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University to present performance by trumpet professor Champouillon
The East Tennessee State University music department will present a free faculty recital by trumpet professor Dr. David Champouillon at 7:30 p.m. Aug. 26 at First Presbyterian Church titled “Sound of the Trumpets.”
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Stardust gets17 years
Once a popular and well-respected church music director in Eagle River, Paul Michael “Ziggy” Ziegfield Stardust left the Vilas County Courthouse Friday a convicted sex offender bound for a prison cell.
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Drexel Fair boasts lively lineup
MORGANTON - If you haven't had your fill of rides, candy apples and funnel cakes, the Drexel Fair will be up your alley. The Drexel Fair starts on Tuesday and runs through Saturday. Gates open every day at 5:30 p.m. Admission is free and arm bands - allowing unlimited rides - are available every night for $15. Discount tickets can be purchased at Jack-B-Quick in Valdese and Drexel, Butch's BBQ & ...
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50 Years Ago in Burke County
• Judy Yarbrough, Patsy Berry and Carol Garrison have entered the Miss Drexel Fair contest. • Linda Dickson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Zeb Dickson, celebrated her sweet-16 birthday with a party in Glen Alpine. • A collection of 22 books on religious subjects was donated to the Public Library by Morganton Seventh Day Adventist Church. • Wayne Turner of Salem putted his way to the miniature golf ...
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Mexican-themed festival planned for Tuesday
SARATOGA SPRINGS -- This weeks’s "dark day" at the Saratoga Race Course will be brightened by a fiesta.
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From glam rock to criminal
GARY GLITTER today is barely recognisable from the brash, ebullient, big-haired star of 1970s glam rock.
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From the Archives: Gettysburg Store celebrates bluegrass
This story from the EveningSun.Com archives was originally published on May 13, 2007. Check back soon for new stories from the 2008 May Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival.
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Appeals court: Phil Spector's retrial can proceed
A court panel in Los Angeles has decided that the retrial of music producer Phil Spector on a murder charge can proceed.
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Behind the Scenes of Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Cue the dramatic theme music. Star Wars returns to the big screen but this time around Obi Wan Kenobi, Luke Skywalker, and the rest of the Jedi Knights are in...
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Local and international acts combined to put on a free concert as MTV's Snow Jam was broadcast to 27 countries. Reviewer Vicki Anderson was there.
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VexFest
14 hours of live music going on in downtown Youngstown and it's all free!
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VexFest
14 hours of live music going on in downtown Youngstown and it's all free! Videographer Brian Olhbeck has the sights and sounds of VexFest. To see the sights and sounds of VexFest go to the news viewer and click on extras. The party continues tonight on West Federal Street until 2 a-m.
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Bolt of lightning: Jamaican breaks 100 record, wins gold
BEIJING - Oh, mon! It turns out Jamaica's Usain Bolt didn't need a push from either countryman Asafa Powell or American Tyson Gay in the Olympic 100-meter final. He was running only against history. And he won. Bolt gave the Beijing track and field program it's first major
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Al Stoeckman leads YME into the 2008 - 2009 school yea into the 2008-2009 school year
“So far it's been like a honeymoon,” said new Y.M.E. Superintendent Al Stoeckman. The communities have been so welcoming. I've had an opportunity to visit with folks here in Granite as well as Clarkfield, Echo and Hanley Falls. They have been very open and willing to share.”
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Kristin Hersh, Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh Festival
Paradoxical undressing, apparently, is the tendency hypothermia victims have to want to undress, threatening their lives while the balance of their mind is impaired, while they're "cold stupid". Paradoxical Undressing is also the title of this solo spoken word and music show by sometime Throwing Muses member Kristin Hersh, from Atlanta, in which she shares some of her most personal thoughts ...
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Bodyvive fever hits KL
Health enthusiasts and True Fitness members looking for another fun group exercise programme can now sign up for Bodyvive, a low-impact exercise incorporating easy-to-follow movements with music.
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Olympics: Jamaican women sweep 100 meters
One day after Bolt's triumph in men's race, Fraser, Simpson, Stewart make country proud A few fun-loving fresh faces have suddenly turned Jamaica into the "World's Fastest Nation."
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All Events for 19 Aug 2008
Until 31 Dec 2008 Learn to move to different Arabic rhythms, feeling the music and finding your own centre. Sessions, suitable for all women, include relaxing exercises, group work and choreographies. With experienced...
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12 Bones restaurant to change name, expand, host live music
Jeff Lane and Doug Beatty stand inside 12 Bones on Main Street. David Grace photo. KINGSPORT — The popular 12 Bones restaurant in downtown Kingsport will soon get a new name, expand its space, and increase its offerings.
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Ronnie Drew: Lead singer of the Dubliners
With his huge bushy beard, trademark gravelly voice and a gift for stripping a song down to its soul, Ronnie Drew was one of Ireland's musical heroes. He was a founder member of the folk group the Dubliners, whose charismatic stage presence and penchant for raw, bar-room ballads and roaring chorus songs helped them achieve unprecendented international success over four decades. Drew was the ...
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Jerry Wexler: Co-owner of Atlantic Records who produced Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin and Dusty Springfield
The record producer Jerry Wexler was a champion of black music. He not only devised the term "Rhythm and Blues", but he also made some of the best records in the genre during his 22-year tenure at Atlantic Records, including "Shake, Rattle and Roll" by Big Joe Turner, "What'd I Say" by Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin's "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" and "In The Midnight Hour" by Wilson ...
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Aretha Franklin - Franklin Gets Festive
Soul queen ARETHA FRANKLIN has become the latest star to record an album of Christmas hits - because she's sick of dancing to other people's songs over the holidays. ...
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Popular festival performers return
The popular Bethlehem Singers will return to the Cowra Japanese Garden for their 11th year at the Garden’s Sakura Matsuri (Cherry Blossom) Festival. The singers are a group of keen students of Japanese at Bethlehem College, Ashfield, Sydney.
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art Till August 18 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm - 8 pm:
The sixth group exhibition by Bengal Trayee, a group of young artistes. Till August 18 at Seagull Arts and Media Resource Centre, 36C S.P. Mukherjee Road, #2455 6942/43: An exhibition of video art, as part of a Festival of Films and Video Art from China, showcasing five young artists whose works reflect the diversity of individual status under the huge social changes.
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CMR now off the air and on the net
Capital. With a history going back to 1965 and the beginning of the Festival, Mr Erby said he had been proud to broadcast the program over the 2TM and 92.9 airwaves since the mid- 1980s and was now excited to be broadcasting the program over the internet as of today.
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