Wine Tasting – 29 May 2021 – Franschhoek, South Africa

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By Tom Allin

Yesterday was a rest day. We were both worn out after our incredible breakfast provided by Ashbourne Boutique Guest House – eating dish after dish takes a lot of work. As a matter of fact, other than read and nap the only other thing we did all day was eat two more meals.

Today we are smarter. No, we didn’t eat less at breakfast but we did take a wine walking tour.

Tim, the owner of our hotel, took the time to map out what he thought was a walk we would enjoy and marked what he thought were the best wineries to stop and explore.

The hotel’s entire staff was incredible and I am guessing because they took their cues from Tim. Tim provided information on about ten local restaurants, made dinner reservations for us, provided driving directions, a history of Franschhoek and the background on how his family and he had moved from Germany to South Africa six years earlier.

It was a four-block walk from the hotel to the main two-lane highway. Running parallel to the highway but about 20 feet nearer the open fields was a six foot or more wide sidewalk. Even with the Covid keeping people home, the sidewalk had a number of walkers like ourselves.

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Marshall Depot Lead Donors and Supporters

Marshall Depot Board Honors Lead Donors of 2021

The official logo of the 2022 Annual Marshall Depot fundraising campaign features a beautiful double rainbow over the Depot photo taken by Board member and Ginocchio Restaurant owner Alan Loudermilk, with photo color enhanced by Carl Henderson. The logo features the campaign theme of, with our community’s support, “The Future is Bright for the Marshall Depot!”

Some of the lead donors and supporters during the 2021 Depot fundraising campaign who received a Depot Appreciation Tile include Michelle and Stan Brannon, former City Councilwoman Vernia Calhoun, City Councilwoman Amanda Abraham, Mac Abney for the Pelz Foundation and Turney Foundation, City Councilman Marvin Bonner, Alan Loudermilk, Susan Marshall, City Councilman Micah Fenton, Ashli Acker Dansby of Dansby Media, former News Director of KMHT, Mark Robinson of SWEPCO. Presented to Joy Smith and Griff Hubbard, Marshall Depot Board members and formerly of Amtrak, at the April 30, 2022 meeting of the Texas Eagle Marketing and Performance Organization (TEMPO). Others receiving the appreciation gift included the members of the Harrison County Commissioners Court and foundations and individuals in our community.

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Marshall Depot Fundraising Campaign

Marshall Depot Board Kicks off 2022 Fundraising Campaign, Honors Lead Donors of 2021

The volunteer Board of Directors for the Marshall Depot Inc. is pleased to announce that the 2022 Annual Marshall Depot Fundraising Campaign is officially underway.

This year’s theme for the fundraising drive is “With your support, the Future is Bright for the Marshall Depot!” The official image for the 2022 fundraising campaign is a gorgeous double rainbow photo taken by Depot Board member Alan Loudermilk, who is a business entrepreneur, lawyer, and owner of the popular Ginocchio Restaurant, which is adjacent to the Marshall Depot. The official photo was color enhanced by Carl Henderson.

The Depot’s annual fundraising drive is designed to raise funds to assist with the operation, maintenance, and ongoing preservation of the historic Marshall Depot, which operates as an Amtrak station and Texas & Pacific Railway Museum.

The Marshall Depot Inc. is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit established in 1990 to assist the City with the restoration, operation, and maintenance of the Depot. The volunteer board raises funds, through tax-deductible donations from individuals as well grants from foundations, to maintain the funding needed each year for the operational costs, insurance, security, maintenance, and ongoing preservation of the Marshall Depot and T&P Railway Museum.

Board President Christina Anderson, who is also chairman of the 2021 and 2022 annual fundraising campaigns, shared that the first step that the Board wanted to take in the 2022 fundraising campaign was to express their deep appreciation to those in our community who stepped up to donate and support the Depot during the 2021 fundraising campaign.

Ms. Anderson shared, ”As we kick off the annual fundraising campaign for 2022, I wish to convey, on behalf of the Marshall Depot Board, our profound gratitude to those community members, governmental entities, and foundations who supported the Depot in 2021, at a particularly critical time.”

