COUNTY LIFE
Famous American traditions to celebrate New Year’s 2023
• Watching the Time Square Ball Drop in New York City. It began back in 1907 with a ball that weighed 700 pounds. Today it is 11,875 pounds and mostly crystal.
• Making resolutions has become part and parcel of New Year’s. The most common ones are about staying fit or reducing use of the phone. They often only last a few weeks.
• Sharing a kiss on New Year’s Eve at midnight was believed to ward off evil spirits and prevent loneliness in the next year.
• Black-eyed peas are often the centerpiece of New Year’s meals. Hoppin’ John is a famous southern dish believed to attract good luck if eaten on Jan. 1. The peas represent coins and eating them brings luck and prosperity in our lives in the coming days.
• Singing or listening to Auld Lang Syne at midnight is popular. It was written 200 years ago, but came to prominence for this holiday when singer Guy Lombardo performed it in 1929.
(Parade magazine)
COUNTY LIFE
Bowie community garage sales this weekend
This weekend find the deals in the City of Bowie Community-wide garage sales April 26-27.
See the map of a garage sale locations in Bowie in the mid-week Bowie News.
COUNTY LIFE
Post-pandemic world changes all marketing
By BARBARA GREEN
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The big take-away from Tuesday’s Bowie Business Boost was time: “It only takes six seconds to make an impression in life.”
Lorie Vincent, certified economic developer, professional trainer and writer, was speaker for program number three of Bowie Boost with a focus on “Memorable Marketing in a Post-Pandemic Era.”
She opened about how she had started her business, ‘Acceleration by Design,’ and things were “rocking,” when 2020 came and things changed with the worldwide pandemic. As things began to reopen it appeared there were more opportunities but also more challenges.
Vincent laughed as she showed a Richard Simmons “Sweating to the Oldies,” infomercial that became one of the most popular and still running ads.
“Can you believe back then we would call a 1-800 number and give someone our credit card? That is crazy. They used big music, big voices and big adjectives,” exclaimed Vincent.
Read the full story in the mid-week Bowie News.
(Top photo) Lorie Vincent, Acceleration by Design, discussed how marketing has flipped upside-down in this post-pandemic era. She spoke at the Bowie Business Boost part 3. (Photo by Barbara Green)
COUNTY LIFE
Senior center to serve up big breakfast April 27
Enjoy an all-you-can-eat breakfast and support the Bowie Senior Citizens Meals on Wheels program on April 27.
Serving will be 7:30 to 10 a.m. in the center at 501 Pelham. For $10 feast on biscuits and gravy, bacon, sausage, pancakes, scrambled eggs and hash browns, plus coffee, tea and orange juice.
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