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A good evening and welcome to the upper Cumberland camera. Tonight we visit the skydiving school in Smithville and learn more about the Rose Society will also have a view of the international and local artisan fair at Pleasant Hill and the Bryan symphony banquet gala. We'll also meet Tom allege a noted PBS artist as he instructs local artists at the Cumberland Arts Society gala and will meet two young Salonen students who have competed in the national marble championships. All of this comes up on the upper Cumberland camera. But first this story. Fifty years ago the skies of Europe were filled with B-17 as World War Two raged on. And last week in the upper Cumberland regional airport was filled with onlookers curious about the B-17 bomber. The stop was part of a tour by the Confederate Air Force a group of World War Two aircraft enthusiasts based in Texas. We spoke with Pat Elliott the pilot about the B-17. Can you tell us what it's like to to fly the B-17. Well it's a lot of fun first of

all but it's also like grabbing a truck big truck. It has no power for the controls whatsoever. It's very responsive on the road. And elevators but the ailerons are extremely hard sometimes and I've even got blisters from flying in formation before Mr. Baumgartner can you tell us about this B-17. Yes it was built and in August 1944 which was rather late when you think about the hostilities in Europe and it was let. Then they let the Navy have it because they were having trouble with kamikazes and they needed somebody to warn that they were having a low against Fleet so they put it right on it and went up there and did that as an early warning type behavior late later serve in the Navy as an RC rescue ship dropping a lifeboat people down at sea and then as a patrol bomber finally was flown to the

scrap yard at least feel Arizona to be scrapped and individual since it didn't have a lot of time on it bought it real cheap because he had a contract to photographically Matt Bambi's mountains but that contract was over he had a contract of sorts for all in gas with a magnetometer all over the world in 67 he gave us an opportunity to buy it which we did it was it was it was stripped completely nothing at all like you see today because we had a cargo door. We spent a great number of man hours and money years trying to restore back to its original configuration as if it were an ape their horse and it is representing us. Why does the Confederate airforce restore these wings. We want to keep history alive of that era in deference to those who didn't make it. And also we want to we're not by any means attacking war but we are tired of

preparedness and we have a stable of about one hundred forty to fifty warbirds of that era restricted to 1939 to 1945 manufactor of all nations the enemy as well as allies. So we take pride in not being just a static museum but flying all of these aircraft in various shows and and places to bring the museum to the people promote preparedness promote the memory of war to their air forces and in particular Navy etc.. Could you tell us a little bit about the Confederate Air Force it was foreign because it made you sick. Soon China bought a good airplane out of that so he went and bought a minnow P-51 I think you paid $600 for it. But back to strip in South Texas and somebody wrote as a joke and better fortune on it. And it kind of grew from there so our goal is to try to find as many of every type.

We don't have every type but we have almost every type of war bird both enemy and maybe US Army etc. some of which are the only ones flying anymore. The biggest aircraft we have are the B-29 which flies onto it just like we do and that goes all the way through the fire. Various fighters and medium bombers and Navy aircraft we have an ESB to Sci-Fi. We have several have Barkby 26 medium bomber only one left. So it's just it really is a combination of hobby and history this is a very serious hobby I've been doing for about 15 years. I've been all over the country. Mexico Canada since you're traveling with it's a lot of fun. Why did you join the Confederate Air Force. I have a real interest in war too and Civil War history and in Texas

we don't have too many Civil War reenactment groups like they have in the Carolinas Virginia here so we have Confederate Air Force which is a group that goes out found War to combat trainer and transport aircraft use from 1939 one hundred forty five and World War Two and we will be rebuild these and put them in the service of an air show as we have 150 airplanes which let's say over well over a hundred are in flying condition the rest and restoration and maintenance. You find out that you get a lot of veterans who who flew these before coming out or is it like just a mix of people. Well it's a mix of the veterans are really rewarding. We've got some fellows in our group one who flew I think you just interviewed him 35 missions over a year we have another who was a waist gunner on the twenty fours and the 17th he had 52 missions and he had 11 confirmed kills

