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The 34th Army Band’s Rhythm Majors dance orchestra was first
formed during World War II. During the war, the Rhythm Majors performed in
support of allied troops and civilians throughout England, Ireland, Italy and
Africa. Today, the 18-piece Rhythm Majors is led by SFC Roscoe E. Porch JR. In
recent years, the Rhythm Majors have performed throughout the United States, as
well as Italy, and Greece. The Rhythm Majors are made up of citizen soldiers
from throughout Iowa and Illinois. They perform numerous concerts and dances
each year, providing music ranging from traditional Big Band to contemporary.
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“It is a voice that demands attention without rattling the
cage — soft, seductive, bearing the flickering, genteel ghost of a Southern
drawl…that’s lean, elegant and – above all – utterly devoid of pretense.” (
from Pieta’s Bio)
On Friday, May 23 at 8 p.m. be sure to catch Pieta Brown,
live and in concert at Cafe Paradiso to support her new record, Remember The
Sun, featuring Mr. Bo Ramsey.
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Sharon Bousquet will grace the Cafe Paradiso stage for the
first time since January, on Saturday night, May 24. She will be joined onstage
by various guitarists—adding electric and acoustic flavors to older favorites
and recent pieces. New stories and songs written for film and T.V., liberal
church services, and a women’s charity performance slated for this fall, will
be offered up for your listening pleasure. Expect more acoustic blues
influence, Rumi poems set to music…there will be something for everyone, even
if it’s tales of rye whiskey and wild women!
Tickets are only $5 when purchased ahead of time, and $7 at
the door. Very special guests will join Sharon! Cafe Paradiso is in located inside the Broadway
Building, 607 W. Broadway Avenue: 641-472-0856 or www.cafeparadiso.net. You can
hear Ms. Bousquet’s music online at myspace.com/sharonbousquet.
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by Tracy Chipman
There is a story about how the stars in the universe gaze
down upon us, shining witnesses to the dramas unfolding on Earth. If the stars
were gazing down on Fairfield these last five months, they would have witnessed
some peculiar goings-on: Broadway actors roaming about town in amazement;
downtown restaurants bustling at pre- and post- show time; more laughter,
standing ovations and applause; and many generations of Iowans dressing up and
taking pride in our gem of a theater—The Stephen Sondheim Center for the
Performing Arts. The stars above are in for a treat, as one season closes and
another begins at The Sondheim Center.
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Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen to receive Maharishi
Award
Mark Victor Hansen, who partnered with Jack Canfield in the
record breaking Chicken Soup for the Soul Series, will be giving a free,
two-hour seminar to all of the Fairfield community entitled, “Transformation
through the Law of Attraction.” The seminar will be held on Thursday, May 22, 2
to 4 p.m., at The Stephen Sondheim Center.
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The Fairfield Art Association is expanding its “Chairs with
Flair” fundraising project. This year, creative folks are invited to
participate in making fun, original “Garden Art” out of a variety of items, in
addition to chairs. The FAA has been collecting furniture, window panes,
chairs, bird houses, rocks and other items that are available to decorate or
transform into a piece of garden or porch art.
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Lyme disease is an illness that is spread by infected
ticks. It may affect the skin, nervous
system, heart and joints. Lyme disease is mainly found in the eastern United
States and the upper Midwest. Most cases occur in June and July.
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A new pair of pajamas may seem like a trivial thing to most
women. But for a woman arriving at a shelter with shattered self-esteem and
only the clothes on her back (not even those if she’s come straight from a
hospital), new PJs can be an important part of the healing process. Shelters
try, in many ways both small and large, to provide things that help a woman to
think she has value, and lots of it... that she is not the things she’s heard
from the batterer but someone worth caring for.
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Months of creative teamwork with Destination ImagiNation®, a
worldwide creative problem-solving competition, has brought success to nine
teams of MSAE students. Don’t miss their final performances at the Annual
Showcase this Saturday, May 17, 7:30 p.m., at Henry Ogden Clark Auditorium.
Arrive early (6:30) for an organic Italian dinner, delicious savories and
sweets, and a silent auction to benefit the students going to Global Finals of
Destination ImagiNation®.
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