French Dating: MUSIC of another era
Ensemble connects with pupils
PORT ORANGE - The Halifax Consort, an ensemble specializing in performing music from the Medieval and Renaissance Periods, recently appeared at Sugar Mill Elementary School. Pupils from the third-, fourth- and fifth-grades were exposed to a variety of authentic replica instruments including recorders, krummhorns, harpsichord, guitars and a battery of percussion instruments.Fifth-grader Everett Mills, 10, said, "I thought they were awesome!""They...
French Dating: VALUE JUDGMENT
The moment comes just at the end. There's a breathless pause and then -- perhaps -- the appraiser smiles. "I would say this Tiffany lamp is worth $30,000 to $40,000." And the owner looks stunned, shocked and pleased all at once. Moments like these are what viewers of the wildly popular "Antiques Roadshow" on PBS live for: The instant when a treasured object is validated, or a former piece of junk is elevated to prize status....
French Dating: Evening News (Edinburgh): Expect the unexpected from Scots campaign
SO you thought the Greeks sprang an upset at Euro 2004?At 250-1 Scotland's chances of winning the RBS Six Nations Championship, which starts in Paris, Rome and Cardiff this weekend, are more than double that of those offered against Theo Zagorakis and co (in case you've forgotten, he was player of the tournament at Euro 2004). And, while we're on a footballing theme, there can't surely be any quibble with a Scottish rugby team who actually...
French Dating: NEANDERTHALS' DEMISE UPDATED
As familiar as Neanderthals may seem, with their robust bodies, stooped shoulders and beetle brows, the very image of the extinct cave dwellers of popular lore, their place in human evolution and their fate remain deep mysteries.Like modern humans, Neanderthals were presumably descendants of archaic Homo sapiens, but evolved into a distinct branch of the human family over several hundred thousand years, living in relative isolation in Europe and parts of the Middle East. Their brains were...
French Dating: SOUTHERN GENTILITY, HOSPITALITY ABOUND AT MISSISSIPPI INN
Within the past decade, a good deal has been written about the virtues of bed-and-breakfast lodgings, a concept borrowed from small private hostelries in Britain. The idea being, of course, that you check into a private home to spend a night or two and awaken to the smell of freshly brewed coffee, homemade muffins and the sounds of birds chirping or a lawn mower whirring outside the window.From the very first reading, I was not enamored of the idea. Indeed, my feelings bordered on the...
