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Travel Tip Tuesday - Boo at the Zoo - NYC
It's Travel Tip Tuesday - where I bring you fun ways to spend the day in "my" city - NYC! Today's travel tip brings us to the borough of The Bronx. More specifically - The Bronx Zoo!
This time of year the animals are so active, with the heat behind them and the cool weather setting in. An annual tradition at The Bronx Zoo is Boo at the Zoo. These fall fun filled weekends include: Hay mazes, musical theater, magic shows, costume parades and more. Adding a trip to Boo at the Zoo to your itinerary is worth your time.
You will find the Zoo transformed into something out of a Halloween movie. The staff has decorated it to the nines!
The dates for the Boo at the Zoo weekends are from October 5 - November 3rd. If you are planning at trip to the city that never sleeps - I suggest you bring the kiddies to The Bronx Zoo for some BOO at the Zoo!
TRAVEL TIP: If you are visiting the city that never sleeps and money is tight - try visiting The Bronx Zoo on a Wednesday. Wednesdays are Donation Day - you pay what you can afford for the entry fee.
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Until next time - Travel safely and be blessed!


We are excited to announce that TEEG’s latest dual-branded entertainment venue, Timezone and Zone Bowling, has officially opened its doors at our shopping centre, Top Ryde City!
The new family entertainment venue spans over 3,000sqm and features over 140 games and entertainment offerings, 12 bowling lanes, a Laser Tag arena, a Spin Zone Bumper Car arena and importantly, a winner’s vault! The fun doesn’t stop there – the entertainment offerings are also accompanied by an on-site café / bar and three multi-purpose party rooms.
The launch of this amazing entertainment concept is an example of our commitment to enhancing the retail offering for our community. Thanks to the TEEG team, who have been great partners over the past two years, as we have worked together to bring this amazing space to life!
As NSW begins its return out of lockdown, we are pleased that we can bring back the fun and raise the spirits of children and adults of all ages. Let the FUN begin!
We are tremendously excited by the addition of Timezone and Zone Bowling at Top Ryde City. The new concept venue has shown us how strong the customer appetite is for fresh out-of-home entertainment options whilst enhancing our family entertainment credentials.
- Ramsey Fodda, General Manager Leasing - Retail


The Pokey Ball Jumper is a digital entertainment application wherein participants assume control of a spherical object with the objective of surmounting various impediments and accumulating points.
Within the context of the game, the player is required to manipulate the ball's movements by utilizing either the joystick or employing on-screen gestures. In order to minimize point deductions or loss of life, it is imperative for individuals to navigate through a series of obstacles, including but not limited to spikes and other barriers, with caution and precision. Simultaneously, players are required to amass valuable objects in order to augment their scores and gain access to previously inaccessible levels.
Games with Pokey Ball Jumpers are frequently built with visually captivating graphics and dynamically engaging soundtracks, so cultivating an exhilarating entertainment encounter for players. Simultaneously, the inherent competitiveness of the game serves as a catalyst for players to actively engage in overcoming obstacles and enhancing their abilities.


I play with NOCB weekly (our website here). Right now we’re preparing for our two July 4th gigs. Knowing we have to please the audience who want to hear things they know, we’re drowning in movie theme songs, patriotic medleys, and showtunes. I have to admit I am enjoying the Lennon/McCartney portrait..
The best quote of the night came from a horn player pursuing her PhD in Music Education who noted that the only thing worse than a John Williams piece is a John Williams piece arranged by Robert W. Smith… (okay, so I wish I could claim that quote – the best I can do is archive it on my blog).
After almost fours years of membership in NOCB, these will be my last two concerts with them as I prepare to move to Florida. The band is several steps above most civic/community ensembles, and just one step below the esteemed Northshore Concert Band in Evanston, Illinois. The group will get there though. We’ve performed some incredible wind band repertoire together. I can’t wait to see the direction they take in the next few years, and can’t wait to hop back in my seat (if there’s a spot) when I return to New Orleans in a few years…
Here are two clips from our last concert in May:


Teaching students to love music, themselves, and their world
What people are saying
We loved having Strings be part of Winterfest. They were absolutely adorable and so talented!
I wanted to say thank you again for coming out and playing at Nashville Chalk Fest! Everyone thought your music was awesome and we would love to have you back again next year!
What I love most about y'all is that you bring joy to your music and choose to share that joy with our Morningside residents. We can tell y'all love performing and that love transmits over to your audience!


Picking up the Pieces
These are all titles of original instrumental guitar compositions by guitarist Patrick Smith. I met Patrick on Twitter. His music is that which comes from the heart and ears of one who is awake, paying attention, adventurous and curious. The songs are reflective, evocative, sometimes “netherworldly.”
To me, they ask questions rather than make statements.
I’ve been looking for a way to share a song of his with you for months now, but neither my blog service nor my Mystery Message service could handle the file size. Today, a You Tube video of images accompanied by one of Patrick’s pieces was uploaded and so now, I can share his music with you by way of You Tube.
You can sample more of his music on his website. If you like Patrick’s music, please support him by paying the small fee to download it for your mp3 player.
Here is: Cloud Shepherd. Thank you Patrick!
And thank you T J Matthews for your beautiful images! (T J is a neighbor of Patrick’s with no site to which I might link you)
copyright (c) February 2011, Kathy J Loh, All Rights Reserved


Play and have fun in the Pet Paradise!
Customize and create your own virtual pet, build and decorate your home!
Navigate between your rooms! They're free to decorate with drag & drop!
Dress your pet with thousands of combinations, feed it and take care of it!
Plant seeds in your garden, let them grow and harvest fruits!
Go outside and navigate between shops available in the city!
Buy the most cute items in the shops and collect them!
Visit your friends to interact with their pets and see their homes!
Go fishing and catch the most funny and weird fish in the paradise.
Go dig in the treasure map and get the most rare items!
Have fun gifting items to your friends!
Much more surprises!


Ned Vizzini is the New York Times bestselling author of young-adult books It's Kind of a Funny Story, The Other Normals, Be More Chill, and Teen Angst? Naaah.... In television, he has written for MTV's Teen Wolf and currently writes for NBC's Believe, forthcoming in March 2014 from J.J. Abrams and Alfonso Cuarón. His essays and criticism have appeared in the New York Times, the Daily Beast, and the New Yorker. He is the coauthor with Chris Columbus of the fantasy-adventure series House of Secrets. His work has been translated into 25 languages. He lives in Los Angeles.


