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Dating back to the middle ages, British pantomime has absorbed the traditions of Commedia dell'Arte, Harlequinades, Music Hall and slapstick to produce a unique theatrical tradition. Supported by Iavish archive and contemporary photographs, writer Peter Lathan explores the history and development of panto, discovering where panto gags come from, who is considered to be the greatest Dame of all time and why is it that a girl always plays a boy falling in love with a girl whose mother is a man! All our favourite stories are included - from Cinderella and Aladdin to Jack and Beanstalk and Sleeping Beauty - in this ultimate celebration of Britain's unique love affair with panto. ... Read more

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Chapters: British Student Television, Guild Television Birmingham, York Student Television, Ntv. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 46. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Student television in Great Britain sees students from universities and some colleges independently producing content in a set-up similar to a small TV station. Content is not generally broadcast across traditional media, only a select number of stations own cable broadcast networks and dedicated studios. Most Student television stations use the internet as their primary way of distributing content; either on a dedicated website, the university's pages or on video sharing sites such as Youtube and the Scholar Channel. Student television encapsulates a variety of different programming styles and techniques, from large stations funded by their universities and broadcasting into university accommodation and buildings, to a single student uploading vlogs to the web. Some of the British student TV stations are affiliated with the National Student Television Association (NaSTA), which as of October 2009 had 30 affiliated member stations from around Britain. The Association hold an awards ceremony once a year to reward the best work submitted by the member stations across a number of categories. Some student television stations in Great Britain pre-date the founding of some national broadcasters like Channel 4 and Five. Glasgow University Student Television was founded in 1964 and was the first Student TV Station in Great Britain. YSTV, of the University of York, followed in 1967 and was the first in England, Wales would not get its first until 2005, with GlamTV of the University of Glamorgan, QTV of Queens University Belfast was the first in Ireland. During the 1980s many stations collapsed, for one reason or another unab...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=12503044 ... Read more

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Sport in the United Kingdom. Football in Scotland, Cricket in England, Cricket in Wales, History of rugby league, Rugby union in England, History of rugby union, Rugby union in Scotland, Rugby league in England, Rugby league in Scotland, Rugby league in Wales, Rugby union in Wales ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Same Side is officially the second studio album by British singer-songwriter Lucie Silvas. It was released on October 20, 2006 in the Netherlands and is set for a March 12, 2007 release in the UK. The album debuted in the Dutch Albums Chart at number five. In the same week, the former album Breathe In rose from number seventy-four (74) to sixty-five (65). The Dutch edition of the album includes the song "Everytime I Think of You", a duet with Dutch singer Marco Borsato, as the 12th track of the album with "Stolen" as a hidden track ("Almost" is missing on this edition, too). "Everytime I Think of You" was released as the first single off the album and charted within the Dutch Top 40 at number 35 on downloads only, before rising to Number 1 the following week. ... Read more

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YOU may not dare to admit it, but you probably have a weird and wonderful fascination for the Eurovision Song Contest. Well, it is now high time to come out, be proud and truly celebrate the United Kingdom's golden jubilee association with this annual musical phenomenon. And, at the same time, join in a little contemplation - where does the UK in Eurovision go from here? Flying The Flag affectionately captures the essence of a song fest which exudes a rare and not easily-defined appeal. The book is a light-touch examination of the UK's 50-year participation and spotlights the nation's successes and failures and also the countries that have lined up against us. It includes interviews with some of the major UK Eurovision acts over the years, features the contest likes and dislikes from fans near and far and debates the 21st century challenges facing this great institution with the offices of the European Broadcasting Union and the British Broadcasting Corporation. It's time to Fly The Flag for the good old Royaume-Uni! ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Music of the United Kingdom refers all forms of musicassociated with the United Kingdom and its people since itsformation in 1707. It is informed by the History of theUnited Kingdom as a union of four countries, each withtheir own musical traditions including Church music, courtand popular music that we now term folk music. Church musicand religious music in general had been profoundly affectedby the Reformation from the sixteenth century, whichcurtailed many of the events associated with such music andforced the development of a distinctive national music ofworship and belief. In contrast court music, althoughhaving many unique elements remained much more integratedinto wider European culture, often drawing on composersborn in continental Europe as it developed into modernclassical music. It began to obtain clear nationalidentities in the components of the United Kingdom towardsthe end of the nineteenth century, producing many composersand musicians of note and drawing on the folk tradition. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles!Classical music of the United Kingdom is taken inthis article to mean classical music in the senseelsewhere defined, of formally composed and writtenmusic of chamber, concert and church type asdistinct from popular, traditional, or folk music.The term in this sense emerged in the earlynineteenth century, not long after the UnitedKingdom of Great Britain and Ireland came intoexistence in 1801. Composed music in these islandscan be traced in musical notation back to thethirteenth century, with earlier origins. It hasnever existed in isolation from European music, buthas often developed in distinctively insular wayswithin an international framework. Inheriting theEuropean classical forms of the eighteenth century(above all, in Britain, from the example of Handel),patronage and the academy and universityestablishment of musical performance and training inthe United Kingdom during the nineteenth century sawa great expansion. Similar developments occurred inthe other expanding states of Europe (includingRussia) and their empires. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Woden's Folk is a heathen group based in England in the United Kingdom. The aim of Woden's Folk is to create a new folkish religion for the English, rooted in the worship of the old gods of England. The immediate aim of the group is to prepare the way for the manifestation of the English Avatar, HelgiH, which is said to be a specific form of the god Kalki. This avatar is also described as The Hooded Man, and is seen as an incarnation of Woden. Woden's Folk encourages its supporters to prepare themselves for the possibility of a coming disaster. The group promotes and teaches bushcraft skills, and other survivalist techniques as a means of self-reliance should such an event (or events) come to pass. The year 2012 is frequently referred to as a significant date in England's future. ... Read more

