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stevecanmakeanythingnerdy · 5 years

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Battle #11

The Monkees: S/T (side 2)

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The Promise Ring: Very Emergency (side 1)

The Monkees: S/T (side 2)

The Monkees were an American rock and pop band originally active between 1966 and 1971, with reunion albums and tours in the decades that followed. They were formed in Los Angeles in 1965 by Bob Rafelson and Bert Schneider for the American television series The Monkees which aired from 1966 to 1968. The musical acting quartet was composed of Americans Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith, and Peter Tork; and British actor and singer Davy Jones. The Monkees are often (mistakenly) lumped into a pigeonhole of manufactured boy bands with no talent. While it IS TRUE that The Monkees were selected specifically to appeal to the youth market as American television's response to the Beatles, and with their manufactured personae and carefully produced singles, it is NOT true that they are talentless. They often are seen as an original precursor to the modern proliferation of studio and corporation-created bands, but again were not the first and certainly not the last. In fact, the Monkees basically pioneered the music video format [and band member Mike Nesmith dreamed up the prototype for what would become MTV] and paved the way for every boy band that followed in their wake, from New Kids on the Block to 'N Sync to Jonas Brothers. Davy set the stage for future teen idols like David Cassidy and Justin Bieber. As pop stars go, you would be hard pressed to find a successful artist who didn't take a page from the Monkees' playbook, even generations later. The Monkees had an influence on the punk rockers and new wave scene too. Many of these punk performers had grown up on TV reruns of the series, and sympathized with the anti-industry, anti-Establishment trend of their career. Sex Pistols and Minor Threat both recorded versions of "(I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone" and it was often played live by Toy Love. The Japanese new wave pop group the Plastics recorded a synthesizer and drum-machine version of "Last Train to Clarksville" for their 1979 album Welcome Back. Not bad for a made up band. The Monkees reach is deep and long lasting. Eventually The Monkees did become a real and functional band winning the rights to produce and record music, as many of them were experienced musicians from the start. So this, then is their debut, meant largely to be a soundtrack to the television series. It starts off with one of the most well known tunes “Last Train To Clarksville”. It is excellent almost garage pop stuff, very catchy and centered firmly around that familiar falling riff. “This Just Doesn’t Seem to be My Day” follows quickly (no really, none of their songs are much more than 2 and a half minutes). It is a poppier and faster ditty. Nothing terribly memorable, but a filler or placeholder for certain. “Let’s Dance On” shakes it up a little. Literally as it’s almost the same song in a different chord. Rock and roll twister. Very catchy though, and the harmonica makes an appearance. “I’ll Be True To You” is another ballad type song, with Davey J. front and center. Swoon and croon, complete with whispers...target (audience) captured. “Sweet Young Thing” is practically a preview of “head”-psych garage level with some decent pedal use. Pretty sure I hear violin too. See? This is what I mean. No one takes The Monkees seriously, but these songs are actually well crafted and played by real musicians. The difference between then and now. Real versus manufactured. The last take is “Gonna Buy Me A Dog”. It’s a humorous number with laughs and outtakes and seemingly not scripted fun. I truly believe this was an actual take in the recording booth. I think, despite all the controversy about their legitimacy, this band had some amazingly catchy tunes and really captured the national attention.

The Promise Ring: Very Emergency (side 1)

The Promise Ring is an American rock band from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. They gained an underground cult following and are widely cited as helping create the second wave of emo rock. The band was started in 1995 as a side project by Davey von Bohlen during his time as a guitarist/vocalist for Cap'n Jazz. Von Bohlen started the project alongside guitarist Jason Gnewikow of None Left Standing, drummer Dan Didier and bassist Scott Beschta, the latter two both being former members of Ceilishrine. TPR quickly carved themselves a niche in the scene though. All the vintage sweater wearing, backpack carrying, black plastic glasses having kids were obsessed with this band. For good reason too. They know how to write a great pop hook. Davey (Hey! Both bands today had a Davey!! Crazy!) has some unique vocals that contribute to the whole package. “Happiness is all the Rage” is the opening act. It’s purposeful and directly depressed vocals help define the emo pop they helped craft. Really by this album (their third effort ) it’s pretty straight forward power pop. “Emergency! Emergency!” Follows. I believe this little gem saw some Mtv airplay. It has a beautiful cadence with those subtle guitar chicka-chicka’s.

S.O.S. I’m in love with this tune! (#seewhatididthere) The drum attack is also perf. We up the tempo a little on “The Deep South”. Some nice rim shots of sugar and spice. A touch of background vocals for the harmony symphony. It’s the tiny details like that, and the understanding of those details that solidify this band as true masters of their craft. “Happy Hour” has a happy riff and good merry-go-round lyrics that conceal the deal. The last cut is titled “Things Just Getting Good”. A slower ballad for sure, and has that feel of a cool fall day. You know, leaves just starting to turn colors and a nice warm night fire with marshmallows. The band introduced through song just adds to the personality of it all. I love the fact it’s on orange blossom cream wax, and looks very pretty spinning on the platter. I also feel like this band really helped shape the current trend of vintage graphics...things like insta filters and sepia tones. You know, that faded old photo look. I had the good fortune of seeing this band on more than a few occasions in the basement, before all the excitement and exposure explosion. I can tell you, they are real and true. Every song was heartfelt. You can’t help but dance around like the Peanuts gang to this collection of tunes. Good stuff.

So The Monkees were busy Monkee-ing around (#seewhatididthere), but they still managed to burn 108 calories over 6 songs and 15 minutes. That is 18 calories burned per song and 7.20 calories burned per minute. The Monkees earned 13 out of 18 possible stars. The Promise Ring on the other hand was VERY Emergency and brought back 1996 for me. They burned 135 calories over 5 songs and 18 minutes. That is 27 calories burned per song and 7.50 calories burned per minute. The Promise Ring earned 12 out of 15 possible stars. Looks like the only Emergency was the urgency of The Promise Ring to prove they had the goods! TPR wins!

The Promise Ring: “Emergency! Emergency!” (Sorry the video is so crappy, but I didn’t upload it)

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paraclete0407 · 3 years

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When I was at Governor’s School after the ‘Oh! Are you a Retardican?’ thing and getting volleyball-smashed in my finger for implying something about male-female differences (I did not say ‘traditional’ since I am pro-renovation / Pope Saint John Paul II) - started practicing the piano again, ‘Claire de Lune’ and two of Chopin’s waltzes. I didn’t know any ‘sweet’ music for girls. As a kid I liked ‘Swans on the Lake.’ One of my other favorites is Liszt’s transcription of the ‘Shepherd’s Song’ or last movement of Beethoven’s fourth symphony. Weavings and ‘declamations(?’). But to some the weavings are flower-garlands or vine-stems or sth and to some they are chains; I wonder how Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli would interpret the weavings given his ‘bulletization’ of Chopin elsewhere how his fioritura are like a figure-skater using gravity-boots and wires from the ceiling.

