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Discovered via the Farmers’ Almanac<\/a> that the November full moon is often referred to as the Beaver Moon<\/strong>. I mention this in honor of my blogger brother the Classical Beaver<\/a> (Brian Horay), and thank the beloved rodent for all of his fervent dam-building love of the Oregon Symphony.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Discovered via the Farmers’ Almanac that the November full moon is often referred to as the Beaver Moon. I mention this in honor of my blogger brother the Classical Beaver (Brian Horay), and thank the beloved rodent for all of his fervent dam-building love of the Oregon Symphony.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":303,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-orchestra-world"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa8kC-1PX","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4216,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2010\/03\/16\/the-classical-beaver\/","url_meta":{"origin":7065,"position":0},"title":"the classical beaver","author":"Charles Noble","date":"March 16, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Now, before you jump to the conclusion that this post is about some classical music blog that will be zapped by your safe-surf software, be assured, The Classical Beaver is quite simply a highly-entertaining and informative blog written by a very enthusiastic Oregon Symphony audience member.\u00a0 It's well worth adding\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "appreciation"","block_context":{"text":"appreciation","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/category\/music\/appreciations\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":5705,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2011\/01\/06\/i-hit-the-big-time\/","url_meta":{"origin":7065,"position":1},"title":"i hit the big time","author":"Charles Noble","date":"January 6, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Yes, it's finally happened - I've joined the illustrious list of musicians interviewed by the Classical Beaver! 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