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Andrea Johanna Maria Vissers (born 29 February 1952) is a Dutch rower. She competed in the women's double sculls event at the 1976 Summer Olympics.
References
External links
Andrea Vissers at World Rowing
Andrea Vissers at Olympics.com
Andrea Vissers at Olympedia
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Claud Hamilton may refer to:
Claud Hamilton, 1st Lord Paisley (1543–1621), Scottish politician
Claud Hamilton of Shawfield (died 1614) Scottish landowner
Claud Hamilton, 2nd Baron Hamilton of Strabane (1606–1638), Irish nobleman
Claud Hamilton, 4th Earl of Abercorn (1659–1691), Irish and Scottish nobleman
GER 'Claud Hamilton', a steam locomotive
Lord Claud Hamilton (1787–1808), British nobleman and politician, son of the 1st Marquess of Abercorn
Lord Claud Hamilton (1813–1884), British nobleman and politician, son of James Hamilton, Viscount Hamilton
Lord Claud Hamilton (1843–1925), British Member of Parliament, son of the 1st Duke of Abercorn
Lord Claud Hamilton (1889–1975), British soldier and courtier, Deputy Master of the Household, son of the 2nd Duke of Abercorn
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Claud Hamilton may refer to:
Claud Hamilton, 1st Lord Paisley (1543–1621), Scottish politician
Claud Hamilton of Shawfield (died 1614) Scottish landowner
Claud Hamilton, 2nd Baron Hamilton of Strabane (1606–1638), Irish nobleman
Claud Hamilton, 4th Earl of Abercorn (1659–1691), Irish and Scottish nobleman
GER 'Claud Hamilton', a steam locomotive
Lord Claud Hamilton (1787–1808), British nobleman and politician, son of the 1st Marquess of Abercorn
Lord Claud Hamilton (1813–1884), British nobleman and politician, son of James Hamilton, Viscount Hamilton
Lord Claud Hamilton (1843–1925), British Member of Parliament, son of the 1st Duke of Abercorn
Lord Claud Hamilton (1889–1975), British soldier and courtier, Deputy Master of the Household, son of the 2nd Duke of Abercorn
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Claud Hamilton may refer to:
Claud Hamilton, 1st Lord Paisley (1543–1621), Scottish politician
Claud Hamilton of Shawfield (died 1614) Scottish landowner
Claud Hamilton, 2nd Baron Hamilton of Strabane (1606–1638), Irish nobleman
Claud Hamilton, 4th Earl of Abercorn (1659–1691), Irish and Scottish nobleman
GER 'Claud Hamilton', a steam locomotive
Lord Claud Hamilton (1787–1808), British nobleman and politician, son of the 1st Marquess of Abercorn
Lord Claud Hamilton (1813–1884), British nobleman and politician, son of James Hamilton, Viscount Hamilton
Lord Claud Hamilton (1843–1925), British Member of Parliament, son of the 1st Duke of Abercorn
Lord Claud Hamilton (1889–1975), British soldier and courtier, Deputy Master of the Household, son of the 2nd Duke of Abercorn
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Claud Hamilton may refer to:
Claud Hamilton, 1st Lord Paisley (1543–1621), Scottish politician
Claud Hamilton of Shawfield (died 1614) Scottish landowner
Claud Hamilton, 2nd Baron Hamilton of Strabane (1606–1638), Irish nobleman
Claud Hamilton, 4th Earl of Abercorn (1659–1691), Irish and Scottish nobleman
GER 'Claud Hamilton', a steam locomotive
Lord Claud Hamilton (1787–1808), British nobleman and politician, son of the 1st Marquess of Abercorn
Lord Claud Hamilton (1813–1884), British nobleman and politician, son of James Hamilton, Viscount Hamilton
Lord Claud Hamilton (1843–1925), British Member of Parliament, son of the 1st Duke of Abercorn
Lord Claud Hamilton (1889–1975), British soldier and courtier, Deputy Master of the Household, son of the 2nd Duke of Abercorn
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Allium tenuiflorum is a Mediterranean species of wild onion found in Algeria, Morocco, Libya, Italy including Sardinia, and the Balkans.Allium tenuiflorum produces a bulb up to 20 mm long. Scape is up to 40 cm tall. Umbel is lax with uneven pedicels. Flowers are bell-shaped, tepals white with green or purple midveins and white anthers. Ovary at flowering time yellow-green.
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Allium tenuiflorum is a Mediterranean species of wild onion found in Algeria, Morocco, Libya, Italy including Sardinia, and the Balkans.Allium tenuiflorum produces a bulb up to 20 mm long. Scape is up to 40 cm tall. Umbel is lax with uneven pedicels. Flowers are bell-shaped, tepals white with green or purple midveins and white anthers. Ovary at flowering time yellow-green.
== References ==
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Allium tenuiflorum is a Mediterranean species of wild onion found in Algeria, Morocco, Libya, Italy including Sardinia, and the Balkans.Allium tenuiflorum produces a bulb up to 20 mm long. Scape is up to 40 cm tall. Umbel is lax with uneven pedicels. Flowers are bell-shaped, tepals white with green or purple midveins and white anthers. Ovary at flowering time yellow-green.
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Dominique Martin Dupuy (1767 – 21 October 1798) was a French revolutionary brigadier general.
The son of a baker from Toulouse, he engaged in the Régiment d'Artois before the French Revolution. In 1791, he was volunteer in the 1st battalion of the Haute-Garonne regiment, where he was soon elected junior lieutenant-colonel. He took part in the repression of royalist insurrections in Ardèche, then joined the Army of Italy, distinguishing himself at the battle of Lonato, where he commanded the 32nd Line Infantry Demi-brigade. Military governor of Milan in 1797, he accompanied Napoleon Bonaparte in the expedition to Egypt, where he wrote, shortly after Pope Pius VI's death : "We are fooling Egyptians with our pretended interest for their religion; neither Bonaparte nor we believe in this religion more than we did in Pius the Defunct's one". He was murdered during the Revolt of Cairo (1798). He had never ceased to correspond with the Jacobins from Toulouse.
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Dominique Martin Dupuy (1767 – 21 October 1798) was a French revolutionary brigadier general.
The son of a baker from Toulouse, he engaged in the Régiment d'Artois before the French Revolution. In 1791, he was volunteer in the 1st battalion of the Haute-Garonne regiment, where he was soon elected junior lieutenant-colonel. He took part in the repression of royalist insurrections in Ardèche, then joined the Army of Italy, distinguishing himself at the battle of Lonato, where he commanded the 32nd Line Infantry Demi-brigade. Military governor of Milan in 1797, he accompanied Napoleon Bonaparte in the expedition to Egypt, where he wrote, shortly after Pope Pius VI's death : "We are fooling Egyptians with our pretended interest for their religion; neither Bonaparte nor we believe in this religion more than we did in Pius the Defunct's one". He was murdered during the Revolt of Cairo (1798). He had never ceased to correspond with the Jacobins from Toulouse.
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Dominique Martin Dupuy (1767 – 21 October 1798) was a French revolutionary brigadier general.
The son of a baker from Toulouse, he engaged in the Régiment d'Artois before the French Revolution. In 1791, he was volunteer in the 1st battalion of the Haute-Garonne regiment, where he was soon elected junior lieutenant-colonel. He took part in the repression of royalist insurrections in Ardèche, then joined the Army of Italy, distinguishing himself at the battle of Lonato, where he commanded the 32nd Line Infantry Demi-brigade. Military governor of Milan in 1797, he accompanied Napoleon Bonaparte in the expedition to Egypt, where he wrote, shortly after Pope Pius VI's death : "We are fooling Egyptians with our pretended interest for their religion; neither Bonaparte nor we believe in this religion more than we did in Pius the Defunct's one". He was murdered during the Revolt of Cairo (1798). He had never ceased to correspond with the Jacobins from Toulouse.
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Dominique Martin Dupuy (1767 – 21 October 1798) was a French revolutionary brigadier general.
The son of a baker from Toulouse, he engaged in the Régiment d'Artois before the French Revolution. In 1791, he was volunteer in the 1st battalion of the Haute-Garonne regiment, where he was soon elected junior lieutenant-colonel. He took part in the repression of royalist insurrections in Ardèche, then joined the Army of Italy, distinguishing himself at the battle of Lonato, where he commanded the 32nd Line Infantry Demi-brigade. Military governor of Milan in 1797, he accompanied Napoleon Bonaparte in the expedition to Egypt, where he wrote, shortly after Pope Pius VI's death : "We are fooling Egyptians with our pretended interest for their religion; neither Bonaparte nor we believe in this religion more than we did in Pius the Defunct's one". He was murdered during the Revolt of Cairo (1798). He had never ceased to correspond with the Jacobins from Toulouse.
