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some voices have a signature sound to them, like james earl jones (who my college roommate tagged "the voice of God") and gilbert gottfried (his voice can be annoying). the trick is trying to figure out whose voices you can recognize in more recent commericals. try your hand at these and see how many you know off the cuff:

1. lowe's "let's build something together"
2. dunkin donuts "america runs on dunkin"
3. the latest visa commercials
4. last one (or two) year's taco bell commercials
5. old hamburger helper commercials (they found a replacement who sounds much like the original)
6. female voice for old aol commericals (a friend of mine didn't believe me on this one)
7. florida orange juice

click the "read more" link below when you have your guesses.

my niece played second violin in one of several concerts this spring. i was able to attend one of them. the vid below is of her in her orchestra. you can hear that her grade orchestra really sounded good.

good job, kiddo!