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National Velvet The lead single, "Sex Gorilla", became an 'IN' joke because it was originally called "Sasperilla" (named after the soft drink from the 1930's) but audiences kept misinterpreting the lyrics so the band changed the title of the song. Six months after the formation of the band they released an independent, self-titled EP featuring the radio played "Flesh Under Skin". 1986 National Velvet [4 song EP] (National Velvet) acmi.canoe.ca /JamMusicPopEncycloPagesN/national.html

National Velvet National Velvet is the name of a 1980's band from Canada. National Velvet is the story of a girl Brown who attempts to ride her horse victory in the Grand National steeplechase. Some of the popular songs by the band were "68 and "Sex Gorilla". www.freeglossary.com /National_Velvet

National Velvet National Velvet is the name of a 1980's rock band from Canada. National Velvet is the story of a girl, Velvet Brown, who attempts to ride her horse to victory in the Grand National steeplechase. Some of the most popular songs by the band were "68 Hours" and "Sex Gorilla". pedia.newsfilter.co.uk /wikipedia/n/na/national_velvet.html

Brass band - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Lochgelly Band, a Scottish colliery band, circa 1890 National and state contests are generally of the same format: a set test piece for each grade, a hymn, an own choice piece (usually of the same standard as the test), and a street march. Brass bands in the British tradition are limited to cornets, flugelhorns, tenor horns, baritones, euphoniums, trombones, tubas (known as basses in brass bands), and percussion; but not trumpets or french horns, since they are orchestral and Concert band instruments. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Brass_band   (1606 words)

VC Industry Info/Band Stats Velvet Chain's appearance on the "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" television show has helped the band develop a rapidly growing mailing/email list (core fan base) of nearly 10,000 fans internationally. Velvet Chain appears as the fourth track on the record, directly following the band "Garbage." Currently, Velvet Chain's music is being used consistently on the MTV series, "Live Through This," and is being considered for that show's soundtrack album. Their previous release, in April 2000, was a full-length studio album entitled, "Moody Groove Music." The band independently produced 2 full-length albums in the year 2000, and is currently recording another full-length studio album slated for October, 2001 release. www.lama.com /velvetchain/epkindustryinfo.html   (1606 words)

The National (band) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The National is an indie rock band from Brooklyn, New York, founded in 1999 by friends (including two pairs of brothers) from Cincinnati, Ohio. The band's morose, self-deprecating lyrics are written and sung by Matt Berninger in a distinctive, deep baritone. Their latest album, Alligator, was #2 in Planet Sound's Top 50 albums of 2005, losing out to Bright Eyes, but beating the likes of The Magic Numbers, The Wrens, Elbow, Rilo Kiley, Malcolm Middleton, Arcade Fire, My Morning Jacket and Hard-Fi. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_National_(band)   (278 words)

$$Dr.Velvet$$ His father would give him Fabulous Thunderbirds and Duke Robillard records and say, "If you want to be a good guitar player, learn all these solos, every note!" At 15 Nick was playing guitar with his father's blues band, Mike Curran and the Tremors. On Doctor Velvet, his national debut recording on Blind Pig Records, the young guitarist/vocalist displays a veteran's mastery of the nuances of roots rock and blues idioms. Living Blues noted that Curran's "secure, uncompromising musical vision and in-the-red recording concepts leave most modern blues bands behind." A few months after the release of this album, Curran decided to move to Austin, where he knew there was a large pool of talented players. ebizmusicpro.com /nickcurran/nick.html   (278 words)

Australian Folk Songs - The Black Velvet Band, music, lyrics, photos, poetry Australian Folk Songs - The Black Velvet Band, music, lyrics, photos, poetry The Black Velvet Band tells about the transportation of prisoners from Belfast to Port Arthur in Van-Diemen's Land - meaning of course Tasmania. Typically up-beat and optimistic with just that little twist of sadness as most of these traditional Irish tunes have. www.imagesaustralia.com /blackvelvetband.htm   (278 words)

