unique form of art. Much care and knowledge goes into his art form. He is a taxidermist. Born and raised in artist Meredith Brownsville, he has lived there all his life. His 22-year studio and business is nestled on a farm in Edmonson County that borders mals, and has mounted more than 50 Boone Mammoth Cave National Park. Meredith and Crockett deer along with numerous said he has always been fascinated by deer, Pope & Young deer. watching them walk in the park all his life. Martin gives credit to another local taxi- Although deer is his specialty, Meredith dermist in Cave City, Ed Rigdon, who has also mounted taught him the trade just about every- and who he owes a thing from squir- lot for where he is rels to grizzly bears today. from Russia and “I built my busi- others from Africa, ness on one thing – Argentina, customer service. Mexico, Canada Price and quality is and the Western not the worst thing United States. you hear about a “The only thing taxidermist, the I do not work with worst thing is for is fish. I have never someone to say ‘well had a desire to do the taxidermist has them and if you do had my deer for two not have the desire years and I still don’t you probably will have it back,’ ” he not do a very good said. “I am proud to job,” Meredith say in 22 years of said. business I’ve never “My father was went over six a conservation offi- months on a cus- cer for the tomer getting his Kentucky mount back. As for Department of Fish what keeps me moti- and Wildlife for 23 vated and driven, I years and I grew up guess I would have as a child going to say I’ve always into taxidermist tried to strive to do shops,” he said. the best and be the “When I got out of best in what ever I high school, work- try to do. Although I ing on the farm, all am far from being I ever wanted to do the best, it keeps me was deer hunt, my pushing towards that father would goal. always say, ‘son, “I haven’t won deer hunting is any awards because never going to get I’ve never entered you anywhere!’ By such a contest and the way, it is proba- never will, because Submitted the only person I bly the only thing Brownsville taxidermist Martin Meredith averages about 200 deer a year at his business. I’ve ever proved want to please is my him wrong on.” customer. I feel by they have shot their animal in a bad spot or sidered one of the best. I am not the best and Martin’s first try winning a contest all the bullet has made a rather large hole. do not really expect to be, but I keep it as a at mounting was you do is boost your “Then we look at other ways to position the goal. Good luck hunting!” due to the need for ego. And like most animal,” Meredith said. Contact Martin Meredith at 270-597- more money to hire workers for their tobac- other things in life when you get to that point Normally he does not dye any furs except 2744 or 270-991-7732, or at his business, co crop on the farm. you’re like a tomato – you start to rot in badly damaged areas – he will air brush Martin Meredith Taxidermy at 3758 “I told my Dad I could mount 30 deer a because you get content. If you bring a spike those places to blend them in. As for miss- Mammoth Cave Road in Brownsville, or year and make more money than I could out buck or the new world’s record, it will get ing feathers, he said that sometimes he can email him at martin@meredithstaxidermy. of my share of the tobacco and not have to the same attention and detail because to that pull other feathers closer to fill gaps, but if com. sweat a bit. So in 1990 I started Meredith’s young hunter with the spike buck it is just as there is a large area then the position must be About the author: Ronnie Jaggers is a Taxidermy. My first year I got 32 deer to important to him as the world record is to the changed to another way to hide it. The eyes seasoned sculptor, fine artist and master mount and since then I have mounted as luckiest hunter in the world.” are made of glass and some can be rather crafter. Her work can be seen at high as 328 deer in one year. That was in Meredith said positioning an animal or expensive. As for the feet in birds, you need ChiseledFeaturesStudio.webs.com. To be 2004,” he said. group is usually left up to the customer, who to inject them to dry up internal fluids. considered for the featured artist, call He normally averages more than 200 usually has in mind what he wants. The only He leaves us with this: “As for the future, Ronnie at 791-3505 or email Chiseled deer a year, along with numerous other ani- time he gets involved in positioning is if I guess all I would really like is to be con- [email protected]. Page 30 l www.Amplifier.BGDailyNews.com story and photos by Pennman S Music scene alive & well in Bowling Green HAYLIN I’ve been reading some of the singers in Bowling Green, and the rise, so I strongly recommend night. Let’s not forget the many M press about the recent Starry even a smaller subset of good you check her out. other venues in town that were C Nights Festival right here in female singers. Maria Donatelli is So far this was quite a bit of likely hosting more live music. G Bowling Green (well technically, one of the best. Kevin Hull is a excitement, and it was getting late. WhaBahs, Miss Kitty’s, Johnetta’s UIRE Oakland, but close enough). A natural rock and roll guitar player, A little chill out was in order. No Pub, SKyPAC and Spillway all common theme seems to be how and as a whole, the band is just problem, since my last stop was regularly have live music, and not vibrant the music scene is here in getting better all the time. They Dublin’s Irish Pub to hear the just on weekends. And there are our hometown. play