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Dominique Martin Dupuy (1767 – 21 October 1798) was a French revolutionary brigadier general.
The son of a baker from Toulouse, he engaged in the Régiment d'Artois before the French Revolution. In 1791, he was volunteer in the 1st battalion of the Haute-Garonne regiment, where he was soon elected junior lieutenant-colonel. He took part in the repression of royalist insurrections in Ardèche, then joined the Army of Italy, distinguishing himself at the battle of Lonato, where he commanded the 32nd Line Infantry Demi-brigade. Military governor of Milan in 1797, he accompanied Napoleon Bonaparte in the expedition to Egypt, where he wrote, shortly after Pope Pius VI's death : "We are fooling Egyptians with our pretended interest for their religion; neither Bonaparte nor we believe in this religion more than we did in Pius the Defunct's one". He was murdered during the Revolt of Cairo (1798). He had never ceased to correspond with the Jacobins from Toulouse.
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Dominique Martin Dupuy (1767 – 21 October 1798) was a French revolutionary brigadier general.
The son of a baker from Toulouse, he engaged in the Régiment d'Artois before the French Revolution. In 1791, he was volunteer in the 1st battalion of the Haute-Garonne regiment, where he was soon elected junior lieutenant-colonel. He took part in the repression of royalist insurrections in Ardèche, then joined the Army of Italy, distinguishing himself at the battle of Lonato, where he commanded the 32nd Line Infantry Demi-brigade. Military governor of Milan in 1797, he accompanied Napoleon Bonaparte in the expedition to Egypt, where he wrote, shortly after Pope Pius VI's death : "We are fooling Egyptians with our pretended interest for their religion; neither Bonaparte nor we believe in this religion more than we did in Pius the Defunct's one". He was murdered during the Revolt of Cairo (1798). He had never ceased to correspond with the Jacobins from Toulouse.
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Dominique Martin Dupuy (1767 – 21 October 1798) was a French revolutionary brigadier general.
The son of a baker from Toulouse, he engaged in the Régiment d'Artois before the French Revolution. In 1791, he was volunteer in the 1st battalion of the Haute-Garonne regiment, where he was soon elected junior lieutenant-colonel. He took part in the repression of royalist insurrections in Ardèche, then joined the Army of Italy, distinguishing himself at the battle of Lonato, where he commanded the 32nd Line Infantry Demi-brigade. Military governor of Milan in 1797, he accompanied Napoleon Bonaparte in the expedition to Egypt, where he wrote, shortly after Pope Pius VI's death : "We are fooling Egyptians with our pretended interest for their religion; neither Bonaparte nor we believe in this religion more than we did in Pius the Defunct's one". He was murdered during the Revolt of Cairo (1798). He had never ceased to correspond with the Jacobins from Toulouse.
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Dominique Martin Dupuy (1767 – 21 October 1798) was a French revolutionary brigadier general.
The son of a baker from Toulouse, he engaged in the Régiment d'Artois before the French Revolution. In 1791, he was volunteer in the 1st battalion of the Haute-Garonne regiment, where he was soon elected junior lieutenant-colonel. He took part in the repression of royalist insurrections in Ardèche, then joined the Army of Italy, distinguishing himself at the battle of Lonato, where he commanded the 32nd Line Infantry Demi-brigade. Military governor of Milan in 1797, he accompanied Napoleon Bonaparte in the expedition to Egypt, where he wrote, shortly after Pope Pius VI's death : "We are fooling Egyptians with our pretended interest for their religion; neither Bonaparte nor we believe in this religion more than we did in Pius the Defunct's one". He was murdered during the Revolt of Cairo (1798). He had never ceased to correspond with the Jacobins from Toulouse.
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Saikumar Apoorva (born 1981) also popularly known by her short name S. Apoorva also spelt as either S. Apoorwa or S. Appoorwa is an Indian carrom player and a defending carrom world champion in women's singles. She also currently works as a senior administrative officer in Life Insurance Corporation of India. She is also the first world champion in any sport to have emerged from the city of Hyderabad.
Early life
She was born and raised in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh (now a part of it is called Telangana). Her ancestors hail from the state of Tamil Nadu. She took an interest in carrom as a child at the age of 10 after watching her father play the game with his friends. She pursued her career in the sport of carrom with her father's consultation.
Career
She made her debut in 2003 at the International Carrom Federation Cup and won the women's singles title which was held in France. She won her maiden women's singles title at the 2004 Carrom World Championships which was held in Colombo.
S. Apoorva was also one of the key members of the Indian team which won the 2016 Carrom World Championship beating Sri Lanka in the final. She also won both women's singles and women's doubles with Kajal Kumari during the 2016 Carrom World Championship.Appoorva was also part of the Indian team which thrashed Sri Lanka 3-0 in the final of the 2018 Carrom World Cup. In the 2018 Carrom World Cup, she also won the women's singles title defeating fellow Indian player Kajal Kumari in the final. She also emerged victorious in the women's singles at the 2019 Telangana State Ranking Tournament.
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Monkey Bay or Lusumbwe is a town in Mangochi which is in the Mangochi District in the Southern Region of Malawi. The town is on the shore of Lake Malawi and is one of the main ports on Lake Malawi. The population of Monkey Bay was 14,955 according to the 2018 census. Monkey Bay is 206 kilometres (128 mi) from Lilongwe, Malawi's capital city, and 253 kilometres (157 mi) from Blantyre. Monkey Bay is a tourist resort and is often travelled through on the road to Cape Maclear.
History
Monkey Bay was ruled by the Muslim Yao chief and slave trader, Mponda, during the 1880s.
In the late 19th century, the first Bishop of Likoma, Chauncy Maples, drowned near Monkey Bay in Lake Malawi. In the 1960s, there was a Fisheries Research Laboratory in Monkey Bay, funded by the then-Nyasaland colonial government.
Geography
Monkey Bay is on the shore of Lake Malawi and is one of the main ports on Lake Malawi. It is at an elevation of 500 m (1,630 ft).
Monkey Bay is situated 6 km (4 mi) from Chimpamba, 3 km (2 mi) from Zambo, 1.5 km (1 mi) from Msumbi and 800 m (1⁄2 mi) from Mbalamanja.
Living standards
In March 2003, the then-Malawian President Bakili Muluzi held a rally in Monkey Bay, and promised to help reduce poverty. The charity Save the Children is active in the Monkey Bay area. According to a German development volunteer working with the Back to School Foundation, the residents of Monkey Bay are not living at the poverty line, but at the existence line. Houses are simple clay cottages, and few households can afford electricity, as the connection costs alone are three times the average monthly wage.
Facilities
Amenities
There is a supermarket and a market in Monkey Bay, although there are bureaux de change or automatic teller machines. On 22 February 2010, a first bank opened its doors. Malawi Savings Bank Agency which was operating from the Post Office building moved into their own convenience, a refurbished and spacious building at the trading centre.
There is not a functioning internet café although there are signs for one. There are several guesthouses. The nearest ATM is in the town of Mangochi.
Transport
Monkey Bay is connected to Lilongwe and Blantyre by bus services. The nearest airport is at Ulongwe, 79 km (49 mi) away. Two passenger ferries make weekly sailings along Lake Malawi between Monkey Bay and Chilumba; the MV Ilala and the Mtendere. The Ilala is 350-passenger steamship that has served the route since 1951. In March 2003, the European Union funded improvements to the road linking Monkey Bay with Masasa and Golomoti. In February 2006, the Malawian government announced plans to build a road from Monkey Bay to Cape Maclear. In March 2006, there was no road access to Monkey Bay, after the worst floods since 1978 had washed away several kilometres of road and a bridge. The rainfall measured around 158 millimetres (6.2 in) and several thousand people in the Mangochi District were made homeless.
Education
The Nankhwala Catholic School is in Monkey Bay.
Medical
Monkey Bay has a hospital, but medical services are not extensive; surgery and diagnostics are however available in Monkey Bay.
Law and military
Monkey Bay has a police station. It is also the headquarters of the 220-strong marine force of the Army of Malawi.
Tourism
Monkey Bay has been described as "the country's best known resort" by Agence France-Presse, and Factiva refers to Monkey Bay as the "best known resort-area" in Malawi. The area has "sandy beaches and tropical fish", and is popular with tourists. There are diving schools in Monkey Bay, however, according to the Daily Telegraph, the schools are considered poor by tourists. The town is also a transit point to Cape Maclear.
