askland on November 9th, 2007

Mount Vernon, WA - Our own (dare we admit it?) Roger Ragusa has made good on his promise and strolled the length of Downtown Mount Vernon in his costume to generate donations for the Theater Arts Guild. He was a good sport about it and did not try to weasel out of it in anyway. [...]

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We saw a surprising video tonight - Celine Dion and Anastasia singing “You Shook Me All Night Long” - quite different from everything else we’d ever heard Celine sing before! (Quality of video is poor, but holy cow, talk about two power voices) Apparently most [...]

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askland on November 7th, 2007

Lynden, WA 2007 - Lynden Performing Arts Guild will be performing Disney’s High School Musical November 14, 15, 16, 17, 23, 24, 29, 30 & December 6, 7, 8, at 7:30pm - November 24, 25 & December 1, 2, 8 at 2pm at the Claire vg Thomas Theatre - 655 Front St. #13, Lynden [...]

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askland on November 7th, 2007

 
Read a review of HAIR Oct 12, 2007 by Theresa Goffredo from the Everett Herald. This production of Hair the musical ran from October 5-28, 2007 at the Historic Everett Theater.
Book and Lyrics by: Gerome Ragni and James Rado
Music by: Galt MacDermot
Produced for the Broadway stage by: Michael Butler
Originally Produced by: The New York Shakespeare [...]

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askland on November 6th, 2007

Chita Rivera - The Shriner Ballet

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askland on November 3rd, 2007

JIM MORRISON improvising on piano

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You have probably read that members of the Westboro Baptist Church caused emotional distress to the father of a Maryland Marine killed in Iraq by picketing his funeral and must pay $2.9 million in damages, a jury found Wednesday. Of course there will be appeals.
I’m not very much into politics, but I did run across [...]

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askland on November 1st, 2007

Bat Boy the Musical runs Oct 3 thru Nov 10 at http://www.artswest.org in Seattle, WA. Music & lyrics by Laurence O’Keefe, Book by Keythe Farley and Brian Flemming. Directed by Christopher Zinovitch.
Bat Boy was originally an actual cover story article in the Weekly World News on June 23, 1992. Read about the [...]

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askland on November 1st, 2007

 
Cirque Du Soleil uses it’s leverage in China to create acceptable working conditions in surrounding areas. The full article from Canada.com can be read at:
http://www.canada.com/topics/news/story.html?id=d2c2a907-5ae0-433d-a4db-0f357b041f86&k=42608
Excerpt:
“It’s important to promote our values and to make sure that the people we work with respect them,” said Gaetan Morency, vice-president of Public and Social Affairs at the Cirque.
He [...]

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askland on November 1st, 2007

 
Visit the Santos Brothers website at http://www.rampinbrothers.com/
The Santos Brothers where born in Madrid, Spain. Javier (1976) and the twins Pedro and Ramon (1985) They are continuing a seventh generation family tradition. As clowns and acrobats the family for over 300 years have been enchanting audiences all over the world. Javier, Pedro and Ramon are the [...]

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askland on November 1st, 2007

Christopher “Kit” Chatham is currently the Drumset/Percussionist for Cirque [...]

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askland on November 1st, 2007

Which guitar strings would Jesus use? For the record, sources inform me that the Christian rock band Third Day endorses Ernie Ball strings.

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askland on November 1st, 2007

Fender Musical Instruments Corporation (FMIC) announced today that it has entered a definitive agreement to acquire Kaman Music Corporation (KMC). FMIC agreed to purchase Kaman Music Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of parent company Kaman Corp. (NASDAQ-GM: KAMN) for approximately $117 million in cash, subject to specified post-closing purchase price adjustments. Closing is expected to [...]

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