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unusual facts about Dion, Pieria



2006 Liberal leadership bid by Stéphane Dion

The Chrétien wing of the party was represented by Chrétien-era Cabinet member Don Boudria, while former John Manley Campaign Chair Herb Metcalfe also signed on to Dion's campaign.

Many threw their support behind Dion, as did former leadership candidates Ken Dryden and Joe Volpe.

Acisclus

However, when he heard Acisclus and Victoria sing songs of joy from within the furnace, Dion had them bound to stones and cast into the Guadalquivir.

Argead dynasty

According to Thucydides, in the History of the Peloponnesian War, the Argeads were originally Temenids from Argos, who descended from the highlands to Lower Macedonia, expelled the Pierians from Pieria and acquired in Paionia a narrow strip along the river Axios extending to Pella and the sea.

Betty Reid-Soskin

She served as field representative for State Assemblywomen Dion Aroner and Loni Hancock, and through that position became involved in the development of the Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front National Historical Park.

Canadian leaders debates

Two parties, the Conservatives and the NDP, opposed the inclusion of the Green Party, citing a deal struck between the Green Party and Liberals where the Liberals would not run in Green Party leader Elizabeth May's riding, Central Nova, and the Green party in Liberal leader Stéphane Dion's riding, Saint-Laurent—Cartierville.

Clarity Act

In Dion's third open letter to Lucien Bouchard, he criticizes the Quebec premier for accepting some aspects of the Supreme Court ruling on Secession (such as the political obligation for the Government of Canada to negotiate secession following a clear expression of will from the people of Quebec) and not other sections of the ruling (such as the need for a clear majority on a clear question and the unconstitutionality of a unilateral declaration of independence).

Dans un autre monde

The video of Céline Dion performing "Dans un autre monde" live was filmed at the Stade de France in Paris, during two sold-out performances on June 19 and 20, 1999.

Des mots qui sonnent

Dion chante Plamondon, 1991 album by Céline Dion, which was released under the title Des mots qui sonnent in Europe, in 1992

Dion McGregor

A third album, The Further Somniloquies of Dion McGregor: More Outrageous Recordings of the World's Most Renowned Sleeptalker was assembled by Toronto poet Steve Venright and released in August 2004 on the Torpor Vigil Industries label.

Dion of Syracuse

Dion was the son of the Syracusan statesman Hipparinus, who had assisted the despot Dionysius I, in the Syracusan army.

Then, Dion's soldiers learned that Dionysius was visiting Caulonia (at the Italian Peninsula), with 80 ships.

Dion, Jordan

HE Major General Qassem Pasha Al-Nasser

Dion, Pieria

The site of ancient Dion was first identified by the English traveler William Martin Leake on December 2, 1806, in the ruins adjoining the village of Malathria.

Dion is the site of a large temple dedicated to Zeus, as well as a series of temples to Demeter and to Isis (the Egyptian goddess was a favorite of Alexander).

Ducking

Clear examples include Céline Dion's "The Power Of Love" where the reverb and delay become audible when Dion pauses and Adele's "Cold Shoulder".

Fred Milano

"A Teenager in Love" / "Ive Cried Before" (1959) - Dion and the Belmonts

Georges Bouton

Georges Bouton was the nominal winner of the 'world's first motor race' on 28 April 1887, when he drove a de Dion-Bouton vehicle 2 kilometers from Neuilly Bridge to the Bois de Boulogne.

Histiaea

Histiaea (now known as Istiaia), the city in Euboea on the NW coast, at the mouth of Callas river, west of Dion.

History of Jordan

During the Greco-Roman period of influence, a number of semi-independent city-states also developed in Jordan, grouped as a Decapolis including: Gerasa (Jerash), Philadelphia (Amman), Raphana (Abila), Dion (Capitolias), Gadara (Umm Qays), and Pella (Irbid).

Huntington Beach Public Library

Shortly before the actual signing of the agreement, Richard Neutra died while on tour and his son, Dion, was retained to design the project.

Je lui dirai

On October 1, 2003 Céline Dion taped the 1 fille & 4 types TV special at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, where she performed this song among others.

Je ne vous oublie pas

Veneruso wrote and produced also four tracks for Dion's next French album D'elles, as well as the lead single from Sans attendre.

Josh Dion Band

Josh Dion Band officially performed their last show on December 31, 2008 as part of a New Year's Eve celebration at the Bitter End in New York City.

La voix du bon Dieu

The album contains Dion's first three singles: "Ce n'était qu'un rêve" (co-written by herself), "La voix du bon Dieu" and "L'amour viendra" (French adaptation of Dario Baldan Bembo's song "Dolce Fiore"), as well as two covers: Renée Lebas' "T'ire l'aiguille" and Berthe Sylva's "Les roses blanches."

Dion collaborated on this project and all her next early French recordings with Eddy Marnay who wrote songs for Barbra Streisand, Édith Piaf, Nana Mouskouri and Claude François among others.