Watched a bit of the Int. Chop. Comp just now and realized - IMO - they’re just using the wrong pianos and have for a long time. Chopin started out IIRC with sth called a fortepiano and throughout his life preferred uprights to grands; his favorite brand was Pleyel, perhaps ‘rosewood.’ Some of these heavier grands not only obviate the possibility of the miraculous or intuitive or non-personal(?) in the fioritura (chains of gracenotes), but can cause lasting nerve-damage and even dystonia(?)(a kind of paralysis). NYT of course loves to use STEM and call everything ‘small muscle athletes.’ To achieve certain ‘pellucid(?),’ singing effect the triceps sth sth I think. To me perhaps the most totally realized pianist of 20C was Uchida Mitsuko but honesty I don’t have the money to know or the time to listen to hundreds of records. I just felt as though she never threw a note away - she had no ‘personality cult’ as a pianist. The other I admire from an ethical standpoint Wilhelm Kempff. Kempff could’ve been a ‘gr8′ Headmaster.

Milstein, Furtwaengler. Heifetz as obviously gifted but IDK if I ever felt ‘wow’ or ‘oh’ listening to him. Milstein’s ‘Chaconne’ starts to rip the chains and weavings both apart; like Bach is attacking his math or rebelling against God.

I never studied conducting but surely one of the problem has to be giving the violins a ‘true voice’ which Furtwaengler is able to do in ‘Shepherd’s Song’ along with the flutes. Orchestras need many violins and only a few trumpets ad trombones and on, but even with many the violin section can lack a ‘will to live(?),’ ‘identity,’ ‘face?’ There is a ‘bright’ at the end of his ‘Shepherd’s Song’ - literal ecstasy which IDK how he was able to inspire either the violinists or to get the other sections to back off. In America there are all these jokes and during choir break they’re playing Mario-songs on the piano.

If you lose everything that was special about you at the end of your life were you ever truly doing what you enacted or acted out? What was my most specific trait? Was it ultimately snobbery?

Lately I want to punch through doors and stuff. Maybe I ought to go back to the night at the department store with person and person; downtown Milwaukee used to have a ‘certain shade of blue’ to their Christmas-lights in 2008 but today the whole city that I can tell drank warm Burger King milk before singing ‘Deck the Halls’ and it shows. Like everyone I love ‘The Carol’ and sometimes tell myself 3-gen’s ‘Hail Mary(?)’ moment was ‘Wish Tree.’

At the hagwon I was known for leaving the side-office at the right moment ater telling a joke but it’s really easy to be like that and in the land of lemmings and Ewoks that’s all some people want like 55-year-old male nurse when I criticize him for railroading me - not giving me 1 minute to make a life-crucial decision -he comes at me with my own ‘executive style’ like, ‘How you like me now oppa?’ Like DROP FUCKING DEAD. I try to make them crisp and considerate but they don’t get that procedure and style have human consequences - that they belong to an organization that impacts lives. Just banging on their drum... no ‘chain of care,’ no ‘ownership.’ Lt’s just Thatcherize all of Wisconsin! They actually kill people this way and Biden says social media is killing people. I wasn’t asking you for peanuts or a glass of OJ I am asking to be allowed to consider my own body, psyche, soul.

And it’s like all of America or the world, Jiang Zemin. TS 1989 they ask for democracy and not only can CCP not say ‘no’ but they have no process or plan; I don’t even know. It’s like your pussy bitch father finally tried to an up - a bit like ‘Anna Karenina’ where the husband starts quoting the Bible but who knows what is in his heart or whether he has any [nunchi?]; whether say he LIKES Christianity or would feel sad or disappointed if he lost it?

CCP ccream at each other in a closed session for days. I just tell myself again, ‘Oh XJP can’t quite control his own country and Mao was a blunt-force instrument and the remains of his heyday are being mitigated even still’ but in America and Europe they’ve never seen full-blown Maoism even in the times of Hitler and Stalin, that I know of. Maybe in China after TS1989 they still let the pro-youth cadre live for decades under house-arrest, Zhao Ziyang, and maybe ‘e-flowers’ on the occasion of his passing for ‘a vanished world of love’ - ‘I am thinking of my old friend, ‘zi(?).’ I was fond of Tu Fu’s ‘Thinking of Li Bai Beyond the Sky,’ ‘Demons exult in human failure’ - but I mean literal demons not fairy-tale characters from Amy Tan stories that Chinese use to seem loveable. And that too there again feeds in to ‘Op. White Summer’ / nuke Milwaukee / uke America.

David has a sense of evil like when driving to DC with TW-1 we got lost in Fredericksburg at night - never again. Outside Madison 08. Maybe bairen didn’t manage the environment here well, there is no real wilderness, everything is ’revolving in crystal’ or ‘the glass man, without external reference.’

I would look around for n/Nature more but the pervasive disbelief-engine or anti-belief-engine or whatever is happening t me with debates over the past has made it hard to drive and I lose energy quickly except with typing. I miss my gifted student whom I tried to push to write her sci-fi novel about caste societies enabled by biotechnology but she was already pulling a Catherine Chung(?) talking about children and the coming generation instead of accomplishing the proximate mission or purpose or objective. My uncle is /was really devout and resembles Saint Paul in my mind’s eye, kept his muscles in to his 90′s, and yet the transmission of his best values encountered massive interference - kids divorced, Spice Girls(?!), cultural Christianity / Christian nationalism(?), CS Lewis and Martin Luther saying it’s cool to tell sick jokes and fart, the jocular contempt of the Gingrich-era GOP for the poor and perhaps women. And how most of my family’s money seemed to come from the arms-industry like the Sidewinder missile and eve after walking away from the mil-ind complex the mentality of massive retaliation or lethal and punitive solutions to all problems - but that is a a big intuitive leap and maybe self-serving.

One of the ‘split’ moments in my life was being offered a job at Catholic University of Daegu ad I requested 3 days to decide but was woken up in the morning at UncleHammer’s house told to leave immediately and forgot to reply b/c I had like 1hr sleep. Just shouldn’t’ve been there.

This again why I say if I don’t die from coronavirus and ever work a good job again I should just talk out any problem all night or bear any burden; 10 billion people all wanna good job and ever 36-y/o male has stories and observations.

‘Heaven and Earth.’ People tried so hard to make this world a little better, some theory of r/Revolution as bringing Heaven down to Earth and maybe now Man will go out to the stars as well.

