Sir Paul Lauds O, Disses W

President Obama may be hitting new lows in the polls these days , but he’s hitting exorbitant notes with British music percentage — in the envisage of Sir Paul McCartney, who sang Obama’s praises tonight and slammed George Bush. “Getting this pickings would very recently be safe enough, but getting it from THIS president …” Sir Paul gushed, to big cheers. “After the last eight years, it’s high-minded to have a president who knows what a library is,” McCartney quipped at the end of a important-studded form in the Milky Harbour East Abide where he picked up the Gershwin Accolade for Well-liked Flap — a lifetime......

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Sterling Teen Named Top Volunteer Leesburg Today - May 19, 2012 Abby, a Potomac Falls High School freshman, never thought she'd receive any notable recognition for her efforts to help 6-year-old Taylor Love. Her fundraisers started out small. She stood on a sidewalk outside an ice cream shop, strummed her guitar

Local Band Featured In DC-Based Battle Leesburg Today - May 19, 2012 include Alex Iglesias on guitar (Briar Woods High School), Diego Davenhall on guitar (Northern Virginia Community College), Joe Iglesias on bass and vocals (Northern Virginia Community College) and Jon DeVries on drums (Potomac Falls High School).

Virginia's Top Two Youth Volunteers Selected in 17th Annual National Awards ... Bradenton Herald - May 19, 2012 Abby, a freshman at Potomac Falls High School, has helped raise a significant amount of money for pediatric cancer research with her guitar and voice, driven by her close relationship with a little girl who was diagnosed with neuroblastoma.

MoverMoms to Host Inspirational Luncheon, Auction Patch.com - May 19, 2012 12, at the River Falls Clubhouse in Potomac. This will not be your typical suburban silent auction—it features many services donated by the nonprofit group's participants, including an hour of dance coaching by a "MoverTeen," a guitar and mandolin

Weekend in Jazz | 2.17-2.19: Bop takes over the 'burbs, with MAJF and Discover ... CapitalBop (blog) - May 19, 2012 View event on calendar | Sala Thai website Potomac Jazz Project, Sala Thai (U St.), 7 pm | The Potomac Jazz Project is a jazz combo, led by bassist Stan Hamrick, that takes on modern and classic jazz tunes with a showmanly flair, as well as skill.

Weekend in Jazz | Clubs showcasing an array of talent: Lee Konitz, Corey ... CapitalBop (blog) - May 19, 2012 by Giovanni Russonello The clubs are jammed with talent this Friday and Saturday: Cool jazz innovator Lee Konitz is at Bohemian Caverns, Mark Elf brings his zinging guitar to Twins Jazz, and Corey Harris's blues eclecticism makes its way to Blues Alley

The Torch: Heroes Among Us: Catie Lee my.hsj.org - May 19, 2012 Singing her whole life and playing guitar for the past four years, Lee has grown up with music being an important factor in her life. She has turned her passion for music into a way to raise awareness on issues she is passionate about and as a means to

Toward Appomatttox The Atlantic - May 19, 2012 That campaign opened in May of 1864, when Ulysses S. Grant's Army of the Potomac crossed the Rapidan River, twenty miles west of Fredericksburg, to seek out Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia; it closed with Lee's surrender at Appomattox,

EVHS student recognized for volunteerism Culpeper Star Exponent - May 19, 2012 The top two state honorees: Abby Miller, a 14-year-old freshman at Potomac Falls High School in Sterling, helped raise a large amount of money for pediatric cancer research by singing and playing guitar and Logan Ratzlaff, a 10-year-old fifth-grader at

Giant and gypsy meet for music in Germantown Gazette.Net: Maryland Community News Online - May 19, 2012 Growing up in Potomac, the Thomas S. Wootton High School alum went on to study jazz at Howard University. And although he first met one of his heroes by sneaking into his hotel room as a child, Davis would later go on to form a friendship and longtime