Ardoin may refer to Am d Ardoin 1898 1942 , American Creole musician Danny Ardoin , American baseball player John Ardoin 1935 2001 American music critic Ronald Ardoin , American jockey Chris Ardoin , American zydeco accordionist Alphonse Bois Sec Ardoin 1915 2007 , American Cajun accordionist Surname ... more details
Infobox musical artist name Am d Ardoin image Am d Ardoin.png caption Am d Ardoin around 1912 background ... , Cajun accordion label Columbia Records , ref cite album notes title Am d Ardoin I m Never Comin ... Records Am d Ardoin March 11, 1898 &ndash November 3, 1942 was an United States American Louisiana ... 20th century. Ardoin, with Musical styles violin Fiddle fiddle player Dennis McGee , was one ... Am d Ardoin title I m Never Comin Back year 1995 url http www.arhoolie.com titles 7007.shtml first ... El Cerrito, Contra Costa County, California El Cerrito ref In all, thirty four recordings with Ardoin .... Descendants of family members and musicians who knew Ardoin tell a story, now well known, about ... to Ardoin to wipe the sweat from his face. ref cite album notes artist Am d Ardoin title I m ... Service PBS s American Patchwork , explained that after Ardoin left the place, he was run over by a Ford ... apocryphal. Other versions say that Ardoin was poisoned, not beaten, possibly by a jealous fellow musician. Contemporaries said that Ardoin suffered from impaired mental and musical capacities ... in the hospital s common grave. ref Herman Fuselier, Mr. Ardoin, He Dead , OffBeat Magazine, Vol. 24, Num. 6, June 2011, Page 12. ref Am d Ardoin & Dennis McGee Blues du Basile http npmusic.org Amede Ardoin and Dennis McGee Blues de Basile.mp3 Listen See also History of Cajun Music List of Notable ... amede ardoin im never comin back.html I m Never Coming Back on Arhoolie records http web.archive.org web 20071007124216 http www.cajunculture.com People ardoinamede.htm Am d Ardoin in Encyclopedia ... Program select musician biographies YouTube WyIbUD5 7Ko The Death of Amedee Ardoin Deleted image ... Ardoin, Amede ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION United States American Louisiana Creole musician ... Ardoin, Amede Category 1898 births Category 1941 deaths Category Cajun accordionists Category Cajun musicians Category Louisiana Creole people de Am d Ardoin es Amad e Ardoin fr Am d Ardoin ja ... more details
Infobox horseracing personality name Ron Ardoin image caption occupation Jockey birth place Carencro, Louisiana br United States birth date June 13, 1957 death date career wins 5226 race Red Bank Stakes Red Bank Handicap 1977 br Louisiana Downs Handicap 1981 br Cornhusker Handicap 1993 br Arkansas Derby 1996 br New Orleans Handicap 1996 br Lone Star Oaks 2001 awards honours Fair Grounds Race Course Fair Grounds Hall of Fame 1998 br Lone Star Park Lone Star Park Hall of Fame 2007 horses updated October 7, 2008 Ronald D. Ardoin born June 13, 1957 in Carencro, Louisiana is a retired jockey in American Thoroughbred horse race Thoroughbred horse racing . He is one of a number of successful Cajun jockeys who began their careers riding in bush track races in Louisiana. In 1973, at Delta Downs in Vinton, Louisiana , Ron Ardoin earned the first of his 5,2226 career wins. During his thirty one years in racing he won twelve riding titles at Louisiana tracks, earning six at the Fair Grounds Race Course in New Orleans and another six at Louisiana Downs in Bossier City, Louisiana Bossier City . Ardoin ... 20, 2000, Ron Ardoin became the 16th jockey in North America to win 5,000 races when he rode Heart of an Angel to victory at Louisiana Downs. Ron Ardoin was inducted in the Fair Grounds Race Course ... him out of racing, Ardoin officially retired in early 2004 having won 5226 races. A resident of Haughton, Louisiana , Ardoin currently works as a jockey s agent based at Louisiana Downs. References http www.ntra.com stats bios.aspx?id 1839 Ronald Ardoin at the NTRA http www.bloodhorse.com horse racing articles 780 ardoin reaches 5000 win mark August 20, 2000 Bloodhorse.com article titled Ardoin ... 364&HeadlineID 790 Texas Thoroughbred Association article on Ron Ardoin titled Lone Star Park announces new Hall of Fame Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Ardoin, Ronald ... United States DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Ardoin, Ronald D. Category 1957 births Category ... more details