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izatrini · 3 years

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Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra to Present Virtual Concert - Broadway World http://dlvr.it/Rnjx8y

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tmotomagazine · 4 years

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H-D Museum faz parceria com Google Arts & Culture

Para celebrar Milwaukee (Wisconsin, EUA), também conhecida como America's Brew City, o Google Arts & Culture reuniu o H-D Museum™, junto com outros 15 parceiros da cidade, para explorar o DNA cultural da cidade por meio de histórias que envolvam arte de rua, comida, artistas locais, história regional, artes cênicas e outras peculiaridades da região. A equipe do H-D Museum™ reuniu histórias únicas, fotos fascinantes e muito mais informações que ilustram a busca atemporal por aventura que a Harley-Davidson representou nos últimos 117 anos. Dê um mergulho profundo para aprender mais sobre os quatro fundadores da Motor Company ou veja uma exposição especial que destaca alguns dos produtos mais exclusivos que a H-D produziu ao longo dos anos. Veja os detalhes acessando o link: https://artsandculture.google.com/partner/harley-davidson-museum . Pela primeira vez, qualquer pessoa no mundo pode se envolver com organizações em toda a cidade e vivenciar sua cultura de celebração, uma vez que Milwaukee hospeda mais de 60 festivais apenas no verão. Com os eventos da estação e férias em pausa por conta da pandemia da COVID-19, as pessoas podem descobrir a arte pública com o Sculpture Milwaukee, apresentações de estudantes da Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra, tours de belas artes do Haggerty Museum of Art da Marquette University, fotos de produção do Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, murais do Imagine MKE e muito mais, tudo de maneira digital. Read the full article

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amandaknobleus · 5 years

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Milwaukee World Festival and American Family Insurance announce Let The Music Play grant program recipients

Milwaukee World Festival, Inc. and American Family Insurance are excited to announce the inaugural Let The Music Play program grant recipients. Selected organizations represent non-profits or school programs that support music education in Milwaukee County. These programs have a performance element for young people and, in many cases, help to provide access to equipment or musical training that otherwise would have been unavailable to these student communities.

The 2019 grant recipients and their respective programs include:

Carmen Schools of Science and Technology: Funds will support the middle and high school Drum Line program at the Northwest Campus, costs for percussion clinicians to provide intermediate and advanced training to the students, and supplies and materials.

Girls Rock MKE: Funds will be used for the purchase of instruments and the maintenance of existing instruments to be utilized during the program, which features campers forming a band, learning to play an instrument, writing music, and performing on stage.

Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra (MYSO): Funds will be used to support MYSO’s Community Partnership Programs, including ten diverse music training and educational options focused on youth who commonly face barriers to music education and study.

Mitchell School: Funds will be used to purchase a 37-note set of hand chimes and sheet music for school-wide use.

Townsend Street School: Funds will allow the Townsend student ensemble to purchase sheet music, music stands, microphones, vocal instruction, and various instruments.

TRUE Skool: Funds will be used to support the afterschool “Just Rockin’” Program, Live Band and to support upgrades, repairs, and refurbishment of band instruments and equipment.

The selected recipients will showcase their talents at Summerfest 2019.

Announced in 2018, the new Let The Music Play grant program supports non-profit organizations and schools that serve Milwaukee County through music based programming for students aged 11 - 18. The program is intended to represent the variety of music based activities taking place in the greater Milwaukee community and is open to programs ranging from band, orchestra and jazz to musical theater and dance. Recipients must demonstrate the ability to present a finished, 7-10 minute performance.

For more information visit www.summerfest.com

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About Milwaukee World Festival, Inc. Milwaukee World Festival, Inc. is an independent, private 501©(3) corporation founded in 1965 that produces Summerfest, presented by American Family Insurance, an 11-day festival that generates approximately $181.3 million in direct and indirect economic impact for the community each year. Milwaukee World Festival, Inc. also maintains Henry Maier Festival Park, located on 75 acres on the shores of Lake Michigan in Milwaukee, WI. In addition to Summerfest, Henry Maier Festival Park hosts a variety of ethnic and cultural festivals, concerts, walks, runs, and other special events, attracting nearly 1.3 million people.

The mission of the organization is to promote an understanding of different ethnic cultures, the histories and traditions of various nationalities, harmony in the community, civic pride and provide a showcase for performing arts, activities and recreation for the public and employment opportunities for the youth of the community. For more details, visit Summerfest.com, Facebook.com/summerfest or Twitter: @Summerfest.

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autoinsurancelibertymo · 5 years

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Milwaukee World Festival and American Family Insurance announce Let The Music Play grant program recipients

The 2019 grant recipients and their respective programs include:

Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra (MYSO): Funds will be used to support MYSO's Community Partnership Programs, including ten diverse music training and educational options focused on youth who commonly face barriers to music education and study.

Mitchell School: Funds will be used to purchase a 37-note set of hand chimes and sheet music for school-wide use.

Townsend Street School: Funds will allow the Townsend student ensemble to purchase sheet music, music stands, microphones, vocal instruction, and various instruments.

TRUE Skool: Funds will be used to support the afterschool "Just Rockin'" Program, Live Band and to support upgrades, repairs, and refurbishment of band instruments and equipment.

The selected recipients will showcase their talents at Summerfest 2019.

For more information visit www.summerfest.com

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About American Family Insurance Madison, Wisconsin-based American Family Insurance group is the nation's 13th-largest property/casualty insurance group and ranks No. 311 on the Fortune 500 list. The company sells American Family-brand products, including auto, homeowners, life, business and farm/ranch insurance, primarily through its exclusive agents in 19 states. American Family affiliates (The General and Homesite) also provide options for consumers who want to manage their insurance matters directly over the internet or by phone. Web www.amfam.com; Facebook www.facebook.com/amfam; Twitter www.twitter.com/amfam.

About Milwaukee World Festival, Inc. Milwaukee World Festival, Inc. is an independent, private 501(c)(3) corporation founded in 1965 that produces Summerfest, presented by American Family Insurance, an 11-day festival that generates approximately $181.3 million in direct and indirect economic impact for the community each year. Milwaukee World Festival, Inc. also maintains Henry Maier Festival Park, located on 75 acres on the shores of Lake Michigan in Milwaukee, WI. In addition to Summerfest, Henry Maier Festival Park hosts a variety of ethnic and cultural festivals, concerts, walks, runs, and other special events, attracting nearly 1.3 million people.

from Auto insurance Liberty, MO. David Lawson https://newsroom.amfam.com/milwaukee-world-festival-and-american-family-insurance-announce-let-the-music-play-grant-program-recipients/

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meenah-is-a-punk-rocker · 5 years

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Alphabet Tune (ABC Song) Lyrics And Guitar Chords

Take a look at our other educational movies and songs which can be directed toward little minds! He primarily based the Andante of this Symphony in G main on a universally well known tune, the one we know as Twinkle, twinkle, little star.” Mozart had already written a set of keyboard variations on this tune, which he recognized by its French title, Ah, vous dirai-je, Maman ; less than a hundred years in the past the Hungarian composer-pianist-conductor Ernst von Dohnányi used the identical tune as the idea for his extended Variations on a Nursery Music, for piano and orchestra. The lovable video, which accommodates no information about the dad or the little woman except a easy message saying My 2 yr old daughter getting offended along with her alphabet after bathtime,” was picked up by media retailers similar to ABC Information and Milwaukee local FOX affiliate, FOX6 Now it is going viral, with more than 300,000 views because it was posted on February 4. Or a zoo whenever you let a 2 and a half 12 months outdated select the animals in the music particularly now that T knows and will reply to the phrase What noise does a Lion make” with RARRRRRRRRRRRRRRR”, we ceaselessly have crocodiles, monkeys, gorillas and https://www.kididdles.com/lyrics/allsongs.html even dinosaurs at Previous MacDonald's farm nevertheless it's such an important rhyme and J and T like it for practising their animal noises.

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wigwagwigout · 7 years

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United Performing Arts Fund to launch 50th anniversary campaign

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blackkudos · 7 years

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Dean Dixon

Charles Dean Dixon (January 10, 1915 – November 3, 1976) was an American conductor.