Velvet Chain - index page - Free MP3 downloads, CDs, Bio Info, Tour Dates, Lyrics and More!" Velvet Chain is a less synthetic band than the Sneaker Pimps but has the same gothic, glam style with a rocker's aesthetic. Velvet Chain wrote and performed the show's theme song, and was the "house band" for the show. Velvet Chain is the kind of danceable power pop that causes body parts to shake while simultaneously infecting your lounge lizard leanings with its keen keyboards and pensive percussion. www.iuma.com /IUMA/Bands/Velvet_Chain   (278 words)

The Famous Maroon Band He is affiliated with the College Band Directors National Association, the International Association of Jazz Educators, the National Band Association, the Mississippi Bandmasters Association, and Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia. She is the Director of the State Band Camp, which is a summer workshop for high school and middle school students and also serves as Coordinator for the Mississippi State University Band Directors Institute, which provides inservice training for instrumental music educators in the region. Lance served as band director at the junior high and high school level in the state of Mississippi where her bands consistently received superior ratings in all categories. www.msstate.edu /org/band/directors.html   (836 words)

Youth Brass The National Youth Brass Band of New Zealand had its beginnings in 1959 with courses organised in various towns on an irregular basis and one overseas tour to Australia in 1991. To mark 50 years since the National Band of New Zealand won the British Open the Brass Band Association of New Zealand are sending their highly acclaimed National Youth Brass Band to visit Wales and England in April 2003. Many band members have gone on to professional careers in services bands, the NZ Symphony Orchestra, professional conducting and of course the National Band of New Zealand. www.geocities.com /nzbrass/NZ_Youth_Band.html   (774 words)

Air National Guard Band of the Northwest This 40 member band is attached to the 141st Air Refueling Wing of the Washington Air National Guard, under the command of Captain Jim Phillips. The Band of the Northwest rehearses and records in a state of the art facility which was built in 2001 with design input from musicians, sound technicians, and acousticians. The versatility of this band lies in the ability of the 40 members to act as ten separate performing groups, including everything from the more formal concert and ceremonial bands to a cooking jazz combo, a swinging big band, a hot dixieland group, a rock band covering current hits, and a variety of chamber ensembles. www.wafair.ang.af.mil /band.htm   (381 words)

USC: School of Music: Ensembles: Carolina Bands: Marching Band He is a Past-President of both the National Band Association and the Southern Division of the College Band Directors National Association. The Palmetto Concert Band was honored in presenting the Grand Finale Concert at the 1999 Midwest International Band and Orchestra Clinic. The USC Symphonic Band under the direction of Jim Copenhaver is one of the premier university concert bands in the nation. www.music.sc.edu /ea/MarchingBand/staff.html   (652 words)

Lassiter marching band wins national band competition Hundreds of supporters braved the chilly night to meet the Marching Trojan Band, which was returning home after winning the Bands of America Grand National Championship on Saturday at the RCA Dome in Indianapolis. Watkins, who has led the band for more than 20 years, said last weekend’s effort is a testament to the quality of the program. Watkins, who has been attending the grand national events for the past 18 years, said this year’s competition was the strongest he has seen. www.lbba.org /Letters/mjd_grandnats_article.htm   (653 words)

GABBF-National Capital Band The National Capital Band was established in 1925 as the ``Washington Headquarters Band'' of the Salvation Army. In the area of recordings, the band became internationally recognized as the first Salvation Army brass band to produce a compact disc of music not previously released in any other compilation. The band's mission is to be an emissary of Jesus Christ through the performance of spiritually inspired music. www.gabbf.com /ncb97.html   (185 words)

ArtsJournal: About Last Night The songs are good, the production (by Krauss and the band) spare and transparent, the mood mostly melancholy, with just enough moments of up-tempo ecstasy to add spice. As if by prearrangement, the rest of the band abruptly fell silent, and as I switched hastily to the lead, it hit me that the song was playing in C major, Andy Williams’ key, suitable only for very high baritones. They did and do, but if you were to see me thrashing around up there, trying without success to figure out which corner to grab first, you wouldn’t know whether to laugh or cry. www.artsjournal.com /aboutlastnight/index.shtml   (185 words)