Demographics
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Monkey Bay or Lusumbwe is a town in Mangochi which is in the Mangochi District in the Southern Region of Malawi. The town is on the shore of Lake Malawi and is one of the main ports on Lake Malawi. The population of Monkey Bay was 14,955 according to the 2018 census. Monkey Bay is 206 kilometres (128 mi) from Lilongwe, Malawi's capital city, and 253 kilometres (157 mi) from Blantyre. Monkey Bay is a tourist resort and is often travelled through on the road to Cape Maclear.
History
Monkey Bay was ruled by the Muslim Yao chief and slave trader, Mponda, during the 1880s.
In the late 19th century, the first Bishop of Likoma, Chauncy Maples, drowned near Monkey Bay in Lake Malawi. In the 1960s, there was a Fisheries Research Laboratory in Monkey Bay, funded by the then-Nyasaland colonial government.
Geography
Monkey Bay is on the shore of Lake Malawi and is one of the main ports on Lake Malawi. It is at an elevation of 500 m (1,630 ft).
Monkey Bay is situated 6 km (4 mi) from Chimpamba, 3 km (2 mi) from Zambo, 1.5 km (1 mi) from Msumbi and 800 m (1⁄2 mi) from Mbalamanja.
Living standards
In March 2003, the then-Malawian President Bakili Muluzi held a rally in Monkey Bay, and promised to help reduce poverty. The charity Save the Children is active in the Monkey Bay area. According to a German development volunteer working with the Back to School Foundation, the residents of Monkey Bay are not living at the poverty line, but at the existence line. Houses are simple clay cottages, and few households can afford electricity, as the connection costs alone are three times the average monthly wage.
Facilities
Amenities
There is a supermarket and a market in Monkey Bay, although there are bureaux de change or automatic teller machines. On 22 February 2010, a first bank opened its doors. Malawi Savings Bank Agency which was operating from the Post Office building moved into their own convenience, a refurbished and spacious building at the trading centre.
There is not a functioning internet café although there are signs for one. There are several guesthouses. The nearest ATM is in the town of Mangochi.
Transport
Monkey Bay is connected to Lilongwe and Blantyre by bus services. The nearest airport is at Ulongwe, 79 km (49 mi) away. Two passenger ferries make weekly sailings along Lake Malawi between Monkey Bay and Chilumba; the MV Ilala and the Mtendere. The Ilala is 350-passenger steamship that has served the route since 1951. In March 2003, the European Union funded improvements to the road linking Monkey Bay with Masasa and Golomoti. In February 2006, the Malawian government announced plans to build a road from Monkey Bay to Cape Maclear. In March 2006, there was no road access to Monkey Bay, after the worst floods since 1978 had washed away several kilometres of road and a bridge. The rainfall measured around 158 millimetres (6.2 in) and several thousand people in the Mangochi District were made homeless.
Education
The Nankhwala Catholic School is in Monkey Bay.
Medical
Monkey Bay has a hospital, but medical services are not extensive; surgery and diagnostics are however available in Monkey Bay.
Law and military
Monkey Bay has a police station. It is also the headquarters of the 220-strong marine force of the Army of Malawi.
Tourism
Monkey Bay has been described as "the country's best known resort" by Agence France-Presse, and Factiva refers to Monkey Bay as the "best known resort-area" in Malawi. The area has "sandy beaches and tropical fish", and is popular with tourists. There are diving schools in Monkey Bay, however, according to the Daily Telegraph, the schools are considered poor by tourists. The town is also a transit point to Cape Maclear.
Demographics
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Monkey Bay or Lusumbwe is a town in Mangochi which is in the Mangochi District in the Southern Region of Malawi. The town is on the shore of Lake Malawi and is one of the main ports on Lake Malawi. The population of Monkey Bay was 14,955 according to the 2018 census. Monkey Bay is 206 kilometres (128 mi) from Lilongwe, Malawi's capital city, and 253 kilometres (157 mi) from Blantyre. Monkey Bay is a tourist resort and is often travelled through on the road to Cape Maclear.
History
Monkey Bay was ruled by the Muslim Yao chief and slave trader, Mponda, during the 1880s.
In the late 19th century, the first Bishop of Likoma, Chauncy Maples, drowned near Monkey Bay in Lake Malawi. In the 1960s, there was a Fisheries Research Laboratory in Monkey Bay, funded by the then-Nyasaland colonial government.
Geography
Monkey Bay is on the shore of Lake Malawi and is one of the main ports on Lake Malawi. It is at an elevation of 500 m (1,630 ft).
Monkey Bay is situated 6 km (4 mi) from Chimpamba, 3 km (2 mi) from Zambo, 1.5 km (1 mi) from Msumbi and 800 m (1⁄2 mi) from Mbalamanja.
Living standards
In March 2003, the then-Malawian President Bakili Muluzi held a rally in Monkey Bay, and promised to help reduce poverty. The charity Save the Children is active in the Monkey Bay area. According to a German development volunteer working with the Back to School Foundation, the residents of Monkey Bay are not living at the poverty line, but at the existence line. Houses are simple clay cottages, and few households can afford electricity, as the connection costs alone are three times the average monthly wage.
Facilities
Amenities
There is a supermarket and a market in Monkey Bay, although there are bureaux de change or automatic teller machines. On 22 February 2010, a first bank opened its doors. Malawi Savings Bank Agency which was operating from the Post Office building moved into their own convenience, a refurbished and spacious building at the trading centre.
There is not a functioning internet café although there are signs for one. There are several guesthouses. The nearest ATM is in the town of Mangochi.
Transport
Monkey Bay is connected to Lilongwe and Blantyre by bus services. The nearest airport is at Ulongwe, 79 km (49 mi) away. Two passenger ferries make weekly sailings along Lake Malawi between Monkey Bay and Chilumba; the MV Ilala and the Mtendere. The Ilala is 350-passenger steamship that has served the route since 1951. In March 2003, the European Union funded improvements to the road linking Monkey Bay with Masasa and Golomoti. In February 2006, the Malawian government announced plans to build a road from Monkey Bay to Cape Maclear. In March 2006, there was no road access to Monkey Bay, after the worst floods since 1978 had washed away several kilometres of road and a bridge. The rainfall measured around 158 millimetres (6.2 in) and several thousand people in the Mangochi District were made homeless.
Education
The Nankhwala Catholic School is in Monkey Bay.
Medical
Monkey Bay has a hospital, but medical services are not extensive; surgery and diagnostics are however available in Monkey Bay.
Law and military
Monkey Bay has a police station. It is also the headquarters of the 220-strong marine force of the Army of Malawi.
Tourism
Monkey Bay has been described as "the country's best known resort" by Agence France-Presse, and Factiva refers to Monkey Bay as the "best known resort-area" in Malawi. The area has "sandy beaches and tropical fish", and is popular with tourists. There are diving schools in Monkey Bay, however, according to the Daily Telegraph, the schools are considered poor by tourists. The town is also a transit point to Cape Maclear.
Demographics
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Monkey Bay or Lusumbwe is a town in Mangochi which is in the Mangochi District in the Southern Region of Malawi. The town is on the shore of Lake Malawi and is one of the main ports on Lake Malawi. The population of Monkey Bay was 14,955 according to the 2018 census. Monkey Bay is 206 kilometres (128 mi) from Lilongwe, Malawi's capital city, and 253 kilometres (157 mi) from Blantyre. Monkey Bay is a tourist resort and is often travelled through on the road to Cape Maclear.
History
Monkey Bay was ruled by the Muslim Yao chief and slave trader, Mponda, during the 1880s.
In the late 19th century, the first Bishop of Likoma, Chauncy Maples, drowned near Monkey Bay in Lake Malawi. In the 1960s, there was a Fisheries Research Laboratory in Monkey Bay, funded by the then-Nyasaland colonial government.
Geography
Monkey Bay is on the shore of Lake Malawi and is one of the main ports on Lake Malawi. It is at an elevation of 500 m (1,630 ft).
Monkey Bay is situated 6 km (4 mi) from Chimpamba, 3 km (2 mi) from Zambo, 1.5 km (1 mi) from Msumbi and 800 m (1⁄2 mi) from Mbalamanja.
Living standards
In March 2003, the then-Malawian President Bakili Muluzi held a rally in Monkey Bay, and promised to help reduce poverty. The charity Save the Children is active in the Monkey Bay area. According to a German development volunteer working with the Back to School Foundation, the residents of Monkey Bay are not living at the poverty line, but at the existence line. Houses are simple clay cottages, and few households can afford electricity, as the connection costs alone are three times the average monthly wage.
