Timothy LaHaye- pastor of Shadow Mountain for 25 years, now pastored by David Jeremiah. Became interested in end times issues when he was inflight and saw a married pilot flirting with a stewardess. This scene is actually in one of his books. The Left Behind series, written with Jerry Jenkins, is a world wide success of 16 different books selling 63 million copies, three movies (another being discussed), and three video games. Tim LaHaye is a dispensationalisl.
There have been some criticism of the books. Most of it coming from the point of how we should read and interpret prophetic/apocalyptic scripture. Some with the quality of the actual writing.
God asked me to bring to you Ezekiel and Revelations "New Jerusalem", and I stopped dead in my mental tracks.
I wish that all it would take was for my eyes to see that letters, then I would have the understanding. Think about it, if that were the case then you could pick up any book in any language and read it with full understanding. I am reminded of the great Poet Petrarch, walking the streets of Florence, crying inconsolably, pressing a copy of Homer to his forehead, claiming "How beautiful it must be, if only I read Greek".
I know perfectly well that I have read the Bible at least twice, word for word. And yet when I spoke of the Unread Bible I was confessing my own experience. My eyes perceived the words in Revelations, but in whole sections, I just plowed through, hoping that somehow, without study, things would be revealed. And then I would know.
Gosh, the historical sections I just ate up The conversations, the narratives, the parables were a piece of cake. The long list of names were simply a fun exercise in. Hebrew. But the prophetic, the apocalyptic? I just read the words and moved on. Oh, I could describe the events, I was familiar with the scripture, but I still hoped that somehow my understanding would come as a "revelation", particularly when I was reading Revelations.
The main issue about understanding prophetic scripture is whether you interpret the scripture has being prophetic short term, or long term, or maybe a little of both. There are about 40 million Christians that identify themselves as Dispensationalists. They tend to be the long term, end times people. It's a long word, but basically what it means is that God has related to humans in a series of dispensations throughout history. Generally this is seen as four separate eras- the Patriarchs, the Mosiac or Law, the Grace or Church, and finally the Millenial or end times. Sometimes it is seen as eight dispensations, or even three. I like the four periods.
I am a Dispensationalist. I believe God has trained us up to where we are today in a series of dispensations, and I believe He has given us prophetic scripture to guide us in understanding the end times.
The arms outstretched, the problem, the plan, the training up, the execution. And then the finale.
And the only trouble that I have is exactly we are to understand prophetic/endtime scripture. This is a very common dilemma, it is why so many people don't read Revelations or Ezekiel or even Daniel. We don't know how to apply them. Is this material referring to things in the future when written, but is now in the past for us? Or is it really still in the future for us? And if so what are we to do with it.
This morning I'm going to attempt to take a bite out of this problem. Just one small bite, using Jerusalem as as focus.
What we know is that Jerusalem is one of the oldest continuously occupied cities in the world. God graced the city with a priest/king long before Abraham came by, and when Abraham did show up Melchizedek was there to bless him and Abraham responded by worshipping and tithing. God lead His people through the Patriarchs to safety in Egypt, out of the way of the Canaanites, and the intermarrying that was such a problem. They prospered and grew in Israel, and they refined their faith. And just when they were losing their faith God had them enslaved, and then provided a leader that brought them into the Promised Land. Eventually gaining access to the city of Jerusalem. Jerusalem is central to the plan.
David conquering the pagan Jebusites, witchcraft was eliminated from the city and it became the Holy City, consecrated by God, with God residing in the Temple. God was with us. As a people we fell away from His word. At times other gods were allowed in the city, the Temple itself was desecrated. God caused great disturbances, placed his people once again in slavery, the Temple was destroyed and the people learned how to stay connected to God through study and prayer. In the end God gave his Son to the Cross in Jerusalem, fulfilling prophecy, giving salvation, teaching His people that God does not want sacrifices but obedience. That the temple may be torn down but then it will be raised up. A message of repentance, forgiveness, the love of God, and eternal salvation. Jerusalem is central to the training.
From nothing to everything. Jesus was alone on the cross, with very few watching, his mother, Mary a few women. None of the disciples except a young John. The Gospels tell that all fled Jerusalem, hiding in the outskirts the writing tells us so bluntly that they were flawed, afraid, egotistical, and just plain stupid at times. Yet the story moves forward. Peter, the denier became Peter the Rock, just as Jesus said. Saul eventually became Paul because if the Damascus Road, and brought the Word to the Gentiles, and God drew people to his Church. The disciples formed mother church in Jerusalem, then each one left to go to the corners of the world to spread the Good News. Each one gave his life in doing so. Except one, the young man John, who was at the cross.
John lived to be an old man on the island of Patmos and he wrote Revelations for the church as a guide to what was to come. He wrote of the New a Jerusalem.
Old Jerusalem remained, the temple torn down, the entire city leveled. A new Roman city built on the foundations, a Roman emperor becoming Christian and Christians are again in Jerusalem, only to be conquered by another faith. A brief moment of being under Christian control, only to fall again, this time for more than seven hundred years under Muslim rule.
Now Jerusalem is under Israeli rule, conflict is rampant, war is always at the forefront. The Peace of Jerusalem is a promise unfulfilled and causes many to not believe.
The loss of Jerusalem is central to the concept of your body is a temple and the Holy Spirit lives within you.
Scripture speaks in Ezekiel of the New Jerusalem, where the saints will gather, it is thought that it might be just south of the Temple Mount, a brand new city of God where righteousness reigns and the true Peace of Jerusalem exists. Ezekiel lived as a prophet to the exiled Jews in Babylon. In his house by the river he told of the destruction of Solomon's temple in Jerusalem. The people shunned him because the temple still stood. After the destruction of the temple in 587bc, Ezekiel began to tell of a New Jerusalem and not just rebuilding at the same place, but an entirely new building. He gave a new hope to the exiled, and spoke of a detailed new temple where God would reign.
9 And He said to me, Go in and see the wicked abominations that they do here.
10 So I went in and saw there pictures of every form of creeping things and loathsome beasts and all the idols of the house of Israel, painted round about on the wall.
11 And there stood before these [pictures] seventy men of the elders of the house of Israel, and in the midst of them stood Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan [the scribe], with every man his censer in his hand, and a thick cloud of incense was going up [in prayer to these their gods].
12 Then said He to me, Son of man, have you seen what the elders of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in his [secret] chambers of [idol] pictures? For they say, The Lord does not see us; the Lord has forsaken the land.
13 He also said to me, Yet again you shall see greater abominations which they are committing.
Ezekiel saw that the people had once again gone their own way.
Ezekiel's prophecy was to occur approximately three hundred years in his future. Many believe it is yet to occur and the difference is that his New a Jerusalem will be built by Messanic Jews, believing Jews during the end times.
In Revelations we have a different city, a New a Jerusalem that will descend upon a new Earth, a city that is so beautiful that it can hardly be described. But John does describe it… It is a square, 1500 miles on each side and 1500 miles high. If placed on the earth it would cover most of the United States and reach up to the upper atmosphere.
What are we to do with this reading? Is it literal? Yes. Is it symbolic? Yes. Is it prophetic? Yes!
Some dispensationalists have taken a much more literal view than "traditional theologians". This is why I mention Timothy LaHaye. His view of end times is based upon his understanding of Revelations. He takes the position that end times scripture is literal, so it can be presented as literature.
New Jerusalem is Heaven and you can trust that you will reside with God and truly experience the Peace of Jerusalem.
Let us take communion. As the ushers lead you forward, please take the elements back to your seats and we will partake of them together.
Lord, thank you for this day, thank you to remind me to remember.


The well known Mallorquin multi-mediaartist Francesca Martí, who was born in Sóller, will exhibit her first exhibition in Galerie Martina Kaiser in Cologne, Germany. The exhibition titled The Scream Project consists of a video installation as well as dynamic sculptural works and photographs. Her works are a fusion of photography, dance, performance and music.
The unique exhibition opens on the 4th of October 2012 at 19 hrs. A brief introduction will be provided by the curator of the exhibition Gérard Goodrowand the artist herself will also be present.
We hope you have found this article about the Francesca Marti Exhibition of The Scream Project useful and that you have many memorable stays in Mallorca as a result of our recommendations.


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Terracotta Army at the ROM
Kyla Parrish
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The Warrior Emperor and China's Terracotta Army have invaded Toronto's Royal Ontario Museum.
Described by ROM curator Dr. Chen Shen as "the most disputed figure in Chinese history", China's Warrior Emperor, Qin Huangdi, remains an enigma—his life and death shrouded in mystery.
To shed light on the Emperor Win, the ROM invited professor Duan Qingbo of the Shaanxi Institute of Archaeology in Xi'an to speak on the archaeological implications that have stemmed from the unearthing of the terracotta army and Emperor Qin's mausoleum, which today is one of the greatest archaeological finds in human history.
Professor Qingbo, the chief archaeologist in charge of the first emperor's tomb, suggests that some of the icons and images within the mausoleum, such as the image of a chariot being drawn by three horses, indicate that the emperor came into contact with the West. This contact, professor Wingbo explains, likely occurred during one of the three tours the emperor took during his lifetime.
Throughout these tours, which spanned many years of Qin Huangdi's life, the Warrior Emperor scoured China for the fabled elixir of life, which would supposedly bring him immortality. Ironically, it was during this search that Qin began constructing his tomb. The ROM's Terracotta Army exhibit showcases over 250 terracotta figures from the tomb, included 10 life-sized ones excavated from a series of pits surrounding the tomb complex.
It is these pits, Qingbo explains, that make the Warrior Emperor's tomb so remarkable. To date, 180 pits have been identified, making them the largest tomb complex in China and possibly the world.
The pits were accidentally discovered in 1974, and still remain largely buried, with only one of the three pits having been excavated to this date.
Despite this, archaeologists have discovered an astounding amount of well-preserved artefacts. To date, over 2,000 terracotta figures have been unearthed, along with over 42,000 weapons.
Much like Qin's actual army, the terracotta warriors are ranked. Archers, infantry soldiers, cavalry soldiers, charioteers, and generals make up the silent army of the afterlife. Each figure is handcrafted and adorned with unique, distinguishing features.
The ROM is offering special student pricing with a valid student card, and half-price tickets on Friday evenings after 4:30 p.m. and Wednesdays after 3 p.m., until December 22. Information regarding lectures hosted by the museum are available on the ROM's website at www.rom.on.ca.
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These exhibits will remain on display until January 2, and will then move across Canada on a tour that will extend into 2012.
A contributor to The Medium.
romsucks Nov 8, 2010 At 5:07 pm
Save your money, go see something else. There are about 4 soldiers and 2 horses on display and ROM security prohibits any kind of flash or non-flash photography (to increase their gift shop profits, what a ripoff).
I was really looking forward to seeing the "Terracotta Army", but what I saw amounted to less than a Terracotta platoon.

