July 10, 2000
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A live wire: Cable finally comes of age
PASADENA, Calif. -- Brian Graden was looking out the window of his home, a cup of coffee pressed to his lips, when the notion hit, like an epiphany.
Hanson heads to Tampa
Attention Hanson fans!
'If a 9-year-old can do it, anyone can'
BreAnne Walden of Brandon gets teased no more after shedding 24 pounds in a weight loss program she tackled with her mom.
Make me feel special
I am wondering what has happened to the belief that I had long ago: I believed that my parents thought I was the most important gift they had ever received. I loved to hear those stories about how proud they were when I was born and how they had to show me off to everyone. I remember knowing that they would make every special occasion extra special because that's the way they felt about me.
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'Music Man' takes new spin
If you go see Meredith Willson's The Music Man at the Show Palace Dinner Theatre weekends through Aug. 13 expecting to see a replica of the revival now taking Broadway by storm, you may be disappointed. There are no turntables, whiz-bangs or marching legions on parade at the Palace, as there are in Susan Stroman's New York production.
Flute, guitar offer earthy duo
ST. PETERSBURG -- With so few musical compositions out there for flute and guitar, it might seem the instruments don't work well together. But in Sunday afternoon's concert at the Museum of Fine Arts, Gary Schocker and Jason Vieaux showed a sell-out crowd that not only do the instruments work, they are almost perfect compadres.