The Holiday Party (A Tale of Corporate Takeover)

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The Christmas show will obviously explore holiday themes, focusing on manager John Pickett and his colorful staff at a late-night Midtown diner. Robert Shaw was a titan in the classical world, winning 14 Grammys, Kennedy Center Honors, and the first Guggenheim Fellowship ever awarded to a conductor.

The performance will include a lively mixture of sacred classics, beloved Christmas carols, and modern holiday favorites. Rialto Center for the Arts, Dec So I look forward to seeing this annual concert, which has been an Atlanta holiday tradition for over 25 years. The show incorporates music and dancing, with a mixture of regional and international performers from the Irish, Scottish, and Welsh traditions.

Many of their members work as music directors or conductors at local schools and churches, and several also sing with the Atlanta Symphony Chorus and Chamber Chorus. Their annual Christmas concert at All Saints Episcopal Church has become a perennial holiday favorite. You can expect a repertoire steeped in classical choral artistry, with beloved Christmas carols and perhaps even a popular favorite or two thrown in for festive fun. But you can expect the Very Merry Holiday concert to be filled with innovative arrangements of Christmas classics.

This scaled-down version was launched at the Embassy Suites in Centennial Olympic Park in , and continues to grow each year. In there will be 30 local charitable organizations putting up their festive themed Christmas Tree displays in the hotel lobby. Admission and parking is free, and visitors and hotel guests are encouraged to make donation to their charity of choice.

A portion of proceeds benefit One Warm Coat, a non-profit charity that provides coats to people in need. There will be huge inflatables, photo stations, and lively Christmas tunes at the starting line.

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At the end of the race you get to run through a fake snowfall and take pics inside a gigantic snow globe. Now celebrating its 11th year, this upscale holiday celebration annually attracts over 1, attendees, including celebs, socialites and sports stars. Once upon a time, the skating rink at Centennial Olympic Park was the only option for outdoor skating in Atlanta.

New this year are igloos to keep you warm against the chilly nights. Booked in 2-hour increments. Igloos are not private and are meant to be communal for making new friends. One of the more unique ways to celebrate Christmas in Atlanta, this one-day-only event returns to the historic Oakland Cemetery for its fourth consecutive year. One of my favorite memories of Atlanta at Christmas time is , when I was a touring member of the Atlanta Boy Choir. Less well-known and more intimate than most Christmas events in Georgia, this annual tree lighting ceremony will find Governor Nathan Deal opening the doors of the Greek revival-style Bulkhead mansion to visitors for the last time before his replacement takes office.

The mansion also offers Christmas Tours from December 3rd through 14th, and all parking and admissions are free.

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But they do encourage visitors to bring new unwrapped Toys for Tots, and they have drop boxes located at the front entrance. Speaking of history, the Atlanta History Center is one of those gem attractions that is probably more well known by tourists to the city than it is among local residents. It begins with a nighttime candlelit stroll through their beautifully decorated gardens, where guests are welcomed to a warm Christmas market full of local arts and crafts.

There are three historic Southern homes to explore— one from the pioneer days, the Civil War, and the Great Depression— each decorated for the holidays in the style of that era. Want to experience an old fashioned Georgia Christmas with a slice of 19th century history? At this point, Roswell was still just a sleepy little village located 21 miles north of Atlanta.

The pair later became proud parents to future U. This event is a historical reenactment of their Christmastime wedding, complete with period costumes, a lantern-lit tour of the home, storytelling, and a special dessert. Each of the six sessions lasts about 75 minutes, and reservations are required. Each of these homes including three built between and has been lovingly restored and dress to the nines in festive holiday style. For an especially magical Christmas experience, visit after 7PM on Saturday, when the Candlelight Tour homes are open.

For kids and adults who want to keep it PG , the Nice Tea features seasonally appropriate teas and apple cider for sipping, served with traditional afternoon tea fare such as Egg Salad with truffle, tea cookies, and warm scones.

For adults who prefer a more indulgent menu, the Naughty Tea offers Champagne, strawberries, whipped cream, and Grand Marnier. The Marietta Square is the center of the action, festive holiday music, thousands of twinkling lights, and visits with Santa at his workshop.

T Set in the world of glossy magazines and cross-country sales flights, "The Holiday Party" takes its readers deep into the world of corporate and personal avarice and greed. That is, until he has his fortune told at the annual Christmas party. After that, nothing is ever the same.

A high-powered media mogul with a dark secret. A publisher with a belief in the supernatural. An assistant who no longer wants to assist. These are just a few of the players in "The Holiday Party. Yet, readers will find inspiration in the characters who stand up against tyranny. Drawing on years working on national magazines and newspapers, this suspense novel is filled with details only an insider can give.

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Published November 15th by Two Harbors Press first published It leaves a suggestion out there in the media that it will be taken over by one of many suitors, including some from Silicon Valley. Surely a contrite company, wanting to rebuild the trust of the market, would have made sure everyone associated with the business kept their traps shut — particularly those pesky "persons familiar with the matter" — and then put its highly detailed market release out into the market. The sceptics would have been reassured, the waters calmed and the stock could have resumed trade with everyone at least understanding the true position of this business.

In the absence of a market update on Friday, law firm Squire Patton Boggs announced it was investigating a potential class action against GetSwift, and called for shareholders who bought shares between February 24 and January 19 to register their interest. One of the many interested observers of this mess pointed readers to an interview on a SME website called SmartCompany disclosure: I was formerly the publisher and editor of this site, and it's always done an excellent job in its patch in which GetSwift's executive chairman, Bane Hunter, explains that "data talks, bulls--t walks". You can only wish the mystery leaker had taken this advice.

And you can only hope that the ASX and the corporate regulator intensify their scrutiny of this business.