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I realize I have already shared one of John Spencer's great Sketchy Video for this #100DayProject, but he's gone and created another one that resonates with me so fully that I have to share it. Don't worry, you'll thank me after watching it.
This one is called Kids Need Vintage Tools and is all about the need to allow kids to use analog tools and NOT just the amazing digital ones. Those long-time readers of ETB will know that the idea of analog tools and taking time to recharge away from digital tools is something I feel very strongly about. Things like taking time at conferences to have discussions, or making room for cursive and handwriting in general. To this day, my most popular post here at ETB is when I wrote about my love of all things analog back in 2014 and the fact that I like going off-grid at times. So, of course, I wold fall in love with this Sketchy Video. I encourage you take some time and watch this excellent video and then, take some time to see if there are ways you can help bring back some analog love to your classroom!
As if the theme of the video wasn't enough, John has infused his sense of humor into the video from the very first line, "I was born in the Ice age," clear to the end. Please watch this video and take it to heart and then share it with everyone you know, especially teachers. Like John, I love all the digital tools, but I still want kids to have a love for analog tools. I hope by the time you finish the Sketchy Video, you too, will be a lover of analog tools for student learning.


MONROE, LA -- Dozens of teachers were trained on Thursday by educators from NASA.
STEM training showed some area educators science, technology, engineering and math activities that could be demonstrated to kids.
The activities help children learn and have fun at the same time.
Educators outside of the classroom are some of the most important people in kids' lives and specialists say that STEM careers are growing.
"We need more engineers. We need more scientists. We need more inventors. And so, the more stem that we can get to kids, the more stem that is fun that we can get to kids. It's not just book learning. They're activities. And you apply this in your everyday life," said Emma Seiler, aNASA education specialist.
This is the third training session that NASA has conducted in the local area this week.
They are based out of the Stennis Space Center on the Mississippi gulf coast.


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Johan Camargo appears to be the leading candidate for the Braves third-base job as spring training nears. (AP Photo)
No Frazier for Braves, likely no Moustakas; here's why
David O'Brien, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Since news broke of Todd Frazier's signing with the Mets on Monday night, I've received many variations of essentially the same two questions: Were you surprised that the Braves didn't sign Todd Frazier, considering he went to Mets for a modest two years and $17 million? And with Frazier off the board, do you think the Braves will make a strong push for Mike Moustakas?
So I thought I'd answer here.
Let's address the Frazier question first: Initially, yes, I was surprised that Frazier signed a two-year deal for less than $9 million average annual value, and thought he'd be a good fit for the Braves in that sort of price range and for only two years instead of three or more. But after talking to some people about the situation, it became more clear to me why that wasn't the case.
Frazier, a New Jersey native who played for the Yankees in the second half of last season, would probably have demanded more money and/or years to sign with the Braves, a team that's not considered as close to being a contender as are the Mets. The Mets were a good fit for Frazier, who'll play third base presumably even if David Wright returns (which is questionable to say the least; but if he does return Wright can move to first base).
The Braves, I've come to realize, had even less money available this offseason than most of us expected after they traded Matt Kemp to the Dodgers and took on some $30 million in 2018 payroll in that complicated deal, a swap they were willing to make to clear Kemp's salary off the books for 2019, when the Braves anticipate being a contender and will have plenty of other payroll flexibility – enough to go after a big-name third baseman if they need one. The operative word in that sentence is "if" and give me a minute and I'll explain. Before we get to that, just one more word about the Frazier contract.
Another significant part of the thinking involved Johan Camargo. The Braves want to give him a chance, see what he can do playing on a regular basis, and as long as Dansby Swanson is at short and Ozzie Albies at second, the only chance Camargo has to play on a regular basis is at third base. And as much as Braves fans want to contend in 2018, how some understandably want to see the rebuild finally turn a sharp corner upward, the fact is, new Braves GM Alex Anthopoulos has made it clear that he wants to get a good grasp of exactly what the Braves have before determining what major moves need to be made to move the Braves into serious-contender mode.
That means, for all intents and purposes, the 2018 season is more like another, and perhaps final, step in the rebuild, an evaluation step if you will. And the Braves and their first-year GM want and need to see how Swanson bounces back from a rough first full season in the majors, how Albies does in his first full season after quite-promising two months in the big leagues in 2018, and how Camargo handles everyday duties (presuming he's the guy at third base).
Does that mean they've absolutely ruled out adding a third baseman before opening day? No, but I'd be surprised if they do.
The Braves checked in with Frazier's agent earlier this winter and were at least interested, but were never confident his price would drop into a range suitable for them. Even though he signed for less than anyone expected entering the offseason, as I said, the Braves were confident it would've taken more than that to get the New Jersey native to come South and join a Braves team not expected to contend for a division title in 2018.
For the Braves to sign him, they probably would've had to backload perhaps a two-year, $20 million contract, which probably wouldn't have worked for them for two reasons: I don't get the impression they had even $8 million or so to spend on one player right now, and if they backloaded it they'd potentially be stuck with a $12 million (or more) salary in 2019, when Frazier might not be easily tradeable if his performance fell off in 2018. That might handcuff the Braves a year from now when they think that power-hitting prospect Austin Riley could be ready. Or, if for some reason they decide Riley's not the guy, then having Frazier on the roster and nowhere else to play him – he can't play first base for the Braves for obvious reasons – would make it more difficult for the Braves to pursue a big-name, big-salary 3B next winter.
As most of you know, next year's deep, star-studded free-agent class will include a couple of game-changing third basemen, Manny Machado and Josh Donaldson. The latter is quite familiar to Anthopoulos, who was the Blue Jays GM who brought Donaldson to Toronto from Oakland via a trade in November 2014.
Again, the Braves want to see Riley continue the strides he made last season at Double-A, in which case they think he could be ready at some point in 2019 to move into the third-base job and become a power-hitting fixture, allowing the Braves to spend significant available funds a year from now on other needs. However, that's not a given. If Riley were to take a step back for any reason, or the Braves were less than convinced nine months from now that he's the long-term answer at third base, then they could afford to make a hard push for one of those big free-agent third baseman or trade for another proven, impactful third baseman. The point being, if they had signed Frazier to a two-year deal and were on the hook for an eight-digit salary with him a year from now, it would complicate that potential pursuit of a third baseman and, in effect, negate a lot of the reason for the Kemp trade -- which was to clear from the books the more than $18 million they would've owed Kemp in 2019. (By the way, I've since been led to believe that figure also was higher than what previous management had told us, that the Braves owed Kemp closer to $20 million annually than $18 million, but that's water under the ol' bridge, right?)
Now, as for Moustakas, I'd first say that many of the same reasons listed above as to why they didn't go harder for Frazier also apply to Moustakas, who is younger but hasn't been a consistent home-run threat like Frazier – Moustakas had 38 homers last season but never more than 22 before that – and isn't as good a defender as Frazier still is. (Check out Moustakas' Defensive Runs Saved and other advanced statistics.)
In other words, the Braves almost certainly aren't going to sign Moustakas, even if he would take a one-year deal (which I don't think he will), because they probably don't have that money in the budget for 2018 and would eliminate Camargo's chances of playing on any regular basis, unless they were to option Swanson to Triple-A. And keep in mind what I said earlier about the Braves wanted to use 2018 to get a real feel for what they have in these young players and where they are going to need to make moves a year from now when they plan to really move into contention mode.
Maybe Camargo or Swanson or even Albies isn't a long-term answer. But the Braves want to find out and need to see them play to do that. A year from now, it wouldn't be a bad scenario at all to have Camargo available as a super-utility player, or playing third base or another infield position to start the season if necessary, and to have either Austin Riley ready to move into third base at some point in the 2019 season or have a big-time free-agent third base newly signed or acquired in a trade. But the Braves want to see them all play more before making such decisions.
* It's the late Bob Marley's birthday, and his worldwide importance and impact can't be overstated. Here's a cut from his remarkable catalog of sublime tuneage.
"RAT RACE" by Bob Marley
Uh! Ya too rude!
Uh! Eh! Oh what a rat race!
Oh, what a rat race!
This is the rat race! Rat race!
(Rat race!) (Rat race!)
Some a lawful, some a bastard, some a jacket
Oh, what a rat race, yeah!
Rat race!
Some a gorgon-a, some a hooligan-a, some a guine-gog-a
In this 'ere rat race, yeah!
I'm singin' that
The mice will play
Political violence fill ya city, ye-ah!
Don't involve rasta in your say say
Rasta don't work for no CIA
Rat race
Rat race, rat race yeah!
Rat race, I'm sayin'
When you think is peace and safety
A sudden destruction
Collective security for surety, ye-ah!
Don't forget your history
Know your destiny
In the abundance of water
The fool is thirsty
Oh, it's a disgrace
To see the human race
In a rat race, yeah
You got the horse race
You got the dog race
You got the human-race
But this is a rat race
David O'Brien covered the Atlanta Braves for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution for more than a decade.