Career

Dixon was born in the upper-Manhattan neighborhood of Harlem in New York City to parents who had earlier migrated from the Caribbean. He studied conducting with Albert Stoessel at the Juilliard School and Columbia University. When early pursuits of conducting engagements were stifled because of racial bias (he was African American), he formed his own orchestra and choral society in 1931. In 1941, he guest-conducted the NBC Symphony Orchestra, and the New York Philharmonic during its summer season. He later guest-conducted the Philadelphia Orchestra and Boston Symphony Orchestra. In 1948 he won the Ditson Conductor's Award.

In 1949, he left the United States for the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, which he directed during its 1950 and 1951 seasons. He was principal conductor of the Gothenburg Symphony in Sweden 1953-60, the Sydney Symphony Orchestra in Australia 1964-67, and the hr-Sinfonieorchester in Frankfurt 1961-74. During his time in Europe, Dixon guest-conducted with the WDR Sinfonieorchester in Cologne and the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks in Munich. He also made several recordings with the Prague Symphony Orchestra for Bärenreiter, including works of Beethoven, Brahms, Haydn, Mendelssohn, and Weber. For Westminster Records in the 1950s, his recordings included symphonies and incidental music for Rosamunde by Schubert, symphonic poems of Liszt (in London), and symphonies of Schumann (in Vienna). Dean Dixon introduced the works of many American composers, such as William Grant Still, to European audiences.

During the 1968 Olympic Games, Dixon conducted the Mexican National Symphony Orchestra.

Dixon returned to the United States for guest-conducting engagements with the New York Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, Detroit Symphony, Milwaukee Symphony, Pittsburgh Symphony, St. Louis Symphony, and San Francisco Symphony in the 1970s. He also served as the conductor of the Brooklyn Philharmonic, where he gained fame for his children's concerts. He also conducted most of the major symphony orchestras in Africa, Israel, and South America.

Dixon was honoured by the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) with the Award of Merit for encouraging the participation of American youth in music. In 1948, Dixon was awarded the Alice M. Ditson award for distinguished service to American music.

Dixon died in Zurich, Switzerland, in 1976. He was 61 years old.

He once defined the three phases of his career by the descriptions he was given: firstly, he was called "the black American conductor Dean Dixon"; when he started to be offered engagements he was "the American conductor Dean Dixon"; and after he had become fully accepted he was called simply "the conductor Dean Dixon".

Personal life

Dixon was married three times. His first was to Vivian Rivkin in 1948 which ended in divorce. His second was to Mary Mandelin which also ended in divorce. His final marriage was to Ritha Blume in 1973. He had a daughter Diane with Rivkin. In the January 28, 1954 edition of

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, it was announced that he and Rivkin had divorced and he was to marry Finnish Countess and playwright Mary Mandelin. The couple met in 1951 via an introduction when Dixon was directing a concert for the Red Cross in Finland. As a result, a romance developed. Having just had a car crash recently which saw the countess suffering minor injuries and recovering for ten days, they had announced their wedding plans. Dixon and Mandelin were married on the 28th of January 1954. On July 28 that year, their daughter Nina was born. In the late 60s Dixon tried twice to make contact and re-establish a relationship with Diane, the daughter from his first marriage but didn't achieve it then.

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ultraisabarrosmartins1978 · 4 years

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Faça um tour virtual pelo Museu da Harley-Davidson e outras 15 atrações de Milwaukee

Conhecida como a terra natal da emblemática motocicleta Harley-Davidson e da tradicional cerveja americana, a cidade de Milwaukee, no estado de Wisconsin, vai ganhar um tour virtual pelas principais atrações da cidade.

O Google Arts & Culture reuniu o H-D Museum, junto com outros 15 parceiros, para explorar o DNA cultural da cidade de Milwaukee por meio de histórias que envolvam arte de rua, comida, artistas locais, história regional, artes cênicas e outras peculiaridades da região.

A equipe do H-D Museum reuniu histórias únicas, fotos fascinantes e muito mais informações que ilustram a busca atemporal por aventura que a Harley-Davidson representou nos últimos 117 anos.

É possível fazer um mergulho profundo para aprender mais sobre os quatro fundadores da icônica fábrica ou conferir uma exposição especial que destaca alguns dos produtos mais exclusivos que a H-D produziu ao longo dos anos.

Com uma coleção incomparável de motocicletas e memorabilia e um campus de 20 acres semelhante a um parque e um calendário cheio de atividades, o H-D Museum é um dos principais destinos turísticos de Milwaukee para visitantes de todo o mundo.

Projeto do Google

Milwaukee é a primeira cidade na região dos Grandes Lagos e a segunda no país a ser apresentada como parte da iniciativa global do Google para capturar e compartilhar a cultura única das cidades.

Conheça todos os parceiros da iniciativa do Google Arts & Culture para celebrar Milwaukee:

· Harley-Davidson Museum · Milwaukee Art Museum, · Grohmann Museum · Visit Milwaukee · 88Nine Radio Milwaukee · Imagine MKE · Sculpture Milwaukee · Haggerty Museum at Marquette University · Milwaukee Repertory Theater, · Milwaukee County Parks, · Milwaukee Public Museum · Charles Allis Art Museum · Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra · First Stage · Chudnow Museum of Yesteryear e Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design.

Faça um tour virtual pelo Museu da Harley-Davidson e outras 15 atrações de Milwaukeepublicado primeiro em como se vestir bem

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"Meet Milwaukee: Visit the city with Google Arts & Culture"

Did you know that Milwaukee is nicknamed the City of Festivals, and hosts 60 in the summer alone? Or that it was called the “Midwest’s Coolest and Most Underrated City” by Vogue? This summer, Visit Milwaukee is one of 16 institutions partnering with Google Arts & Culture to introduce the world to the Brew City. While our celebrations may look different, we’re bringing our festivities to you. From murals and manufacturing to breweries and fine art museums, here are five reasons you should visit our quirky, dynamic community:

1. The people

Milwaukee is alive. The moment you start speaking to Milwaukeeans you encounter people who are curious about the world around them and proud of their city. Radio Milwaukee offers a platform for all sorts of creatives, including female poets during National Poetry Month and high school musicians through their music lab with Grace Weber. Imagine MKE gives us a glimpse into the creative process of Milwaukee artists like muralist Ken Brown or poet Dasha Kelly Hamilton.

2. The places

One of the many things we do at Visit Milwaukee is help Milwaukeeans celebrate the city’s culture of beer gardens and breweries, giving a nod to the wave of German and Eastern-European immigrants whose beer-brewing culture still shapes the city today. Sculpture Milwaukee takes us to the city streets, reminding us via world-class sculpture to be thoughtful and to keep a sense of humor during our daily journeys through the city’s downtown neighborhoods.

3. The masterpieces

Discover the city’s unique museums from the Milwaukee Art Museum (which houses one of the largest U.S. art collections!), to the Grohmann Museum (home to the world’s most comprehensive art collection dedicated to the evolution of human work). Explore the Haggerty Museum at Marquette University to see 52 works digitized by Google Arts & Culture (including The Philosopher from Rembrandt’s workshop), and tour the Charles Allis Museum’s collection of gem-like paintings (such as Rosa Bonheur’s Head of Roebuck).

