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VSO wraps up classical year with pair of heavyweight programs
Mahler's Tragic Symphony
June 4 & 6, 8 p.m. | Orpheum Theatre
Season Finale: Shostakovich Symphony No. 5
June 11 & June 13, 8 p.m., June 12, 2 p.m. | Orpheum Theatre
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For most concertgoers, the final offerings of the Vancouver Symphony mark the end of the classical year. Not, of course, that there isn't music over the summer, but there is a tangible sense that the grand progression of 2015-16 events is coming to its conclusion.
It has become conductor Bramwell Tovey's custom to end the season with something special: this year we get two important and decidedly heavyweight programs. The June 11-13 grand finale program is anchored by Shostakovich's celebrated Fifth Symphony; June 4-6 it's Mahler's Sixth Symphony, rarely heard here and a serious proposition.
Arguably the darkest, heaviest, and most tragic of symphonies, the Sixth, premiered in 1906 isn't the sort of work to casually throw into a program. Yet it is exactly the sort of treasure that is just right for Tovey as he moves into his final seasons as music director, leading an ensemble he knows well and trusts to deliver in a dauntingly difficult composition.
It's a gigantic enterprise: the Sixth employs huge forces — quadruple winds, and a phalanx of brass that can knock your socks off — and it runs the better part of an hour and a half. But what makes it special is not so much scope and scale as emotional intensity. To a greater or lesser degree, every Mahler expert views the Sixth as a tragic autobiography in sound. The gripping finale, with its infamous percussion "hammerblows" can't help but convey powerful extra-musical significance.
For the brave conductor who chooses to essay the work, there's an additional challenge: what do you add to round out the evening? For this performance Tovey has chosen to give the North American premiere of English composer Edward Gregson's 2010 Dream Song, written for the BBC. Gregson notes: "My approach in tackling this commission was to 'invade' Mahler's world of music ideas; indeed, the title of the work, Dream Song, is intended to portray a half-remembered landscape of some of the themes and motives from his Sixth Symphony."
Actually, remembrances of music's past have become a recurring theme for contemporary composers. The Victoria Symphony's young composer-in-residence Jared Miller recently premiered his Palimpsest, which references Beethoven's Ninth in a similar manner to Gregson's take on Mahler. In the VSO season-ender next week, composer-in-residence Jocelyn Morlock considers a musical great from the recent past in her 2006 Disquiet, symphonic musings on the emotional state of Dimitri Shostakovich and his contemporaries. She writes in her program note, "I want to invoke a feeling of continuous nervous energy that lurks in the shadows." Like the choice of Gregson's Mahler-rooted work, this should provide an inspired pairing with Shostakovich's Fifth Symphony, which owes so much to Mahler in spirit, if not in sound or idiom.
Composed in the mid-1930s, the Fifth Symphony is, despite its popularity, a true enigma. Is it "A Soviet artists's reply to just criticism," a reference to Stalin-era denunciations of Shostakovich's astonishing opera Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District? Or is it the acme of coded defiance, turning the vocabulary of so-called Socialist Realism on its head?
Morlock offers a composer's insight. "Shostakovich amazes me — that he could continue to live and write in such a stifling and terrifying atmosphere is miraculous. His music is powerful and extreme — occasionally bombastic, frequently full of sarcasm, always gripping."


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Senior BJP leader and former state minister Eknath Khadse had resigned during June last year due to alleged corruption in his Bhosari-based land deal. Plus, a Gujarat-based hacker Manish Bhangale had also claimed Khadse received phone calls from underworld don Dawood Ibrahim. The hacker was arrested in April this year for creating fake email id as well as call records, clearly to malign the BJP leader's image.
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That's right isn't it? It's 6am & I should be sound asleep, but instead was looking at google reader on my cell, and it only showed me the top 3/4 of the image at first. That's how my brain filled it in. It's been at least 6+ years since the last viewing but I am definitely a LotR fangirl despite ME. No, I am not telling you how many times I saw it/them, because I forgot :-P. Can't wait for Hobbit! But could not possibly be as good!
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HOUSTON – January 21, 2019 – Houston Grand Opera (HGO) announces that baritone Mariusz Kwiecień, scheduled to sing the role of Zurga in Bizet's The Pearl Fishers, recently withdrew from the production due to personal circumstances.
Alexander Birch Elliott, who is making his HGO debut, will take on the role of Zurga for the upcoming production. Directed by E. Loren Meeker and designed by Zandra Rhodes, this HGO premiere production of The Pearl Fishers opens Friday, January 25, 2019.
Alexander Birch Elliott made an acclaimed Metropolitan Opera debut earlier this season, also in the role of Zurga in The Pearl Fishers. Other engagements this season include a return to Opera Omaha for his role debut as Silvio in Pagliacci, his debut with the Cleveland Orchestra for Vaughan Williams's Five Mystical Songs, and returns to the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra as Brander in Berlioz's La damnation de Faust and the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra for Bruckner's Te Deum.


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Business associations strike deal
The Manchester Business Association and the Bennington Area Chamber of Commerce have reached an agreement under which the MBA will work with the chamber as its liason in the Northshire and both organizations will help each other attract and serve members.
Under the terms of a memorandum of understanding announced last week, members of the MBA will be eligible to join the Chamber at a discounted rate. In return, the Chamber will no longer actively pursue memberships from Manchester businesses, and will subsidize the staffing the visitors' center on the main Roundabout, with staffing approved by the MBA.
