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Entries from October 2007

66 COSTUME CHANGES IN 84 MINUTES!

October 30th, 2007 · No Comments

The Cleveland Plain Dealer marveled at, among other things, the “Quick-change artists” in the “Forbidden Broadway” show appearing there. The fast-paced show that parodies any number of Broadway musicals is coming to the South Bay in April.
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Tags: Comedy · Family · Music

CHERRYHOLMES'S AMAZING GRACE

October 26th, 2007 · 2 Comments

Whether or not the first family of Bluegrass music, Cherryholmes, plays “Amazing Grace,” there is no doubt that they live it. Mourning the loss of a daughter and sister, the six other members of the Cherryholmes family decided to go listen to bluegrass music to cheer themselves up.

On the way home, Jere, the father, [...]

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Tags: Music

IRELAND AWAITING HARLEM GOSPEL CHOIR

October 24th, 2007 · No Comments

Articles in Northern Ireland newspapers are all abuzz about the upcoming concert there by the Harlem Gospel Choir.
Living up to its mission of spreading the Word through music and bringing peoples and nations together, HGC tours the world.

No doubt, they are especially popular in Ireland, having performed with [...]

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Tags: Family · Music

MARIACHI DIVAS FLUTIST HITS ALL THE GREAT NOTES

October 22nd, 2007 · 1 Comment

Keiko Okamoto, the Japanese-born flutist with the internationally flavored Mariachi Divas, has joined the Great Notes Ensemble, too. Great Notes is a woodwind quintet.
Apparently, the Mariachi Divas are Mayor Antonio Villaraigoso’s favorite band. Maybe he will join the other holiday revelers in the “We Wish You A Mariachi!” holiday singalong, which features the [...]

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Tags: Family · Music

HARLEM GOSPEL CHOIR ON PBS

October 19th, 2007 · 1 Comment

The Radio City Music Hall concert of Andre Rieu, which features over a dozen songs with the Harlem Gospel Choir, will be shown on the PBS station, KERA, in Dallas, Texas. Unfortunately, there is no podcast of the concert and we will just have to wait until our local PBS stations deign to run the [...]

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Tags: Music

LEE GREENWOOD SENDING TROOPS CARE PACKAGE

October 16th, 2007 · No Comments

Lee Greenwood appeared on the stage of the Grand Ol’ Opry last week to unveil a care package that he and the visitors to the Opry and others gathered to send to the troops in Iraq.

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BLUEGRASS IN JAPAN — Cherryholmes touring the Far East before L.A.

October 12th, 2007 · No Comments

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The famous bluegrass family band, Cherryholmes, is touring Japan before they stop off in Torrance for a gig with Highway 101 at the Armstrong Theatre on November 17, according to a feature article on the band in CMT, Country Music Television’s site.
Touring to support their new album, the family will possibly be recording a PBS documentary [...]

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Tags: Music

FERRARO OUTFOXES HANNITY & COLMES

October 9th, 2007 · No Comments

A Fox commentator herself, Geraldine Ferraro, as always taking the high-ground, taught some manners to the sophomoric Sean Hannity, of Hannity & Colmes. Ferraro checked Hannity for his string of distortions regarding Democrats, Iraq, and particularly Barak Obama. A description of the encounter and a video is on the News Hounds website.

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POWER OF ART!

October 8th, 2007 · No Comments

Three days of contemporary art innovations, workshops, music, poetry, storytelling, a public art project, films, art education and appreciation for all ages! This weekend, October 12 - 14, at the Alta Vista Community Center in Redondo Beach, 715 Julia. Sponsored by the Redondo Beach Art Group. And did we mention that it’s free!! accupril

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MARIACHI DIVAS HEADLINING EAGLE ROCK FESTIVAL

October 6th, 2007 · No Comments

If you live anywhere near Eagle Rock, California, you have until midnight to catch their annual festival, which features the fabulous Mariachi Divas.

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Tags: Music