Facilities
Amenities
There is a supermarket and a market in Monkey Bay, although there are bureaux de change or automatic teller machines. On 22 February 2010, a first bank opened its doors. Malawi Savings Bank Agency which was operating from the Post Office building moved into their own convenience, a refurbished and spacious building at the trading centre.
There is not a functioning internet café although there are signs for one. There are several guesthouses. The nearest ATM is in the town of Mangochi.
Transport
Monkey Bay is connected to Lilongwe and Blantyre by bus services. The nearest airport is at Ulongwe, 79 km (49 mi) away. Two passenger ferries make weekly sailings along Lake Malawi between Monkey Bay and Chilumba; the MV Ilala and the Mtendere. The Ilala is 350-passenger steamship that has served the route since 1951. In March 2003, the European Union funded improvements to the road linking Monkey Bay with Masasa and Golomoti. In February 2006, the Malawian government announced plans to build a road from Monkey Bay to Cape Maclear. In March 2006, there was no road access to Monkey Bay, after the worst floods since 1978 had washed away several kilometres of road and a bridge. The rainfall measured around 158 millimetres (6.2 in) and several thousand people in the Mangochi District were made homeless.
Education
The Nankhwala Catholic School is in Monkey Bay.
Medical
Monkey Bay has a hospital, but medical services are not extensive; surgery and diagnostics are however available in Monkey Bay.
Law and military
Monkey Bay has a police station. It is also the headquarters of the 220-strong marine force of the Army of Malawi.
Tourism
Monkey Bay has been described as "the country's best known resort" by Agence France-Presse, and Factiva refers to Monkey Bay as the "best known resort-area" in Malawi. The area has "sandy beaches and tropical fish", and is popular with tourists. There are diving schools in Monkey Bay, however, according to the Daily Telegraph, the schools are considered poor by tourists. The town is also a transit point to Cape Maclear.
Demographics
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The 2015 La Flèche Wallonne was the 79th edition of the La Flèche Wallonne one-day cycling classic; it took place on 22 April and was the twelfth race of the 2015 UCI World Tour. La Flèche Wallonne was the second of the three Ardennes classics, coming three days after the Amstel Gold Race (won in 2015 by Michał Kwiatkowski) and four days before Liège–Bastogne–Liège. The defending champion in the race was Alejandro Valverde (Movistar Team).The race took place on a 205.5-kilometre (127.7-mile) route that started in Waremme and ended in Huy. The key aspect of La Flèche Wallonne was the climb of the Mur de Huy, which was crossed three times during the race; the finishing line was at the top of the final climb of the Mur. The race suited both puncheurs and climbers, and had added importance in 2015 because the second stage of the Tour de France, to be held in July, also finished on the Mur, so several riders rode the race as preparation.
Despite the addition of an additional climb late in the race, a group formed at the base of the Mur. Valverde won his third victory on the climb, with Julian Alaphilippe (Etixx–Quick-Step) second and Michael Albasini (Orica–GreenEDGE) third; Valverde went on to win Liège–Bastogne–Liège as well. La Flèche Wallonne was affected by many crashes, which caused the withdrawal of several of the favourites for race victory, including Philippe Gilbert (BMC Racing Team), Michael Morales (Cannondale–Garmin) and Chris Froome (Team Sky).
Teams
La Flèche Wallonne was part of the UCI World Tour, which meant that the 17 UCI WorldTeams were automatically invited and obliged to send a team. The race organisers ASO, which also organised the Tour de France, made eight wildcard invitations to UCI Professional Continental teams. The peloton was therefore made up of 25 teams. Each team was required to enter between five and eight, so the maximum size of the peloton was 200 riders. MTN–Qhubeka and Team Roompot, however, only entered seven riders each, so 198 riders were entered into the race.
Route
The 205.5-kilometre (127.7-mile) route of the 2015 La Flèche Wallonne began in Waremme, Liège Province, on the Rue de Huy with a 2-kilometre (1.2-mile) neutralised zone. The first part of the route went south-east through Faimes and Saint-Georges-sur-Meuse before reaching the day's first climb, the Côte des 36 Tournants, after 22 kilometres (14 miles). After the climb, the riders continued south-east to Anthisnes; here the route turned south. It passed through Ouffet, then reached Durbuy after 55 kilometres (34 miles). The route then turned west to pass through Havelange before reaching Ohey after 84.5 kilometres (52.5 miles). The roads between the Côte des 36 Tournants and Ohey were not entirely flat, but there were no categorised climbs.
After reaching Ohey, the route entered a series of loops. The riders first travelled north, south-west and then north again to reach the day's second climb, the Côte de Bellaire, after 92 kilometres (57 miles) of racing. The route continued north to Andenne, then east to the third climb, the Côte de Bohissau, 100 kilometres (62 miles) into the race. The riders then rode north-east to reach the first ascent of the Mur de Huy. The first climb of the Mur came with 87.5 kilometres (54.4 miles) to the finish line; it was followed by the day's only feed zone. The peloton continued riding east as far as Modave, where the course turned to the south-west. The Côte d'Ereffe was climbed after 131 kilometres (81 miles) as the riders returned to Ohey. The race then used the same roads as before between Ohey and Huy, repeating the ascents of the Côte de Bellaire, the Côte de Bohissau and the Mur de Huy. The second and penultimate ascent of the Mur came with 29 kilometres (18 miles) remaining.The final loop of the race followed the same roads as before, east out of Huy and then south-west to the Côte d'Ereffe, climbed with 16.5 kilometres (10.3 miles) remaining. After this climb, however, the route turned north to take a more direct route to Huy, though some of the same roads were used. Within the town, the riders were faced with a slightly different route and a climb new to the 2015 edition of the race, the Côte de Cherave. The roads before the climb were narrow and twisting, with a level crossing at the foot of the climb. The hill itself was 1,300 metres (4,300 ft) in length with an average gradient of 8.1%; the steepest section came in the first part. The top of the Côte de Cherave came with 5.5 kilometres (3.4 miles) to the finish line and was followed by a sharp right-hand turn and a fast descent back into Huy.The crucial part of the race was the final 1,300-metre (4,300 ft) climb of the Mur de Huy, with an average gradient of 9.6%. The first 400-metre (1,300 ft) section of the climb had a gradient less than 7%; after this it increased to about 10%. The steepest section came after 800 metres (2,600 ft) with an S-bend. The steepest part of the climb had a gradient of about 24%; many past races have been won with attacks at this point. The finish line came at the very top of the climb.
Pre-race favourites
Recent editions of the race had been decided with attacks on the Mur de Huy. The addition of the Côte de Cherave, however, added an unknown factor into the race: it was considered much more likely than in previous years that a group of riders could break away from the peloton on the penultimate climb and hold an advantage to the finish line. No breakaway had won La Flèche Wallonne since 2003.The strongest favourite for the race victory was Alejandro Valverde (Movistar Team), who was the defending champion and who had also won the race in 2006. Valverde had shown good form by coming second in the Amstel Gold Race behind Michał Kwiatkowski (Etixx–Quick-Step); Valverde was expected to have an advantage on the steep climb of the Mur, though Kwiatkowski was still among the favourites for victory.Three other former winners entered the 2015 race. These were Philippe Gilbert (BMC Racing Team), who had won the race in 2011; Joaquim Rodríguez (Team Katusha), who had won in 2012; and Daniel Moreno (Team Katusha), who had won in 2013. All of them were well suited to the steep final climb. Other riders considered to have a chance of victory included Dan Martin (Cannondale–Garmin), Sergio Henao (Team Sky) and several other climbers and puncheurs.As the third stage of the Tour de France was scheduled to finish on exactly the same roads, several riders who were aiming at success there rode La Flèche Wallonne as preparation. These included Chris Froome (Team Sky), Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) and Nairo Quintana (Movistar Team).
