
	Where results make sense

Topic: Songs about Omaha

Related Topics

Omaha, NE

Omaha, Nebraska

Omaha Steaks

Ralston, Nebraska

Omaha Riot

Boys Town

Denver Dalley

Nick Nolte

Gabrielle Union

311 (band)

Grassroots (album)

Bob Gibson

Desaparecidos

Berkshire Hathaway

Orlando Cepeda

In the News (Tue 22 Dec 09)

Northern Trust

Marvin Harrison

Peter Chernin

Gary Locke

Match Play

Penelope Cruz

Mickey Rourke

AR Rahman

Danny Boyle

Hugh Jackman

	Omaha, Nebraska - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Omaha was chosen as the eastern terminus of America's first transcontinental railroad in 1862 with the passage of the Pacific Railway Act.
		Omaha's growth was accelerated in the 1880s by the rapid development of the meat packing industry in South Omaha; in the 1880s, Omaha was the fastest-growing city in the United States.
		Omaha is home to the Omaha Community Playhouse, one of the most famous and best-endowed community theaters in the United States, and to Girls and Boys Town; its Henry Doorly Zoo is widely considered one of the premier zoos in the world.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Omaha,_Nebraska (3241 words)

	Omaha, Nebraska - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Omaha was chosen as the eastern terminus of America's first transcontinental railroad in 1862 with the passage of the Pacific Railroad Act.
		Omaha's growth was accerlerated in the 1880s by the rapid development of the meatpacking industry in South Omaha; in the 1880s, Omaha was the fastest-growing city in the United States.
		Omaha is home to the Omaha Community Playhouse (http://www.omahaplayhouse.com/), one of the most famous and best-endowed community theaters in the United States, and to Girls and Boys Town (http://www.girlsandboystown.org/); its Henry Doorly Zoo (http://www.omahazoo.com/) is widely considered one of the premier zoos in the world.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Omaha (3151 words)

	List of songs about Omaha, Nebraska - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The following is a list of songs about Omaha, Nebraska.
		Stan Freberg - "Omaha!" (Originally a commercial for the Butternut Coffee Co.)
		Moby Grape - "Omaha" (Their biggest hit, the song lyrics have nothng to do with Omaha, but songwriter Skip Spence named it "Omaha" on the spur of the moment.)
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_songs_about_Omaha,_Nebraska (362 words)

	Omaha Indian Music
		The multiformat ethnographic field collection contains 44 wax cylinder recordings collected by Francis La Flesche and Alice Cunningham Fletcher between 1895 and 1897, 323 songs and speeches from the 1983 Omaha harvest celebration pow-wow, and 25 songs and speeches from the 1985 Hethu'shka Society concert at the Library of Congress.
		Segments from interviews with members of the Omaha tribe conducted in 1983 and 1999 provide contextual information for the songs and speeches included in the collection.
		Supplementing the collection are fl-and-white and color photographs taken during the 1983 pow-wow and the 1985 concert, as well as research materials that include fieldnotes and tape logs pertaining to the pow-wow.
	memory.loc.gov /ammem/omhhtml (258 words)

	Omaha - 999 Omaha (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Omaha's growth was accelerated in the 1880s by the rapid development of the meatpacking industry in South Omaha; in the 1880s, Omaha was the fastest-growing city in the United States.
		A low point in Omaha's history was the Omaha Race Riot of 1919, which occurred in September 1919 after a fl man was arrested for raping a white woman.
		Omaha's Rosenblatt Stadium is home to the Omaha Royals minor-league baseball team (the AAA affiliate of the Kansas City Royals) and since 1950, has hosted the annual NCAA College World Series men's baseball tournament in mid-June.
	www.911omaha.com /news (2720 words)

	Omaha Indian Music - Omaha pow-wow Songs CD
		With certain variations, the 1983 Omaha Indians Pow-wow at Macy, Nebraska, followed this format and the event was replete with songs of welcome and odes to courage and sacrifice.
		The songs featured on these recordings were reproduced in the Pow-wow and continue to be sung in the Omaha Indians’ annual meets to the present day.
		As the songs seem to convey, they have adapted themselves to a scheme of things that is completely alien to their culture.
	a2zcds.com /Products/Omaha_Indian_Music_Omaha_pow-wow_Songs_CD_552.htm (1156 words)

	songs of the Lakota , Oglala Lakota
		The songs and dances of the Lakota and dress utilized in their performance are considered by many to be one of the most viable of traditional culture traits among the contemporary Lakota.
		Similarity, although most Omaha songs diffuse across the Sioux divisions and beyond, certain songs-especially honor songs and scared songs-are frequently restricted to a specific locality or community and recognized as stemming from there.
		Songs are not improvised on the spot, but rather have to be learned from other singers today often with the help of a tape recorder.
	www.olc.edu /~tbrave/culture/songs/music.htm (1683 words)