Ms. Anderson stated: “We’re very grateful to each and every person who kindly donated to the Depot last year and in years past. But, we also want to send a strong shout-out to the members of the Marshall City Council who voted unanimously last fall to provide a line item of funding for the Marshall Depot and to the Harrison County Judge and Commissioners Court who voted unanimously to increase the line item of funding for the Depot in the County budget.”

Anderson continued: “We also want to express a huge thank you to our lead donors who stepped up to give so generously last year. These people and organizations include McKool Smith, Pelz Foundation, Turney Foundation, Hubbard-Watlington Foundation, Humanities Texas, Sam Baxter, Griff Hubbard, Marty Vaughan, Pat Furrh, Michelle and Stan Brannon, Susan Marshall, Dr. Robert Galvan, Jr., and the Anderson Foundation.”

Ms. Anderson also expressed the Board’s appreciation for others who stepped up to assist such as Ashli Acker Dansby and KMHT with the “Dollars for the Depot” event, the Marshall News Messenger, SWEPCO, Brownrigg Insurance, as well as Alan Loudermilk and the Ginocchio Restaurant for kindly providing the feature for restaurant customers to make a tax-deductible donation to the Depot at the time that they’re paying their restaurant bill.

Ms. Anderson also wished to thank board member Richard Anderson for his valuable and steadfast assistance and a heartfelt thank you to Audrey Kariel, former Marshall Mayor and past Board member, for her continued passion, care, and knowledgeable assistance with regard to the Marshall Depot.

Ms. Anderson explained that, in order to convey the Board’s appreciation, the above- mentioned lead donors were presented an Appreciation Tile displaying the beautiful “The Future is Bright” double rainbow photo that can be displayed on a bookshelf or desk.

Attached are photos of some of the lead donors as they were presented the gift of the Appreciation Tile.

Ms. Anderson went on to say: “We, on the board, are very grateful that our City, County, and community members recognize the valuable transportation asset that the Marshall Depot is and the many other benefits it provides related to economic development, tourism, education, quality of life, as well as documenting and continuing Marshall’s rich and fascinating railroad history.”

She added: “We, as a community, are very fortunate to be one of only about 525 cities nationwide to have an Amtrak stop. Plus, Marshall is one of Amtrak’s crew change stops along the Texas Eagle route, which brings in tens of thousands of dollars to our local economy each year, in addition to the substantial income brought to our community by the thousands of visitors and passengers who travel to our community annually via Amtrak.”

The attached “Did You Know: Important Facts about the Marshall Depot” sheet provides more information about this along with information about other benefits from the Depot.

Ms. Anderson concluded: “We have a strong and excellent Board of Directors at the Marshall Depot and we’ll continue to share with our community the exciting progress currently underway and being planned for the future. But this hard-working volunteer board continues to need our community’s support to keep this treasured transportation hub and beautiful historic Depot strong into the future. With our community’s support, the future is indeed bright at the Marshall Depot!”

If you would like to make a tax-deductible donation to the 2022 Annual Marshall Depot Fundraising campaign, you can send a check to Marshall Depot Inc, at the following address: 800 North Washington Avenue, Suite 1, Marshall, Texas 75670.

In addition to Ms. Anderson, the Marshall Depot Board includes: Donald Hocutt, Vice President; Judy Covey, Secretary; Cathy Wright, Treasurer; Richard Anderson, Thad Carter, John Fortune, Mary Hendricks, Griff Hubbard, Marde Jones, Cindy Leleko, George Leleko, Alan Loudermilk, Jim Pedison, Jack Redmon, Joy Smith, Daryl Ware, and Robert Wood.

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Stellenbosch

Stellenbosch – 28 May 2021 – South Africa

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By Tom Allin

We are back on the road but without the 4Runner. We packed last night, had breakfast, packed the rental car and began our drive to Franschhock with a walking tour stop scheduled for Stellenbosch and a lunch afterwards.

Other than the light rain it appeared to be a good day – don’t you hate optimistic people.

OK — light rain, a rental car that is low to the ground rather than our high 4Runner, first time driving in South Africa and my memory has blanked out several other issues that may have had led me to be slightly stressed. But I had Nancy, my navigator and entertainment director, in the right hand seat so let’s get on the road.

I don’t remember any wrong turns. For the most part the highway driving was easy and the highway was well signed. The highway was well maintained, hell I wish I-20 in Texas was as well maintained as the highway out of Cape Town.

