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The Pillow presents international dance in many forms, styles, and traditions. A performance on the outdoor Henry J. Leir Stage. Pillow founder Ted Shawn was instrumental in beginning the careers of Martha Graham and Jack Cole, and the Pillow has continued this mentoring role in the careers of artists such as Alvin Ailey, José Limón, and Mark Morris.
2016 Grenoside Boxing Day dance. The Long Sword dance (or Longsword dance [notes 1]) is a hilt-and-point sword dance recorded mainly in Yorkshire, England.The dances are usually performed around Christmas time and were believed to derive from a rite performed to enable a fruitful harvest.
Nestled along the western edge of Massachusetts, Berkshire County—and the 30(!) small towns within its midst—shine bright each autumn with famous estates, farm-to-table fare, and ample foliage.
In 1981, Ian Dury left Stiff for Polydor Records. [1] As a cash-in for the Christmas market, Stiff commissioned session musicians to record a version of the Hokey Cokey with a Dury-soundalike vocal from Martin Kershaw, whose credits included guitar on "Kung Fu Fighting" and "Dance Yourself Dizzy", [2] and playing banjo on 120 episodes of the Muppet Show. [3]
Camp Becket, also known as Camp Becket-in-the-Berkshires, is a YMCA summer camp for boys in the Berkshires of western Massachusetts. Founded in 1903 by George Hannum on Rudd Pond in Becket, Massachusetts , it is one of the oldest continually operational summer camps in the United States, and is consistently rated among the best camps of its kind.
The track "Little Drummer Girl" from their Christmas album (2010) was chosen for the Putumayo World Music 2014 Celtic Christmas compilation; [14] [15] the song was also featured on BBC Radio Scotland's Travelling Folk show in December 2012, [16] as well as on the national public service broadcaster of Ireland, Raidió Teilifís Éireann, in ...
Also referred to as the Berkshire Highlands, Berkshire Hills, Berkshire Mountains, and Berkshire Plateau, the region enjoys a vibrant tourism industry based on music, arts, and recreation. Geologically, the mountains are a subrange of the Appalachian Mountains. The Berkshires were named among the 12 Last Great Places by The Nature Conservancy. [2]
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