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Cincinnati 2012
July 04 - 14
7th World Choir Games
July 04 - 14, 2012 Cincinnati (OH), USA
For the first time the 2012 World Choir Games were held on the American continent. The event exceeded expectations for attendance, cultural impact and awareness-building. Cincinnati residents were highly engaged in the Games with 4600 volunteers. The Parade of Nations at the Fountain Square with 30000 people was one of the events' highlights.
Approximately 15 000 active participants from 64 countries were involved in these Games. There was an estimated 7 530 minutes of performances – the equivalent of more than five days of uninterrupted singing – in concerts and competitions. A total of 106 Gold, 139 Silver and 19 Bronze Medals were awarded by the international jury. The Medal tally of the 7th World Choir Games is led by the United States with 76 Medals (23 Gold, 46 Silver, 7 Bronze), followed by China and Hong Kong / SAR with 53 (30 Gold, 18 Silver, 5 Bronze) and Indonesia with 17 (8 Gold, 9 Silver) and Russia (3 Gold, 7 Silver, 1 Bronze) and South Africa (10 Gold, 1 Silver). Germany won 2 Silver and 1 Bronze Medal.
The 2012 World Choir Games also included performances and appearances by Grammy Awards winner Kirk Franklin, who wrote 'I Can – the Official Song of the 2012 World Choir Games", gospel artist Marvin Winans and 2006 Dancing with the Stars Champion Drew Lachey.
Media stories (print, broadcast and online) ran in several countries, including China, South Africa, India, Indonesia, South America, and in high-profile publications in Germany (e.g. DIE ZEIT, tagesspiegel, Cicero) and in the USA (the New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Midwest Living and the Washington Post, among others). ABC's "Good Morning America", the No. 1 rated morning news program, broadcast live from Fountain Square on July 9.
A multi-pronged social media approach provided an informative, interactive experience for the Games' participants and spectators throughout multiple social media channels (e.g. Facebook, twitter, Flickr, YouTube, and ChoirTV.com). Social media generated awareness, informed stakeholders of the most up-to-date news and provided opportunities to connect with international audiences.
The event was so successful, in fact, that INTERKULTUR announced at the Closing Ceremony that it has established a permanent international office in Cincinnati and has initiated discussions to hold a future event in the city.
"Look at Cincinnati – out in full force. This crowd on Fountain Square is rivaling [New York's] Times Square. And they're all here for the World Choir Games."
Ginger Zee, Good Morning America
"Cincinnati won (the World Choir Games) because of its music venues, cultural history and workability."
"Exhilaration from the word 'go' - the 2012 World Choir Games has changed us and readied us for better things."
Milton Dohoney, Cincinnati City Manager
"The World Choir Games saw Cincinnati USA galvanize around a common cause and welcome the world to celebrate the power of music and the arts."
Nick Vehr, Managing Director of the 2012 World Choir Games
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Jurors Part 1
Ivo Antognini (Switzerland)
Described as "an important new voice" by The American Organist Magazine, Antognini's choral works have won many awards in national and international choral composition events and are performed in more than 55 countries. In March of 2016, a concert dedicated entirely to his choral music was held in Lincoln Centre for the Performing Arts in New York City. In May of 2016, his first major extended work, "A Prayer for Mother Earth", for mixed choir, children's choir, orchestra, soprano soloist and piano was premiered in Carnegie Hall. Recent recordings with Antognini's music include Canticum Novum, a portait album featuring the Salt Lake Vocal Artists, To Bethlehem (RESONUS), with the Kantorei of Kansas City, Invisible Stars (SIGNUM RECORDS), with UCD Choral Scholars, and Sacred Songs of Life & Love (PENTATONE) with South Dakota Chorale. His choral pieces are published by Alliance Music Pub., Walton Music, Hal Leonard, G. Schirmer, Colla Voce, Boosey & Hawkes, PH Publishers, ECS Publishing, Carus-Verlag, Edition Peters Ferrimontana, and others. Antognini teaches ear training and piano at the Conservatorio della Svizzera Italiana in Lugano, Switzerland.
Barbara Baker (USA)
Vocal/general music teacher, clinician and lecturer, conductor, arranger
Guest conductor of the Houston Ebony Opera Chorus (Houston, Texas), the Pensacola Children's Chorus (Pensacola, Florida), and Richmond All-City High School Choir (Richmond, Virginia)
Retired director of vocal music at Eleanor Roosevelt High School and director of the Colesville UMC Gospel Choir, (Silver Spring, Maryland)
"Awarded "Distinguished Secondary School Teacher" by the city of Greenbelt, Maryland, as well as the "Maryland Distinguished Woman in the Arts."
Member of the American Choral Directors Association; previous ACDA Maryland State President
Yuval Benozer (Israel)
Conductor and lecturer
Music Director of the "New Israeli Vocal Ensemble" and the "National Kibutz Choir"
Guest conductor in countries so as France, Italy, Germany and Argentina as well as all the major orchestras in Israel
Winner of numerous prizes with his choirs, including the award for "Outstanding Performance of an Israeli Composition" and first prizes in international choir competitions in Malta, Spain and Belgium
Renette Bouwer (South Africa)
conductor, voice trainer, arranger
conductor of award winning choirs, such as the "RAU Choir" and the "UJ Choir"
currently conductor and manager of the "University of Johannesburg Choir" where she works with voices from different cultural backgrounds, proving the flexibility of the voice and adaptability of young singers to different styles of music
soloist in numerous oratoria in South Africa and abroad
involved with adjudication nationally and internationally
Robert Campbell (USA/Netherlands)
musical director, educator, clinician, judge
published author of articles, choral editions and vocal arrangements
judged music contests in eight countries and three continents, and is in demand as a musical clinician, arranger and coach
university educator
Joseph Cerutti (USA)
Conductor, music director, clinician and adjudicator
Music director of the Alexandria Harmonizers (BHS), the Pride of Baltimore (SAI),
Member of the Barbershop Harmony Society (BHS), a charter member of NCCO, and in ACDA, MENC, and Chorus America
Certified music judge in the BHS and the youngest of 9 men to be named "Master Director" in BHS history
BHS Board of Directors from 2012-2014
Robert Cooper (Canada)
conductor, artistic director, executive producer
Artistic Director of the "Orpheus Choir of Toronto", "Chorus Niagara", the "Opera-in-Concert Chorus" and the "Ontario Male Chorus"
conducted symphony orchestras and opera companies across Canada
guest conductor at major arts festivals and adjudicator at international choral competitions
has prepared choruses for many international conductors including Helmuth Rilling, Sir David Willcocks, Sir Andrew Davis
Executive Producer for Choral Music and Opera on CBC Radio Music
Soundarie David (Sri Lanka)
conductor, pianist, juror
Alumni of the prestigious Royal College of Music, London
acclaimed pianist and collaborator
founder of Sri Lanka's premiere female ensemble "Soul Sounds"
founder of the "Soul Sounds Academy" - one of the leading music academies in Sri Lanka
awards include "SAARC Women of Achievement Award", "Zonta Award" and the "Bunka Award" presented by the Japan / Sri Lanka Foundation
Brandon L. Dean (USA)
Clinician, professor and adjudicator
Professor of Music at Gustavus Adolphus College (St. Peter, Minnesota)
Doctor of Musical Arts degree in conducting from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music
Past winner of the Nebraska Choral Director's Association Graduate Scholarship in Choral Conducting
Rollo Dilworth (USA)
Professor, director, conductor and author
Professor of Music and Director of Choral Activities and Music Education at the North Park University School of Music in Chicago, Illinois and director of the Music Institute of Chicago Children's Choir
Awarded with the prestigious Zenos Hawkinson Award for Teaching Excellence and Campus Leadership in 2008
A contributing author for the Essential Elements for Choir and the Experiencing Choral Music textbook series
Active member of the Music Educators National Conference (MENC), the National Association of Negro Musicians (NANM), the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA), and Chorus America
Rosephanye Dunn Powell (USA)
Dr. Rosephanye Dunn Powell serves as Professor of Voice at Auburn University. Prior to her appointment at Auburn University, Dr. Powell served as an Associate Professor of Music and Chair of the Music Department at Philander Smith College (Little Rock, Arkansas), and as an Assistant Professor of Music at Georgia Southern University. She holds degrees from The Florida State University, Westminster Choir College, and Alabama State University.
