Three Things for September 14
1. Bendabout Farms to host annual polo matches
Bendabout Farms will be hosting their annual September polo match Sept. 17-18. The Saturday games start at 10:00 a.m. and the Sunday games begin at 2:00 p.m.
Admission, parking and seating is free at the farm, on South Lee Highway. Gates open two hours before each event begins. There will be free Coca-Cola products at the gate and outside food is encouraged as there will be no concessions.
The matches will feature players of local, national and international prestige. The event itself is one of the highest rated polo events in the southeast. Sunday’s feature match will benefit the Sixth Cavalry Museum in Fort Oglethorpe, and representatives will be on site to collect donations and answer any questions.
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2. Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin arrives at Buckingham Palace
As of Tuesday, Sept. 13, the queen’s body has officially arrived back to Buckingham Palace.
Over 26,000 Scottish citizens gave the queen their final respects the evening of Monday, Sept. 12. The queen was accompanied by her only daughter, Princess Anne, as she was flown from Edinburgh to the palace. The queen was transported in a C-17, an aircraft that has been used to provide humanitarian aid to places such as Kubal and Ukraine.
The queen will lie in state at Westminster Hall from Sept. 14-19. Her funeral procession will be on Sept. 19 at Westminster Abbey, and from there, she will be laid to rest at St. George's Chapel.
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3. Viewership at the Emmys hits a record low of 5.9 million viewers
The Emmys hit a new lowest view count of 5.9 million viewers on Monday, Sept. 12.
The annual awards ceremony returned to its usual location of Microsoft Theater, but dropped 1.5 million in viewers.
The New York Times reports that there were many factors that could have contributed to the lowered views. Due to NBC's exclusive contract with Sunday Night Football, the Emmys were held on a Monday night, something that usually drops ratings for the awards show. The predictability of this year's winners was also something that likely discouraged people from tuning in. The show itself may be to blame, with the New Yorker calling it "ineptly written and paced."
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