4. The performing arts

Between extraordinary performances of actors and musicians in lockdown from the Milwaukee Repertory Theater, fun action shots from First Stage performances like “Mariposa” and “Roald Dahl’s Matilda,” and stories from the Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra celebrating their students and their community, music and theater lovers make their mark in Milwaukee.

5. The history

Park systems are not only maintainers of outdoor space—they’re the keepers of our collective histories, as well. Milwaukee County Parks gives us glimpses into city life at the turn of the century, and paints familiar places in a new light through its newly-digitized collection of historical postcards and photographs. Milwaukee County Parks is joined in their exploration of history by the Chudnow Museum of Yesteryear, whose stories of daily life in the 20’s and 30’s let us peek at everything from grocery stores to immigration. Finally, the Milwaukee Public Museum teaches us about Native American history around the Great Lakes and the role native plants played in their societies.

Curious to see more? Stroll around 10 places you wouldn’t expect to be in Milwaukee, or get to know the city’s alphabet by visiting g.co/Milwaukee, downloading the Android or iOS app or visiting Google Arts & Culture.

Milwaukee Art Museum

Visit the Milwaukee Art Museum, one of the most architecturally extraordinary museums (the “wings” of the Calatrava building open and close) as well as one of the largest art collections in the country.

Milwaukee Brewery

Discover the history of Eastern-European immigrants and the brewery culture they brought with them with Visit Milwaukee.

Lily Pond, Milwaukee Parks

Dive into the past with historical postcards and photographs from Milwaukee County Parks, and see how Milwaukeeans lived at the turn of the century.

Milwaukee's Female Poets

Listen and learn from female Milwaukee poets as they read their work out loud and give you a glimpse into their community, thanks to Radio Milwaukee.

Milwaukee Muralist Ken Brown

Listen to Milwaukee muralists and creatives like Ken Brown discuss their work through Imagine MKE.

Keith Haring at the Haggerty Museum of Art

Watch iconic artist Keith Haring paint a construction fence at the Haggerty Museum of Art at Marquette University.

Sculpture Milwaukee

Check out public sculpture and explore the different work that each year brings to Milwaukee’s streets with Sculpture Milwaukee.

Source : The Official Google Blog via Source information

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Imagine MKE – Chief Executive Officer

An accomplished professional and exemplary leader, the CEO of Imagine MKE will build the organization, advance the strategic agenda, recruit a talented staff, and facilitate the engagement of grasstops and grassroots leaders in Milwaukee.

Organization Imagine MKE is a start-up nonprofit organization whose mission is to unite diverse artists and arts and culture groups to strengthen their ability to thrive and contribute to an inclusive, engaged, and inspired community for residents and visitors of Greater Milwaukee. Imagine MKE will serve as the leadership hub to advance the contribution and sustainability of Milwaukee’s arts and culture sector. The specific goals include supporting artists to access more economic opportunity for their creative expression, partnering with local groups to achieve greater cultural, social, educational, and economic impacts, and building greater public engagement and support for arts and culture. The success of this initiative will increase local and national recognition, local audiences, and financial support for the arts and culture sector and increase social and economic benefits for the city as a whole.

Sustainability of the breadth and depth of the arts and culture sector in Milwaukee has been at risk for many years. This is reflected in increasing dependence on contributed income, lack of living wages for artists, and plateaued audience development. The sector is struggling to remain relevant in a changing population in which many residents have no access to arts and culture. In response to these conditions, more than 100 diverse artists and leaders from arts groups, neighborhoods, business, and philanthropy designed Imagine MKE’s strategic agenda. As a collective impact effort, these same arts, culture, and community leaders will work together with Imagine MKE staff to achieve the overarching deliverable of improved sustainability and expanded community relevance of artists and arts and culture groups.

This agenda is an ambitious one that was borne of the sector and its activation will be informed by current community opportunities, identifying and layering strategic decisions on organizational priorities. The sector representatives built this agenda with the knowledge that it will be adapted to meet both the needs of the sector and the needs and priorities of the community. The Chief Executive Officer (CEO), board, and staff will be the key stewards of managing and advancing this agenda.

Imagine MKE will provide businesses, local government, and community groups a central place to access artists and arts groups to partner on projects that combine cultural, economic, and social impact. The organization will promote and coordinate opportunities to build audience and capacity. Imagine MKE will work to ensure that the philanthropic and public investments in arts and culture have the greatest influence possible and that the sector will gain seats at community decision-making tables. With its partners, Imagine MKE will tell a cohesive, data-driven story of the value and power of arts and culture to build a more connected community. Perhaps most importantly, Imagine MKE will be a leadership voice and ears for the sector as it helps build a more vibrant, engaged, and inspired Milwaukee.

Poised for significant growth, the organization’s proposed, fully staffed operating budget is $790,000, with 100 percent derived from contributed revenue in the initial year. Currently, there is a transition budget with an interim consultant management team in place until the new CEO is on board. Fundraising for the fully staffed initial year is near completion. The staff will include six direct reports to the CEO, one each in programming, fundraising, marketing and communications, outreach and education, network support, and administrative support. Imagine MKE has a 14-member board of directors, led by Chair Katie Heil. Comprised of community leaders, the board of directors includes Work Group Chairs in the areas of Narrative and Network, Public Policy and Advocacy, Neighborhood Based Arts and Culture Impact, and Support for Artists.

Community As Wisconsin’s largest city, Milwaukee offers rich history, diverse neighborhoods, and world-renown arts and culture. The city sits on the shores of Lake Michigan at the confluence of three rivers where indigenous people lived for thousands of years. In the mid-1800s there was an influx of German immigrants and the sense of community established is still strongly present today. With an estimated population of almost 600,000 residents, the city is the commercial capital of Wisconsin and an important market in the Midwest. Milwaukee is home to seven Fortune 500 global headquarters and many thriving industries, including electronics, medical technology, and food and beverage manufacturing.

Milwaukee provides a robust breadth and depth of diverse arts and cultural offerings. It is the only Midwestern city boasting a nationally acclaimed and ranked symphony, ballet company, regional repertory theater company, opera company, and art museum. There are major facility developments underway in Milwaukee, including a new symphony hall (along with a newly appointed Music Director), new homes for the Milwaukee Ballet and the Milwaukee Public Museum, and continual additions to the world-renowned Milwaukee Art Museum. The Milwaukee Youth Arts Center houses the biggest children’s theater company and youth symphony orchestra in the nation. The city features numerous dance and theater companies, including the highly reputed Milwaukee Repertory Theater and Skylight Music Theatre, a unique musical opera company. One of the reasons for this stellar arts scene is the United Performing Arts Fund, which was established in 1967 and is the region’s largest arts fundraising group. The arts and culture sector has been booming for some time and establishing strategies to protect and sustain these assets will be key to establishing Milwaukee as a vibrant community attracting and retaining the best of talent.