Dr. Powell has been hailed as one of America's premier women composers of choral music. Her compositions are in great demand at choral festivals around the country, frequently appearing on regional and national conventions of the American Choral Directors Association, as well as Honor Choir festivals. Her works are performed yearly in many parts of the world including countries in Europe, Asia, Africa and South and Central America.
Oscar Escalada (Argentina)
Lecturer, composer, adjudicator, arranger, conductor
Professor of Conducting and Composition at the Conservatory of La Plata
Founder and conductor of the chamber choir Coral del Nuevo Mund and the Children's Choir of the "Teatro Argentino de La Plata", the Opera House of the Province of Buenos Aires
Director of the Latin American Choral Music series published by Neil A. Kjos, Music Co. in San Diego, USA
Jürgen Faßbender (Germany)
During the last years Jürgen Faßbender achieved with his choirs numerous 1st prizes at renowned international choir competitions such as "let the people sing", Arezzo, Riva del Garda, Tours, Trelew, Prague, Kleipeda, Llangollen, Vienna, Wernigerode and Choir Olympics Bremen and won the German Choir Competition (Deutscher Chorwettbewerb) several times.
He is a member of the Federal Music Committee of the Hessian Singers' Association, the Choir Association Rhineland-Palatinate, the Literature Committee of the German Choir Competition and the Association of Professional German Choir Conductors.
Since 2012 he has been working as a co-editor of the popular choir book series "Reine Männersache" edited by Peters-Verlag, Frankfurt.
He is an internationally renowned juror, guest conductor and clinician and since 2008 Artistic Director of the Hesse State Youth Choir. In 2012 he was appointed to the World Choir Council.
Raymond Fu (China)
conductor, singer
regarded as one of the most talented choral conductors in Hong Kong
for various periods conductor of the Hong Kong Philharmonic Chorus, the Academy for Performing Arts Choir, Hong Kong Singers, the Hong Kong Chorus, the Pro-Musica Chorus, and the Hong Kong Silver Jubilee Singers
currently Chairman of the The Opera Society of Hong Kong, Music Director of HK Sheng Kung Hui, Diocese of HK Island, Choirmaster of St John's Cathedral and Assessor to The Art's Development Council of Hong Kong
member of the World Choir Council
Rev. John Galea (Malta)
Conductor, composer, researcher of old music manuscripts
Musical Director of the St. Julian's choir between 1965 and 2002 and Maestro di Cappella of the Metropolitan Cathedral between 1993 and 2000
Artistic Director of Malta International Choir Competition and Festival
Editor and performer of old Maltese music from the musical archives held in the Mdina Cathedral Museum
Director of the Catholic Institute in Malta
Mary Goetze (USA)
Clinician, author, conductor, educator, composer, arranger
Founder of the University Children's Choir and the International Vocal Ensemble at Indiana University Jacobs School of Music
Developed the Global Voices DVDs for introducing songs orally and visually using technology
Educator for teachers about children's voices
Co-author of the recent publication "Educating Young Singers: A Choral Resource for Teacher-Conductors", and two series books, "Share the Music" and "Spotlight on Music"
Levente Gyöngyösi (Hungary)
composer, continuo player
graduated 1999 at Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest
his professor was György Orbán
has composed numerous choral works for renowned Hungarian and international choirs, like "Pro Musica Girl's Choir" (Hungary), "Stellenbosch University Choir" (South Africa) and "Iowa State University Choir" (USA)
jury member at the World Choir Games Cincinnati (USA) and Riga (Latvia)
awarded the "Erkel Ferenc Prize" in 2005 and the "Bartók Pásztory Prize" in 2009
John Haberlen (USA)
Choral conductor, music pedagogue
Professor Emeritus at Georgia State University, served as choral conductor and Director of the School of Music
Former national president of the American Choral Directors Association
Judged numerous international juries
Writer of two choral books and publisher of over 50 choral octavo editions
Tigran Hekekyan (Armenia)
conductor, professor, headmaster, lecturer
Professor of Conducting at Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory
founder, Artistic Director and conductor of the "Little Singers of Armenia" Choir and Artistic Director of the Armenian Little Singers International Association
headmaster of Sayat-Nova Music School
international adjudicator, conductor and guest lecturer
Anders Jalkéus (Sweden)
Was a singer and one of the founding members of the world-famous vocal group "The Real Group" for more than 30 years
Studied choir conducting with Professor Eric Ericson, and is a frequent workshop leader, popular lecturer and well renowned adjudicator in competitions all around the world
Through the years he has collaborated with groups and artists such as Bobby McFerrin, Barbara Hendricks, Gene Puerling, "Take 6", "Rajaton" and "MPact"
After leaving The Real Group in 2015 he has worked as headmaster for a school for music and culture, chief for music in the county of Östergötland in Sweden and since January 2020 he is choirleader, conductor and organist in Norrtälje just north of Stockholm
Tommyanto Kandisaputra (Indonesia)
Tommyanto Kandisaputra is the founder, music director and conductor of Studio Cantorum Bandung Choir & Orchestra, which actively performs important music repertoire in Indonesia.
He is working as voice consultant and conducts many choir development programs all over Indonesia for singers and conductors by giving choral seminars, workshops, voice building, choir clinics and organizing competitions.
He is the chairman and founder of the Bandung Choral Society that organizes concerts and collaborations, symposium on Church Choral Music since 2003 until now. This year, he organize the 5th Symposium on Church Choral Music.
He was a World Choir Council member. He is a chairman of INTERKULTUR Indonesia since 2006.
Tommyanto Kandisaputra was the Artistic Director of The 1st Asian Choir Games in November 2007, taking place in Jakarta/ Indonesia. Also, Tommyanto was the Artistic Director of the North Sulawesi International Choir Competition 2008 in Manado and the Tomohon International Choir Competition 2009 and 2010 in North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Now he organizes the Bandung International Choir Competition in his home town and the successful Bali International Choir Competition in Denpasar every year. And now he have been organizing another big Choral event "INDONESIA CHOIR FESTIVAL" in Indonesia.
At the end of 2014, he had been asking to be the Representatives of Indonesia for One Asia Cultural Ambassador organized by Music for one Foundation, South Korea. This organization dedicated to working with children and communities worldwide to reach their full potential through music and music education.
Recently, he conducted Taipei Philharmonic Youth Choir, May 4 performed the richness of Choral Music from Indonesia at National Concert Hall in Taipei, Taiwan.
