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1996 Manchester bombing

A Thanksgiving service for the "Miracle of Manchester" was held at Manchester Cathedral on 24 July 2002, to coincide with the arrival of the Commonwealth Games baton, attended by Queen Elizabeth II and The Duke of Edinburgh.

1st Indiana Heavy Artillery Regiment

Companies B and C at Fort Morgan; Companies H and K at Fort Gaines; Companies F and L at Fort Barrancas, Florida; Companies I and M at Fort Pickens, Florida; Companies A, E, and G at Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Company D at Port Hudson, Louisiana.

Alexey Stadler

Recently he performed “Don Quixote” by R. Strauss under the baton of Marek Janowski – a performance was broadcast on the MDR.

Asheville Lyric Opera

The Tenth Anniversary Gala in 2009 featured guests Angela Brown, soprano, Tonio DiPaolo, tenor, and David Malis, baritone, joined by the Asheville Lyric Opera Orchestra and Chorus under the baton of Principal Guest Conductor, Robert Hart Baker.

Ashley Wass

Wass has performed as a soloist with numerous leading ensembles, including all of the BBC orchestras, the Philharmonia, Orchestre National de Lille, Vienna Chamber Orchestra, Hong Kong Philharmonic, RLPO, and under the baton of conductors such as Simon Rattle, Osmo Vanska, Donald Runnicles, Ilan Volkov and Vassily Sinaisky.

Aubrey Murphy

The Love for Three Oranges (Prokoviev) and Rusalka (Dvorak) with Opera Australia (conducted by Richard Hickox on the Chandos label, and with The Australian Ballet under the baton of Nicolette Fraillon.

Basu Chatterjee

Some of his best films are Rajnigandha (1974), Baton Baton Mein, Chhoti si Baat, Shaukeen, Swami, Apne Paraye, Dillagi, Chitchor, Khatta Meetha and Ek Ruka Hua Faisla.

Boštjan Lipovšek

Lipovšek has played under the baton of such conductors as Anton Nanut, Uros Lajovic, Marko Letonja, David de Villiers, S. Pelegrino Amato, Gary Brain, Amy Anderson, Yakov Kreizberg and Sian Edwards.

Cairo Celebration Choir

Also, many members of the Cairo Celebration Choir joined the A Capella Choir (Cairo Opera House Official Choir)in March 2006 for the performance of Gustav Mahler's Second Symphony known as the "Resurrection" under the baton of Gilbert Kaplan.

Concino Concini

Then he obtained successively the governments of Amiens and of Normandy, governor of Péronne, Roye and Montdidier and, in 1613, the baton of Marshal of France.

Darnell Lazare

Lazare played his high school basketball for coach Kenny Almond at Woodlawn High School, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

David Zolkwer

In 2009 he conceived and directed the launch of the Delhi 2010 Queen's Baton Relay from Buckingham Palace and was Artistic Director for the Ceremonies of the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup in South Africa.

Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen

A recording of the aria by Edda Moser, accompanied by the Bavarian State Opera under the baton of Wolfgang Sawallisch, is included in a collection of music from Earth on the Voyager 1 spacecraft.

Douglas Metcalf

He has performed under the baton of James Conlon, Peter Oundjian, Hans Vonk, David Zinman, Robert Stern and chamber music performances with members of the Berlin Philharmonic, Chamber Orchestra of Europe and many others.

East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana

In the 2008 Senate election, Democrat Mary Landrieu who kept her job as a U.S Senator won 57% of the vote and 110,694 votes in East Baton Rouge Parish.

Ellen Bryan Moore

Her father was the warden of the Louisiana State Penitentiary until he was dismissed in a dispute with then Governor Huey P. Long, Jr. Moore spent her early years growing up at the manager's residence when the penitentiary was in Baton Rouge, instead of the present site at rural Angola in West Feliciana Parish near St. Francisville.

Elmo Patrick Sonnier

The service, which was presided over by the bishop of Baton Rouge, Stanley Joseph Ott (typically unheard of for non-well respected members of the Catholic Church), was held at a Baton Rouge area funeral home.

Francisco Coll García

It received its premiere at Auditoro de Torrevieja, Spain by Nicolas Hodges and Valencia Youth Orchestra under the baton of Manuel Galduf.

Gordon Fergus-Thompson

Conductors under whose baton he has performed include Evgenii Svetlanov, Jacek Kaspszyk, Sir Edward Downes, Helmut Muller-Bruhl, Moshe Atzmon, David Atherton and Sir Charles Groves.

Greenville Memorial Auditorium

The most famous concert was Lynyrd Skynyrd on October 19, 1977 - the last concert played by the original band, prior to its plane crash the next day en route to Baton Rouge.

Hoonah Police Department

Officers carry a Glock .40 caliber automatic pistol, Binelli .12 gauge automatic shotgun, Ruger Mini-14 .223 rifle, Taser, telescopic baton and OC pepper spray.

Hyattsville City Police Department

Hyattsville City police officers are currently issued a Beretta PX4 Storm .40 caliber pistol, X26 Taser, ASP collapsible baton, OC spray, handcuffs, and portable radio.

International Public Debate Association

Other schools that host tournaments include the University of Arkansas at Monticello, Stephen F. Austin State University, Bowling Green State University of Ohio, Louisiana State University at Baton Rouge, Union University, Louisiana State University at Alexandria, the University of Central Arkansas, Louisiana State University at Shreveport, Har-Ber High School, East Texas Baptist University, Sam Houston State University, and Mississippi College.