and he's in our group and then we got another one of one of the fellow who want to play. For those of you who don't know where ploy is to service the German held all field in Romania that was just a death trap and he he went there four times. So we've got a lot of folks who are veterans and a lot of them the new folks are coming out. They don't know a lot about how close things happened and could happen in war too. So this is an educational thing to understood you. You flew one of these during World War Two Could you tell us a bit about that. Well yes I did and it was much fun. But John Erik or a very young age in the house to me and I didn't want to be drafted and so I luckily get made good at programming was assigned to be 17 which I flew out of England 35 raids over Germany back in 1944 and I was one of the lucky ones to get back. There were times at which it didn't appear that they were

happy. Have you ever wondered what it's like to fly without an airplane. Well at Skydive Tennessee located at the airport in Smithville you can test your skydiving abilities as well as your nerves. Barbara can you tell us a little bit about the skydiving school. Yeah a little bit I could actually need to come out and learn a lot about it but we get students in the air want to two ways you can either do a tandem or you can do the static line course a tandem you come in and watch a 20 minute film. And we put the gear on and do a practice exit on the ground. And you go to ten thousand five hundred feet. You exit the plane attach to the container that the instructor is going to wear and you actually the plane together. You freefall about six to 7000 feet ride the canopy down the other way as a static flying course. And it's an all day course starts at 9 o'clock in the morning and there's eight or nine hours

of ground school and then you would go to thirty five hundred feet exit the plane by yourself and a static line would deploy your parachute for you. WHAT KIND OF PEOPLE LIKE TO PARACHUTE. That's really kind of a hard question to answer it's. There's really no niche that you could look at somebody and say OK this guy's a skydiver. Primarily it's people that are a lot of them are self-employed they've done well on their own and they come in. It's people that don't need spectators for gratification they derive their gratification strictly from the sport because nobody sees it. If you're the type of person it needs to have people come around and pat you on the back and tell you what a wonderful job you did then you're probably not a skydiver. What what prompted you to open this school. Well I started skydiving in about four and a half years ago and the first opportunity I had to do it I did and it totally hooked me I love skydiving and I got my jump master right in there my instructor rating. And one thing led to another when I bought an airplane and

decided to go into business so my bass boat so my Harley is all that stuff and all I care about is jumping out of planes. A lot of people may think this day this is dangerous. What's the risk factor involved in something like this. Actually it's the most dangerous thing you know doing skydiving is driving to the airport. We have basic safety requirements that are set up by United States Parachute Association that are minimum standards. And if you follow all those say two requirements then it's an extremely safe sport most people who get hurt did something stupid either intentionally or unintentionally. People say well you know you jump out of an airplane you're facing imminent death every time you look at that. Every time you do that my reply is the next time you're on the 24 40 split and you have a 16 or 18 wheeler on each side of you that's five or six feet away that you have no control over. Talk to me about imminent death. Roger why did you become involved in skydiving. Well I live just down we had come up Sparta

and I just wanted to tandem to say what it would be like to come out of applying just one time but got involved in it went on and took their class on a static line. And just as the knowledge went up in a scale when the fear turned into a drive at about 140 to go through a list deal they're going to. I hope I'm still around at eleven hundred forty seven. What's it like when you open that door and stand on the wing and get ready to jump out. That's something a tard to describe you. You actually have to do it as a door comes out and you do have a big adrenaline rush but as the wind starts going in a plane you know no one is ever all that was for changes in freefall. It's just hard to describe. You're not a part of anything. You're not a part of Earth you're not a part of anything it's just

and I guess that's the most intriguing thing about it. Would you recommend this to other people. I would highly recommend it to other people it. It's not at all what they say skydiving to be it's not a bunch of Berridale is that they get your thrill out of being close to de-ice. It's super regulated sport played it's just as safe or safer than anything you could get in. That's right it is far the numbers God have made a year is phenomenally low and I would recommend it for anybody 8 10 years and above. Roger you're doing your first tandem jump today can you tell us a little bit about the wild ride units friend of mine he invited me over to when I came I would try to come you decide to do. Scott I've always wanted to. Is it just for the thrill or you just want to see what it's like. Come over today and try it. Rat

Boy. I've done a lot of things in my life been a thrill seeker and like to do almost anything that would

excite you. A vast majority of those things fishing hunting whatever it is you're going to do you know people get together get a cooler full of beer throw in a boat go fish you know Friday things like that and skydiving is total charge in itself you don't need any outside influences to stimulate you. There is no place in aviation or any aeronautical activity for alcohol or drugs either one. And as I said already it's it's a total of itself and you don't need anything else very gratifying very fulfilling. With ball closing in proper care for roses is a must. Joe Glasser form the goodwill Rowe society for just that purpose. The correct care of roses. We recently spoke to Joe and his wife Pat about the road society. A rose society really is the place where people can get the correct information on growing roses.