Katalin Kiss (Hungary)
Associate professor, lecturer, conductor
Professor at Kody Institute of Liszt Ferenc University of Music
President of Ars Nova Vocal Ensemble and Kecskemét Festival Choir and director of Ars Nova Edito Publishing House
Founder of the World Choir of Hungarians, which serves the reunion of Hungarians from all over the world in Music at special national festivals
Mārtiņš Klišāns (Latvia)
Since 1998, Mārtiņš Klišāns, works as art director of the Rīga Cathedral Boys' Choir. Under his guidance, the choir has been granted the Latvian Grand Music Award - the highest State award in music and Latvian Music Recording Award.
Klišāns has graduated from the conducting class at the Jāzeps Vītols' Latvian Music Academy (tutored by Imants Kokars). He got his Master's degree in 2009. His vocal skills were improved at Bach Academy (Stuttgart, Bruce Abel). As a vocalist, Klišāns has contributed to the chamber choir Ave Sol and Rīga Vocal Group. As a tenor solo performer, he has participated in more than one hundred performances of the Baroque operas and oratories.
Klišāns still teaches at the Rīga Cathedral Choir School and at the Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music. In July, 2004, he was a guest conductor at the Americafest: the world festival for boys' and men's choir singing. He's a member of the council of the World Choir Games and of the INTERKULTUR association, and has been a part of international juries lately. He is the conductor of the amateur choirs Juventus and Beverīna and also conducts the mixed choir Vaidelote, the mixed choir Valmiera, and is chief conductor of Cēsis district. Klišāns has also been elected chief conductor of the Great Song Festival 2008, 2013 and 2018 as well; he was also among the chief conductors of the IX and X Latvian Youth Song and Dance Festivals. Annually he is invited to the different choral competitions as a jury member. In 2015 Mārtiņš Klišāns got the highest State award – The Order of Three Stars.
Steen Lindholm (Denmark)
choral and orchestral conductor, music director
choral and orchestral conductor, church music director, organist
gives master classes and workshops all over the world
guest conductor of several European radio choirs and festivals
Artistic Director of the Copenhagen Concert Society
jury member at eight editions of the World Choir Games
Ludumo Magangane (South Africa)
conductor, adjudicator, arranger, author
studied music at the University of Zululand, majoring in Choral Conducting and Music History
founder and director of "Kwa Thema Youth Choir" (since 1979) and co-founder and director of "Bonisudumo Choristers" (since 1985)
director of "Kwa Thema Central Methodist Church Choir"
Music Director of the "Sowetan Massed Choir Festival" (2002-2009)
Mia Makaroff (Finland)
Mia Makaroff is a composer, arranger, music teacher and a choral conductor. In 2003, she graduated from the Sibelius Academy as a Master of Music in Music Education studies. Her work experience includes teaching music in schools, working with choirs, composing, creating and conducting different music projects.
Many well-known song groups and choirs have brought Mia Makaroff's music to a wider audience, such as Rajaton, King's Singers, Cantus, Amarcord and others. She has been involved in many national and international projects, such as "Song Bridge", bilingual musical "Crown Children", the mass "Diligam Te" and "The New Carmina". Further she has held master classes of composing for children choirs in Belgium, Italy and Russia. Mia Makaroff has also worked as a juror and a lecturer in choir competitions and festivals, for example in the 10th World Choral Games in Tshwane in South Africa. Her favorite themes are creativity, rhythmics and enhancing communication. Also theatre music is one big interest of hers.
Nicol Matt (Germany)
Nicol Matt, one of Germany's few new generation conductors, studied Lutheran church music, conducting, vocal coaching, score playing, piano and singing at the music academies of Stuttgart, Trossingen and Strasbourg.
He is the founder and conductor of the Chamber Choir of Europe and was the conductor of the Amadeus Choir. Almost one hundred CDs with recordings of highly demanding vocal, orchestral and instrumental works document his sophistication as an artist. Worldwide sales of over eight million CDs testify to the demand for his highly-regarded and awarded interpretations.
He regularly receives invitations to perform at established concert series such as the Rheingau Music Festival, the SWR Festival, the MDR Musical Summer in Germany, and in many other countries.
As producer Nicol Matt developed and initiated many new projects for the international TV- and music industry, to support choirs and a cappella singing worldwide.
Nicol Matt has active partnerships with contemporary composers from Germany, England and the USA – including Morten Lauridsen, Bob Chilcott, John Rutter, Ola Gjeilo, Hans Schanderl and Frank Zabel.
As lecturer and judge he is regularly invited to international choir competitions, festivals and universities, to teach during workshops and master-classes for conductors and singers around the globe.
Jerry McCoy (USA)
Choral conductor
Director of Choral Studies and Regents Professor of Music at the University of North Texas
National vice-president/immediate past-president of the American Choral Directors Association, and a member of the INTERKULTUR international advisory board
Music Director of Schola Cantorum of Texas
Founder/music director of the Texas Choral Artist, a professional chamber choir based in Dallas, Texas
Maria-Emma Meligopoulou (Greece)
Maria Emma Meligopoulou holds a Master Degree in Choral Conducting from Boston University CFA and a PhD in Choral Conducting and pedagogy for Children and Youth Choirs from Ionian University. She has also studied Law at Aristotle University. She teaches Choral Conducting Techniques and directs the University Choir at the University of Macedonia in Thessaloniki.
She also teaches at the master's program of Choral Conducting at Ionian University and is professor of Choral Conducting at the New Conservatory of Thessaloniki. She has performed many choral concerts and international tours in Greece, Europe (Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Germany, Finland, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Russia, Spain, Switzerland, UK), Asia (Israel, Turkey, Singapore, China, Japan), Africa (Egypt, South Africa), USA, Canada. As Choral Director she has been several times recipient of First Prizes with her own Choir "Ss. Cyril & Methodios Choir", among them the Moscow Sounds Festival, Interkultur Festivals, Loto Quebec Festival (Canada), etc.
She is council member of the World Choir Games, Artistic Advisor of Interkultur Festivals, and she is on demand as lecturer, guest conductor and adjudicator in international symposiums, festivals and workshops worldwide. In 1992 she founded the Ss. Cyril & Methodios Children's and Youth Choir, the largest choral organization in Northern Greece with over 300 singers in five departments (preparatory choir, children's choirs, mixed youth choir and chamber choir).
She is author of the textbook Introduction to the Art of Choral Praxis (2011) 3rd Edition in 2013 and the Music Editions: Choral Works for Equal Voices by Greek Composers (2014), and Christmas Choral Works for Equal Voices (2016), all of them available by Nakas - Papagregoriou Editions, Athens.
