But for 10 years, that’s just what the professional chorus has called itself. Until now.
“It’s a mouthful,” admits chorus president Patricia “Pi” Rice. “And it’s hard to remember. It doesn’t have a hook.”
Chorus leaders hope to change that with a new focus and a shorter, catchier name: Choral Artistry.
That change was a long time coming, Rice says. But it wasn’t easy.
“It was a painful process,” she says. “Trying to rename yourself when you’re 10 years old is really hard. We went through many, many thoughts and ideas, and we landed on Choral Artistry.”
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The Dispatch
A proposed commercial development project on Cotton Grove Road in Lexington will mean saying goodbye to a nearly 75-year-old church building that will be torn down to make room for new retail, restaurant and office buildings.
The Lexington City Council approved by consent Monday night the issuance of a major zoning permit that will allow a Charlotte-based commercial development company to move forward with its plans to purchase the former Fairmont Presbyterian Church property at 1502 Cotton Grove Road.
Once purchased, the development company will build two commercial buildings on the property after the church is demolished, The current owners are listed as Fairmont Presbyterian Church and Jan Shuler.
Gastonia Boy Scout troop loses camping gear to theft
Gastonia Boy Scouts will rough it more than normal this year after a trailer containing Troop 501 equipment was stolen this month.
Troop 501 Scoutmaster Ben Bonds said last week the trailer and equipment, with a combined value of approximately $7,000, disappeared from the troop s Scout hut near New Hope Presbyterian Church at 4357 S. New Hope Road between Feb. 12-15. My heart just sunk in my chest when I was told that it simply wasn t there at the building on Monday, Bonds said last week.
The trailer, a white enclosed unit that lacked logos, decals or lettering, was filled with both Troop equipment and the personal gear of Troop 501 s six active Scouts, including its mobile kitchen chuck boxes, pots and pans, tents and cooking gear, along with utensils, Dutch ovens and multiple propane lanterns, according to Bonds.
Police Blotter: Airport Police Finds Kidnapping Case Sketchy; Guy Was Just Killing Time On CARTA Bus Friday, January 15, 2021
Police were called by a man who reported an incident that officers determined did not occur in their district, but rather at 1001 Airport Road. Officers asked dispatch to give the call to the Chattanooga Airport Police. The dispatcher of the Chattanooga Airport Police called the officer and told him that the matter didn t seem real and that he wasn t going to dispatch the call to his officers. The police officer told him that it could have been real, but he said it couldn t be. The man who reported the incident said that his wife and two sons were possibly kidnapped from the Chattanooga Airport when their plane landed.