|"I Want to Hold Your Hand"|
|Single by the Beatles|
|Recorded||17 October 1963|
|The Beatles UK singles chronology|
|The Beatles US singles chronology|
"I Want to Hold Your Hand" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles. Written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, and recorded on 17 October 1963, it was the first Beatles record to be made using four-track recording equipment.
With advance orders exceeding one million copies in the United Kingdom, "I Want to Hold Your Hand" would have gone straight to the top of the British record charts on its day of release (29 November 1963) had it not been blocked by the group's first million-seller "She Loves You", their previous UK single, which was having a resurgence of popularity following intense media coverage of the group. Taking two weeks to dislodge its predecessor, "I Want to Hold Your Hand" stayed at number one for five weeks and remained in the UK top 50 for 21 weeks in total.
It was also the group's first American number-one hit, entering the Billboard Hot 100 chart on 18 January 1964 at number 45 and starting the British Invasion of the American music industry. By 1 February it topped the Hot 100, and stayed there for seven weeks before being replaced by "She Loves You". It remained on the Billboard chart for 15 weeks. "I Want to Hold Your Hand" became the Beatles' best-selling single worldwide, selling more than 12 million copies. In 2018, Billboard magazine named it the 48th biggest hit of all time on the Billboard Hot 100. In the UK, it was the second-highest-selling single of the 1960s, behind "She Loves You".
Background and composition
Capitol Records' rejection of the group's recordings in the US was now Brian Epstein's main concern, and he encouraged Lennon and McCartney to write a song to appeal specifically to the American market. George Martin, however, had no such explicit recollections, believing that Capitol were left with no alternative but to release "I Want to Hold Your Hand" due to increasing demand for the group's product.
McCartney had recently moved into 57 Wimpole Street, London, where he was lodging as a guest of Dr Richard and Margaret Asher, and whose daughter, actress Jane Asher, had become McCartney's girlfriend earlier in the year. This location briefly became Lennon and McCartney's new writing base, taking over from McCartney's Forthlin Road home in Liverpool. Margaret Asher taught the oboe in the "small, rather stuffy music room" in the basement where Lennon and McCartney sat at the piano and composed "I Want to Hold Your Hand". In September 1980, Lennon told Playboy magazine:
We wrote a lot of stuff together, one on one, eyeball to eyeball. Like in 'I Want to Hold Your Hand,' I remember when we got the chord that made the song. We were in Jane Asher's house, downstairs in the cellar playing on the piano at the same time. And we had, 'Oh you-u-u/ got that something ...' And Paul hits this chord and I turn to him and say, 'That's it!' I said, 'Do that again!' In those days, we really used to absolutely write like that—both playing into each other's noses.
In 1994, McCartney agreed with Lennon's description of the circumstances surrounding the composition of "I Want to Hold Your Hand", saying: "'Eyeball to eyeball' is a very good description of it. That's exactly how it was. 'I Want to Hold Your Hand' was very co-written." According to Ian MacDonald, in keeping with how Lennon and McCartney collaborated at that time, lyrically bland, random phrases were most likely called out by the pair; if the phrases fitted the overall sound, they would stay. The song's title was probably a variation of "I Wanna Be Your Man", which the Beatles had recently recorded at EMI Studios.
Reminiscent of Tin Pan Alley and Brill Building techniques and an example of modified 32-bar form, "I Want to Hold Your Hand" is written on a two-bridge model, with only an intervening verse to connect them. The song has no real "lead" singer, as Lennon and McCartney sing alternately in unison and in harmony with each other.
The song is in the key of G major and lyrically opens two beats early with "Oh yeah, I'll tell you something" with a D-B, B-D melody note drop and rise over an I (G) chord. Controversy exists over the landmark chord that Lennon stated McCartney hit on the piano while they were composing the song. Wolf Marshall considers it is the minor vi (Em) chord (the third chord in the I–V7–vi (G–D7–Em) progression). Walter Everett is of the same opinion. Dominic Pedler claims, however, that more surprising is the melody note drop from B to F♯ against a III7 (B7) chord on "understand".
The Beatles recorded "I Want to Hold Your Hand" at EMI Studios in Studio 2 on 17 October 1963. This song, along with the single's B-side, "This Boy", was the first Beatles song to be recorded with four-track technology. The two songs were recorded on the same day, and each needed seventeen takes to complete. Mono and stereo mixing was done by George Martin on 21 October 1963; further stereo mixes were done on 8 June 1965, for compilations released by EMI affiliates in Australia and the Netherlands, and on 7 November 1966.
"I Want to Hold Your Hand" was one of two Beatles songs (along with "She Loves You" as "Sie liebt dich") to be later recorded in German, entitled "Komm, gib mir deine Hand" (literally "Come, give me your hand"). Both songs were translated by Luxembourger musician Camillo Felgen, under the pseudonym of "Jean Nicolas". Odeon, the German arm of EMI (the parent company of the Beatles' record label, Parlophone) was convinced that the Beatles' records would not sell in Germany unless they were sung in German. The Beatles detested the idea, and when they were due to record the German version on 27 January 1964 at EMI's Pathe Marconi Studios in Paris (where the Beatles were performing 18 days of concerts at the Olympia Theatre) they chose to boycott the session. Their record producer, George Martin, having waited some hours for them to show up, was outraged and insisted that they give it a try. Two days later, the Beatles recorded "Komm, gib mir deine Hand", one of the few times in their career that they recorded outside London. However, Martin later conceded: "They were right, actually, it wasn't necessary for them to record in German, but they weren't graceless, they did a good job".
"Komm, gib mir deine Hand" was released as a German single in March 1964. In July, the song appeared in full stereo in the United States on the Beatles' Capitol LP Something New. (That album was released in CD form for the first time in 2004, on The Capitol Albums, Volume 1, and then rereleased in 2014, individually and in the boxed set The US Albums.) "Komm, gib mir deine Hand" also appeared on the compilations Past Masters and Mono Masters.
Promotion and release
In the United Kingdom, "She Loves You" (released in August) had shot back to the number-one position in November following blanket media coverage of the Beatles (described as Beatlemania). Mark Lewisohn later wrote: "'She Loves You' had already sold an industry-boggling three quarters of a million before these fresh converts were pushing it into seven figures. And at this very moment, just four weeks before Christmas, with everyone connected to the music and relevant retail industries already lying prone in paroxysms of unimaginable delight, EMI pulled the trigger and released 'I Want to Hold Your Hand'. And then it was bloody pandemonium."
On 29 November 1963, Parlophone Records released "I Want to Hold Your Hand" in the UK, with "This Boy" as the single's B-side. Demand had been building for quite a while, as evidenced by the one million advance orders for the single. When it was finally released, the response was phenomenal. A week after it entered the British charts, on 14 December 1963, it knocked "She Loves You" off the top spot, the first instance of an act taking over from itself at number one in British history, and it clung to the top spot for five weeks. It stayed in the charts for another 15 weeks and made a one-week return to the charts on 16 May 1964. Beatlemania was peaking at that time; during the same period, the Beatles set a record by occupying the top two positions on both the album and single charts in the UK.
EMI and Brian Epstein finally convinced American label Capitol Records, a subsidiary of EMI, that the Beatles could make an impact in the US, leading to the release of "I Want to Hold Your Hand" with "I Saw Her Standing There" on the B-side as a single on 26 December 1963. Capitol had previously resisted issuing Beatle recordings in the US. This resulted in the relatively modest Vee-Jay and Swan labels releasing the group's earlier Parlophone counterparts in the US. Seizing the opportunity, Epstein demanded US$40,000 from Capitol to promote the single (the most the Beatles had ever previously spent on an advertising campaign was US$5,000). The single had actually been intended for release in mid-January 1964, coinciding with the planned appearance of the Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show. However, a fourteen-year-old fan of the Beatles, Marsha Albert, wanted to hear the Beatles on the radio earlier. Later she said:
It wasn't so much what I had seen, it's what I had heard. They had a scene where they played a clip of "She Loves You" and I thought it was a great song ... I wrote that I thought the Beatles would be really popular here, and if [deejay Carroll James] could get one of their records, that would really be great.
James was the DJ for WWDC, a radio station in Washington, DC. Eventually he decided to pursue Albert's suggestion to him and asked the station's promotion director to get British Overseas Airways Corporation to ship in a copy of "I Want to Hold Your Hand" from Britain. Albert related what happened next: "Carroll James called me up the day he got the record and said 'If you can get down here by 5 o'clock, we'll let you introduce it.'" Albert managed to get to the station in time, and introduced the record with: "Ladies and gentlemen, for the first time on the air in the United States, here are the Beatles singing 'I Want to Hold Your Hand'."
The song proved to be a huge hit, a surprise for the station since they catered mainly to a more staid audience, which would normally be expecting songs from singers such as Andy Williams or Bobby Vinton instead of rock and roll. James took to playing the song repeatedly on the station, often turning down the song in the middle to make the declaration, "This is a Carroll James exclusive", to avoid theft of the song by other stations.
Capitol threatened to seek a court order banning airplay of "I Want to Hold Your Hand", which was already being spread by James to a couple of DJs in Chicago and St. Louis. James and WWDC ignored the threat, and Capitol came to the conclusion that they could well take advantage of the publicity, releasing the single two weeks ahead of schedule on 26 December.