Dapeng Meng (China)
conductor, lecturer, juror
Chairman of the Children's Chorus Committee of China
Vice-Board Chairman of China Chorus Association
Director of China Broadcasting Children's Chorus (China National Radio) from 1983
jury member of the World Choir Games since 2008
Vytautas Miškinis (Lithuania)
composer, conductor, clinician
Artistic Director of the "Ąžuoliukas Boys' and Men Choir"
Professor of Choral Conducting at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre
President of the Lithuanian Choral Union
won prestigious prizes at numerous national and international competitions with his choirs
international adjudicator, conductor, composer and guest lecturer
Takashi Nikaido (Japan)
Adjudicator, lecturer, guest conductor, director
Choral conductor and Shobi University lecturer
Board member of the Japan Choral Directors Association
Conductor of the Ensemble Evergreen (first prize in the chamber choir category at the 8th International Choir Festival in Tallinn, Estonia)
John August Pamintuan (Philippines)
Composer, conductor
Winner of composition prizes from Tokyo, Japan and Tours, France
Writer of approximately 300 commissioned works for choirs around the world
Featured composer at JCDA Tokyo 2012 and and 2013 in South Africa, Japan, Indonesia and Croatia
Jury member in Takarazuka (Japan), Cro Patria Split (Croatia), Rimini (Italy) and the IFCM Composition Contest in 2012
Theodora Pavlovitch (Bulgaria)
Conductor, professor, adjudicator
Professor in choral conducting at the Bulgarian National Academy of Music and at Sofia University
Conductor of Classic FM Radio and VA Sofia Chamber Choir
Regular adjudicator and clinician at international choral events
Awarded the Golden Lyre which is the highest award for musicians in Bulgaria
Hong Hai Pham (Vietnam)
choral conductor, orchestra conductor
conductor and vice director of the Vietnam National Opera & Ballet
assistant conductor of the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra (1989 – 2001) and the Dean of Conducting - Composition at the Vietnam's Military University of Arts (1984 – 1989)
founder and conductor of the Vietnam's Children Choir (2004) and Hanoi New Choir (2009)
member of the international jury at World Choir Games since 2006
Marcia Pinvidic (Canada)
Coach and adjudicator
International Judging Program Moderator for Sweet Adelines International
Performance coach for numerous choruses and quartets in Canada and United States
Member of the International Faculty and Certified Expression Judge with Sweet Adelines International
Adjudicator in competitions in North America, Great Britain and New Zealand
Zimfira Poloz (Canada)
Zimfira Poloz is an expert in choral artistry for young voices. Recipient of awards from Ontario, Canada, and Kazakhstan and with invitations to conduct from around the globe, Zimfira has been a guest artist at Europa Cantat (France, 2018), 1st International Choral Alberto Grau Competition (Venezuela, 2017), America Cantat (Bahamas, 2016), and World Choir Games (2000-2016).
Zimfira established her musical credentials in Kazakhstan as founder of their first choir school. In Canada, Zimfira found a home with Toronto Children's Chorus, St. Michael's Choir School, and eventually as Artistic Director of Hamilton Children's Choir and Young Voices Toronto.
In 2018, Zimfira celebrates her 15th anniversary as Artistic Director of Hamilton Children's Choir (HCC). Under her direction, HCC has become among the most acclaimed youth choral programs in the world, appearing at "Podium" Choral Canada Conference 2012 and 2018, ACDA National Conference 2017, America Cantat XIII 2016, Polyfollia 2014, IFCM World Symposium 2014, 1st Xinghai International Choral Competition 2013, Euroradio Choral Competition 2009.
Zimfira teaches music at the University of Toronto. Her curated Canadian choral collection can be found with Cypress Choral Music: The Zimfira Collection.
Aurelio Porfiri (Italy)
Choral conductor and composer
Associate professor, composer in residence and coordinator of music programs (University of Macao, China)
Director of choral activities (Santa Rosa da Lima School English section, Macao, China)
Visiting Conductor Music Education Department Shanghai Conservatory of Music
Artistic Director Porfiri & Horváth Publishers (former Edition Music Contact, Pohlheim, Germany)
Tove Ramlo-Ystad (Norway)
Tove Ramlo-Ystad is educated as a singer and conductor with a Master Degree from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim.
Her teachers and mentors in conducting have been Stefan Sköld, Anders Eby and Mogens Dahl.
Tove Ramlo-Ystad is one of Norway's most acknowledged choir conductors. She is a very popular and inspiring guest conductor and she is frequently used as an adjudicator in international choir competitions.
She has conducted the female choir "Cantus" since their beginning in 1986. "Cantus" has received a lot of attention, won several competitions and is known by their Nordic sound. This sound was the reason Disney discovered "Cantus", and led to the choir being preferred to sing in their animation movie 'Frozen'.
Earlier she has been the conductor of both mixed and male ensembles. Now her experience is much used as a mentor for younger conductors.
Tove Ramlo-Ystad is working for the Norwegian Choral Association as a music director, where developing education systems for conductors in Norway is one of the main issues.
Earl Rivers (USA)
Conductor, professor of music, director of choral studies
Director of Choral studies and Head of the Division of Ensembles and Conducting at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM)
Guest conductor and teacher of conducting and masterclasses in Chengdu, China, Seoul, South Korea, and at the Juiliard School and Carnegie Hall in New York City
Music director and conductor from 1988-2008 of Cincinnati's Vocal Arts Ensemble (VAE)
Johan Rooze (Netherlands)
Johan Rooze
Johan Rooze studied Piano and Conducting at the Utrecht Conservatory, the Netherlands. Later he went to the U.S. to specialize in Jazz Piano, Singing and Arranging.
He was founder and 23 years Musical Director of the Utrecht University Vocal Group "Dekoor". They won many prices such as The Dutch Choir Festival, The International Vocal Group Festival and the "Idols for choir" TV show, "Korenslag" 2007 in the Netherlands. He was Conductor of the Utrecht Student Symphonic Choir and Orchestra. With these choirs he toured all over the world. Johan Rooze founded the "Dudok-Ensemble", an outstanding Project Choir, conducted the monthly Bach Cantatas in Utrecht and was guest conductor with the National Radio Choir.
Furthermore he was Professor for Vocal Jazz, Conducting and Arranging at the Conservatories of Rotterdam and Alkmaar, a member of the board of Musical Advisors for the Dutch Royal Christian Music Association and Artistic Director for the International Choir Festival, Netherlands 2005.
In 2008 he moved to South Korea and teaches Choral Music and Jazz Piano at the Yeongnam University. He is musical director of a new Jazz Choir (Yaenoeul Jazz Singers) and in 2010 he founded the professional Daegu Students Choir. He is a frequent guest conductor with other choirs. Besides his choral work he is very active as a Jazz Pianist and Arranger. He works as Artistic Director for INTERKULTUR and is a frequently asked adjudicator, speaker and workshop-leader internationally.
Aarne Saluveer (Estonia)
conductor, educator, producer
founding Artistic Director of "Estonian Television Girl's/Children's Choir", Principal of Tallinn Georg Ots Music College
worked with Michael Jackson, Arvo Pärt, Veljo Tormis, Roxanna Panufnik, Imogen Heap and performed at Eurovision Song Contest & Film Awards live, for HM Elizabeth II and Their Majesties Japanese Emperor
Artistic Director/conductor of the Estonian Song Celebration Choir with 20 000 singers and board/council member of WCG, IFCM, Estonian CA
"Guidoneum Award", "Order of the White Star of the Republic of Estonia in 2004", "Prize of the UNICEF Estonian National Committee"
Susanna Saw (Malaysia)
conductor, music educator, lecturer
lecturer at Malaysian Institute of Art, University of Malaya, and University of Technology MARA – Music Faculty
founder and Director of Young Choral Academy in Kuala Lumpur, a venue for choral music training, Malaysian Kodály Centre and a platform to nurture young Malaysian choral singers and teachers
founder of the "Kuala Lumpur Children's Choir", "Young Kuala Lumpur Singers" and Malaysian Choral Eisteddfod (an annual choral symposium for children and youth choirs)
Kirby Shaw (USA)
Kirby Shaw has made a major impact in choral music education and has shared his musical expertise in 45 states. Kirby has degrees in Music Education and Choral Composition from San Jose State University and a DMA degree in Choral Conducting from the University of Washington. Dr. Shaw's teaching is infused with a sense of humor and breadth of knowledge that is transmitted in an exciting and highly contagious manner. Kirby taught in the Mt. Shasta public schools before joining the faculty at College of the Siskiyous in California where he founded and directed the innovative and highly acclaimed COS Vocal Jazz Ensemble. He also pioneered similar groups at Colorado State University and The University of Missouri - Kansas City, and is now directing the Jefferson State Choral Coalition at Southern Oregon University. Kirby has scatted one-on-one with such notables as Bobby McFerrin, Al Jarreau, Jon Hendricks, Mark Murphy, Greta Matassa and Chris Calloway.
