Browsing: Around the World

Wyatt Gordon in Indonesia. When I sat down across from Wyatt Gordon at a local Panera, he had been home from Germany for less than 36 hours after living abroad for the last 14 months. Despite a long and exhausting journey, jet lag and having met me only once before, he greeted me like an old friend with a tight, warm hug. We found a quiet booth near the back of the restaurant, and it wasn’t long before I felt like Gordon and I had been friends for a long, long time. I quickly understood the genuine nature behind his…

ABOVE: Brenda Andrs and Ronnie Wallace enjoyed their annual vacation at The Villages in Florida recently. Their relatives were delighted to have them an extra week due to Hurricane Florence making travel difficult. They enjoyed reading the Village News between golf games. From left, Ronnie Wallace, Brenda Andrs, Celia Craft and Bill Craft.

Robert Williamson III, a sophomore at Virginia Commonwealth University’s School of the Arts, and graduate of Matoaca HS 2015, has returned from a week of intensive study recently after being chosen as one of two United States delegates for the Australasian Trumpet Academy in Gold Coast, Australia. The academy brought more than a dozen trumpet players from around the world, studying both baroque and modern orchestral repertoire. A week of intensive masterclasses, lessons, and trumpet ensembles culminating a performance at the Griffith University, Queensland Conservatory in Brisbane, Australia. “Australasian Trumpet Academy 2017 in Concert” can be watched on YouTube.

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