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New state youth group created in Victoria – 4barsrest
The Australian state of Victoria will see a revival of its representative youth group. The Victorian State Youth Brass Band in Australia is to be revived with a new partnership. It will see the Victorian Bands League partner with Skunkworks Community Limited. Opportunities Skunkworks Community Limited is an independent, non-profit production company committed to working …
Ryan Landry and his Gold Dust Orphans return to the stage with “A Grinchley Christmas Carol”
Around the same time last year, playwright Ryan Landry wasn’t talking about something he’s presented every year since 1994: a comedic and outrageous Christmas-themed musical at a Boston club. With 2020 being the year of the COVID-19 lockdown, Landry had fallen back on an older and lonely passion: painting. This year, as the pandemic subsided …
“In Search of the Good War” says our nostalgia for WWII has done real damage
Towards the end of “Looking for the Good War,” Elizabeth D. Samet’s insightful new book on the vaporous mythology that enveloped the historical reality of WWII, she reminds us of President Trump’s 2019 speech. delivered in Normandy on the 75th anniversary of D-Day. Some listeners were so surprised by the solemnity of Trump’s words that …
Katsuki Bakugo’s zodiac sign and how he defines it
My Hero Academia’s Katsuki Bakugo was born on April 20, which means he’s a Taurus, strong and stubborn. The story of My hero university features Izuku Midoriya as the shonen hero, and many facets of Izuku’s personal history, bright personality, ambitions, and more are explored in detail. Much of this can be accurately described with …
The week in theater: Manor; The vagabonds’ daughter; Pride and Prejudice * (* in a way) | Theater
The world went to hell in a hand basket. Climate change is wreaking havoc: there are fish in the hedges, the dikes have burst. A far-right group called Albion is winning converts to a racist and misogynistic agenda. Oh, and the traditional country house game looks more doolly than ever. All these disturbances are intertwined …
Jungkook is “nervous” to perform again in front of ARMY
On November 27, BTS will launch the first of four Permission to Dance On Stage – LA concerts at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles. Ahead of the concerts, BTS members appeared on The Late Late Show with James Corden. During the talk show’s appearance, Jungkook admitted he felt “nervous” about performing in front of BTS …
Gared O’Donnell of planes mistaken for stars has died
Gared O’Donnell, singer, guitarist and founding member of Planes Mistaken For Stars, has passed away. He died on Wednesday November 24 at the age of 44 from esophageal cancer. The group shared a statement on Instagram, writing, in part, “It is impossible to express the depth of sadness in which we have to announce that …
Hearing Applause Again Was a ‘Elevation of the Soul’ for Wanda Houston | Berkshire landscapes
SPENCERTOWN, NY – For 15 years, music fans in the Berkshire area have gathered in droves to hear Wanda Houston sing. They’ll have another chance on December 4, when she appears with The Wanda Houston Band at the Spencertown Academy Arts Center, performing lively covers of popular songs from Ella Fitzgerald’s hit “A Tisket, A …
Musical theater icon Stephen Sondheim dies
The legendary American composer and songwriter Stephen Sondheim has died at the age of 91. His attorney told the New York Times that Sondheim died at his home in Roxbury, Connecticut on Friday, the BBC reports. He was a titan of musical theater who turned the most unlikely subjects into benchmarks of entertainment. During his …
Robyn King, director of the CV group, will parade in 2022 Rose Parade
Robyn King, group director for local schools at the Conotton Valley Union, will join other group directors from across the country on January 1 for the annual Pasadena de Roses Rose Parade tournament. King applied and was accepted to join the “Saluting America’s Band Directors” project. A custom-designed animated float will lead the 300 members …