stuff from the ’60s to the pres- jazz/funk group The Great Gatsby more. So whatever you’re up for, But why take their word for it? I ent, so something for everyone Jazz Funk Odyssey. This was the it’s probably right here in BG. So, decided to go out on your typical there. only band not local, hailing from is there a vibrant music scene in Friday night (Oct. 19 to be exact) Speaking of great female Paducah, but they’ve been here Bowling Green? You better and see what was happening in the singers, there were two on this before and were scheduled for believe it. Aren’t we lucky? epicenter of the music scene, night within a block of each other. Tidball’s the next night, so About the author: Pennman downtown. In three hours I The Twisted Tap was my next des- Bowling Green has adopted them. bought his first 45 at age nine and checked out five venues, all within tination, and the singer was They dress the Gatsby part and has been hooked on rock ever a block of Fountain Square, and Shaylin McGuire. Now Shaylin’s play their own style of “home- since. He has spent much of his here’s what I came across: vibran- a lot country, but when I go there grown jazz-funk.” Each player is disposable income on music, espe- cy indeed. she was belting out Guns & Roses’ very talented and they can take it cially live performances. He has a Tidball’s, THE place for origi- “Sweet Child of Mine,” and I do up or down seamlessly and ever so BA in Communications, specializ- nal music in town, was hosting mean belting! You can check The deliciously. Check them out next ing in journalism, and has dabbled two good ones: the in and out of Amplifier archives for my review time. in music himself, both as a player existence 00 the Rabbit (we like it of her show at the Plaza Theater in Now the above was what was in and instructor. Visit him at www. when they’re in existence) and The Glasgow earlier this year. She is on and around Fountain Square that facebook.com/pennman. Hungry Ears. I was on the run so I couldn’t stay for both bands, but it didn’t take long listening to 00 the 00 THE RABBIT Rabbit to fall in love again with their ever-eclectic melodies, instrumentation and lyrics. It did- n’t take long for the crowd to grav- itate to the stage to get a better view of Russell Brooks and com- pany. Just one tip if you plan to crowd the stage – watch out for Ryan Doughty’s trombone. That thing extends out a mile! Well, that was great, but I was at work, so off to the next place. For those who like their blues and rock, Shady Jake & the Upsetters had the floor at 440 Main. It’s a sure sign of fall when the band plays inside, but with the doors wide open so they can still SHADY JAKE & THE UPSETTERS be heard on the square. Did I ever mention that Fountain Square is my favorite place in Bowling Green? Well now you know. THE GREAT GATSBY Anyway, the Shady boys were JAZZ FUNK ODYSSEY keeping the crowd happy at 440 with their nice mix of songs you’ve heard a million times and never get tired of. Next it was half a block off the square to Three Brothers Rock Bar. If that name seems a little dif- ferent, well it is. It always was just plain old Three Brothers, with the loud juke box and dual pool tables. But these days the pool tables are gone and live music plays on weekends. It’s always great to see another venue become a live music venue (well, at least for me). When I got there, Poison Karma was rocking out like only they can. There are a handful of really good POISON KARMA www.Amplifier.BGDailyNews.com l Page 31 a conversation with SHAWN MULLINS BY MICHAEL FRANKLIN know the song is about California, but is the song really about America? Am I reading that In 1998, Shawn Mullins catapulted out of wrong? Atlanta, landing on the Billboard charts with Shawn: No, I think you’re right on the the ubiquitous “Lullaby.” Every time you money. turned the radio on, there it was: “Everything Michael: If you were to subtitle the song, is gonna be all right, Rockabye ...” Go ahead would it be “How the west was won and and sing it. You know you want to. where it all went wrong”? Mullins took it straight to #1 on the Shawn: Yeah, or “How the west was lost.” Billboard Top 40 charts, staying there for three It feels to me like, and I think I’m right, that weeks (eight weeks on the Adult Top 40 the rest of the world kind of looks at California chart). Its astronomical success led to an like it represents America ... and maybe it impressive string of hits (“Shimmer,” does. As far as fashion, music, all these cultur- “Everywhere I Go,” “Beautiful Wreck”), all al things that people kind of identify with of them brightening up an otherwise listless America, other than maybe war. And that’s the and flailing radio zeitgeist. But for every kind of stuff that attracts a lot of people to bull’s-eye hit, there would be overlooked Hollywood to begin with, you know? When gems like “Time” or “We Run,” astounding Chuck Cannon and I were writing that, we songs that made the hits pale in comparison. were really having fun with it. I had the first The kind of songs that make fellow songwrit- line, but ... I can’t remember why, but we start- ers say “I hate Shawn Mullins” and quit. ed talking about songs that we love that repre- The most astounding part of all this? He’s sent other things and for some reason – you’re done it for 22 years (since his debut in 1990). gonna love this – “Little Red Corvette” came He’s released 18 albums, every one of them up, by Prince. And so Chuck Cannon and I full of poetic, painstakingly hand-painted, started laughing about that song, about ... what three-minute pieces of modern art. Songs that it really means, and ... you never really know all that months after trying to get their lives daughter and ... we’re sleeping together, so actually mean something. Things we wish we with Prince, but you kinda get an idea it’s not back together. And there’s literally no blue we’ll be sharing a room. Will that be all right could say. Things that need to be said. Soaring really about a car. Literally, that gave us the sky. with you?” And Johnny said, “Son, I don’t melodies tailor-made for the top of your lungs. red Trans Am line, because we were taking a Michael: “The Ghost Of Johnny Cash.” know you well enough to miss you if you You’d think he could put out a less-than-stel- break from writing. We were like, why don’t Tell me about that one. were gone.” (laughing) lar record every now and then. Even Dylan we describe them through their cars ... what Shawn: Yeah, well, Phil Madeira and Michael: (laughing) One sentence and it’s has “Self Portrait.” But no, he continues to would they drive? Maybe she would be in an Chuck Cannon wrote that one. I can’t claim all over. bogart all the talent, 22 years in. It’s almost El Camino ... but the red Trans Am was kind that one. That’s a good one, though. Shawn: But no, I never got to meet him. I embarrassing. of a fun thing to throw in there. But that was Michael: Your performance on it is exqui- would have loved to and I’m a huge fan. He recently worked with the Zac Brown literally because we were ... brain-farting site, it really is. You nailed it. Michael: I know you’re a (Kris) Band, co-writing their massive hit “Toes.” His along, talking about other songs. I always like Shawn: Thanks, man. Some of the lyric Kristofferson fan. Do you have a favorite newest CD, “Light You Up,” is every bit as that, when that happens. The little happy acci- content I would never even have in my brain Kristofferson record? fresh and invigorating as his breakthrough hit dents. to put in there ... his vocabulary’s really big. Shawn: Oh, yeah. “Jesus Was A “Soul’s Core.” Opening track “California” is Michael: Well, tell me about “No Blue Michael: Did you ever meet Cash? Capricorn,” although the first three are all the most succinct (and subtle) observation of Sky.” I know you’ve cut that before, but this Shawn: I never did. I just did a show with great. The first one they ended up renaming America’s dark and sinking gravitational pull particular recording hits me pretty hard. Rosanne and that was really fun. She’s a “Me And Bobby McGee” and “Jesus Was A since ... well, ever. “No Blue Sky” (originally Shawn: Oh, good. Well, I thought that The sweetheart. But I never did get to meet Capricorn” and “The Silver-Tongued Devil.” recorded with Matthew Sweet and Pete Droge Thorns version of it – Brendan O’Brien and Johnny. I’m pretty good buddies with Rodney All three of those records I grew up with and as The Thorns in 2003) is simply devastating: Herb Gardner really know how to mix, Crowell and of course he’s got tons of those they were just so much a part of me learning “There’s no blue sky in my town they’re great mixing engineers – but I never stories. how to tell a story and communicate it. The lately/Everybody looks at the ground.” Hear it really liked the mix on that song on The Michael: I can only imagine. whole talking through my songs, so much of to believe it. Simply put, singer-songwriters Thorns record, because the melody wasn’t as Shawn: Oh my gosh. You know that one it is Kristofferson and those kind of writers don’t come any better than Shawn Mullins. easily distinguishable. It was so tight har- story when he first got invited to Jamaica with like Shel Silverstein. Here’s the best part: He will be at The monies, that ... Rosanne, to go to down to Johnny’s house? Michael: My favorite Kristofferson record Warehouse At Mt. Victor on Nov. 1. Trust me, Michael: It was hard to pick out. Michael: No. is “A Moment Of Forever.” You remember Bowling Green – Mullins is as good as it gets. Shawn: Yeah, and I also thought we did it Shawn: I’m guessing it was in the early that one? You want to be there. too fast. And the strings on it kind of lushed it ’70s, I’m thinking that’s about right, and Shawn: That’s a beautiful record. That’s On Oct. 22, I had the opportunity to speak out a bit, and I love Paul Buckmaster’s strings Johnny had invited Rodney and Rosanne to about the time we met, I think. We’ve gotten with him in Atlanta. ... but I felt like it was a little bit over the top. come to Jamaica to the house there and hang to be good buddies over the years, but I think Michael: Is this your first time coming to It’s not really what the song – for me – meant. out. And I don’t know if you’ve ever inter- that’s about the time. I gave him a record of Bowling Green? So I wanted to try it a little bit different, more viewed Rodney or if you know him, but he’s mine in ’94 that I put out on my own. I met Shawn: You know, as far as I can remem- stripped. And that’s how we ended up with the most gentle, sweetest guy, you know? So him at the King March in Atlanta. And I never ber, I have played in Kentucky, but not that slower version of it. you can imagine how this went down. He expected him to call me back. You know, he’s Bowling Green. So I’m excited. Michael: So where did that song come said, “You know, me and Rosanne have been Kris Kristofferson. But then a couple of Michael: Is this acoustic or full band? from? What made that song come about? sleeping together and it was the ’70s and months went by and I got a phone call and it Shawn: It’s acoustic. I’m going to have Shawn: 9/11. My A&R at Columbia everything, so I was just going to be upfront was him. And he was so nice. He