Known as a “big city of little neighborhoods,” Milwaukee’s East Side, Historic Third Ward, and Bay View are just a few of its great locales, each with its own unique personality. Offering rich cultural diversity with mixed-use areas that are simultaneously historic and hip, the region attracts young professionals and families. The cost of living is 10 percent lower than the national average, making it an accessible metropolitan destination. Major new additions to the city in the past two decades include the Milwaukee RiverWalk, the Wisconsin Center, and Pier Wisconsin. Often referred to as the “City of Festivals,” Milwaukee is home to an amazing film festival, many ethnic festivals celebrating the city’s diverse cultural makeup, and Summerfest, the world’s largest music festival.

Milwaukee County has one of the best park systems in the nation and the area features numerous outdoor attractions, including kayaking down the Milwaukee River and cycling on the 125-mile Oak Leaf Trail. Sports fans can catch the MLB Brewers at Miller Park, considered one of the best ballparks in America, and the NBA Bucks at the brand-new Fiserv Forum, a 17,500-seat arena designed solely for basketball. Milwaukee also offers extensive options for public transportation, including streetcar, bus, and commuter rail networks. General Mitchell International Airport is the largest airport in the Wisconsin region, serving over half a million passengers a year.

Sources: jsonline.com; visitmilwaukee.com; mmac.org

Position Summary An accomplished professional and exemplary leader, the CEO of Imagine MKE will build the organization, advance the strategic agenda, recruit a talented staff, and facilitate the engagement of grasstops and grassroots leaders in Milwaukee. Reporting to the board of directors, the CEO will be an entrepreneurial leader responsible for supervising and directing all aspects of the strategic vision, public visibility, and managerial operations. The successful candidate will be inclusive, collaborative, creative, adaptive, and able to lead a sector-focused, results-based culture defined by the best practices of collective impact. This individual will own a deep commitment to inclusion and racial equity. A passionate champion of arts and culture, the CEO will support staff, board, and volunteers to pursue and be accountable for ambitious goals that socially and economically benefit the community.

Roles and Responsibilities

Leadership and Advocacy

Serve as the primary representative and spokesperson of Imagine MKE.

Develop relationships with key stakeholders and influencers at the civic, corporate, government, and community levels.

Create and communicate strategies to demonstrate the economic and civic value of a diverse and vibrant arts and culture sector.

Design and implement strategies to increase the sustainability of the sector by identifying and facilitating opportunities for revenue diversification and audience development.

Increase access to arts and culture experiences in diverse Milwaukee communities and neighborhoods.

Establish strategies and methodologies to measure the social and economic impact of the arts and culture sector and communicate findings through public reporting.

Advocate for increased community investment in arts and culture to address inequities, ensure sustainability, and expand opportunities for growth.

Leverage resources and connections to ensure Imagine MKE is involved in community development decision-making.

Arts and Culture Sector Engagement

Sustain and increase the level of sector engagement through Imagine MKE Work Groups.

Nurture the inclusive nature of Imagine MKE to increase agenda ownership among Work Group participants and to balance expectations.

Evaluate and prioritize opportunities in collaboration with Imagine MKE Work Groups to leverage resources and achieve maximum impact.

Explore viability to develop and maintain a combined arts and culture calendar for greater Milwaukee to enhance asset mapping and identify gaps in service.

Partner with a broad array of organizations, such as United Performing Arts Fund (UPAF), Milwaukee Artist Resource Network (MARN), Metro Milwaukee Association of Commerce, Greater Milwaukee Committee, and public sector partners, to ensure strategic alignment and coordination of programs with similar goals and objectives.

Programs and Revenue Development

Identify and explore viability of new program opportunities for Imagine MKE to serve as a think tank for policy ideas and strategies to enhance the arts and culture sector in Greater Milwaukee.

Serve as a guiding partner to artists and arts and culture organizations for best practices in areas including but not limited to organizational structure, board planning, governance, proposal creation, fundraising, and volunteer management.

Support audience development efforts and explore opportunities to leverage sector marketing through partnerships with UPAF, MARN, Visit Milwaukee, Milwaukee Filmmakers Alliance, Greater Together, Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce, the Greater Milwaukee Committee, and other similar organizations.

Develop methodologies to measure audience participation and investment and create strategies to reach new audiences.

Expand and diversify creative offerings available to residents throughout Milwaukee’s neighborhoods and elevate the visibility of existing neighborhood cultural assets.

Promote capacity building by providing business development training to individual artists.

Benchmark similar advocacy programs across the country with an eye to implementing best practices.

Organizational Development

Develop a realistic business plan and oversee all aspects of building a new organization, including bylaws, budgets, HR policies and procedures, and strategic, fundraising, marketing, and communication plans.

Oversee all fiduciary and budget aspects of the organization.

Hire and manage staff with clear expectations and support.

Help develop and support the engagement of the board as effective governors, ambassadors, and advocates for Imagine MKE.

Facilitate the collective impact structure, managing a diverse group of engaged stakeholders who will support Imagine MKE’s ongoing work.

Manage organizational resources in accordance with the highest ethical and nonprofit standards.

Instill and drive a culture of philanthropy and accountability within the organization.

Traits and Characteristics

The CEO will be a natural leader and advocate with a high level of comfort and credibility in both traditional power structures and grassroot community environments. A firm believer in cultural equity and inclusion, the CEO will have a deep appreciation for the value of shared ownership and collective impact, along with a strong understanding of the arts and culture’s capacity to transform, inspire, regenerate, and build bridges across communities. A creative entrepreneur and dynamic innovator, the CEO will envision and activate Imagine MKE’s impact and reach. With superior communication skills and political savvy, this individual will possess an exceptional ability to manage and engage diverse networks at all socioeconomic levels. A result-oriented leader, the CEO will pursue and be accountable for ambitious performance goals.

Other key competencies include:

Teamwork – The ability to effectively and productively working with others to unite the sector, achieve organizational goals, and manage conflict.

Self-Starting and Flexibility – The capacity to demonstrate initiative and agility in adapting to change.

Diplomacy and Appreciating Others – The dexterity to identify with and care about others, treating everyone fairly, regardless of personal biases or beliefs.

Qualifications A bachelor’s degree and demonstrated expertise in organizational development, collaboration, program creation, public policy, advocacy, and fiscal management are required. Experience working with public agencies, arts councils, creative industries, and/or similar institutions is essential. The successful candidate will possess a commitment to the arts, artists, and development of cultural organizations. Demonstrated expertise relevant to successfully collaborating with artists, business executives, community leaders, and elected and appointed officials is essential. Applicants must have experience working with boards and high-level volunteers. Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills are necessary. Knowledge of the Milwaukee area’s complexities is highly desirable.

Compensation and Benefits Imagine MKE’s competitive compensation (commensurate with experience) consists of a base salary along with incentives linked to board designed benchmarks. Its benefits package includes medical, dental, vision, and prescription coverage; a flexible spending account; life and disability insurances; paid time off; holiday and sick pay; and participation in a 403(b) retirement plan.

Applications and Inquiries Please submit a letter and resume with a summary of demonstrable accomplishments (electronic submissions preferred) to:

Jenna Deja, Vice President 201 West Lake Street, Suite 133 Chicago, IL 60606-1803 Tel (888) 234.4236 Ext. 227 Email [email protected]

Imagine MKE is an equal opportunity employer and is dedicated to the goal of building a diverse and inclusive organization. It strongly encourages applications from women, people of color, and members of other historically under-represented groups.

