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OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2023 | maconmagazine.com 27 WHERE STUDENTS ARE CHALLENGED TO REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL Stratford Academy does not discriminate on the basis of sex, race, color, religion, or national origin in the administration of its educational programs, admissions policies, financial aid policies, employment practices, or other school- administered programs. Stratford Academy is Middle Georgia's oldest independent, college-preparatory school serving students in preschool through 12th grade. F E E L T H E STRATFORD DIFFERENCE Schedule a Shadow Day for Your Student 478-477-8073 6010 Peake Road Macon, GA 31220 Stratford.org sa-2023-09-11-v3-4.8x4.8-maconmagazine-hw.indd 1 sa-2023-09-11-v3-4.8x4.8-maconmagazine-hw.indd 1 9/11/2023 4:17:01 PM 9/11/2023 4:17:01 PM FROM LEFT TO RIGHT The Greater Macon Chamber of Commerce hosted a roundtable of local military leadership, including 78th Air Base Wing Commander Col. Deedrick L. Reese, at its business advocacy program, Macon & Eggs. Mercer University welcomed record-breaking first-year class of more than 1,000 on its residential undergraduate campus. The Macon Mercer Symphony Gala It was A Night of Illumination at the Macon-Mercer Symphony Gala, a celebratory evening that included performances by both some of the best emerging artists in the country of the McDuffie Center for Strings as well as world renowned players Chuck Leavell and Robert McDuffie, at the Center's historic headquarters of the Bell House and on stage of The Grand Opera House, home of the symphony four times a year. On the Intercity Tour, more than 50 Macon-Bibb County leaders stand in front of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation's Council Oak Tree in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where the ancestral fires from their homelands are buried after being forced from the South. The delegates visited Okmulgee and Tulsa to foster relationships and cultural understanding ahead of the National Park designation. ADVERTISE WITH US! hello@maconmagazine.com • 478.746.7779 Live Well is a special advertising section spotlighting local businesses and organizations helping people live better, more fulfilling lives in our December/January issue. PHOTO BY JESSICA WHITLEY