He has overseen the creation of hundreds of educational recordings, five college and university albums and two solo CDs. Kirby is a member of Just 4 Kicks, a zany 4-man a cappella vocal ensemble specializing in Jazz. A composer/arranger with nearly 3000 choral compositions/arrangements in print, Kirby's music is sung around the world and has sold over 20 million copies. He has many commissioned pieces to his credit, including one for The Mormon Tabernacle Choir. This creative and prolific output has resulted in numerous ASCAP awards. Kirby and his wife, Markita have written an original musical based on Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol entitled SCROOGICAL.
Ronald Smart (Australia)
music educator, conductor, juror and administrator
former principal, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, University of Sydney and artistic director of the annual Hong Kong International Youth Music Festival
has been the director of several choirs, symphony orchestras, brass choirs, marching bands
was awarded the Australian Public Service Medal (P.S.M.) in the Queen's Birthday Honours for his service to music in 1990
juror at all World Choir Games and 2 Asia-Pacific Choir Games as well as judging at competitions around the world, e.g. in Austria, France, Wales, Singapore, Argentina, the USA and Korea
Alexander Solovyev (Russia)
Artistic Director and chief conductor of The Chamber Choir of the Moscow Conservatory & Professor at the Choral Conducting Department & Dean of the Office for Foreign Students' Affairs of the Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory
Artistic Director of the International Festivals of Moscow Conservatory: Autumn Choral Festival named after Prof. Boris Tevlin, Dedicated to the Victory Day, The Sealed Angel, Born in Russia
Artistic Director of the State Choir of Tula region & Professor at the Choral Conducting Department of Moscow State Institute of Music named after A.G. Schnittke
President of Creative Initiatives Development Fund
Robert Sund (Sweden)
conductor, composer, clinican
for 17 years he has been teaching conducting and ensemble leadership at the Royal Academy of Music in Stockholm
leads courses for both choral singers and conductors and was invited as guest conductor all over the world
has been workshop leader at several world symposia and he is a guest lecturer and a diligent jury member at choral competitions and festivals worldwide
amongst other awards, he received the Kings Medal of the 8th Magnitude with a bright blue ribbon for valuable service as director of the male choir Orphei Drängar
Aida Swenson (Indonesia)
Aida Swenson is one of Indonesia's strongest forces of choral music development. A founder and conductor of the Indonesian Children's & Youth Choirs- Cordana, who have gathered international recognitions and awards, and have been invited to perform in major cities worldwide.
As a graduate of the Westminster Choir College, Princeton, USA and as a sought after clinician, Aida Swenson conducts numerous workshops and adjudicates national and international events. Her activities as a juror includes in: USA, England, Germany, Vietnam and Singapore.
Aida Swenson has spent many years traveling throughout Indonesia creating and leading choirs, giving masters classes, and training choral conductors. However, her professional endeavors are largely but not limited to her choral clinician activities. Her professional activities include: Council Member of the World Choir Games for Indonesia; Member of the Advisory to INTERKULTUR's World Choir Games; Chairman of the Foundation for the Development of Choral Music in Indonesia; Member of Advisory of the Foundation of Church Music; Member of Artistic team of Polyfollia World Showcase; Member of the committee APCS-IFCM; Artistic Director of National Christian Universities Choir Competition in Indonesia.
Aida Swenson is featured in the "World Who is Who in Choral Music". Her personal commitment to her musical endeavors in Indonesia is not only centered on her vision in furthering the quality of children's choral development. Aida is a pillar of change, of progression, and of energy to achieve unassailable quality in choral music in Indonesia and internationally.
Dale Syverson (USA)
Lecturer, singer
Master Director of the Rich-Tone Chorus
Teacher, Singer and Coach of Barbershop
Education Direction Committee and the International Board of Directors of Sweet Adelines organization
Jennifer Tham (Singapore)
conductor, pedagogue, clinician
Artistic Director and conductor of "SYC Ensemble Singers" and Artistic Director of the "Young Musicians' Society"
coordinator of Asia Pacific Working Committee of the International Federation for Choral Music
recipient of the Cultural Medallion 2012, Singapore's highest arts accolade, awarded by the President of Singapore
André J. Thomas (USA)
André J. Thomas, the Owen F. Sellers Professor of Music, at Florida State University is in demand as a choral adjudicator, clinician, and director of Honor/All-State Choirs throughout the United States, Europe, Asia, New Zealand, and Australia.
International conducting credits are extensive. They include, conductor/clinician for IFCM, World Youth Choir in Taiwan, Philippines, and in Europe. He has been the guest conductor of the Birmingham Symphony Orchestra in England, and guest Conductor for the Berlin Radio Choir and the Netherlands Radio Choir.
Thomas has also distinguished himself as a composer/arranger and has produced two instructional videos. His Book, "Way Over in Beulah Lan' is published by Heritage Music Press.
Tian Xiaobao (China)
Professor, musician
Professor at the Conservatory of Music and director of the Choral Art Research Center of China, Huazhong Normal University
Vice-Chairman of the Federation for Choral Music of Chinese Musicians Association
Standing Director of China Chorus Association
Deputy Director of China's Chorus Academic Committee of Normal Universities
Roger Treece (USA)
Composer, conductor, educator
5 Grammy nominations, 14 Downbeat Awards, producer for artists such as the King's Singers, Manhattan Transfer, Barry Manilow, Bobby McFerrin and SMASH's Katherine McPhee
Writer of hundreds of works for high school and college-level choir, orchestra, jazz band and chamber ensemble
Commissioned by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the United Arab Emirates Ministry of Culture, the Danish Radio Symphony and Choir, the Los Angeles Master Chorale, Disneyworld and Microsof
Romāns Vanags (Latvia)
Romāns Vanags is a graduate of Emils Darzins' specialized music college and of the Department of Choir and Orchestra Conducting of Jazeps Vitols' Latvian State Conservatory in Riga. He has received a diploma in choir conducting and in music pedagogy. He studied also symphonic orchestra conducting. In 2003, Romāns Vanags received the professional master's degree in music.
His professional work is focused on conducting and pedagogy. He has been the Chief Conductor of the teachers' choir "Vanema" from 1984 – 2004 and since 1990, he has been the principal Conductor of the Latvian University Female Choir "Minjona". Since 1987, he has been Chief Conductor and Artistic Director of Jāzeps Mediņš Music School Boys` Choir and has worked with the Jāzeps Mediņš Music College Symphonic Orchestra from 1990 – 1993. Since 1987 Romāns Vanags was employed at the Latvian Academy of Music in Riga as professor of choir conducting. From 2005 to 2012 he was the head of the Conducting Department.
Romāns Vanags has been the organizer of various courses for conductors in numerous countries around the world and also jury member of many international choral competitions. He has been appointed as one of the chief conductors of the All Latvian Song Celebration and the Youth Song Festival. Since 2008 he is a member of the World Choir Council. Since August 2014 Romāns Vanags is one of the Artistic Directors of INTERKULTUR and also chairman of the Latvian choral conductors' board.
The choirs conducted by Romāns Vanags have won numerous awards at international competitions (Arezzo, Debrecen, Tour, Varna, Powel River) and made concert tours all over the world.
In 2008 Romāns Vanags received the highest civil decoration in Latvia – the Three Star Order.