Even as many roses are yet ours as are sold in Budden County until a rose society is formed really in the correct information is not readily available on the books at the library are all are all conflict. Many of them have not made it information even in the booklet that is. Doubt by the state of Tennessee is admitted by its author that one of our talks to really not be what he ought to be he thought he ought to be saying. So it's it's hard to get the right information. I'm very restless and a row society is the ideal place for it because everybody in the everybody in Rosa's feels like they've got to be a missionary. They've got to convert everybody in sight to growing roses so I don't know whether it's a case of enjoying their having company misery loving me or what. Specially when the Japanese beetles are here but it's a

great it's a great way to learn how to do roses well another one of the real pluses of growing roses is that you can hear them with people and you'll find that the people who grow roses are very free to give their OSes away. They're anxious for other people thing your idea was it. I'm never saying that opening. Wounded people as well as growers they're always glad to share it open to anybody who ever really knows the sound of anybody that all we have members from Monterey. We have never gone from Sparta. We have members from Lancaster near Carthage. So yes it's open the crew anyone who would like to become a member. It's 12:30 to become a member for a year and it's this thing dollars for a couple to be a member and with a membership you get a newsletter we put we put at the letter every month and in the

newsletter people what they should be doing in the garden that particular month to the roses that particular month. So even if you can't con the leadings getting the newsletter is worth the membership and we have a steady core of people who come and then we have a number who will this frankly say they don't have time to look like they belong to the roses settled because of the newsletter. So we know he's using way as we meet ever ever the second Monday of every month regular as clockwork at the truck Johnson garden center at 7:00 p.m. this and if you don't know how to grow roses can you go. Voice we have then we have members who have maybe one or two rows and we have some but we have one member I can't recall who it is who does not have any rows yet. But as soon as she gets in the house then she's going to have them achieve thought that she maybe should start

learning about what to do with them when she finally gets some place to put them. One other thing to do is there are a lot of ways to grow roses and a lot of people do things differently but are still successful at growing whereas if it's what successful for you we want the roses Sadi you find the basic kinds of things but not everybody always agrees and over the weekend we were in Nashville and it happened that we were with two other consulting with Gary and Joe is a consulting was there with two other consulting was Ariens and they were laughing that the reason that they had panels at the district meeting of consulting was Ariens is that it gives you five different ways the fund that can grow roses and the consulting title is a certification from the American Road society. And in fact

I'm going to be coordinator of the consulting Rose Ariens in Tennessee Arkansas and Kentucky starting sometime in October. That's all I need is something home. Now what time is it. Yeah yeah that's right. That is a slowdown. Nationally known artist recently held a seminar at the Cumberland

Arts Society in Cookeville artists from the area gather to watch and learn from the man who was familiar to them through his television series. When you do a painting for your television show is there any editing involved or do you do it straight through and straight through and you'd be surprised at the television it's not even a script. This is it was difficult five 13 weeks. We start with magic of water color a lot of color techniques called fun with watercolor just finished with watercolor 3. And I have prepared ahead of time. The painting I'm going to do and I have a sketch of an on line paper and then I have a finished painting and I have a couple of unfinished stages in between so that I can work rather spontaneously grab the fresh sheet of paper start the painting stop at some point grab the next one and said well this is where it would be if it had a chance to drive work through some stages pretty much because I paint very spontaneously so to try and edit or try and script what I'm doing would take and make more mechanical process.