MBA president Paul W. Carroccio announced the agreement between the two groups at last week's Manchester Select Board meeting. He was present to answer questions as the board approved the formal agreement releasing up to $50,000 in matching marketing funds pledged to MBA by Town Meeting voters.
"We think it's a good win for us," Carroccio said.
According to details of the agreement provided by Chamber executive director Matt Harrington, the proceeds from combination memberships will be split between the Chamber — with $150 of each membership sale providing staffing to the Manchester Welcome Center — and the MBA, which will use its share to meet its financial obligations.
All current Chamber Manchester members will have the ability to become a combination member of both organizations starting this month, according to the agreement, with those membership dues paying for a full year of the MBA membership (July to June 2019) and a year and a half for Chamber dues (July to December 2019).
The MBA will discuss more of its plans at public forum in the ballroom of the Kimpton Taconic Hotel on Thursday, Aug. 9 at 6 p.m. At that meeting, the non-profit organization will report to the community on its achievements of the past six months, and discuss its budget for the year going forward, and a membership proposal going forward. More of those details will be rolled out in the next week ahead of the meeting, Carroccio said.
Carroccio said the MBA had developed a good working rapport with Harrington over the past year, and was able to work out the agreement over a period of a few months. Joy Proft, the owner of Joy All Things Underthings and a board member of both organizations, was a key player in reaching that agreement, Carroccio said.
In particular, according to Harrington, the conversation focused on smaller businesses, and how they might work together to make membership in both organizations more affordable.
Rather than compete with the Chamber for members, Carroccio said, the MBA proposed that it serve as the liaison between Manchester businesses and the Chamber. That, in turn, gives the Chamber the "node" it had wanted in Manchester as part of its "2020 Vision plan" for a chamber that serves both Shires of Bennington County.
The proposition, Carroccio said, was "let us go manage that relationship with our business community and we'll be the liaison to your board. In turn, I think us supporting their efforts as a region can help us get some of the state funds that we're not able to get as a non-regional destination marketing organization."
"We didn't want to waste resources — that was the common ground," he said. "We're doing the heavy lifting with the Manchester community while they can focus on the greater region, and all that speculation and concern of the chamber regionalizing is now validated ... by an MBA who's super local."
Wednesday, Harrington told the Journal that he sees the arrangement as a "win-win" for the chamber, the MBA, and members of both organizations. "The main theme and continuing theme for us is definitely we're stronger together. So I think this is another great example of our ability to work together," he said.
The agreement allows the Chamber to achieve its goal of "boots on the ground" in Manchester, while also providing the value of Chamber membership for small business MBA members at a significant discount, Harrington said.
The agreement will remain in place for a year, at which point its performance will be evaluated by both sides.
"Dollars are tight and small business needs a much help as they can get, and we're there to help them," Harrington said.
Closer to home, the terms of MBA receiving public funds from Manchester's local option tax revenue for destination marketing are similar to the terms of the deal that released matching marketing funds to MBA a year ago. The funding will be released with $25,000 available right away, $12,500 on Oct. 1, $6,250 in December and $6,250 when MBA turns in its yearly report to the town.
The conditions are that the funds must be used on marketing Manchester, with no funds used to market businesses or organizations outside the town (including Manchester Village). Any funds remaining at the end of fiscal 2019 will revert back to the town.
Of the $50,000 in matching funds, $20,000 will be given to ITVFest, as agreed upon at Town Meeting.
Carroccio also announced that MBA has purchased the assets of ManchesterVermont.com., the website that it started working with more than a year ago, and has moved management of those digital assets to Mountain Media LLC, the publishers of Stratton magazine.
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The Middle East continues to surprise us when it comes to sports and our latest pride is Bahrain's medal haul yesterday at the third West Asian Athletics Championships. The championships were held in Amman, Jordan and Bahrain's national team won 16 medals on the first day alone. According to Bahrain's Athletics Association, eight of the medals were gold, seven were silver and one was bronze which is an amazing gain for the national team.
According to Gulf Insider, on the second day, the Bahrainis added four medals to their haul, bringing home 20 medals in all, 10 of which are gold. Among the athletes who won gold medals, were Salwa Eid Naser, Hajar Al Ameeri, Abbas Abubaker and Sadek Mikhou. Moreover, Eman Isa clinched the silver medal along with Abdulrahman Khamis and Mohamed Tiouali. Bahrain was in Amman with a total of 36 athletes in various disciplines. Bahrain's elite international athletes are using these West Asian championships not only to achieve glory for Bahrain but also to help prepare themselves for the upcoming 18th Asian Games taking place next month in Indonesia.


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Jonathan Westley, managing director of Consumer Information Services at Experian UK & Ireland, said: "Significant growth in the rental market could be a sign of the on-going struggle to get onto the home ownership ladder, but it is also consistent with the pickup in buy-to-let activity over the past year. With that in mind, the continuing increase of properties for sale at the top end of the market may be driven by interest from both buy-to-let investors, as well as foreign investors.
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The increase in properties for sale across the UK continued to be led by homes valued at more than £500,000 – up 13% in Q3 2013 year on year – with every region except the North East seeing an increase in this price band. The majority of these properties were in London and the South East (33% and 20% of all high end homes listed for sale in the UK). The biggest year-on-year increase came from the West Midlands which saw the number of homes priced at £500,000 or more increase by 24% from Q3 2012 to Q3 2013.
