My dear New York friend, Composer Bob Christianson and his talented lyricist/book writer Alisa Hauser have received a national Emmy nomination for outstanding Music and Lyrics for “No Trouble,” beautifully performed by Scott Coulter, in the HMS production of A CHRISTMAS CAROL: THE CONCERT that aired on Public Television last December and will repeat again this December.
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For my birthday on July 18th my wife Marcia arranged for me to ride along with a Police Officer in a Ford sedan on the midnight watch with the Santa Barbara Police Department. I will say that you can’t get more upfront and personal than this. I was told it was a slow night. A traffic accident with injuries; possible use of narcotics; a parole violation that ended up with us transporting the young man to Santa Barbara County Jail, which is run by the sheriff’s’ Department; public drunkenness: the hispanic male had been released from jail only two days before, so we took him to dry out at a detox center. Sadly, they were going to put him back on the streets at 5:30AM.
The officer who I spent the 10-hour shift with I got to know really well, and he’s a good man, a gentle soul, and an asset to the SBPD.
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I am now on the Board of Directors and the Treasurer of the Community Film Studio of Santa Barbara. We are a 501 (c)3 non-profit. I am currently overseeing the deliverables of The Bet, our first feature film, to Origin Releasing.
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