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In the News (Thu 8 Jan 09)

  
  Daisy Voisin Tribute
Alexandra Daisy Voisin was a deeply religious and devoted person to La Divina Pastora (The Virgin Mary of Siparia).
Daisy's father, Mathias Voisin, was of French origin and came from Arima.
Daisy will be missed not only by her relatives but also by the entire community of Siparia, and indeed Trinidad and Tobago.
www.tntisland.com /daisy.html   (1071 words)

  
 Parang in Trinidad
Daisy Voisin was a deeply religious and devoted person to La Divina Pastora (The Virgin Mary of Siparia).
Born at Carapal, Erin on 23 September 1924, she was the youngest of six daughters born to Juliana and Mathias Voisin.
Daisy came into the association, she had been a vibrant, authentic parang singer.
www.silvertorch.com /arts/parang.htm   (712 words)

  
 Parang - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The second theory is that Venezuelans brought the first elements of parang with them when they migrated to Trinidad to escape the Bolivain Revolution.
Notable parang artists include Daisy Voisin, Henry Perreira, Sharlene Flores, Leon Caldero and the Lara Brothers.
As the genre popularized since the 1950s, parang has evolved and many soca music artists have generated a cross-over music called "soca parang" which is a fusion of calypso and soca whose lyrics are sang in English and are inspired by the "Americanized" Christmas often referring to such symbols as Santa Claus.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Parang   (465 words)

  
 St Charles Herald Guide, Obituaries
She was the daughter of the late Daisy Edwards Sandolph and Zely Mayers, stepdaughter of the late Joseph Sandolph Sr., wife of the late John Tillman, mother of Amanda Vincent Jolly, Lloyd Jr.
Linest Paul Voisin, a native and resident of Dulac, died on Aug. 20.
Voisin was a boat captain with Arthur Levy Boat Company and a U.S. Army veteran of World War II.
www.heraldguide.com /obituaries/aug05.htm   (3160 words)

  
 Sports - Clippers sailing toward playoffs - sacbee.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
At the mere mention of his mother, Elton Brand beamed with the glee of a kid parading his new bike across campus.
The son reflected on the woman who raised him in New Jersey when the father bailed on such duties.
Daisy Brand is still so loyal to her son that she follows him on the road when possible (she's the one with jersey No. 42, standing, exhorting, grinning).
www.sacbee.com /content/sports/story/14240256p-15060069c.html   (837 words)

  
 freedb.org
Daisy / The Hum of D.A.I.S.Y. Daisy / The Waltzmeister
Daisy Voisin / Memories of a Lifetime of Parang
Kitty, Daisy and Lewis / Honolulu Rock-a Roll-a
www.freedb.org /freedb_search.php?words=DAISY&allfields=NO&fields=artist&allcats=YES&grouping=none   (520 words)

  
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Whiplash Eth Honeymonster The Cuddles Hamlet and Jake Foghorn Chopstix The Tremblers Lonely and Beaver Lemming Mother Theresa Shep Daisy Magic BGB Dumper Cloggs and surprise, surprise….Zebedee and Florence were late.
HeyBabe, C5, Mother Theresa, Lemming, Foghorn and Daisy then became lost from the rest of the Hash and there is a plaintive wail on the tape from C5 who whines "We’ll never, ever find our way out of Dinton Pastures again".
Le Voisin appeared and Honeymonster, Cheryl, BoPeep etc were at the regroup where the thoughtful Foghorn rolled Wally in the sodden grass.
www.berkshirehash.co.uk /gs2000/hash1196.html   (1056 words)

  
 Ringtones samsung   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
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anringtonessamsungof.blogspot.com   (13766 words)

  
 dallasobserver.com | Arts & Entertainment | Dang! Good
The premiere of Doug Voisin and Andrew Bayer's Dang!, featuring Sierra Nicole Andrews and benefiting the AIDS Interfaith Network, is Tuesday.
Somewhere between the Valley of the Dolls and the return of Daisy Duke are the girly new designs of Douglas Voisin and Andrew Bayer's new Dallas-based women's fashion line called Dang!
Voisin is a 23-year-old native of Venezuela who got to Texas as quickly as he could and studied fashion at the Art Institute of Dallas.
www.dallasobserver.com /issues/2005-06-09/calendar/calendar.html   (297 words)

  
 weak blog here bring   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
[Listening to: Alegria - Daisy Voisin & La Divina Pasto - Memories of a Life of Parang (4:16)]
B'lieve it or not, birthdays are generally no picnic for me. Dad died thirteen years ago yesterday.
This is a paragraph of text that could go in the sidebar.
www.jobity.com /2004/10/listening-to-alegria-daisy-voisin-la.html   (158 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
He is preceded in death by his parents, Edgar Anthony Richard Sr.
and Daisy Mary Voisin Richard; and one brother, Nolan Richard.
He was a retired pipeline welder with McDermott and former parishioner of Holy Rosary Catholic Church.
ftp.rootsweb.com /pub/usgenweb/la/terrebonne/obits/2005/0505/edgarrichardjr.txt   (115 words)