Maybe we made one or two wrong turns, but it didn’t take us to long to find downtown Stellenbosch and most importantly a parking space – a head in parking space!

We paid the city parking attendant and began walking towards Stellenbosch on Foot. As you probably guessed from the name it was a company that provides walling tours. Drops of rain were falling but I not going to say it was raining but more like a drizzle.

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Kirstenbosch National Botanical Gardens – 24 May 2021 — South Africa

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By Tom Allin

Today was a day to stretch our legs and begin our self-education on South African plants. We arrived at Kirstenbosch National Botanical Gardens by Uber a few minutes before 9:00 am and left a little after 3:00 pm. We did stop for lunch.

Let me begin with why we are here. Seven years ago, when putting together our Drive Around the World one of the things to see on my list were the world’s best Botanical Gardens. Nancy and I both enjoy flowers, plants, cactus, succulents, trees, where they grow and botanical gardens. You would be hard pressed to look at any list of the world’s best botanical gardens and not find Kirstenbosch on the list.

I am going to get the scientific stuff out of the way early. South Africa has over 140 of the 200 natural orders of plants in the world and over 25,000 species of flora, including a floral kingdom found nowhere else in the world. The Cape Floral Region Protected Areas is a UNESCO World Heritage site and is recognized as one of the most special places for plants in the world in terms of diversity, density, and number of endemic species.

In short, South Africa’s is one of the most unique flora locations in the world.

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CORONAVIRUS INFO PROVIDED BY DR. JIM HARRIS – 4/12/2022

Because I have several readers who are physicians in active practice, I sometimes include articles that some readers might not enjoy. Allegedly, I save some of the physicians some time.

From BECKERS:

Fauci, Gottlieb urge self-interpretation amid COVID-19 case undercounts, relaxed mask rules

”…Drs. Fauci’s and Gottlieb’s remarks suggest the U.S. has reached a pandemic stage where self-determination among the public is more emphasized than ever — first to interpret the risk of COVID-19 transmission in their communities, then to decide what mitigation measures to take……I think that we’re dramatically undercounting cases,” Dr. Gottlieb told CBS News. “We’re probably only picking up one in seven or one in eight infections. So when we say there are 30,000 infections a day, there’s probably closer to a quarter of a million infections a day.”…”This is not going to be eradicated and it’s not going to be eliminated,” Dr. Fauci said of COVID-19. “And what’s going to happen is that we’re going to see that each individual is going to have to make their calculation of the amount of risk that they want to take in going to indoor dinners and in going to functions, even within the realm of a green zone map of the country where you see everything looks green but it’s starting to tick up. So you’re going to make a question and an answer for yourself, for me as an individual, for you as an individual. What is my age? What is my status? Do I have people at home who are vulnerable that if I bring the virus home there may be a problem?”

(J. Harris: So we’re back to where we started from: ultimately, responsibility for Covid protection is a personal/family >neighborhood > city >county > state > national >>>then world medical problem — with emphasis on personal and family. We’ve learned a lot and will be able live with Covid. We’ll have to.)

FROM NYT:

1. The city of Philadelphia will reinstate an indoor mask mandate, the first major U.S. city to do so this spring.

”With new coronavirus cases low but rising sharply in recent days, the city of Philadelphia announced on Monday that it will reinstate an indoor mask mandate a little more than a month after lifting it, becoming the first major U.S. city to do so…“This is our chance to get ahead of the pandemic,” said Cheryl Bettigole, the city’s health commissioner, in a news conference…’

‘2. New Drug Slashed Deaths Among Patients With Severe Covid, Maker Claims

”…The new drug, sabizabulin, reduced deaths among hospitalized Covid-19 patients so drastically in a clinical trial that independent safety monitors recommended stopping it early, officials at Veru Inc., the drug’s maker, said. The trial was halted on Friday…..Sabizabulin was given in a 9-milligram dose in a capsule that was taken once a day. It doesn’t require refrigeration, and the capsule can be given by mouth or opened up so that the contents can be added to a feeding tube…The drug is intended only for hospitalized patients at this point, so making it accessible to patients in the United States will be simpler than making it available to outpatients, which requires distributing it to pharmacies and educating general doctors about its use….”