Harold Bachman Band Collection A much sought-after guest conductor, contest judge, sight-reading instructor, and clinician at band festivals during the remainder of his life, Bachman became one of the true leaders of the development of the school band movement in Florida and in all corners of the country. In 1948, a mandate for the improvement of band music at the University of Florida by its new president, J. Hillis Miller, brought Bachman to Gainesville as the new director of bands. Bachman’s leadership of military, professional, and student bands through countless performances during the first three-quarters of the twentieth century inspired others to dedicate themselves to band music and created a positive training ground for talented young musicians and composers. web.uflib.ufl.edu /spec/archome/MS39.htm   (1186 words)

Bembeya Jazz - Home Page Soon, they were winning regional and national contests, and by the mid-60s they were certified as a national band and moved to the capital, Conakry. Sekou says that each of the national bands had its own arranger and arranging style, and that the competition was fierce, but friendly. This was the year that a band was formed in Beyla, a remote town in Guinea's far south-east corner, near the border with Cote D'Ivoire. www.ritmoartists.com /Bembeya/Bembeya.htm   (1028 words)

National Concert Band Festival Honor Band of America members are eligible for nomination for The Revelli Scholarship, a $1,000 scholarship awarded to a National Concert Band Festival participating senior intending to pursue a career as a music educator. The Honor Band has received international accolades in recent years, with a performance by invitation at the World Association of Symphonic Bands and Ensembles in 1997 and a concert tour of Japan in 1999. Honor Band of America members are chaperoned by Bands of America, with a staff of parents and teachers assigned to make sure they have a safe, educationally sound and positively life-changing experience. www.bands.org /public/events/ncbf/hboa_info.asp?section=3   (956 words)

The Kiel Municipal Band In 1954 the KMB was the first community band to appear at the Mid-West International Band and Orchestra Clinic in Chicago and made a return appearance in 1979. The KMB is one of the few civilian bands accorded the honor of playing a concert in the amphitheater at Arlington National Cemetery, this occurring in our nation's Bi-Centennial year. In 1985 the KMB was the host band for the American Bandmasters Association convention held in Kiel and Kohler. www.kielwi.org /kmb.html   (741 words)

Minnesota Band Directors Association » Honor Bands The MBDA Honor Bands provide the opportunity for select students from across the state of Minnesota to immerse themselves in an invigorating environment of music-making under the direction of a distinguished guest conductor. The Minnesota Band Directors Association sponsors two honor bands annually, one comprised of students in grades 6, 7 and 8, and another comprised of students in grades 9 and 10. Any participant who is absent from a scheduled Honor Band activity (ie: rehearsal, sectional, meal, break time, etc.) other than in a case of severe illness or unforseen emergency, shall forfeit their place in the Honor Band and be asked to hand in their folder before being dismissed. www.mbda.org /honorband.asp   (1074 words)

Fort Mill High Band Staff Carney is coordinator of instrumental jazz studies for the Fort Mill band program and holds memberships in the College Band Directors National Association, National Band Association, MENC, SCMEA, IAJE, South Carolina Band Directors Association, and Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia. His professional affiliations include the Music Educators National Conference, South Carolina Music Educators Association, and the South Carolina Band Director's Association. Bands under his direction have received numerous state, regional, and national awards at marching and concert events. www.fort-mill.k12.sc.us /fmhs/band/Staff.html   (569 words)

The United States Air Force Band Washington, D.C. Included among these are the American Bandmasters Association, National Band Association, World Association of Symphonic Bands and Ensembles, College Band Directors National Association, Music Educators National Conference and The Midwest Clinic. Remaining true to the Air Force's pioneering spirit, the Concert Band has established an international reputation as a champion of new works for band, with dozens of world premieres to its credit. In fact, the Band sponsors a biennial competition to ensure that new compositions will continue to be produced. www.usafband.com /right_intro_concert.cfm   (237 words)

