For the fourth year in a row, the Capital Region Real Men Wear Pink team is battling it out for the top spot in the American Cancer Society's October Breast Cancer awareness and fundraising effort. As of Monday just prior to the 10pm deadline, the Capital Region led Atlanta by a few thousand dollars, by raising $436,477 through the campaign. The Capital Region has held the top spot for 3 years running.
For the fourth year in a row, the Capital Region Real Men Wear Pink team is battling it out for the top spot in the American Cancer Society's October Breast Cancer awareness and fundraising effort. As of Monday just prior to the 10pm deadline, the Capital Region led Atlanta by a few thousand dollars, by raising $436,477 through the campaign. The Capital Region has held the top spot for 3 years running.
Luke Frazier and the American Pops Orchestra make the season merry and bright
APO offers three superstar-packed specials celebrating drag queens, Ella Fitzgerald, and America
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American Pops Orchestra: Drag Out the Holly Photo: DuHon Photography
“I like turning things on their head,” says Luke Frazier. The maestro behind Washington, D.C.’s venerable American Pops Orchestra has long been an advocate of innovation and finding new ways to bring music to the masses far and wide. It’s more than a passion for Frazier, it’s a life’s calling. The joy he has for music, lodged deeply in his soul, was forged early in his youth growing up in West Virginia’s Appalachian region, where, he says, becoming a conductor was not necessarily a career option.