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So let’s see. The Landmark Theater is a pretty cool place. It’s where I saw Lady Gaga a while back. It’s also where John Phillip Sousa’s band, Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, and many others have performed.

I’m pretty hyped about this… my high school band, The Cosby Titan Band, is going to be opening for the University of Virginia’s band at the Landmark on April 9th. The cool thing is… I’ll be doing a narration of some text with the song, America The Beautiful. Pretty exciting to be able read at the Landmark.

Not gonna lie, this is going to be the best $5 concert at the Landmark. My high school isn’t your ‘average’ high school band. We’re pretty good. Rated ‘superior’ unanimously by all of the judges at our state assessment earning us our Virginia Honor Band title.

So, let’s recap. Awesome concert from 3 schools, Cosby (me,) Hanover, and then UVA all in about 90 minutes… and me narrating. Pretty cool. Come out and see us!

The concert is on April 9th and it is open to the public. Tickets are $5 at the door. Show starts at 7:30 PM

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The Cosby Titan Band’s holiday concert will be on Friday Dec 10, at 7:30 pm in the Cosby High School Theater.

We will be performing all kinds of great music, and of course, some classic Christmas songs. The Cosby Jazz Ensemble will also be performing 3 songs. The concert will be followed by a reception.

Tickets will be for sale at the door for only $5, while supplies last. You are encouraged to get your tickets in advance! In the past concerts have been sold out.

Press release:

The Cosby Titan Band will present its holiday concert on Friday, Dec. 10 at 7:30 p.m. in the Cosby Theater. All seats are $5. The 125-member Titan Band, Percussion Ensemble and Jazz Ensemble will be featured in this concert. The show should run about one hour and a reception will follow in the school commons.

A wide variety of musical styles will be covered. The “musical menu” consists of :”The Thunderer” by Sousa, “Jig” from “English Country Seettings” bu LaPlante, “Salvation is Created” by Tchesnekov, “Sea Songs” by Vaugh Williams, “Soaring” by Shaffer, “Sleigh Ride” by Leroy Anderson, “A Fanfare for Christmas” by Curnow as recorded by the Mannheim Steamroller, and “Christmas Music for Winds” arranged by James Ployhar. The Jazz Ensemble will perform some classic big-band styled selections.

The Titan Band, in their fifth year of existence, has again earned a unanimous rating of “Superior” at the VBODA State Marching Festival this fall and is half-way toward their second ever “Commonwealth of Virginia Honor Band” award. The band also performed by invitation at a home game of the nationally-ranked football team of the College of William and Mary, and is awaiting the release of “Game Day 2010″, the Titan Marching Bands’ full-length compact disc recorded earlier this fall.

Strange’s Florist in Richmond, Virginia currently does not have any support for handicapped and walking impaired customers. Many people in Richmond, VA have disabilities that make it difficult for them to walk around as easily as they would like and some can’t walk at all.

Today, most retail stores have motorized wheelchairs or at least some type of wheelchair for their customers to use while shopping their stores. Strange’s Florist does not have anything at all.

Strange's Florist West Broad Location

As you can see, the above location on West Broad Street is a big store. Without some type of wheelchair it makes it difficult to navigate the building.

On Facebook, a Strange’s customer posted a status saying she is really upset with them for not providing a wheelchair even after asking many weeks before! Some other comments on that Facebook status include:

“I’m gonna protest,” “Never did like Strange’s. Poor customer service,” “I thought for sure they would take care of that!”

What are your thoughts on Strange’s Florist? I think it’s important that this is brought to their attention!

—Update!—

William Gouldin from Strange’s Florist contacted us and said the following:

“I spoke with Mrs. Daphne personally in April concerning the improvement. We are currently communicating with the necessary people to make this happen. I can assure you the improvement has not been disregarded as the mobility of all of our customers and families are important.

We are in the process of remodeling our front entrance at the Broad Street location with automatic doors in order to better accommodate mobility assistance products.

The communities patience and understanding are very much appreciated as well as the open dialogue which allows these improvements to be addressed.”

Thanks for getting back to us William! We hope to see the changes soon!

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The snow is not that bad yet, but the wind is really bad! The video kind of shows the wind but not very well. So far it has knocked over tons of large branches in the area. Here are a few pics that I took. Enjoy .

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