No footnotes date March 2009 Infobox MLB player name Danny Ardoin image Danny Ardoin 2008.jpg position ... Orioles By 2006 Los Angeles Dodgers By 2008 Daniel Wayne Ardoin born July 8, 1974, in Mamou, Louisiana ... Ardoin attended Sacred Heart High School Ville Platte, Louisiana Sacred Heart High School in Ville ... the Class AA Most Valuable Player as a senior. Ardoin was heavily recruited as a senior by the Seattle ... wife, Karen Ardoin. Early career Ardoin was drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 5th round of the 1995 ... Twins After only three games with the Buzz, Ardoin made his major league debut with the Twins .... Kansas City Royals Texas Rangers Ardoin signed with the Kansas City Royals in December 2001 and played ... at bats. Colorado Rockies Ardoin next signed with the Colorado Rockies as a free agent in 2005 ... performance by the starting catcher J.D. Closser and an injury to backup Todd Greene . Ardoin set ... began with Ardoin slated for a platoon catching role with free agent acquisition Yorvit Torrealba however, with Torrealba injuring his shoulder during spring training, Ardoin assumed the starting role. Although Ardoin was one of the top defensive catchers in baseball, his offense struggled during the first two months of the 2006 season. In his first 94 at bats , Ardoin hit for a .191 batting average with no home runs and two runs batted in . Ardoin strained his left knee while tagging out Los ... list on May 27. Closser was recalled from the Rockies Triple A affiliate to fill in during Ardoin s absence. When Ardoin returned from his injury, the Rockies optioned Closser back to Triple A however, after being back with the Rockies for five games, Ardoin was designated for assignment on August ... 30, Ardoin was claimed by the Baltimore Orioles . He was immediately thrust into action with injuries ... Astros Cardinals Ardoin was signed to a minor league contract by the Washington Nationals prior ... to the Houston Astros for pitcher Wade Robinson baseball Wade Robinson on March 26. Ardoin spent ... more details
Infobox musical artist See Wikipedia WikiProject Musicians name Chris Ardoin image ChrisArdoin.jpg caption Chris Ardoin performing in June 2005 image size Only for images narrower than 220 pixels. Set the value as a number without px . background solo singer birth name Christopher Ardoin alias birth date Birth date and age 1981 4 7 mf y death date origin Lake Charles, Louisiana instrument Accordion genre Zydeco occupation singer and musician years active label associated acts Sean Ardoin website http www.chrisardoin.com ChrisArdoin.com notable instruments accordion Chris Ardoin born April 7, 1981 in Lake Charles, Louisiana ref name ReferenceA Chris and Sean Ardoin Interview, Blues & Soul Records Magazine No. 53, 2003 ref is a zydeco accordionist and singing singer . He is one of the young artists that helped form nouveau zydeco, a new style of music that fused traditional zydeco with various styles including hip hop, reggae and R&B. He was a child prodigy belonging to a musical dynasty his father was Lawrence Ardoin and his grandfather, Alphonse Bois Sec Ardoin Bois Sec Ardoin . He started with the accordion at the age of two and grew up listening to zydeco only for the most part until he was in his teens. ref name ReferenceA When he was just ten, with a help from his father Lawrence, he formed the Double Clutchin zydeco band with his elder brother Sean Ardoin on drums. In 1994, the band released their debut album That s Da Lick from Maison de Soul label. Though it was Sean who handled all the vocals and songwriting, the album was credited to Chris as they considered putting ... Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Ardoin, Chris ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH April 7, 1981 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Ardoin, Chris ... people Category American accordionists Category American male singers US keyboardist stub de Chris Ardoin fr Chris Ardoin ja ... more details
