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Exotica is the first album by Martin Denny, released in 1957.It contained Les Baxter's most famous piece, "Quiet Village", and spawned an entire genre bearing its name.It was recorded December 1956 in Webley Edwards' studio in Waikiki (not, as often reported, the Aluminum Dome at Henry J. Kaiser's Hawaiian Village Complex).
"Quiet Village" is an orchestral pop instrumental that was written and originally performed by Les Baxter in 1951 and an instrumental album from 1959 by Martin Denny. In the liner notes to his album, Ritual of the Savage (Le sacre du sauvage) , Baxter described the themes he was conveying in the work: [ 1 ]
Georgia Bonesteel (née Jinkinson; born July 21, 1936) [1] [2] is an American quilter. She is the author of several books about quilting, as well as the former host of multiple television programs about quilting, most notably Lap Quilting with Georgia Bonesteel. [3]
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Jacksonville is a city in Onslow County, North Carolina. As of the 2020 census , the population was 72,723, which makes Jacksonville the 14th-most populous city in North Carolina . [ 7 ] Jacksonville is the county seat and most populous community of Onslow County, which is coterminous with the Jacksonville, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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Crown American Realty Trust purchased Jacksonville Mall from Beckley-Jacksonville LP for $38 million in 1998. [6] [7] The mall was an American Red Cross location after Hurricane Floyd in 1999. [8] Belk received a major renovation and minor expansion in mid-2012. [9]
Mrs. Bill Stagg of Pie Town, New Mexico, with her embroidered patchwork quilt that displays all 48 (at the time) United States state flowers and birds, October 1940 Patchwork quilt: 1992 Kentucky State Winner. A patchwork quilt is a quilt in which the top layer may consist of pieces of fabric sewn together to form a design. [1]