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...Sacred Harp for Health Re "Give Me That Old-Time Singing" [Jan. 28]: during my four years as a Sacred Harp singer, I discovered that beginners enjoy a warm welcome and excellent coaching. Experienced singers get a break from worrying about dynamics and tone quality. Everyone receives choral singing's documented benefits of stress reduction, lowered blood pressure and enhanced immunity. Best of all, we have an opportunity to create beautiful music that sometimes seems like a direct communication from the past to the present. Thanks for highlighting this life-affirming pursuit. Susan Matthews, Chicago
Amount grossed during the opening weekend of the new 3-D film documenting teen singer Miley Cyrus' recent tour. The No. 2 film, horror flick The Eye, took in $12.4 million...
...around 30%, but vary among cantons - in Geneva, taxes are on the higher side, while in less crowded cantons like Zug (an increasingly popular spot for foreign hedge-fund managers) they can be less than 15%. For good measure, there's the added thrill of being able to call singer Shania Twain, tennis champion Boris Becker and Formula One stars Michael Schumacher and Lewis Hamilton your neighbors...
...pint down the pub: "Now, you've got Sky Plus [satellite TV sports channel] and a nice big plasma screen, a keg on tap; you invite a few friends around and you can smoke. Who needs the pub?" A November report on the pub industry by equity analysts Kaupthing Singer & Friedlander Capital Markets confirms the thesis that the decline in pubs' beer sales reflects a shift to consumption at home, as well as attitudes to drunk driving and a tightening up on underage drinking in pubs...
...celebrating Scotland's Bard is not just the preserve of organized societies, expats, or golf clubs. Elsewhere in London, pubs are throwing haggis buffets, Ceilidh dances are sold out, and traditional formal suppers are spreading over the calendar. As singer and TV presenter Fiona Kennedy points out in her after-haggis speech at the Caledonian Club, back in her hometown of Aberdeen, Burns Night now stretches over so many days that it's referred to as Ramadram...