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UK Singles Chart. Music Week, The Big Top 40 Show, British Hit Singles, One-hit wonders in the United Kingdom, UK Official Download Chart, UK Indie Chart, NME ... Read more

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Chapters: Royal Ballet School, Elmhurst School for Dance, English National Ballet School, Central School of Ballet, Bush Davies School of Theatre Arts. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 25. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt:The Royal Ballet School is one of the most famous classical ballet schools in the world and is the associate school of The Royal Ballet, a leading international ballet company based at the Royal Opera House in London. The school comprises a lower school (11-16yrs) based at White Lodge, Richmond Park, and an upper school (from 16yrs) based in purpose built studios on Floral Street in Covent Garden, which also have direct access to the Royal Opera House. The school exists exclusively to provide specialist co-educational training in classical ballet, with graduates achieving employment with professional ballet companies worldwide. The Royal Ballet School is most noted for training some of the most celebrated ballet dancers and choreographers of the 20th century, including Dame Margot Fonteyn, Dame Beryl Grey, Sir Kenneth MacMillan, Darcey Bussell and Alessandra Ferri. The Royal Ballet School also trained Dame Monica Mason, a former ballerina of the Royal Ballet, who is now the companies' Artistic Director. Graduates of the school have also achieved employment in musical theatre, contemporary and jazz dance, television and film. In 1926, the Irish-born dancer Ninette de Valois founded the Academy of Choreographic Art, a dance school for girls and the predecessor of today's Royal Ballet School. Her intention was to form a repertory ballet company and school, leading her to collaborate with the English theatrical producer and theatre owner Lilian Baylis. Baylis owned the Old Vic theatre and acquired Sadler's Wells theatre in 1925. In 1928, she engaged de Valois to sta...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=1347630 ... Read more

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Chapters: Youth Music Theatre: Uk, Royal Academy of Dance, International Dance Teachers Association, Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing, Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music, Dance and Drama Awards, Council for Dance Education and Training, British Association of Teachers of Dancing, Elmhurst School for Dance, London College of Music Examinations, National Association of Teachers of Dancing, Belfast Community Circus School, British Ballet Organisation, Music Medals, Oxford Dance Symposium, Colin's Performing Arts School, Conservatoire for Dance and Drama, Subject Centre for Dance, Drama and Music, Nlspa. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 100. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Youth Music Theatre UK (often known as YMT) is the United Kingdom's biggest provider of music theatre projects for young people. It is one of nine recognised National Youth Music Organisations (NYMOs). At the core of YMT's activity are its residential projects, which usually take place during the summer. Young people from around the country audition for eight new pieces of musical theatre which are then developed, rehearsed and staged in professional theatres. The young people have a hand in creating and devising original pieces, supported by theatre professionals. The company also runs non-audition courses, called The Studio, and operates a successful outreach programme, working with young people from disadvantaged backgrounds. All of the company's projects are specially commissioned and often developed over two or more summers. Productions often transfer into larger venues during the autumn and spring. The company was founded in 2003 and is based in Battersea, London. It also has a regional office in Edinburgh. Its executive producer is Jon Bromwich. Zoë Wanamaker and Rob Brydon are the Patron...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=19158734 ... Read more