said he’d lis- Tom Ryan with me, playing a little bass here Records was looking out the window and see- with Johnny about that when we got there. tened to my record several times and he had and there, but it’s just going to be a very ing it go down ... and people I knew that lived And let him know we’re going to be sharing a all these details of the songs. He just loved stripped down acoustic storytelling kind of in New York, I talked to them the day or two room, you know?” what I did and he told me to never quit. And thing. after, a week after, whatever. And my brother Michael: I can tell where this is headed he even went so far as to saying “Hey, look, Michael: “Light You Up,” did that come was actually in the Pentagon when it hit. A already, man. (laughing) I’m calling you just to tell you to never quit out about a year ago? career Navy guy. And he made it, he was in Shawn: (laughing) He said they sat down and never give up, ’cause you’re a great song- Shawn: Yeah, that’s about right. the other side of the building. It was just a in the living room and Rosanne went to do writer. I don’t have anything to offer you other Michael: You know, the first track, wacky, crazy, obviously horrible thing. But something in the kitchen with June and it was than that. But I just wanted to tell you that.” “California,” really stood out for me. that’s what it’s about to me. Now, there’s four just him and Johnny. And he said, “Well, Mr. And I was like, “God, you just don’t know Shawn: Oh, good. or five writers ... but to me what it really meant Cash, I just want to let you Michael: Correct me if I’m wrong, and I was that aftermath of people walking through know that I care a lot about your See MULLINS, Page 33 Page 32 l www.Amplifier.BGDailyNews.com pull off a solo thing is that they can slot me north Georgia as well. And I love it. But I like just a quick little radio interview, he had a From Page 33 MULLINS into these things so easily. the real stuff. Merle Haggard ... radio show down in Florida he was doing – how much that did for me.” Michael: I notice you’re doing more co- Michael: Do you have any words of advice and he told me, and I swear I’ll never forget it Michael: That’s my segue into “Soul’s writes than you used to. for people getting into the music business ’cause I’ve used that ever since – he said, Core.” You had a pretty good run on Shawn: Yeah, with selective people. right now? I know it’s tough. “You have to pour words in so that you can Columbia, but did you ever get the feeling that There’s certain people ... (where) the gifts are Shawn: Well, I think people shouldn’t be pour ’em back out. You have to read.” It’s just they didn’t really know what to do with you? exchanged in that perfect kind of way. Like afraid to do as much of it on their own as they the biggest part of being a writer. And then I Shawn: A little bit. They talked like they Chuck Cannon and I, for instance. It feels like can. And the first thing I would say is you real- read Stephen King’s own writing and he said did at first. You know, it’s not one particular a really great match naturally, you know? We ly want to study that craft. You know, if you the same thing. person or a company, it’s just kind of the way both write both lyrics and melodies, but want to be a great guitar player, then you Michael: Words of wisdom. Hey, I saw a that works. They need a product to be able to Chuck’s so fast with lyrics. He’ll spit out a become a great guitar player by just doing it video of you online and you were talking ... the easiest way to sell that record was whole quatrain of lyrics and they may not all the time. And the same thing with writing about how you listened to punk bands when through a hit song. I only had one really big hit need to be trimmed at all, they may be so good songs or singing or whatever they want to do. you were in high school. song on that record ... the rest of the record ... and Chuck’s a real hard rhymer. He’s real It’s literally the more you do it, the better you Shawn: I listened to a lot of different was pretty stripped down ... it certainly wasn’t old school that way. And you can go too far get. And then the other thing I would say is things, but yeah. I think there was a couple of single material, it was more stretched-out with it, but you always know when you have. don’t be afraid to do as much as you can with- years, at least about a year in high school, stuff. At that time, I didn’t know any different. You know, “Oh, boy” – I try to paint with oil out cutting up that pie early on. It helped me where I think it was literally ... watching MTV It was the eighth record I put out on my own. paint and it ends up being brown. You just to spend 10 years independently. I learned a and going “Eeewwwwww ... this is starting to I had no idea I would ever get a record deal. At went too far, you didn’t stop. lot, and so by the time all the labels and the get really gross.” At first it was really cool ... that point, I was “Gosh, I don’t think that’s Michael: Well, you’re toying around the publishing companies and managers and bands like The Ramones, just bad ass rock and gonna happen.” In fact, especially out on the edges of country music now. There’s Zac agents were after me, I was lucky. I was in roll bands was all I was really searching for. west coast, the imaging and stuff was always Brown and Chuck Cannon. Have you thought kind of a position of picking at that point. AC/DC I loved. But to me ... all that’s just weird. I’m a T-shirt and jeans guy. They were about doing a full-blown country record? Michael: Do you have a favorite record of rock and roll. I didn’t like the way the