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Charles C. Freitag, Calvert Hall music teacher
Charles C. Freitag, the longtime director of the music program at Calvert Hall College High School where he was also a founder of its marching, concert and dance bands, died Monday of heart failure at Stella Maris Hospice. The Mays Chapel resident was 92....Tags: Lyric Opera of Baltimore, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (fictional animal), Teaching and Learning, Timonium, Heart Failure
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Columbia Orchestra offers 'everything for everyone'
The Columbia Orchestra has been doing so well at the box office that it's giving people two opportunities to hear its Symphonic Pops concert this weekend. The concert on Saturday, March 16, at 7:30 p.m., will be repeated on Sunday, March 17, at 3 p.m.,...Tags: Jaws (movie), Theater, Frank Sinatra, St. Patrick's Day, Music
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100 Years Ago: Searching for a farm hand
100 Years Ago Hiring a farm guy In the classified section of the Times: "Wanted; To hire by the year a young and industrious Farm Hand, with small family. Good opening for permanent place and future. W.S. Powell, Times Office Ellicott City." Seems...Tags: Savoy (music group), Benny Goodman, Howard County, Sonja Henie, Ellicott City
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Perry Hall musician keeps Zim Zemarel's Big Band sound alive
It takes a Big Band sound to battle the disco, punk, thrash rock, heavy metal and country-pop now dominating national soundtracks.
But that's exactly what the Zim Zemarel Band has done in the greater Baltimore area for the better part of 50 years.
And...Tags: YouTube, Television, Weddings, Dundalk, Morris A. Mechanic Theatre
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Historic theater feted in morning ceremony
Baltimoresun.com StaffEric P. Grubman simply couldn't compete with the nearby drilling. "Going forward ...," he began at a news conference earlier today announcing the festivities surrounding Tuesday's opening of the $62 million Hippodrome Performing Arts Center on the west...Tags: Tony Awards, Culture, Arts, Benny Goodman, Ronald Reagan
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Collectors look for 'peg wooden' dolls from early 19th century
Wooden dolls date back centuries. The earliest were crude carved pieces of wood shaped like a human figure. But today it's rare to find a doll made before the 1600s, when English and German draftsmen skillfully carved wooden lifelike dolls. Most...Tags: Frank Sinatra, Japan, Germany, Bridgeport (Fairfield, Connecticut), Auction Service
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Penn's Peak marks a decade of music on top of the mountain
Lehigh Valley Music presents FESTBLOGIn was summer 2002, and the sprawling Rambler’s Ranch mountaintop music venue near Jim Thorpe was in foreclosure, closed for two years. That’s about as long as its builder, local country musician Tommy Schafer, had tried to operate it before..... -
Fans of Frank Sinatra will have an opportunity to see Tony Sands portray the legendary entertainer in an upcoming production of ¿It Was a Very Good Year¿ at the Richland Performing Arts Center.
Our Town CorrespondentThe show is scheduled for Nov. 18 beginning at 2 p.m. Sands has been portraying Sinatra for over 20 years. He has made various television appearances and performed all over the United States. In “It Was a Very Good Year,” Sands will take...Tags: Frank Sinatra, Music, New York City, Arts
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Bernard Lansky dies at 85; Memphis clothier to Elvis Presley
Bernard Lansky, the Memphis retailer who helped a young Elvis Presley establish his signature clothing style of pegged pants, two-toned shoes and other flashy duds in the 1950s, has died. He was 85. Julie Lansky, the clothier's granddaughter, said he...
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Windsor Jazz Series Runs Through June
The Hartford CourantSinan Bakir, the young, Turkish-born guitarist/composer who embraced Hartford as his hometown, has established himself as a much-respected, expressive and independent-minded player on the talent-laden local scene. Now virtually a brand name for quality...Tags: Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut), Artists, The Hartt School, Folk (genre), Music Industry
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On the Town: Dancing up a storm at the Ford
While some had no choice but to stand due to a sell-out, standing-room-only house, even those with seats at the John Anson Ford Amphitheatre took to their feet in a standing ovation following the Pacific Ballet Dance Theatre’s “Dance in the...
Tags: Disney Channel (tv network), Michael Jackson, New York City, Entertainment Events, Bill Haley
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ANTIQUES: Hidden value found in art tiles
Bargain-priced American art pottery vases are hard to find. But, art pottery tiles made by important companies still are inexpensive, because they have had little publicity. Tile collectors in England and Holland pay high prices for tiles made in their...Tags: Tobacco Products, Death Penalty, Library of Congress, Companies and Corporations, Prices
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