Learning to Read Music Mike: You have a great voice. You should join our choir. Grace: I dont know anything about music. I cant even read music. Mike: Its not that hard. I could teach you. Look, this is a piece were working on right now. Grace: Whats

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President Bush Attends Celebration of Greek Independence Day THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. Your Eminence, thank you very much. Welcome to the White House. I'm always open for a few suggestions. (Laughter.) You're an easy man to listen to. And I want to

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S: The idea of having Paul McCartney sing a song that I wrote has to be one of the most exciting things of his life. S: But let me tell you. Let me tell you how this happened. Lorne Michaels who is the... S: Saturday Night Live. C: Night Live. S: Goo

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HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I'm Doug Johnson. This week on our program, we report on several events marking American Indian Heritage Month. We listen to music by the Cherokee National Youth Choir Talk about Presi

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By Paula Wolfson Jerusalem 11 January 2008 President Bush says he will return to the Middle East in May to help push the peace process forward and mark Israel's 60th anniversary. VOA's Paula Wolfson reports the president spoke at Israel's main airpor

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Remembering Blues Legend Etta James When Etta James sang Mack Gordon and Harry Warrens At Last, the dozens of other versions by everyone from Nat King Cole to Beyonce seemed to pale in comparison. It was Ettas signature song that launched her acclaim

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Christmas Concert Hits Jazzy Note It's the holiday season in the United States and choirs across the country are staging special Christmas concerts. Typically, the singers are accompanied by pianos, organs and, sometimes, even a full orchestra. But a

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Pope Benedict Leads Last Ash Wednesday Mass A choir sang as the 85-year-old pontiff entered the church, walking on his own, his first public appearance since announcing his resignation earlier this week. Looking somewhat frail in his ceremonial purpl

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US Christians Work with Palestinians on Martin Luther King Play In the film, Al Helm [The Dream]: Martin Luther King in Palestine, an African-American gospel choir travels to the West Bank to work with members of the Palestinian National Theater on a

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RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Protestants have a major birthday to celebrate this year. It has been 500 years since Martin Luther brought about the Reformation. But many Protestant denominations are concerned about a modern phenomenon they see every Sunday -

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Plymouth Plantation Museum Showcases Music Of Pilgrims And Native Americans play pause stop mute unmute max volume 00:0003:50repeat repeat off Update Required To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update

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SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Tamara O'Neal grew up in La Porte, Ind., sang in her church choir and returned every weekend from Chicago, where she was an emergency room physician at a South Side hospital that cares for many who have been shot on the city's stre

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Wenatchee is actually quite musical, I'm pleased to say. There are lots of choirs, trios, quartets, jazz groups, singers, and locations for them to perform. It is a growing trend, as well. Music isn't very well funded in public schools, but the avail

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By Margaret Besheer United Nations 17 April 2008 Pope Benedict XVI arrives in New York City Friday and his first stop will be at the United Nations, where he will address the General Assembly. The pontiff will also meet with the U.N. Secretary-Genera

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Competition Pushes the Limits of Longwood Gardens Organ 全世界最大风琴洛伍德花园风琴 A century ago, American industrialist and philanthropist Pierre du Pont put his fortune to work planting an elaborate garden in Kennett Square, Pennsyl

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By Larry London Washington 05 November 2007 In 1992, three brothers Zac, Taylor, and Isaac formed a band with their family surname, Hanson. Five years later, they released an album called Middle Of Nowhere which contained MMMBop, the song that would

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By Carolyn Weaver New York City 04 May 2007 The sixth annual Tribeca Film Festival, which runs through May 6, features more than 150 films from around the world, including dozens of documentaries and narrative features from the Middle East, Africa an

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U.S. President George Bush is using the latest stop on his European trip to urge what he calls a new era in trans-Atlantic relations. Mr. Bush says the United States and Europe must now do more to help freedom flourish in the Middle East. 美国总统布

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The weeks leading up to Christmas are a busy time for most New Zealanders. We celebrate the end of the school year with concerts or prize giving ceremonies. There are office parties too to celebrate the end of year with work mates. Anyone who belongs

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