THE SAUGUS ADVOCATE – FriDAy, JUly 21, 2023 Page 13 Medford Community Chorale & Youth/Young Adult Chorus resume rehearsals on September 6! T he Medford Community Chorale & Youth/Young Adult Chorus will open their fall season on September 6, when rehearsals begin in preparation for their 2023 holiday concert, which is scheduled for Friday, December 1, at 7 p.m. in the Caron Theatre at Medford High School, and new members are welcome…please consider joining us! The concert – titled “Let It Snow!” – will be a celebration of the season and will consist of a varied program of holiday selections ranging from classical to popular to sacred to Hanukkah, and proceeds from the concert program book will be donated to Chapters Coffee Carts – a 501(c)(3) nonprofit-supported worksite located in the Charlotte and William Bloomberg Medford Public Library – whose mission is to help advanced the lives of Medford’s disabled persons seeking employment, professional skills and on-thejob training, so that they may flourish and become part of the broader workforce. There are no auditions and the only requirement is a love BEACON HILL | FROM PAGE 12 erce action and activity that is favorable to the employer and that adversely affects the worker,” said Senate sponsor Sen. Paul Feeney (D-Foxborough). “We’ve seen a patchwork of decisions over the years regarding unemployment depending on who the governor is and who the secretary of labor is on whether or not unemployment benefits would actually be paid.” “The right to strike is an important tool available to unions but many workers are afraid of what a strike may mean to their finances,” said House sponsor Rep. Lindsay Sabadosa (D-Northampton). “Rules around unemployment are confusing and hard to understand. This legislation would clarify the right to benefits and, in doing so, would protect workers and their families.” ASIAN BODYWORK THERAPY (H 350) – A bill heard by the Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure would create a Board of Registration of Asian Bodywork Therapy to estab“This legislation is designed to enhance career pathways and streamline local regulations for east Asian healing practices, including bodywork lineages,” said sponsor Rep. May 2023 performance Medford Community Chorale tion or to join, please contact director Betsy Pesce at elizabethpesce@comcast.net or 617-335-8155. The Medford Community Medford Youth Chorale of singing! Rehearsals are on Wednesday evenings in the first floor music room in lish standards of professional and ethical conduct for these bodywork therapists; set standards for continuing education; investigate complaints; and conduct inspections. “Asian Bodywork Therapy is the treatment of the human body/mind/spirit, including the electromagnetic or energetic field which surrounds, infuses and brings that body to life, by using pressure and/ or manipulation,” according to the American Organization for Bodywork Therapies of Asia. “Asian Bodywork is based upon Chinese medical principles for assessing and evaluating the body’s energetic system. It uses traditional Asian techniques and treatment strategies to primarily affect and balance the energetic system for the purpose of treating the human body, emotions, mind, energy field and spirit for the promotion, maintenance and restoration of health.” the McGlynn Middle School, which is located at 3002 Mystic Valley Pkwy. in Medford: David LeBoeuf (D-Worcester). “The bill would create a defined, appropriate licensure pathway to make sure these practices are held to high standards and not misrepresented in the market. Unlike other bills that want to create an inappropriate, catch all licenses, this would be for particular traditional lineages.” QUOTABLE QUOTES – BY THE NUMBERS EDITION Cable TV business network CNBC released its annual ranking of the Top States for Doing Business, which includes both good news and bad news for Massachusetts. Here are the Bay State’s rankings among the 50 states in several categories: #1 --- Technology and innovation #3 ---Access to capital #8 ---Life, health and inclusion #15 ---Business overall. youth/young adult chorus at 6 p.m. and full chorus from 7 to 8:30 p.m. For more informa#19 ---Business friendliness. #47 ---Cost of living. #49 ---Cost of doing business. HOW LONG WAS LAST WEEK’S SESSION? Beacon Hill Roll Call tracks the length of time that the House and Senate were in session each week. Many legislators say that legislative sessions are only one aspect of the Legislature’s job and that a lot of important work is done outside of the House and Senate chambers. They note that their jobs also involve committee work, research, constituent work and other matters that are important to their districts. Critics say that the Legislature does not meet regularly or long enough to debate and vote in public view on the thousands of pieces of legislation that have been filed. They note that the infrequency and brief length of sessions are misguided and lead to irresponsible late-night sessions and a mad rush to act on dozens of bills in the days immediately preceding the During the week of July 1014, the House met for a total of eight hours and 26 minutes while the Senate met for a total of two hours and 58 minutes. Mon.July 10House11:01 a.m. to1:01 p.m. Senate 11:24 a.m. to1:45 p.m. Tues.July 11No House session No Senate session Wed.July 12No House session No Senate session Thurs. July 13House11:02 a.m. to5:28 p.m. Senate 11:14 a.m. to 11:51 a.m. Fri.July 14No House session No Senate session Bob Katzen welcomes feedback at bob@beaconhillrollcall.com Bob founded Beacon Hill Roll Call in 1975 and was inducted into the New England Newspaper and Press Association (NENPA) Hall of Fame in 2019. Chorale, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, is supported in part by grants from the ArtsAlive Medford Foundation, Bloomberg Philanthropies, the City of Medford Community Fund Grant, Tufts University Community Relations Holiday Grant Raffle and the Medford Arts Council, a local commission that is supported by the Mass Cultural Council and the City of Medford. end of an annual session.
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