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Very funny article on The Onion website this week: "Activision Reports Sluggish Sales For Sousaphone Hero". The whole article is well-researched, spot-on parody - so read all the way through! Warning - The Onion often contains adult humor. Links from this link may contain objectionable material.
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Elections are still won, but inaugural balls are lost (Provo Daily Herald)
WASHINGTON -- At the 1893 inaugural ball of Stephen Grover Cleveland, heralded as "a triumph of the electricians' skill" at the time, a canopy constructed of 10,000 square yards of gold bunting hung over a jubilant display of silk, flowers and incandescent light bulbs, which spelled out the names of all previous presidents in gargantuan twinkly letters. A 120-piece orchestra led by John Philip ...
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Oregon band tapped to play in Inaugural Parade (The Oregonian)
After President-elect Barack Obama's swearing-in, one of the first songs he'll hear is a foot-stomping, head-nodding version of this song courtesy of Oregon's own Get a Life Marching Band:...
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Ringing in the new year (The Journal News)
A New Year?s Day Gala Concert is being presented by the Cortlandt Chamber Orchestra at Holy Name of Mary Catholic Church at 3 p.m. Popular music by John Philip Sousa and the Strauss family as well as other light favorites will be performed. Guest conductors Brain Ackley and Matty Mozzor will share the podium for the festive event. This free concert is sponsored by the Cortlandt Regional Music ...
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Death Notices (The Standard-Times)
Alvernaz: of Mattapoisett, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2009, Albert, 88. Widower of Evelyn (Page) Alvernaz. Calling hour will be from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. Tuesday at the SAUNDERS-DWYER MATTAPOISETT HOME FOR FUNERALS, 50 County Road, Route 6, Mattapoisett, followed by...
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CAZENOVIA - The Madison County Band is slated to perform at Cazenovia's Winterfest 2009 on Thursday, Feb. 5. (Rome Observer)
"The Winterfest program will feature a combination of traditional wind band and pops music," said Kevin Johnson, band director, "including 'The Willows of Winter' by B.J. Brooks; 'Amazing Grace' arranged by Jay Dawson; 'Winter Rhapsody' by Ralph Ford; 'Sleigh Ride' by Leroy Anderson, and John Philip Sousa's 'Washington Post March.'"
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Inaugural ball has lost much of its luster (The Columbus Dispatch)
WASHINGTON -- At the 1893 inaugural ball of Stephen Grover Cleveland, heralded as "a triumph of the electricians' skill" at the time, a canopy constructed of 10,000 square yards of gold bunting hung over a jubilant display of silk, flowers and incandescent light bulbs, which spelled out the names of all previous presidents in gargantuan letters.
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Elections are still won, but inaugural balls are lost (The Standard-Times)
At the 1893 inaugural ball of Stephen Grover Cleveland, heralded as "a triumph of the electricians' skill" at the time, a canopy constructed of 10,000 square yards of gold bunting hung over a jubilant display of silk, flowers and incandescent light...
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Will classical music make your kid smarter? (Orange County Register)
'Mozart Effect' claims aside, music can enrich a child's life.
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Student tapped as finalist for Air Force band seat (Lawrence Journal-World)
Katie McKeirnan said the voice of the clarinet explains her six-year love affair with the instrument. ?I just love the sound,? she said. ?It?s so versatile. You can go so low, but then you can go so high. It imitates the human voice so well. A lot of clarinet pieces are so operatic. It?s telling a story, almost like it could speak.?
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Elections are still won, but inaugural balls are lost (The Arizona Republic)
Sadly, sometime in American history, the inaugural ball became, to put it bluntly, hideous.
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