What do we want from a discipline-based education? What do we need?
This article presents the research context for a 2013 investigation of how discipline of study at undergraduate level contributes to the development of generic problem solving skills. Inspired by a number of recent higher education policy developments in Ireland, it takes a different approach to the utility debate that seems to plague discussions of the arts and humanities as disciplines of study, looking into the economic and policy research underpinning what we know about the outcomes that can be expected from these courses of study, as well as the very small amount of evidence for medium to long term success in career formation. As might be expected, it exposes significant gaps between the research evidence for utility, the opinions of employer representatives and the policy positions taken, suggesting that common perceptions of all disciplines require a reevaluation.


The presidential profile created by a university search committee says understanding of an academic medical center and top NCAA athletic programs is desirable in the next University president.
The newly released job description for the next leader of Ohio State University says candidates should have a record of significant fundraising.
A federal appeals court in Oklahoma dismissed a lawsuit against Abercrombie & Fitch filed by a woman who claimed she was denied a job because she wore a hijab or headscarf during her interview.
A federal appeals court has dismissed claims by an Oklahoma woman who says she wasn't hired by Abercrombie & Fitch because her headscarf conflicted with the retailer's dress code, which has since been changed.


This collaborative exhibition brings almost 40 Mannerist paintings by the Netherlandish masters of the 16th and 17th centuries from Poland to the Estonia. The central style trait of Mannerist art is artistry; the emphasis is on subjectivity and theatricality. This art is related to the court culture of the time, which was defined by an interest in curiosities, erotica and luxury.
The exhibition focuses on the culture of ancient Egypt and the Egyptian craze that struck Europe in the late 18th century. The knowledge and objects of ancient Egypt arrived at the University of Tartu as the legacy of O. Fr. von Richter, a young Baltic German orientalist.
The exhibition was organised in collaboration with the University of Tartu Art Museum.
The compositions by the 17th– and 18th-century Netherlandish, Italian and French masters of flower bouquets, fruit baskets and elegantly covered breakfast tables, as well as their compositions of hunting trophies, have charmed viewers for centuries with the mastery of their painting techniques and allegorical subtexts. Along with earlier paintings, this exhibition also includes works by contemporary artists from Finland and the Baltic countries that relate technically and thematically to the still life genre.


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John Clayton, Viscount Wakefield, is a gambler and a scoundrel who's recently inherited a title he never wanted, and he's begrudingly traveled to the Wakefield estate to deal with its financial crisis. His first order of business is to initiate the eviction of several tenants who are behind in their rents.
The local vicar's daughter, Emma Fitzgerald, has taken offense, claiming the evictions are dastardly actions against poor people. She's boldly barged into the manor, where she's proceeded to give him a horrendous scolding for what she views as his insensitive behavior.
He's been carousing all night. He's tired, grouchy, and hungover, and he wants her gone, but short of bodily tossing her out on the lawn, he can't figure out how to be shed of her. He decides to try and scare her-so that she runs away and never dares to return.
Unfortunately for him, with Miss Fitzgerald, he may have finally met his match.
AN EXCERPT FROM CHAPTER TWO…
The answer to his dilemma, when it dawned on him, was so naughty — but so ingenious — that he didn't know why he hadn't thought of it sooner. He must be more fatigued than he'd suspected.
Though Ian was the bastard by birth, John was the one who'd deserved the designation. His comportment was regularly deplorable; his father had maintained that he went out of his way to be exasperating, which he did. Ninety-nine percent of the time, he was an unrepentant, unremitting blackguard.
He had the very mode by which to scare her off, and her egress wouldn't be difficult to achieve. Obviously, she'd heard stories about his reputation and repute. If he acted heinously, she wouldn't be surprised. Monstrous behavior was exactly what she would expect from him. A flagrant proposal, that she would be honor-bound to refuse and would never accept in a thousand years, would goad her into a maidenly swoon, and he would promptly have her fleeing in terror.
If he was sufficiently vulgar, she'd be too mortified to ever return, so he'd never again have to be confronted by her righteous opinions or condescending disposition.
This was going to be so simple. And so amusing.
Poor Miss Fitzgerald. She was about to be shocked senseless.
"Well," he echoed, pensively tapping a finger to his lip, and assessing her as a cat might study a canary trapped in a cage. A calculated grin creased his cheeks.
Instantly, she noticed the transformation in his demeanor and took a reflexive step back, but he wasn't about to let her escape. Not when he'd courteously weathered her diatribe. He vacated his perch on the desk, and approached until he was so indecently close that the toes of his boots slipped under the hem of her skirt.
Amazingly, she retreated no further, bravely standing her ground.
"I might be persuaded to alter my course," he said.
"How?" Hesitantly, she smiled, eager to hope that her arguments had been effective.
He gazed into her brown eyes, momentarily distracted by how limpid they were, how penetrating. Her skin was smooth as silk, her cheeks rosy and delicate, and…
Vicar's daughter! The alarm rang again, and he visibly snapped himself back to the successful culmination of his machination.
He was a master at effrontery — he'd had his entire life to practice — so the unsophisticated, wholesome Miss Fitzgerald hadn't a chance against his rehearsed insolence.
"My decision was fiscal, not personal. So if I'm to change it, you'd have to provide me with a special remuneration."
She was so guileless, so innocent and sincere. He almost hated to deceive her, but he was an indisputable cad and always had been. "If I let your friends stay," he cajoled, luring her in for the kill, "you'd have to reimburse me for my troubles."
"What troubles do they cause you?" she huffed. "They're old, sick, and overburdened."
"I would sustain a financial loss if they remain" — he fought to appear contemplative, then earnest — "but I'd be amenable to foregoing the income if you could do something to make it worth my while — so to speak."
"Me? I don't have any money."
"Well, I wasn't referring to money."
"What then?" She was still without a clue as to where he was deliberately and crassly leading her.
"A reparation that would be more likely to" — he paused, winked — "tickle my fancy."
Over in the corner, he could see Ian stir, uneasy with the sudden tenor of the conversation, but he knew his brother. If Ian had any qualms about what John was doing, he'd voice his misgivings when they were alone.
Unfortunately for Miss Fitzgerald, she wasn't familiar with John's penchant for mischief, nor did she realize how adept he was at impudence. Her face was an open book, and he could effortlessly read what was written there: It was gradually occurring to her that he was making an inappropriate advance.
Impertinent as any princess, she inquired, "What — precisely — are you suggesting?"
"You have only one asset that might be of any value to a man such as myself."
Shamefully, he let his prurient regard travel over her torso, lingering on every delightful spot, then he meandered back up till their stormy gazes locked.
"Lord Wakefield, you're making a…a…lewd proposition to me."
"Naturally. What else do you have to offer?"
As he'd anticipated, she gasped. "You would steal my virtue, in order to…to…erase the debts of my neighbors?"
"You're quite fetching," he said bluntly, as if he seduced chaste women as a hobby, "and it's been a long while since I've had a country lass. I imagine I'll be enormously entertained."
Horridly affronted, she scowled. "I do believe that's the most offensive comment anyone has ever uttered in my presence."
"I'm sure it is." He shrugged, laughed facilely. "I'm renowned for my reprehensible conduct. I have a base character, I'm afraid."
"You are an unmitigated lecher."
"Without a doubt."
He'd presumed that she'd be unnerved, outraged, or aghast, but she wasn 't eliciting anywhere near the indignation he might have predicted. His Miss Fitzgerald was made of stern stuff. Time to raise the stakes. To have her running from the room in a cloud of repugnance and loathing.
"I don't know how well-versed you are at dalliance, but I'm infamous for my abilities as a lover. I can guarantee that you'll be satisfied."
He imbued the word with as much inflection as he could, drawing it out so that even the most sheltered virgin couldn't help but get the general drift of his intent.
"Are you planning for us to lie down together as man and wife?"
"Yes. But not just once. I'd have to require numerous assignations before I'd be fully compensated." Furrowing his brow, he pretended to mull a commensurate recompense. "How about one tryst for each person on your list? That ought to make us come out about even."
"You're actually saying…you deem me to be the sort of woman who would…you assume that I might acquiesce in…"
He smiled. She was so unschooled that she had no vocabulary to describe his sordid overture. This was going much better than he'd conjectured. A few more deftly delivered insults, and he'd be shed of her forever.
"And don't forget: I'm very rich. If you please me, there'll be little extra in it for you. Any of my mistresses can tell you that I'm generous when contented. I especially like to give gifts of jewelry."
The last statement was a bit much, but he wanted to send her into a frenzy of moral wrath. He braced for a furious slap, or a shriek of disgust, or a sob of despair, but to his out-and-out consternation, she did nothing of what he'd foreseen.
Instead, she initiated an intimate survey of her own, and it was much more torrid, and much more thorough than the visual tour he'd just taken of her anatomy.
She journeyed down to his chest, to his stomach. Lower, to his groin, where his unruly phallus had the audacity to swell under her examination, enough so to bulge and make his trousers unaccountably tight.
Boldly, she tarried there, evaluating length and girth, then her ardent appraisal rolled back up, fixating on his mouth, giving it such an avid inspection that he flushed.
Roaming those final few inches, her eyes linked with his, once again, and she smiled, too, a sly, shrewd feminine smile that had him frantically questioning what he'd set in motion.
"Why not?" she consented, out of the blue. "How vile could it be? And if you're half as good as you claim, it might even be fun."
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Experience the authentic, family style Italian cuisine. Leonardo will take you to Cariati, a small town of few thousand people, mostly fishermen and carpenters, in Calabria, Italy. Join him and experience the warm atmosphere of his childhood when getting together at the dinner table was always a feast. Leonardo's Ristorante & Pizzeria is located in Solvang, just few miles north of Santa Barbara, California. Leonardo invites you to taste a great variety of classic Italian dishes as well as his interpretations and his new, unique recipes. Leonardo's Ristorante & Pizzeria will charm you with its family style atmosphere, where a pizza oven is always burning, an open kitchen will spark your curiosity, and everybody will greet you with a big smile.