Race report
Early stages
A breakaway formed within the first 10 kilometres (6.2 miles) of racing. There were seven riders in the break: Thomas De Gendt (Lotto–Soudal), Mike Teunissen (LottoNL–Jumbo), Brice Feillu (Bretagne–Séché Environnement), Jérôme Baugnies (Wanty–Groupe Gobert), Reinier Honig (Team Roompot), Daniele Ratto (UnitedHealthcare), and Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise). The breakaway initially built an eight-minute lead, with De Gendt leading the group over the climbs. The main peloton was led principally by the Movistar Team and Team Katusha.The first major action of the race occurred as the riders approached the first ascent of the Mur de Huy. Dan Martin, one of the favourites for the race, touched wheels with Tiago Machado (Team Katusha) and both riders crashed. Martin returned to his bike and chased back to the peloton with the help of several teammates, but later withdrew. He had hit his head in the crash and wished to recover ahead of Liège–Bastogne–Liège the following weekend. Several other riders were caught up or delayed, including Chris Froome. At the top of the first ascent of the Mur de Huy, the breakaway's lead had been cut to under six minutes.After the riders left Huy, Team Sky came to the front of the peloton with Peter Kennaugh; his riding at the front of the bunch reduced the gap to under five minutes. Honig and Teunissen were dropped from the leading group on the second climb of the Côte de Bellaire. Team Katusha and the Movistar Team were joined at the front of the peloton by Etixx–Quick-Step as the race returned towards Huy.
Final loops around Huy
Another crash followed before the climb; this crash was caused by riders bunching together on a road made narrower by parked cars on either side. The most significant rider caught in this crash was Philippe Gilbert; others were Julián Arredondo and Bob Jungels (both Trek Factory Racing). Gilbert got up slowly, with his shorts and jersey ripped. He abandoned shortly afterwards. The next significant crash came with 40 kilometres (25 miles) remaining. This took out Lars Petter Nordhaug and Wout Poels (Team Sky), Ben King (Cannondale–Garmin), Amaël Moinard (BMC Racing Team) and Anthony Roux (FDJ). Poels ended up stuck in a ditch for some time with Roux injured on top of him. Another crash happened shortly afterwards, involving Jelle Vanendert (Lotto–Soudal), Alexey Tsatevich (Team Katusha) and Kévin Reza (FDJ).On the penultimate climb of the Mur, the breakaway split; only De Gendt and Baugnies remained in the lead, 50 seconds ahead of the peloton. Giovanni Visconti (Movistar Team) and Luis León Sánchez (Astana) attacked the peloton on the climb and joined De Gendt and Baugnies soon afterwards, while Etixx–Quick-Step and Team Katusha led the chase in the peloton. Tejay van Garderen (BMC Racing Team) attacked on the Col d'Ereffe, while Visconti and Sánchez soon dropped De Gendt and Baugnies. De Gendt helped his teammate Louis Vervaeke bridge up to Van Garderen. Vervaeke, Van Garderen and Baugnies combined briefly, but were unable to catch the leading pair and were themselves caught by the peloton with 13.4 kilometres (8.3 miles) remaining.
Race finale
Visconti and Sánchez continued in the lead; they had 20 seconds lead with 12 kilometres (7.5 miles) left. At this point, another crash occurred in the peloton. This included several IAM Cycling riders, Samuel Sánchez (BMC Racing Team), Bryan Coquard (Team Europcar) and Froome. Froome suffered cuts on his left side, with blood visible through rips on his shorts. He continued to the end of the race, however, and reached the finish line in 123rd place, over 12 minutes behind the leaders.As the peloton headed towards the penultimate climb, the Côte de Cherave, Huub Duyn (Team Roompot) attacked but was unable to build a lead, with Tony Martin leading the peloton on behalf of Kwiatkowski. On the climb, Vincenzo Nibali attacked; he could not build a gap to the group, but did bring them closer to Visconti and Sánchez. Soon afterwards, Tim Wellens (Lotto–Soudal) attacked, catching and passing the leading pair. Giampaolo Caruso (Team Katusha) attempted to follow; he was unable to join Wellens and was recaptured by the pack soon afterwards.Wellens had a 14-second lead at the foot of the final climb of the Mur de Huy. The peloton was led by Lampre–Merida for the first part of the ascent. The peloton stayed together for most of the climb, with no rider escaping on the steep sections. In the final few hundred metres, however, Valverde came to the front of the group. He wound the pace up gradually before sprinting within sight of the line. He took the race victory with a significant gap to the riders behind. Julian Alaphilippe (Etixx–Quick-Step) finished in second place, with Michael Albasini (Orica–GreenEDGE) third.
Result
After the race
Reactions
The race was described afterwards as "an incredibly boring race" by Cycling Weekly. Valverde, however, said that it was "dangerous", with all the crashes happening at the front of the peloton, and that it was "the most nervous race I can remember doing". The 2015 race was his third victory in La Flèche Wallonne, bringing him level with Eddy Merckx; Valverde described this as a "great honour". His aim after the race was to win a third victory at Liège–Bastogne–Liège, which he succeeded in doing.Alaphilippe said after the race that he had not been intending to go for the sprint at the end of the race; the team's plan was to set up Kwiatkowski. He started sprinting only after his directeur sportif shouted "go, go" at him over the radio. Alaphilippe said that he had briefly thought that he was going to win the sprint; his second-place finish was, however, the most important result of his career so far. He said, "For my first time performance here, I can't help but be pleased." Albasini's third place was better than his team had expected: before the race, Orica–GreenEDGE's directeur sportif Matt White had not expected him to be as strong because of the addition of the extra climb. Albasini himself also described the race as "a lot tenser"; he also said that Valverde was "one of the strongest guys in those kinds of finishes".One of the consequences of the high number of crashes in the race was a number of injuries to several prominent riders. These included Dan Martin, who was left with "contusions, abrasions and soreness in his neck"; Martin himself described himself as suffering from whiplash and as feeling "crappy", though he still intended to start Liège–Bastogne–Liège. Philippe Gilbert likewise described his crash as "not the best preparation" and planned a trip to an osteopath to help his recovery. Chris Froome did not suffer any significant injuries but did not plan to start in Liège; he went instead to do reconnaissance of the cobbled stage of the Tour de France and his next scheduled race was the following week at the Tour de Romandie.
UCI World Tour rankings
Riders who finished in the top ten in La Flèche Wallonne were awarded points in the UCI World Tour rankings. Valverde, as the race winner, won 80 points; Kelderman won 2 points for his tenth-place finish. Valverde moved from eighth to second place in the rankings; his 238 points left him 65 points behind Richie Porte, the leader of the ranking. Joaquim Rodríguez also moved up in the rankings from sixteenth to ninth place. Spain remained in second place in the nations' rankings, one point behind Australia, with Colombia moving ahead of the Netherlands into third place and France returning to the top 10. Etixx–Quick-Step retained their lead in the teams' rankings.
References
Sources
"La Flèche Wallonne: Livre de route" (PDF). ASO. 2015. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
External links
Official website
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The 2015 La Flèche Wallonne was the 79th edition of the La Flèche Wallonne one-day cycling classic; it took place on 22 April and was the twelfth race of the 2015 UCI World Tour. La Flèche Wallonne was the second of the three Ardennes classics, coming three days after the Amstel Gold Race (won in 2015 by Michał Kwiatkowski) and four days before Liège–Bastogne–Liège. The defending champion in the race was Alejandro Valverde (Movistar Team).The race took place on a 205.5-kilometre (127.7-mile) route that started in Waremme and ended in Huy. The key aspect of La Flèche Wallonne was the climb of the Mur de Huy, which was crossed three times during the race; the finishing line was at the top of the final climb of the Mur. The race suited both puncheurs and climbers, and had added importance in 2015 because the second stage of the Tour de France, to be held in July, also finished on the Mur, so several riders rode the race as preparation.
Despite the addition of an additional climb late in the race, a group formed at the base of the Mur. Valverde won his third victory on the climb, with Julian Alaphilippe (Etixx–Quick-Step) second and Michael Albasini (Orica–GreenEDGE) third; Valverde went on to win Liège–Bastogne–Liège as well. La Flèche Wallonne was affected by many crashes, which caused the withdrawal of several of the favourites for race victory, including Philippe Gilbert (BMC Racing Team), Michael Morales (Cannondale–Garmin) and Chris Froome (Team Sky).
Teams
La Flèche Wallonne was part of the UCI World Tour, which meant that the 17 UCI WorldTeams were automatically invited and obliged to send a team. The race organisers ASO, which also organised the Tour de France, made eight wildcard invitations to UCI Professional Continental teams. The peloton was therefore made up of 25 teams. Each team was required to enter between five and eight, so the maximum size of the peloton was 200 riders. MTN–Qhubeka and Team Roompot, however, only entered seven riders each, so 198 riders were entered into the race.
