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Playing it Cool (winnipegsun.com) So November is about to give way to December, which means there are less than 30 shopping days left until Christmas. If you're anything -- no, wait -- if you're NOTHING like us, your presents are probably bought, wrapped, and sitting under a newly trimmed tree already. Folk ballet full of pageantry (The Pantagraph) First things first: "Quetzalli" is pronounced "kets-AHL-lee." It comes from "quetzal," a Central American bird famous for its brilliant bronze-green and red plumage. UMO Jazz Fest 2007 in Helsinki, Finland (All About Jazz) For the 5th annual UMO Jazz Fest in Helsinki, Finland, UMO Jazz Orchestra and Jazz Fest Executive Director Annamaija Saarela faced the unenviable task of having to find a new home for the festival outside the UMO Jazz House club (in prior years it had customarily served as home base for much if not all the festival?s music, not to mention its role as Helsinki?s primary jazz club), which was ... Music of Veracruz rocks O.C. (Los Angeles Times) A nonprofit band is helping to popularize son jarocho, a 400-year-old genre from Mexico. Unless you're from Veracruz, Mexico, or a historian of Mexican music, the songs emanating from the Mexican Cultural Center in Santa Ana might be something of a mystery. Although Latin American in flavor, the melodies and rhythms aren't typical folkloric music, mariachi or trios romanticos . ... Display meant to revive interest in Big Bopper (Fort Worth Star-Telegram) By BILL HANNA HILLSBORO -- It was the first rock 'n' roll tragedy. It's been immortalized in song as "the day the music died." And now memories of the 1959 plane crash that killed Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. Richardson, better known as the Big Bopper, are literally being resurrected. The rusted gold coffin that once contained the Big Bopper's body is going on display at the fledgling ... The Road to the White House: Huckabee Makes Time for Fun (KATV Little Rock) Arkansas - Aspiring to be our nation's leader is serious business, but for presidential candidate and Arkansas native Mike Huckabee keeping his family close keeps things from getting too serious. So you want to be a rockstar? (Williamsport Sun Gazette) Foreigner may have illustrated it best, although most people today might identify better with Nickleback?s recent pop sensation, ?Rockstar.? Either way, the dream remains the same. Newsfeed display by CaRP |