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While preparing to live abroad for a whole semester one of the biggest first steps is packing. What to bring, what you won't be able to get abroad, preparing for multiple seasons and other questions cross your mind. Here are a few tips that I have learned:
1. Pack as little as possible
You will hear this again and again from others who have studied abroad. But it is true, you will benefit from packing as light as possible. While you are trying to navigate to your living accommodations right off the bat, when you are wanting to shop (and you will) and going on weekend trips you will be happy you packed light. Most study abroad locations will have access to shopping of all kinds, so you do not need to overpack. You will want to shop at new stores and new countries. Your accommodations will most likely be a lot smaller than what you are used to in the United States, which is standard. Space will be limited. Lugging three suitcases up to your accommodations or through the airport during the weekend will get old very quickly. For an endless amount of reasons, underpack!
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3. Pack favorite foods and necessities
I knew I would have a problem overpacking with clothes when I went abroad. To try and combat that, I filled my luggage with food. Not frozen food or fruits, but things like goldfish, granola bars and ramen noodles. The first reason I did this was to stop myself from filling my bag with clothes, I figured if I filled it with food that would save room for later shopping I did while abroad. I also thought it would be helpful to have some of my favorite comfort food with me. You cannot find many brands that you are used to, even though there are very similar products. I also didn't want to start from scratch with my food supply in my apartment. Sometimes ramen noodles does the trick when you don't have the time or funds to have three big meals out a day.
4. Bring full-sized and travel-sized toiletries
Another way to save space in your suitcase for later is to bring lots of toiletries. Bring the full size of your favorite toiletry products that you can't live without. You will use these products for four months and then will be done with them by the time you need to pack up for home. Also bring travel-size toiletries. It is hard to find this size abroad and it'll be helpful to have them while traveling with only carry on luggage through airports. Some people only bring travel size and that will run out quickly.
5. Remember the seasons
Make sure to check the weather in your new country. Many people studying in Europe imagined summer weather the second they arrived and were unprepared with their clothing. Jackets, sweaters and pants need to be considered just as much as bathing suits and flip flops when packing. 50°F may seem a lot warmer than winter in most states, but it is not t-shirt and shorts weather.
6. What bags to bring
To Spain, I brought three pieces of luggage with me: a large suitcase, a small roller that was the approved carry on size, and a weekender bag. I would recommend this combination. You personally feel that you can't really get away with not having at least one big bag and cannot comfortably live out of a backpack for a whole semester. That suitcase just stays under my bed in my apartment.
My two other bags have been very helpful for my travels though, I am able to choose what one I want or bring them both. Again, before traveling make sure your bags fit in the regulation carry on size in the area you are going. You don't want to be charged extra or to be made to check your bag. I also find it super helpful to have a weekender bag that has the option to attach to your roll luggage. This helps to navigate through airports easier. That being said, I also recommend luggage with 8 wheels to maneuver with ease. On all my bags I have locks for a little increase of safety, this has come in handy when luggage has gotten lost.
Any other packing tips you have found helpful? Let me know!
This post was contributed by Maiya Mindoro, who spent her spring semester studying abroad with AIFS in Barcelona, Spain.


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I am not an outdoorsy person. I'd go so far as to say that I am predominantly an indoor person. I like the regulated temperatures on the inside. I also like the absence of bugs and wind, let alone rain and snow and other types of weather.
On the other hand, I absolutely love LOOKING outside. I am a huge fan of windows. My house has lots and lots of them. I have a rounded porch that is all windows. My bedroom has two walls of windows. The bed is in the middle of the room so that it is surrounded by all of the windows.
This makes my house horribly energy inefficient. As a result, my heating and cooling bills are high. But it's worth it for me.
I built my house in the woods, overlooking a stream and a small waterfall on one side. I wanted to be able to look out at nature 24/7. And I wanted natural light everywhere in the house. I want nature and light all around me, in every room inside my house. I just don't want to actually be outside in it. Looking at it through my wonderful windows is fine with me.
I've always been ever so slightly agoraphobic. My home is my happy place or my safe space. There are times when I don't want to go out at all. I often consolidate my errands so I have to go out only a few days a week. That leaves me several days when I can just stay home. I'm not sure if this has anything to do with wanting to look out at nature from indoors. But in my mind, they're related.
Next to my home, the thing I love the most is our boat. Now, boating is considered an outdoor sport. But in my case, it's not. My boat is a floating condo. It's a miniature apartment or house with a comfortable and spacious interior. But of course, I only wanted a boat that had lots of big windows. I can look out at the water and the other boats all the time. The deck on the boat is a screened in porch on three sides. Technically, there is no outdoor living space at all on the boat!
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At home, we don't even have to go outside to walk the dogs. We installed a doggie door and fenced in a huge area in the backyard for the dogs. We are the rare dog owners who never have to go outside because of our dogs. We do go outside with them for a few minutes most days to get them to run around and chase each other. And we do have to walk the dogs when we have them on the boat with us. So in that way, boating does get us outside more than usual.
When I lived in New York City, I walked outside all the time and loved the freedom of being able to get almost everything I needed in my own neighborhood. I also used to play tennis and ski a lot. I have experienced the joys of outdoor sports. But that was a long time ago. And I don't miss them now.
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Grand Ambassador for the Hard Rock Café Rita Gilligan may have met every rock star imaginable, but the Galway native has also become a star in her own right.
