{"id":544,"date":"2011-07-09T20:14:56","date_gmt":"2011-07-10T00:14:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alanpippenger.com\/?p=544"},"modified":"2025-12-28T09:54:50","modified_gmt":"2025-12-28T13:54:50","slug":"dr-franklin-i-presume","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alanpippenger.com\/?p=544","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Franklin, I Presume"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_545\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alanpippenger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/DSCN0684.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-545\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-545 \" title=\"Marvin and Alan\" src=\"https:\/\/alanpippenger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/DSCN0684-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alanpippenger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/DSCN0684-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alanpippenger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/DSCN0684-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alanpippenger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/DSCN0684.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-545\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Marvin &amp; Alan<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Thursday evening, the 7th was quite a hoot.\u00a0 There was a concert by Marvin Goldstein, an internationally known pianist and entertainer.\u00a0 Carolyn and I have know Marvin for nearly 30 years.<\/p>\n<p>The concert lasted nearly 2 hours and included many patriotic songs.\u00a0 This concert was the brain child of another friend and fellow professional speaker, John Curry.\u00a0 John was celebrating 36 years in business and put the concert on as a way of thanking his many customers.\u00a0 The Turner Auditorium at Tallahassee Community College was nearly filled to it&#8217;s 500 seat capacity.\u00a0 This would have been all well and good, but with the patriotic theme John decided to add another touch.\u00a0 He hired my good friend Lloyd Wheeler, AKA Dr. Benjamin Franklin, to greet the guests and to make a presentation during intermission.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_546\" style=\"width: 328px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alanpippenger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/DSCN0686.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-546\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-546\" title=\"Charlene and Ben Franklin\" src=\"https:\/\/alanpippenger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/DSCN0686-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"318\" height=\"238\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alanpippenger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/DSCN0686-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alanpippenger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/DSCN0686-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alanpippenger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/DSCN0686.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 318px) 100vw, 318px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-546\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Charlene and Dr. Franklin<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Here is a shot of Dr. Franklin with my sister-in-law, Charlene Wilson.\u00a0 There were five of us attending, Carolyn and I, Charlene, and our very good friends, Joe and Myrtie Mott.<\/p>\n<p>What a fabulous time we all had!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thursday evening, the 7th was quite a hoot.\u00a0 There was a concert by Marvin Goldstein, an internationally known pianist and entertainer.\u00a0 Carolyn and I have know Marvin for nearly 30 years. 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