John Ardoin , January 8, 1935, Alexandria, Louisiana March 18, 2001, San Jos Canton San Jos , Costa Rica , was best known as the music critic of The Dallas Morning News for thirty two years and especially for his friendship with and encyclopedic knowledge of the work of the famous opera soprano , Maria Callas , about whom he wrote four books. But his influence stretched much further than Dallas, and he knew many of the most important figures in classical music of the postwar era. As a child of twelve, he became interested in listening to the Saturday Metropolitan Opera Met broadcasts and also heard and saw many singer s of the day on The Voice of Firestone , and The Bell Telephone Hour . As he notes, the radio was my first important link to the whole world ref http www.parterre.com ardoin interview.htm James Jorden interview on The Parterre Box web site, November 2005 ref . He also describes his first experiences of seeing opera it wasn t until I was about 16 or 17 I saw my first opera the old Charles Wagner Company, which used to barnstorm around towns, with Beverly Sills . Wait, I ... Alexander tenor John Alexander ref name James Jorden interview http www.parterre.com ardoin interview.htm ... in New Orleans with his parents in 1950 or 1951 to see Ris Stevens as Carmen. Ardoin attended North ... State University at Lansing, Michigan . During his army service spent in Stuttgart , Germany , Ardoin ... and it inspired playwright Terrence McNally to write the Tony Award winning play Master Class . Ardoin ... the finest book about Maria Callas. Frequently, Ardoin was a commentator on the Metropolitan Opera ... News in 1998, Ardoin retired to Costa Rica. References References Books by John Ardoin The Callas ... 7 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Ardoin, John ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION ... Ardoin, John Category American music critics Category Classical music critics Category Texas classical ... of North Texas alumni Category University of Oklahoma alumni es John Ardoin fr John Ardoin ... more details
Infobox musical artist For individuals see Wikipedia WikiProject Musicians name Alphonse Bois Sec Ardoin image Boissec.jpg alt Bois Sec playing at the 2002 Festivals Acadiens in Lafayette, LA. He is sitting. caption Bois Sec playing at the 2002 Festivals Acadiens in Lafayette, LA. image size 250 background solo singer birth date Birth date 1915 11 16 death date death date and age 2007 5 16 1915 11 16 genre Cajun music Cajun instrument Singing Vocals , Cajun accordion origin Duralde, Louisiana , Evangeline Parish, Louisiana Evangeline Parish occupation Musician , accordionist , singer Alphonse Bois Sec Ardoin November 16, 1915 May 16, 2007 ref cite web title Alphonse Bois Sec Ardoin url http web.lsue.edu acadgate music bsardoin.htm accessdate 2009 10 08 ref was an United States American accordionist who specialized in Cajun music called la la music or la musique Creole and was influential in what became zydeco music . Early life Born in Duralde in Evangeline Parish, Louisiana , he earned his nickname dry wood because he would always be the first to run in from the fields during a rainstorm. After starting on the triangle instrument triangle with his cousin Am d Ardoin and fiddler Dennis ... Sec Ardoin. The Daily Advertiser Lafayette The Daily Advertiser ref Musical groups His longtime musical ... ref In the early 1970s, Ardoin formed the Ardoin Family Orchestra with three of his sons, together with Canray ..., in 1974, but returned a few years later. After Fontenot s death in 1995, Ardoin performed with the band ... In 1986, Ardoin and Fontenot were awarded a National Heritage Fellowship by the National Endowment for the Arts ... home of natural causes. ref cite news author Jon Pareles title Bois Sec Ardoin, Musician and Nurturer ... Bois Sec Ardoin imdb name 1970718 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Ardoin, Alphonse ... OF DEATH May 16, 2007 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Ardoin, Alphonse Bois Sec Category 1915 births Category ... Bois Sec Ardoin es Alphonse Bois Sec Ardoin fr Alphonse Ardoin ... more details