Article source here:Arts Journal

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Hanes Launches 2018 National Sock Drive to Help the Homeless

Simple things can bring great comfort to those living without shelter.

That is why America’s No. 1 basic apparel, underwear and sock brand is donating 225,000 pairs of socks to organizations fighting homelessness across the United States in its ninth year of sponsoring the Hanes National Sock Drive. Hanes is continuing to partner with national agencies, including The Salvation Army, Invisible People and Covenant House, while increasing the local impact of the program by engaging directly with at least one agency in every state to distribute the apparel. Since the program’s inception in 2009, Hanes has provided more than 2.5 million pairs of socks – the most requested item by relief agencies – to help the homeless.

“Most of us take basic apparel for granted, but we know a clean pair of socks can mean a lot to those experiencing homelessness,” said Sidney Falken, chief branding officer, HanesBrands. “Although we can’t solve this chronic issue facing our country, we are committed to bringing a little comfort to those who need it most.”

The brand also announced that the National Sock Drive program will expand beyond the holiday season to a yearlong effort. In addition to conducting outreach events throughout the year, Hanes has introduced the ability for individuals to participate in the program. Visit www.hanes.com/donate to purchase socks ($1), women’s underwear ($1), men’s underwear ($1.50) and bras ($6) that will be distributed in needed styles and sizes by The Salvation Army. On www.hanes.com/sockdrive, visitors can also learn more about homelessness and get information about the organizations participating in the sock drive.

Among those agencies are Covenant House, Family Promise of Coastal Alabama and HOPE Services Hawaii.

"We're so grateful that Hanes has again chosen our young people at Covenant House as the recipients of their amazing generosity through the brand’s National Sock Drive," said Kevin Ryan, president and CEO of the New York-based national agency serving homeless and at-risk youth. "The young people overcoming homelessness at Covenant House are good, brave, resilient, hard-working kids. What many of them have not had in their lives is someone who cares. With this drive, our friends at Hanes are delivering much-needed financial assistance to Covenant House by supplying practical clothing for our kids. Just as important, the brand is sending a message to our kids that they are not alone, that there are people who care. When our kids hear that message, there is nothing they cannot achieve."

Family Promise of Coastal Alabama, located in Mobile, provides temporary shelter and related services and support to families as they work to achieve and sustain independence.

“Families at FPCA work hard to make home a reality again,” said Diane J. McCaskey, executive director. “As they struggle to get back on their feet, many remain unable to afford a simple pair of socks. And while we know that socks can help keep people healthy and moving forward, our agency never has enough of them. That is why we are so grateful to be a recipient of the Hanes National Sock Drive.”

Hilo-based HOPE Services Hawaii offers housing-focused programs and services to families and individuals experiencing homelessness, while supporting their success toward permanent housing and self-sufficiency.

"We're excited to partner with Hanes, and appreciate the brand’s commitment to helping us serve our homeless community," said Kristen Alice, director of community relations.

Local organizations distributing Hanes socks include:

Alabama (Mobile)

Alaska (Anchorage)

Family Promise of Coastal Alabama

Brother Francis Shelter

Arkansas (Fayetteville)

7 Hills Center

Arizona (Phoenix)

Phoenix Rescue Mission

California (Bell)

The Salvation Army

California (Hollywood)

Covenant House

California (Los Angeles)

Los Angeles Mission

Street Symphony

California (Oakland)

Covenant House

California (San Diego)

Father Joe’s Village

Colorado (Denver)

Colorado Coalition for the Homeless

Connecticut (Waterbury)

St. Vincent DePaul

Delaware (Wilmington)

The Salvation Army

District of Columbia

Miriam’s Kitchen

Covenant House

Florida (Fort Lauderdale)

Covenant House

Florida (Tampa)

The Salvation Army

Georgia (Atlanta)

Covenant House

Nicholas House

Hawaii (Hilo)

HOPE Services Hawaii

Idaho (Boise)

Interfaith Sanctuary Shelter

Illinois (Chicago)

Covenant House

The Night Ministry

The Salvation Army

Indiana (Indianapolis)

Wheeler Mission

Iowa (Iowa City)

Shelter House

Kansas (Topeka)

Topeka Rescue Mission

Kentucky (Bowling Green)

HOTEL INC

Louisiana (New Orleans)

Covenant House

UNITY of Greater New Orleans

Maine (Bangor)

Bangor Area Homeless Shelter

Maryland (Baltimore)

Baltimore Station

Massachusetts (Boston)

Pine Street Inn

Michigan (Detroit)

Covenant House

Minnesota (Minneapolis)

St. Stephen’s Street Outreach

Mississippi (Vicksburg)

Warren County Children’s Shelter

Missouri (St. Louis)

Students-in-Transition (St. Louis School Board)

Montana (Billings)

Montana Rescue Mission

Nebraska (Omaha)

Siena/Francis House

Nevada (Las Vegas)

Caridad

New Hampshire (Plymouth)

Bridge House Homeless Shelter and Veterans’ Support

New Jersey (Newark)

Covenant House

New Mexico (Albuquerque)

Joy Junction

New York (New York)

Covenant House

North Carolina (Charlotte)

Men’s Shelter of Charlotte

North Carolina (Winston-Salem)

The Salvation Army

Samaritan Ministries

North Dakota (Bismarck)

Ministry on the Margins

Ohio (Cincinnati)

Shelter House

Ohio (Cleveland)

The City Mission Men’s Crisis Center

Oklahoma (Oklahoma City)

City Rescue Mission

Oregon (Portland)

Central City Concern

Pennsylvania (Philadelphia)

Covenant House

Pennsylvania (Wilkes-Barre)

The Salvation Army

Rhode Island (Providence)

Crossroads Rhode Island

South Carolina (Columbia)

Transitions

South Dakota (Sioux Falls)

Bishop Dudley Hospitality House

Tennessee (Nashville)

Open Table

Texas (Austin)

Mobile Loaves and Fishes

Texas (Dallas)

The Stewpot

Texas (Houston)

Covenant House

Utah (Salt Lake City)

The Road House

Vermont (Burlington)

Committee On Temporary Shelter

Virginia (Richmond)

The Salvation Army

Washington (Seattle)

Seattle Homeless Outreach

West Virginia (Charleston)

Union Mission

Wisconsin (Milwaukee)

The Guest House

Wyoming (Casper)

Wyoming Rescue Mission

The Hanes National Sock Drive is part of Hanes for Good, the corporate responsibility program of Hanes’ parent company, HanesBrands (NYSE:HBI).

Hanes Hanes, America's No. 1 apparel brand, is a leading brand of intimate apparel, underwear, sleepwear, socks and casual apparel. Hanes products can be found at leading retailers nationwide and online direct to consumers at www.Hanes.com.