Born in Bohermore in 1941, Rita Gilligan trained as a waitress in the Great Southern Hotel, now the Meyrick, during the 1950s before moving to London.
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Coming from a fine dining background, Rita admits that starting out in the Hard Rock was a massive change. "It was all long hair and chains and velvet jackets and platform shoes. And you'd be looking in astonishment thinking, 'What's going on here?'"
Soon after the Hard Rock Café opened its doors bands such as The Beatles and The Rolling Stones became regular customers of the music-themed restaurant. Paul McCartney's band Wings were the first band to play live in the restaurant and Mick Jagger's brother Chris was the first bartender.
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Someone I know (Jewish, of course ;-) is a tour guide in Israel. He specializes in guiding Christian Pilgrim groups. They visit primarily Christian sites. Usually, as part of explaining a tourist place, the guide recites verses from the Gospels that refer to Jesus and Christian principles and beliefs.
Does citing such verses pose any halachic problems? The guide has no belief or attachment to any Christian principles. He uses these verses merely as means of contextualizing the site the group is visiting.
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Crucial Things to Do Before You Decide to Purchase a Used Car
There is nothing wrong with deciding to buy used cars. You can still find a lot of high-quality models worth buying even if they were on the road for several years. As long as you are careful in inspecting the vehicle and you do not give in to the temptation of buying cheap used cars, you can drive the best one home.
Define what you want
It is crucial for you to determine what you want in a car before you decide to buy one. Research the options thoroughly and compare them using various standards. When you find what you want, you can start looking at companies or individuals who could give the car model that you want.
Set your budget
You are buying a used car because you want to reduce your overall expenses. Therefore, it is crucial for you to set a budget and avoid going beyond the amount that you set. Do not let anyone convince you to extend your budget to purchase a vehicle that you do not need. You already researched the options, and you know what you want. There is no point in you going beyond your budget.
Consider financing options
Even if used cars are cheaper than brand-new models, it is still possible that you cannot afford to pay for the vehicle you want to buy in cash. Therefore, you need to start looking at your financing options. Start applying for possible loans or at least check the requirements to get loan approval. Once you find the vehicle that you like, you can purchase it right away.
Be sure that you want a used car
Before you even think about buying a used car, you need to be sure about the decision. Sometimes, it is best for you considering the amount you are willing to spend. However, there could be brand new models that are available for a few more dollars. You might also have a hard time looking for a used car that does not have severe damage. If you end up spending money on repairs and maintenance, it is best for you to consider buying a brand-new model.
Be ready to walk away
It is easy to negotiate when you are looking at used cars. For some owners, they want to dispose of the vehicle without looking at a considerable profit. Others want to sell it right away so they can use the money for other expenses. Therefore, it is an advantage to buyers like you since most of these sellers are willing to drop the price to accommodate you. However, if it ends up in a tough negotiating battle that you do not think you are going to win, you need to prepare yourself to walk away.
Once you have thought about this decision, it is time for you to begin hunting for the vehicle that you want, and which has the features that you need. Take your time in comparing the choices. Check out car dealerships in Utah for more information regarding used cars and the ones that are worth buying.


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On June 5 in Music History
Be sure your student reads and listens to Today's Daily Listening Assignment
• 1625 ~ Orlando Gibbons, English organist/composer, died at the age of 41
• 1665 ~ Nicolas Bernier, Composer
• 1686 ~ Cristoph Raupach, Composer
• 1722 ~ Johann Kuhnau, Composer, died at the age of 62
• 1759 ~ Theodor Zwetler, Composer
• 1785 ~ Gottfried August Homilius, Composer, died at the age of 71
• 1798 ~ Alexey Fyodorovich L'vov, Composer
• 1813 ~ Prosper Philippe Catherine Sainton, Composer
• 1816 ~ Giovanni Paisiello, Italian Composer (Serva Padrona), died at the age of 76
• 1826 ~ Carl Maria von Weber, German Composer (Oberon), died at the age of 39
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• 1826 ~ Ivar Christian Hallstrom, Composer
• 1852 ~ Tomasz Napoleon Nidecki, Composer, died at the age of 45
• 1861 ~ Tomas Genoves y Lapetra, Composer, died at the age of 55
• 1863 ~ Arthur Somervell, Composer
• 1868 ~ Anselm Huttenbrenner, Composer, died at the age of 73
• 1879 ~ Adolf Wiklund, Composer
• 1895 ~ August Baeyens, Flemish Composer of Coriolanus
• 1885 ~ Julius Benedict, Composer (Protoghesi), died at the age of 80
• 1894 ~ Immanuel Faisst, Composer, died at the age of 70
• 1908 ~ Luca Fumagalli, Composer, died at the age of 71
• 1909 ~ Alfred Uhl, Composer
• 1913 ~ Friedrich Wildgans, Composer
• 1922 ~ Specs (Gordon) Powell, Musician: drummer: CBS staff musician
• 1923 ~ Daniel Pinkham, American composer
• 1925 ~ Bill Hayes, Singer, entertainer
• 1927 ~ Paul Lacombe, Composer, died at the age of 89
• 1932 ~ Pete Jolly (Cragioli), Pianist
• 1937 ~ Stanley Lunetta, Composer
• 1941 ~ Martha Argerich, Brazilian pianist
• 1941 ~ Floyd Butler, Singer with Fifth Dimension and Friends of Distinction
• 1941 ~ Roy Eldridge was featured on trumpet and vocal as drummer Gene Krupa and his band recorded After You've Gone for Okeh Records.