taste, and his vision, and his commitment that did the trick . ref http www.parterre.com ardoin ... Sources Ardoin, John, The Callas Legacy , Old Tappan, New Jersey Scribner and Sons, 1991 ISBN 0 684 19306 X Ardoin, John and Fitzgerald, Gerald, Callas The Art and the Life , New York Holt, Rinehart ... more details
orphan date April 2010 The High Probability Instruction HPI treatment is a behaviorist psychological treatment based on the idea of positive reinforcement . It consists of the idea of reinforcing an instruction with a low probability of compliance by using the reinforcement of an instruction with a high probability Sources Luce Doze 2005 , under the direction of Ph.D Esteve Freixa i Bacquet University of Picardie, France and Mrs. Rivi re University of Lille III, France . Treatment by HPI of an autistic child lang fr Un exemple de compl mentarit recherche fondamentale pratique clinique partir d un cas d enfant autiste An example of complimentarity between fundamental research and clinical practice from an autistic child case Results shown at the http www.appcc.org indexColloque2005.html 2005 seminar of the http www.appcc.org Association Picardie de Pratiques Cognitives et Comportementales Picard Association of Cognitive and Behaviorist Practices Ardoin, S. P., Martens, B. K., & Wolfe, L. A. 1999 . Using high probability instruction sequences with fading to increase student compliance during transitions. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 32, 339 351. DEFAULTSORT High Probability Instruction Category Psychological theories ... more details
Konstantin Ilyich Pluzhnikov , is a Russian tenor, soloist of the Kirov Opera , and Meritorious Artist of Russia. He is noted for his performances of roles in the operas of Rimsky Korsakov under conductor Valery Gergiev and others. Including the title role of the wizard in the one act opera Kashchey the Immortal and the traitor Grishka Kuterma in The Invisible City of Kitezh . ref New York Magazine Mar 20, 1995 ref Other roles include Herod in Richard Strauss Salome. ref Valery Gergiev and the Kirov a story of survival John Ardoin 2001 The most adroit member of the cast was Konstantin Pluzhnikov. As Herod, he was licentious, evil, overbearing, and thoroughly wonderful. ref Discography and videography Kaschey the Immortal DVD VAI References reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Pluzhnikov, Konstantin Ilyich ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Singer DATE OF BIRTH 1941 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Pluzhnikov, Konstantin Ilyich Category 1941 births Category Living people Category Russian tenors Category Honored Artists of Russian Federation ru , ... more details
Burch , guitarist vocalist Tony Ardoin, steel guitarist Richard Comeaux, and keyboardsist Charles ... Ardoin electric guitar , Backing vocalist background vocals Mike Burch Drum kit drums , background ... more details
his father Adam, known as Nonc Adam , played with Am d Ardoin . ref name jukeblues Canray ... begun performing with Am d Ardoin, who wanted him to play on a recording session with him in New ... partnership with accordionist Alphonse Bois Sec Ardoin a cousin of Am d from nearby Duralde. In 1948 ... Welsh . ref name jukeblues Fontenot and Ardoin made their debut outside of Louisiana in 1966 ... National Heritage Fellowship in 1986, in the same year as he and Ardoin were appointed adjunct professor ... more details
, 1951. ref ref name Ardoin John Ardoin. The Stages of Menotti , Doubleday Press, 1985 ref After the critical ... Aiken who was cast in the role of King Melchior. ref name Ardoin He continued to portray that role ... more details