3. (This AM) Experts say it is unclear whether rising cases in the northeastern U.S. are the start of a larger surge. Image

”…Covid outbreaks in elite circles in Washington, D.C., and on Broadway have received a lot of news media attention in recent days, but they appear to be only one part of a broader regional rise in infections: States in the Northeast are now reporting an uptick in cases…“There’s definitely something coming,” William Hanage, an epidemiologist at Harvard, told The Morning. “But depending on all the moving parts, it might be a ripple relative to previous waves….”

4. Virus outbreaks are pushing some U.S. universities to reinstate mask mandates.

”…A small number of U.S. colleges and universities are reinstating mask policies, citing coronavirus outbreaks on campus…But now, while some universities, such as Harvard, are letting professors decide what protocol to follow in the classroom, others are imposing new mask rules:…Rice University reinstated its mask policy for classrooms, regardless of vaccination status. Those who are unvaccinated also must continue to wear a mask in other indoor areas…”

FROM THE LANCET:

1. Estimating global, regional, and national daily and cumulative infections with SARS-CoV-2 through Nov 14, 2021: a statistical analysis

Conclusion

COVID-19 has had a staggering impact on the world, with 3·39 billion (95% UI 3·08–3·63) people infected with SARS-CoV-2 at least once as of Nov 14, 2021. These findings highlight the potential for COVID-19 to have a continued and profound impact on the world’s population. The vast differences in cumulative proportion of the population infected across countries and territories can help policy makers identify locations whose transmission-prevention strategies should be emulated, as well as those populations at greatest risk of future infection—a factor that should be considered in global vaccine prioritisation. Our statistical approach to estimating SARS-CoV-2 infection, which can be applied routinely and will allow for rapid availability of estimates, will be crucially important for research, science, and policy efforts towards pandemic preparedness, response, and control in the coming months and years. It has and continues to be made freely available to all on a routine basis.

2. AN ANTISPIKE VACCINE TESTED IN CUBA

”…In conclusion, the results of the phase 1-2 trial indicated that Abdala vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 was safe, well tolerated and induced humoral immune responses against SARS-CoV-2 among adults from 19 to 80 years of age. Our findings indicate that the a SARS-CoV-2 recombinant spike protein vaccine studied (Abdala) is a promising candidate that warrants testing in phase 3 studies, in a larger number of individuals older than 19 years of age and a three-dose schedule of 50 μg on days 0-14-28, evaluating vaccine efficacy in the prevention of symptomatic COVID-19 and progression to serious and critical forms of the disease….”

FROM HOPKINS SUGGESTIONS:

1. The Next Leap in Coronavirus Vaccine Development Could Be a Nasal Spray (Washington Post) As the omicron variant of the coronavirus moved lightning-fast around the world, it revealed an unsettling truth. The virus had gained a stunning ability to infect people, jumping from one person’s nose to the next. Cases soared this winter, even among vaccinated people. That is leading scientists to rethink their strategy about the best way to fight future variants, by aiming for a higher level of protection: blocking infections altogether. If they succeed, the next vaccine could be a nasal spray.

2. Mechanical Control of Innate Immune Responses Against Viral Infection Revealed in a Human Lung Alveolus Chip (Nature Communications) Here we use a human lung alveolus chip that experiences cyclic breathing-like deformations to investigate whether physical forces influence innate immune responses to viral infection. Influenza H3N2 infection of mechanically active chips induces a cascade of host responses including increased lung permeability, apoptosis, cell regeneration, cytokines production, and recruitment of circulating immune cells. Comparison with static chips reveals that breathing motions suppress viral replication by activating protective innate immune responses in epithelial and endothelial cells, which are mediated in part through activation of the mechanosensitive ion channel TRPV4 and signaling via receptor for advanced glycation end products (RAGE). RAGE inhibitors suppress cytokines induction, while TRPV4 inhibition attenuates both inflammation and viral burden, in infected chips with breathing motions. Therefore, TRPV4 and RAGE may serve as new targets for therapeutic intervention in patients infected with influenza and other potential pandemic viruses that cause life-threatening lung inflammation.