• 1942 ~ Sammy Kaye and his orchestra recorded the classic I Left My Heart at the Stage Door Canteen for Victor Records.
• 1942 ~ Charles Dodge, Composer
• 1943 ~ Bill Hopkins, Composer
• 1944 ~ Riccardo Zandonai, Composer, died at the age of 61
• 1945 ~ Don Reid, Singer, Grammy Award-winning group: The Statler Brothers and CMA Vocal Group of the Year from 1972 to 1980
• 1946 ~ Fred Stone, Singer with Sly and the Family Stone
• 1947 ~ Laurie Anderson, American composer and performance artist
• 1956 ~ Kenny G (Gorelick), Saxophonist
• 1956 ~ Elvis Presley made his second appearance on Milton Berle's Texaco Star Theatre. Presley sang Heartbreak Hotel, his number one hit. The TV critics were not kind to Elvis' appearance on the show. They panned him, saying his performance looked "like the mating dance of an aborigine."
• 1959 ~ Bob Zimmerman graduated from high school in Hibbing, MN. Zimmerman was known as a greaser to classmates in the remote rural community, because of his long sideburns and leather jacket. Soon, Zimmerman would be performing at coffee houses at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, and later, in Greenwich Village in New York City. He would also change his name to Bob Dylan (after poet Dylan Thomas, so the story goes).
• 1964 ~ David Jones and The King Bees had their first record, Liza Jane, released by Vocalion Records of Great Britain. Less than a decade later, we came to know Jones better as David Bowie.
• 1965 ~ "Wooly Bully" by Sam the Sham and Pharaohs hit #2
• 1971 ~ Marky Mark (Mark Wahlberg), Guitarist, singer with Marky Mark and The Funky Bunch
• 1972 ~ Maureen McGovern quit her job as a full-time secretary for a new career as a full-time singer. Maureen was part of a trio before recording as a solo artist in July, 1973. Her first song, The Morning After, from the movie, The Poseidon Adventure, was a million-seller. She also sang the theme, Different Worlds, from ABC-TV's Angie, and Can You Read My Mind from the movie, Superman. Ms. McGovern starred in Pirates of Penzance for 14 months on Broadway.
• 1993 ~ Conway Twitty, Country star (Linda on My Mind), died at the age of 59 during surgery
• 1994 ~ Ish Kabbible (Merwyn A Bogue), Cornetist with Kay Kyser, died at the age of 86
• 1999 ~ Mel Torme passed away
• 2016 ~ Phyllis Curtin, American soprano (New York City Opera), died at the age of 94
On May 19 in Music History
• 1616 ~Johann Jakob Froberger, composer
• 1861 ~ Dame Nellie Melba (Helen Porter Mitchell), Australian coloratura soprano. She gave her name to Melba Toast, Peach Melba and Melba Sauce.
More information about Melba
• 1895 ~ Albert Hay Malotte, composer
• 1919 ~ Georgie Auld (John Altwerger), Musician: saxophones: bandleader; passed away in 1990
• 1921 ~ The first opera presented in its entirety over the radio was broadcast by 9ZAF in Denver, CO. The opera, "Martha", aired from the Denver Auditorium.
• 1941 ~ The Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra backed the popular singing duo of Bob Eberly and Helen O'Connell as Decca record number 3859 turned out to be Time Was – a classic.
• 1945 ~ Peter Dennis Blandford Townshend, British rock guitarist
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• 1949 ~ Dusty Hill, Musician, bass, singer
• 1952 ~ Grace Jones, Jamaican new-wave singer and songwriter
• 1954 ~ Charles Edward Ives, US composer (Unanswered Question), died at the age of 79
• 1958 ~ Bobby Darin's single, Splish Splash, was released as the first eight-track master recording pressed to a plastic 45 RPM disc.
• 1965 ~ Roger Miller received a gold record for the hit, King of the Road. The song was Miller's biggest hit record. It got to number four (3/20/65) on the pop charts and stayed on for 12 weeks.
• 1966 ~ Country music came to New York's Carnegie Hall this night. Eddy Arnold debuted with an array of popular country artists in the Big Apple.
• 1968 ~ Piano stylist and vocalist Bobby Short gained national attention as he presented a concert with Mabel Mercer at New York's Town Hall. He had been the featured artist at the intimate Hotel Carlisle for years.
• 1973 ~ Stevie Wonder moved to the number one position on the Billboard pop music chart with You are the Sunshine of My Life.
• 2001 ~ Joe Graydon, who left the FBI for show business and became a popular big band singer, TV talk show host and concert promoter, died at the age of 82. Graydon joined the FBI in 1940, spending the next six years investigating spy cases and tracking down World War II military deserters. But Graydon, who had worked his way through college singing in nightclubs and on college campuses, decided to return to music after the war. He accepted a four-month gig as a singer on the highly popular radio show, "Your Hit Parade." A successful singing career followed, and in 1950 he was offered a job in television as well. "The Joe Graydon Show" was broadcast on Los Angeles and San Diego television stations for much of the first half of the 1950s. He later switched to managing the careers of others, including Helen Forrest, Dick Haymes, Ray Eberle and the Pied Pipers. When swing music saw a resurgence in popularity in the 1970s, he began producing Big Band concerts and shows.
