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Shrimp Festival kicks off
A South Louisiana tradition continues this weekend as the town of Delcambre hosts its annual Shrimp Festival.
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Fire razes Tabaco National High School
Four rooms of Tabaco National High School in Tabaco City was razed by fire around 5 p.m. Saturday afternoon. The school’s faculty lounge, music room, supply office and the Alay Kapwa cooperative room were totally razed by fire.
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Pacelli Mum Fundraiser for music underway
The Pacelli Music Department’s Fall Mum Fundraiser has begun. This fundraiser will help raise money for the 2009 spring choir trip. Students will be selling these 8-inch mums for only $10. You may choose from red, yellow, purple, bronze or pink.
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Selmaâ€s Luna plays at Olympics
Yet another Selma High graduate has taken part in this year's 2008 Olympics in Beijing, China. But unlike Selma's Andrea Duran, who's playing third base with the USA Softball Women's National team, Selma High grad Aaron Luna helped entertain crowds with pre-Olympics music performances.
The Hanford Sentinel |
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Rock Band 2 Dev Talks Track Selection, Exclusivity Deals
IGN spoke with Eric Brosious, audio director for Harmonix, about selecting songs for the upcoming Rock Band 2 release. He talks about balancing difficulty between instruments, bringing a wider range of genres to the game, and his view on the competition for songs and artists between Harmonix and Activision. "We prefer not to sign exclusive deals with artists because while it seems like the ...
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Adirondack Museum Looks at Legacy of Polish Primadonna
In the foothills of the Adirondacks is the former teaching studio of one of the opera world's most legendary sopranos. In the small village of Bolton Landing, Marcella Sembrich taught music lessons at her lakefront property for years after she'd officially retired from the opera world.
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Questions/Answers
Questions and answers on Daily Bulletin stories from readers like you. Claremont Community School of Music has spent more than 30 years helping to spread a love of the arts.
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Bappi Lahiri celebrates Rakhi with differently abled children
Bollywood music director Bappi Lahiri had a memorable Raksha Bandhan Saturday with a group of physically and mentally challenged children.
Calcutta News |
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Kenya: Beijing Notebook
Among the beneficiaries of the Olympics here are the Beijing tattoo artists. Chinese characters, dragons and phoenixes are the most popular, according to officials of an organisation of tattoo artists (yes, they are that organised!). For the younger generation, Chinese ghosts are the top choice.
AllAfrica.com |
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Phil Spector - Music Producer Spector To Face Murder Retrial In October
Music producer Phil Spector will face a retrial for murder in October despite defence attempts to stop it, an appeals court in California has ruled.The court rejected ...
ContactMusic |
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De Burgh live in concert in Tehran? Not yet!
The Music Office of the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance denied the news pertaining live concert of Irish singer Chris de Burgh in Tehran. According to the report, no official request in this regard has been submitted to Music Office yet, adding that no permit has been issued.
Payvand Iran News |
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Army's recruiting songster to bring his tunes to the fair
When Sgt. 1st Class Jamie Buckley comes home to the Tri-Cities, it won't be just to visit his family. He'll also be crooning a few tunes at the Benton Franklin Fair & Rodeo.
Tri-City Herald |
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Music Review: M.ILL.ION - Thrill of the Chase
Sweden's M.ILL.ION are back and enjoying the Thrill of the Chase It was their very first album entitled No 1 that secured M.ILL.ION’s reputation and found them justifiably labelled as ‘Sweden’s Finest’. The hard rocking album went top thirty in Japan but it was when they released their second album We, Ourselves and Us in 1995 that their now familiar melodic rock sound really began to...
Blogcritics.org |
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Guitar Hero's classic rock draws fans of all ages
Marien Castellanos Jr. got both his name and miniature electric guitar from his father, who wanted his 5-year-old son to be able to rock out with Dad. But it was too early for the boy's little fingers to take on the real deal.
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Faith focus
recital for anniversary RED WING -- The 150th anniversary celebration for St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church will feature a music recital at 2 p.m. today in the church sanctuary in Red Wing. The performance will include a guest performance by for
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Dance to the music
Perennial Plymouth favorite Entrain rocked Plymouth Harbor Wednesday night during the Project Arts River Run Summer Concert Series. Entrain rocks!
Old Colony Memorial & Plymouth Bulletin |
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The Great Minnesota Sing-Together
Minnesota Voices puts new choral music onstage at the State Fair.
Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune |
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Music Review: Jonas Brothers - A Little Bit Longer
It is so good … The only problem with the new Jonas Brothers CD is that my twin sister and I are now completely in love with all of the Jonas Brothers. We tried so hard to not turn into crazy psychotic “I’m going to marry the Jonas Brothers” fans. I wouldn’t say we are crazy and psychotic about them and I won’t ever stalk them or any...
Blogcritics.org |
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Atlanta Rapper Yung Joc Sued For Being Alleged Deadbeat Daddy
EXCLUSIVE: The mother of Atlanta-based rapper Yung Joc, whose real name is Jasiel Robinson, says a child support payment would be music to her ears.
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A fixture on the river for 27 years, Empress almost never got launched
The Canadian Empress is about to set sail from the Fort Town to its next port of call - Brockville - with passengers from all over North America when its indomitable owner Bob Clark climbs aboard. Surveying the scenery on the St. Lawrence River under sunny skies on the [...]
The Brockville Recorder and Times |
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Pandora radio on deathbed?
The wonderful web radio giant Pandora.com -- and lesser web radio sites, too -- are reportedly about to be done in by per-song performance royalty rates doubled last year by a federal panel. Pandora's founder says he'll have to shut it down soon if the terms can't be changed.
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Music Reviews: Three Jazz Records From Jim Shearer, Pam Purvis, and Lazlo Gardony
A tuba, a diva's voice, and master of musical styles. Why three jazz records? Because two or four is just a regular beat. This is jazz, music for the heart and the mind. JIM SHEARER & CHARLIE WOOD – THE MEMPHIS HANG All hail Deathtongue! In the 80s there was a comic strip called Bloom County. Towards the end of its run, some of the regular characters were put into a band called...
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District funds music classes
The Woodland Joint Unified School District board room erupted in cheers last night, as the board agreed to add more classes to the district's music program. Board members were scheduled to discuss the music program during their Aug.
The Daily Democrat |
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"Alamid" recalls how hit song "Your Love" catapulted the group to fame
Alamid is always thankful for the rain that cancelled the second of Bon Jovi's two-night concert. If not for it, the band wouldn't have been discovered and signed to a record deal on November 4, 1993.
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Calendar Listings
Snowden Music & Bike Rally - Featuring Blind Melon, Saliva, Kansas, and Bad Company. Fri.-Sun., Aug. 15-17. $37.50-$47.50 525-1515. Snowden Grove Park 6205 Snowden Lane, Southaven, MS (North Mississippi).
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