FROM THE CDC:

COVID-19 Vaccines for Children and Teens

(J. Harris: An assortment of short readable articles related to youth and vaccines)

AND LASTLY FROM DR. MCCLURG IN AUSTIN:

These insults are from an era before the English language got boiled down to 4-letter words:

1. “He had delusions of adequacy ” Walter Kerr

2. “He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.”- Winston Churchill

3. “I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure. – Clarence Darrow

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CORONAVIRUS INFO PROVIDED BY DR. JIM HARRIS – 4/11/2022

The Covid situation is quiet at present. Tuesday/Wed. counts should be helpful. Apparently, there are many mild cases and not many tests are being done. I will minimize reports unless otherwise indicated.

BA.2 LINEAGE REPORT (COVID COUNTS WORLDWIDE)

LOCAL COUNTS:

Cardiovascular Disease Even After Mild COVID-19 Is Real

(J. Harris: A readable, well-written case history which makes me want to get another booster.)

FROM JAMA

Systemic Corticosteroid Use for COVID-19 in US Outpatient Settings From April 2020 to August 2021

”…Despite NIH recommendations, increasing numbers of nonhospitalized patients with COVID-19 were prescribed systemic corticosteroids, often on the day of diagnosis. Use appeared to be more prominent in the South and was not restricted to older patients. Limitations of the study included inability to capture date of symptom onset and indication for use, and potential for misclassifying mild to moderate COVID-19 disease due to overburdened resources and limited ability to accurately capture elements to define disease severity, including oxygen use. Given the increasing use of corticosteroids through August 2021, the potential safety signal,2,5,6 and the lack of efficacy data in patients with mild to moderate COVID-19,1 it is critical that prescribers consider the NIH guidelines in the therapeutic management of nonhospitalized patients with COVID-19.”

Antibiotic Prescriptions Associated With COVID-19 Outpatient Visits Among Medicare Beneficiaries, April 2020 to April 2021

”…During the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, 30% of outpatient visits for COVID-19 among Medicare beneficiaries were linked to an antibiotic prescription, 50.7% of which were for azithromycin. Randomized clinical trials demonstrated no benefit of azithromycin in treating COVID-19,3,4 and its use for the disease has been linked to antimicrobial resistance.5 The largest number of visits and highest rates of antibiotic prescribing were observed in the ED, perhaps reflecting acuity of care, and urgent care centers had the highest rate of azithromycin prescribing. Telehealth visits had the second highest antibiotic prescribing rate and were close in volume to office visits, emphasizing the importance of optimizing antibiotic prescribing practices in this setting. Antibiotic prescribing occurred at a higher rate for non-Hispanic White beneficiaries than for those from other racial and ethnic groups. Although described in pediatrics, this racial difference has not been well characterized in older adults and warrants further evaluation because it may indicate more services are being provided to White beneficiaries, even if not indicated.6..”

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CORONAVIRUS INFO PROVIDED BY DR. JIM HARRIS – 4/8/2022

HELLO,

B2.A is not crowding our hospitals, but it has been identified in all states. I will be away from my computer for several days.

FROM NYT today:

Cases are spiking in New York City and Washington, D.C.

”Cases have doubled in Washington and have risen about 60 percent in New York City since the last week of March, according to New York Times databases….The virus raced through parts of Washington, as well, where several politicians tested positive this week after attending parties and events…”

FROM HOPKINS SELECTIONS:

1. China Kintor’s COVID Drug Candidate Cuts Hospital, Death Risk in Trial (Reuters) China’s Kintor Pharmaceutical (9939.HK) said on Wednesday its potential COVID-19 treatment proxalutamide effectively reduced the risk of hospitalization and death in a clinical trial involving outpatients with mild to moderate symptoms. The results came from a multi-national clinical trial with over 700 subjects across the world, mostly from the United States, recruited during April-December, 2021, who were given either proxalutamide or a placebo, the company said in a filing.

MORE ABOUT: Proxalutamide

An inhibitor of angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) and transmembrane protease, serine 2 (TMPRSS2) proteins, proxalutamide hinders the SARS-CoV-2 virus’ entry into host cells….

Proxalutamide is an antagonist at the androgen receptor which leads to inhibition of androgen-induced receptor activation and results in formation of inactive complexes that are not able to translocate to the nucleus. It also induces androgen receptor downregulation, furthering adrogen-induced receptor activation. This drug is being investigated for its potential antineoplastic activity and is being investigated specifically against prostate cancer and COVID-19.