records always wanting to put me in a silky shirt or Shawn: Well, I guess the problem with all time? The house is burning down. What do sounded. I like a kick drum to sound like a something. (laughing) that is, in Nashville I think they see me as – you reach for? kick drum. You know what I mean? Michael: Did they try to get you to do people really welcome me in there very well, Shawn: Well, that changes sometimes. I Michael: What are you working on now? dance remixes or the ’NSync duet? I feel totally like a long-lost cousin when I think right now it would be either “Stardust” You’re in between records. Are you just writ- Shawn: I think they knew better. I did a lot come there to write and hang out – but I think by Willie Nelson or “It’s A Guitar World” by ing songs and playing shows? of shows with those kinds of groups. I had a they see me as an outsider in a way. I can’t Chet Atkins. Shawn: Yeah, I’m writing some songs and number 1 hit right in the middle of Backstreet really think of what country music is, first of Michael: Do you ever have writer’s block? doing a few shows. Until that run I’m starting Boys, ’NSync, Britney Spears, so I was doing all, anymore. I think I have too many judg- Shawn: All the time, yeah. I mean, I get it in Bowling Green, I don’t have any shows shows with all of them. Sometimes they were ments of the industry ... to put on a cowboy more than I write, you know? I don’t like to until then, actually. So I’m going to be work- those big radio shows. There’s one at Madison hat and just do it. I don’t ... feel good about it. call it “block,” because it’s really ... life just ing on my set and getting it worked up for my Square Garden every year. And it was terrify- But I do like writing it, and my goal is – I gets in the way. little tour. I’m not writing as much as I want to ing, because it was just me and my guitar on don’t want to sound egotistical when I say Michael: So how do you get out of it? write, but I’m writing really well right now. this little satellite stage in front of 25,000 kids. this – but I think what I’d like to do is be a Shawn: I stop watching TV. What happens It’s just slow. But they loved it. They loved it. I’d do my lit- part of a movement of songwriters that are is whenever I’m not writing and I’m feeling About the author: Michael Franklin is the tle thing and all of a sudden ’NSync rappelled taking it a more seriously in bringing back the the need to write, I just stand back and evalu- media & reserves specialist at Western out of the ceiling in astronaut costumes. real stuff in country music, you know? And ate what I’m doing. And I’m not reading ... Kentucky University Library’s Visual & (laughing) I found myself being the oddball. I’m a city boy from Atlanta, but I grew up in (I’m not) taking in the actual words that I Performing Arts Library. Michael is also a But I think what was cool about being able to the country, too. I grew up in the mountains of need. Hank Cochran told me – years ago, I did professional musician and sound engineer. www.Amplifier.BGDailyNews.com l Page 33 By Jack Montgomery RevFest, as it is called, has been a feature of Western Kentucky University’s fall semester for some time; however, the Battle of the Bands event is only in its third year. Organized by Revolution 91.7, a stu- dent-run radio station on the WKU campus, the event has sponsorship from Age of Reason Tattoo and Art Gallery, Great Escape Records and Comics, Campus Cards and Games and Musician’s Pro, which supplied the equipment and ran the sound sys- tem with great professionalism. Participating bands paid a submission fee of $20 and the winning band received $250, Artist of the Week recognition on Revolution 91.7 (Oct. 15-Oct. 21) and an opening spot for Mayhem 2013. I was frankly surprised and honored to be asked to judge a Battle of the Bands but agreed, wondering if I would be able to judge given that I have not been to or played in a Battle of the Bands since the 1970s. I soon found that I need not have worried and ended up having a wonderful time. As I arrived at the Colonnades around 4 p.m. Friday I was met by WWHR-FM Human Resources Director Salena Lisner, who introduced me to my co-judges, Jeremy Kelly of Submitted photo courtesy of Justin Blodgett WKU’s Music Department and Larry Buffalo Rodeo takes the stage during Revolution 91.7’s Revfest Battle of the Bands. Deaton, who owns The Warehouse at Mt. Victor. We were given a roster and Northern Kentucky’s Narco Subs, a and the application of technology to After the last band there was a brief scoring sheets for the bands, which name taken from the self-propelled the music. Their music was complex exhibition of one of Bowling Green’s included categories to be judged like submarines used by drug smugglers, and surreal, yet accessible to the finest musical talents – Matt Bittner, Professionalism and Visual then took the stage with a straight-on crowd, who clearly adored them. who presented a surreal, noise-based Presentation. Each band was to play rock sound fronted by singer Justin A refreshing break from the progres- performance art piece with his band three or four songs of their choosing. Skaggs, who has a marvelous, com- sive sound came next with Bowling Family Christian Laser Tag as an exhi- Our first band was Nashville’s Lines manding voice and can actually articu- Green’s Rainbow Kitty Kitty, which is bition. Matt is also a member of the in the Sky who, like most of the bands late lyrics. The band’s urban sound clearly drawing its influence from the amazingly talented Technology vs. we heard, played a progressive alt-rock reminds one of groups like Manchester