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Timing fortuitous for Dirty Projectors’ Coffman

Timing fortuitous for Dirty Projectors’ Coffman
Being in the right place at the right time is pivotal for a young musician seeking to grow creatively. So is leaving.
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Turlock High students selected for honor orchestra

Turlock High students selected for honor orchestra
Turlock High orchestra students were searching for a challenge outside of the classroom and they found one in the California Orchestra Directors Association and their annual Honor Orchestra.
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Melody will fill the halls at annual MJC Orchestra Day
High school musicians from around Stanislaus County are tuning up their violins and violas in preparation for the ninth annual Orchestra Day at Modesto Junior College.

Hurricane Katrina inspiration for Switchfoot's new CD

Hurricane Katrina inspiration for Switchfoot's new CD
Few multimillion-selling rock bands can match Switchfoot when it comes to having no public image to speak of and maintaining a low profile. But that is  exactly the way this veteran San Diego band — whose seventh album, "Hello Hurricane," is released Tuesday — likes it.
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Turlock native pens script for film contest

Turlock native pens script for film contest
Mary De Ruse remembers the exact moment she fell in love with the movies. As a little girl, her dad took her to see a double feature at the Turlock cinema. As “Smokey and the Bandit” led into the “The Sting,” De Ruse said it was as if time had stopped clicking by and everything outside of that theater had melted away.
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National Novel Writing Month observed locally

National Novel Writing Month observed locally
Around the world hundreds of thousands of novelists are penning sordid tales of romance, bone-chilling thrillers, head-scratching mysteries, and sagas of mysterious artifacts from fantastic worlds. Some of those intriguing stories are being written right here in Turlock.
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