Jake Gibbs

The 7-3 loss cost Ole Miss a chance at the wire service national championships, since those polls were voted upon at the time prior to bowl games and did not take into account Ole Miss' 21-0 humiliation of LSU in the 1960 Sugar Bowl, 62 days after the teams played in Baton Rouge.

Jean-Pierre Canihac

Soloist of international ensembles, he has performed under the baton of Jordi Savall, Jean-Claude Malgoire, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, René Clemencic, Andrew Parrott, William Christie and Philippe Herreweghe.

Jimmy Field

The Democrat Forest Wright finished second in the balloting with 76,336 votes (20.5 percent), and Republican State Representative Erich Ponti of Baton Rouge, trailed in third place with 43,287 ballots (11.6 percent).

John Folse

The show is broadcast on many stations throughout the state of Louisiana, chiefly WBRP TALK 107.3 FM, Baton Rouge.

Juan Carlos Lomonaco

Many pre-eminent soloists have performed under his baton, such as, tenor Juan Diego Florez, Alexei Volodin, Erika Dobosiewicz, Vadim Brodsky, Jorge Federico Osorio, Carlos Prieto, tenor Fernando de la Mora, Cuarteto Latinoamericano, and the French multimedia group Art Zoyd, among others.

Juan Pons

In the summer of 1998 he sang in a production of Pagliacci staged by Liliana Cavani and conducted by Riccardo Muti alongside Plácido Domingo at the Ravenna Festival, to which he later returned in 2001 as Falstaff, once again under the baton of Muti.

Karl Johans Torg

The original intentions of the sculptor was to have the statue facing east, the king's command baton pointing out the obvious enemy on the opposite side of the Baltic.

Kensington Symphony Orchestra

And in 2007, at Cadogan Hall, the Kensington Symphony Orchestra, once again under Russell Keable's baton, accompanied Myleene Klass, Alfie Boe, Natasha Marsh and Natalie Clein for EMI Classics, in a concert celebrating the 10th anniversary of the EMI Music Sound Foundation.

Kirt Bennett

At the time of his death, he was also serving as the treasurer of the Port of Greater Baton Rouge board of commissioners, under appointment from Republican Governor Bobby Jindal.

KPBN-LP

In 1995, WTVK served as Baton Rouge's first WB affiliate with a secondary affiliation with America One, yet the station failed to secure a spot on Baton Rouge's cable lineup and had a broadcast range of only six miles.

Lam Jones

Running anchor for Class 3A Lampasas High School, Jones took the baton in last place, reportedly 40 to 60 yards behind the leaders, and passed the entire field for victory.

Louisiana Culinary Institute

The Mayor of Baton Rouge, Mayor-President Kip Holden, declared March 20, 2009 to be "Louisiana Culinary Institute Day," and awarded members of the team the titles of "Honorary Mayor-Presidents" of Baton Rouge and East Baton Rouge Parish.

Louisiana in the American Civil War

On January 8, 1861, Louisiana Governor Thomas Overton Moore ordered the Louisiana militia to occupy the Federal arsenal at Baton Rouge and the Federal forts guarding New Orleans, Jackson and St. Philip.

Luigi Marini

In 1929 he sang this role in the first complete recording of Andrea Chénier made together with Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro alla Scala di Milano under the baton of maestro Lorenzo Molajoli (Naxos Historical 8.110066-67).

Melinda Schwegmann

Neither Schwegmann, Holloway, nor an African American Republican, Kirt Bennett of Baton Rouge, was competitive against Mitch Landrieu.

New York State Bridge Authority

The officers are unarmed, but are equipped with a baton, can of pepper spray, handcuffs, whistle, flashlight, reflective traffic vest, bullet resistant vest, and a radio that is directly linked to the Central Dispatcher and other officers.

Omaha Symphony Orchestra

In 2002, under the baton of then-Music Director Victor Yampolsky, the orchestra performed the world premiere of Philip Glass's Piano Concerto No. 2 (After Lewis and Clark).

Plate trick

Figure-eight twirling used in baton twirling, staff twirling in martial arts, and swordsmanship, provides a similar demonstration.

Rob Couhig

As of 2006, the firm had more than twenty lawyers, a consulting group, and an office in Baton Rouge headed by former Louisiana Attorney General Richard Ieyoub.

Robert Stolz

In later years he used a baton inherited from Franz Lehár, that had been originally owned by Johann Strauss and contained Strauss's initials engraved in silver.

Sigmund Mifsud

Wayne Marshall; in 2008 the Trumpet Concerto in E flat major from Haydn’s Series of Baroque Concerts also with a private orchestra; and in 2006 Shostakovich Concerto in C minor for Piano, Trumpet, and String Orchestra during the Centenary Concert under the baton of Mro.

Soffi Schønning

In 1928 she joined the roster of artists at the Royal Swedish Opera in Stockholm where she made her debut as Gilda in Rigoletto under the baton of Armas Järnefelt.

St Petersburg Ballet Theatre

They travel with their own orchestra under the baton of conductor Alexander Kantorov.

Tanja Becker-Bender

Becker-Bender has performed since age of eleven as a soloist on international stages under the baton of Kurt Masur, Gerd Albrecht, Hubert Soudant and Fabio Luisi with renowned orchestras, such as the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Berlin Konzerthaus Orchestra, the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande and the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra.

Willie Hordge

Hordge received the baton identical to Usain Bolt of Jamaica, and then pulled away from him down the stretch, as he and teammates Ashton Collins, Wes Felix, and Ivory Williams set a new world junior record of 38.92.

WRQQ

On September 25, 2008 the New Orleans Hornets announced that Sunny 103.3 would be the Baton Rouge flagship station for the team's radio network.


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