And what I'm doing with my tv series is I'm showing that painting is a process. Painting is fun to do and not always to be concerned at having a finished painting an end result that you want to frame hang it home put in a gallery show like I'm in right here. I want to have people involved and it's just fun to do. In fact on the show I've had my daughter at one time nine years old 12 years old and she had a lot of courage to come out year and a half ago at 16. It's only because I promised her a Florida vacation during January and I'm from Chicago and this is where I take to Florida. And I wanted to show with my daughter and daughters on the show that it's just an activity so what we did was painted the same painting together. I might put a base color down and she put some accents and we traded brushes and she put the base colored on and I put accents and so forth so we had fun with that interchange of just the process and when we were all done we just slapped five and it was a good day. Time well spent and should be seen is that I think it would bring more people into art. I play sports I

mean if you saw my golf game you would know I'm not a golfer and you're being that I've got a day job as being an artist. But still I enjoy golf so I can't be the same thing not worry about the end result being finished and refined and perfect just have fun playing with some color and some drawing and so forth. When you came here I know you had a chance to look at several paintings and the Cumberland Art Society encompasses several communities and counties in this area. What level of talent did you say what did you see that you liked here. There's not really a level of talent. I think it's a. There's so there's a range of talent and there's something that's very loose and expressive there's a lot of work which is normal for the for most areas where there's a lot of realism the identity of the place is an important stage so it's you know tells you there's an intermediate intermediate strong intermediate strength which is not bad it's good to have solid foundation being able to draw be able to have good edges good values and shapes and so forth those are fundamental things that are important. It's very solid

and strong. I just think here it might be a little stronger a feeling of realism and where I might be a breath of fresh air in that it's gone for a while with the class or they were enjoying the expressive nature that I'm more concerned with than the reality of the subject and so it's letting people you know break the mold. I'm not here to change their style I'm offering them. Another idea for once in a while and they're painting day to have some fun with and just try this once in a while have a loose approach maybe a little more impressionism and you can do your realism again later but it might be done with a new flare. The next time. Tom Lance I think is a is a very unusual water got a painter one of the best teachers I've ever seen. He knows how to do the explain principles. It's been very helpful to me. What is it that makes him a good teacher as well as a good painter. Well I am sure he just had years of experience but he has and he has a

natural talent for bringing out his his point in and demonstrating each principle. He just he's just a very good water got a player in essence to be a good teacher you have to be a good listener and you have to have a simple point to get across. Review it let them know what they learned. And I think to listen to the way in which it works best for them and that's what's been helpful for me. It must be a thrill for seminar participants to have you look at it and critique their work. We did something new in this particular workshop where they actually brought in paintings and I'm used to critiquing work and I hand it back to them and they go on their way. And I've often wondered do they really understand it that they know that what I said really had a big impact it would really help a lot. So I've done a program where I actually they bring in their paintings and I've had them bring in paintings that they're ready to throw away. And with that then I go back and work on those paintings that's kind of interesting and fun because I can turn a pretty bad painting into a salvageable painting a good painting into a

great painting in a rather great painting into an award winner with some of the 20 year plus experience that I have. And that way I'm giving a critique but I'm showing then someone at their level what's the next step. I think that's an important point instead of just coming in with my 20 25 years of experience to start do a painting. Well that's good for me but I'm not at your stage and so how can I be helped and so I have them bring their paintings and I show them just add a little more darks or if you just brought a little more color I can only touch this edge up a little bit it would really improve the painting and it shows them their level. And what what is the next step for them so it's a good class that I've actually done for the TV series I've devoted one segment to that and also a chapter in my book on what I call now salvage techniques for discarded paintings hobby world sponsored which is visit here watching these world famous artists. We just wanted to bring him in and we had an opportunity to get him so we went ahead and did it. Tell us the story of how that happened. We had a customer come in a store looking

for some Holbein acrylic washes and so I said well let me make a phone call which we don't mind doing special orders if we don't carry it we'll be glad to check into it for you. So we made a phone call and I talked to the president of HK Holbein company the people who makes the paint stuff like and the president said well I'm coming through there in about three weeks I'll just stop in the major you know so he stopped and we met for about three hours. We picked up their line of brushes the watercolor paint squashes and inks in there we start talking about Tomlinson You know some workshop through them so we got was able to get him here. How did you become a world famous artist. Well my career's is one in which I've done an awful lot of things and that's think that's where the success that I've had. I enjoy teaching and I think what's most important here is I like people hopefully comes across that I want to have a good time and I want to help