	Omaha World Hearld Article - A Birthday Boom
		Downtown Omaha was the place to be Saturday night if you liked fireworks and music and owned one of those fold-out camping chairs with the arms.
		People heading to Omaha's 150th birthday celebration were parking south of Woolworth Avenue - 15 blocks south of Dodge - and west of Central High School at 20th and Dodge Streets.
		Her sister, Tammie, said she was happy with the pleasant weather and didn't mind that the family wasn't able to see the stage, as long as they could see the sky.
	www.novia.net /~sadams/Omaha_Pages/OMA_150/OWH/OWH_A_birthday_boom.htm (933 words)

	Library of Songs
		Some non-religious dance songs, such as rabbit songs, round dance songs, and Omaha songs can be sung 'in honor of' some one, and this particular song is one of these.
		During the celebration they line up with all the goods they have assembled for their 'give-away' and as the songs are sung they dance to the center of the dance area.
		This is another song used for honoring purposes and alluding to the generosity of the one honored.
	drumhop.com /archives/SSongsOfSioux.html (749 words)

	Discover the Wisdom of Mankind on Omaha (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Omaha demolished a downtown district of brick warehouses called "Jobbers Canyon" in 1988, which was once protected under the National Register of Historic Places.
		On March 8, 2005, Omaha annexed Elkhorn; this annexation was upheld by a district court order on August 19.1 This annexation is not yet final, as Elkhorn has appealed the district court ruling.
		Omaha is also best known for the NCAA Division I College World Series, held every year at Rosenblatt Stadium.
	www.blinkbits.com /blinks/omaha (3119 words)

	PowWows.com Gathering - Wolf Songs
		Fletcher and La Fleshe also comment that some of the songs were either Sioux or about the Sioux which might suggest that they diffused from the North.
		At any rate, they are beautiful songs but, at least in the case of the Ponca wolf songs, should be left in White Eagle where they belong.
		Obviously, both groups have some claim to the origins of these songs (why would there be a disagreement if they didn't?), so I am left to wonder if the songs were created before they separated, leaving both answers to be correct.
	www.powwows.com /Gathering/printthread.php?t=280 (824 words)

	Omaha (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Omaha White Tail Singers consists of members of the Omaha Tribe of Nebraska.
		White Tail Sings songs composed by group members and traditional songs of the Omaha.
		All Songs are composed by the Whitetail members.
	www.sweetgrassrecords.com /omaha.htm (79 words)

	Nebraska in Popular Song - Song List
		The song must be a bona-fide national pop, country, blues or jazz composition.
		It's not clear to which Omaha leader Kenny is referring when he warbles, "Omaha sherrif and his boys getting ready for slaughter/Looking for the man who turned out the mayor's daughter." Later in the song, an "Omaha honey" teaches Kenny the eponymous Tulsa turnaround -- a dance taught her by a "funky butt" (Arthur Murray?).
		The song's protagonist ponders whether "freaky" phenomena (finding a coin in her laundry, hearing a radio station play a song -- real Twilight Zone stuff) are signs that she should call her old love in Omaha.
	www.goletapublishing.com /nebraska/songs.htm (1297 words)

	Omaha Indian Music - Contest Songs CD
		For the 1983 Omaha Indians powwow in Macy, Nebraska, a decision was made to focus solely on traditional Omaha music and to include only those songs that were sung by time-honored representatives of the Omaha drums - the Host Drum and the Tai Piah Singers.
		The 1983 Omaha Indians powwow was a heavily attended and participated-in affair, and various tribes were represented.
		The sheer primitive beat and the elicited reactions from participants and audience alike succeed in conveying the joy and excitement that prevailed during the powwow at Macy, Nebraska in 1983.
	a2zcds.com /Products/Omaha_Indian_Music_Contest_Songs_CD_553.htm (1112 words)

	Browner/Heartbeat of the People. Chapter 2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Other than dance regalia, Wissler's major evidence of the Omaha society's diffusion is constructed from an analysis of Native language terms, specifically those used to describe the ritual actions in the part of the ceremony that culminates with snatching pieces of meat from a kettle of boiling water.
		Even if Powers is correct about the "yelp" aspect of Grass Dance songs and about the traditional singing style for Grass Dance songs coming to the Lakota from the Omaha, it does not automatically follow that the dance itself did.
		Songs by special singers with drums; dancing by the assembly or by expert soloists; sometimes social dances all night long.
	www.press.uillinois.edu /epub/books/browner/ch2.html (12195 words)

	Omaha, Nebraska - Article from FactBug.org - the fast Wikipedia mirror site
		Together, the two cities form the core of the 60th-largest metropolitan area in the United States, with a population of 803,801 (2005 estimate) in residing in eight counties.
		The two major hockey teams in town are the Omaha Lancers playing in the USHL, and the UNO Mavericks, an NCAA Division I team playing at the brand new, state-of-the-art Qwest Center Omaha.
		Omaha has a number of Catholic and parochial high schools, including Skutt, Gross, Duchesne Academy of the Sacred Heart in Omaha, Creighton Preparatory School, and Marian
	www.factbug.org /cgi-bin/a.cgi?a=46159 (2644 words)

	Omaha, Nebraska NE, city profile (Douglas County) - hotels, festivals, genealogy, newspapers - ePodunk (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Omaha became a transportation hub after construction of the Union Pacific Railroad in the 1860s.
		At the time of the 2000 census, the per capita income in Omaha was $21,756, compared with $21,587 nationally.
		Median rent in Omaha, at the time of the 2000 Census, was $471.
	www.epodunk.com /cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=27514 (853 words)