Mercury Nashville recording artist Canaan Smith is back at country radio with his latest single, "Like You That Way." Written by Smith, Jesse Frasure and Brett James, the new track serves as the lead release from the Smith's forthcoming sophomore album.
Smith was inspired inspired by not one but two powerful ladies for this fresh new track. One being his leading lady/wife Christy, and the second being country superstar Miranda Lambert. "I live with one and I listen to the other" Smith shared with PEOPLE.
"Like You That Way" is an uptempo song that not only gives Miranda Lambert a big shout-out, but also delivers a message to embrace being yourself, be original. Blending a progressive country sound with a touch of an island vibe, Canaan delivers a song like no other on country radio and we like it that way!
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So I know we've been on a hiatus for a while.... but in good news, we're hoping to get back in action! It's been a crazy past nine months, in addition to a new job we officially became a family of three! That's right, Dr. Mike and I finally tied the knot (and of course, Paddy makes three)! So, needless to say it's been a little bit hectic around here.
As expected, Paddy was a special part of our big day-- in addition to serving as "Flower Dog", she also helped to oversee the arrival of deliveries, the taking of photos, and acted as a super-star hostess at our cocktail hour.
Here are some fun pictures from the big day!
Be careful with those deliveries!
Looking glamorous, as always in her "Something Blue" collar!
Anyhow, we look forward to catching up with you soon and can't wait to hear what all of our readers have been up to!


If the chat amongst farmers is correct, and it almost always is, regulation is about to be imposed on dairy farmers, and a cornerstone of it will be a requirement for cow numbers to be reduced.
The thinking is that cows are the primary producers of the excess nitrates entering groundwater, and fewer cows means less urine and lower levels of nitrates. That argument is flawed, and a reduction in cow numbers alone won't deliver the hoped-for result. But should fewer cows become mandatory, dairy farmers can benefit.
Back when payment to farmers was calculated on fat, 200kg of fat per cow was genuine success, and farmers achieving it consistently were held in high esteem.
200kgs of fat today equates to around 350kg of milk solids. It's important to remember at that time herds were mostly wintered at home, and the supplement fed during winter was also harvested from the property.
Standard stocking rate was a cow to the acre, (2.5 cows/ha) producing in today's figures 850kg MS/ha. Young stock were often carried at home and, when that is worked into the equation, production achieved from pasture alone is little different from the best operators today.
As in all industries there are a handful of operators that operate in a different realm. Their total pasture production comfortably exceeds district average. Per animal and hectare production is also superior, and their balance sheets show regular and healthy cash surpluses. It is these folk we can learn from.
There are a number of secrets to their success. However the most important one is the way they feed their animals, and 'maintenance' is not part of their vocabulary. Animals are fully fed 365 days of the year, without exception.
Their animals are not necessarily better bred, they just consume more because there is always high-quality feed available. The pasture grazed is longer than the norm, so that in their naturally allotted grazing time they can consume more with less time and energy spent walking.
The target is for each animal to produce its liveweight in milksolids each year. This means that 1250kg MS/ha is achieved at a stocking rate of 2.5 cows/ha. That's 20% fewer animals than the 'average' stocking rate of 2.9 cows/ha in the Waikato, and 25% fewer that the 3.3 cows/ha in Canterbury.
Fewer cows means less feed to maintain liveweight and hence more is available for production. Most farmers already know this because, as animals are culled during the season, there is no loss in milk production, often an increase occurs.
Mating and herd testing costs are charged per cow, so those decline and, with better feeding, animal ill-health costs also decline.
For many farmers the current focus is on having enough animals to fully utilise pasture when it is growing most rapidly. Their attitudes and practices will have to change. Those who have already made the transition are amazed how stress free their operations have become.
Feeding fewer cows/ha means grazing residuals are significantly longer than before. Therefore, should there be a short-term decline in growth there is always a buffer that can be utilised.
The focus on cow days in milk prior to the end of December no longer figures in planning, as high levels of daily production are carried forward into summer. A genuine 30-day interval between grazings means that pastures are grazed a maximum of three times over summer prior to autumn rain arriving.
Maintaining the grazing interval necessary for full recovery of pasture becomes a simpler exercise. Pasture runout is largely eliminated as sufficient self-seeding takes place naturally.
To move from a low cover, rapid grazing round system requires planning and effort. The ideal time to break the cycle is autumn, by drying off earlier, reducing animal numbers, and carrying increased covers ahead.
It can be achieved incrementally by culling low producers, and others that won't make next season's milking mob, late this year, with a focus on fully feeding and longer grazing intervals next year. It takes time, but it's a stress free way to meet the potentially coming limitations on cow numbers, by making the necessary changes in your own time without pressure.


Bel Respiro was inspired by Chanel's home of the same name, which she bought in 1920 in then still-bucolic Garches, a Paris suburb not far from Versailles. The house, in which Mlle entertained Diaghilev, Picasso, Cocteau and Stravinsky, was a tasteful affair of beige stucco and black shutters, very elegant, very Chanel. Polge's green, fresh, refined creation very successfully evokes that chic and idyllic place.
Bel Respiro seems to me to be paying a subtle homage both to Cristalle and No 19; it has the cold, silvery, transparent freshness of the former, and the deep, juicy greenness of the latter. The top notes are almost shockingly green, they are leafy, even slightly herbal, and it is in the top notes where Bel Respiro is the most reminiscent of No 19 with its galbanum-hyacinth-iris intensity. The heart of the scent, while still maintaining the overall green effect, is delicately-floral, breezy, at times even slightly watery - dew glistening on the leaves and petals in a pastoral garden. Apart from the forceful beginning, the fragrance is rather quiet, a green skin scent if ever there was one, but it lasts surprisingly long on my skin. Granted, to discern the drydown, I have to put my nose right to my wrist, but what I smell then is fabulous. The base features the return of a herbal note that I smelled in the beginning (thyme?) ; in the last stage of its development Bel Respiro acquires dry, almost leathery greenness, which I find to be extremely attractive...in a casual but superbly tailored Chanel style.
Bel Respiro is available at Chanel boutiques and Bergdorf Goodman, $175.00 for 200ml.
Ah, this is my second favorite of the six. Lovely for a spring evening. Lasts a long time on me also. Now if I could just get La Pausa to behave the same way!
Perhaps it's the fleeting nature of this [on me], and the way that the galbanum doesn't seem to hang around very long, that makes me sad.
It feels a bit too dilute.
Maybe it's just me ! Sigh.
I'd love to smell it on you two, just to compare !
Great review, Marina! I love this one, I can't imagine not having it, now that I've smelled it, for spring and summer. And I count myself so fortunate that it lasts on me pretty great.
This one is growing on me. And it actually has quite good lasting power on my skin as well. I still feel that when (I refuse to have doubts) it comes out as a parfum, I shall love it more.
You already know... this one grew on me the most. It just gets more and more lovely on the skin, and it lasted quite a long time on me. I was surprised by how much I liked this, I am not a huge fan of galbanum. Great review!
I really like this one, and think it will be perfect for the warmer weather. Can't wait for that!
This is my second favorite too. The first place is shared by 18 and 31 :-) La Pausa does not last on me at all, I mean at all.
What is up, sweetie? Is it just bel Respiro that makes you feel blah? I thought you liked 31 and Coromandel, no?
I can see how this one might feel a bit subtle or dilute on a bad day.
Thank you! I want it for the warm weather too.
Where did we hear that from next year on they Chanel will start making these into parfums, one at a time? I can't remember, but we did hear it somewhere...Well, anyway, I hope 31 is the first, but I hope BR comes soon after.
I can't for warmer weather either and I can't wait to wear this one then too :-) Mr. Lilybp surprised himself by liking this one, or am I mistaken and he did not like this one, because it was too green?
You told me first about having read it on a Russian forum and then on NST yesterday Ezhinka/Galina commented on Angela's post that she'd interviewed Sheldrake recently and he'd hinted that it could indeed happen. Oh, and that the biggest market for Chanel extraits is in Russia. No surprise!
I haven't seen that comment, but I did see the author of the interview announce it on several Russian forums as well. I've yet to read it. I doubt that Sheldrake is at this point prepared to say anything conclusive though.
You know, I am surprised and not surprised that you did not like Coromandel, if that makes any sense. Would you have liked it more if there was more patch, less of...something in the middle that I call "Prada"? :-) And if it was less sweet?
Still, can't have everything can you?!
"Delicately floral" and "breezy" are perfect words to describe Bel Respiro! It's so refreshing in a non-ozonic kind of way. I can't wait to wear it in spring.
I can't wait for spring. Period. Tired of this stupid, bleak weather.
I've been taking a beating, lately.
I'm a big Vent Vert girl, always have been- and I adore Balmain de Balmain, #19,Eau de Campagne, M de Molinard....Cristalle, too.
I guess, I want a bit more oomph.
It is definitely a fragrance to spray liberally. I put about 4-5 sprays, and this lasts me for most of the day. I find Bel Respiro simply stunning. Lovely review!
I have to spray all of these liberally, even your indestructible one. They last a couple of hours each. Well, to be fair, 31 last longer - say 3 hours and 27 minutes.
So agree on Coromandel: absolutely indestrutible. Great review of Bel Respiro, "in a casual but superbly tailored Chanel style." is just right.
Well, I didn't hate it. It was fine, I guess--just not very interesting to me (and annoyingly loud in its uninterestingness). It did smell very much like Prada on me, and I would probably like it more if it smelled less so. Mr. Lily, though, did not like it at all; he characterized it as "heavy" (which is a bit strange, because I wear many strong, heavy perfumes and he usually likes them a lot). It smelled better on a friend this w/e, so it may be a chemistry issue. I should give it another chance. . .
Wait-wait-wait! So they arrived? No pressure but I am waiting for your review! :-) This Thursday?
Yeah, it is heavy, and when sprayed, kinda loud...I can see how, when it doesn't quite work with one's skin chemistry, it could be quite bothersome.
If I haven't lost my focus by then!
Thank you! Is there a boutique somewhere not too far from you? Can you imagine Philly doesn't have one that would sell the Exclusives? Gaaah!
It really is very nice!
No boutique so I am relegated to e-bay for now. I just reviewed Coromande. Check it out and let me know what you think!
Marina and Tom, it seems your begging worked. LuckyScent is carrying Juozas S. (I'm perfectly willing to give you all the credit.) You must be excited!


