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...devout Mormon working as an insurance salesman, show business seems like an improbable career switch. But George Osmond was never one to worry about odds. Forty-five years ago, he drove his four sons--whom he taught to sing as a barbershop quartet--to Disneyland for an impromptu performance. It was a big break not only for the Osmond Brothers but also for his five other children--most notably daughter Marie, who hosted a variety show with her brother Donnie in 1976. "We don't care which Osmond is out in front," the patriarch, who had 55 grandchildren, once said...
...Havana Club, 288 Green Street, Central Square, Cambridge. 3) Now Grab Your Partner and Dosy-Do! Every Thursday in October you can put on your cowboy boots and get in line for some dancin’. Sponsored by the Folk Arts Center of New England (inspiring impromptu line dances since 1975). 7:30-10:30 p.m. Concord Scout House, 74 Walden Street, Concord, Mass. Free (western outfit not required). 4) TOGA! TOGA! TOGA! It’ll be just like “Animal House.” Except, it won’t be as fun or wild...
...first playthings. Subsequently laid out against a blue cloth, they created a clay cosmos, around which the group performed a Greek circle-dance. Drawing upon scientific theories of both the Big Bang and the Gaia Hypothesis, Berensohn emphasized the idea that art precedes science in his impromptu dissertations on topics like the Bible, our existence as “terraqueous beings,” and the living goddess that is the Earth.“Clay is made of stardust,” he said.During the dance portions of the workshop, Dakin began with a warm-up that focused...
Other than these bequests, what will remain of Rostropovich? Will his heroic playing be remembered as a cause of history or a futile response to it? Rostropovich famously performed an impromptu solo at the Berlin Wall in 1989, but he did not make it fall. He played with searing passion in London in 1968, but the tanks rolled on Prague regardless. Songbirds can't bring the dawn; they can only endure the darkness until it ends...
...Nine whimsical chalets are set into the lush vegetation, all individually decorated with four-poster beds and terraces looking onto a stream. The live-in owners encourage back-to-basics relaxation: cycling, cooking classes with local ingredients and impromptu arts-and-crafts sessions on the lawn. "A lot of families come here for the relaxed style and open space," says Siwanarak. Handily enough, the valley below is known for its gamut of child-friendly activities, from a monkey school to an orchid farm, go-karting track and, a little further north, the famous Elephant Nature Park sanctuary. For more details...