Bush track is a term used in horse racing to describe unsanctioned, informal horse races run in rural areas of the United States and southern Canada. American Quarter Horse Quarter horses , ridden by amateur jockey s, are raced on makeshift tracks, often set up in the field where the horses are pastured using barrels or other natural landmarks as the track interior. Race times are never kept and the track length is not uniform. ref http query.nytimes.com gst fullpage.html?res 9A06EEDB1639F93AA35750C0A961958260&sec &spon &pagewanted all March 9, 1997 New York Times article titled Love of Racing Grows in the Bushes ref Some of these tracks are somewhat more formal, with names and a regular following though seldom more than 1000 would show for a race . Races are often run with only two horses on a track with lanes. The state of Louisiana is notable for having produced top jockeys who got their start in this setting. ref http www.racingmuseum.org hall jockey.asp?ID 219 Carroll H. Shilling and bush track career at the United States National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame ref ref http news.google.com newspapers?id UKRAAAAAIBAJ&sjid 1gcEAAAAIBAJ&pg 6540,4911597&dq ray broussard bush track&hl en February 18, 1993 Ocala Star Banner article on Bayou Country jockeys ref Jockeys who started in the bush tracks ref name Web cite web url http uofl.info Kentuckys Street Sense title Street Sense the local boy wins the Kentucky Derby University of Louisville News and Forums location USA accessdate 2007 05 07 ref Robby Albarado Ronald Ardoin Calvin Borel Ray Broussard Eddie Delahoussaye Kent Desormeaux Eric Guerin Mark Guidry Craig Perret John Red Pollard Red Pollard Randy Romero Shane Sellers Carroll H. Shilling Carroll Shilling Joseph Talamo References references Category Horse racing ... more details
Expand French date December 2008 Les Nouillers Infobox French commune name Les Nouillers image Les Nouillers.JPG caption Town hall region Poitou Charentes department Charente Maritime arrondissement Saint Jean d Ang ly canton Saint Savinien INSEE 17266 postal code 17380 mayor St phane Ardoin term 2008&ndash 2014 intercommunality longitude 0.6625 latitude 45.9322 elevation m 48 elevation min m 2 elevation max m 64 area km2 24.15 population 626 population date 2008 Les Nouillers is a Communes of France commune in the Charente Maritime Departments of France department in the Poitou Charentes Regions of France region in southwestern France . Geography The river Boutonne forms all of the commune s northern border. Population Demography 1962 544 1968 593 1975 534 1982 618 1990 607 1999 611 2008 626 Site of interest Ch teau de Nouillers built in the 16th century See also Communes of the Charente Maritime department References http www.insee.fr en home home page.asp INSEE reflist External links http www.quid.fr communes.html?mode query&req Les Nouillers Les Nouillers on the Quid site http www.lion1906.com departements charente maritime les nouillers.php Location of Les Nouillers on the map of France Charente Maritime communes DEFAULTSORT Nouillers Category Communes of Charente Maritime CharenteMaritime geo stub ca Les Nouillers ceb Les Nouillers es Les Nouillers eu Les Nouillers fr Les Nouillers it Les Nouillers mg Les Nouillers ms Les Nouillers nl Les Nouillers oc Les Nouillers pl Les Nouillers ru sk Les Nouillers sv Les Nouillers uk vi Les Nouillers vo Les Nouillers war Les Nouillers ... more details
Evangeline Downs is an American race track and casino located in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana St. Landry Parish , just east of Opelousas, Louisiana . With a seven furlong oval track, the facility provides close to 1,000 horse stalls for Thoroughbred flat racing and American Quarter Horse racing. The original track opened on April 28, 1966 at Carencro, Louisiana and remained there until 2005 when it moved to Opelousas, Louisiana as part of new racino operation. The tracks 2008 program featured a total of ten events worth 100,000 or more, including the Evangeline Mile Handicap , the track s richest race with a purse of 200,000. A number of highly successful jockey s began their professional racing careers at Evangeline Downs