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Atlanta Sounds is designed to show the texture of Atlanta. They are portraits, oral histories, anecdotes, memories and fragments of life overheard. All told by those who live, work, and visit metro Atlanta. Think of each Atlanta Sound as a pixel in the photograph that is Atlanta. Got an idea or comment for the series?

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Horse Ferriers

By Myke Johns

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Hygiene is important for everyone…including horses. Ferriers have the very important job of taking care of horse’s hooves. For this Atlanta Sound, we met horse ferriers Desmond Fox and Lucas Gilland at the Little Creek Horse Farm in Decatur to get a look at what they do.

Oboe Maker

11:00 am

Mon April 30, 2012

"A means to an end, and the end is music"

By David Barasoain

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North Decatur resident Harry Vas Dias has been making oboes for nearly two decades. What sets him apart from other instrument-makers is that his are replicas of 18th century baroque oboes. In this Atlanta Sounds, we pay Harry a visit to see him hand crafting these beautiful instruments.

Autocross

3:00 pm

Mon April 23, 2012

"And Then Faster. Faster, Faster, Faster!"

By Myke Johns

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“Autocross” is a style of motorsports in which drivers take on a course full of twists and turns, one at a time—racing against the clock. In this Atlanta Sounds, we sit shotgun with driver Alison Hill, recorded during an event by the Atlanta Region of the Sports Car Club of America.

See a video of Alison driving the course on our Facebook page!

Atlanta Sounds

11:34 pm

Sun March 25, 2012

Shape-Note Singing

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By Scott Casavant

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Shape-note singing, sometimes called 'Sacred Harp' is a system where songs are sung using shaped notes. It was devised around 1800 to help singers recognize the positions on a musical scale. The Sacred Harp, which was first published in 1844, was the most popular of the four-shape tunebooks.

You can learn more about shape-note singing at the New Georgia Encyclopedia+, the FASOLA web site and at the Atlanta Sacred Harp web site

Atlanta Sounds

11:33 pm

Sun March 25, 2012

Ollie The Dog

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By Scott Casavant

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On any given day, hundreds of people walk their dog in Piedmont Park. Ollie is a boxer. Boxers were first exhibited at a dog show in Munich in 1895 and is a descendant of the now-extinct Bullenbeisser breed. According to American Kennel Club statistics, Boxers are the sixth most popular breed in the U.S.

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