It’s the last Green Box for 2024…and what better way to end the season than to finish with diamonds from Christopher Designs! Christopher Designs is based out of New York and invented a revolutionary technique of cutting diamonds. His cutting method has more facets creating a larger and more brilliant looking diamond. Any shape of a L’amour Crisscut diamond will provide maximum size for the carat weight -- up to a 60% larger viewing size than a traditional cut diamond of the same carat weight.
This week’s box finder will receive an 18K white gold pendant and chain featuring 1.44ct of (E/G color SI1/SI2 clarity) genuine natural diamonds from designer, Christopher Designs. We will release a clue every day until the box is found, but if you stop by the store and take a look at a piece of Christopher Designs, you’ll get a clue a day in advance. Best of luck to everyone!
Green Box Status :: Has been found.
James Brown, famously known as the "Godfather of Soul," left an indelible mark on the music world with his innovative style that fused soul, funk, and rhythm and blues, setting the foundation for modern hip-hop and R&B. His career, which spanned over five decades, produced timeless hits like "I Got You (I Feel Good)," "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag," “Living in America,” and many others. James Brown charted at least 96 entries on the Billboard Hot 100 and at least 110 entries on the R&B chart. His dynamic stage presence and rigorous work ethic earned him the nickname "The Hardest Working Man in Show Business," cementing his legacy as a musical icon. His history and the information available on James Brown is vast, some of the information from the clues was pulled from the book "James Brown, Godfather of Soul" and it's a great read.
Beyond his musical achievements, Brown was profoundly committed to philanthropy, with a particular focus on aiding the less fortunate in his community. One of his most enduring charitable acts was the annual James Brown Turkey Giveaway, which according to the Augusta Chronicle was said to have begun in 1991. This initiative was rooted in Brown's own experiences of poverty, as he grew up in a large, struggling family in the South. The giveaway, which has continued through the James Brown Family Foundation even after his death in 2006, has annually provided hundreds of turkeys to families in need during Thanksgiving, ensuring they could enjoy a traditional holiday meal. Over the years, this event has not only distributed turkeys but has also partnered with organizations to offer additional Thanksgiving fixings, addressing the increased need during times of economic hardship. His toy drive for Christmas was also driven by the same passion to serve locals and has also continued.
This act of giving back is a testament to Brown's character, who, despite his fame, never forgot where he came from. The turkey giveaway has become a staple event in the community, symbolizing his commitment to "pay it forward" and help those who once lived as he did. His family have continued this tradition, ensuring that his legacy of generosity lives on, helping to feed the poor and spread joy during the holiday season. Through this initiative, Brown's influence extends beyond music, touching lives in a very tangible, heartwarming way.
#1 Clue, Friday Dec. 20th :: Shed tears in a place where many come for hope.
James Brown Would sing through most of his life, during stint of being incarcerated as young man, he and three other inmates had formed somewhat of gospel quartet and were taken to sing to the free people at a hospital. James had taught them to sing in the gospel format of the first tenor, second tenor, baritone and bass. They sang for quite some time in the hospital, the free people were moved to tears as well as James himself. They ended up singing for so long that the prison guard forgot about them, left and went off duty.
#2 Clue, Saturday Dec. 21st :: The box can be found near where black metal meets the ground.
This box was on the outside of the black fence at Dyess Park. Dyess Park was a location for the Turkey Drive and very important to due to its proximity to the Lenox Theater location, where young James won his first talent show in 1944 at the age of 11 by singing the ballad "So Long".
#3 Clue, Sunday Dec. 22nd :: The future seen through a strange effect.
His aunt, Honey, was very superstitious, she used to care of James when he was little. While giving him a bath she would wash the hair on his arm, go crossways with it and just stare at it. “You’re going to be a very wealthy man someday.” “…very wealthy” pointing the hair on his arm “See the sign.” He thought she was crazy, but she’d just smile and say the same thing next time she bathed him.
#4 Clue, Monday Dec. 23rd :: In opposition to separation, yet somewhat simultaneously in two different locations.
James Brown was no fan to playing for segregated audiences, as he had done in Macon, he asked to to be done in Augusta at the Bell at his concert, that they close off the smaller area for the segregated audience in order to have everyone sit together. The papers wrote it as a first for an integrated event and complimented all that were involved. This was prior to the 1964 civil acts act that would ban public segregation. In the James Brown, Godfather of Soul book (Page 176) it’s told that Otis Redding would try to persuade James to help him form a black union of top level performers. He responded with “I can’t do it Otis, I don’t believe in separatism. I think that’s going backwards, and I don’t want to be part of that.” The second part of this clue gives reference to his Georgia-lina song “I was raised in Georgia, born in Carolina, I’m a Georgia-Lina (Georgia-Lina) My heart's in two places at the same time. Georgia, Carolina.”
#5 Clue, Tuesday Dec. 24th :: The same said year of an important beginning, two women were no longer stranded.
It’s said that in 1991 the James Brown turkey drive tradition started, but something else happened earlier that year when James Brown was leaving the filming of a video with his wife and saw a car stopped downtown. According to the Augusta Chronicle, the man said “…I saw two stranded cars that stopped on Reynolds Street one of the cars seem to be very recognizable. I was correct one of the cars stopped was Mr. Brown's. I immediately stopped and thought to myself the worst I said to myself “oh God James Brown has been in a wreck” I found out that this was not the case at all what had really happened was that two women in the first car had run out of gas, and Mr. Brown stopped and offered his assistance. When I talked to Mr. Brown he gave me money to put gas in the woman's car and something for me taking her to get the gas. This is the James Brown. I know also the Godfather continue to call me “sir” and I told him that I am the one that should be calling him “sir.” Mr. Brown is in his 50s and I am only 36. He informed me that this was the way he was… always respecting people. I almost forgot to mention that Mr. Brown's car had put him down also, when he got back into his car to leave, it would not start. I had to give him a boost he kindly thanked me and was on his way.
**Special Note, in the past a box was on Jimmy Dyess, who also saved two women stranded at sea, this box could be found at Dyess Park - yet the intention was not Jimmy.**
#6 Clue, Wednesday Dec. 25th :: In a household making ends meet with resin, one would understand what it means to go without.
Turpentine is a fluid obtained by the distillation of resin harvested from living trees, mainly pines (according to wikipedia). James Brown Sr. made a meager living working with these pines as James Brown was a young boy. “I guess we lived about as poor as we could be. At that time my father did a lot of turpentine work.”
#7 Clue, Thursday Dec. 26th :: Not far from a first, this box is on the outer edge of where one’s vision for others would continue.
This box was in the “Terry” right down from the Lennox (which is now a field) but outside the gate of Dyess Park. It’s know that the first talent show that James won was at the Lenox at age 11 singing the ballad “So Long.” For many years after, the Turkey Giveaway was hosted at Dyess Park.
#8 Clue, Friday Dec. 27th :: (This clue never was going to be displayed in store) The worst thing that one could do is hold another back from knowledge.
James said in his book, James Brown, Godfather of Soul book, that he thought this was the greatest sin.
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