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16 unusual facts about Reunion


Accident on the Saint-Paul ramps

A bus belonging to the transport authority, chartered by diocesan social workers of Father Favron, was transporting parishioners to a construction site in Sainte-Anne, a neighbourhood of Saint-Benoît.

The vehicle involved was in second place in the convoy that was supposed to travel to Sainte-Anne, and the accident took place just a few moments after its departure from the district known as Le Guillaume, where all the victims lived except for two, among whom was the driver, a native of Le Port.

Auguste Vinson

Jean-Dominique-Philippe-Auguste Vinson (4 August 1819, Sainte-Suzanne, Réunion – 27 August 1903, Saint-Denis, Réunion) was a French physician and naturalist.

French Southern and Antarctic Lands

The islands in the Indian Ocean are supplied by the special ship Marion Dufresne sailing out of Le Port in Réunion Island.

Gilbert Aubry

Gilbert Guillaume Marie-Jean Aubry (born 10 May 1942 in Saint-Louis, Réunion) is the Réunionnais bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint-Denis-de-La Réunion.

La Grande Chaloupe

La Grande Chaloupe is a village on the island of Réunion, an overseas region of France in the Indian Ocean, located on its northern coast between Saint-Denis and La Possession.

La Reunion

Réunion, an island in the Indian Ocean east of Madagascar

Leopard moray eel

The Leopard moray eel is widespread throughout the Indo-Pacific oceans from Réunion to the Hawaiian, Line and Society Islands, north to southern Japan, southern Korea, and south to New Caledonia.

Maïdo

The Maïdo is a volcanic peak on the island of Réunion, located above the city of Saint Paul and overlooking the "Cirque de Mafate".

Moraingy

It has since become popularized throughout Madagascar, but particularly in coastal regions, and has spread to neighboring Indian Ocean islands including Reunion, Mayotte, Comoros, Seychelles and Mauritius.

Réunion Cuckooshrike

The Réunion Cuckooshrike (Coracina newtoni) is a critically endangered forest bird from the island of Réunion in the Indian Ocean.

Reunion, Florida

It is the only resort in the world featuring three signature golf courses designed by legendary golfers, Jack Nicklaus, Tom Watson and Arnold Palmer.

Developed by Bobby Ginn, owner of Ginn Racing, Reunion is part of the OrlandoKissimmee Metropolitan Statistical Area, Reunion is situated on 2,226 acres and is a planned Development of Regional Impact (DRI) planned for 6,233 residential dwelling units, 1,574 hotel rooms, 140,000 SF of office space and 484,000 SF of retail space according to the Osceola County Planning Office.

Rivière de l'Est

It flows northeast from the southeast of the island, reaching the sea between the towns of Sainte-Anne and Sainte-Rose.

Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint-Denis-de-La Réunion

The seat of the bishop is Cathédrale Saint-Denis in Saint-Denis.

Santa Apollonia

Réunion island, known as Santa Apollonia when it was ruled by the Portuguese


Alex Hassilev

The original Limeliters (Lou Gottlieb, Alex Hassilev and Glenn Yarbrough) had numerous reunion tours throughout the 1970s.

Alte Pinakothek

After the reunion of Bavaria and the Electorate of the Palatinate in 1777, the galleries of Mannheim, Düsseldorf and Zweibrücken were moved to Munich, in part to protect the collections during the wars which followed the French revolution.

Ann Morgan Guilbert

In December 2004, she appeared in the reunion of The Nanny titled The Nanny Reunion: A Nosh to Remember with Fran Drescher, Lauren Lane, Rachel Chagall and other The Nanny cast members.

Béatrice Poulot

Béatrice Poulot (born in 1968 in Saint-Denis, Réunion), who performs as simply Béatrice, is a French singer.

Blair Thornton

Thornton rejoined the "classic" Not Fragile line-up (Randy Bachman, Rob Bachman, and Fred Turner) in 1988 for a reunion tour.

Bruce Zimmerman

Among the television series which Zimmerman has worked on are Desperate Housewives, CSI: NY, K-Ville, The District, Judging Amy, Reunion, So Weird, and Street Time.

David Pajo

Around the middle of 2005, he helped to form the band Dead Child, with Todd Cook (from Shipping News, Retsin, The For Carnation, and Aerial M—and who also played guitar on the 2005 Slint reunion tour), Michael McMahan (from The For Carnation, Starkiller, and Phantom Family Halo—and who also joined Slint on the reunion tour), and Tony Bailey (from Anomoanon, The Party Girls, Verktum, and Aerial M).