On May 15 in Music History
• 1567 ~ Claudio Monteverdi, Italian composer
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• 1808 ~ Michael William Balfe, Irish composer
• 1813 ~ Stephen Heller, Hungarian composer and pianist. His career spanned the period from Schumann to Bizet, and was an influence for later Romantic composers.
• 1918 ~ Eddie Arnold, Singer
• 1908 ~ Lars-Erik Larsson, Swedish composer
• 1923 ~ Ellis Larkins, Pianist, a favorite accompanist of singers from Mildred Bailey to Ella Fitzgerald
• 1936 ~ Anna Maria Alberghetti, Singer
• 1937 ~ Trini Lopez, Folk Singer and guitarist
• 1938 ~ Lenny Welch, Singer
• 1938 ~ Guy Lombardo and his orchestra recorded Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride, the group's last side for Victor Records. Lombardo took disc number 25861 and moved the Royal Canadians over to Decca Records to make "the sweetest sound this side of heaven."
• 1942 ~ Lainie Kazan, Singer
• 1947 ~ Graham Goble, Guitarist with Little River Band
• 1948 ~ Brian Eno, Musician, synthesizer, record producer, songwriter, co-founder of Roxy Music
• 1953 ~ Mike Oldfield, Composer, musician
• 1964 ~ The Smothers Brothers, Dick and Tom, gave their first concert at Carnegie Hall in New York City.
• 1970 ~ Close to You, the Carpenter's second album and the one that launched them to meteoric fame, was released by A&M Records. The title song, (They Long to Be) Close to You, became a pop music standard and the first of six million-sellers in a row for Karen and Richard.
• 1972 ~ Glen Campbell earned a gold record for his Greatest Hits album on this day.
On April 20 in Music History
. 1881 ~ Nicolai Miaskovsky, Russian composer
. 1925 ~ Tito (Ernest) Puente, Jazz musician, bandleader
. 1925 ~ Henri Renaud, French pianist
. 1931 ~ Louis Armstrong recorded the classic, When It's Sleepy Time Down South, for Okeh Records. Satchmo would use the tune as his theme song for decades. The song was waxed in Chicago, IL.
. 1934 ~ One of America's most beloved child stars made her debut. Shirley Temple debuted in Stand Up and Cheer, which opened in New York City. Moviegoers would rave about her song and dance routine, Baby, Take a Bow, for many years.
. 1935 ~ Your Hit Parade, starring Kay Thompson, Charles Carlyle, Gogo DeLys and Johnny Hanser, was first broadcast on radio in 1935. A youngster named Frank Sinatra would later be part of the program as a featured vocalist. Your Hit Parade stayed on the radio airwaves for 24 years. Snooky Lanson would later host the program when it made the transition from radio to TV. Other long-time regulars on the TV version were: Russell Arms, Gisele MacKenzie and Dorothy Collins. They were the lucky ones who got to present the top seven songs each week. Since many songs stayed on the list for weeks on end, these vocalists had to invent new ways to present the hit parade. On April 24, 1959, Your Hit Parade died. The regulars just didn't fit with the new rock 'n' roll hits. Imagine, if you can, Snooky Lanson singing Hound Dog. The original title of the radio show was, Lucky Strike Hit Parade, sponsored by, you guessed it, Lucky Strike cigarettes. The cigarette company continued to sponsor the TV show (those were the days when cigarette companies sponsored lots of TV shows), and the opening theme song was Be Happy, Go Lucky.
. 1943 ~ John Eliot Gardiner, British conductor
. 1950 ~ Peter Frampton, British rock singer and guitarist
. 1951 ~ Luther Vandross, soul singer, (1989 UK No.13 single 'Never Too Much', first released 1983, US N0.10 and UK No.2 single with Janet Jackson 'The Best Things In Life Are Free'). Also worked with David Bowie, Mariah Carey. Vandross died on 1st July 2005 aged 54 two years after suffering a major stroke.
. 1968 ~ Hair opened on Broadway
. 1985 ~ The British pop music group Wham!, featuring George Michael, became the first to release cassettes in the People's Republic of China. Selections from two of the group's albums were packaged and sold on the tape.
. 1986 ~ Pianist Vladimir Horowitz gave his first concert in the Soviet Union in 61 years. He had emigrated in 1925.
. 1987 ~ Starlight Express posted the largest week's gross in Broadway history. The roller-skating musical earned $606,081 at the box office. The revival of The King and I starring Yul Brynner had been the previous leader (1985).
. 2000 ~ Canadian composer Louis Applebaum, long associated with the prestigious classical repertory company the Stratford Festival, died of cancer. He was 82.
. 2001 ~ Giuseppe Sinopoli, Italian conductor, collapsed at the podium while conducting a performance of Verdi's Aida in Berlin. He was rushed to the hospital, but doctors could not revive him. Sinopoli, 54, was the music director of the Dresden Staatskapelle and was a controversial figure in classical music. An avid scholar, Sinopoli had a medical degree and was also studying archaeology.
. 2003 ~ Nina Simone, whose deep, raspy, forceful voice made her a unique figure in jazz and later helped define the civil rights movement, died. She was 70. Born Eunice Kathleen Waymon in 1933 in North Carolina, Simone was the sixth of seven children in a poor family. She began playing the piano at age 4. In the late 1950s Simone recorded her first tracks, including Plain Gold Ring and Don't Smoke In Bed. But she gained fame in 1959 with her recording of I Loves You Porgy, from the opera "Porgy & Bess." But she later wove the turbulent times of the 1960s into her music. In 1963, after the church bombing that killed four young black girls in Birmingham, Ala., and the slaying of Medgar Evers, she wrote Mississippi Goddam, and after the killing of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., she recorded Why? The King of Love is Dead. One of her most famous songs was the black pride anthem, To Be Young, Gifted and Black.