punk scene. Lead singer Seth Short, Horse, which won the last two Battle set and reminded me a bit of bands and The Vines. Their song “Dark and while not a traditionally good singer, of the Bands at Revfest 2010 and like The Police and Rush. The three Bloody Ground” was intense and gave understood his role and the punk genre 2011. members included Jesse Belmont on one chills, which was a good experi- beautifully and embodied good show- All of this talent made deciding a guitar and vocals along with his 16- ence despite the cold evening. Many manship. His spider-like prancing winner very difficult and the judges year-old brother Brock on drums. A thanks to Michelle Deaton for bringing along with Trey Bartley’s solid guitar finally decided on Matulu as the over- pleasant surprise was the very compe- the warm apple cider and hot chocolate and Daniel Peach’s steady drums made all winner with Rainbow Kitty Kitty tent bassist Zack Wakefield, who that helped keep body and soul togeth- RKK a great band to watch. Bassist and Buffalo Rodeo as very honorable soloed masterfully. Lines in the Sky er. Logan Newby never missed a note mentions. Matulu then ended the was good without being unduly flashy. The Southern Ivy League appeared even when Seth leaped onto his back evening with an additional set, bring- Next appeared Glasgow’s Plain next and demonstrated some very solid at the end of one song. ing RevFest to a close. I must say that Jane, which would be an excellent musicianship mixed with good vocal The final contestant is a band that Bowling Green has always had a rich band for any bar with its driving, no- blending. They had complex arrange- shows incredible promise as a musical popular music heritage to draw from frills rock ’n’ roll sound fronted by ments and for a trio, delivered the entity. Buffalo Rodeo from Bowling and if RevFest is any indication of the vocalist Judson Perkins. The lead gui- multi tempo changes with surprising Green had a winning combination of future, this rich cultural legacy will tarist exhibited mastery of his instru- skill, along with being fun to watch. great vocal arrangements and excel- continue for many years to come. ment and a very accomplished stage The next band, Matulu, embodied lent stage presence as it presented its About the author: Jack presence. the evolution of the progressive rock version of progressive alt-rock. Montgomery is a librarian, author and Avant-garde musical arrangement genre heard so much in modern music Female keyboardist Jordan Reynolds associate professor at Western characterized the band Pocket Fever by extending the musical range of tra- added a level of fullness to the vocals Kentucky University. A professional with its cerebral, atmospheric approach ditional rock, bringing in multiple that no other band had that night. musician since 1969, he performs with to music, which it rooted in punk with influences of jazz and classical as well Their music was polished and just the Celtic quartet Watersprite. Visit prog-rock influences. as experimenting with composition plain interesting. him on Facebook. Page 34 l www.Amplifier.BGDailyNews.com www.Amplifier.BGDailyNews.com l Page 35 comes to South Warren High School By Kim Mason The last installment may have run its theatrical course, but enthusiasm for all things Harry Potter contin- ues. Muggle Quidditch has seen a rise in recent years all over the world, including an exhibition at the London Olympics and the first Kentucky Cup in Lexington last summer. More recently, the first official local school club, South Warren Quidditch, was formed by Evan Poff. “About a year ago, a friend of mine held a Harry Potter-themed party at his house, where one of the activities was a game of Quidditch. We all had fun with that, but there were some flaws with its design that I wished had been better. Shortly afterward, I randomly felt like look- ing up Quidditch on the Internet to see if someone had a good solution to any of those issues. That’s when I came across the International Quidditch Association’s website. I was instantly enthralled with the sport. Within a few days, I was already planning to start up a Quidditch club at South Warren,” Poff said. So what is Muggle Quidditch? Photo by Kim Mason/Amplifier Quidditch was the sport in which Katelyn Mason of University of Kentucky’s Aberforth’s Army protects the quaffle against Ohio State chasers as mem- bers of University of South Florida’s team wait on the side lines during the first Kentucky Quidditch Cup in May in Harry Potter excelled while study- Lexington. ing at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. But, since flying brooms and magical flying incorporated in 2010 in Vermont, strates, yet again, that books have Vassar colleges. In 2008, the media balls were used, certain adaptations “Quidditch was founded in the spirit the power to change the world and picked up on Middlebury’s series of had to be made for humans of experimenting with new ideas unite and forge new communities games with other schools and (Muggles) to play. The first game and daring to promote, and partici- and traditions.” The organization sparked the creation of teams across was played in 2005 at Middlebury pate in, a different activity. names as its goals: “creativity, com- the country. College in Vermont. It is a co-ed Additionally, real-life Quidditch’s munity and competition.” By 2010, 43 colleges and three sport with seven positions. literary roots underscore the roles By 2007, the first intercollegiate high schools were competing in According the International that literacy and reading play in our cup was held in Poughkeepsie, Quidditch