Northshore Concert Band - About Us - NCB History - Former Music Directors He is the national recipient of the Stanbury Award for outstanding teaching and conducting and the winner of the William D. Revelli Award. A native of California, he was Director of Bands at the University of California-San Diego, in addition to teaching music at the high school level in Pasadena and Buena Park. John Lynch was Music Director of Northshore Concert Band and Associate Director of Bands at Northwestern University from the fall of 1999 through summer of 2002. www.northshoreband.org /about/former_directors.asp   (1267 words)

LSU Band Dept. Staff In addition she has performed with the National Symphony, U.S. Navy Band (Washington, D.C.), U.S. Army Band (Washington, D.C.), Tallahassee Symphony, the Tampa Bay Opera Orchestra, and has toured with the Johnny Mathis and Barry Manilow Orchestras. His Tuscaloosa County High bands consistently received all superior ratings at marching competitions throughout the state of Alabama, received Superior ratings at the Alabama State Concert Band Festival, and were winners of the Festival of Champions Concert Band Competition in Tampa, Florida. Preveiously, he served as the Associate Director of Bands and Assistant Professor of Saxophone at Tennessee Tech University, where he was responsible for the direction of the Golden Eagle Marching Band, the University Concert Band, and the Golden Eagle Brass. www.bands.lsu.edu /staff/grad_assistants.php   (1416 words)

NationalBand The NATIONAL BAND's music appeals to all ages and musical tastes and has thrilled millions of listeners and won rave notices from critics at many of the worlds foremost attractions. The highly professional standard attained by the NATIONAL BAND OF NEW ZEALAND makes it difficult to realise that the members are all amateur musicians, selected from almost 100 community bands throughout the nation and representing all walks of life. The National Band of New Zealand was first formed in 1953, and has been assembled every two to four years. www.geocities.com /nzbrass/National_Band.html   (229 words)

Tostitos Fiesta Bowl - National Band Championship Fiesta Bowl National Band Championship is an unforgettable trip for band students, a rare chance to see many of the finest high school marching bands from all parts of the country. Band directors from across the Valley will join the event in judging each performance with criteria based on musical performance, visual performance and general overall effect. Featuring more than 3,000 of the nation's top musicians and color guard members from high schools across the nation, the young men and women participating have dedicated themselves to an important endeavor that builds teamwork, self-esteem and time management skills among many. www.tostitosfiestabowl.com /events/band.html   (310 words)

National Convention - National Intercollegiate Band The 1999 National Intercollegiate Band Concert was conducted by Dr. David A. Waybright from the University of Florida. Lee Bowling, Kappa Kappa Psi National President (Alpha Iota) from 1941-1947, is regarded as the Founder of the National Intercollegiate Band. However, due to the Declaration of War and subsequent changes in the nation, the national conventions scheduled for 1943 and 1945 were not held. www.kkytbs.org /nib.htm   (1399 words)

Our conductors She is a member of the National Education Association, the National Band Association, Phi Beta Mu, and the Mississippi Bandmasters Association. She has served as state chair and national representative for the National Band Association, the College Band Directors' National Association, and on the Board of Directors for Phi Beta Mu. Fraschillo is currently in her sixth year as band director at N.R. Burger Middle School in Hattiesburg, MS where she also serves as chair of the Department of Fine and Performing Arts. www.gmea.org /info/Band/cond_band.htm   (1021 words)

index2 They formed a close friendship, and Nez was asked to join a band Red Rhodes had just formed with longtime Nesmith pal John London (bass) and Linda Rondstadt's drummer Johnny Ware called "The First National Band". The name changed to "Michael Nesmith and The First National Band" and they quickly enjoyed great success....critically that is! Signed to RCA Records, the execs had trouble figuring out just what kind of music it was....partly country, partly rock, so they released the most mainstream-sounding single from the first album "Magnetic South", "Little Red Rider". Red then went on to play on over dozens more albums throughout the '70s (all are listed below), while finding time to record one more solo LP: "Velvet Hammer in a Cowboy Band" in 1972. members.aol.com /JoeAlterio/redrhodes.html   (1021 words)

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