HanesBrands HanesBrands is a socially responsible leading marketer of everyday basic innerwear and activewear apparel in the Americas, Europe, Australia and Asia-Pacific. The company markets T-shirts, bras, panties, shapewear, underwear, socks, hosiery, and activewear under some of the world’s strongest apparel brands, including Hanes, Champion, Maidenform, DIM, Bali, Playtex, Bonds, JMS/Just My Size, Nur Die/Nur Der, L’eggs, Lovable, Wonderbra, Berlei, Alternative, Gear for Sports, and Bras N Things. More information about the company and its award-winning corporate social responsibility initiatives can be found at www.Hanes.com/corporate. Visit our newsroom at https://newsroom.hanesbrands.com/. Connect with HanesBrands via social media on Twitter (@HanesBrands) and Facebook (www.facebook.com/hanesbrandsinc).

CONTACTS: Carole Crosslin HanesBrands 336-671-3704 (mobile) [email protected]

Jamie Wallis Hanes 336-519-4758 [email protected]

source: http://www.csrwire.com/press_releases/41570-Hanes-Launches-2018-National-Sock-Drive-to-Help-the-Homeless?tracking_source=rss

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PR: Play it Again, Marvin! A Marvin Hamlisch Celebration

VARÈSE SARABANDE RECORDS PROUD TO RELEASE PLAY IT AGAIN, MARVIN! A MARVIN HAMLISCH CELEBRATION An Orchestral Celebration of Marvin Hamlisch’s Greatest Compositions Performed by The Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra, Conducted by J. Ernest Green (May 9, 2018– Los Angeles, CA) – Varèse Sarabande is honored to announce the release of PLAY IT AGAIN, MARVIN! A MARVIN HAMLISCH CELEBRATION, a collection of the most beloved songs of PEGOT- winning (Pulitzer Prize®, EMMY®, Grammy®, Oscar®, Tony®) composer Marvin Hamlisch, digitally and on CD May 25, 2018.

This compilation is a celebration of one of the most important voices of the modern musical era- focusing on the life and legacy of Broadway’s legendary composer Marvin Hamlisch, who over the course of his career earned three Oscars, four Grammys, four Emmys, a Tony, three Golden Globe awards, and the Pulitzer Prize. Play It Again, Marvin!, the concert, first premiered in 2014 with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and then in 2015 with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. The show was revised and performed by The Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of J. Ernest Green, and was recorded for Varèse Sarabande. PLAY IT AGAIN, MARVIN! A MARVIN HAMLISCH CELEBRATION features pianist Kevin Cole and singers Grammy winner Sylvia McNair, Judy Harrison & Doug LaBrecque and cellist Adrian Daurov, performing extraordinary Hamlisch masterpieces that will thrill any listener. This amazing collection focuses on the life, and legacy, with a performance full of classic Hamlisch hits, such as The Way We Were from THE WAY WE WERE, What I Did For Love from A CHORUS LINE, Nobody Does It Better from THE SPY WHO LOVED ME and the iconic The Entertainer and Pineapple Rag from THE STING. “It has been an extreme honor for us to produce this recording,” said Peter H. Gistelinck, President & CEO of the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra. “The music of Marvin Hamlisch has always been very dear to my heart and this recording will forever remain engraved in my memory.” “It is with my deepest gratitude that I thank The Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra, Peter Gistelinck and Robert Townson for producing such a profound and beautiful recording of Kevin Cole’s PLAY IT AGAIN, MARVIN! A MARVIN HAMLISCH CELEBRATION,” said Terre Blair-Hamlisch, wife of Marvin Hamlisch. “This recording captures Marvin’s music beautifully and I know he would be so proud.” "This is such a special celebration of a great composer and legend of American music." said producer Robert Townson. "I could not be happier or more proud to have my new relationship with the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra begin with the music of Marvin Hamlisch. For so many years he brought his youthful, joyful spirit and music to stages all over the world. With PLAY IT AGAIN, MARVIN! his unforgettable music returns!" Marvin was the composer of more than forty motion picture scores including, his Oscar-winning score and song for THE WAY WE WERE and his adaptation of Scott Joplin’s music for THE STING. He won all three Academy Awards the same night! His prolific output of scores for films include original compositions and/or musical adaptations for SOPHIE’S CHOICE, ORDINARY PEOPLE, THE SWIMMER, THREE MEN AND A BABY, ICE CASTLES, TAKE THE MONEY AND RUN, BANANAS, SAVE THE TIGER and THE INFORMANT!, For Broadway, Marvin wrote the music for his groundbreaking show, A CHORUS LINE, which received the Pulitzer Prize, as well as THEY’RE PLAYING OUR SONG, THE GOODBYE GIRL and SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS. He also wrote the musical scores for: JEAN SEBERG in 1983 and NUTTY PROFESSOR MUSICAL in 2012. Hamlisch held the position of principal pops conductor for the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Pasadena Symphony and Pops, Seattle Symphony, San Diego Symphony, The Buffalo Philharmonic and The National Symphony Orchestra in Washington, D.C. (At the time of his death he was preparing to assume responsibilities as Principal Pops Conductor for The Philadelphia Orchestra.) Hamlisch was a graduate of the Juilliard School of Music and Queens College (where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree). He believed in the power of music to bring people together. The PLAY IT AGAIN, MARVIN! concert will tour internationally and is represented by Columbia Artists Management Inc. in NYC. Varèse Sarabande will release PLAY IT AGAIN, MARVIN! A MARVIN HAMLISCH CELEBRATION digitally and on CD May 25, 2018. # # # www.varesesarabande.com For more information contact KrakowerGroup[at]gmail.com, or @KrakowerGroup on Twitter ABOUT VARÈSE SARABANDE RECORDS Founded in 1978, Varèse Sarabande is the most prolific producer of film music in the world, releasing the highest quality soundtracks from the world’s greatest composers. From current box office hits and top television series to the classics of Hollywood’s Golden Age, Varèse Sarabande’s catalog includes albums from practically every composer in every era, covering all of film history; from Bernard Herrmann, Alex North and Jerry Goldsmith to Alexandre Desplat, Michael Giacchino, and Brian Tyler. Varèse Sarabande releases deluxe and expanded editions of special soundtracks for the film music aficionado. The Varèse Vintage imprint specializes in releasing new and re-issued albums by classic pop, jazz and country artists. Varèse Sarabande Records is distributed by Universal Music Group. Follow: twitter.com/varesesarabande Watch: youtube.com/varesesarabande Listen: open.spotify.com/user/varesesarabanderecords Like: facebook.com/varesesarabanderecords Buy: varesesarabande.com ABOUT THE KALAMAZOO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Founded in 1921, the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra is Southwest Michigan’s premier musical organization and the state’s third largest orchestra. Serving Michigan’s fourth largest metropolitan area, the KSO provides more than thirty concert performances each year, reaching more than 80,000 adults and youth per year with great symphonic music and world class guest artists. With an equally vibrant educational mission, the KSO offers school-based programs that music teachers rely on to support their curriculum, and afterschool programs that have been recognized by the National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Awards and Carnegie Hall’s Weill Music Institute. The KSO has won numerous awards and grants, including the Met Life Award for Arts Access in Underserved Communities, the National Endowment for the Arts for its extensive education programs, and a major Ford Foundation grant to establish its innovative Artists in Residence program. The Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra receives major support from the Irving S. Gilmore Foundation, the Kalamazoo Community Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs. The Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra also receives generous support from other local, state and national foundations, as well as private and corporate support. For more information, visit www.kalamazoosymphony.com

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