By Lee DavisA lot of people considered the Mountain Brook boys’ basketball team’s stunning run to the state 6A championship last year to be a once-in-a-lifetime event.Those people might be wrong.The Spartans’ fast start in the new season is offering new evidence that a trend might be developing–and Mountain Brook just might have a shot at two crowns in a … [Read more...]
Riding the Metro: Patriots Whip Hillcrest, Win Home Tournament
By Lee DavisThe Homewood Patriots have built a tradition of hosting the annual Metro Tournament in their spacious gymnasium off Lakeshore Drive.And while the food in the hospitality room was top-flight and the locker rooms were spotless, the Patriots may be remembered as less than perfect hosts in 2014.That’s because Homewood–playing some of its best basketball … [Read more...]
15 Young Women Presented: Redstone Club Hosts Annual Christmas Ball
More than 700 members of the Redstone Club and their guests attended the group’s annual Christmas Ball last month.The Redstone Club’s 106th annual Christmas Ball was held Dec. 21 at the Country Club of Birmingham.President of this year’s ball was R. Holman Head, who attended with his wife, Margaret. Ball chairman was J. Arthur Smith IV, whose wife Ashley oversaw the … [Read more...]
Mountain Brook Junior High Choir Chosen for Musical Theater Festival
By Keysha DrexelJournal editorStudents at Mountain Brook Junior High School spent the week before winter break preparing to take the stage at one of the world's largest musical theater festivals for young people.Members of the Mountain Brook Junior High Choir have been accepted to the 2014 Junior Theater Festival Jan. 17-19 at the Cobb Galleria Center in … [Read more...]
Robert MacArthur: ‘We Need to Really Commit to Our Community’
By Keysha DrexelJournal editorBefore he moved from Boston to Birmingham almost three years ago, Robert MacArthur saw firsthand the difference one person can make in the life of a struggling child.And now that he is on the junior board at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens, the 26-year-old said he’s using that firsthand experience to try to give back to students in … [Read more...]