Word: extravaganza
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...into a film. Gore didn't think it would work as a movie. It has now grossed $50 million globally and sold more than 1.5 million DVD copies, and its viral effect continues. In Los Angeles, producer Kevin Wall saw it and decided to put on the global extravaganza called Live Earth. In Washington, a retired Republican businessman named Gary Dunham-in town from Sugarland, Texas, for his wife's Daughters of the American Revolution convention-saw it and started giving his own version of the show to anyone who would listen. Dunham became the first of more than...
...With the 21st century only months away, millennium fever has struck Ethiopia with a vengeance. Across the capital, Addis Ababa, electronic signboards count down the days until the big event. Lavish events have been organized, ranging from a $2 million "musical extravaganza" to a soccer tournament that may include teams from Yemen, Spain and Germany. (The Ethiopian Tourism Ministry notes that teams from these countries have been invited to attend the millennium match-up, but their participation, sadly, has not yet been confirmed.) Best of all, as befits a country that has produced some of the world's best long...
...HRDC.” Poppel explains. “Lots of freshmen and sophomores are getting their Mainstage debut, while it’s Mary’s last show. And Aidin’s too—this is kind of her going out of business extravaganza,” referring to Aidin E. W. Carey, ’07, light designer. At least among the HRDC, there’s a good amount of buzz circulating about “The Way of the World,” the staff says. With tag lines like...
South Asian Fashion Extravaganza Lowell House Dining Hall...
Every year, the yearlong efforts of Boston-area schoolchildren culminate in an end-of-the-year extravaganza called KIDSHOW. The performance is coordinated by STAGE (Student Theater Advancing Growth and Empowerment), an after-school program that works at five different sites in and around Boston. In the group, Harvard undergraduate volunteers try to teach children important life skills through a performing arts curriculum. “Theater is this really powerful tool, not just for performing arts,” says former STAGE President, current board member, and after-school volunteer Christopher W. Lawton...