Leslie Wodday (USA)
Singer, educator, clinician
Lead Singer of Sweet Adelines International Championship Quartets MAXX Factor and Signature Sound
Singer/ educator/ coach for Quartet and Chorus specializing in Expression and Sound categories
Educator, coach, judge, performer at different festivals
Lingfen Wu (China)
choral conductor, teacher
founder and Professor of the Conducting Department of China Conservatory and expert panel member of the Committee for Art Education of Ministry of Education of China
Vice President of the China Chorus Association and choir master of National Center of the Performing Art
has been very active in both performing and educating which is very rare in China
top conductor with huge popularity and a professor with great prestige
Li Yang (China)
conductor, music educator, juror
Professor of Conducting at the Central Conservatory of Music
Principal Conductor of "Tianjin Symphony Orchestra", resident conductor of the "Children and Young Women's Chorus of China National Symphony Orchestra", director and conductor of "Beijing Philharmonic Chorus"
publisher of articles in the "Journal of the Central Conservatory of Music" and "Journal of Tianjin Conservatory of Music" and of the text book on conducting titled "Modern Conducting Techniques"
Eui-Joong Yoon (Republic of Korea)
Professor and conductor
Seoul National University (BA), Graduate School of Music, University of Cincinnati (M.M, DMA)
Member of Board of KFCM, KCDA
Professor at the Han Sei University (Choral Conducting Departement)
Music Director of Chang-Won Municipal Choir and the Yoido Full Gospel Church, Conductor of Seoul Ladies' Singers
Yu-Chung John Ku (Chinese Taipei)
Conductor, adjudicator, lecturer
Conductor of Taipei Philharmonic Chorus and Chamber Choir; international guest conductor at Carnegie Hall of New York City, National Art Center of Beijing, and the Symphony Hall of Chicago
Doctoral candidate at the University of Cincinnati, master degree from Temple University in conducting
Chorus master for several opera productions by Taiwan's National Symphony Orchestra
Representative of Taiwan in the International Federation of Choral Music's Asia Pacific Committee since July 2008
Stephen Zegree (USA)
Pianist, conductor, clinician, arranger and adjudicator
Internationally recognized as one of the most respected vocal jazz conductors and educators in the world
Serves as "Bobby McFerrin Distinguished Professor of Music" at Western Michigan University
His internationally acclaimed vocal jazz ensemble, Gold Company, has won numerous "Outstanding Performance" awards
Founder of The Steve Zegree Vocal Jazz Camp, held every summer at Western Michigan University
Organizer & Committee
INTERKULTUR Foundation
The Cincinnati Organizing Committee of the 7th World Choir Games
Mark Mallory, The Honorable Mayor of the City of Cincinnati
and numerous national and international committees and organizations
Presidency of the World Choir Games
Mr. Günter Titsch (Germany), General Director and President INTERKULTUR
Mr. Dan Lincoln (USA), President and CEO Cincinnati USA Convention & Visitors Bureau
Honorary Presidents of the World Choir Games
Mr. Walter Scheel (Germany), Former President of the Federal Republic of Germany
Prof. Eric Ericson (Sweden), Honorary Artistic President
Maestro Mikis Theodorakis (Greece), Honorary Artistic President
Honorary Artistic Director in Memoriam
Maestro Erich Kunzel (USA)
Chairpersons of the 7th World Choir Games
Mr. and Mrs. Werner & Sabine Geissler
Mr. and Mrs. Lee & Shannon Carter
The Honorable Judge Nathaniel & Lillian Jones
INTERKULTUR USA Honorary Committee
Dr. Hilary Apfelstadt, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Dr. Anton Armstrong, St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN
Dr. René Clausen, Concordia College, Moorehead, MN
André de Quadros, Boston University, Boston, MA
Dr. John Haberlen, Georgia State University, (retired), Atlanta, GA
Jing Ling-Tam, University of Texas, Arlington, TX
Dr. Jerry McCoy, University of North Texas, Denton, TX
Dr. Eric Nelson, Emory University, Decatur, GA
John Nelson, L'Ensemble orchestral de Paris, Paris, France
Dr. Jo-Michael Scheibe, University of Southern California, CA
Dr. Tim Sharp, ACDA, Oklahoma City, OK
Dr. André J. Thomas, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
Best of World Choir Games 2012
We congratulate all singers to their great results! All in all 43 golden, 85 silver and 24 bronze diplomas were awarded in the Open Competition such as 106 gold, 139 silver and 19 bronze medals in the Champins Competition. Many thanks to all choirs and ensembles for participating!
Results Open Competition(205 KB)
Results Champions Competition(240 KB)
Are you interested in former events of this series? Check out the last edition of the World Choir Games!
World Choir Games Shaoxing 2010
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There exist numerous vacuum cleaners for pet hair in the market out there. However, picking a vacuum cleaner of your choice is usually not an easy task. If you have a need of picking up a vacuum cleaner, looking through the reviews from some of the websites that sell, the vacuum cleaners can be quite a challenge. Listed and discussed in this article are some of the best and most popular models of pet Vacuum cleaner. We intend to show you some of the best pet vacuum and make your decision less confusing. In this article, we have analyzed reviews from some of the most popular pet vacuum cleaner websites.
This is an upright vacuum that has a power-lift-away technology. This technology is responsible for making sure that the machine deep cleans the tightest corners. Shark Rotator is best used by people who have pets because it removes the smallest of dirt particles in the pet's hair. This machine also removes dust and allergens. Some of the benefits that buyers find with this vacuum cleaner are: it picks all the pets hair thoroughly, it has an excellent performance on stairs, and it is durable and quiet, unlike other vacuum cleaner machines. A disadvantage of this cleaner is its heavy weight.
Miele S8590 Alize is among the most popular vacuum cleaner machines for pet hair. Most people love this cleaner because it has a good ability to pick up a pet's hair. Just like the shark rotator the Miele cleaner has a good performance on bare floors and also stairs. This cleaner makes cleaning easy. An added advantage of using this cleaner is its headlight feature. The headlight found in this cleaner aids in illuminating the way as it eliminates the debris and also the dust from the pet hair. With the headlight, you can use this cleaner in the dark.
This cleaner comes along with a removable canister. The canister aids in the cleaning some of the off-the –floor jobs with illuminated fingertip controls. The HEPA bag feature found in this cleaner can help in extracting pet hair from the deepest carpets. On a rating of one to ten, the overall score of this vacuum cleaner machine is 9.1. The pet removal rating of this vacuum is ten over 10, while the ease of use of this cleaner is rated 9.5 over 10. Most people who purchase this cleaner like it because of its expert nature to pick pet hair from deep piles of carpet and also its effective ease of use.
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Awaara (The Vagabond)
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"County Manager Government in Henrico, Virginia: Implementation, Evolution, and Evaluation" is an in-depth study of the experience of Henrico County with the county manager form of government. After providing a historical overview of the county, the work sets forth the political circumstances and dynamics that resulted in the county adopting this innovative form of government in 1934. This is followed by an examination of the challenges, accomplishments, and professional styles of the seven County Managers who have served the county. Appropriate attention is given to the historically close working relationship between the County Manager and the members of the Board of Supervisors. The volume concludes with a discussion of the various factors that have ensured the success of the county manager form, and the future of the county manager form of government of Henrico.