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John DeVore has been working on his Gibbon X loudspeakers for several years now, but he thinks the end is in sight -- with luck, the new monkeys will get the final tuning and tweaking this year and be ready for ordering. It can't happen too soon -- these speakers were great at CES in 2013, better still at CES in 2014, and if they get any better than this, we're all in trouble. AXPONA saw time on both the Gibbon X and the Orangutan O/96 loudspeakers from DeVore Fidelity, the latter of which happens to be my current reference. Yeah, I still love 'em, just in case you were wondering. I've never seen them paired with electronics from Resolution Audio. You may not have heard much from Resolution Audio lately, but if you've ever seen them, you'll not forget them -- they're the ones with the top plates that look like rain on water. Or like something someone took a ball peen hammer to. It's luscious and not touching it is pretty much impossible.
My time in-room was spent listening to tunes from the Cantata Music Server/DAC and the Cantata C50 integrated amplifier. I usually listen to my Orangutans with tubes, so it was interesting to see what a solid-state amp brings to the table (bass control, mainly). The room was a bit challenging (totally "live" up top), but the sound here was very familiar and enjoyable.
I've been listening almost exclusively to the O/93s since they arrived, then last night I put The Nines back in the system: Damn! I forgot how great they sound. Reviewing is tough work….!
I have DeVore's O/93s in for review at Positive-Feedback.com. The difference between the O/93s and my own DeVore The Nines is quite interesting….
I visited this room several times. The sound was enjoyable. The equipment was relatively inexpensive, yet among the top performers at the show. A couple of the megabuck systems were better, but at many times the prices and required the use of equipment that dominate the room. A Devore system with a Box Furniture equipment rack and appropriate amp/source fits in well in any room.


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Matthew Morrison is the latest new entry to board the cast of Ryan Murphy's "American Horror Story: 1984". According to The Hollywood Reporter, franchise newcomers also include DeRon Horton and Zach Villa.
Murphy, who has worked with Morrison in musical comedy series "Glee", took to Instagram on Friday where he dropped the teaser and a sneak peek into the cast of the ninth season of the FX horror anthology on the first day of shooting. "To celebrate the first day of filming the NINTH Season of AMERICAN HORROR STORY, here's the official 1984 cast announcement along with some amazing '80s lewks. Enjoy!" Murphy captioned the video.
Billie Lourd, Cody Fern and Leslie Grossman are also returning to the franchise, along with Emma Roberts. Gus Kenworthy and Angelica Ross are also a part of the new installment.
"AHS" mainstay Sarah Paulson will not return in a series-regular role for its upcoming ninth season. The season, which will be a summer camp horror, is slated to premiere on September 18.
Sarah Paulson won't star in 'American Horror Story: 1984'
Sarah Paulson will not play major role in 'American Horror Story: 1984'


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SEC Disgorgement Lives to See Another Day After Supreme Court's Liu v. SEC Ruling
By Elaine C. Greenberg & Sarah M. Mathews
On June 22, 2020, in Liu v. SEC, the Supreme Court affirmed in an 8-1 ruling that the Securities and Exchange Commission may continue to pursue disgorgement awards under the federal securities law provided that the award is capped at the defendant's net profits, and further, provided that the award is made for the benefit of wronged investors. In so holding, the Court struck a middle ground by narrowly preserving one of the most powerful enforcement mechanisms available to the agency but limiting the awards more closely than the awards the SEC has sought over the years.
Read the full GT Alert, "SEC Disgorgement Lives to See Another Day After Supreme Court's Liu v. SEC Ruling."
Elaine C. Greenberg
Elaine C. Greenberg has over 30 years of securities law experience, including a 25-year tenure at the SEC. Her practice focuses on SEC, FINRA, DOJ, State Attorneys General and other securities and financial services regulatory matters, examinations, investigations, enforcement actions, and litigation; white…
Elaine C. Greenberg has over 30 years of securities law experience, including a 25-year tenure at the SEC. Her practice focuses on SEC, FINRA, DOJ, State Attorneys General and other securities and financial services regulatory matters, examinations, investigations, enforcement actions, and litigation; white collar defense and corporate investigations; and public finance. She has represented, advised, and counseled: major financial institutions and other financial services firms and their associated persons, including banks, underwriters, broker-dealers, investment advisers, investment companies, and municipal advisors; issuers of securities, including public companies and their officers and directors, and state and local governmental entities and their officials; and other organizations and individuals.
Prior to entering private practice, Elaine served as a senior officer in the SEC's Enforcement Division in dual roles. As the inaugural Chief of the Specialized Unit for Municipal Securities and Public Pensions, she built and led a nationwide unit to oversee the SEC's enforcement efforts in the multitrillion-dollar municipal securities and public pensions marketplaces. As Associate Director of the Philadelphia Regional Office, she was responsible for overseeing the SEC's enforcement program in the Mid-Atlantic region.
Read more about Elaine C. GreenbergEmail
Sarah M. Mathews
Sarah M. Mathews focuses her practice on complex commercial litigation, white collar criminal matters, and regulatory investigations. She is experienced in handling government investigations, reinsurance, bankruptcy, federal antitrust and commercial arbitration. In addition to these matters, Sarah maintains an active pro bono practice.
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here. Fortunately, Barraca is a very welcoming place to get merry in. By the time you've been there half an hour you start thinking of them as friends, which meant that by the time my actual friends arrived, I was thoroughly at home.
We ordered another apero (vermut, of course) and moved reluctantly from their cute little terrace on the street, to a more glamorous upstairs dining room where we ensconced ourselves at a spacious table by a wide open window, air-conditioned by the breeze and from where, if you peer very closely, you can just make out the boats bobbing along the inky horizon.
When the emblematic Can Fabes restaurant in Sant Celoni went up for sale earlier this year, their head chef Xavier Pellicer (formerly of ABaC) decided he'd had it with posh. "I'd been doing fine dining for years and I wanted a break, a change of pace," he told me with a smile as wide as the Cheshire cat. "Now I'm gardening and cooking and I have time. It's bliss. I'm deliriously happy." When he was asked to create this restaurant for the folks behind Wokimarket, he also got the opportunity to fuel his passion for biodynamic and organic farming.Seventy percent of their product base falls into one of these two categories, and Barraca—an upmarket xiringuito—also uses sustainable fish supplies. Unusually for Barcelona, the largely organic wine list also proffers a handful of carefully selected natural wines. These are wines that have had no mechanical intervention and don't use sulphur; Roman-style wine if you will. The whole place just feels, for want of a better word, happy.
On this visit we ate our way through all the starters. It was too late, I felt, for rice, though as with the pineapple mojitos, our waiter's disappointment was palpable. "But the arroces," he protested, "are wonderful." As, indeed, are the snacks: light-as-a-feather buñuelos de bacalao that come upright in a glazed egg-box; the crunchiest Andaluz-style calamari rings—southern Spaniards are, after all, lords and ladies of the frying pan; and an enamelled cauldron piled high with bright and briny mussels, clams and cockles wrapped in the gentle heat of a garlic and chilli broth. We had patatas bravas, which I feared might be the silly cubed variety, lined up along an oblong plate, but these were the real deal, and a bomba (those golf-ball sized croquettes of mashed potato and pork) lavished with proper spicy bomba sauce. Heaven. We drank a bottle of natural wine—S02—from the Costers del Segre, which was among the best I've had. Natural wine is an acquired taste, often bordering on the dour, but providing you brace for something unfiltered, a little cidery and big on personality, this is most definitely friend, not foe.
Two weeks later I returned with other friends for paella. It was Monday, the most decadent day of the week for lunch, the sky was an impossible blue, the sea glittered like sapphires, the world was in fine fettle. To add to that sense of celebrating nothing but a lovely day at the start of autumn, we drank a bottle of silky fizz—Privat from Alella—and ordered the sweetest of navajas no bigger than my pinky and looking uncannily like white asparagus, while waiting for our rice: an 'arroz bomba' with squid, rock fish, mussels and clams, finished with a drizzled of garlic-parsley oil. It arrived looking darkly seductive—they finish the rice in the oven here to achieve what Pellicer describes as a 'very special kind of dryness to the crust'—in a pan as wide as the wheel of a car. The thin layer of rice cooked to perfection with each separate grain fresh and chewy and bursting with flavour.
Over a shared crocanti (ice cream encrusted in crunchy nuts) topped with a dollop of chocolate ganache and a shot of whisky, I thought of a few more people I needed to bring here. I made another reservation on my way out the door.


