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[Voronwë the Faithful]

I had not heard or seen this before. Very cool!

[Jude]

Amazing! Julie Nolke has done a sketch based on someone in my work group! It's almost like she's infiltrated us.




The question is, do I post a link to this video in the Teams chat and see if he recognizes himself?

[Voronwë the Faithful]

I say go for it, and would guess that he would not.

ETA: Needless to say, my opinion does not and should not matter.

[RoseMorninStar]

Oh dear Jude, funny until you know people like that. We have one that lives behind us that leaves for work a little after 5 in the morning and his truck is so loud everyone knows he's up and leaving for work. The only thing it doesn't have is a diesel stack to coal-roll a Prius.

[RoseMorninStar]

Liziqi is back. Elengil (also) really enjoyed her videos.

[Frelga]

This is from the videos recorded at live events where actors read famous letters.



The context is in the description.

In 1675, the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire instructed his army to attack a fortress belonging to the Zaporozhian Cossacks. They were quickly and heavily defeated. Rather than surrender, the Sultan then wrote to the Cossacks and demanded that they submit to him. This fiery exchange was the result.

The writing of the second letter, written by the Cossacks is depicted in this famous painting by Ilya Repin.

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[Alatar]

I shared thi in the War of the Rohirrim thread but a coouple of people on B77 said they missed it there so I thought I'd share here.

Have to say I really love this.

[N.E. Brigand]

One of the fiercest rivalries in American college football is that between the Ohio State University and the University of Michigan. That was evident again today when Michigan again upset Ohio State in their annual matchup. (Michigan had a middling record, having lost five gives, but Ohio State had been ranked second nationally in the polls, having previously lost only to the one remaining undefeated team, the University of Oregon; OSU will drop several places in the standings now). The result was followed by a brawl between the players that resulted in the police using pepper spray (much of which apparently blew back on the police).

But at halftime, when the game was tied, the marching bands of both universities combined for a joint performance, which I can't recall ever happening before:



Or I should say, I don't think the two bands ever played together during halftime before, but I got to see them play the same show in person two weeks ago at the Bands of America grand national championships in Indianapolis, which was the culmination of a very busy viewing season for me. Over eleven weekends this fall, I managed to see 519 performances by 285 bands (mostly high school bands in competition). I don't think I'll ever try to beat that number.

[Voronwë the Faithful]

What an irony that the joint performance happened the same game as the brawl, which I understand was caused by the Michigan players attempting to plant a Michigan flag pm the OSU field after their victory. Do you know what inspired the joint performance?

[N.E. Brigand]

What an irony that the joint performance happened the same game as the brawl, which I understand was caused by the Michigan players attempting to plant a Michigan flag pm the OSU field after their victory. Do you know what inspired the joint performance?

It was apparently suggested to the two bands' directors a year ago by someone at Music for All, the non-profit parent organization of Bands of America, which since the 1970s (when it was called Marching Bands of America) conducts a few dozen "regional" high school marching band competitions in the fall -- often including an exhibition performance by a college band -- culminating in the aforementioned "grand nationals" contest, at which approximately one hundred high school bands (112 this year) vie to be named BOA's national champion. That event has been held in Indianapolis for 35 years, and for the past twenty years, all but two of the champions have either been from Indiana (whose bands benefit from reduced travel costs, i.e., resources can be put toward hiring better instructors) or Texas (where music education, for reasons unclear to me, is the best in the nation). This year's winner was a repeat from last year: Avon High School from Indiana.

[RoseMorninStar]

I wasn't sure where to put this as it could be appropriate in several threads. Great gift for someone you may know!
Build your own Conspiracy Theory Kits

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[N.E. Brigand]

What an irony that the joint performance happened the same game as the brawl, which I understand was caused by the Michigan players attempting to plant a Michigan flag pm the OSU field after their victory. Do you know what inspired the joint performance?

As a result of the brawl, the Big Ten conference has fined each school $100,000.

[Alatar]

Riverdance meets AC/DC meets Trad meets Breakdancing meets super talented kids... only in Ireland!

[RoseMorninStar]

I love it when traditional/classical instruments are combined with rock.