Dr. Nelson Wikstrom is Professor of Political Science and Public Administration at Virginia Commonwealth University, located in Richmond, Virginia. He is the author of a score of published scholarly papers, as well as Councils of Government: A Study of Political Incrementalism (Chicago: Nelson-Hall, 1977), The Political World of Small Town: A Mirror Image of American Politics (Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Publishers, 1977), and with G. Ross Stephens, Metropolitan Government and Governance: Theoretical Perspectives, Empirical Analysis and the Future (New York: Oxford University Press, 2000). His research interests center on federalism and intergovernmental relations, and state and local government. The recipient of many scholarly honors and awards, Dr. Wikstrom received his BA degree in Political Science from Northeastern University, and earned his MA and PhD degrees in Political Science from the University of Connecticut.
Books cost $25 (plus S&H).
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Author and owner of Laura's House of Halloween shares Halloween pasts, horror comments and reviews, and site updates.
Halloween Street
Why I Love The Monster Squad
Let me take you back to a simpler time known as the 1980's. Horror movies were rife with supernatural serial killers who kept the body counts high and the sequels a-coming. Along comes a little PG-13 movie, starring a cast of kids and classic horror monsters. The movie struggled to find an audience because it seemed to have too many adult themes and language for young children, the PG-13 to turn off the teenagers going to see the R-rated films, and adults who saw it as a kid's movie. Well, luckily I had a dad who loved those classic monsters and a mom who was lenient with PG-13 movies, so I got to see The Monster Squad at the tender age of five.
Honestly, as far as horror movies went, I always found it to be pretty tame. There was plenty of light humor, not a lot of gore to speak of, and honestly, I just found the movie really cool. It benefits from having a gentle giant character in Frankenstein, who befriends the children, which as a child myself, put my mind at ease that the kids would triumph in the end. Obviously, as an adult, you tend to know that a PG-13 movie starring a group of kids, isn't going to kill off said kids, but when you're a child yourself, all bets are off. I mean, hell, Dracula DOES blow up their treehouse in the hopes that they're inside, so it's not like it was out of the realm of possibility. But I'm getting ahead of myself here.
I think the reason this movie works so well for me is because of the commitment and sincerity of the adult actors, namely Duncan Regehr and Tom Noonan as Dracula and the Frankenstein monster. You could pluck these characters out of this so-called "kid's movie" and put them in any horror movie and they'd feel just as genuine. Regehr, despite being the antagonist to a bunch of kids, is pretty damn merciless and scary. He never becomes the bumbling fool, as so many villains do in kid's movies, and he never plays Dracula in a campy "I vant to suck your blood, blah!" sort of way. When a character has been around as long as Dracula has and has become almost a caricature of himself, it's very difficult to breathe new life into him. But Regehr pulls it off perfectly. He definitely looks like Dracula in the traditional sense, but he plays him in a new and refreshing way. No stereotypical accent, no seductive scenes...hell, he's never even seen sucking anyone's blood. And yet you would still know it's Dracula at first glance, and his performance is convincing throughout the movie.
Tom Noonan plays the Frankenstein monster a bit more traditionally, but with a great amount of empathy. You can feel his struggle between being loyal to the kids (especially Phoebe, who initially befriended him) and his "master", Dracula. This is another character who has become a caricature of himself and is very tough to pull off as a real, three-dimensional character again, but Noonan does it beautifully. When I was a kid, I always wished I had my own Frankenstein monster to protect me, as Phoebe did, but it's funny, as I've gotten older I actually find myself relating to him as a character. Who hasn't felt like an outcast or struggled with making the right choices? And the latter comes to a head at the end of the movie in one of the most heart-wrenching scenes I've ever seen put to film. And it doesn't feel like a shoehorned emotional scene for the sake of "getting" the audience. You completely understand why it had to play out the way that it did, even if you didn't want it to. I'm being vague so as not to spoil it, but if you've seen the movie, I'm sure you know what I mean.
I have to give props to Jon Gries as well, who plays the Wolf Man in human form. He's never even given a name (simply billed as "The Desperate Man" in the credits), but he also plays the part of a tortured soul amazingly well. He has few lines compared to Dracula and Frankenstein, but every one of his scenes stands out to me and are very memorable. His scene in the police station where he shouts, "Lock me up!" as the full moon is rising is so intense, it gives me chills. But my absolute favorite scene of his when he calls Sean and Phoebe's dad from a phone booth to warn him about Dracula, while also in the midst of transforming into his werewolf form. His half-man, half-wolf state and him growling, "He's gonna kill your son" haunted me for years...in a good way. That scene always really stuck with me, and is still my favorite werewolf transformation put to film.
Although the movie could be called a horror comedy, what I love about it is that the monsters are never really played for laughs. The kids are the comic relief but aren't hamming it up. They behave like real kids do and crack smart-alleck remarks. I also like that they aren't anti-adult. I know that sounds weird, but so many films featuring kids have this underlying "grown-ups just don't understand" tone, and that's not the case here. They go to the Scary German Guy (a lonely old man and a Holocaust survivor) for help, who is never presented as a skeptic when it comes to monsters. And Sean and Phoebe's dad, a cop, also becomes heavily involved in the monster hunt, even though he is skeptical at first. I like that everyone is useful and adds something to the movie. And I have to give credit to Stan Shaw, who plays the partner of Del, Sean's dad. His scene in the museum when they're investigating the missing mummy is, imo, the funniest moment in the movie.
Stan Winston did the special effects for the monsters in the movie, and it shows. He was an artistic genius. He had to come up with new but recognizable designs for the monsters, since the original designs are the trademark of Universal. I'll probably get some jaw drops for this, but I think his monster designs surpass the Universal ones. They just felt so real to me, and he made them look scary again, especially The Wolf Man. As much as I love the old Wolf Man movie starring Lon Chaney Jr, the makeup just never was a favorite of mine. It still looked too human to me. The Monster Squad Wolf Man actually looked threatening (those eyes, so creepy!). The Gill Man's design was stellar as well. You gotta love the practical effects of the 80's!
Monster Squad is timeless, much like the old Universal monster movies are. I think if I had never seen it as a kid, I would still love it if I saw it for the first time today. There's just so much to like about it. The special effects, the dialogue, the pacing. It doesn't talk down to kids and it doesn't get too cheesy for adults. It has the perfect mix of horror, comedy, action, drama, and mystery. That doesn't mean it's not without its flaws (why does the term "virgin" only apply to girls, for example?), but they don't detract from all the great scenes and moments the film has to offer. There seems to be a real sincere fondness and respect for the classic monsters from the filmmakers, and that is so rare to see. With so many remakes out there made for a quick buck, this little cult classic film shows how you can take an old idea and give it new life.
And that is why I love The Monster Squad.
(By the by, why WOULDN'T a wolf man have nards, anyway? Men have nards, wolves have nards...seems like a no brainer to me! Still trying to figure out the logic behind that.)
