Category: Music

Men With Banjos (That Know How To Use Them)

On Wednesday, September 21, 2005 “Men With Banjos (That Know How To Use Them)” appeared on Letterman and then played at the New Yorker Magazine’s New Yorker Festival 2005 on September 24. They are Steve Martin, Tony Ellis, Charles Wood, Dr. Banjo – Pete Wernick (Hot Rize) and the illustrious Earl Scruggs.

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Alberto Vargas

His mastery, with the airbrush, is acknowledged by the founding of the Vargas Award awarded every year by Airbrush Action Magazine.

Alberto Vargas, a renowned Peruvian painter of pin-up girls, was born February 9, 1896 in Arequipa. His father was photographer Max T. Vargas and Alberto started out trying to follow in his footsteps. With his fathers encouragement he turned more to airbrushing and painting, studying in Europe, Zurich and Geneva prior to World War I. A French magazine cover by Raphael Kirchner, on a La Vie Parisienne issue is said to be his main influence.

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Octave A Capella Christmas

Octave Atlanta is an all female a cappella singing group founded in 1996. The group has two excellent CD’s, “Stars in the Atlanta Sky” and “Rockin’ around the Peachtree” (Christmas CD). I have seen them many times and it is always a great and fun show.

You can book them for your event. They have performed at weddings, sang the Star Spangled Banner, performed at parties and can tailor their performance to meet your needs. For information check out their website.

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