David Perper

Perper then joined a brief (1984–85) reunion of The Youngbloods, and is known to have played as a substitute drummer for The Rhythm Rockers (Robert Valdez, guitar; Gil Roman, bass and lead vocals) circa 1990, for one gig at the now defunct Pat O'Shea's Mad Hatter on Geary Boulevard in San Francisco.

Eraserheads: The Reunion Concert 08.30.08

Eraserheads: The Reunion Concert 08.30.08 is a live concert album from the Filipino alternative rock band The Eraserheads; it was released by Sony BMG Music.

Fet-Mats

The philosopher and naturalist Gotthilf Heinrich von Schubert wrote about him in Ansichten von der Nachtseite der Naturwissenschaft, Achim von Arnim wrote a ballad about Fet-Mats, Johann Peter Hebel wrote a short story about him called Unverhofftes Wiedersehen (Unexpected Reunion).

Floyd Talbert

One night he went out on town with Edward Tipper, whom he had believed must have been killed in Caranten, and had a great reunion with him.

Francesco degli Angeli

He made converts, among them the brother of the King and lords of the court, but did not succeed bringing about the reunion of the Abyssinian Church with the Roman Catholic Church, because of opposition from Ethiopian monks.

Gering, Nebraska

Friends, families, Gering High School classmates, and the Old Settlers reunion all congregate in Gering for a weekend full of activities.

Hammerstein Ballroom

Jane's Addiction recorded the 1997 Halloween Show of their reunion tour at the Hammerstein Ballroom - the band's members performing some numbers in their encore from the balcony.

Intriguer

Following the release of Crowded House's reunion album Time on Earth in 2007, Neil Finn announced that the band would re-enter the studio to record a follow-up album which would feature the current lineup, consisting of Finn on vocals, guitars and piano, fellow founding member Nick Seymour on bass guitar, Mark Hart on guitars and keyboards, and then-newcomer Matt Sherrod on drums.

James Getzlaff

In 2005, Getzlaff appeared in Real Gay, a "reunion show" on Logo, hosted by Kim Coles and featuring dozens of LGBT reality show "alumni" from many reality programs.

Jan Bechtum

Recently (late 2007), Jan and the original members of Picture, with Ronald van Prooijen, teamed up for a reunion rehearsal.

Kroke

During a promotional concert for the album, the band met Steven Spielberg, who invited them to perform at the “Survivors Reunion” concert in Jerusalem, Israel and during the Polish premier of the film Schindler’s List.

Linde Nijland

July 2009 Linde was asked by Joe Boyd (former producer of, among others, Nick Drake, Incredible String Band, Fairport Convention, Pink Floyd) to sing the songs "Fotheringay" and "Si tu dois partir" as part of an 'All Star' Fairport Convention reunion concert in the Barbican Hall in London with original Fairport members Richard Thompson, Simon Nicol, Judy Dyble, Iain Mathews, Ashley Hutchings, Dave Mattacks and Dave Pegg.

Live MCMXCIII

Nevertheless, an impromptu one-song reunion in Jouy-en-Josas, France, later that year for an Andy Warhol exhibition set the scene and by 1993, the band had started to rehearse for European and American tours.

Lucky Town

While most of the songs from the album have received little to no performances since the reunion of the E Street Band, "If I Should Fall Behind" was played at every show during the 1999-2000 Reunion Tour and was included in the Live in New York City DVD and CD release.

Lucy Ewing

She is also briefly mentioned in the 1996 television movie Dallas: J.R. Returns, but appears in neither the last episode nor the reunion film.

Ma-V-Elle

Ma-V-Elle performed together for the first time in 13 years with a surprise reunion at the 2013 Pacific Music Awards.

Piton de la Fournaise Volcano Observatory

The Piton de la Fournaise Volcano Observatory is a volcano observatory in the village of Bourg-Murat on the Island of Réunion that monitors the large basaltic Piton de la Fournaise shield volcano.

Prayer for Cleansing

The band performed two reunion shows, the first being on March 13, 2004 at the Tremont Music Hall in Charlotte, North Carolina in front of nearly one thousand fans from as far away as Mexico.

Ramandu's Daughter

Ramandu's Daughter appears in The Last Battle at the Great Reunion, with her husband Caspian, her father Ramandu and her son Rilian.

Red Goodbye

In summer 2009, several months after rock band Creed announced that their reunion album would be titled Full Circle, hundreds of torrents appeared on peer-to-peer file sharing sites labeled as a leaked copy of Full Circle but actually containing Red Goodbye's One Time Mountain, with modified file names and ID3 Tags.