someone with that. As far as my career I just had a lot of good breaks I've worked hard at getting a lot of recognition for what I'm doing. I find to and I am proud to say I am taught you know what I have learned and now I'm just sharing with others what I've learned and actually am learning from students that were in a class situation here and they think I'm the only one that's teaching them but as I watch them work as I listen to their questions pick up on some ideas and I fine tune what I do in the way I do it and I don't mind travel that's part of the help for what I do I write a lot of articles to the art magazines written a few books. I do some paintings put in shows So in other words cover it all in one of those things is going to work for your career and a few of them that have worked well for me. You started obviously very young in art What attracted you to it. I've been involved in art my whole life and that's all I have done grade school high school college and I think there might be one point that I might admit is being lucky in my career I don't like to say I'm lucky I work hard at what I've achieved but the lucky part was I

had some teachers that showed me how to prove what I was doing Have fun with it and that I didn't realize I was learning that I was having a good time and I was becoming better at drawing or color application. I first saw watercolor high school and had a teacher there that I always want to give credit to William Florence and his paintings were splashy and wet and colorful and. And I was brash enough to say Some day I want to be as good as that. And I've learned along the way to even be that good and better and always raise my sights I have another level I want to reach at all times and people ask me what's my best painting. And I always say the next one you know what's my favorite or the one I'm thinking about. So I'm always looking forward not so much to what I'm able to achieve what I can still be achieved. And all you need to do is go to the museum and see some great art by some true masters and you realize that there's a lot still that I can learn so I've had a good long career it's all I've done. Grade school high school college was art. I had trouble convincing the parents in the 60s that I wanted to go to art school when the

tide shirts in the coffee houses were the lifestyle of the artist in those days. And so my parents hung in there with me and I'm grateful for them in the end of that story is that five years ago my father retired and now he works for me. That must be very satisfying. Well it's. My parents are proud of me and it's now a chance for them to get involved what I do and have fun with it my dad's like I said he worked 40 years in accounting and that's the last thing that I want to do and the first thing that he can do and does a great job of it and we have a chance to really bond real well at that because we don't do sports together that much. So he's kept young and active and had a lot of fun running the business and I just go out and travel around go to coax will lecture for a couple days bring it back first thing he'll say is how did we do. Meaning did I get a track. And so I'll bring it in and he he has fun keeping the good control of things and he's well aware now that yes I can make a living at being an artist. Is there a difference in painting in the studio for television and painting in your own studio.

Yeah there is a difference between studio painting and television as a difference between studio painting and lecturing and demonstrating in studio painting. I'm spending a lot more time. I'm waiting for things to happen I'm I'm developing small areas with a lot of time whereas in the workshop which is similar to the television I have a short amount of time and I've actually learned a lot of things from the TV show because I've done things quickly and spontaneously with watercolor turned out better than what I might have spent two hours doing in the studio. So both have helped studio time has taught me how to tighten up and have a better control with the brush and drawing whereas workshop or television has taught me the kind of work expeditiously and learn something from that and the end result look is fresh and clean and a lot of flair that I want to have back in the studio so it's a nice blend back and forth. Similar to when I was just out of college art school I worked as a commercial artist and that ability to do fine art. Loose painting was a nice blend to my commercial art work which was tire work and they sought out my commercial work as it had a looser flare a lot of freshness to it and I think that was the blend of my

fine art painting that was a nice blend back and forth which would be I'm amazed at seeing the change over the years. I mean I've. That was a hard edged realist worked a little tighter worked a little bit more from the photograph. Now I'm much more expressive. I'm using my creativity using interpretation. Having the viewer look at my painting and feel something feel warmth or feel glow or feel sparkle or a Christmas of light like I did today and instead seeing the figure and saying well there's a red shirt green slacks he's got a brown head on and I have a belt just like that. Well that's not my work you won't notice those realism identities because of having you feel something other than see something. What did you learn from today's seminar. Well a little bit more about the application of. Of color. Dark against slides and warns against Google's And the way he handles his spray.

