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Michael "Roxy" Roxborough (born 1951) is an American odds maker, syndicated columnist, teacher and author. He is best known as founder and owner of Las Vegas Sports Consultants (1982–1999), the international odds making company licensed by the Nevada Gaming Control Board .
Roxborough is a neighborhood in Northwest Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.It is bordered to the southwest, along the Schuylkill River, by the neighborhood of Manayunk, along the northeast by the Wissahickon Creek section of Fairmount Park, and to the southeast by the neighborhood of East Falls.
A rent party (sometimes called a house party) is a social occasion where tenants hire a musician or band to play and pass the hat to raise money to pay their rent, originating in Harlem during the 1920s. These parties were a means for Black tenants to eat, dance, and get away from everyday hardship and discrimination.
Genesis'88 was a party promotion crew who threw some of the first acid house parties also known as raves in the United Kingdom from 1988 to 1992. It was founded during 1988 during the UK's discovery of acid house. They were an organisation that staged acid house parties in empty industrial warehouses in London and within the M25 motorway area.
Dreamscape rave at Sanctuary, 1994. The venue became pivotal in the development of numerous underground electronic dance music genres, sub-genres and styles. [6] [7]Owned by Tony Rosenberg, [5] The Sanctuary played host to the UK's biggest dance music promoters of the time, including Dreamscape, [8] Helter Skelter, [9] Slammin Vinyl, Gatecrasher, Hardcore Heaven, Cream, Slinky, Uproar ...
St. Mary's Episcopal Church is home to a non-religious retirement home, known as Cathedral Village. Across Ridge Avenue from St. Mary's are two other locally significant churches: Andorra Baptist Church, headquarters of the Philadelphia Baptist Association, one of the 33 American Baptist regions; and Armenian Apostolic Church of St. Gregory the Illuminator, which serves the Armenian community ...
[8] [9] [10] At that point the scene moved from acid house parties in the centre of London, to raves around the M25 orbital motorway, with Colston-Hayter teaming up with Paul Staines to create Sunrise. Run by Colston-Hayter and Staines, the organisation was occasionally front-page news.
Roxborough Park, Colorado, a census-designated place in Douglas County, Colorado, US Roxborough State Park , and National Natural Landmark, Colorado, US Roxborough Township, Ontario , Canada