Simone enjoyed perhaps her greatest success in the 1960s and 70s, with songs like I Want A Little Sugar in My Bowl, and Four Women, the song with the famous line "they call me PEACHES." She recorded songs from artists as diverse as Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen and Bee Gees and made them her own. Perhaps one of her more popular covers was her version of House of the Rising Sun. While she had a regal presence onstage, she could often be temperamental. She had a reputation for chewing out audience members who interrupted her performances in clubs with conversation or loud drinking or talking. In 1999 she received a lifetime achievement award in Dublin and an award for excellence in music from the Association of African American Music in Philadelphia.
. 2017 ~ Cuba Gooding Sr., American singer (Everybody Plays the Fool), died at the age of 72
On April 15 in Music History
. 1452 ~ Leonardo da Vinci, Italian musician, painter, sculptor, engineer, mathematician, scientist and what-not
. 1651 ~ Domenico Gabrieli, Italian composer and cellist
. 1891 ~ Stephen Albert Emery, American composer and pianist, died at the age of 49
1894 ~ Bessie Smith, American blues, jazz and vaudeville singer
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. 1920 ~ Jim Timmens, Grammy Award-winning composer: Aren't You Glad You're You in 1995, Best Recording For Children, jazz musician, musical director of New York's Radio City Music Hall
. 1923 ~ Dr. Lee DeForest's Phonofilm, the first sound-on-sound film, motion picture, was demonstrated for a by-invitation-only audience at the Rivoli Theatre in New York City. The guests saw The Gavotte, a man and woman dancing to old-time music and The Serenade, four musicians who played on wind, percussion and string instruments.
1924 ~ Neville Marriner, British violinist and conductor
. 1927 ~ Serge Koussevitsky directed the Boston Symphony Orchestra in the first performance of Frederick Converse's symphony, Flivver Ten Million, a salute to the 'Tin Lizzie' automobile.
. 1930 ~ Herb Pomeroy, Musician: trumpet, teacher at Berklee in Boston, bandleader, directed radio Malaysia Orchestra
. 1933 ~ Roy Clark, Musician, guitar, banjo, CMA Entertainer of the Year in 1973, country singer, Comedian of the Year in 1970, 1971 and 1972
. 1972 ~ Roberta Flack started a six week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face'. Written in 1957 by political singer/songwriter Ewan MacColl for Peggy Seeger, who was later to become his wife. At the time the couple were lovers, although MacColl was married to someone else. MacColl is the father of singer/songwriter Kirsty MacColl. The song was featured in the Clint Eastwood film 'Play Misty For Me.'
On April 14 in Music History
. 1759 ~ George Frideric Handel, organist, violinist and composer, died. Among his best-known oratorios are "Saul," "Israel in Egypt" and the "Messiah".
. 1900 ~ Salvatore Baccaloni, Opera singer
. 1922 ~ Soprano Jeanette Vreeland sang the first radio concert from an airplane as she flew over New York City.
. 1922 ~ Ali Akbar Khan, Indian composer and maestro sarod player
. 1924 ~ Shorty Rogers (Milton Rajonsky), Musician: trumpet, bandleader, songwriter, composer, arranger
. 1933 ~ Buddy Knox, Singer
. 1933 ~ Morton Subotnick, American composer of experimental music
. 1935 ~ Loretta Lynn, American country music singer, songwriter and guitarist, first woman to earn the CMA's Entertainer of the Year award; named ACM Artist of the Decade in 1979
. 1941 ~ Hildegarde recorded the standard Darling Je Vous Aime Beaucoup on Decca Records. Hildegarde was the elegant singer with the long white gloves who was accompanied by the Harry Sosnik Orchestra. It took another 14 years, but Nat 'King' Cole turned the song into an even bigger hit, landing at number 7 on the pop music charts.
. 1951 ~ Julian Lloyd Webber, British cellist
. 1958 ~ Pianist Van Cliburn was presented on national TV for the first time on NBC's The Tonight Show with Jack Paar.
. 1958 ~ Laurie London reached the top spot on the music charts with He's Got the Whole World in His Hands, knocking Perry Como's Catch a Falling Star down a peg or two.
. 1960 ~ The musical Bye Bye Birdie opened at the Martin Beck Theatre in New York City. Chita Rivera and Dick Van Dyke starred in the Broadway show which ran for 607 performances.
. 1967 ~ Herman's Hermits, featuring lead singer Peter Noone, went gold with the single, There's a Kind of Hush. It was a two-sided hit, with the flip-side, No Milk Today, also receiving considerable play. Hush, however, was a top five song, while the 'B' side just made it into the top 40 at number 35.
. 1995 ~ Burl Ives, Oscar-winning actor and singer whose gentle voice helped popularize American folk music, died. He played powerful dramatic roles in movies including "The Big Country," for which he won an Academy Award for best-supporting actor, and "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof."