Route
The 205.5-kilometre (127.7-mile) route of the 2015 La Flèche Wallonne began in Waremme, Liège Province, on the Rue de Huy with a 2-kilometre (1.2-mile) neutralised zone. The first part of the route went south-east through Faimes and Saint-Georges-sur-Meuse before reaching the day's first climb, the Côte des 36 Tournants, after 22 kilometres (14 miles). After the climb, the riders continued south-east to Anthisnes; here the route turned south. It passed through Ouffet, then reached Durbuy after 55 kilometres (34 miles). The route then turned west to pass through Havelange before reaching Ohey after 84.5 kilometres (52.5 miles). The roads between the Côte des 36 Tournants and Ohey were not entirely flat, but there were no categorised climbs.
After reaching Ohey, the route entered a series of loops. The riders first travelled north, south-west and then north again to reach the day's second climb, the Côte de Bellaire, after 92 kilometres (57 miles) of racing. The route continued north to Andenne, then east to the third climb, the Côte de Bohissau, 100 kilometres (62 miles) into the race. The riders then rode north-east to reach the first ascent of the Mur de Huy. The first climb of the Mur came with 87.5 kilometres (54.4 miles) to the finish line; it was followed by the day's only feed zone. The peloton continued riding east as far as Modave, where the course turned to the south-west. The Côte d'Ereffe was climbed after 131 kilometres (81 miles) as the riders returned to Ohey. The race then used the same roads as before between Ohey and Huy, repeating the ascents of the Côte de Bellaire, the Côte de Bohissau and the Mur de Huy. The second and penultimate ascent of the Mur came with 29 kilometres (18 miles) remaining.The final loop of the race followed the same roads as before, east out of Huy and then south-west to the Côte d'Ereffe, climbed with 16.5 kilometres (10.3 miles) remaining. After this climb, however, the route turned north to take a more direct route to Huy, though some of the same roads were used. Within the town, the riders were faced with a slightly different route and a climb new to the 2015 edition of the race, the Côte de Cherave. The roads before the climb were narrow and twisting, with a level crossing at the foot of the climb. The hill itself was 1,300 metres (4,300 ft) in length with an average gradient of 8.1%; the steepest section came in the first part. The top of the Côte de Cherave came with 5.5 kilometres (3.4 miles) to the finish line and was followed by a sharp right-hand turn and a fast descent back into Huy.The crucial part of the race was the final 1,300-metre (4,300 ft) climb of the Mur de Huy, with an average gradient of 9.6%. The first 400-metre (1,300 ft) section of the climb had a gradient less than 7%; after this it increased to about 10%. The steepest section came after 800 metres (2,600 ft) with an S-bend. The steepest part of the climb had a gradient of about 24%; many past races have been won with attacks at this point. The finish line came at the very top of the climb.
Pre-race favourites
Recent editions of the race had been decided with attacks on the Mur de Huy. The addition of the Côte de Cherave, however, added an unknown factor into the race: it was considered much more likely than in previous years that a group of riders could break away from the peloton on the penultimate climb and hold an advantage to the finish line. No breakaway had won La Flèche Wallonne since 2003.The strongest favourite for the race victory was Alejandro Valverde (Movistar Team), who was the defending champion and who had also won the race in 2006. Valverde had shown good form by coming second in the Amstel Gold Race behind Michał Kwiatkowski (Etixx–Quick-Step); Valverde was expected to have an advantage on the steep climb of the Mur, though Kwiatkowski was still among the favourites for victory.Three other former winners entered the 2015 race. These were Philippe Gilbert (BMC Racing Team), who had won the race in 2011; Joaquim Rodríguez (Team Katusha), who had won in 2012; and Daniel Moreno (Team Katusha), who had won in 2013. All of them were well suited to the steep final climb. Other riders considered to have a chance of victory included Dan Martin (Cannondale–Garmin), Sergio Henao (Team Sky) and several other climbers and puncheurs.As the third stage of the Tour de France was scheduled to finish on exactly the same roads, several riders who were aiming at success there rode La Flèche Wallonne as preparation. These included Chris Froome (Team Sky), Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) and Nairo Quintana (Movistar Team).
Race report
Early stages
A breakaway formed within the first 10 kilometres (6.2 miles) of racing. There were seven riders in the break: Thomas De Gendt (Lotto–Soudal), Mike Teunissen (LottoNL–Jumbo), Brice Feillu (Bretagne–Séché Environnement), Jérôme Baugnies (Wanty–Groupe Gobert), Reinier Honig (Team Roompot), Daniele Ratto (UnitedHealthcare), and Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise). The breakaway initially built an eight-minute lead, with De Gendt leading the group over the climbs. The main peloton was led principally by the Movistar Team and Team Katusha.The first major action of the race occurred as the riders approached the first ascent of the Mur de Huy. Dan Martin, one of the favourites for the race, touched wheels with Tiago Machado (Team Katusha) and both riders crashed. Martin returned to his bike and chased back to the peloton with the help of several teammates, but later withdrew. He had hit his head in the crash and wished to recover ahead of Liège–Bastogne–Liège the following weekend. Several other riders were caught up or delayed, including Chris Froome. At the top of the first ascent of the Mur de Huy, the breakaway's lead had been cut to under six minutes.After the riders left Huy, Team Sky came to the front of the peloton with Peter Kennaugh; his riding at the front of the bunch reduced the gap to under five minutes. Honig and Teunissen were dropped from the leading group on the second climb of the Côte de Bellaire. Team Katusha and the Movistar Team were joined at the front of the peloton by Etixx–Quick-Step as the race returned towards Huy.
Final loops around Huy
Another crash followed before the climb; this crash was caused by riders bunching together on a road made narrower by parked cars on either side. The most significant rider caught in this crash was Philippe Gilbert; others were Julián Arredondo and Bob Jungels (both Trek Factory Racing). Gilbert got up slowly, with his shorts and jersey ripped. He abandoned shortly afterwards. The next significant crash came with 40 kilometres (25 miles) remaining. This took out Lars Petter Nordhaug and Wout Poels (Team Sky), Ben King (Cannondale–Garmin), Amaël Moinard (BMC Racing Team) and Anthony Roux (FDJ). Poels ended up stuck in a ditch for some time with Roux injured on top of him. Another crash happened shortly afterwards, involving Jelle Vanendert (Lotto–Soudal), Alexey Tsatevich (Team Katusha) and Kévin Reza (FDJ).On the penultimate climb of the Mur, the breakaway split; only De Gendt and Baugnies remained in the lead, 50 seconds ahead of the peloton. Giovanni Visconti (Movistar Team) and Luis León Sánchez (Astana) attacked the peloton on the climb and joined De Gendt and Baugnies soon afterwards, while Etixx–Quick-Step and Team Katusha led the chase in the peloton. Tejay van Garderen (BMC Racing Team) attacked on the Col d'Ereffe, while Visconti and Sánchez soon dropped De Gendt and Baugnies. De Gendt helped his teammate Louis Vervaeke bridge up to Van Garderen. Vervaeke, Van Garderen and Baugnies combined briefly, but were unable to catch the leading pair and were themselves caught by the peloton with 13.4 kilometres (8.3 miles) remaining.
Race finale
Visconti and Sánchez continued in the lead; they had 20 seconds lead with 12 kilometres (7.5 miles) left. At this point, another crash occurred in the peloton. This included several IAM Cycling riders, Samuel Sánchez (BMC Racing Team), Bryan Coquard (Team Europcar) and Froome. Froome suffered cuts on his left side, with blood visible through rips on his shorts. He continued to the end of the race, however, and reached the finish line in 123rd place, over 12 minutes behind the leaders.As the peloton headed towards the penultimate climb, the Côte de Cherave, Huub Duyn (Team Roompot) attacked but was unable to build a lead, with Tony Martin leading the peloton on behalf of Kwiatkowski. On the climb, Vincenzo Nibali attacked; he could not build a gap to the group, but did bring them closer to Visconti and Sánchez. Soon afterwards, Tim Wellens (Lotto–Soudal) attacked, catching and passing the leading pair. Giampaolo Caruso (Team Katusha) attempted to follow; he was unable to join Wellens and was recaptured by the pack soon afterwards.Wellens had a 14-second lead at the foot of the final climb of the Mur de Huy. The peloton was led by Lampre–Merida for the first part of the ascent. The peloton stayed together for most of the climb, with no rider escaping on the steep sections. In the final few hundred metres, however, Valverde came to the front of the group. He wound the pace up gradually before sprinting within sight of the line. He took the race victory with a significant gap to the riders behind. Julian Alaphilippe (Etixx–Quick-Step) finished in second place, with Michael Albasini (Orica–GreenEDGE) third.