Reunion F.C.

Reunion F.C. is a former Kenyan Premier League club, created from the renaming of Luo Union Football Club in the 1980, in the wake of a purge instigated by the attorney general, Charles Njonjo, against tribally divisive clubs and organizations.

Rick Hurst

Richard Douglas "Rick" Hurst (born January 1, 1946) an American actor who portrayed Deputy Cletus Hogg, Boss Hogg's cousin, in the 1980 to 1983 seasons of The Dukes of Hazzard and most recent The Dukes of Hazzard Reunion in 1997 and Hazzard in Hollywood in 2000.

Scent of Reunion: Love Duets Across Civilizations

Scent of Reunion: Love Duets Across Civilizations is an album by Mahsa Vahdat and Mighty Sam McClain which was originally released in Europe by Kirkelig Kulturverksted in late 2009 and then on May 11, 2010 in North America by Valley Entertainment.

Sheryl Bailey

In 2001, Bailey released Reunion of Souls with guitarist Chris Bergson, featuring Ashley Turner and Sunny Jain.

Spring Reunion

When she runs into an old flame at the reunion (Dana Andrews), it looks as if the two might be meant for each other after all.

Strange Boutique

On Saturday, July 3, 2004, Strange Boutique celebrated a brief reunion in Washington, D.C. The band played at The Black Cat with This Ascension and Siddal.

Suffolk Meadows

Musical artists attending the tenth year reunion concert included Blondie Chaplin, Canned Heat, Country Joe McDonald, John Sebastian, Leslie West, Jorma Kaukonen, Johnny Winter, Paul Butterfield, Rick Danko and Stephen Stills.

Surya Bonaly

Georges and Suzanne initially told the media that their daughter had been born on the island of Réunion, because, as David Wallechinsky's Complete Book of the Winter Olympics explains, they thought this origin sounded more "exotic".

T-Slam

On September 14, 2006, the band played a one-off reunion show with Rami Fortis and Berry Sakharof in Jerusalem.

Tell It to the Frogs

In the episode, Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln) finally reunites with his wife Lori (Sarah Wayne Callies), son Carl (Chandler Riggs) and best friend Shane Walsh (Jon Bernthal), although this reunion is short lived when he decides to return to Atlanta to rescue Merle Dixon (Michael Rooker).

The Devil Makes Work for Idle Hands

The Devil Makes Work for Idle Hands is a greatest hits album released by New Zealand band, Head Like A Hole in 2009 in support of their 2009 reunion tour.

The Fabulous Dorseys

The Fabulous Dorseys is a 1947 fictionalized biographical film which tells the story of Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey, from their boyhood in Shenandoah, Pennsylvania through their rise, their breakup, and their personal reunion.

The Mystics

Phil Cracolici and Ken Filmer were featured with the Brooklyn Reunion in the pledge breaks of Doo Wop 50 when the special was broadcast in May 2000.

The Newry Highwayman

Solas performed it on their first self-titled album and again in their 2006 album Reunion: A Decade of Solas.

The Slave Route Project

The societies of the Indian Ocean, including Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion, Seychelles, came into being at different times through ancient slave trades and the migrations of populations from Africa, Asia and Europe.

Tigertailz

Kerrang! magazine wrote in praise of the reunion; journalist Steve Beebee describing it as "persistently entertaining, with monstrous melodies that reach delirious peaks".

Tom Kubis

Among his television credits are arranging and conducting the CBS Jackie Gleason 30 year Reunion Special and The Bob Newhart 20 Year Anniversary show.

Unquestionable Presence: Live at Wacken

Disc one features the band's reunion performance at Wacken Open Air in 2006 and disc two features a compilation of Atheist tracks from previous albums.

Vista Heights Public School

In 2006, the school celebrated its 50th birthday with an alumni reunion at which Mississauga Mayor Hazel McCallion recalled the first days of the school.

Welcome to the Dance

The band's second post-reunion effort following their reformation as a quartet in 2007, it was written, produced and recorded in Berlin, Los Angeles, and New York between the years of 2008 and 2009, featuring production by Nasri, Hakim Bell, Bill Blast, Adam Messinger, and Aaron Pearce, among others.

World Counter-terrorism Agency

The World Counter-terrorism Agency has appeared in the Hawkeye and Mockingbird related titles New Avengers: The Reunion #1-4 (2009), Hawkeye & Mockingbird #1-6 (2010) and Widowmaker #1-4 (2010-2011).