. 1999 ~ Anthony Newley, British actor and singer-songwriter (Doctor Dolittle; Goldfinger theme; Willy Wonka score), died at the age of 67
. 2007 ~ Don Ho, American musician (b. 1930)
. 2013 ~ Sir Colin Davis, English conductor (NY Met 1967-71), died at the age of 85
. 2015 ~ Percy Sledge, American soul singer (When A Man Loves A Woman), died at the age of 73


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Our cat is diabetic.This is a fairly recent diagnosis. In this article I will discuss what the best diet has been for our diabetic cat.
This diet was set in consultation with our veterinarian. Your veterinarian will always be the first place to go concerning diet for a diabetic cat.
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If your cat has just been diagnosed with diabetes you probably have lots of questions to ask and there are some good resources which are listed at the bottom of this post.
This is the feeding regime that is working well with our cat that we stick to 100%.
It has meant being more organised around dinner time to ensure that there is always someone at home who knows how to give the insulin injection.
Our cat has had no problems health wise his entire life. The only trip to the vet was for yearly injections, the odd isolated complaint and to buy supplies.
Tom, (I know, not a very original name) was diagnosed with diabetes over 14 months ago.
As he is diabetic, he needs twice daily insulin injections.
That's fine if the thought of giving an injection is okay with you but it was really not with me.
Anyway, I did have to man up and get used to giving the injections and now it's fine.
It's not something I particularly like doing but I can do it so if you are like me, just know that it soon becomes routine.
Amazing how we can overcome these phobias if we have to.
Just as I have overcome my phobia of injections, the cat now associates the injection with getting fed, so he succumbs meekly to the advancing needle knowing that there is a big reward coming. In fact he doesn't so much as flinch with the injection.
I don't know about old dogs learning new tricks but the cat and I have certainly adapted.
He has the insulin injections before breakfast and before dinner. He is fairly large cat, lengthwise not necessarily girth. He came from a local shelter.
He wasn't overweight, which is often a factor in diabetes in cats, although he always did put a few extra pounds in winter (don't we all). He is pretty svelte now.
This is what he eats on a daily basis as per instructions from the vet.
Insulin injection followed by:
Insulin injection followed by:
This is working well because his diabetes is stable and apart from aging and some dementia he looks as though he will go on forever.
Periodically he does return to the vet and stays for the day to have his levels monitored.
Sometimes cats do 'get over' diabetes or the insulin can be reduced. This hasn't happened to us yet but maybe it will in the future.
The Fancy Feast isn't something that we started feeding him because of the diabetes, he had always had Fancy Feast as part of his diet. By the way, I do prefer buying Fancy Feast in the larger boxes as we go through so many and they are a heavy item. I stack the boxes in the cupboard and know that I don't need to think about it again for a while.
You could call that being lazy but I prefer the being organized option.
He always had Fancy Feast plus raw meat and fresh fish (a fishing household) plus dry food purchased from the vet, so he had been dining in style.
To be perfectly honest, before he was diagnosed we probably gave him too many biscuits.
In the past, he always had a bowl of biscuits at his disposal so that if he got peckish during the day there was always a little snack. That no longer happens.
As too many carbohydrates are not recommended for a diabetic cat, we do VERY strictly limit the number of biscuits he has now.
He has only about 10 very small biscuits which is nothing but he enjoys them and we can keep his levels okay even with this added carbohydrate. He isn't very happy about that as he would like more and who can blame him but it is a routine we have to stick to for his health.
As cats are obligate carnivores, protein should always form the major part of their diet.
We are almost 12 months into this regime now and it must be working well, as health wise he is fine, apart from getting older. He will be 17 at the end of the year - actual birth date unknown, so age has always been an estimate (well now, that's an idea I could run with).
Giving the injections before meals is now an well entrenched habit and it has not been a problem.
We leave this note on the kitchen bench to indicate that the cat has been fed for those occasions when whoever has fed the cat, has then gone out. It eliminated text messages and it's plain and simple to know what has happened.
This tag gives peace of mind, knowing that others can see at a glance that your cat has a medical condition.
On the back of the tag, there are four lines to put the information that you want, for example name of the pet, contact details, phone number or vet's phone number. You decide.
There are a variety of different colors to choose from.
Purina Pro Plan Veterinary Diets DM DM Dietetic Management Dry Food – (1) 10 lb. Bag
This food is formulated as high protein, low carbohydrate to assist with weight management as weight is often a contributing factor to diabetes in cats.
This is not a cheap product however if your cat has diabetes and you are paying for insulin injections, it is part and parcel of caring for the cat.
The dry food is often supplemented with canned food.
These products are often recommended by vets, however check with your own vet for quantities.
Hello! I am Rebecca Parker, the content editor of this site. This is my kitty cat in his heyday. He now has diabetes which means twice daily injections and much to his dismay, no more snacking in between meals. This gorgeous and very loved kitty is sadly now deceased, old age caught up with him.


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Dr. Wooden received an undergraduate degree in chemistry from Duke University before earning his dental degree from Virginia Commonwealth University. After serving in the U.S. Air Force as a captain in the dental corps, he returned to VCU for a post-graduate residency in orthodontics. After completing the orthodontic program, he opened an office in Durham where he practiced orthodontics for many years. Dr. Wooden has been practicing orthodontics at University Dental Associates in Raleigh since January of 2013.
Dr. Wooden is an active member of a number of dental organizations and is also involved in community activities through his church and a Rotary Club. Family life and beach activities are among Dr. Wooden's interests. He and his wife, Judy, have two grown sons.