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11th International Johannes Brahms Choir Festival and Competition
July 3 - 7, 2019 Wernigerode, Germany
International variety meets a historical backdrop
Since 1999 the International Johannes Brahms Choir Festival and Competition is a crowd puller for choirs and music ensembles from all over the world. The colorful city in the Harz mountain range attracts visitors with its unique charm of medieval architecture and moreover with its musical characteristics: Three renowned German choirs come from this small town.
The historical town hall and the timber-framed city center give the festival its unique setting. At the same time dedicated inhabitants, who act as individual choir assistants, ensure a familiar atmosphere.
This competition, named after Johannes Brahms, puts a musical focus on this German composer and the German romantics of the 19th century.
Numerous advanced trainings offer interested choirs outstanding possibilities of mutual learning and professional training e.g. with evaluation performances and individual coaching.
Due to its familiar character, the beautiful backdrop and the international variety this festival has established as one INTERKULTUR's most popular events.
This INTERKULTUR event provides you the opportunity to choose from the following options of participation:
Non-competitive participation
Festival participation Competition categories*
Individual coaching* Individual coaching*
Evaluation performance* Evaluation performance*
friendship concert performance included
Category A – Difficulty level I
A1 – Mixed Choirs
A2 – Equal Voices (Male and Female Choirs)
Category B – Difficulty level II
B1 – Mixed Choirs
B2 – Equal Voices (Male and Female Choirs)
Category C – Chamber Choirs and Vocal Ensembles
C1 – Chamber Choirs and Vocal Ensembles of mixed voices
C2 – Chamber Choirs and Vocal Ensembles of equal voices
Category G – Children's & Youth Choirs
G1 – Children's Choirs
G2 – Youth Choirs of equal voices
G3 – Youth Choirs of mixed voices
Category S – Sacred Choral Music a cappella
Category F – Folklore
Category SP – Spiritual
A detailed description of the competition categories can also be found in the booklet available for download:
Participant Information(2.5 MB)
Evaluation Performances and Individual Coachings
Evaluation Performance
for non-competing choirs
three pieces of the choir's choice
performed before a panel of qualified international jurors who provide immediate positive artistic and pedagogical advice for improvement
certificates of participation will be awarded, as well as evaluation ratings and recommendation letters for future INTERKULTUR competitions upon request
Number of singers: unlimited
Singing time: maximum 15 minutes
Accompaniment: possible
for competing choirs
presentation of the competition program the day before competitions begin
the evaluation does not involve preliminary decisions regarding the competition result
Number of singers: according to category rules
Singing time: according to category rules
Accompaniment: according to category rules
one piece of the choir's choice
with an international choral expert for stimulating artistic ideas and interpretive guidance
for an effective rehearsal, choirs must prepare one piece in advance
Singing time: 45 minutes rehearsal session
Friendship Concerts
Participating choirs may register to perform together with other international choirs. Choirs must prepare approximately 15 minutes of their own music pre-approved by the artistic committee. The concert should be preferably a cappella or with own instruments. Piano or E-Piano can be provided upon request.
Please be aware that several friendship concerts are planned open air. In the event that weather conditions do not allow this, some concerts may be cancelled due to the weather. The organizers will try to manage alternatives but choirs do not have any legal claim to this.
Choirs can also take part in Friendship Concerts only.
Friendship Concerts 2019
Grand Prize Competition
The respective Category Winners are invited to participate in the competition for the Grand Prize. The jury reserves the right to nominate further choirs for participation. The winner of this competition will receive the Johannes Brahms Choir Prize 2019 - endowed with 2.000 €.
Program: two freely chosen a cappella pieces which may not be the ones the choir had already performed in their whole competition program. Those two pieces must be confirmed by the artistic committee.
Singing time: the maximum actual singing time is 8 minutes.
"The choir festival represents an important cultural highlight which enriches the city of Wernigerode, and exciting and top class cultural days are yet to come. One must simply become part of it, it is a memorable event as I know first-hand."
Peter Gaffert, Mayor of the City of Wernigerode, Germany (Wernigerode 2017)
"Thanks very much for the mail and thank you very much for the great organization yet again. I loved my time in Wernigerode and we had a lot of fun in between the work which is always healthy!"
Angela Stevens, jury member, South Africa (Wernigerode 2015)
"The quality of the choirs, the camaraderie among the singers, the judging, the wonderful organization you provided and the charm of Wernigerode combined to make this a world-class experience."
Craig Fields, Macphail's Sonomento, USA (Wernigerode 2015)
"Thank you very much for ensuring that we attended the Wernigerode event. We are very grateful for all the support and assistance you gave to us before and during the event and we would like to let you know that we enjoyed every minute of our stay in Wernigerode and we also hope to be a part of the event in the next 2 years."
Aderayo Oyegbade, Mountain Top Chorale, Nigeria (Wernigerode 2015)
This event lies in the past!
You are interested in participating in this event series? Then have a look right now at our overview, which provides information about when the event will be held the next time. There you can also find further dates and destinations of our events taking place worldwide.
Wernigerode 2019 | © INTERKULTUR
Schedule of the Event
19:00 Ilsenburg Monastery: Friendship Concert
19:30 St. Sylvestri Church: Opening Concert
Sightseeing & Excursions*
11:00 Silstedt Museum Courtyard: Friendship Concert
13:00 Drübeck Monastery: Friendship Concert
13:00 Harzer Culture and Congress Center: Competition in categories G1, G2 and G3
14:00 Market Square: Friendship Concert
17:30 Town Center: Choir Parade
18:00 Market Square: Opening Event
10:00 Harzer Culture and Congress Center: Competition in categories F and B1
11:00 St. Sylvestri Church: Competition in category C1
14:00 St. Sylvestri Church: Competition in categories S and SP
14:00 & 16:00 Market Square: Friendship Concerts
17:00 Blankenburg Castle: Friendship Concert
19:00 Benzingerode Church: Friendship Concert
19:00 Harzer Culture and Congress Center: Competition in category A1
19:00 Goslar Market Church: Benefit Concert
19:30 Market Square: Folklore Night
10:30 Harzer Culture and Congress Center: Competition in category B2
11:30 Glass Factory Derenburg: Friendship Concert
14:00 Hasseröder Recreational Park: Friendship Concert
16:00 Wernigerode Sports Hall: Grand Prize Competition
19:00 Market Square: Awards Ceremony & Choir Party
10:00 Wernigerode Sports Hall: Closing Concert
depending on the individual schedule
Subject to change!
If you are interested in individual excursions please send an email to travel(at)interkultur.com.
Event Overview (PDF 170 KB)
Opening Concert
Wednesday, July 3, 2019 | 19:30
Church St. Sylvestri
Music Office Youth Choir (China/Hong Kong SAR)
Music Office YouthChoir
China/Hong Kong SAR
Conductor: Angelina Au
Girls Choir of Gnesins College of Music (Russia)
Girls Choir of Gnesins College of Music
Conductor: Oksana Glazeva
Ars Nova Vocal Ensemble (Hungary)
Ars Nova Vocal Ensemble
Conductor: Katalin Kiss
Rundfunk-Jugendchor Wernigerode (Germany)
Rundfunk-Jugendchor Wernigerode
Conductor: Peter Habermann
Tickets for the Opening Concert are on sale now through the online ticket shop of the city Wernigerode.
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Charity Concert
Friday, July 5, 2019 | 19:00
Goslar Market Church
Puzangalan Children's Choir (Chinese Taipei)
Puzangalan Children's Choir
Conductor: Sheng-Ying Wu
Senza Rigore Chamber Choir (Poland)
Senza Rigore Chamber Choir
Conductor: Jolanta Szybalska-Matczak
Ilsenburg Monastery | 19:00
Oblivion Ensemble, Russia
The Hong Kong University Students' Union Choir, China/Hong Kong SAR
Silstedt Museum Courtyard | 11:00
The Voice of Wanquanhe, China
Trollhättens Kammerkör, Sweden
Drübeck Monastery | 13:00
Männerchor Drübeck 1878 e.V., Germany
MGV Volkschor Concordia Ilsenburg e. V., Germany
Kolding Bykor, Denmark
Market Square | 14:00
P-A'ss Chorale, Belgium
The NQR Vocal Ensemble, Greece
Women Vocal Ensemble – Harmonya, Kfar-Saba, Israel
Helsingin Laulu, Finland
Corul Angeli Junior, Romania
Trollhättens Kammerchör, Sweden
Music Office Youth Choir, China
Hangzhou Aiyue Tianshi Choir, China
Ars Vivendi, Germany
Mädchenkammerchor des Gerhart-Hauptmann-Gymnasiums, Germany
Hngzyang na Matui & Nahuy, Chinese Taipei
Blankenburg Castle | 17:00
Villanella, Belgium
Vokalensemble Familie Kraft, Germany
Benzingerode Church | 19:00
Chorgemeinschaft Benzingerode, Germany
Easter, Russia
Ilsenburger Frauenchor, Germany
Market Square | 19:30 | Folklore Night
Strathmore University Chorale, Kenya
Tian Hang Zhi Sheng Choir, China
Women Vocal Ensemble - Harmonya, Kfar-Saba, Israel
UiTM Chamber Choir, Malaysia