AND LASTLY: I’ve been saving this one for a long weekend:

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Continuing the Josey Legacy

R.E. and Martha Josey began their rodeo careers in the 1960s when Martha competed as a barrel racer, and R.E. competed as a calf roper. After meeting at a Rodeo, the couple fell in love, got married, and started down the rodeo road together. As they began to progress in their respected events the couple was seeing great success in their events. With a shared vision of starting a rodeo school, the couple moved to Martha’s childhood home Marshall, TX where they hosted their first rodeo school in the summer of 1967.

For the last 55 years, the Josey Ranch has continued to build a legacy through the Rodeo Industry training World Champions as the longest run rodeo school in the world.

This past weekend the Josey Ranch concluded its annual Spring I clinic with 77 barrel racers coming from ten different states including, Florida, Colorado, and Brazil. Students and their families spent the weekend on the Ranch working on barrel racing techniques, training methods, perfect practice, and learning how to set attainable goals for 2022 with Martha, Gary, and their impeccable staff.

Amongst the 77 students, many came together to spend the weekend learning from the Josey Ranch Instructors. Brandi Williams, a Texas Trainer, brought 12 students from her lesson program. This group included 12 students, 15 horses, 5 dogs, 5 trailers, and nearly 30 people total to all to Marshall, TX for the weekend.

“We love teaching,” explained Martha’s nephew and Josey instructor Gary Arthur. “We have taught thousands of students in the last 54 years, and they have all become part of the Josey Family. To see a clinic filled with so many students who were making their first trip to the Josey Ranch was incredible. We are truly blessed to be able to touch so many kids and adults in their dreams and passions.”

Along with these Texas students, one family came from Colorado. Andre Coelho, a native Brazilian, brought his family and 9-year-old, Maria Coellho, to ride in the clinic. The Coelho’s are currently staying in Colorado but going back to Brazil soon. They took the chance to attend a Josey Clinic before returning home.

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Oscar-winning Music from the Movies

Jefferson’s Opera House Theatre Players

March 19, 2022

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In a salute to the Oscar-winning music from the movies, Jefferson’s Opera House Theatre Players will present well-known percussionist and instructor, AnthonyRobinson, in a concert of some of the greatest songs ever composed for films.

The concert is fund-raiser for the thespian group now in the 33rd season andwill be held at the historic Union Baptist Church in Jefferson that was restored in recent years by Mr.Richard Collins of Dallas. It will begin at 5 pm on Sunday,March 27, the actual time of the Oscar ceremonies in Los Angeles.

Anthony Robinson is a graduate of Northwestern State University with a Bachelor Degree and of East Texas State University (now Texas A&M Commerce) with a Masters He also is a graduate of the First Sergeants Academy, Maxwell AFB.

He is the current Assistant Conductor/Principal Percussionist with the Marshall Sympathy Orchestras,a Percussionist with the Shreveport Symphony, a Percussion Specialist with the Springhill ISD, and a Section Percussionist with the Longview Symphony. He is also an Adjunct Professor of Percussion at East Texas Baptist University and following his retirement as head band director for the Marshall ISD, he frequently donates much of his time and talent to area nursing homes.

According to Robinson, most of his program will be the highly popular songs that were themes for movies of the past including “My Funny Valentine”, “My Heart Will Go On”, “Strangers in Paradise”,”Send In The Clowns” and a number of other famous songs. One song that will hopefully be featured is “If I Could Reach You” by Randy McNeill of Marshall, Texas who was also a Golden Globe Nominee. The song won an Oscar in 1972 and was featured in the movie “Butterflies Are Free” . Mr. McNeill and family members who still live in Marshall will be invited to attend.

Other additions to the concert will be a small exhibit of clothing worn by two stars of Hollywood. One is a beautiful purple velvet pantsuit that was owned by actress Rita Moreno, an Oscar winner who is currently up for another shot at the award. The other item is a glamorous peau de soie full length cape trimmed in fur that was worn in the movie “These Old Broads” by either Debbie Reynolds, Elizabeth Taylor, or Joan Collins.Both items are from The Marcia Collection of vintage clothing.

Tickets at $15 per person will be available at the door by 4:30 pm the day of the concert and open seating is available on the pews. Following the concert,the audience will be invited to the anti-room behind the church for wine, tea, canapes and to meet the entertainer. Photographs and autographs are also encouraged be allowed also.

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