Auburn on Main

No, we aren't flipping cups and clapping our hands before joining a collegiate a cappella group (could you imagine???), but we are doing the next best thing! We're joined by the next generation of Miss Auburn and Miss Auburn's Teen, Maddie McCarthy and Haley Murray! We actually recorded this episode a few weeks ago, so we're excited to finally share it with ya'll -- we kept the energy high despite being in an interview room literally minutes before recording. Angee, Jonathan and the Miss Auburns talked about school success, learning confidence, the power of competition, sisterhood and camaraderie, and the lifelong friendships we all make along the way.  This is Maddie's second time on the show (we commemorated it with a small four-part harmony singing session) before ending it with some spring trivia. Make sure to stick around till the end to test your knowledge!

Angee and Jonathan are joined by Jess Irvine and Amanda Jenkinson, two arts assistants at the Postmark Center for the Arts! The quartet talk about Auburn's greatest building (Postmark, duh) and all of the amazingly incredible things happening this spring. You can find a full list on Auburn's Community Calendar, which includes several free classes a week and a few symphony events on the weekends: auburnwa.gov/calendar. They also talk about the power of art and how a truly remarkable piece can really reach out and grab you and refuse to let go (as is the case with Jonathan).  The finish up with Angee's Arena -- art and membership trivia in Auburn! Jonathan does terribly...but maybe you can do better???? 

Jonathan and Angee are joined this week by two (literal) rock stars from the Auburn Symphony Orchestra -- Exeutive Director Gabi Galloway and Music Director Wesley Shulz! If you've been to an Auburn orchestra show, you'll also recognize Wesley as the conductor up on stage directing the entire production. Wesley joins us for the second time in the podcast's history to talk about all the amazing things happening this year, beginning with a Rhythm and Rhymes Story Hour and Postmark Center for the Arts this Saturday at 10 a.m. and a FREE family concert at the Auburn Performing Arts Center on April 26 -- more details on the orchestra's website: https://www.auburnsymphony.org/ Listen to learn why and how live music helps us connect with the places we live, and stick around until the end to test your knowledge of Sim-Phony trivia.