Result
After the race
Reactions
The race was described afterwards as "an incredibly boring race" by Cycling Weekly. Valverde, however, said that it was "dangerous", with all the crashes happening at the front of the peloton, and that it was "the most nervous race I can remember doing". The 2015 race was his third victory in La Flèche Wallonne, bringing him level with Eddy Merckx; Valverde described this as a "great honour". His aim after the race was to win a third victory at Liège–Bastogne–Liège, which he succeeded in doing.Alaphilippe said after the race that he had not been intending to go for the sprint at the end of the race; the team's plan was to set up Kwiatkowski. He started sprinting only after his directeur sportif shouted "go, go" at him over the radio. Alaphilippe said that he had briefly thought that he was going to win the sprint; his second-place finish was, however, the most important result of his career so far. He said, "For my first time performance here, I can't help but be pleased." Albasini's third place was better than his team had expected: before the race, Orica–GreenEDGE's directeur sportif Matt White had not expected him to be as strong because of the addition of the extra climb. Albasini himself also described the race as "a lot tenser"; he also said that Valverde was "one of the strongest guys in those kinds of finishes".One of the consequences of the high number of crashes in the race was a number of injuries to several prominent riders. These included Dan Martin, who was left with "contusions, abrasions and soreness in his neck"; Martin himself described himself as suffering from whiplash and as feeling "crappy", though he still intended to start Liège–Bastogne–Liège. Philippe Gilbert likewise described his crash as "not the best preparation" and planned a trip to an osteopath to help his recovery. Chris Froome did not suffer any significant injuries but did not plan to start in Liège; he went instead to do reconnaissance of the cobbled stage of the Tour de France and his next scheduled race was the following week at the Tour de Romandie.
UCI World Tour rankings
Riders who finished in the top ten in La Flèche Wallonne were awarded points in the UCI World Tour rankings. Valverde, as the race winner, won 80 points; Kelderman won 2 points for his tenth-place finish. Valverde moved from eighth to second place in the rankings; his 238 points left him 65 points behind Richie Porte, the leader of the ranking. Joaquim Rodríguez also moved up in the rankings from sixteenth to ninth place. Spain remained in second place in the nations' rankings, one point behind Australia, with Colombia moving ahead of the Netherlands into third place and France returning to the top 10. Etixx–Quick-Step retained their lead in the teams' rankings.
References
Sources
"La Flèche Wallonne: Livre de route" (PDF). ASO. 2015. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
External links
Official website
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The 2015 La Flèche Wallonne was the 79th edition of the La Flèche Wallonne one-day cycling classic; it took place on 22 April and was the twelfth race of the 2015 UCI World Tour. La Flèche Wallonne was the second of the three Ardennes classics, coming three days after the Amstel Gold Race (won in 2015 by Michał Kwiatkowski) and four days before Liège–Bastogne–Liège. The defending champion in the race was Alejandro Valverde (Movistar Team).The race took place on a 205.5-kilometre (127.7-mile) route that started in Waremme and ended in Huy. The key aspect of La Flèche Wallonne was the climb of the Mur de Huy, which was crossed three times during the race; the finishing line was at the top of the final climb of the Mur. The race suited both puncheurs and climbers, and had added importance in 2015 because the second stage of the Tour de France, to be held in July, also finished on the Mur, so several riders rode the race as preparation.
Despite the addition of an additional climb late in the race, a group formed at the base of the Mur. Valverde won his third victory on the climb, with Julian Alaphilippe (Etixx–Quick-Step) second and Michael Albasini (Orica–GreenEDGE) third; Valverde went on to win Liège–Bastogne–Liège as well. La Flèche Wallonne was affected by many crashes, which caused the withdrawal of several of the favourites for race victory, including Philippe Gilbert (BMC Racing Team), Michael Morales (Cannondale–Garmin) and Chris Froome (Team Sky).
Teams
La Flèche Wallonne was part of the UCI World Tour, which meant that the 17 UCI WorldTeams were automatically invited and obliged to send a team. The race organisers ASO, which also organised the Tour de France, made eight wildcard invitations to UCI Professional Continental teams. The peloton was therefore made up of 25 teams. Each team was required to enter between five and eight, so the maximum size of the peloton was 200 riders. MTN–Qhubeka and Team Roompot, however, only entered seven riders each, so 198 riders were entered into the race.
Route
The 205.5-kilometre (127.7-mile) route of the 2015 La Flèche Wallonne began in Waremme, Liège Province, on the Rue de Huy with a 2-kilometre (1.2-mile) neutralised zone. The first part of the route went south-east through Faimes and Saint-Georges-sur-Meuse before reaching the day's first climb, the Côte des 36 Tournants, after 22 kilometres (14 miles). After the climb, the riders continued south-east to Anthisnes; here the route turned south. It passed through Ouffet, then reached Durbuy after 55 kilometres (34 miles). The route then turned west to pass through Havelange before reaching Ohey after 84.5 kilometres (52.5 miles). The roads between the Côte des 36 Tournants and Ohey were not entirely flat, but there were no categorised climbs.
After reaching Ohey, the route entered a series of loops. The riders first travelled north, south-west and then north again to reach the day's second climb, the Côte de Bellaire, after 92 kilometres (57 miles) of racing. The route continued north to Andenne, then east to the third climb, the Côte de Bohissau, 100 kilometres (62 miles) into the race. The riders then rode north-east to reach the first ascent of the Mur de Huy. The first climb of the Mur came with 87.5 kilometres (54.4 miles) to the finish line; it was followed by the day's only feed zone. The peloton continued riding east as far as Modave, where the course turned to the south-west. The Côte d'Ereffe was climbed after 131 kilometres (81 miles) as the riders returned to Ohey. The race then used the same roads as before between Ohey and Huy, repeating the ascents of the Côte de Bellaire, the Côte de Bohissau and the Mur de Huy. The second and penultimate ascent of the Mur came with 29 kilometres (18 miles) remaining.The final loop of the race followed the same roads as before, east out of Huy and then south-west to the Côte d'Ereffe, climbed with 16.5 kilometres (10.3 miles) remaining. After this climb, however, the route turned north to take a more direct route to Huy, though some of the same roads were used. Within the town, the riders were faced with a slightly different route and a climb new to the 2015 edition of the race, the Côte de Cherave. The roads before the climb were narrow and twisting, with a level crossing at the foot of the climb. The hill itself was 1,300 metres (4,300 ft) in length with an average gradient of 8.1%; the steepest section came in the first part. The top of the Côte de Cherave came with 5.5 kilometres (3.4 miles) to the finish line and was followed by a sharp right-hand turn and a fast descent back into Huy.The crucial part of the race was the final 1,300-metre (4,300 ft) climb of the Mur de Huy, with an average gradient of 9.6%. The first 400-metre (1,300 ft) section of the climb had a gradient less than 7%; after this it increased to about 10%. The steepest section came after 800 metres (2,600 ft) with an S-bend. The steepest part of the climb had a gradient of about 24%; many past races have been won with attacks at this point. The finish line came at the very top of the climb.
Pre-race favourites
Recent editions of the race had been decided with attacks on the Mur de Huy. The addition of the Côte de Cherave, however, added an unknown factor into the race: it was considered much more likely than in previous years that a group of riders could break away from the peloton on the penultimate climb and hold an advantage to the finish line. No breakaway had won La Flèche Wallonne since 2003.The strongest favourite for the race victory was Alejandro Valverde (Movistar Team), who was the defending champion and who had also won the race in 2006. Valverde had shown good form by coming second in the Amstel Gold Race behind Michał Kwiatkowski (Etixx–Quick-Step); Valverde was expected to have an advantage on the steep climb of the Mur, though Kwiatkowski was still among the favourites for victory.Three other former winners entered the 2015 race. These were Philippe Gilbert (BMC Racing Team), who had won the race in 2011; Joaquim Rodríguez (Team Katusha), who had won in 2012; and Daniel Moreno (Team Katusha), who had won in 2013. All of them were well suited to the steep final climb. Other riders considered to have a chance of victory included Dan Martin (Cannondale–Garmin), Sergio Henao (Team Sky) and several other climbers and puncheurs.As the third stage of the Tour de France was scheduled to finish on exactly the same roads, several riders who were aiming at success there rode La Flèche Wallonne as preparation. These included Chris Froome (Team Sky), Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) and Nairo Quintana (Movistar Team).
