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Beeson wins runoff for Roswell council By DELANEY TARR delaney@appenmedia.com
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The Alpharetta Youth Symphony Orchestra plays its encore piece of the evening Dec. 11, Tchaikovsky’s “Trepak” from “The Nutcracker.”
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Alpharetta Youth Symphony rings in holidays By AMBER PERRY amber@appenmedia.com ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Around 30 festive, young musicians with the Alpharetta Youth Symphony Orchestra ignited the holiday season for a packed room of listeners Dec. 11. Four holiday pieces were central to the show, the second of the season. Mu-
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sicians played the 300-year-old “Sleepers Wake” by Bach, “Tidings of Comfort and Joy,” a Gustav Holst Christmas suite, which is a mash-up of three of Holst’s Christmas carols, and “Christmas in About Three Minutes,” another mash-up. They also played “Trepak” from Tchaikovsky’s “The Nutcracker” as
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ROSWELL, Ga. — Late into the evening of Dec. 6 at her election watch party at Big Oak Tavern, Sarah Beeson celebrated as the City Council Post 1 runoff election was called in her favor. “I feel great now that we wrapped it up and have the results,” Beeson said. Beeson secured 52.95 percent of the vote, with 17,901 votes. Her opponent, Allen Sells, received 47.05 percent of the vote, with 15,904 votes. Beeson will be the first Iranian American member of the Roswell City Council, and the only current mother of young children. Once election results are verified, Beeson will be sworn in and will begin her one-year term. Beeson faced off against Sells in the runoff election for the first Post 1 City Council seat vacated in June when Councilman Marcelo Zapata resigned for medical reasons. A special election with four candidates was held Nov. 8, but no candidate
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received greater than 50 percent of the vote. Beeson secured 43.24 percent, and Sells finished second with 26.15 percent of the vote. A candidate needs a 50.1 percent majority to win under the Roswell municipal code. Beeson said the results were a relief after months of campaigning, especially when the expected Nov. 8 end date came and went. “I joked around with folks that it was like getting to a finish line in the general election, and you cross the finish line and have somebody be like ‘No, just kidding! The finish line is 10 miles down the road,’” Beeson said. Beeson will be sworn in within the coming weeks. Beeson will hold the position for one year, then face re-election. The quick start and short term are a challenge, but Beeson said she is not worried. “It’s about making sure I can overcome that learning curve that most elected officials will experience in their first year,”
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