Smith, who also owns The Grant Smith Health Insurance Agency. GBS Media LLC and Blue Water Healthy Living are owned by Grant B. Interested volunteer writers and reporters should contact our administrators at Water Healthy Living is owned by GBS Media LLC. The material on this web site is provided for informational and amusement purposes only and is not to be confused with any medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.īlue Water Healthy Living appreciates the passionate content provided to us by our volunteer writers, reporters, and other contributors. At times we present articles that are political in nature, as well as news outside the reach of the Blue Water Area. Often inspiring and uplifting, our stories come from our heart and soul to promote the enjoyment of a more fulfilling Blue Water Area lifestyle. This online magazine is devoted to providing healthy living related stories, local happenings, and commentary. Our purpose is to promote healthy living by promoting the values of Faith, Family, and Freedom as well as showcasing the Blue Water Area, its people, issues, and surroundings. Contact him at Water Healthy Living is a conservative online magazine located in Port Huron, Michigan. Jim Bloch is a freelance writer based in St. “R4 has collaborated with the University of Michigan School of Information and student interns to organize and digitize the materials.”įor details, contact July 16, expect the music to be energetic, ebullient, bouncy - and just plain fun. Karl Koenig, foremost authority on the origins of jazz in New Orleans, donated his life’s work to the R4 archive, greatly expanding the collection,” according to the R4 web site.

In addition to its performances, R4 maintains a collection of rag-related historical items, including more than 5,000 orchestrations, printed music, books, photos, records and artifacts.

Look forward to hearing the Joplin standards “The Chrysanthemum,” “Bethena” and “The Magnetic Rag,” as well as the Jelly Roll Morton tune “Sidewalk Blues” among the more than a dozen songs to be performed in St. “This CD is packed with rare treasures, beautifully played.” “The music on this CD has been meticulously researched and is performed to an equally meticulous high standard,” said Mike Durham, writing in Just Jazz, based in London, England. The band features two violins, a viola, cello, flute, clarinet, two cornets, trombone, drums, banjo, piano and tuba, played by Pemberton himself.īased in Tecumseh, near the River Raisin, the R4 has performed all over Michigan and the Midwest, including The Ark and the Michigan Theater in Ann Arbor, Greenfield Village, the Detroit Institute of Art and worked with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra.Īmong its eight CDs, the band’s 2006 Ragtime Detroit! explores the city and state’s contributions to ragtime and features hit rags like “Creole Belles” and “Dill Pickles” as well as previously unrecorded ragtime rarities. The ticket price includes an appetizer afterglow at the Anchor Point Bistro in Riverview Plaza, just east of the church. Pre-show tickets are available at Student tickets are $6 and available only at the door. Tickets are $40 per family and $20 per individual. Clair Cultural Series are sponsoring the event. Paul Shafer, the former musical director at St. in the First United Methodist Church, 415 North Third Street, St. The band will perform - and talk about ragtime and its history - on Sunday, July 16 at 5 p.m. Chances are that you’ll find no better introduction to or expression of ragtime than to experience a performance by the 13-piece River Raisin Ragtime Revue under the direction of William Pemberton.

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