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Nunnally tells Career Explorers not to give up on their dreams
By W-WMS SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADERS

A recent guest of Gloria Rhodes' Career Explorations eighth graders was Don Nunnally. He is known by many of us in Washington as our weekend postman. However, he has had a wide variety of work experiences and life experiences.

He is a musician and enjoys writing songs, as well as playing several instruments, including electric guitars, acoustic guitars, and keyboards.

He dropped out of college during his third year because he was hoping to have a hit record, and when that did not happen, he served in two branches of the military, four years in the Air Force Reserves and three in the Naval Reserves. Eventually, he returned to college and completed his degree in business management.

Currently, Nunnally has a radio program at Lake Oconee on Sundays and has been in radio for ten years. He has reported the news on the outside and covered sports events as well. He has had many distinguished celebrities on his program such as Earth, Wind, and Fire

and is acquainted with other celebrities

in the entertainment business, especially Motown, such as the Jacksons, the late James Brown, and Chico Leverette.

Initially, Nunnally called on students to introduce themselves and to tell him about their aspirations. He was favorably impressed with their responses and offered encouragement to them in their endeavors. The students asked him to return before the end of the year and bring his instruments and a friend in the entertainment industry to perform, and he agreed to do so.

In closing, Nunnally answered students' questions, and his sound advice was for them to have a career plan and to not give up on their dreams. He also encouraged students to have open minds and to realize that music reflects the times in which we live; he enjoys all types of music, if done in good taste. He informed the students that many of today's "gangster rappers," like "Snoop Dawg," have not been in the ghetto in twenty years and are simply suppressing anyone who gets the false impression that there is anything good about "pot and poverty" and that going to jail isn't cool.

Nunnally has a studio in his home and practices daily for hours; he hasn't given up on his dream of a hit record either. He also aspires to become a motivational speaker.

We extend our gratitude to Mr. Nunnally, and we look forward to your return - and to your Grammy!

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