The demand was insatiable; in the first three days alone, a quarter of a million copies had already been sold (10,000 copies In New York City every hour). Capitol was so overloaded by the demand, it contracted part of the job of pressing copies off to Columbia Records and RCA. By 18 January, the song had started its 15-week chart run, and on 1 February, the Beatles finally achieved their first number one in Billboard (replacing "There! I've Said It Again" by Bobby Vinton, emulating the success of another British group, the Tornados with "Telstar", which topped the Billboard chart for three weeks in December 1962. "I Want to Hold Your Hand" finally relinquished the number-one spot after seven weeks, succeeded by the song they had knocked off the top in Britain: "She Loves You". "I Want to Hold Your Hand" sold around five million copies in the US alone. The replacement of themselves at the top of the US charts was the first time since Elvis Presley in 1956, with "Love Me Tender" beating out "Don't Be Cruel", that an act had dropped off the top of the American charts only to be replaced by another of their releases. "I Want to Hold Your Hand" also finished as the number one song for 1964, according to Billboard. In 2013, Billboard listed it as the 44th most successful song of all-time on the Hot 100.
The American single's front and back sleeves featured a photograph of the Beatles with Paul McCartney holding a cigarette. In 1984, Capitol Records airbrushed out the cigarette for the re-release of the single.
"I Want to Hold Your Hand" was also released in America on the album Meet the Beatles!, which altered the American charts by actually outselling the single. Beforehand, the American markets were more in favour of hit singles instead of whole albums; however, two months after the album's release, it had shipped 3,650,000 copies, over 200,000 ahead of the "I Want to Hold Your Hand" single at 3,400,000.
The song was included on the 1964 Canadian release The Beatles' Long Tall Sally. The November 1966 stereo remix appeared on 1966's A Collection of Beatles Oldies, and on several later Beatles compilation albums, including 1973's 1962–1966, 1982's 20 Greatest Hits, and 2000's 1. The 2009 CD rerelease of the Beatles' catalog included the 1966 stereo remix on Past Masters and the original mono mix on Mono Masters.
Reception and legacy
The song was greeted by raving fans on both sides of the Atlantic but was dismissed by some critics as nothing more than another fad song that would not hold up to the test of time. Cynthia Lowery of the Associated Press expressed her exasperation with Beatlemania by saying of the Beatles: "Heaven knows we've heard them enough. It has been impossible to get a radio weather bulletin or time signal without running into 'I Want to Hold Your Hand'." Esquire's music critic David Newman wrote, "Terrible awful. ...It's the bunk. The Beatles are indistinguishable from a hundred other similar loud and twanging rock-and-roll groups. They aren't talented singers (as Elvis was), they aren't fun (as Elvis was), they aren't anything." In its contemporary review of the US single, Cash Box described it as "an infectious twist-like thumper that could spread like wildfire here."
In his book Revolution in the Head, Ian MacDonald wrote that the song "electrified American pop", adding: "every American artist, black or white, asked about 'I Want to Hold Your Hand' has said much the same: it altered everything, ushering in a new era and changing their lives." Bob Dylan said: "They were doing things nobody was doing. Their chords were outrageous, just outrageous, and their harmonies made it all valid." For a time Dylan thought the Beatles were singing "I get high" instead of "I can't hide". He was surprised when he met them and found out that none of them had actually smoked marijuana. The Beach Boys' Brian Wilson recalled his initial reaction to the song: "I flipped. It was like a shock went through my system ... I immediately knew that everything had changed"; he said that he and Mike Love had a meeting to discuss the challenge presented by the Beatles, as "For a while there, we felt really threatened." In another interview, Wilson said the song "wasn't even that great a record, but they [female Beatles fans] just screamed at it ... It got us off our asses in the studio ... we said 'look, don't worry about the Beatles, we'll cut our own stuff.'"
The Beatles left behind more great music than anybody can process in a lifetime ... Just check out "I Want to Hold Your Hand", which explodes out of the speakers with the most passionate singing, drumming, lyrics, guitars, and girl-crazy howls ever – it's no insult to the Beatles to say they never topped this song because nobody else has either ... It's the most joyous three minutes in the history of human noise.
At the annual Ivor Novello Awards, "I Want to Hold Your Hand" finished second in the category "The 'A' Side of the Record Issued in 1963 Which Achieved the Highest Certified British Sales", behind "She Loves You". The song was nominated for the 1964 Grammy Award for Record of the Year, but the award went to Astrud Gilberto and Stan Getz for "The Girl from Ipanema". However, in 1998, the song won the Grammy Hall of Fame Award. It has also made the list in The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. In addition, the Recording Industry Association of America, the National Endowment for the Arts and Scholastic Press have named "I Want to Hold Your Hand" as one of the Songs of the Century. In 2004, it was ranked number 16 on Rolling Stone's list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time". In 2010, Rolling Stone placed the song at number 2 on its list of the 100 Greatest Beatles Songs, after "A Day in the Life". It was ranked number 2 in Mojo's list on the "100 Records That Changed the World", after Little Richard's "Tutti Frutti". The song was ranked number 39 on Billboard's All Time Top 100. In 2011, Time included the song on its list of the All-TIME 100 Songs. As of December 2018[update], "I Want to Hold Your Hand" was the 18th best-selling single of all time in the UK.
Starting at the song's final week at the top of the American charts, the Beatles have the all-time record of seven number-one songs in a one-year period. In order, these were "I Want to Hold Your Hand", "She Loves You", "Can't Buy Me Love", "Love Me Do", "A Hard Day's Night", "I Feel Fine" and "Eight Days a Week". It was also the first of seven songs written by Lennon–McCartney to top the US charts in 1964—an all-time record for writing the most songs to hit number one on the US charts in the same calendar year.
Cover versions and use in pop culture
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The song has been recorded by many other musicians. Notable examples include:
- In 1964, Arthur Fiedler & the Boston Pops Orchestra recorded an instrumental version, which rose to number 55 in the American charts.
- In 1964, Yugoslav band Bijele Strijele released a Serbo-Croatian version of the song entitled "Ljubav nas čeka" ("Love Is Waiting for Us").
- In 1964, The Supremes included the song in their album A Bit of Liverpool.
- In 1969, soul singer Al Green covered the song.
- In 1976, American band Sparks released a cover as a single. It was included as a bonus track on the 2006 Island re-release of Big Beat.
- In 1980, British pop duo Dollar had a UK Top 10 hit with their cover, included on the re-release of their debut album Shooting Stars (1979).
- In 1982, funk band Lakeside covered the song as a ballad and became a Top Ten R&B hit.
- In 1996, singer Manny Manuel covered the song in Spanish as "Dame tu mano y ven" on the compilation album Tropical Tribute to the Beatles. This version peaked at number 13 on the Billboard Hot Latin Songs chart. Manuel's cover led to McCartney receiving a BMI Latin Award in 1997.
- In 1999, Jennifer Cihi made a cover version of this song for the English-language soundtrack of Sailor Moon.
It has been used in many films and TV shows. Some examples include:
- In 1978, Bob Gale and Robert Zemeckis released a comedic tribute to Beatlemania entitled I Wanna Hold Your Hand.
- In 2007, the musical Across The Universe's Prudence performed a cover version, and it was included on the soundtrack.
- In 2010, the FOX comedy Glee's Kurt Hummel performed a cover version, and it was included on the album and live concert.
- In 2019, "Komm, gib mir deine Hand" was featured in the opening credits of the film Jojo Rabbit.
According to Ian MacDonald:
- John Lennon – vocal, rhythm guitar, handclaps
- Paul McCartney – vocal, bass guitar, handclaps
- George Harrison – lead guitar, handclaps
- Ringo Starr – drums, handclaps
Certifications and sales
|United Kingdom (BPI)||Gold||1,810,829|
|United States (RIAA)||Gold||5,000,000|
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This memoir was a charming little blast from the past. It is the telling of Dean Wareham’s life – what formed his ideology, both politically and musically, and the events that shaped his career, starting in his teenage years in the 70s to the final days of his 90’s band Luna, which broke up in 2005. It is surprisingly detailed – I wasn’t expecting a rock star’s account of drug-tinged memories to be so thorough. Apparently he kept a diary. At times, he mentions specific quotes people said, how they said them, and where they were to create snippets of frozen moments, usually humorous ones – like when he recalls a conversation between Anthony Kiedis (Red Hot Chili Peppers) and his girlfriend in a hotel gym concerning buying workout equipment for their guest house.
The intimate tone of the book blossoms from the sometimes painful details Wareham shares. Besides the somewhat gory description of Galaxie 500’s breakup, Wareham also discloses blow-by-blow tellings of his affair with Luna’s bass player, Britta Phillips (his now wife), and a few other instances of infidelity to his first wife.
I originally bought the book for research into the music industry for my Ana Marie series (first book Call MeAna). I waited until the end of the book to youtube songs from the memoir – I’d never heard of Galaxie 500 or Luna. I really like their sound. In fact, I like it so much, I may have to write a scene to it. I was also pleasantly surprised there are some songs offered on Amazon Prime music.
Wareham’s major bands: Galaxie 500 (87 – 91), Luna (91 – 05), Dean & Britta (07 – current)
A sample of music videos:
Dean performs Galaxie 500 music live https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwnjKikqS8M
Dean & Britta – Mistress America https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhNueiqeqvw
Luna – Lost in Space from Penthouse album https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fn0IM86uC5U
Luna – Rhythm King from Penthouse https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztbNMUslr4w
An interview with Dean Wareham:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEF6LU-074M – Be warned, there is political chatter for about the first 10 minutes.


