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Tracy Hamlin: No Limits
Local Jazz Singer, Producer Brings Sweet Jazz Fest to Loudoun April 19-20 Article by Michael Gauvreau | Photography by Crystale Vail Spearman, EyeImagery Never try to limit Tracy Hamlin. As she puts it, “In the music business, you must be a Jack of All Trades. When record companies tried to put me in a box, they couldn’t. They asked, ‘What is she trying to be?’ I’m a singer! I deliver what the song calls for. I can sing country, jazz, R&B, Pop – you can’t put me in a box. So, I started my...
March 2024
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Investing in Residential Real Estate
Tips from a Realtor® and Certified Appraiser Article and Photography by JC Silvey So, you want to invest in residential real estate? Find a property that needs some cosmetic updates and purchase it at below market value. After doing some minor renovations, rent the property to create positive cash flow. Refinance within that year and pull out the additional equity to use as the down payment for your next property. Rinse and repeat! After 20 years, you’ll have a portfolio of residential...
March 2024
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Maestro Kluge
Drawing Us All into LSO’s Orbit Article by Melinda Gipson | Photography by Melinda Gipson, Teak McAfee The People’s Conductor. Pied Piper. Bridge Builder. Passionate Performer. Hollywood Composer. It takes a multitude of monikers to try to describe Kim Allen Kluge, Loudoun Symphony Orchestra Music Director. In the end, he says he’s all about community and connectedness, seeing music as the string that binds humanity together. Born in Madison, Wisconsin, he was raised in a small town outside...
March 2024
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Arts + Culture
A Tale of Two Proposals
Not One but TWO Performing Arts Center Plans Take Center Stage Article by Melinda Gipson | Photography by MJL Studios, Burnett & Williams Five retired women living in Ashburn received a big Valentine when the County Administrator presented the proposed 2025 county budget to the Board of Supervisors (BOS) on February 14. The women, neighbors in the over-55 community of The Regency at Ashburn formed Citizens for the Arts in Eastern Loudoun County with the express purpose of persuading local...
March 2024
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