A TENOR
Nick Culpepper is frustrated. For the most part, the 30-year-old is doing just fine. He’s assistant manager at the popular Big Ed’s North restaurant. After almost a year of hazardous duty in Iraq, he came home without injury. And there’s another big event just around the corner. Nick’s happy about all of that. But he really wants to find the time to sing. His choice of music? Classical or musical theater. “I’m always singing,” he says. “I sing in my car all day long.” Nick started singing early. He performed in a statewide honors chorus in fourth and fifth grades, sang in three separate groups
THIS RESTAURANT MANAGER, ALSO AN ARMY VET AND NOW AN EXPECTANT FATHER, NURSES AN UNEXPECTED DREAM.
WHO SERVES DINNER BY ED BRISTOL PHOTOS BY DAVIES PHOTOGRAPHY
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