Your Walt Disney World park tickets let you enjoy My Disney Experience taking your holiday to a whole other level, including free access to FastPass+.
My Disney Experience is a fantastic way to make the most of your Walt Disney World holiday. Not only does it unlock another dimension of magic, it gives you control over the entire experience to make it yours like never before!
Use this online guide to create your personalised Disney holiday before you even leave home. Access via the website or mobile app.
The FastPass+ service lets guests reserve a window to visit selected entertainment experiences, Character Greetings and more - all before even leaving home.
With just a touch, a MagicBand or card allows you to enter the Walt Disney World Parks**, access FastPass+ selections made online, and more.
* Valid theme park admission required. FastPass+ attractions and entertainment experiences, the number of selections you can make and available arrival windows are limited. Certain MyMagic+ features and benefits require online registration.
† Visit mydisneyexperience.com/privacy for information about our privacy and data collection policies, and to learn more about RF technology used in MagicBands and RF cards. **With valid Park admission.


Sat, 11 Nov|
Louis Koo Cinema, Hong Kong Arts Centre
NEW VIOLIN SYLLABUS REVIEW RECITAL 2023
Violinist Ernesson Chiu will share his suggestions on the selection of the new ABRSM 2020-2023 Violin syllabus exam pieces and will perform with accompanist Kenneth Lau pieces from Grade 1 to Grade 8.
Time & Location
11 Nov 2023, 4:30 pm
Louis Koo Cinema, Hong Kong Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai, Hong Kong
About the event
Experience the awe-inspiring talent of Ernesson Chiu as he performs selected pieces chosen from the new ABRSM violin syllabus. Joined by piano accompanist Kenneth Lau, be captivated by their depth and emotion as they take you on their musical journey of captivating, well-known melodies. Don't miss this exceptional opportunity to witness their extraordinary performance. Get your tickets now and be part of a truly unforgettable experience.
感受Ernesson Chiu令人驚嘆的才華，他將與鋼琴伴奏家Kenneth Lau一同演奏選自最新的ABRSM小提琴考試曲目中的精選樂曲。透過他們的情感演繹，帶領您踏上一段充滿魅力的音樂之旅，讓您陶醉於那些耳熟能詳的旋律中。千萬不要錯過這個難得的機會，立即購票，親身見證他們難以忘懷的卓越演出。
Admit ONEFrom HK$80.00 to HK$120.00


Dance for PD® at Home
Now, for the first time, wherever you are, you can join members of the original Dance for PD® class in Brooklyn to enjoy a rigorous, innovative dance class that engages mind, body, and spirit.
This much-anticipated DVD, the first in a series, features a complete class from the internationally-acclaimed dance program developed by Mark Morris Dance Group and Brooklyn Parkinson Group.
Founding teachers from the Mark Morris Dance Group guide viewers through the joyful world of dance. The DVD features:
- Specially-designed movement phrases done either seated or standing
- Creative and stimulating dance combinations
- Moves based on tap, ballet, jazz, modern dance, and improvisation
- Phrases from choreographer Mark Morris' beloved repertory
- Coaching and insight from Morris himself
- Energetic and inspiring musical selections that make you want to move
- Two options on one disc: start learning in our "practice class" and move on to the expedited "through class" when you're ready for a slightly more constant pace
Order through Dance for PD®.


Theme: “Pamana ng mga pangarap”
The theme “Pamana ng mga Pangarap” emphasized the dreams of every created being who leave a life with legacy from their noble aspirations through the achievements of song writing, composing with full of inspirations that music is the spirit of life. Every song writer and composer would left a meaningful messages of his composition of its melodies and harmony with endless tunes and memories.
A Songwriting Competition
Who may participate:
Open to all interested budding song writer and composers.
A must for the Song:
- The melody and lyrics of the song must be entirely original.
- The performance length of the song must be 3 to 5 minutes only.
- The lyrics of the song must be in English, Tagalog or in the vernacular or may be a combination of any of the foregoing. It must depict only constructive impressions, infused with life’s circumstances, heritage or socio-economic situations.
- The song must be in any of the following form:
4.1 Pop Jazz 4.4. Alternative Rock
4.2 Rn B 4. 5 Reggae
4.3 Folk / Country 4. 6 Upbeat
Requirements for the Entry
- A participant may submit only one (1) entry. Once he or she has submitted his or her entry, he or she may not submit another entry whether an individual or part of a shared or group endeavor..
- The melody of the song must be performed in a single vocal line or with back-up vocal arrangements.
- The instrumentation must consist of multiple musical instruments.
The Entry Format:
1. The entry must be submitted to the organizers in a sealed long brown envelope with the following contents/Filled-up entry form
- One (1) CD or DVD disk containing the entry song
- Five (5) copies of the song lyrics
A letter written to the event organizers signifying the intention to join in the competition and must bear the original signature(s) of the lyricist(s) and/or the music creator(s). Submission of song entries must be personally submitted by the concerned song composer, arranger, interpreter at the TUNA COUNCIL OFFICE at 2nd floor, Atrium, Gaisano Mall every Sunday at 2:00PM to 5:00PM this city.
2. The entry must be tendered in CD/DVD disk format
Only the entry song must be the content of the CD / DVD disk copy
The title of the entry must be written on the front side of the CD/DVD disk copy
The Criteria for Judging
A. Screening of Compositions:
- 40% Melody and Harmony
- 30% Lyrical Content and Suitability
- 30% Appropriateness and Originality of Combinations of Music and Textual elementsB.
- 35% Quality of Composition (includes depth, insight, cleverness, realness)
- 35% Quality of Vocal Rendering (includes vocal quality, pitch, delivery, etc.)
- 30% Quality of Overall Performance(includes instrumental technique, stage presence, audience rapport)
Guidelines and Mechanics for Screening and Judging:
- Only eight (8( entries will be chosen as finalists for the competition.
- The composer and/or lyricist may be allowed to work out on recommendations and suggestions for further enhancement of his or her song.
- The composer and/or lyricist may opt to select the singer(s) and instrumentalists who will interpret and/or work out on his or her song in the final performance.
- The 8 finalist-entries shall be performed and judged on a final performance competition night on September 4, 2011 at 6:00PM at the Oval Plaza Stage.
- The decision of the Board of Judges in the Screening of Compositions and Final Performance shall be final and indisputable.
Restrictions of Participation:
- The composers and or lyricists shall hold the Local Government of General Santos City, Tuna Festival Council, and all members of the Gensan Tuna Pop song writing competition committee (MUSIKALILANGAN) free and harmless from any suit, obligation, expenses or liability arising from any fraud or misrepresentation in connection with the song entry submitted to the said competition.
- All finalists are required to attend and participate in all promotional, publicity, production, recording, rehearsal, and finals night activities connected with the competition.
- The committee members, Board of Judges, and anybody who will be involved in the conduct of this competition shall be prohibited from submitting their entry compositions in order to avoid conflict of interest.
- All finalist-entries will automatically become the property of the MUSIKALILANGAN and TUNA FESTIVAL COUNCIL of General Santos City.
Schedule of Activities:
- July 17, 2011 – Start Receiving of Composed Song Entries
- July 24,2011 – First screening of song composition entries
- July 31 2011 – Second Screening of song composition entries
- August 7, 2011 – Third Screening of song composition entries
- August 14, 2011 – Fourth Screening of song composition entries
- August 21, 2011 – Selection of eight (8) finalists
- August 28, 2011 – Musical rehearsal and Pre-Judging by Board of
- For the 8 remaining finalists
- September 4, 2011 – Final Performance Night at the Oval Plaza
- Grand Winner – Php 20,000.00 + Trophy
- First Runner-Up – 15,000.00 + Trophy
- Second Runner-Up – 10,000.00 + Trophy
- Consolation Prizes – 1,000.00 for each non-winning finalists
For Network Inquiry:
- Facebook account: katribumusikalilangan
- Email Add: email@example.com


