Trans-Siberian Orchestra At Frank Erwin Center

I became a Trans-Siberian Orchestra (TSO) fan in 2004 shortly after the release of their The Lost Christmas Eve CD. I won tickets through my job to go see them in concert in 2006 and was so taken that I immediately joined their fan club. Their concert was so memorable that each year since then I have wanted to attend another concert, but something always got in the way. Well, not this year. When I got the announcement in August that they had released their tour dates, I immediately marked my calendar. I purchased my tickets in September and have been anxiously waiting for concert day ever since. My husband was too sick to attend the concert with me, so I took my neighbor. She has never seen Trans-Siberian Orchestra in concert and only knew them from their music she had heard on the radio. I knew she was going to be in for a real treat.

Elvis’s Birthday Celebrated Worldwide

Happy Birthday Elvis Presley! The “King of Rock and Roll” born January 8, 1935 and died on August 16, 1977 but his legend lives on. No matter where in the world you live, his name, music and image are easily recognizable. Who doesn’t know how to hum a few bars of “Heartbreak Hotel” or “Jailhouse Rock”? In fact thirty-one of his singles from early in his career ruled the US and UK charts that included, “Don’t Be Cruel”, “Hound Dog” and “All Shook Up”. Along with his music, Elvis starred in over 33 films. In the United States, the television channel TMC will be playing a marathon of his movies, with introductions from Priscilla Presley and Jerry Schilling.

BCAS Concert @ Lady of Victory Basilica 2009

Amidst the celestial surroundings of the Our Lady of Victory Basilica, the Buffalo Choral Arts Society, under the baton of Marcia A.Giambrone, presented its annual Christmas concert “Let the Angels Sing…” For the past fifteen years, the group inspired the basilica’s capacity audience with its angelic sounds.

On Location: Kane County Veterans Memorial

The Veterans Memorial was dedicated in 2004 to the memory of Kane County citizens soldiers that lost their lives…

Attack on Pearl Harbor – An American History Snapshot

The color detail of the massive battleship USS Arizona was on deck the morning of December 7, 1941 in preparation for the 8 am raising of the flag. Much of the Pacific Fleet was docked at Pearl Harbor including the USS Battleships Oklahoma, Nevada, Tennessee and Maryland. And while the rest of the world was being ravaged by war, it was yet another peaceful morning at the hawaiian port. War with Japan was a possibility at the time but with the 2 great oceans and the mightiest aircraft carrier fleet in the world at hand, who would dare awake the sleeping dragon?

Eid al-Adha “Festival of Sacrifice”

On November 27, Muslims around the world are observing Eid al-Adha. Eid al-Adha is different then the Eid after Ramadan(Eid al Fitr). The Eid after Ramadan is in celebration of keeping fast for 30 days from sunrise to sunset.

The 1st Thanksgiving Day In America

Once, in the dim beginnings, primitive tribesmen crudely returned praise and tribute to their deities for the bounties of nature. It was their Thanksgiving. No one knows where the custom was born, but ever since man has tilled the soil, the autumn of the year has been the most appropriate season of the year for giving thanks. Before history began, the harvest was the climax of the yearly cycle, the time of joy and plenty, just as it is for the vast majority of humans in the present day… Read More at CultureProject:Earth

Anatomy of the Mystery Novel

The detective story, the who-dun-it?, the mystery has been a popular genre since the mid 1800s. People were fascinated as they read about C. Auguste Dupin who solved The Murders in the Rue Morgue written by Edgar Allen Poe in 1841. In 1868 Wilkie Collins published The Moonstone, whose detective was based on a member of Scotland Yard. The love of a good mystery has never died and those first stories are just as fascinating today as they were over a century ago.

Veterans Day in America

Here in America we live in a free land where, as free citizens, we can worship as we choose, elect whom we see fit to fill our public offices, criticize our laws and the policies of our government to our heart’s content, conduct our affairs, and go and come as we please- all this without fear or intimidation.

TSO Culture Trivia: 20th Century America III

Great Americans everyone should know about.

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