including Robby Albarado , Ronald Ardoin , Calvin Borel , Curt Bourque , Eddie Delahoussaye , Kent Desormeaux , Mark Guidry , Randy Romero , Shane Sellers , and Ray Sibille . James E. Avant James Avant and Curt Bourque share the record for most wins on a single racecard, each winning six races in 1988 and 1995, respectively. On September 5, 1977, National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee, John Henry horse John Henry won his first ever stakes race at Evangeline Downs, capturing the Lafayette Stakes Lafayette Futurity . In 2009, the Horseplayers Association of North America introduced a rating system for 65 thoroughbred racetracks in North America . Of the top ten, Evangeline Downs was ranked 6. References http www.evangelinedowns.com index.html Official website for Evangeline Downs http query.nytimes.com gst fullpage.html?res 9906E0DE143EF933A05756C0A9629C8B63&sec &spon &pagewanted all May 30, 2004 New York Times article on Evangeline Downs titled Where the Racing Is Down to Earth Geolinks US streetscale 30.526095 92.060344 Horseracing stub Category Horse racing venues in the United States Category Sports venues in Louisiana Category Buildings and structures in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana Category 1966 establishm ... more details
orphan date March 2010 Infobox musical artist name Christine Balfa image Christinebalfa.jpg alt Christine Balfa playing the guitar at the 2009 Breaux Bridge Crawfish Festival. caption Christine Balfa playing the guitar at the 2009 Breaux Bridge Crawfish Festival. image size landscape yes background solo singer Born birth year and age 1968 ref name lafolk cite web title Louisiana Folk Roots url http www.lafolkroots.org 0 LFR Bios.htm accessdate 2009 10 22 ref origin instrument Guitar , singing vocals , triangle instrument triangle genre Cajun music Cajun occupation Musician label Rounder Records Rounder associated acts Balfa Toujours Christine Balfa is a Cajun music ian. She is the daughter of Dewey Balfa . She was born June 28, 1968. She founded the groups Balfa Toujours in 1992 and Bonsoir, Catin. ref name lafolk Discography Live at Whiskey River Landing Balfa Toujours Rounder CD 6096 La Pointe Balfa Toujours Rounder CD 6086 Allons danser Bois Sec Ardoin with Balfa Toujours Rounder CD 6081 Deux Voyages Balfa Toujours Rounder CD 6071 vieille Terre Haute Balfa Toujours Swallow 3121 Pop tu me parles toujours Balfa Toujours Swallow 6110 Bibliography http www.musicianguide.com biographies 1608004485 Balfa Toujours.html Bibliography http www.balfatoujours.com brothers.html Site of Balfa Toujours See also List of Cajun musicians References reflist External links http www.lsue.edu acadgate music balfatj1.htm Balfa Toujours at Acadgate http www.flickr.com photos 26984546 N07 sets 72157606605806944 Balfa Toujours on flikr http www.rootsworld.com rw feature balfatoujours.html Interview with Christine Balfa Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Balfa, Christine ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1968 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Balfa, Christine Category Cajun singers Category Cajun musicians Category Triangle instrument players Category Living people Category 1968 births fr Christine Balfa ... more details
Margaret Daum 25 March 1906 23 February 1977 was an American classical soprano . Born and raised in Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania , Daum studied singing at the Ithaca College Ithaca Conservatory of Music where she graduated with a bachelor s degree in 1928. In 1935 she appeared in several operetta s by Gilbert and Sullivan on Broadway theatre Broadway , portraying Casilda in The Gondoliers , Edith in The Pirates of Penzance , Elsie Maynard in The Yeomen of the Guard , Josephine in H.M.S. Pinafore , the Plaintiff in Trial by Jury , and Yum Yum in The Mikado . She is best remembered today for creating roles in the world premieres of two opera s by Gian Carlo Menotti the title role in Amelia Goes to the Ball 1 April 1937 at the Academy of Music Philadelphia Philadelphia Academy of Music and