Monty Python star Terry Jones has died at the age of 77, after having lived with dementia, his agent has said.
A statement from his family said: “We have all lost a kind, funny, warm, creative and truly loving man.”
Fellow Python Sir Michael Palin described Jones as “one of the funniest writer-performers of his generation”.
The Welsh comic actor, writer and director died on Monday, four years after contracting a rare form of dementia known as FTD.
Palin added: “Terry was one of my closest, most valued friends. He was kind, generous, supportive and passionate about living life to the full.
“He was far more than one of the funniest writer-performers of his generation, he was the complete Renaissance comedian – writer, director, presenter, historian, brilliant children’s author, and the warmest, most wonderful company you could wish to have.”
Other comedy figures paid tribute on social media.
Screenwriter Charlie Brooker posted: “RIP the actual genius Terry Jones. Far too many brilliant moments to choose from.”
David Walliams thanked his comedy hero “for a lifetime of laughter”.
Jones appeared in the TV series Monty Python’s Flying Circus and their films as a range of characters including Arthur “Two Sheds” Jackson, Cardinal Biggles of the Spanish Inquisition and Mr Creosote.
He directed the comedy collective’s movie The Holy Grail in 1975 with fellow Python Terry Gilliam, as well as 1979’s Life of Brian and The Meaning of Life in 1983.
His family’s statement added: “Over the past few days his wife, children, extended family and many close friends have been constantly with Terry as he gently slipped away at his home in north London.
“His work with Monty Python, his books, films, television programmes, poems and other work will live on forever, a fitting legacy to a true polymath.”
The family thanked Jones’ “wonderful medical professionals and carers for making the past few years not only bearable but often joyful”.
They said: “We hope that this disease will one day be eradicated entirely. We ask that our privacy be respected at this sensitive time and give thanks that we lived in the presence of an extraordinarily talented, playful and happy man living a truly authentic life, in his words ‘Lovingly frosted with glucose.'”


In the energetic world of DC's GoGo music, being a queen means so much more than just wearing a crown. It's about embodying the essence of the GoGo movement, where women rock stages with their powerful voices and mesmerizing dance moves.
As Queens of GoGo, we support and uplift each other, creating a sisterhood that is unbreakable. We celebrate the diversity and talent within our community, recognizing that each queen brings her unique style and flavor to the stage.
When we step onto the stage, we command attention with our commanding presence and undeniable energy. Our voices resonate through the crowd, captivating everyone in the room. We are the heartbeat of the GoGo movement, keeping the rhythm alive and pulsating.
But being a Queen in GoGo goes beyond the spotlight. We use our platform to inspire and empower others, especially young girls who dream of making their mark in the music industry. We show them that they can be fierce, confident, and unapologetically themselves.
In the world of GoGo, we dance with purpose. Our bodies move in sync with the music, telling stories and expressing emotions that words sometimes fail to convey. We invite everyone to join us on the dance floor, creating a space where unity and joy thrive.
So, being a Queen in DC's GoGo music means being a force to be reckoned with – a symbol of strength, resilience, and creativity. It means using our talents to uplift our community and create a legacy that will be remembered for generations to come.


- Client: Lider Entertainment
- Years: 2016-2020
Selami Şahin is a popular Turkish composer and musician. He has an active musical career over 50 years and his songs are widely known among all the age groups in Turkey and Arab countries. Lider Entertainment as a music production, organisation and management firm is conducting artist management of him.
I've worked on the artist Selami Şahin’s visual reputation, designing concert communication materials (varying from concert posters to ticket designs) and copywriting press statements. My goal for copywriting and designing materials can be defined as understanding the artist's fan groups and reaching them in the right way in order to create positive impressions.


Let’s Party LA Entertainment has performed at hundreds of weddings over the years, from romantic vows being exchanged on sandy beaches to elegant affairs at the Four Seasons in Beverly Hills. Whatever your vision might be, our staff can provide you with the entertainment & experience to make sure your wedding is an event to remember. Our MC/DJs will play the music you and your guests desire while making sure everyone has the time of their lives!
We believe that each event is as unique as our clients and therefore we will arrange private consultations to personally select your favorite music choices, discuss the reception itinerary as well as go over all the details and entertainment plans for your special day. Whatever your needs are we can be sure to meet them. Please contact one of our staff to arrange your free consultation.


AMALFI COAST BY NIGHT
“La Bellavita” presents an exclusive night tour starting at sunset with toast on board. The moonlight in a blue sea will be the essential ingredient of this unique night.
The night tour is the best opportunity to admire the beauty of the Amalfi Coast from a different perspective than that of the day time, where the details of the rock are extraordinarily replaced by the show of lights, where the classic vivid colors of sea and sky give way to a romantic atmosphereunder the moon and the sounds of the sea.
In this spectacle of sounds and colors, La Bellavita offers an aperitif on board with fresh snacks accompanied by local wine and our sparkling wine. Departing from Maiori, Amalfi and Praiano, night tour includes the entire tour of the coast, with a stop near Positano for the toast, where, if you prefer, it is possible swim in the dark sea.
- Life Jackets
- Beach Towels
- Fresh Drinks
- Snorkeling equipment (on request)
- Stereo – canopy/cabin – cushions – spacious sundeck
(to request in advance for a fee)
- Fine wines
- Touristic Guide


Over the years, our students and families have been struck by Marie's classical piano music and original compositions, all of which form the soundtrack to Cozy Grammar's courses.
We're now happy to make these recordings available to help enhance learning, promote calmness, and foster creativity.
Marie Rackham plays her favorite pieces by Ludwig van Beethoven
Marie Rackham plays her favorite pieces by Frédéric Chopin
We look forward to releasing the rest of Marie's classical piano music legacy in 2021:


Gambling Games Online
Gambling games online have become a very popular pastime for many people
around the world. They provide a great way to socialize and play different games
without having to leave the comfort of your home. They can also be used by people
who are not able to travel to land-based casinos due to health reasons, age or other
factors. They offer a lot of conveniences and can be played on a wide variety of
devices online casino, including desktop computers, tablets, and smartphones.
The most important thing to remember when gambling online is to always gamble
responsibly. Whether you are playing slots, roulette or another game, you should
never bet more than you can afford to lose. Keeping this in mind will help you enjoy
the games more and avoid gambling-related problems, such as debt. If you feel that
your gambling is becoming problematic, there are a number of harm minimisation
tools available at most online casinos. These tools allow you to set limits for your
deposits, bets and time spent on the casino. They are easy to use and can make
gambling much safer for you.
Another reason for the popularity of gambling games online is that they are more
flexible than their land-based counterparts. They are accessible at any time of day
and can be paused or stopped when you need to attend to other tasks. This
flexibility makes them a good choice for busy people who cannot spare a large
amount of time to play at a casino.
In addition, gambling online provides players with a number of bonuses and
promotions that can increase their chances of winning real money. These bonuses
can be in the form of free spins, reload bonuses, deposit bonuses and more. These
can be a great way to try out new games, practice your skills and boost your
bankroll. However, you should keep in mind that some of these bonuses and
promotions come with some terms and conditions.
Another advantage of gambling games online is that they can be accessed from any
location with an internet connection. This is a huge benefit for people who do not
have the time or resources to travel to a brick-and-mortar casino, especially those
with health issues, disabilities and other limitations. Furthermore, they can play
games on their own schedule and from the comfort of their own homes, or on the go
using a smartphone.
In addition to the convenience factor, gambling games online offer a more relaxed
atmosphere than their land-based counterparts. There are no crowds to deal with
and the games are usually easier to understand. Moreover, the games are designed
in a way that allows players to maintain their privacy and personal data. This is
particularly important for players who are concerned about security. They can be
confident that their information will not be shared with third parties, and they can
use multiple payment methods to fund their account. Some websites even offer e-
wallets and other secure payment options.