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'The year has, indeed, begun in gloom. The King ill, and Kipling dead ...' so wrote the diarist Chips Channon in 1936 as George V lay on his deathbed at Buckingham Palace. The passing of two such pillars of the establishment sent tremors through the nation and heralded the ending of the old order. 1936 was to be an extraordinary year: at home social and constitutional crisis threatened, while in Europe, the dictators were on the march. It was the year of the abdication and civil war in Spain. The tectonic plates of history were shifting - Britain would never be the same again. The Last Dance is told using the accounts of those who lived through this turbulent period. Through extracts from diaries of shopkeepers, socialites,bishops, and volunteers in Spain, and the memoirs of the unemployed, housewives and hostesses, as well as the contemporary accounts of politicians, journalists and poets, Blakeway offers a compelling and vivid account of a turning point in our nation's story. ... Read more

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This work deals with a story all too familiar to farmers in Britain - that of the break-up of a family farm and the passing of the land into the ownership of agribusiness and strangers. Although the theme is serious, it reflects the author's sardonic and humorous view of farming struggles. ... Read more

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This is a book for teachers about the "Why?", "What?" and "How?" questions which arise when teaching dance. The book offers teachers a flexible resource to be used as they wish, based upon three strands of making, performing and viewing which are emphasized in the National Curriculum. Each unit is a structured approach for a single lesson, with possibilities for development into further related work. Units are grouped into modules of six lessons around a common theme chosen to engage young people's imaginations. Themes reflect topics from other areas of the curriculum, allowing the teacher to integrate the work in dance with classroom activities. The book is aimed principally at teachers of pupils in Key Stage 2 (there is another aimed at teachers of pupils in Key Stage 3), but the presentation is sufficiently flexible to be adapted for other age groups and for pupils with a variety of special educational needs. This book is appropriate for all teachers, whatever their prior level of dance teaching experience.More experienced teachers will be able to dip into the book as a resource of new ideas and approaches, while less experienced teachers can rely more heavily on the units until they have developed their own blend of styles and themes. Both of the authors have long experience in physical education and dance. Anne Allen is an independent adviser, having been an Advisory Teacher in PE and Dance for the London Borough of Sutton. Janis Coley is a freelance dance and PE teacher, with over 20 years experience with pupils aged 5-21. Both authors serve in the "Dance and the Child International" organization. ... Read more

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Blurring the boundaries between academic and cultural production, this book produces a new understanding of the world significance of south Asian culture in multi-racial societies. One of the first sustained attempts to situate such production within the study of race and identity, it uncovers the crucial role that contemporary south Asian dance music has played in the formation of a new cultural politics. The book opens by positing new theoretical understandings of south Asian cultural representation that move beyond essentialist, outmoded and overdetermined accounts of ethnicity in the cultural studies literature. Contributors then go on to narrate the formation of south Asian expressive culture coming out of the highly charged context of UK black politics. Part three takes on the task of historical recovery, looking at the antecedents of political south Asian musical performance, autonomous anti-racist organizing and problems of alliance with the white left.The final part of the book engages with the movements and translations of cultural productions across the world - not just Britain or south Asia, but also Canada, North America, Fiji, Malasya, Australia, west Africa, Europe etc., but particularly in the fractured spaces of a postcolonial Britain in decline. ... Read more

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A portrait of Granada, the company responsible for "Coronation Street", "Blind Date", Welcome Break motorway services and London's Hyde Park Hotel. Through a series of interviews with City analysts, Gerry Robinson and other Granada executives, the book examines the development of the Granada empire, and reveals how the group's diversified range of operations are organized and brought to life. In doing so, it presents a picture of Gerry Robinson, one of Europe's leading businessmen. It ends with an analysis of Granada's future, at home and abroad, in the eyes of Robinson, his competitors and the City analysts whom he has charmed so far. ... Read more

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G. Douglas Taylor's "Some Traditional Scottish Dances" was first published in 1929 and is thus a valuable link to a bygone age.It contains detailed performance instructions, accompanied by 40 line drawings by Eileen Mayo, for the following dances:The Highland Fling, Highland Laddie, Sean Truibhas, Sword Dance, Some Strathspey Steps for Ladies, Some Reel Steps, Some Reel Steps for Gentlemen, Strathspey & Reel (Foursome), Reel of Tulloch (Reel of Hullachan), The Eightsome Reel, Circassian Circle, The Dashing White Sergeant, Flowers of Edinburgh, Petronella, and Strip the Willow. ... Read more