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Madagascar: 57-year-old minister swims 12 hours to shore after surviving helicopter crash
Two men in trouble for displaying cash and 'handgun' during photo with Santa at a mall
Walmart apologizes after mom found Black dolls more expensive than White ones
How British colonizers 'brutally evicted' these Kenyans from their ancestral land to cultivate tea
This mom beat Covid while pregnant and earned PhD hours after being discharged with newborn
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South African Photographer Speaks On Mozambican's Xenophobic Fatal Attack [VIDEO]
Abena Agyeman-Fisher | Editor-in-chief, F2FA
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Abena Agyeman-Fisher is the Editor-in-Chief of Face2Face Africa. Most recently, she worked for Interactive One as the Senior Editor of NewsOne, she worked for AOL as the News Programming Manager of Black Voices, which later became HuffPo Black Voices, and for the New York Times Company as an Associate Health Editor. Abena, a Spelman College graduate, has been published in Al Jazeera, the Daily Beast, New Jersey's The Star-Ledger, the Grio, BlackVoices, West Orange Patch, About.com, the Source, Vibe, Vibe Vixen, Jane, and Upscale Magazines. She has interviewed top celebrities, icons, and politicians, such as First Lady Michelle Obama, Senior Advisor to the President Valerie Jarrett, Civil Rights activist and diplomat Andrew Young, comedian Bill Cosby, Grammy Award-winning singer Jill Scott, actress and singer Queen Latifah, Olympic Gold winner Cullen Jones, international supermodel Alek Wek, and five-division world champion boxer Floyd Mayweather. Most recently, she served as the First Lady's press reporter during President Barack Obama's U.S.-Africa Summit, Young African Leaders Institute event, and the 2013 presidential trip to Senegal, Johannesburg, Cape Town, and Tanzania. Abena is also a 2015 International Women's Media Foundation Africa Great Lakes Fellow, where she reported on women candidates and Chinese sweatshops in Tanzania for CNN and Refinery29.
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Credit: James Oatway
Since South African's xenophobic attacks began about two weeks ago, seven people have been killed and more than 300 have been arrested. One of the most-recent murders to occur involved Mozambican Emmanuel Sithole (pictured), with South African photojournalist James Oatway catching Sithole's final moments though his lens.
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Sithole was attacked in Alexandria, a township in Johannesburg, by three men, when one clubbed him with a monkey wrench. As Oatway began taking pictures of the attack, though, the men seemed to scatter.
Moments later, though, a man would reappear with a knife, stabbing Sithole repeatedly.
The attack, according to Oatway, lasted no more than two minutes.
Oatway and his colleague would struggle to put Sithole in the back of their car, transporting him to a clinic that was located just on the corner. With the clinic unable to help Sithole, though, they instructed the pair to take him to a hospital.
Oatway and his colleague did as they were told, with Oatway witnessing health care workers attempting CPR on Sithole for at least 30 minutes before declaring him dead.
Of the experience, Oatway says, "I'm sad that he didn't pull through. I really wish we could have saved him. I'm traumatized, I'm dazed, I'm confused, but I'm also angry with my countrymen."
Oatway also admitted that since the incident he's "been thinking about this guy [Sithole] quite a lot."
See photos of Emmanuel Sithole's attack here:
Mobs of angry South Africans have been demanding that foreigners "go back to their countries," because they believe they are taking their jobs.
South Africa has an unemployment rate of 24 percent, and a closer look at the numbers reveal that between 1994 and 2014, Black South Africans saw a decrease in unemployment of just 3 percent (from 43 to 40 percent), with 3.1 million of them still remaining unemployed by last September, according to BusinessTech.
What's more, the number of Black South Africans who moved from unskilled jobs to skilled (managers, professionals, and technicians) in the aforementioned 10-year period was only 3 percent (15 to 18 percent). Whereas, Whites saw an nearly 20 percent increase in those sectors of employment (42 percent to 61 percent) and Asians experienced an increase of 26 points (25 percent to 51 percent).
Clearly, while Black South African's frustrations are indeed erroneously being displaced on fellow Africans, the numbers show that even after 21 years post-Apartheid, Black South Africans are still struggling to survive and make ends meet in a system that appears to continue to favor other groups.
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Unearthing the Mysteries of the Leslie Cabinet is an article written by Clifford A. Henricksen of Community Light & Sound. It was originally published in Recording Engineer/Producer magazine, April 1981.
It is available on-line at theatreorgans.com and the Bose L1 Wiki.
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Allergy and Asthma guidelines that have recently been in implementation are including echo asthma treatment concepts which are a fairly new method of treatment to become part of the asthma treatment. The Guidelines Implementation Panel or GIP has agreed on a number of factors that were in discussion in the past. One of these interesting topics is with the inhaled corticosteroids which are still today the most effective anti-inflammatory asthma medication the management of long-term asthma.
List of treatment instructions in an easy to read booklet.
Using multiple asthma medications to treat the individual.
Responding to various stages of allergy and asthma symptoms.
Making the necessary environmental changes.
Routine or daily treatment which ever is necessary.
Individualized treatment plan for every allergy and asthma sufferer.
Individuals must receive an individual initial assessment including all the risks that are involving the treatment. The individual suffering with severe allergies and asthma and those who experience frequent attacks need to meet with their medical physician and discuss what is going right and what is going wrong in order to improve the treatment and the outlook of the individual. Individuals need to understand that this is a potentially deadly disease. Allergies and asthma in any of its forms, though not a terminal disease, is still a deadly disease. Many before of all age groups have died from the ravages of severe allergies and asthma because the medical attention it receives today was absent from daily life before.
Planned follow-up scheduled visits are of course necessary with the medical physician for the medical physician to assess how the current asthma medication is performing or if any additional changes are in order. Remember, the effects of asthma in general do change, as the individual grows older. Other complications may also begin to set in such as arthritis and even this may have an effect on the current asthma medication taken.
Allergy and asthma is another aspect to this new guideline and it tries to help clear up the facts from fiction to help put many individuals minds at ease. Education is the number one key to learning what the truth is. Regular conversation with the family medical physician is another helpful tool in the toolbox. This will continue to help each individual suffering with asthma in any form to understand and have the ability to continue with whatever comes next. In a sense it is offering information for individuals to have the ability to choose how they wish to live their lives.
Clinicians will have the opportunity to review the individual's exposure in regards to allergens and other irritants to help reduce the exposure. Sometimes it means getting rid of the old rugs in the home or apartment. Controlling asthma and all the varied asthma symptoms will become much easier through the correct prescription for medications to help enhance the individual's life. The days of having to spend days sitting in the emergency room at a local community hospital will greatly reduce in the days to come with the advent of education and communication.


the shape of fire around her like wings.
Her great voice diminished as she rose.
in all the heavens, to be alone.
you took to the sky.
Is there anything you can't fix?
always knowing where you are.
who meet me in the forest and feed from my hand.
and her squirrel- planted children.
and the small insects living between their branches.
and the tracks of the stray cat around the garage.
Two-Eyes and Three-Eyes and Briar Rose.
about my grandmother, my father, neighbors.
and on the street. My husband and son.
My friends. And you, too. Definitely you.


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Le Skate Canada (ou Internationaux Patinage Canada) est une compétition internationale de patinage artistique qui se déroule au Canada au cours de l'automne. Il accueille des patineurs amateurs de niveau senior dans quatre catégories: simple messieurs, simple dames, couple artistique et danse sur glace.

Le vingtième Skate Canada est organisé du 4 au  à Ottawa dans la province de l'Ontario.

Résultats

Messieurs

Dames

Couples

Danse sur glace

Sources
 Patinage Magazine  (-Janvier/)

1993
Compétition de patinage artistique en Ontario
Événement sportif à Ottawa
Patinage artistique en 1993
Sport au Canada en 1993
Sport en novembre 1993

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


These framed photos show 3 young men from early in the 1900s. They appear clean-cut with fresh haircuts and neat ties/suits. The photo is mounted in a wood frame from the period that measures 9-in. by 15-in.
The nails and heavy cardboard backing testify to the age of the piece. The wood appears to be oak that is painted and there are a few spots where the silver paint has peeled.
It's a good tight frame, though, and easily repainted. There is a small moisture spot at bottom right side below pictures, but we see no other defects.