Männergesangverein Hasserode 1865 e.V., Germany
Gøtu Kirkju Ungdómskór, Faroe Islands
Choir of Gnesins College of Music, Russia
Choir of Gnesins College of Music & Girls Choir of Gnesins College of Music, Russia
Glass Factory Derenburg | 11:30
Ars Nova Vocal Ensemble, Hungary
Dele Children's Choir of Nanjing East Beijing Road Primary School, China
Wernigeröder Männerchor 1848 e.V., Germany
Senza Rigore Chamber Choir, Poland
Nova Cantica, Germany
Frauenchor Wernigerode e.V., Germany
Hassenröder Recreational Park | 14:00
Männerchor Liederkranz 1843 Zwickau e. V., Germany
Madrigal Choir, China
Address: Oberpfarrkirchhof 12, 38855 Wernigerode
The foundation of the church St. Sylvestrikirche on the Klint (oldest part of Wernigerode) dates back to the intensive missionary work of the Benedictines of the monastery Corvey/Weser.
Nothing is left from this first small church. But the pillars from the following crosswise, three-naved and Romanic building (around 1100) are still standing inside the church. The last major architectural changes were done from 1880-1886, when the neo-Gothic tower was built. The former Romanic flat slab was reinstalled due to static reasons and nowadays keeps the acoustics in good stead during concerts.
The church features many extraordinary works of art and commodities, e.g. two bells from 1297 and 1500, epitaphs from five centuries, textiles (from 1520 on), an oak wardrobe (13. Jh.), a Baroque organ from 1790. The Gothic altar (Brussels 1480) and its crucifix (around 1300) also attract the attention of the visitors. The church invites to pause for peace and meditation but also to Sunday masses and weekly concerts in summer and is very popular for weddings.
Reference: www.sylvestri-liebfrauen-wernigerode.de, Photo: INTERKULTUR
Market Square Wernigerode
The marketplace in Wernigerode with its town hall and the timber frame buildings is a must-see for every visitor of the Harz. The town hall was originally being erected as a "Spelhus" and served as a court as well as a place for public entertainment for dance, juggler events and wedding festivities. Today it is the office building of the municipality Wernigerode. On the marketplace in front of the town hall the Wohltäterbrunnen (benefactor well) is being situated. The well, which was casted in 1848 by the iron foundry Ilsenburg, shall remind the citizens of all people who rendered outstanding services for the welfare of Wernigerode. In 1991 e.g. the city installed a plaque for colonel Gustav Petri, who saved the city of Wernigerode in 1945 of being destroyed with his brave intervention. During the competition friendship concerts will be taking place on the market place.
Reference: www.wernigerode-tourismus.de, Photo: INTERKULTUR
Auditorium Gerhart-Hauptmann School
Address: Westernstraße 29, 38855 Wernigerode
The Gerhart-Hauptmann School is one of the high schools in Wernigerode. During the competition evaluation performances and concerts take place in its beautiful Auditorium.
Harzer Kultur- und Kongresszentrum Wernigerode
Address: Pfarrstraße 41, 38855 Wernigerode
The "Harzer Kultur- und Kongresszentrum" is lokated a few minutes from the Market Square. It is integrated in the complex of the "HKK-Hotel". Approximately 15000 guests visit this cultural event site every year. You can see theater performances, shows, musicals, Irish folk, events for children, pop and rock, folk music and much more there.
Text and photo: INTERKULTUR
Marktkirche St. Cosmas und Damian Zum Markte Goslar
The Marktkirche is the main parish church of the formerly imperial-rich and merchant city of Goslar and was consecrated to the patron saints of doctors and pharmacists, Cosmas and Damian. It still forms the central intersection of an "Ottonian Church Cross", which was completed in the middle of the 12th century.
It is the main council church of the former imperial city. It is clearly visible in the center near the market square and remains unmistakable due to its differently designed towers. Those who climb the 237 steps can enjoy the magnificent view of the city.
Text and photo: Marktkirche Goslar
Artistic Committee
Prof. Dr. Friedrich Krell
Prof. Dr. Friedrich Krell was born in 1928. He studied music and chemistry at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittemberg between 1947 and 1951. He was a teacher at the extended secondary school in Wernigerode since 1951. Right at the start of his work he founded the mixed youth choir. The ensemble, known today as the Wernigerode Radio Youth Choir, enjoys international recognition. Friedrich Krell is a voice teacher whose main aim is to achieve a special ideal in sound quality. During his scientific work in the field of choral music he was primarily concerned with the problem of perceiving and performing 16th century music, as he wrote in his dissertation in 1970. In 1988 Friedrich Krell founded the "Wernigeröder Singakademie", in 1991 he was appointed to be the director of the Wernigerode College of Music that was built upon his special classes for music. In 1994 the Federal State Music Council of Sachsen-Anhalt charged him with the formation of the Federal State Youth Choir of Sachsen-Anhalt, which has also earned significant artistic recognition since then. Friedrich Krell is a renowned advisor, lecturer at courses for choral conductors and an internationally acting adjudicator for several choral competitions. For his outstanding contributions to the choral movement he was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany in 2003.
Prof. Dr. Ralf Eisenbeiß
Ralf Eisenbeiß was born in 1952 in Zeulenroda. After his secondary school examination he studied pedagogy, German philology and musical education. He received his PhD in 1979 at the Pedagogical University of Zwickau. From 1978 to 1981, he studied choir and orchestra conducting at the Franz Liszt Conservatory in Weimar.
Ralf Eisenbeiß was working as the director of the choral department at the Pedagogical University in Zwickau and appointed professor for choir conducting and choral singing in 1987. He was conductor of the renowned Pedagogical University Zwickau Choir. With his choir he performed a wide repertoire of compositions for a cappella choirs and with orchestra, too. Under his direction the choir won numerous prizes at national and international choir competitions.
Ralf Eisenbeiß was lecturer at the central seminar for choral conductors in Berlin and organized numerous workshops himself. He often appears as guest conductor at home and abroad. Since more than 20 years he works as artistic director of INTERKULTUR. Ralf Eisenbeiß is founder of the Int. Robert Schumann Choir Competition in Zwickau and one of the founders of the World Choir Games. Since 1992 he was responsible for about hundred international competitions of INTERKULTUR in Germany, Italy, Korea, Indonesia, China, Austria, Spain, USA and other countries. Ralf Eisenbeiß is very often invited as a juror in national and other international choir competitions all over the world.
Peter Habermann (Germany)
Peter Habermann received his first musical education as a member of the Dresden Kreuzchor. This was followed by a course of Vocal Studies in Dresden which he passed with a First Class Honours degree to be a singing teacher. Since 1984, he has been teaching at the Landesgymnasium für Musik Wernigerode. His scope of work covers both the field of vocal training and the choral education of this institution's students.
For many years, he acted as a Deputy Artistic Director of the Rundfunkjugendchor Wernigerode with Friedrich Krell. Later, he led the institution's Children Choir with great success before he became Artistic Director of the Rundfunkjugendchor in 1996, a responsibility that he held until 2004 and has been holding again from 2008 until today.
His work with this internationally renowned ensemble has been rewarded with numerous prizes, and has resulted in many CD recordings as well as concert tours both at home and abroad.
In 2003, he founded the Wernigerode Chamber Choir, a project choir comprising former Rundfunkjugendchor members which he led until 2010. He is also committed to amateur music: for 10 years, he conducted the men's choir of the village Drübeck. Peter Habermann is an active singer, speaker and juror for INTERKULTUR events and the German Choral Contest.
Willi Becker (Germany)
Willi Becker is an experienced chorus and orchestra conductor. Festivals and competitions all over Germany and beyond appreciate his knowledge and experience as lecturer and juror.
Holdinge a scholarship holder of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, Willi Becker studied from 1970 - 1974 at the University of Mainz. From 1977 to 1981 he studied school music and music sciences at the University of Koblenz.
He gained valuable impulses for his choral work by attending master classes, among others with Eric Ericson, Robert Sund (S), Robert Shaw (USA), Bob Chilcott (GB), Simon Helthey (GB), Frieder Bernius, Volker Hempfling and Wolfgang Schäfer (D).
Willi Becker was successful with his choirs at national and international choral competitions, e.g. the first prize at the 4th German Choral Competition in Fulda. He was artistic director of the Europa Cantat Music Commission 2006.
Concert tours were conducted by Willi Becker and his ensembles through Europe, Russia, the USA, Japan and South America. CD's, records, radio and television productions document his extensive choral and concert activities.
He was the director of the State Youth Choir (1985-1995) and the State Music Academy (1995 to 1999) of Rhineland-Palatinate. From 1999 to 2016 Willi Becker was music coordinator in the "Kultursommer" of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate.
