long it takes to cross France from east to west, so it was an after thought to set out a day early and break the journey in Troyes, and the only accommodation was in a chain ACE hotel We were later to realise how accustomed we'd got to the standard facilities of chain hotels and how quirky and fascinating French chambre d'hôtes (like British B+Bs) can be We spent our next night as the only
BLACKMORE’S NIGHT 20/09 : Paris, Olympia BLIND GUARDIAN 07/09 : Pratteln (Suisse), Z7 30/09 : Anvers (Belgique), Hof Ter Lo 01/10 : Paris, Elysée Mont-martre CANNIBAL CORPSE 04/11 : Rennes, Antipode DAGOBA 09/09 : Raismes, Raismes Fest 22/09 : Geneve (Suisse), Transit Fest 24/09 : Lyon, CCO DEEP PURPLE 04/11 : Lille, Zenith DEICIDE 03/07 : Paris, Nouveau Casino HARDCORE
France's triumphant world cup matches Those July 14th fireworks, or what remained of them, came in handy the following day when France won the final, but they had to fight the thunder So it has been a pleasure to spend the past two months staying cool with fans blowing indoors, watching the feast of football and tennis from Roland Garros in Paris and then from Wimbledon, punctuated by the
for Ritchie Blackmore's band Blackmore’s Night in Germany, Czech Republic, France, Denmark, Norway and America Locations have included the legendary Olympia in Paris - where Thomas received standing ovations - the Broadway in New York and in the House of Blues in Chicago In 1999, in the midst of all these concerts, came a turning point: 4 members of the Des Geyers Schwarzer Haufen
Band, Blackmore’s Night and QUOG Recent artist residencies took her to Berlin, Germany, Indianapolis, Oberlin College Conservatory, the Morgan County (WV) Arts Council, the Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts and the City of Long Beach, CA, as well as the Smithsonian Resident Associates Tina teaches, performs, improvises, produces recordings, composes and arranges, writes articles and
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U-boats at night In this work a pas-sion for testing emerged that would later serve him well as he turned his attention from the war effort to fight-ing traffic congestion He rose to the rank of wing com-mander and remained with the RAF until 1959, working for the Air Minis-try in London and then for Nato in France and finally as air attaché at the British Embassy in Beirut He left the RAF