The Magnolia Library and Community Center’s 39th Annual Art Show will be held on the weekend of July 15th-17th, 2016. The event takes place at 1 Lexington Ave. in the Magnolia section of Gloucester, MA. All proceeds benefit the non-profit Magnolia Library and Community Center and participating artists.
Works from artists throughout the North Shore will be on display and for sale. Unframed bin work will also be available for sale. This event is professionally judged, and visitors to the show vote for a people’s choice award.
This well-attended event starts with a champagne reception (all welcome) on Friday July 15th 7:00-9:00 p.m. The show continues on Saturday & Sunday, July 16 & 17 from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. This event is open to the public and free to attend. All artwork is for sale.
ARTISTS: Registration has begun! Registration is fast & easy on Event Brite (eventbrite.com). There is also a mail in registration form included in the Artist Packet (click here) if you are unable to register online; just complete the registration form and mail it in with your payment.


Congratulations on the new album ‘Midnight’! How was it been received so far?
Thanks so much! it’s been a journey getting this one recorded and ready but I’ve loved every step of it and I cannot wait for people to hear it. The songs that we’ve released so far have been received with open arms so I’m itching for people to hear the full record!
What were your inspirations for the new album? And what sets this record apart from your previous releases?
It’s a lot more mature than my previous releases, definitely. That’s not knocking my previous releases at all but I’ve just grown up a bit and I think that my songwriting and musicianship has grown up with me! The inspiration behind this record is a relationship, the before and the after, the highs and the lows, etc. It’s an extremely personal record to me but I hope that people can find home in it too.
We read you had over 90 songs written for your first album ‘The Morning’, were you in a similar situation with the new album? Did any of the previously discarded 90 tracks make the cut this time around?
A few of them did, yes! I wrote a load of new ones for this album though, I was just in a space where songs were flowing and so I let them! I already have a few lined up for the next album though. It’s a great thing, being able to fall back on a bank of songs for discovering old gems and inspiration for new music!
As someone who in the earlier part of their career rose to prominence through YouTube, do you think it’s how upcoming artists will make a name for themselves in the future?
I think it’s a great platform, it certainly helped me build an audience in the early days! I was very lucky though, I was on YouTube in the early days, when there weren’t that many musicians using it and I’d get a lot of traffic because of that. Nowadays, it’s much more saturated with musical content so it’d be a lot harder to poke through the masses! Don’t let that discourage you though! Good music will always rise to the top!


Data Feed: Gary Lockwood On This Week's SciFi Diner Podcast
Our good friends Scott and Miles from The SciFi Diner Podcast are at it again with another great Trek interview. This time the boys are talking with Gary Lockwood, "Gary Mitchell", from the TOS episode "Where No Man Has Gone Before" as well as "Frank Poole" from 2001: A Space Odyssey. It seems like The SciFi Diner has been Trek'd up as of late with last week's interview of John De Lance.
Recorded at this year's Shore Leave convention, Scott, Miles & Gary talk about "Where No Man Has Gone Before" as well as the Kubrick's masterpiece 2001. As always, we can't say enough good things about The SciFi Diner. While we try to put together another episode of "Life After Trek", be sure to get your Trek fill with this awesome SciFi Diner episode.
Download the episode here
Visit The SciFi Diner Podcast website here.


Special Needs Outdoor Movie Night 10/6/19
Hosted by Cherry Creek Mortgage & The Butler House. Families gather to watch a family friendly movie and learn about resources available in their community for their special needs loved ones. It's a magical night of togetherness within community. Face painters, balloon artists and on site BBQ make this a night to remember! Tickets: https://www.facebook.com/events/449499432282165/
THE WOODLANDS BACKYARD THROWDOWN -11/09/19
Everyone likes a little competition, and this event is sure to fit the bill! Live music, carnival games, and 16 tournament games including corn hole, ladder golf, yard pong and washers! Top it off with Corkscrew BBQ collaborating with Austin Simmons of TRIS restaurant & this is sure to be an event NOT TO MISS! All funds raised benefit The NeighborBridge. Tickets: https://www.facebook.com/events/1256050187907102/
LIGHT IT UP BLUE - APRIL 2, 2020
We will be having our second annual Light It Up Blue for Autism Awareness event. Hosted by Cherry Creek Mortgage and Market Street in The Woodlands, TX. The feature each year is our puzzle wall, which hosts hand decorated puzzle pieces designed by individuals with Autism. Proceeds benefit The NeighborBridge.
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The Blue Roses Theatre Company presents CLUE opening November 17 and running through the 19. Showtime is 7 p.m. with a 2 p.m. matinee performance on November 19.
Based on the iconic 1985 Paramount movie which was inspired by the classic Hasbro board game, Clue is a hilarious farce-meets-murder mystery. The tale begins at a remote mansion, where six mysterious guests assemble for an unusual dinner party where murder and blackmail are on the menu. When their host turns up dead, they all become suspects. Led by Wadsworth – the butler, Miss Scarlett, Professor Plum, Mrs. White, Mr. Green, Mrs. Peacock and Colonel Mustard race to find the killer as the body count stacks up. Clue is the comedy whodunit that will leave both cult-fans and newcomers in stitches as they try to figure out…WHO did it, WHERE, and with WHAT!
General Admission is $5. SCSD Students and Staff receive one complimentary ticket. Tickets can be purchased at the door.
The poster was designed by Giulana Huamani, a student in Ms. Hunt's digital art class.


Monday, 30 October 2017
Larkleet Homes sponsoring firework fun at Bourne Abbey Primary
Well, they certainly will remember it at Bourne Abbey Primary School on Saturday 4th November. And the team at Larkfleet Homes is delighted to be sponsoring the event again. We love fireworks displays and this community event is one of the best in the area.
There will be lots for all the family to enjoy. As well as two spectacular firework displays from Phenomenal Fireworks and a bonfire there will be live music and entertainment, a Round Table beer tent and fun fair rides.
Food is always close to our hearts and there will be plenty of choice to keep the November chill at bay including burgers and hotdogs supplied by Groovy Foods, fish & chips from Georges Fish Bar, fresh Italian style pizzas supplied by Woodstove Pizzas and jacket potatoes supplied by Hot Spuds.
As well as beer, the guys from Round Table will also be serving up liqueur hot chocolates, liqueur coffees, mulled wine and mulled cider!
There will also be a variety of stalls selling various goodies and treats.
Gates open at 4:00 pm. After a welcome by Bourne Mayor Paul Fellows and music from the choirs of Bourne Abbey Primary School and Elsea Park Primary School (also sponsored by Larkfleet Homes), the bonfire – complete with Guy – will be lit at 4.45 pm. A quieter children’s display will spark off at 5.15 pm followed by an hour of livemusic from local band Revolver, before the main musical firework display starts at 6.30 pm.
All of us at Larkfleet Homes are really looking forward to it.
To find out more check out Facebook https://www.facebook.com/BourneFireworks/


One year and 12 episodes later, season one of Untapped Philanthropy is a wrap! And this week, our season finale of Untapped Philanthropy is extra special. CEO of Fluxx, Kristy Gannon, guest hosts and interviews Kerrin Mitchell about her time hosting season one of Untapped Philanthropy, and what she hopes to accomplish in the new year.
And as a bonus for our listeners, we shared a special Fluxx announcement at the end of the episode!
Untapped Season Finale, Episode 12: Special Guest Host and a Big Announcement!