	Omaha, Nebraska - www.1-omaha.com
		North Omaha just north of downtown Omaha, is the urban center and one of Omaha's most trendy communities.
		Though located at approximately the same latitude as Rome Italy, Omaha, by virtue of lying near the center of the North American continent, far from either large bodies of water or mountain ranges, has a typically continental climate, with hot summers and cold winters.
		Omaha has a number of Catholic/parochial high schools: Duchesne Academy of the Sacred Heart, Gross, Marian, Mercy, Roncalli, and Skutt.
	www.1-omaha.com (3878 words)

	Omaha Heritage Project
		The articles presented here were selected from the Omaha Selected Bibliography compiled by Thomas P. Myers.
		This collection spans more than a century of Omaha scholarship and covers topics such as language, mythology, politics, and material culture.
		The Religion of the Omahas and the Poncas
	libr.unl.edu:2000 /omaha/etexts (204 words)

	ICT [2000/03/29] Omaha tribal songs fill the web
		The Omaha Indian Tribe from Nebraska, with the aid of American Folklife Center, is using the World Wide Web to help preserve their language and songs.
		Included in the collection are interviews with Omaha tribal members that provide information about the traditional songs performed.
		What is of great interest on the Omaha recordings are the similarities between the songs recorded more than 100 years ago and those performed today.
	www.indiancountry.com /content.cfm?id=2593 (337 words)

	Song Collections & Indexes - Links - from The Ballad Tree
		About twenty great and classic songs have been collected by the Democratic Socialists of America.
		Cowboy songs and romanticized history of the Old West can be found at the site of this performing group.
		Hundreds of songs that are either anonymous (folk songs) or are in the public domain: blues, spirituals, popular songs from 3 centuries arr.
	www.balladtree.com /links/songs.htm (1287 words)

	Omaha
		Omaha, Nebraska, 19th June 1977 - here we have first 1977 concert released in its entirety (well, almost).
		The years ago, when I saw the CBS TV special (longer version) for the first time, I was surprised how little songs from Omaha were used in this project, majority was from Rapid City, after listening of this CD I know why.
		Bad Rock'n'Roll medley follows and after this Elvis said: "Ah, this next song is the song that we did in a ablom, ablom (he think album !?), it's called And I Love You So".
	www.aha.ru /~hse/omaha.htm (1116 words)

	CD Baby: New WORLD: Native American
		Beginning with the efforts made by Francis La Flesche, the son of an Omaha chief and the 19th century historian, Alice Fletcher to document and immortalize Omaha Indian musical culture, a fascinating picture of their dance styles has now evolved.
		Omaha Indian History in Movement: Dances have always been a very important part of the life of the Omaha Indians.
		It is unique in its nearly exclusive emphasis on singing, its palpable connection to the spiritual realm, and its approach to song lyrics constitutes an essential part of the poetry.
	www.cdbaby.com /new/213?skip=10 (984 words)

	Omaha, Nebraska
		U.S. President Gerald Ford was born in Omaha, however, he spent only his early childhood there.
		Omaha is now home to the AHL franchise, the Omaha Aksarben Knights, farm team to the Calgary Flames.
		Today, after the reorganization of the rail industry, only the Union Pacific, Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF), and Canadian National are left, although Omaha remains a major rail center.
	creekin.net /c7719-n232-omaha-nebraska.html (2552 words)

	Guitar Omaha, NE - Douglas, Nebraska Guitar Players, Omaha Guitar Players
		Here are the online press kits of 50 professional Omaha guitarists and guitarists who will travel to Omaha to perform at your event.
		Please note, in addition to Omaha, these guitar players will also travel to Carter Lake, Bellevue, Council Bluffs, Boys Town, Papillion, St Columbans, Crescent, Bennington, Richfield, Fort Calhoun, Elkhorn, Honey Creek, Mc Clelland, Mineola, Springfield, Washington, Cedar Creek, Gretna, Underwood, Kennard and many other locations in and around the Omaha area.
		Please note, in addition to Omaha, these guitar players also serve the surrounding towns of Carter Lake, Bellevue, Council Bluffs, Boys Town, Papillion, St Columbans, Crescent, Bennington, Richfield, Fort Calhoun, Elkhorn, Honey Creek, Mc Clelland, Mineola, Springfield, Washington, Cedar Creek, Gretna, Underwood, Kennard and many other locations in and around the Omaha area.
	www.gigmasters.com /Guitar/Guitar_Omaha_NE.asp (846 words)

	Songs for a New World (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Our lives are filled with these moments of change, when we are suddenly forced to view our lives from a new perspective.
		From TONY AWARD WINNER, Jason Robert Brown, Songs For A New World is a musical revue, a song cycle about these moments.
		From the deck of a Spanish sailing ship in 1492 to the mythical North Pole to the very real inner-city of today, this fresh, pop-influenced score will excite all audiences.
	www.stagesofomaha.com /show_04_songs.htm (116 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)