The bottles of spray. This is a very unusual way of painting and that's been very interesting to me. What is the most satisfying part about your seminars to you. I think the reaction of people you know the gratitude to come by at the end of the demo and I had somebody buy the painting that I painted and that was gratifying but not nearly as gratifying as somebody who just looked me in the eye I want to shake my hand say thanks and I learn more in these two hours than I have in two years and or in just reading a book and I like what you're doing I'm excited so the thought that I can add some excitement and love and energy and life into someone's daily existence is is the probably the best and most gratifying part that you know I'm just painting and I'm just having fun with it and I'm just sharing with that idea with others but they're taking and it's more to them and so I have to you know put in perspective that this really is that kind of meaning I don't want to diminish it I want to have fun excitement with it but it's it's not rocket science. It's not a brain surgeon. It's just

trying it out if it works have fun but if it has a life and excitement of someone's day I'm grateful that I can do that so it is very gratifying. Are you a printer yourself. Gosh no my wife only let me paint the house. After watching it you could not be able draw a little bit of straight overlap and that makes it look easy. You know and you know with the hands on workshop probably you know we would teach and having instruments visit actually didn't cost anything for the artist and just pay for the nonmembers you know very little you know just for the facilities in the mainland. If I was to add anything it's just that I have more people get involved with art. The people that watch my city series I'm getting a lot of nice compliments or comments I should say from people that said they wouldn't have painted Had they not saw me doing it see how much fun I was having so through the fun that I'm having They want to have that kind of fun too.

So I'm probably the best part is to say for more people to get involved in art don't worry about the end result just have some fun doing activity with the children remember the days of Pictionary and the game we used to play in and keep that idea going it's hard to be a lot of fun. It's a chance for you to Xscape. It's a chance for you to be in control in charge you might have a daily activity or a stressful one. This can get you out of that you can be the one to make decisions you can change your mood change your attitude you can clear your mind. It's a healthy activity for you because it keeps your mind very active so people should look at art for more than just those that do paintings that put them in frames and you know and so on but just something to do and be in control of. It's a lot of fun so watch it watch my show you get the idea. I think just talking to a few people here you get a feeling that they're grateful for this I'm glad for a couple of days I'm glad for the art supply store and Scott to help me you know come out here and share this idea of the manufacturers are doing this as well so we're all working together to help people have more fun in art. And I'm glad it could be just one person to help that idea

of. And international and local artisans there will offer craft items for sale as well as demonstrations and displays about how you can hand me various items. Ruth and Bob peoples are the coordinators of this event. We started it last year for the first time and it's our second second annual We have items from around the world that are made by crafts people artisans and in order to make a living for themselves and then we have the local art of things that are also going to sell some of them will be just displaying And also we're going to have some demonstrations. But I think it's going to be fun.

Well it will be several different kinds of demonstrations by local artists and there will be a weaving demonstration showing how weaving is done there will be another woman there does the spinning and to show you how you turn that will in the library. We'll have some demonstration and said artists we have a local artist who's quite good. He will also be selling his where some of these sell them. Most of them are demonstrating. Another demonstration carving wood carving will have a wood carver there and crocheting and rows Malling which rose mauling at Ted. That's a new near new one to me it's in a region cracked and we have two ladies who have either have done this in the past or are doing it now and they will have demonstrations and they will also have their wares

there that people can look at. Very interesting it's mostly painting bright painting done on wooden boxes or wooden bowls or dishes. Very pretty. We have I forget the number of countries but there are at least like 33 million shops that now he doesn't like them and send different baskets. And they range from $2 to hundred dollars richer Rod writes Re. We go through an organization called serve as our RV which is a Christian organization that buys and sells articles from the craftsman around the world. And it's called an alternate trading organization so that they do the work of contacting the craftsmen and making sure we have enough products. Well it's an alternate rather than going to a store or something like that because they are the be artisans that make more money because it's a nonprofit and so everything that doesn't isn't considered expense goes to the artisan.