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A grandpa sobbed tears of joy when he heard his granddaughter sing a sentimental song in his native Spanish for the first time.
Alyza Alanis, from Houston, Texas, learned the track in Spanish, despite not being able to speak the language.
Her grandfather, Cesar, who himself doesn’t speak much English, loves hearing her sing but asked if she could learn a song in Spanish for him.
Dutifully, Alyza picked a track that was close to her grandpa’s heart called Amor Eterno – Eternal Love – which his own mother had sung around the house after his father sadly passed.
Cesar said: “My dad died at the age of 41 and my mom was about 36 at the time.
“So that’s why she sang that song. That song expressed that one day she was going to be with my dad. That when she died, they were going to be together again.”
Alyza spent hours practicing the lyrics and understanding their meaning, before surprising her grandpa with a rendition at a family gathering on January 9, 2023.
Video captured of the moment shows Alyza beginning to sing with Cesar sitting across the table from her.
And as Alyza reaches the son’s emotional chorus, Cesar begins welling up, before wiping tears from his eyes as she soulfully sings the song.
As she finishes, Cesar shouts “Gracias, gracias” before the pair embrace in a heartwarming hug.
Cesar told Happilynews.com: “To tell you the truth, it made me cry. I felt a throb in my heart because at that moment I could feel my mother’s voice and I never expected her to sing – wow – like that in Spanish.
“It brought tears to my eyes because I was so happy that she sang it and especially my own granddaughter. Well, for me it’s… and I’ll say it again, a real pride and joy, and I’m very happy that she sings it for me.
“The way she sings it is she sings it with a lot of love, with a lot of pride, with a lot of emotion.
“And that is so beautiful because she really feels the song. She is truly feeling that song and that is what’s important.
“Anyone’s heart would drop. And would even make them shed a tear.”
Alyza added: “It was kinda magical in a way. I know that’s super corny but it felt really nice, it felt amazing because I finally got to sing in my grandpa’s language.
And my grandpa, as you can see, doesn’t speak a lot of English and I don’t speak any Spanish, so it’s really hard for us to communicate.
“And for me, to be able to communicate to him through singing, it was amazing and it really inspired me to keep on learning more Spanish songs. “
Alyza is now learning more songs in her grandpa’s native language.


Marriage Night 2024!
If you are a married couple, or getting ready to become one, you don't want to miss Marriage Night 2024 at First UMC! Register below to enjoy an evening of worship, comedy, dinner and nationally known conference speakers streamed from RightNow Media. The best part is, it's all FREE!
Saturday, Feb 24, 5:00pm - 9:00pm
First UMC Fellowship Hall
Food provided by The Lucky Few Meal Prep


Born in 2014, solenoid is an international booking agency based in Berlin. Emerging from Solenoid Records, our agency stems from our desire to broaden the range of musicians with whom we work.
We represent an international roster of artists from the electronic dance music with a focus on diversity and a shared taste for the unconventional.
We work with all types of venues and events, from underground parties to big festivals to commissioned projects. At Solenoid, we have an ongoing dialogue with the artists to fulfil whatever path they envision, treating their performances as a crucial part of their creative process.
We are a small but dedicated team of music enthusiasts, passionate about pushing talent and willing to become a medium for our musicians to travel and connect the dots that keep our music scene alive.


Come Dance With Us! Balkan Dance Class & Ensemble Balkanske Igre Rehearsal
When: Every Sunday (11am-1pm) Where: 6069 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL
All are welcome to come and move to the beats of Eastern Europe and the Mediterranean. Learn fun dances with exciting rhythms from Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Hungary, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, and more to show off to your friends. Bring comfortable shoes, a belt, and your good mood and join the circle.
Note: We occasionally take days off due to holidays and/or other reasons, so please contact us before coming to dance class/rehearsal to confirm that we are dancing that day.
For questions, email firstname.lastname@example.org.
*** We will not have our regular session on the following dates:
March 26, 2023 due to our 15th annual guest lecture, dance workshop, and performance at the University of Chicago, Ida Noyes Hall, 1212 E 59th St, Chicago, IL from 12pm-4:30pm. This is a free event open to the public, and you are welcome to join us.
April 16, 2023 due to Veligden (old calendar Orthodox Easter)
April 23, 2023 due to our 58th Anniversary Spring Festival. Please use Spring Festival page to see schedule, locations, and to register for the concert, dance and singing workshops, and parties.


I’ve written and said quite a lot about Apple’s quest to impress us with Spatial Audio.
For movies and TV shows, it is absolutely superb. Whenever I use my AirPods Pro or AirPods Max in conjunction with my Apple TV, the head tracking and completely un-headphone-like sound reproduction never fail to amaze me.
I still need convincing that Spatial Audio is going to catch on, though. It’s one of the most confusingly gimmicky yet technically brilliant things Apple has ever done.
It is also terrible when used for music.
I’ve said the same about Dolby Atmos. In fact, that annoyed me even more, simply because it appears to remove all of the dynamics from brilliantly mixed records and reproduce them in a way that would embarrass a school fete PA system.
Then, something happened. And now, I think it’s quite brilliant.
Apple Music in Dubly
Before last week, I’d experienced Apple Music in Dolby Atmos exclusively via AirPods. And I maintain that it sounds dreadful on them.
Some folk have pointed out a few tracks I should try. “This one has been mixed properly for Dolby Atmos and Spatial Audio,” they’ll say. But my reaction is always the same.
Where’s the bass gone? Why does it sound like a completely different song? Why do I need to hear the guitar solo emanating from above my head? Why can’t I hear the kick drum?
Then, it struck me. I have a home theatre system – a good one. I also have an Apple TV 4K connected directly to it. What would this music sound like when played through that system?
So, I gave it a go.
Now, what I experienced has nothing to do with Spatial Audio. It doesn’t even have anything to do with Dolby Atmos. My home theatre system is your bog-standard 5.1; there are no speakers in the ceiling, and we should keep in mind that Spatial Audio is built entirely for headphones. So, what I heard that day was music in traditional Dolby surround sound, nothing more.
My earliest memory of something similar was being treated to Pink Floyd’s Pulse in surround sound by my mate’s dad. You could hear the crowd behind you, and the howl of the plane passing by your ears as it crashed into the stage (Pink Floyd fans will know what I’m referring to). It was amazing.
But this is something else. If you play Dolby Atmos mixed music via an Apple TV 4K through a proper home theatre system, you’re in for a treat.
Firstly, the dynamics are retained. I assume this is largely because the system through which it is being played is routing every available frequency to the correct driver, be it a tweeter, mid-range driver, or the subwoofer. So, the music sounds ‘normal’, which is my biggest gripe with Dolby Atmos stuff on headphones (I suspect Spatial Audio plays a part with the latter, too).
The sound stage is something different entirely, though. These songs have been completely re-mixed in Dolby surround. You’ll hear the engineers having fun with dotted delays that bounce around your head, and room-filling harmonies that have been panned perfectly. It’s tasteful and respectful.
There are, of course, more in-your-face examples, where saxophones suddenly blast from behind your left ear, or middle eight vocals needlessly pan from rear left to rear right.
But it’s interesting. Really interesting. In fact, it totally changes the listening experience if you’re an audio geek like me. Beyond the aforementioned show-off examples, most of the Dolby-enabled tracks on Apple Music have been mixed in a really interesting, creative way.
I don’t know why I didn’t check this out before (and yes, I had been told to do so on numerous occasions by members of my YouTube audience and Discord server).
Why is Apple doing this?
“It sounds like it’s coming from all over the place,” my girlfriend replied when I pointed out that the rock playlist we were making our way through had been mixed in Dolby surround.
If I hadn’t said anything, she’d barely have given it a second thought. This is because she has precisely zero interest in technology and isn’t a humungous geek like I am.
She wasn’t alone, though.
We had some family around at the weekend. Two of them were sitting facing the right-hand side of the soundstage (a dreadful seating choice, but I wasn’t about to point out their error). For kicks, I hit play on the same Spatial Audio playlist that had done such a bad job of impressing my girlfriend the night before. Would they notice, I wondered.
It didn’t take long for someone to pipe up.
“Whoa… What the… What’s going on upstairs?”
Due to their highly inefficient seating position, our family member had heard a guitar part that had been sent to the rear right channel – to them, the left-hand speaker placed in the ceiling ahead of them.
Clearly, they were more confused than impressed, which confirms my suspicions.
Very few people care that Apple Music is capable of this.
I do, and I can see myself digging into a few more of these playlists while sitting in my living room, home theatre system cranked up. I’m enjoying listening out for the mixing decisions, and the fact that, as noted earlier, all dynamics appear to be retained when played back through such a system.
But I can’t work out why Apple is doing this. Don’t get me wrong – I’m glad they are, but the amount of effort that’s going into this Dolby Atmos/Spatial Audio endeavour is staggering.
Take a look at the available playlists – they feature loads of older records that have, clearly, been re-mixed and mastered for this purpose. And new releases are increasingly being stamped with Spatial Audio and Dolby Atmos.
This stuff takes time. It’s yet another stage to work your way through during the production of a record. People need to be paid for that time – expensive people.
Is this simply a labour of love as far as Apple and mix engineers are concerned? I’d love to think it is, but time really is money in the world of music, and I can’t believe that it isn’t linked to some larger play.
I just wish I knew what it was.