Ralf Eisenbeiß (Germany)
Sabine Haenebalcke (Belgium)
As a concert pianist, Sabine Haenebalcke earned early acclaim for her outstanding Chopin interpretations, and was a valued member of several chamber ensembles. She later trained as a choirmistress and conductor with such names as Nicolas Brochot (Paris), Pierre Cao (Luxembourg) and Laszlo Heltay (London).
She has been a singer for many years, among others with Philippe Herreweghe's Collegium Vocale and in 1990 founded what would rapidly become a vocal ensemble of considerable standing, Kalliope. Sabine Haenebalcke made her orchestral debut in 1997 as conductor of the Flanders Symphony Orchestra. Since then, her repertoire has grown to include most major oratorios by Bach, Mozart, Verdi (Requiem), Brahms, Fauré, Webber, Michael Tippett (A child of Our Time) and other masters but she also created various works by Flemish composers.
She is the resident choirmistress of Kalliope (Ghent), and, as of recently, the oratorium choir Altra Voce (Kortrijk) and Toon op Toon (Ronse). Sabine Haenebalcke is also highly sought after as a choir coach and is honorary teacher of piano at MUDA in Ghent.
Eva Ugalde Álvarez (Spain)
Born in San Sebastian in 1973, Eva Ugalde Álvarez began writing choral music encouraged by the Basque composer Javier Busto. Her particular language, perfectly intelligible in its complexity, and organic for the voice, results in her works being performed all over the world.
Eva Ugalde Álvarez is a regular jury member in national and international competitions such as the European Award for Choral Composers or the international festival "Leonardo de Medici III" in Florence.
In recent years, she has taught masterclasses focused on her work (Pyrenaeum Música, Spain or Movincanto, Italy), courses in choral composition (European Seminar Per Compositori, Aosta, Italy) and conferences ("Composition from a female perspective" for the University of Valencia).
In her role as conductor, she has been invited to Hungary to conduct her works with the Cantemus Female Choir of the Kodaly Institute, one of the world's leading groups in their discipline.
She has recently participated in the recording of a monograph of her music by ALAIA women's choir in Madrid, which has been available since December 2018.
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.
André van der Merwe (South Africa)
André van der Merwe is a conductor and composer from Cape Town, South Africa. He is often invited to perform as guest conductor, adjudicator and clinician nationally and internationally. He has been invited to work with universities and companies in the USA, Sweden, Germany, China, and Portugal amongst others. André van der Merwe initially studied B.Mus at the University of Cape Town, but later changed course and studied B.Drama (Directing) at the University of Stellenbosch. He received national awards and prizes as actor and director. André van der Merwe was invited e.g. as adjudicator and clinician for the Llangollen International Eisteddfod, Wales (July 2013) and guest conductor and lecturer for the Taipei International Choral Festival and the Taipei Philharmonic (August 2013). His arrangements of African music are published by Earthsongs in the USA. Currently he conducts the Stellenbosch University Choir (number one choir on the INTERKULTUR World Rankings) and the the Stellenberg Girls Choir. From 2005 – 2012 he has established and conducted the South African Youth Choir. In 2012 André van der Merwe received a ministerial cultural award (Western Cape Government) for his work with choirs and the youth and a civic honorary award from the City of Cape Town. In 2012 André has been selected as the South African representative on the World Choir Council for INTERKULTUR.
Förderverein INTERKULTUR e.V.
City of Wernigerode
the Land Saxony-Anhalt
Landesmusikrat Sachsen-Anhalt e.V.
Landeschorverband Sachsen-Anhalt e.V. im Deutschen Chorverband
Landesgymnasium für Musik Wernigerode
Prof. Dr. Friedrich Krell (Germany), Honorary Chairman
Prof. Dr. Ralf Eisenbeiß (Germany), Senior Artistic Director
Organizers are the Förderverein INTERKULTUR e.V. and the city of Wernigerode.
The 11th International Johannes Brahms Choir Festival & Competition is organized with the friendly support of:
Stadtwerke Wernigerode
www.stadtwerke-wernigerode.de
www.sachsen-anhalt.de
Hasseröder Brauerei GmbH
www.hasseroeder.de
Lotto Toto
Sachsen-Anhalt GmbH
www.lottosachsenahlat.de
www.harzsparkasse.de
Lions-Club Wernigerode 'Anna zu Stolberg'
www.lions.de/web/lc-wernigerode-anna-zu-stolberg
Harzer Volksstimme
www.volksstimme.de
Gebäude- und Wohnungsbaugesellschaft mbH
www.gww.de
Hasseröder Ferienpark
www.hasseroeder-ferienpark.de
Glasmanufaktur Harzkristall GmbH
www.harzkristall.de
Harzdruckerei GmbH
www.harzdruckerei.de
Wernigerode Tourismus GmbH
www.wernigerode-tourismus.de
Harzer Verkehrsbetriebe GmbH
www.wvb.com
Autohaus Wille GmbH
www.autohaus-wille-wernigerode.de
Chorverband Sachsen-Anhalt
www.chorverband-sachsen-anhalt.de
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We are happy to welcome 45 choirs from 17 nations to the 11th International Johannes Brahms Choir Festival and Competition!
Belgium, Bolivia, China, Hong Kong SAR
Villanella (Belgium) | G2
P-A'ss Chorale (Belgium) | B2, IC, S
Artecanto y Emi (Escuela Militar de Ingenieria) (Bolivia) | A1, S
Madrigal Choir (China) | A1
Hangzhou Aiyue Tianshi Choir (China) | F, G1
The Hong Kong University Students' Union Choir (China/Hong Kong SAR) | B1, S
Music Office Youth Choir (China/Hong Kong SAR) | G3
Music Office Youth Choir - Male Ensemble (China/Hong Kong SAR) | B2
Music Office Youth Choir - Girls Ensemble (China/Hong Kong SAR) | B2
Dele Children's Choir of Nanjing East Beijing Road Primary School (China) | G1
Tian Hang Zhi Sheng Choir (China) | F, G1
The Voice of Wanquanhe (China) | F
Chinese Taipei, Denmark, Faroe Islands, Finland, Hungary, Israel
Puzangalan Children's Choir (Chinese Taipei) | F, G1, S
Pqwasan na TaoShan (Chinese Taipei) | G1
Hngzyang na Matui & Nahuy (The children's choir of Jiaxing elementary school) (Chinese Taipei) | F, G1
Kolding Bykor (Denmark) | Festival
Gøtu Kirkju Ungdómskór (Faroe Islands) | G3, S, SP
Helsingin Laulu (Finland) | A1
Helsingin Laulu Vocal Ensemble (Teekerho) (Finland) | B1
Kamarikuoro Kaamos (Finland) | C1, S
Ars Nova Vocal Ensemble (Hungary) | C1, S
Women Vocal Ensemble - Harmonya, Kfar-Saba (Israel) | B2
Rundfunk-Jugendchor Wernigerode (Germany) | Festival
Vokalensemble Familie Kraft (Germany) | G3, S
Männerchor Liederkranz 1843 Zwickau e.V. (Germany) | B2
Ars Vivendi (Germany) | Festival
Mädchenkammerchor des Gerhart-Hauptmann-Gymnasiums (Germany) | Festival
Nova Cantica (Germany) | Festival
Frauenchor Wernigerode (Germany) | Festival
Chorgemeinschaft Benzingerode (Germany) | Festival
Ilsenburger Frauenchor (Germany) | Festival
Wernigeröder Männerchor 1848 e.V. (Germany) | Festival
Männerchor Drübeck 1878 e.V. (Germany) | Festival
MGV Volkschor Concordia Ilsenburg e.V. (Germany) | Festival
Männergesangverein Hasserode 1865 e.V. (Germany) | Festival
Latvia, Malaysia, Poland, Romania, Russia, Sweden
Female Choir "Rūta" (Latvia) | F
UiTM Chamber Choir (Malaysia) | B1, F
UiTM Women's Chorale (Malaysia) | B2
Senza Rigore Chamber Choir (Poland) | C1, S
Corul Angeli Junior (Romania) | F, G1
Easter (Russia) | S
Choir of Gnesins College of Music (Russia) | A1
Girls Choir of Gnesins College of Music (Russia) | S
Oblivion ensemble (Russia) | C1, S
Trollhättans Kammarkör (Sweden) | A1
Wernigerode is a city with a special flair, as it is not only a gem of medieval architecture but also beautifully located at the edge of the Harz, a low mountain range in Germany. Hardly any other German city has so many gorgeous timber-framed buildings that compete for the visitor's' attention: the ideal setting for the parade and the opening ceremony as well as further open air events. And the narrow-gauge-railway also turns the discovery of the surroundings into a wonderful and charming experience.
There are several ways to get to Wernigerode by plane:
Berlin Schönefeld Airport (SXF) is located 244 km away from the center of Wernigerode and is regularly approached by the following airlines: airberlin, Belavia, Condor, Eurowings, Germania, Germanwings, Norwegian, Ryanair etc.
Berlin Tegel Airport (TXL) is located 236 km away from the center of Wernigerode an is regularly approached by the following airlines: airBaltic, Air France, Austrian Airlines, British Airways, Brussels Airlines, Eurowings, Germania, Germanwings, Lufthansa, Qatar Airways, Swiss, Turkish Airlines, United Airlines etc.
Hannover Airport (HAJ) is located 131 km away from the center of Wernigerode and is regularly approached by the following airlines: germanwings, Alitalia, Air Berlin, Air France, Lufthansa, Brussels Airlines, Aeroflot Russian Airlines, British Airways, Austrian, American Airlines, Iberia, Belavia etc.
Leipzig/Halle Airport (LEJ) is located 136 km away from the center of Wernigerode and is regularly approached by the following airlines: germanwings, Air Berlin, Ryanair, Lufthansa, Austrian, Iberia, Germania etc.
We congratulate all singers to their great results! All in all 32 golden and 18 silver diplomas were awarded. Many thanks to all choirs and ensembles for participating!
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Winner of the Grand Prize: Senza Rigore Chamber Choir (Poland)
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