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A little 'Night Music' does audience good
Romantic, funny, spicy, witty and accessible, Stephen Sondheim's "A Little Night Music" comes with tangled situations and an endless flow of words. Elaborate music and fast dialogue are interwoven, almost all in waltz tempo, in the operetta tradition.
Honolulu Star-Bulletin |
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'A country fair in the country'
RAMONA – About a dozen boys and girls sat around a white plastic table yesterday staring eagerly – or perhaps hungrily – at the watermelon wedges stacked high in front of them.
San Diego Union-Tribune |
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Festival-goer dies after suspected drugs overdose
A YOUNG rock fan from Wales has died after apparently taking drugs at a music festival, police confirmed today.
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Bankrupt project still alive
A crowd of about 100 people watch a free showing of "The Sound of Music" Thursday night at Lake Las Vegas' MonteLago Village. The resort shows family friendly each week and hosts other events on weekends to attract visitors when business is slow in the summer.
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Man charged in Big Valley sex assault
A woman was sexually assaulted at the Big Valley Jamboree Friday morning. Cops said a woman, 19, and her friend were in a campsite around 6 a.m. near the music festival when a man she'd just met invited her for walk.
Calgary Sun |
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Briefs
Just months before he died, George Carlin was looking into the face of death – and making it the butt of his jokes. “You know what I’ve been doing? Going through my address book and crossing out the dead people. Photo caption: Sheryl Crow, performing at a jazz fest in Switzerland, says she and Fleetwood Mac aren’t collaborating … yet. Photo by Associated Press
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette |
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Calendar Aug. 3-6
Narcotics Anonymous: 6 p.m. at Calvary Lutheran Church. The only requirement is a desire to stop using. Patriotic Concert with Tim and Marie Schmidt: 7:30 p.m. at Hubbard United Methodist Church.
Park Rapids Enterprise |
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Edinburgh Fringe hits stride in month-long party
EDINBURGH (Reuters) - The Edinburgh Fringe hit its stride over the weekend, offering a record number of productions through the festival month including comedy, drama, music, and a host of would-be stars aiming to break into the big time.
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Michigan State Coach Sued
Music industry sues MSU golf coach
WILX 10 Lansing |
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Trip tracker
Want the feel of Vegas without the gambling? Located in the Ozark Mountains, Branson, Mo., offers entertainment for the whole family. Every type of music and live shows are offered, and the dancing girls won't make your 10-year-old son blush ... too much.
Anchorage Daily News |
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Musicals say the darnedest things
The vivid image … the unexpected rhyme … the witty play on words … With all of those assets, song lyrics can be one of the signal pleasures of musical theater. That's not true just for audiences, but for performers, too.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch |
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Olympic movement doesn't move him
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Contrary to the rumors, the Summer Olympics will go on as scheduled, despite the killer smog in Beijing, the algae threatening to smother the ocean at the yachting venue, and the absence of most of this country's sporting press, who will be busy trying to crawl inside Brett Favre's head as he waffles over daily life decisions: tuna salad or peanut butter and jelly?
Staten Island Advance |
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Edinburgh Fringe hits stride in month-long party
EDINBURGH (Reuters) - The Edinburgh Fringe hit its stride over the weekend, offering a record number of productions through the festival month including comedy, drama, music, and a host of would-be stars aiming to break into the big time.
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Festivals offer musicians a respite
Many full-time orchestras have summer homes — the Chicago Symphony Orchestra's Ravinia Festival, Boston's Tanglewood — or residencies at various festivals. Vail, Colo., for example, hosts the New York Philharmonic, the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Rochester Philharmonic in successive weeks.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch |
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North West Evening Mail
A 20-year-old woman has died following a suspected drug overdose at this weekend's Kendal Calling music festival. The woman who is from Wales fell ill on Friday during the first night of the three-day music event.
North-West Evening Mail |
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Guitar Society, Cathedral Concerts announce lineups
The St. Louis Classical Guitar Society and St. Louis Cathedral Concerts have announced their 2008-09 seasons. There are four concerts in the Guitar Society's regular series and two "special performances."
St. Louis Post-Dispatch |
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Blue skies, blues music
Blues fans enjoyed a picture-postcard day on the Ohio River as they poured into Bicentennial Commons at Sawyer Point for the second day of the annual Cincy Blues Fest.
The Cincinnati Enquirer |
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Chamber series back at Carnegie
For its second chamber music season, the Carnegie Visual and Performing Arts Center in Covington is doubling its concerts and expanding its lineup.
The Cincinnati Enquirer |
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This Wurlitzer's mighty expensive
Jack Moelmann's passion for playing the pipe organ runs so deep that he recently plunked down nearly $120,000 to perform on the famed Wurlitzer organ at New York's Radio City Music Hall.
The Cincinnati Enquirer |
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Family Fundraiser
The University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music Preparatory Department hosted the inaugural Ted Hitchens Family Fundraiser at Dunham Recreation Center in Price Hill.
The Cincinnati Enquirer |
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Edinburgh Fringe hits stride in month-long party
The Edinburgh Fringe hit its stride over the weekend, offering a record number of productions through the festival month including comedy, drama, music, and a host of would-be stars aiming to break into the big time.
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Toronto whiz kid adds North American flavour to Bollywood
Vikas Kohli, who is the latest Indian-Canadian to enter Bollywood with his hit song 'Apun Ke Saath' in the recently released thriller 'Mission Istaanbul', says he wants to make it big in Indian showbiz.
Calcutta News |
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Festival-goer fighting for life
A ROCK fan from Wales was fighting for her life last night after taking drugs at a music festival.
icWales |
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Garage Band Idol
Some music is entertainment. Some music is art. It's obvious Gord Hagen aims for the latter.
winnipegsun.com |
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CD Reviews
When Conor claims "there's nothing that the road cannot heal," he means it. For this solo CD, the shivery troubadour left his band, record label and country -- and found a masterwork.
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