That's the way they support their family. We don't we don't bring in the artisans from overseas we bring their product through service and it comes into a warehouse in Maryland and is distributed from there. We started after the Second World War by the Church of the brethren and it's branched out considerably since then till now it's three million dollar a year business and we act as their agents it's nonprofit. We don't make any money that we hire salespersons or the third world countries but the people this is a hand carved Erap from Kenya and we have several different animals but this particular one is one of the unique ones I think it's a well done piece of carving and they sell relatively cheaply I do a little carving and if I ever had to carve that I could never sell it for the price they

do. But I think it's a very expensive and we had somewhere to giraffes backs were in TWINE but they no longer carry those but this is the single graft made in Kenya. And each one will have a tag on it telling it what country it's from and of course the eggs. This is there's a zipper here this one is from Indonesia and it's made by. It's a rehabilitation place and is made by physically handicapped young people for children. These are all on Bill Crow. They're so cute. It's a lot of work in there and then it all zips up so you can take it a lot and and your child has something to play with when you're in church or visiting somebody and it keeps them quiet. Here's a flute again carving on it. Look at the carving and if you

can get up close on that one that's a beauty. And it does play. I've tried it a it. Yeah this one is some made in Bolivia. I'm not a complainer you can tell. But if made in Bolivia has just beautiful beautiful gardens even if you don't play it you put it up on your wall it's a gorgeous piece. They have a beautiful carving from India. It's there they do a great deal of this lovely lovely wood carving. We have a number of their pieces. This one is a jewelry box with the red velvet interior and beautiful design and brass inlay on it and they do so much with brass in India and I want to show this dress I think this is rather pretty. We do have a few. We are wearing apparel. This one's from Africa. It's from Kenya also. It looks quite African doesn't it. And it's a

lovely piece. They've done a lot of interesting intricate work on that. This is most interesting. This is a very interesting you get several of instruments musical instruments that are new look. This year we have quite a number of flutes. This one is made in Madagascar and off it. It's nice it has a little sheath to tell you how to play it because there admittedly. See the difference. And again I'm not used to playing this but it's very it's called on being a ally ha been very very interesting. Again some of these mice might be interested in an instrument. They Pretty have small flutes and lie on the side of all this is from. Thailand.

But isn't that interesting and. And look at the beautiful work on it. It is so unique. Really a beautiful beautiful piece. So those are just a few of just a few. $7000 worth of articles that will have been there and some very unique we have quite a few new items this year so that quite a few more artisans around the world and so we have much more book riot even we had managed. It's a mission work really and there's really nothing as far as profit. This is all on consignment in this big fear. We do also carry this same server material to conferences or associations we carry Did Florida conference last year and we just do it as a service to people who are in need

throughout the developing country. We don't make money. It's a project that we've known about serve through our United Church of Christ for umpteen years and about five years ago I started getting things on consignment and selling them again and at their different meetings and then when Bob retired we decided we'd really go into it and so we have. We sell at about six to eight different meetings throughout the year and take this in our car towed it. I'm do it and send it out and do it back up when it's when we're finished we just finished it. We were in Belvedere test over Friday and Saturday and then I sailed there to Rome. Yes but this is the big one and then we had this was where we we get about $7000 room service. Now during the normal time of the year we may order periodically were five dollars this week Wall

lot are trying to make it in an annual there that will be the people in our area in the purchase. Its a way for Christian people to or anybody to help the folks you know it's really hard to know you know other people are poor and you know they're trying to make an existence for themselves and many of the wit of the cracksman are women whose husbands have been killed in wars and so for them they're trying to raise their families and this is really their only means of support. So it's a way for people to help. And what they do they go to a particular country and examine the work of the craftsmen and see whether it's up to standard whether they can market it and they give them a fair price for it compared to what they make in their own country. And then it's brought here and of course there is some overhead her serve the packet in this sordid in the ship but they pay all of the shipping and everything and then we sell

it in. So they make a little enough to keep their staff going in the rents. Was that the developing and it's next Friday and Saturday that's a week from this Friday and Saturday the twenty third in or a 24 from 10:00 in the morning until 6:00 in the evening both days Friday and Saturday and we're in Heritage Hall which is a part of uplands retirement and they have allowed us to display this in all. So we owe a debt to Uplands or allowing us to be there. So that's the twenty third and twenty fourth. Okay it's out for out 73 go to Sparta around 70 and head towards Crossville. We're about midway maybe a little closer to Crossville perhaps we'll have signs out on Route 78 that will direct you. Recently a membership coffee for the Bryan symphony guild was held at the home of

