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Diana Ross

Diana Ross

About Diana

Diana Ross is not the famous Supremes singer, but she does have big hair. Working in both Membership and Operations departments, she does a little bit of everything, including administering this website. You can contact her at dross@bccc.edu.

Mar. 28 2013

All grown up!

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Does anyone remember this young prodigy? David Garrett certainly grew up well! aaaaaaand one more just in case you didn’t get enough eye-candy:

Mar. 22 2013

the healing properties of music

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We often hear how Mozart can make us smarter, but this article talks about the ways that music can make us feel better too! www.care2.com/greenliving/4-ways-to-use-music-as-medicine.html Of particular interest: “Classical compositions have calming cardiovascular effects: German researchers discovered that people recovering from open-heart surgery had lower levels of the stress hormone, cortisol, after listening to classical … Read More »

Mar. 20 2013

MARCH NEWSLETTER

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The March Newsletter is here!  Click here to read it  - and don’t forget to subscribe so you receive the next one directly to your inbox before it lands here! Related posts: 2012 Winter Pledge Drive THANK YOU VOLUNTEERS! Fall Drive 2012

Feb. 24 2013

Winter Drive Recap

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Thank you, thank you, thank you to each and every one of you who called in to renew their membership or became NEW members this drive. I know you heard the hosts saying over and over again, and it’s true: your financial support makes all the wonderful music you hear possible! All of us here at WBJC would … Read More »

Feb. 20 2013

February Newsletter – read all about it!

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If you aren’t already subscribed, you can still read it in the Archive!   Click here for the February Newsletter – and Kati’s exclusive article!       Related posts: 2012 Winter Pledge Drive Fall Drive 2012 MARCH NEWSLETTER

Feb. 13 2013

not getting the newsletter?

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Some folks are having issues with our newsletter getting caught in their corporate spam filters (yep, here at WBJC our very own newsletter gets caught up as spam) because we are using a third-party to compose and mail the newsletter to you. The easiest work-around is to use your personal account to subscribe.  Providers like … Read More »

Jan. 17 2013

The January Newsletter is here!

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Click here for the January edition of the WBJC newsletter! If you’d like to subscribe and receive the newsletter directly to your inbox, fill out the form.       Cheers!~ Related posts: 2012 Winter Pledge Drive Fall Drive 2012 MARCH NEWSLETTER

Jan. 13 2013

Classical music in film

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While browsing IMDb recently, I came across a list of 91 movies having to do with classical music.  I’ll not lie, I own Immortal Beloved.  I’m a Gary Oldman fan.  Which ones have you seen and what would you recommend I see? http://www.imdb.com/list/6absKyc0ZsA/    

Dec. 19 2012

Fancy new things to click!

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Hi folks! I hope you like the newest little addition to our blogs… embedded media player!  When you want to listen to an interview or a Word on Wine, you can simply click the grey “play” box and the audio should play right in the very same window you are already seeing! You can still download these audio files … Read More »

Dec. 16 2012

Royalties, Copyrights and our Playlist

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We’ve heard from many listener/members over the course of the last year about why we still haven’t posted future listings on the website… that other stations do it, why can’t we? Here’s the scoop: The agreements between the various groups involved are all so complex and uncertain right now that we just can’t/won’t risk heavy-handed … Read More »

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