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Chesterfield parade marches into 54th year
CHESTERFIELD — The high-pitched scream of fire truck sirens will blend with thumping drums and the drone of trombones belonging to the Highland High School marching band on Friday as the 54th annual Chesterfield Independence Day sets off down Indiana 32.
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Entertainment Lineup Announced For 2008 State Fair
RALEIGH, N.C. -- The 2008 N.C. State Fair entertainment lineup will bring a mix of country music stars, an R&B singer, Christian rockers, a television chef, and a North Carolina native to the stage in Dorton Arena.
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Wanted: Positive young performers for Battle of the Bands
The Burlington Center Mall Ministry is looking for performers of positive or Christian music, ages 12 to 19, to participate in its Battle of the Bands.
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A swan song to remember
Yossi Banai's posthumous last album includes quite a few love songs: to his wife, to the city, to his son Ariel and to life. Banai's death some two years ago interrupted the work on the album, and now other artists are working to complete it.
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Friday Night Live Concert series
Main Street's summer concert series continues July 11 for the second of five Friday Night Live performances in downtown Murfreesboro. The other dates are Aug. 1, Sept. 5 and Oct. 3.
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Montebello Joins Met Concert Series
The Metropolitan Museum of Art's outgoing director, Philippe de Montebello, will narrate Saint-Saën's "Carnival of the Animals" for a performance by the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, which will open the museum's 2008-09 season of concerts. Mr. de Montebello's reading will be the first event in a series called Triptych, opening September 26, which honors the director's last year with the Met. For ...
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Police, KT Tunstall, Mayer Play London's Hard Rock Calling
This past Saturday and Sunday (June 28-29), for the Hard Rock Calling festival at London's Hyde Park, Sting, Stewart Copeland, and Andy Summers made their final bow in front of their home country; Eric Clapton proved fans can still put their blind faith in his guitar virtuoso status; and relative rabble rousers like KT Tunstall and Jason Mraz wound their way in between the icons for some ...
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Celebrate our freedom-loving, Wiffle-ball playing, diversity stew
Today is the Fourth of July. Independence Day. The day we celebrate our country, land of the free, home of the brave. Fireworks, parades, picnics, desserts made with whipped cream, blueberries and strawberries, stars and stripes everywhere.
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European tour to promote the 2009 Enescu Festival
The 19th edition of the “George Enescu” International Festival will be promoted, in world premiere, by an European tour that includes press conferences and short recitals by Romanian artists in cities such as London, Berlin and Vienna, Mihai Constantinescu, Manager of Artexim declared.
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DNA notified over alleged bribes in high-school graduation exams
The Education Ministry notified DNA in the case of the alleged bribe requested by certain teachers from “George Enescu” Music High School from Bucharest, in order to give high marks to the pupils.
Nine O'Clock |
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Heritage Day Concert Series starts in Bonham
The music starts Thursday night, July 3rd, 7 – 9 p.m., at the VA hospital auditorium in Bonham, TX. The auditorium is in Building 3 across the street from the walking track parking lot on the east side of the VA complex. Admission is free! Bring your friends and enjoy an evening of fun!
KXII Sherman |
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Kindermusik holds free classes
Kindermusik International, the world’s most respected name in children’s musical learning, is hosting a world-wide day of free musical learning to children around the globe....
Friendswood Journal |
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Stage Review: Multilayered "Passing Strange" is for real
NEW YORK -- Mark "Stew" Stewart and Heidi Rodewald's sweeping rock-and-roll musical is a multilayered treat as unique as your favorite rock song yet as universal as the entire rock genre.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |
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American Eagle launches C.R. flights to N.Y.
CEDAR RAPIDS and#8212; With members of the Cedar Rapids Symphony Follies "Rockettes" dancing to Frank Sinatra singing "New York, New York," American Eagle Airlines on Wednesday inaugurated non-stop service between Cedar Rapids and New York's LaGuardia Airport.Airport Director Dan Mann said New York is one of the top 10 destinations for business and leisure travelers using the regional airport in ...
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State Police Prepare for Rothbury Music Festival
Michigan State Police are busy preparing for the influx of tens of thousands of people to a tiny community of just hundreds. The Rothbury Music Festival kicks off Thursday. It will bring more than 30-thousand people near the tiny town of Rothbury. It will also double the size of Oceana County.
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Mash-Up Magician
The walls of a live music venue absorb a lot of sound during its time, but it’s safe to say that few walls have ever encountered the amount of sound that the Thirsty Hippo did when Gregg Gillis performed in the tiny Hattiesburg bar last week.
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Damian & Brothers to perform at Arenele Romane
Damian Draghici, the leader of the band Damian & Brothers (photo) has announced a great concert for the listening pleasure of the Romanian audience, today, at 20.30, at Arenele Romane in Bucharest. The concert is suggestively entitled “Keeping the Fire Alive.”
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New Orleans Park Has Ear For Jazz
All Things Considered , July 2, 2008 - Many national parks have myths, legends and tall tales. At the New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park, the true legends are the musicians. Drummer Benny Jones, leader of the Treme Brass Band, and park ranger Bruce Barnes tell the story of the music.
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Dan Tyminski Steps Into Solo Spotlight on Wheels
Dan Tyminski is a reluctant lead singer, which is surprising for a few reasons. First of all, he consistently holds his own as a vocalist and guitarist in Alison Krauss & Union Station, which is one of the most formidable bands in any genre of music.
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Synchronized Music For Fourth
Ever wonder how the music at a fireworks display gets synchronized to the explosions? Well, according to Paul Souza, a show producer at Pyro Spectaculars by Souza, this highly specialized field of technology has come a long way from the sticker labels, cassette tapes and music logs of yore.
gazettes.com |
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Stage review: 'Adding Machine' a potent chamber musical
Is the marvelous "Adding Machine" a sympathetic tale of one man "going postal," a dystopian (yet horrifyingly familiar) look at our work-a-day world, or a just a good old tale from the great beyond?
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Pitchfork.tv: July 2: Clipse / CSS / The Go! Team / The Besnard Lakes
With the 2008 Pitchfork Music Festival just over two weeks away, Pitchfork.tv today served up another one of last year's highlights: Clipse and their Re-Up Gang associates Ab-Liva and Sandman steamrolling through Hell Hath No Fury standout "Ride Around Shining" before 17,000+ fist-pumping festivalgoers. Look closely and you'll see Thurston Moore soaking it all in upstage. ...
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Fiddler looks for quick payday via eBay
TORONTO (Reuters) - A Canadian fiddler who is no stranger to controversy has put half his future music earnings up for sale on eBay, the auction website.
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Peach Tartes Get Freaky
Summertime means many things to people, but for me, the hot and humid nights call for a romp to Coney Island. Every Friday night among the glittering games, towering Wonder Wheel and loud-booming music pouring from the Polar Express, fireworks are set off about 9:30 on the beach.
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