  
 The Trinidad Guardian -Online Edition Ver 2.0
And the third generation of Grangers, as little as they are, can sing a verse or chorus of a serenal (serenade to the host so that he can welcome the singers into his home) or nacimiento (song about the birth of Christ).
Sydney and Ramona’s family trees branch to the legendary Sylvestre Mata—a cousin on the paternal side—and the late parang queen Daisy Voisin—cousin on the maternal side.
This may also have to do with the fact that Ramona and Sydney are cousins.
www.guardian.co.tt /archives/2004-12-05/features2.html   (863 words)

  
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She is survived by her husband, Percy Pellegrin; one son, Murphy Pellegrin; three daughters, Bonnie Gautreaux, Charlotte Lirette and Christine Verrette; two brothers, Elward and Julius Voisin; three sisters, Ana Hornsby, Elaine Callahan and Winona Knight; 10 grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Aubin and Lena Voisin; two brothers, Percy and Elvyn "Pete" Voisin; and one sister, Jeanette Trahan.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Lorena LeBoeuf Richard; his parents, Edgar and Daisy Voisin Richard; and one brother, John Richard.
ftp.rootsweb.com /pub/usgenweb/la/terrebonne/obits/1999/9906.txt   (14257 words)

  
 The Trinidad Guardian -Online Edition Ver 2.0
Respect for our laws by our citizens and their enforcement by the authorities must be our priority if we are truly aiming at achieving First World status.
Every year around this time, I reminisce about a wonderful human being who brought joy to our hearts—the late Daisy Voisin, the parang “queen” of Trinidad.
According to my recollection, Daisy received a national award, but a more fitting honour would be the called-for monument, a statue, to pay tribute to the “parang queen.”
www.guardian.co.tt /archives/2004-11-29/letters.html   (1767 words)

  
 The Caribbean: Trinidad and Tabago
The house-to-house serenading by musicians at Christmas (similar to caroling) is expanded to include non-Christmas tunes and social dancing.
This particular film was done inside a small house in 1988 of Daisy Voisin who was a prominent Trinidadian parang artist.
She was filmed singing in Spanish with five handclapping chorus singers.
cfaonline.asu.edu /haefer/classes/568/568.papers/trinidad.engel.html   (1917 words)

  
 Med Rib Blog   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
As the page loaded, an old parang song came on.
It's less than 10 years old so not one of the oldies (like Daisy Voisin) but old enough to cut me. Amazing how a song or a smell can transport you right back to a far off time.
But the past is another country, my grandparents and favourite uncle are no longer alive and since then Trinidad does not hold the same pull as it once did.
allgrownup.blogspot.com /2005/01/hi-ho-hi-ho-off-to-work-we-go.html   (325 words)

  
 totallyradio + archives
To mark the festive season, John and Dmitri play yuletide calypso and parang soca from Trinidad & Tobago and elsewhere in the Eastern Caribbean.
Part 1 features the incomparable queen of parang soca, Daisy Voisin, women of parang soca and a Bah Humbug selection with Luta and Warrior.
In the second part of the Sugar Jam Summer Carnivals Special, John Child and Dmitri Subotsky play the winning tunes and more hits from this summer's carnivals in Barbados, St Vincent, Antigua and Grenada and mark the 20th anniversary of Grenada's Inspector.
www.totallyradio.com /archive.php?show=33   (357 words)

  
 mindsight - looking way back (blogger)
Hey, I've got a question for all my Trini brethren, remember when we were young they had this calypso video, I think it was by Sparrow, in fl and white with him in a grave yard, getting attacked by all the zombies, WHAT'S THE NAME OF THAT BLOODY song, I need my old calypso damnit.
I've been going crazy downloading that and parang, hell YEAH Daisy Voisin, you rock my chak chaks.
I hope I've providing minutes of enjoyable departure from whatever the hell you were doing before, but I ask you...
www.justinross.org /blogger/2002_05_01_archive.html   (1026 words)

