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Music school shuttered for lack of funding
Posted: 10:16 AM- AMERICAN FORK - The halls of a 10-year-old music school have been unexpectedly silenced. The investment group that backed "The Music School" in American Fork have pulled their funding, leaving the school with no choice but to close.
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Momentum builds for festival
JUDGES of the 2008 Telstra CountryWide Inverell Sapphire City Festival Queen are going to have a hard time choosing a winner.
Inverell Times |
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Review: 'Nights in Rodanthe'
Diane Lane and Richard Gere reteam in a seaside-set romance. The celebrated theater director and playwright George C. Wolfe has spearheaded some dazzlingly cinematic works for the stage, including the musicals "Jelly's Last Jam" and "Bring in 'da Noise, Bring in 'da Funk" -- fluid, provocative, terrific shows. Now in his feature film directorial debut, Wolfe has brought in 'da hunk of cheese ...
Los Angeles Times |
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'Stump the band' slated at kickoff to new concert association season
Audience participation will be a big part of the show when the Morgan County Concert Association offers the first concert of its the 2008-09 series on Sept. 28.
The Fort Morgan Times |
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MySpace Moves Into Music
MySpace will also offer concert ticket purchases and merchandise. The music will come free of digital rights management protection.
Mediaweek |
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TV Review: Lost in Austen
Jane Austen's most famous novel with a twist. Given the numerous adaptations of Pride and Prejudice, can we really handle yet another? Yet Lost in Austen offers a completely different take on the classic novel. In 2008, Amanda Price, perhaps the biggest fan of P+P (who else would want that theme music from the 1995 version as their mobile phone ringtone?), is living a typical young...
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16 violins rescued from Holocaust play again
Associated Press - September 25, 2008 7:23 PM ET JERUSALEM (AP) - Sixteen violins once lost in the turmoil of the Nazi Holocaust have made music together for the first time in a concert outside...
WLFI Lafayette |
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New York Film Festival's 12 best bets
Last year's New York Film Festival gave us 'No Country For Old Men' and 'The Diving Bell and the Butterfly.' This year, the festival, now in its 46th year, offers a crop of equally enticing and sobering movies. On the slate are 28 films from 18 countries, helmed by veteran and first-time directors.
AM New York |
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Project’s native musicians will teach art of African drumming
For three whole days in the coming week, Widefield Elementary School students won't be punished for leaving their seats or making too much noise - in fact, they will be encouraged to do so.
Colorado Springs Gazette |
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So many shows, so little time at Austin City Limits fest
The Austin City Limits Music Festival is all about eclectic shows. This year will be no different.
Houston Chronicle |
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Charlie Walker: Honky-tonk singer of 'Pick Me Up On Your Way Down'
Charlie Walker was a honky-tonk musician and disc jockey best known for his classic recording of "Pick Me Up On Your Way Down". Written by the great Harlan Howard, the song, with its insistent shuffle rhythm, was a Top Five country hit in 1958.
Independent |
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Columbia Festival of the Arts to return this weekend
COLUMBIA — In an eclectic flurry of dance, music, literature, arts and crafts, the Columbia Festival of the Arts will commence its 17th annual celebrations on Courthouse Square this weekend. When: From 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. Where: Boone County Courthouse Square between Seventh, Ninth, Ash and Walnut streets, one block north of Broadway. Weather: Sunny and mostly ...
Columbia Missourian |
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The Future of Fake Music
Finally, the second installment of the "be a fake band" game has come out! Harmonix released Rock Band 2 for the Xbox 360 on Sept. 14, and the party favorite is said to be available for Playstation 2, Playstation 3, and Nintendo Wii before the year is over.
The Cowl |
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Fifty years of rock'n'roll: 'His violent hip-swinging was revolting'
Cliff Richard and Marty Wilde talk to John Pidgeon fifty years after the fever of rock'n'roll came to British TV screens
Guardian Unlimited |
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16 violins rescued from Holocaust play again
Associated Press - September 25, 2008 7:23 PM ET JERUSALEM (AP) - Sixteen violins once lost in the turmoil of the Nazi Holocaust have made music together for the first time in a concert outside...
News West 9 Midland |
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Sugababes - Sugababes Confirmed For Bt Digital Music Awards Line-up
Sugababes are to open the 2008 BT Digital Music awards, it has been confirmed.The girl trio will kick off the awards at the Roundhouse venue in north London ...
ContactMusic |
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16 violins rescued from Holocaust play again
JERUSALEM (AP) - Sixteen violins once lost in the turmoil of the Nazi Holocaust have made music together for the first time in a concert outside the walls of Jerusalem's Old City.
KRQE Albuquerque |
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Tourism leader’s surprise lunch adieu
THE contribution by Warwick Bennet to Tamworth, country music and tourism in the region was recognised at a farewell lunch yesterday at the Quality Hotel Powerhouse.
Northern Daily Leader |
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Inaugural event to recognise Dayak musicians
KUCHING: The Dayak music industry will be accorded due recognition when the inaugural Dayak Music Awards (Dama) 2008 presentation is held here tomorrow.
The Star |
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Bible Park backer's S.C. venture files for bankruptcy
Hard Rock Park, a South Carolina theme park that a Bible Park USA investor said he helped build, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and will be closed for the remainder of the year, according to the Hard Rock Park's Web site.
The Tennessean |
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Toshiba Funds Store Kiosks for Downloading Content
Several days after SanDisk announced plans to sell a microSD card pre-loaded with music, Toshiba and NCR Corporation said Thursday that they will invest $35 million in MOD Systems, which produces in-store kiosks that allow consumers to download content – including music and more – directly to portable devices.
PC Magazine |
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New York Film Festival's 12 best bets
From Clint Eastwood with Angelina Jolie to Steven Soderbergh, Wong Kar Wai and Catherine Deneuve, big names are at their best.
AM New York |
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Portland's Obsession With Musical Theater -- Now We're Creating Our Own
OWEN CAREY/SPECIAL TO THE OREGONIANGamblers called Harry the Horse and Nicely-Nicely Johnson, pinstripes, fedoras and "the largest permanent floating crap game in New York" are all part of the distinctive atmosphere in "Guys & Dolls," one of the greatest of...
The Oregonian |
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Lyric artistic director moving to Broadway
After serving nine seasons as Lyric Theatre's artistic director, Nick Demos is heading to New York to begin the next stage of his career: that of a Broadway producer. He already has two shows in the works: "Vanities, the Musical,” scheduled to open in February, and "Memphis,” a history of rock 'n' roll, opening in September 2009. When Demos became Lyric's artistic director in 2000, he inherited ...
The Oklahoman |
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