Association, which was creative endeavors and demon- N.Y., between Middlebury and See QUIDDITCH, Page 37 Page 36 l www.Amplifier.BGDailyNews.com From Page 36 QUIDDITCH fourth World Cup and in 2011 the first intercontinental, transatlantic Quidditch match in history was played between the University of Vaasa from Finland and Vassar College. Playing Quidditch: In May, Aberforth’s Army, a University of Kentucky-based community team, Three goals, generally made of hula hoops on formed in 2010, held the first Kentucky Cup at Jacobson Park in Lexington, PVC pipes, form the goals on each side of the which drew teams from Tennessee Tech, the University of South Florida and Ohio pitch (court). Everyone must have a broom State University. While many other teams exist, the International Quidditch between their legs at all times. As a variety of types Association boasts member teams from every state but five. States’ representation of brooms are available, tournaments often employ range from Kentucky’s eight official teams to New York’s 76. At the Olympic standard lengths of PVC pipe so that the playing Expo Games in Oxford, England, an exhibition match featured 21 first string field is even regardless of the funding ability of players and 21 reserve players selected from 150 nominees. Two of these players, competing teams. A slightly deflated volleyball Sean Pagoada and Sean Snipes of University at South Florida, were among the serves as the quaffle and dodgeballs serve as competitors in Lexington. bludgers. To end the fictional game, a team mem- Thus far, to Poff’s knowledge, his is the first team in Warren County, though he ber must capture the magical snitch; however, in says a number of interested people at Warren Central are seeking a leader to real-life Quidditch, the snitch is represented by a tennis ball secured to a player organize a similar club. Tennessee Tech has already spotted South Warren’s called the snitch runner. Play begins when the snitch is released to roam well Facebook page and requested a match. A lack of teams in the area isn’t a concern beyond the playing field, pursued shortly thereafter by two seekers. After a cer- – more than 70 people signed up in the first call for interested students for Poff’s tain time, if the snitch has eluded them, it returns to the field until captured by a club, so he anticipates plenty of participants to practice and play intramural player, who earns 30 points for doing so. matches in preparation for competition. Once the snitch and seekers have left the area, the referee yells “brooms up!” “There are a few schools that have a team that are in our general area. These and play begins. Three chasers from each team vie for the quaffle and attempt to include the high school teams at Henry Clay, Tates Creek and North Oldham, as throw it through the opponent’s goal to earn points. Meanwhile, bludgers are well as the college teams at UK, Tennessee Tech and the University of Southern thrown in an attempt to hit the chasers in possession of the quaffle, which sends Indiana,” he said. “Again, I’m hoping that our club at South Warren will inspire them back to tap their own goals after dropping the quaffle, simulating recovery, the local high schools to get teams, which could, in turn, get schools in the sur- before joining the game again. A keeper for each team guards the goals and rounding counties to start too. though immune from the quaffle when within the goal zone, they become as a “We really want other schools here to have a Quidditch team. I know many peo- chaser when they leave the protected area. Finally, two bludgers from each team ple who want to see extramural Quidditch in Bowling Green, and there are a lot of are in play throughout a game – their task is to hit chasers and knock them out people waiting for the first South Warren-Greenwood match. It was a little difficult as well as to block other bludgers from hitting their teammates. to get it started up at first, but as people became more familiar with the idea, it became increasingly popular. Plus, it should be easier for someone else to get their school to approve a Quidditch club, since (now) they know that it’s possible to do.” Poff encourages anyone interested in checking out the young sport, saying “You don’t have to be a Harry Potter fan to like Quidditch. In fact, quite a few of our members aren’t familiar with the books at all. Athletic experience also varies. We have some people who are very athletic, and we have others who haven’t played a sport before. Some members just want to have fun, while others aspire to win the Quidditch World Cup, whether it be at the high school level or during college later on. No matter the reason for joining the club, people stay for the sport, because it’s unlike anything else.” — For more information, visit www.facebook.com/pages/South-Warren- Quidditch/176401555778749 or www.internationalquidditch.org. Photo by Kim Mason/Amplifier A muggle from Tennessee Tech appears to take flight on his “broom” while pro- tecting his team’s goals at the first Kentucky Quidditch Cup May 2012 in Lexington. www.Amplifier.BGDailyNews.com l Page 37 Page 38 l www.Amplifier.BGDailyNews.com ‘Nutcracker’ a sign that NOVEMBER •Nov. 3: Shaker Breakfast at Shaker Union Village in South Union.8:30 a.m. to 10:30. $22- $25. •Nov. 4: The Bowling Green Craft Fair, Phil Moore Park gym, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. •Nov. 3-4: The World’s Greatest Studio Tour. Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday holidays are approaching from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. •Nov. 10-11: “Shrek the Musical” at SKyPAC. Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. From green ogres and Russian ballets to craft event is from 10 a.m. to 5 pm. Nov. 3 and from Tickets range from $40 to $65. fairs and parades, November is not void of things 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Nov. 4. •Nov. 10:Veterans Day Parade. Downtown and Circus Square Park. 10 a.m. for families to get out and do. I’m thankful this For more information and a list of locations, visit •Nov. 28-29:The Moscow Ballet “Great Russian Nutcracker” at SKyPAC.Wednesday and month to live in a town that offers a variety of things www.worldsgreateststudiotour.com. Thursday at 7:30 p.m.Tickets range from $28 to $170. for my family ... sorry, couldn’t resist. On with the Do you love being outside in the fall? I know my •Nov. 17: Junior Naturalist Program at Lost River Cave from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.Ages 6-12. list! kids sure do, so why not plan to go to the Junior $10. Shaker Union Village at South Union is hosting Naturalist Program at Lost River Cave on Nov. •Nov. 30-Dec. 1: The Downtown Bowling Green Holiday Market. a Shaker Breakfast on Nov. 3 at the Shaker 17? It’s a way for kids to explore nature hands-on. Tavern. It’s a great opportunity to visit the unique, “Get down and dirty with a wild caving trip. Also, educational village to see how the Shakers once learn about the three types of rocks that are inter- lived and to experience a traditional related through the rock cycle and breakfast. Your kids will love the geological history of caves stepping back in time and and the surrounding karst seeing the old buildings topography.” How cool is and the people dressed that? The program is in traditional clothing. offered every other Not to mention the deli- month, and to do it once cious breakfast being is $10 per student, ages served up! According to 6-12. It’s from 2 p.m. to 4 its website, it will be “a Civil p.m. Visit www.lostriver War-era Shaker breakfast that cave.com/juniornaturalist promises to please and to astonish program.html for more information ... featuring fried chicken, scrambled eggs, on the year-round program. sweet potatoes, pork sausage, asparagus, apple We should always honor our veterans and it’s pie, buttermilk biscuits and more!” an important message to send to our kids. This Reservations are required and seatings are year’s Veterans Day Parade will be at 10 a.m. available beginning at 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Cost Nov. 10 downtown and Circus Square Park. And is $22 for members and $25 for non-members. besides, what kid doesn’t love a parade? I sure I know I am not alone in being excited about don’t know of any. Bowling Green’s Southern Kentucky Performing I’m surprised I’m putting this last because I sure Arts Center. Each month we are offered so many do love shopping, especially when it’s locally craft- varied performances with many being perfect for ed items or supporting local business in some way families. This month, “Shrek the Musical” and the and somewhere my kids can have fun, too! There Moscow Ballet’s “Great Russian Nutcracker” are two holiday market/craft fairs in November. are here. The first is Nov. 4 – the Bowling Green Craft Most every one is familiar with the DreamWorks Fair is at the Phil Moore Park gym from 1 p.m. to 5 Shrek movies, but seeing the big green ogre’s story p.m. It’s a “One Stop Holiday Shop” with about 50 translated to a musical should be quite entertain- vendors selling a variety of things from jewelry, ing! On theskypac.com, it’s described as “... part hand-crafted children’s clothes, artwork, candles, romance, part twisted fairytale ...” “Shrek the purses and many other gifts. And while you shop, Musical” is at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 10 and at 2 p.m. Nov. your kids can have fun in the bounce house or get 11. Tickets run $40 to $65. their faces painted! Then they can help pick out The Moscow Ballet’s “Great Russian some perfect Christmas gifts for themselves or Nutcracker” is a great way to kick off the holiday other family members. Win win! Plus it’s a fundrais- season, in my opinion. The “Nutcracker” is one of er for Butterfly’s Blessings – Shelby’s Story. Shelby, the best Christmas stories and what an opportuni- of Bowling Green, is 4 months old and is recover- ty to introduce your kids to the ballet. I have two lit- ing from open heart surgery Oct. 23. tle ballerinas who will be thrilled to go see this The Downtown Bowling Green Holiday beautiful story told through dance. It will be per- Market will be the weekend of Nov. 30 this year. It’s formed at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 28 and 29. yet another great opportunity to do some holiday Tickets range from $28 to $170 and there are shopping while enjoying Bowling Green’s quaint platinum and VIP experience packages available. downtown. There will be horse-drawn carriage Visit theskypac.com for more information. rides and the city’s Christmas lights will be up. You If there is a budding artist in your house, like can enjoy the lights, shop and get a bite to eat or a there is in mine, then don’t miss this amazing hot drink while supporting our unique downtown opportunity to see local art and talk to the artist; businesses! it could be priceless for your kids. The World’s Enjoy the holiday this month, enjoy your families Greatest Studio Tour and Art Sale is slated to and get out and do something together! be at 21 locations in Bowling Green and Warren — Becky Durkee is a stay-at-home mom of County with 40 artists involved. 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