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Quartet Le Petit, a foursome of Starr’s Mill students competing against many of the top students in the Metro Atlanta area, received the 2nd Place Prize and the School Prize […]
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Holding their awards are (L-R) Lucas Nyman, Richard Yang, Jodie Stone, Didi Stone. Photo/Submitted.
Quartet le Petit, a chamber ensemble group comprised of Starr’s Mill High School Orchestra students, took home the top School Award and Second Place overall in the acclaimed Franklin Pond Chamber Music Competition this Memorial Day weekend.
The string quartet comprising violinists Didi Stone (15) and Lucas Nyman (16), violist Jodie Stone (17), and cellist Richard Wang (16) received over $1500 in cash prizes to continue their music studies.
The triumph brings the Fayette County ensemble full circle. In 2017 and 2018, Quartet le Petit placed in the prestigious competition’s middle school division while students at Rising Starr Middle School.
A POPULAR village pub which was forced to close down as a result of the financial pressures of the coronavirus pandemic has been taken on by a new landlord. The Red Lion, in The Street, Kirby-le-Soken, pulled its last pint and served its final home-cooked dish back in October last year. Redundancies were rumoured to have been made and the future of the much-loved watering hole remained uncertain, not least due to the ongoing Covid-19 crisis. The historic 14th century pub, however, is now the prized gem of professional singer and passionate landlady Jodie Stone, 48, who was handed the keys in December.