  
 Parang
In addition, in recent times Indian drumming and Chutney melodies mixed with parang has evolved into a whole new revolution of parang.
Some top parang entertainer included the late Daisy Voisin who was consider the Queen of Parang and entertainers Lara brothers, Los Ninos del Mundo, Sharlene Flores, Marcia Miranda and Scrunter.
Parranderos announce their arrival in song and seek to gain entry to the homes of family and friends to relate the story of the birth of Christ, and to share in the joy of the message of Peace on Earth and Goodwill to all men.
www.tntisland.com /parang.html   (595 words)

  
 DAISY VOISIN
On the occasion of her demise, he performed the burial rites at the La Divina Pastora R.C. Church and he had to say this:
"Daisy was an angel who had received a gift from God.
The Queen is dead, Long Live the Queen!
www.nalis.gov.tt /Biography/DaisyVoisin.html   (981 words)

  
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 Lara Brothers - Parang
The Laras feel poignantly the loss of Daisy Voisin, whose singing had a real Venezuelan flavour.
They feel that what now exists is largely "socaparang".
Los Lara sienten mucho el fallecimiento de Daisy Voisin, quien según ellos, cantaba con una verdadera pasión venezolana.
www.ecaroh.com /profiles/larabrothers_parang.htm   (2630 words)

  
 Strictly Parang Vol.1
This title was won five times on subsequent occasions, as well as the champions of the first (and only to date) International Parang Competition.
During those years the group was led by the former Parang Queen the late great Daisy Voisin until her death in 1991.
The group has performed in the United States, Venezuela and St Lucia and continues to enjoy widespread support and popularity.
www.sputnick.com /rhyners/xmas/strictlyparangvol1.htm   (928 words)

  
 Los Parranderos de U.W.I. - Mi Parranda
The aguinaldos, nacimientos, serenals and despedidas all find pride of place in the collection.
At the same time the selections pay tribute to some of the icons of the artform – Sylvestre Mata, Gloria Alcazar and Daisy Voisin.
It is our way of saying thanks to the many stalwarts who have laid a firm foundation for the current generation of parranderos.
www.rhyners.com /xmas/losparranderos_miparranda.htm   (459 words)

  
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Still, many others joined us including the splendidly suntanned Daisy and the somewhat more pallid Lord Lucan.
Luckily the Beer Stop was called although it was in the valley below where Daisy and I had heaved our sweating carcasses up the a hill.
www.berkshirehash.co.uk /gs2000/hash1183.html   (1107 words)

  
 Prions
Dans les dernier jours du mois de novembre 1881, cet animal fut en proie a un prurit si intense de la base de la queue, qu'il se grattait contre tous les objets qui se trouvaient a sa portee.
A l'ecurie, il se frottait avec une veritable fureur contre la stalle ou contre son voisin, a la prairie, contre tous le arbres qu'il pouvait rencontrer; attele, contre la partie anterieure de la charrette ou, s'il ne pouvait y atteindre, il se contournait pour se frotter contre le timon.
Cette violente demangeaison avait cause une excoriation large et profonde et, par moment, une hemorrhagie assez abondante de la base de la queue.
www.mad-cow.org /boeuf.html   (8560 words)

  
 Houma Courier Obituaries 2005 05 May
survived by her parents, Willie and Enid Trahan Daisy of Theriot; father Ray Theriot of Theriot; companion Rusty Sanchez of Gray; daughter, Jade Marie Sanchez of Gray; four brothers, Willie Daisy Jr.
and wife, Adrian, Nicholas Daisy, Trey Daisy of Theriot and Johnny O’Mara of Galveston, Texas; three sisters, Jacqueline Bergeron of Chauvin, Amanda O’Mara and Brandy O’Mara of Galveston; grandparents, Gladys Christopher of Batesville, Ark. and Raymond Theriot of Theriot; two nieces, Kaylee Daisy and Cami Dean; and one nephew, Ivan Daisy
preceded in death by her grandparents, James and Angeline Daisy and Adam and Beulah Trahan
www.vienici.com /lasociete/obituaries_courier/2005/m05May.html   (14774 words)

  
 Houma Daily Comet Obituaries 1999 06 June   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
preceded in death by her parents, Aubin and Lena Voisin; brothers, Percy and Elvyn "Pete" Voisin; and sister, Jeanette Trahan
father of Marion Parfait; step-father of R.J. Duplantis, Geraldine Voisin, Theresa Buquet and Judy Babin; and brother of Daniel, Edgar Jr.
of Raceland and Gwendolyn K. Polk of Chicago; and sister of Edgar Deboue and Louise Holmes, both of Thibodaux, Henry Coler, Gloria Smith and Daisy Vaden, all of Dallas and Izalee Agers of California
www.vienici.com /lasociete/obituaries/1999/m06June.html   (11388 words)

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