Laetitia in The Old Maid and the Thief on NBC Radio on April 22, 1939 . She made her debut at the Metropolitan Opera on May 5, 1937 as Musetta in La boh me with Rosa Tentoni as Mim , Armand Tokatyan as Rodolfo, Carlo Morelli as Marcello, and Gennaro Papi conducting. She also made appearances with the Chicago Opera Company during her career and was highly active as a performer on various American radio programs, such as The American Album of Familiar Music and The Bell Telephone Hour , during the 1930s through the 1950s. Sources Frank and Anne Hummert s radio factory the programs and personalities of broadcasting s most prolific producers by Jim Cox The stages of Menotti by John Ardoin External links ibdb 37361 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Daum, Margaret ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Singer DATE OF BIRTH 25 March 1906 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 23 February 1977 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Daum, Margaret Category 1906 births Category 1977 deaths Category American opera singers Category Gilbert and Sullivan performers Category Ithaca College alumni Category Operatic sopranos Category Musicians from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania US opera singer stub ... more details
Democratic Party United States Democratic incumbent William Daniel. Lobbyist Kyle Ardoin led the field ... because of the lack of a gubernatorial contest, Carter prevailed by 87 votes, 4,967 50.4 percent to Ardoin ... more details
of music , p. 147 Cambridge, MA Harvard University Press. ref ref Ardoin, John. 2001 . Valery ... s blood three of her sisters and two of her brothers also had careers as opera singers. ref Ardoin ... in a performance personally conducted by the opera s composer, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart . ref Ardoin ..., La clemenza di Tito . ref Ardoin, John. 2001 . Valery Gergiev and the Kirov A Story of Survival ... more details
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Infobox MLB player image only free content images are allowed for depicting living people. Non free and fair use images, promo photos, etc., will be deleted see WP NONFREE name Miguel Ojeda position Catcher team Diablos Rojos del M xico number 35 bats Right throws Right birth date birth date and age 1975 1 29 birth place Guaymas , Sonora , Mexico debutdate May 17 debutyear 2003 debutteam San Diego Padres statyear 2010 season stat1label Batting average stat1value .224 stat2label Home run s stat2value 15 stat3label On base percentage stat3value .308 teams nowiki nowiki San Diego Padres by 2003 by 2005 Seattle Mariners by 2005 Colorado Rockies by 2006 Miguel Arturo Ojeda born January 29, 1975 in Guaymas , Sonora is a Mexico Mexican professional baseball catcher with the Vaqueros Laguna of the Mexican League baseball Mexican League . Ojeda played in Major League Baseball from 2003 to 2006. He made his debut with the San Diego Padres on May 17, 2003. Ojeda was invited to spring training with the Colorado Rockies prior to the by 2006 season as a non roster invitee. He was not expected to make the roster however, when Yorvit Torrealba was injured, Ojeda made the Opening Day roster serving as the backup catcher to starter Danny Ardoin . Although Ojeda impressed early in the 2006 season, providing the team with valuable clutch hitting and serviceable defense, he was sent down to Triple A Colorado Springs once Torrealba was activated. Ojeda was then loaned to Mexico City of the Mexican League, before being traded to the Texas Rangers. Ojeda signed a one year, 430,000 contract with the Texas Rangers for the by 2007 season on November 16, 2006. On April 1, he was optioned to the Triple A Oklahoma RedHawks . On May 27, Ojeda was designated for assignment. He returned to the Mexican League with the Diablos Rojos in by 2007 . External links Baseballstats mlb 425864 espn 5478 br o ojedami01 fangraphs 1712 cube Miguel Ojeda brm ojeda 001mig Mexico 2006 World Baseball Classic roster ... more details
