Clarke County Community Band

12 June 2017

We were in the studio today with John Hudson, vocalist, announcer and long-time member of the Clarke County Community Band along with Katie Baker, secretary & clarinetist, and their new conductor, Paul Shoremount. We talked about the history of their band, who performs and their upcoming schedule of concerts. For more details about the group, visit their website: http://www.clarkecountycommunityband.com/ or click here to follow them on Facebook.

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Howdy! Janet here with a tulip update! I posted last Saturday when these were about to burst & today is the day! I’ve still got another 2 dozen that are still “sleeping” though. While I wait for them, show me YOUR blooms!!! ... See MoreSee Less

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We've got #COVID19 updates on the air at 7 p.m., 9 p.m. and 11 p.m. each weeknight. Tonight's update includes:

-Shenandoah University donated 2,500 masks to Valley Health to aid in their COVID-19 response

-Frederick County, Virginia citizens are being asked to give the county landfill a hand in managing increased volume

-Clarke County, Virginia issued some changes regarding usage of public spaces due to overcrowding concerns.

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Lonnie's Fun Fact for Friday April 3, 2020. Ever heard of a knocker-upper? Well, you're about to. The knocker-upper, or sometimes just a knocker-up was a profession in Britain and Ireland during the industrial revolution. Back then alarm clocks we not cheap or very reliable. The job of the knocker-upper was that of a living alarm clock. They went house to house waking the workers so they could get to the factory on time. They used a baton or short, heavy stick to knock on the clients' doors or a longer, light pole, often made of bamboo, to reach windows on higher floors. A few even used a pea-shooter. The knocker-up would be paid a few pennies a week. There was no snooze button either. The knocker-up would not leave a client's window until they were sure that the client was out of bed and fully awake. A knocker-upper would also use a 'snuffer outer' as a tool to wake up their snoozing clients. The snuffer outer was used to put out gas lamps which were lit at dusk and then needed to be extinguished at dawn. So you could hold both jobs, a knocker-upper and a snuffer-outer. There were large numbers of people carrying out the job, especially in larger industrial towns like Manchester. There is more to the story. To read it for yourself or listen to the podcast, click this link; theriver953.com/podcast/fun-fact-april-3-2020/ ... See MoreSee Less

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