Tennessee Tech's president Angelo and Jeanette Volpi. It was an opportunity for guild members and any interested individuals to learn of the symphony season and to get involved in guild activities. We spoke with the president of the Bryan symphony guild Mary want Barker and the orchestra could not exist without the support of the guild and that means financial support and also service support. It just could not exist. And who can be a part of the guild. Anyone who pays There goes. And who is willing to help. Wow it why do you have a coffee like you did today. That is to assure that new people are included that have just moved to the community or have lived here for a little while and didn't know that such a thing existed and also to get the older members of the guild back and in the swing of

things for the year. Right now a major fundraiser for the symphony is the symphony gala which is coming up. Can you tell us about the gala. Yes a symphony gala will be Friday night September 30th and will be from 6 until 11 o'clock. It will include as it has in the past or d'oeuvres during which there is a silent auction and then there will be a dinner and then a live option of a very wonderful Pace's this year. I might add and then following that at 10 o'clock there will be a dance until 11 or whatever and can anyone come to the show you absolutely absolutely. They only thing is that this year we are limiting reservations to 300 people. The reason for that is that it's the holiday and has

panned tables and if we put 10 people at each round table that adds up you know. And so we are limiting it. And so if you really wish to have a reservation you better get your name in early. And how can they go about getting a resurvey can call the symphony office which is in the art of Brian fine arts building. There is an answering machine. There it is. There will be somebody bare on Wednesdays and some on off times are more often than that. Why do you think someone should attend the symphony. Well frankly. You can you can find a lot of wonderful culturally bands in Cookeville if you look for them. And I think that a full service university should have a viable music

department and in addition to that the symphony is I think a most valuable experience both for adults and for children. And in this area sometimes that music in the schools is is not what we would like it to be let's put it that way. But so this is an opportunity for children to be able to experience something that is really extraordinary. Yeah. Yeah.

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her. Behavior. Of her and her at the. Next. Week on. Camera will feature more on the Bryant Symphony Orchestra at Tennessee Tech University coming season. For more information on the symphony gala or for ticket reservations call Linda good at 6 1 5 5 2 0 0 0 9 2.

This year's theme for the Bryan symphony gala is a star spangled affair will be held on September 30th and the reservation deadline is September 24. All interested persons are invited to a tan. Amanda burns and Molly researcher are students at Sunline a k 8 in the line of Tennessee. But more than that they are national marble competitors. Amanda tell us Had you played marbles long before you went to the national convention. You know I played that three years before we went to the nationals. Well I went. One year and come in next year. And how well did you do when you won the national one and what did you get for winning the national. I got a three and a half foot trophy and a $2000 scholarship. At that plaque and. I got to know the trophy for the most stakes and then what does that mean most stick is slack and pull when you

win the title. Just get as many as you can with of your first shot for that and gets a chance. Molly about you you also went to the Nationals tell us about that. Well one school term and then I went status down to play for the care of her and I won that is my first time playing the Nationals. Had you been playing very long you know. Why did you pick up playing marbles. Well mission coaches told us that we could go to wildwood if we want to carry a tire and how was the national tournaments. It was B group B there was a lot of players that there were good players. Travis Cherry a volunteer with the school system as the marble team chaperone and coach tell me how you feel about having two national competitors here in your me it would feel great but I do a good job. We had a man that won a scholarship. Molly got to go this year. I'm hoping she will see me

somebody else like next year to compete. Now Amanda was featured in some national magazines and yes they did in the National Geographic Kids edition of. Sports Illustrated the kid was on no child corrupt show. See any and it was special. And I love Bristol. That's quite an accomplishment for a young person. I'm flying home from anywhere isn't it seriously is the 35 year old paste in this from all over the United States. The lawyer says we're all proud of him. So what does it take to be a good marble player practice. I've got to practice. Here I have. To get a lot of good despite all that we had but they were good. Last year the school do a good job get them started. Kind of a job. And how do you play marbles this tight game your trainer. I put 13 in a ring and the kid knocks at seven marbles wins it wins the match and they could they go through a week long competition against one on

one and they're eliminated. Whoever makes to the finals wins the Coliseum. That's right well what does it take to coach young players here. Well just it just takes a little hand and get the kids from there all the kids who look over Remy's Franks to. Come I can just all of this that they can is cool. We involve all fulfilled. That's the upper Cumberland camera. Join us next week when more and more about the Bryan symphony guild will have a look at the strangers you can draw us to and we'll find out more about antique tractors. We look forward to seeing you then.