Nicola Zaccaria 9 March 1923 24 July 2007 , born Nicholas Angelos Zachariou ref name Times was a Greece Greek Bass voice type bass . Career Born in Piraeus , Zaccaria studied at the Athens Conservatory where he enjoyed his debut in 1949, aged 26. He sang at La Scala in 1953 and his position as a mainstay of the bass operatic repertoire was assured thereafter. He was La Scala s principal bass for almost 15 years. ref name Times cite news url http www.timesonline.co.uk tol comment obituaries article2538156.ece title Nicola Zaccaria obituary date 27 September 2007 publisher The Times accessdate 23 April 2010 ref He sang with some of the most famous singers of his generation, such as Maria Callas , ref name Times , Leontyne Price , Franco Corelli , and Marilyn Horne , who was Zaccaria s companion in later life. Despite intimidating competition, he developed an impressive international career and recorded more than 30 operas for major recording companies. With Callas he recorded nine complete operas Aida 1955, as Il re d Egitto Rigoletto 1955, as Sparafucile Il trovatore 1956, as Ferrando La Boheme 1956, as Colline Un ballo in maschera 1956, as Tom Il barbiere di Siviglia 1957, as Don Basilio La sonnambula 1957, as Il conte Rodolfo Turandot 1957, as Timur Norma opera Norma 1960, as Oroveso According to John Ardoin in his book The Callas Legacy , Zaccaria also recorded under the pseudonym Giulio Mauri in the complete recordings of Il trovatore and Turandot in which he appeared with the soprano . Nicola Zaccaria died in Athens on July 24, 2007 from Alzheimer s disease , aged 84. References reflist External links http www.gramophone.co.uk newsMainTemplate.asp?storyID 2853&newssectionID 1 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Zaccaria, Nicola ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Greek opera singer DATE OF BIRTH 9 March 1923 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 24 July 2007 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Zaccaria, Nicola Category 1923 births Category 2007 deaths Category Ope ... more details
Infobox musical artist name Sady Courville image Dennis McGee, Sady Courville, and Marc Savoy.jpg alt Dennis McGee and Sady Courville playing fiddle with Marc Savoy. caption Dennis McGee and Sady Courville playing fiddle with Marc Savoy. image size background non vocal instrumentalist birth name Sady Courville alias Born 1905 Died January 3, 1988 aged 92 93 origin Chataignier, Louisiana ref name flattown instrument Fiddle genre Cajun music Cajun occupation Musician , Fiddler associated acts website Sady D. Courville ref name savoy84p50 Savoy84 Savoy 1984 , p. 50. ref 1905, Chataignier, Louisiana &ndash January 3, 1988 ref name flattown cite web url http www.flattownmusic.com Dennis McGee and Sady Courville W102.aspx title Dennis McGee and Sady Courville accessdate 2010 04 27 ref was a Cajun music Cajun fiddler noted for his extensive collaboration with Dennis McGee . Early life Courville was the son of Eraste Courville who was also a fiddler. ref name savoy84p40 Savoy84 Savoy 1984 , p. 40. ref In his early teens he bought his first fiddle and started learning from his father and Dennis McGee. ref name savoy84p40 By the time he was 16, he was playing dances with Am d Ardoin around Chataignier and Faiquitaique. ref name savoy84p40 Musical career In 1929, Courville and McGee were invited to record in New Orleans . ref name savoy84p40 Courville was credited only as second fiddle on this record. ref name savoy84p40 Personal life Courville married in June 1929. ref name savoy84p41 Savoy84 Savoy 1984 , p. 41. ref Around this time, he decided to take a hiatus from music around this time due to the stress. ref name savoy84p41 Discography Vieille Musique Acadienne 1977 Swallow Records Swallow LP 6030, 3001 ref name lprecs cite web title Cajun and Zydeco 33 Rpm Long Play LP Records url http www.loyno.edu hobbs ccz 33s.html accessdate 2009 11 29 last Hobbs first Jim ref The Complete Early Recordings of Dennis McGee, 1929 1930 Yazoo Records Yazoo 2012 ref cite web title Dennis ... more details
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