Les oiseaux du bonheur

"Paul et Virginie" (renamed "Virginie... Roman d'amour") and "Les oiseaux du bonheur" could be found on Dion's next Canadian album C'est pour toi.

Ma Nouvelle-France

"Ma Nouvelle-France" was written by Dion's longtime collaborator Luc Plamondon and produced by Christopher Neil ("Think Twice," "Where Does My Heart Beat Now").

Marc Dupré

According to "What's Goin' On", posted on the official website of Céline Dion, "Céline composed the music for this song a few years ago when Marc Dupré married her husband René's daughter Anne-Marie. The concept of the music video is also based on an idea that Céline proposed." The song "Tout près du bonheur" is included on Marc Dupré's first album Refaire le monde.

Mark Marissen

Dion appointed Marissen, Nancy Girard and Senator David Smith as national campaign co-chairs for the Liberal campaign in the federal election which took place October 14, 2008.

Nina Bouraoui

These songs were featured on Céline Dion's latest album, D'elles, which came out 21 May 2007.

Peer Åström

As a result, he was invited to Miami, Florida by Celine Dion and her producer Vito Luprano to work on the rest of the album A New Day Has Come.

René Angélil

Angélil is portrayed in an unauthorized TV Movie Biopic about Celine Dion by Toronto actor Enrico Colantoni.

Roger Scott

The Saturday show featured interviews with many artists, and during this time Scott interviewed Dion, Jackson Browne, Don Henley and many others.

Scott Lochmus

Previously, Mr. Lochmus served as Senior Director at Sony Music Studios, in charge of production, where he directed and produced award-winning videos of every soundtrack recorded by Celine Dion from 1996 to 2008, including her landmark duet with Barbra Streisand, as well as Dion’s “One Year, One Heart” ABC Family TV Special, and two widely acclaimed documentaries, “Let's Talk About Love,” and “Taking Chances,” among others.

Sébastien Izambard

In fact, Ancora, the second album of the group, contains two songs in French: "Je Crois en toi" (a duet partially in French with Céline Dion) and "Pour Que Tu M’Aimes Encore." "I Believe In You" is an original song for both artists, while "Pour Que Tu M'Aimes Encore" is Dion's, considered to be her most famous song in French.

Tellement j'ai d'amour...

With the first single "Tellement j'ai d'amour pour toi" (number 3 in Quebec), Dion won a Gold Medal for the Best Song at the Yamaha Music Festival in Tokyo, Japan.

Tetrapolis

The Syrian tetrapolis of Antioch, Seleucia Pieria, Apamea, and Laodicea

The Colour of My Love Concert

Throughout a concert-length program featuring guests like Peabo Bryson and Clive Griffin, Dion sang also the chart-topping hits: "The Power Of Love" and "Think Twice."

The Del-Satins

There they joined forces with Dion, who wanted to replace his existing backing band, the Belmonts, with a "rockier" sound.

The Power of the Dream

The music video shows Céline Dion performing the song during the opening ceremony of the 1996 Summer Olympics with David Foster on the piano, accompanied by the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and the Centennial Choir (Morehouse College Glee Club, Spelman College Glee Club and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus).

The Very Best of Macy Gray

#"Do Something" 1 (Gray, Darryl Swann, Ruzumna, Dion Murdock, Patrick Brown, Raymon Murray, Rico Wade, Cameron Gipp, Robert Barnett, André Benjamin, Antwan Patton, Thomas Burton, Greg Mays, Daryl Barnes, George Clinton, Jr., Garry Shider, Bernard Worrell) – 4:57

Tougher Than Love

The latter song was covered by Celine Dion on her album Let's Talk About Love, with King as a featured artist on Dion's track.

Tous les secrets

The track was written and produced by Kristian Lundin, who already worked with Dion on hits like "That's the Way It Is" and "I'm Alive," and by Jacques Veneruso who wrote "Sous le vent," "Tout l'or des hommes" and "Je ne vous oublie pas" among others.

Tout l'or des hommes

On October 1, 2003 Céline Dion taped the 1 fille & 4 types TV special at the Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, where she performed this song among others.

Tout près du bonheur

The music video was supposed to be shot in the Mojave Desert but because of Dion's health conditions it was directed May 8, 2006 at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas by Ivan Grbovic.

United States v. Dion

United States v. Dion, 476 U.S. 734 (1986), was a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States which held that, pursuant to the Eagle Protection Act, American Indians were prohibited from hunting eagles.

Van der Leeuw House

Neutra VDL Studio and Residences, known also as Van der Leeuw Research House, Los Angeles, California, designed by Richard and Dion Neutra, listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Yeniköy, Emirdağ

In 1924 following the dramatic events in the War of Asia Minor, the Greek people fled their village and came to stay in Kondariotissa, a town in Pieria in northern Greece.


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