- Today our track team will host their only home meet so be sure to come on out and cheer them on. Field events start at 1pm, track events begin at 2pm. If you would like to volunteer to help, please see Mr. Plan.
- The Seward High Drama class will perform the Seussification of Romeo and Juliet at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 21st at the high school theater. Come enjoy this whimsical reinvention of Shakespeare’s tragic love story. The one-hour performance is open to the public and free of charge!
- Prom will be held on Saturday, April 23rd from 8-11pm. Tickets cost $30 per individual, $50 per couple. The theme is Sunset Beach and prom will be held aboard a Major Marine Tours boat that goes to Thumb Cove. Tickets are on sale this week.
Thank you all volunteers for helping with the GET REAL Financial Fair.


Winter - Spring 2013 Happenings!
Here’s the latest information on a wonderful time of year to visit.
New Orleans Bayou Bash
Jazzy Entertainment and Southern Food
During the Bayou Bash, New Orleans Square will be filled with vibrant excitement, jazzy music, street performers and stations that offer the sensational food of New Orleans — all presented with warm Southern hospitality!
Princess Tiana's Mardi Gras Celebration
Jambalaya Jazz Band
Royal Street Bachelors
Tiana Joins the Royal Street Bachelors
Court of Angels Photo Location
Mardi Gras Procession
*Entertainment and schedules are subject to change without notice.
Happy Lunar New Year
Dates: February 8 through 11, 2013
Time: 10:00 a.m. through 5:00 p.m.
Location: Parade Route (Performance Corridor) & San Francisco Street (near The Little Mermaid ~ Ariel's Undersea Adventure attraction) in Disney California Adventure Park
The Happy Lunar New Year celebration in Disney California Adventure Park is a joyous tribute to the time-honored traditions, festivities and ceremonies of this multi-cultural occasion that commemorates the time when the sun and moon begin their journeys for another year. This is also a time to focus on family and to offer each other wonderful wishes for the future.
Certain areas in Disney California Adventure Park are decked out with festive decorations for this exciting celebration.
Woven throughout walkways are ornamental lanterns. Bright banners and signs — presented in English, Chinese, Korean and Vietnamese — wish everyone a Happy Lunar New Year.
Mulan's Chinese New Year Procession
At select times during each day of the celebration, Mulan and Mushu lead a procession along the parade route in front of Pacific Wharf.
Adding to the merriment are umbrella dancers clad in brightly colored costumes. This procession ends at a fanciful photo location near The Little Mermaid ~ Ariel's Undersea Adventure attraction.
Disney Character Photo Opportunity
Gather your family and pose for pictures with select Disney Characters — like Mulan, Mushu, Mickey and Minnie Mouse — dressed in their best to celebrate the Lunar New Year with you!
Be sure to catch cultural, colorful and impressive dancers, drummers, musicians and martial artists as they perform on the parade route.
Disneyland Grad Nite
A once-in-a-lifetime experience where you and your friends get to create one final high school memory. We are excited to announce new twists and enhancements for the graduating Class of 2013!
In 2013, you will have more time, more flexibility and more room for celebrating this unforgettable event . Seniors will have the opportunity to enter Disneyland® Park or Disney California Adventure® Park at any time during their Grad Nite visit with a Park Hopper® Ticket that allows them a full day to experience both Disney Parks. In addition, 2013 Grads will now receive a private showing of World of Color to kick-off the exclusive private party that begins when Disney California Adventure Park closes.
You only graduate once. So get your friends together, party with other high school seniors from all over the country and don't miss this celebration of a lifetime!
The Disney Difference:
New for 2013! The Disneyland® Grad Nite Private party moves to Disney California Adventure®Park!
Not only will grads have private access to the world class attractions at Disney California Adventure®Park, but, for the first time ever, Grads can cruise into our newest land at the Disneyland Resort- Cars Land, inspired by the Disney*Pixar movie Cars!
For only $69.00, seniors will still have the opportunity to enter Disneyland Park or Disney California Adventure®Park at any time during the day as part of their Grad Nite visit. They will receive a Park Hopper® Ticket allowing them a full day to experience both Disney Parks! Once Disney California Adventure Park closes to the general public (closing times TBD), we will kickoff the exclusive, secure and private party and we won't stop until 3 a.m!
This new enhancement allows schools to customize their visit with us. Come early and enjoy all that Disneyland® Park has to offer before entering Disney California Adventure® Park for your private, safe and secure exclusive Grad Nite party that evening. Graduating the same day as your event? No problem!
Come later in the day just for the Grad Nite event! It's completely up to you and what works best for the needs of your school.
Read this trip report from a Grad Night Attendee for an inside look at the event!
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The Ocean Isle Museum Foundation held a Beer and Brats fundraiser at the Museum of Coastal Carolina from 5:00 to 8:00 PM on November 29, 2013. Approximately 200 people attended. Proceeds from this “Raise the Roof” fundraiser will go toward the new roof that was recently installed on Ingram Planetarium.
Beer and Brats featured live music by New York singer/songwriter John Cubito, also known as Chicky’s Boy. John has released five compact discs of original songs on “A Chicky’s Boy Release,” his own music label. He toured New York, Connecticut, and New Jersey for the past 20 years as a solo artist and with his band. He is now touring the Grand Strand of North and South Carolina as a solo performer. Chicky’s Boy plays a variety of good-time classic folk and rock music by artists such as Jimmy Buffett, Neil Young, The Beatles, and more.


Farmers Insurance is launching a campaign with Marvel's The Avengers to promote its partnership with the anticipated summer blockbuster set to premiere on May 4.
Developed by advertising agency RPA, Farmers said that the campaign features actor J.K. Simmons as the illustrious Professor Nathaniel Burke, with his usual six sidekick agents dressed up in homemade Marvel's The Avengers costumes touting, 'We're the superheroes of insurance!'
'Being associated with the much-anticipated Marvel's The Avengers gives Farmers advertising super-powers,' said John Ingersoll, vice president, advertising of Farmers Group, Inc. 'This opportunity lets us have some Super Hero fun with our established University of Farmers characters and shine some Hollywood limelight on our brand.'
In the TV spot, 'Suit Up' (:30), directed by Roman Coppola, Professor Burke and the agents explore the similarities between being a Super Hero and being a super agent. The spot continues with a lighthearted exchange between Professor Burke and his agents, dressed in do-it-yourself costumes representing each of Marvel's The Avengers' characters: The Hulk, Captain America, Thor, Iron Man, Black Widow and Hawkeye. A print ad by Marvel Custom Solutions recreates the TV spot in comic book form and will run in select Marvel comic books in May and June.
''Suit Up' marks the 20th spot in a campaign that has been very fun to develop. Every agent that steps onto the University of Farmers campus comes away with a ridiculous amount of insurance knowledge, so it's only natural to see our agents turn to super agents at this stage in the game,' said Tom Hamling, creative director at RPA.
A 2-minute 30-second behind-the-scenes video interviews costume designers, the prop team, and the super agents about incorporating Marvel's The Avengers into the University of Farmers spot. To extend the campaign on Facebook, six hand-drawn 'how-to' diagrams will be posted to help fans recreate the Marvel's The Avengers costumes as seen in the TV spot.
The behind-the-scenes video will live on Farmers' YouTube channel (youtube.com/farmers) and will be posted to Farmers' Facebook page (facebook.com/FarmersInsurance) with the six 'how-to' diagrams.
The TV spot will launch on April 16, on premium primetime programming including 'Dancing with the Stars,' '2 Broke Girls' and 'Biggest Loser,' and will run on cable networks that resonate with Marvel's The Avengers fans, such as AMC, Comedy Central, TBS, TNT and Discovery Channel. Integrated creative will also run online on ABC, CBS and Hulu.
Farmers is a trade name and may refer to Farmers Group, Inc. or the Farmers Exchanges, as the case may be. Farmers Group, Inc., a management and holding company, along with its subsidiaries, is wholly owned by the Zurich Financial Services Group.
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