Race report
Early stages
A breakaway formed within the first 10 kilometres (6.2 miles) of racing. There were seven riders in the break: Thomas De Gendt (Lotto–Soudal), Mike Teunissen (LottoNL–Jumbo), Brice Feillu (Bretagne–Séché Environnement), Jérôme Baugnies (Wanty–Groupe Gobert), Reinier Honig (Team Roompot), Daniele Ratto (UnitedHealthcare), and Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise). The breakaway initially built an eight-minute lead, with De Gendt leading the group over the climbs. The main peloton was led principally by the Movistar Team and Team Katusha.The first major action of the race occurred as the riders approached the first ascent of the Mur de Huy. Dan Martin, one of the favourites for the race, touched wheels with Tiago Machado (Team Katusha) and both riders crashed. Martin returned to his bike and chased back to the peloton with the help of several teammates, but later withdrew. He had hit his head in the crash and wished to recover ahead of Liège–Bastogne–Liège the following weekend. Several other riders were caught up or delayed, including Chris Froome. At the top of the first ascent of the Mur de Huy, the breakaway's lead had been cut to under six minutes.After the riders left Huy, Team Sky came to the front of the peloton with Peter Kennaugh; his riding at the front of the bunch reduced the gap to under five minutes. Honig and Teunissen were dropped from the leading group on the second climb of the Côte de Bellaire. Team Katusha and the Movistar Team were joined at the front of the peloton by Etixx–Quick-Step as the race returned towards Huy.
Final loops around Huy
Another crash followed before the climb; this crash was caused by riders bunching together on a road made narrower by parked cars on either side. The most significant rider caught in this crash was Philippe Gilbert; others were Julián Arredondo and Bob Jungels (both Trek Factory Racing). Gilbert got up slowly, with his shorts and jersey ripped. He abandoned shortly afterwards. The next significant crash came with 40 kilometres (25 miles) remaining. This took out Lars Petter Nordhaug and Wout Poels (Team Sky), Ben King (Cannondale–Garmin), Amaël Moinard (BMC Racing Team) and Anthony Roux (FDJ). Poels ended up stuck in a ditch for some time with Roux injured on top of him. Another crash happened shortly afterwards, involving Jelle Vanendert (Lotto–Soudal), Alexey Tsatevich (Team Katusha) and Kévin Reza (FDJ).On the penultimate climb of the Mur, the breakaway split; only De Gendt and Baugnies remained in the lead, 50 seconds ahead of the peloton. Giovanni Visconti (Movistar Team) and Luis León Sánchez (Astana) attacked the peloton on the climb and joined De Gendt and Baugnies soon afterwards, while Etixx–Quick-Step and Team Katusha led the chase in the peloton. Tejay van Garderen (BMC Racing Team) attacked on the Col d'Ereffe, while Visconti and Sánchez soon dropped De Gendt and Baugnies. De Gendt helped his teammate Louis Vervaeke bridge up to Van Garderen. Vervaeke, Van Garderen and Baugnies combined briefly, but were unable to catch the leading pair and were themselves caught by the peloton with 13.4 kilometres (8.3 miles) remaining.
Race finale
Visconti and Sánchez continued in the lead; they had 20 seconds lead with 12 kilometres (7.5 miles) left. At this point, another crash occurred in the peloton. This included several IAM Cycling riders, Samuel Sánchez (BMC Racing Team), Bryan Coquard (Team Europcar) and Froome. Froome suffered cuts on his left side, with blood visible through rips on his shorts. He continued to the end of the race, however, and reached the finish line in 123rd place, over 12 minutes behind the leaders.As the peloton headed towards the penultimate climb, the Côte de Cherave, Huub Duyn (Team Roompot) attacked but was unable to build a lead, with Tony Martin leading the peloton on behalf of Kwiatkowski. On the climb, Vincenzo Nibali attacked; he could not build a gap to the group, but did bring them closer to Visconti and Sánchez. Soon afterwards, Tim Wellens (Lotto–Soudal) attacked, catching and passing the leading pair. Giampaolo Caruso (Team Katusha) attempted to follow; he was unable to join Wellens and was recaptured by the pack soon afterwards.Wellens had a 14-second lead at the foot of the final climb of the Mur de Huy. The peloton was led by Lampre–Merida for the first part of the ascent. The peloton stayed together for most of the climb, with no rider escaping on the steep sections. In the final few hundred metres, however, Valverde came to the front of the group. He wound the pace up gradually before sprinting within sight of the line. He took the race victory with a significant gap to the riders behind. Julian Alaphilippe (Etixx–Quick-Step) finished in second place, with Michael Albasini (Orica–GreenEDGE) third.
Result
After the race
Reactions
The race was described afterwards as "an incredibly boring race" by Cycling Weekly. Valverde, however, said that it was "dangerous", with all the crashes happening at the front of the peloton, and that it was "the most nervous race I can remember doing". The 2015 race was his third victory in La Flèche Wallonne, bringing him level with Eddy Merckx; Valverde described this as a "great honour". His aim after the race was to win a third victory at Liège–Bastogne–Liège, which he succeeded in doing.Alaphilippe said after the race that he had not been intending to go for the sprint at the end of the race; the team's plan was to set up Kwiatkowski. He started sprinting only after his directeur sportif shouted "go, go" at him over the radio. Alaphilippe said that he had briefly thought that he was going to win the sprint; his second-place finish was, however, the most important result of his career so far. He said, "For my first time performance here, I can't help but be pleased." Albasini's third place was better than his team had expected: before the race, Orica–GreenEDGE's directeur sportif Matt White had not expected him to be as strong because of the addition of the extra climb. Albasini himself also described the race as "a lot tenser"; he also said that Valverde was "one of the strongest guys in those kinds of finishes".One of the consequences of the high number of crashes in the race was a number of injuries to several prominent riders. These included Dan Martin, who was left with "contusions, abrasions and soreness in his neck"; Martin himself described himself as suffering from whiplash and as feeling "crappy", though he still intended to start Liège–Bastogne–Liège. Philippe Gilbert likewise described his crash as "not the best preparation" and planned a trip to an osteopath to help his recovery. Chris Froome did not suffer any significant injuries but did not plan to start in Liège; he went instead to do reconnaissance of the cobbled stage of the Tour de France and his next scheduled race was the following week at the Tour de Romandie.
UCI World Tour rankings
Riders who finished in the top ten in La Flèche Wallonne were awarded points in the UCI World Tour rankings. Valverde, as the race winner, won 80 points; Kelderman won 2 points for his tenth-place finish. Valverde moved from eighth to second place in the rankings; his 238 points left him 65 points behind Richie Porte, the leader of the ranking. Joaquim Rodríguez also moved up in the rankings from sixteenth to ninth place. Spain remained in second place in the nations' rankings, one point behind Australia, with Colombia moving ahead of the Netherlands into third place and France returning to the top 10. Etixx–Quick-Step retained their lead in the teams' rankings.
References
Sources
"La Flèche Wallonne: Livre de route" (PDF). ASO. 2015. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
External links
Official website
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The 2015 La Flèche Wallonne was the 79th edition of the La Flèche Wallonne one-day cycling classic; it took place on 22 April and was the twelfth race of the 2015 UCI World Tour. La Flèche Wallonne was the second of the three Ardennes classics, coming three days after the Amstel Gold Race (won in 2015 by Michał Kwiatkowski) and four days before Liège–Bastogne–Liège. The defending champion in the race was Alejandro Valverde (Movistar Team).The race took place on a 205.5-kilometre (127.7-mile) route that started in Waremme and ended in Huy. The key aspect of La Flèche Wallonne was the climb of the Mur de Huy, which was crossed three times during the race; the finishing line was at the top of the final climb of the Mur. The race suited both puncheurs and climbers, and had added importance in 2015 because the second stage of the Tour de France, to be held in July, also finished on the Mur, so several riders rode the race as preparation.
Despite the addition of an additional climb late in the race, a group formed at the base of the Mur. Valverde won his third victory on the climb, with Julian Alaphilippe (Etixx–Quick-Step) second and Michael Albasini (Orica–GreenEDGE) third; Valverde went on to win Liège–Bastogne–Liège as well. La Flèche Wallonne was affected by many crashes, which caused the withdrawal of several of the favourites for race victory, including Philippe Gilbert (BMC Racing Team), Michael Morales (Cannondale–Garmin) and Chris Froome (Team Sky).
Teams
La Flèche Wallonne was part of the UCI World Tour, which meant that the 17 UCI WorldTeams were automatically invited and obliged to send a team. The race organisers ASO, which also organised the Tour de France, made eight wildcard invitations to UCI Professional Continental teams. The peloton was therefore made up of 25 teams. Each team was required to enter between five and eight, so the maximum size of the peloton was 200 riders. MTN–Qhubeka and Team Roompot, however, only entered seven riders each, so 198 riders were entered into the race.
Route
The 205.5-kilometre (127.7-mile) route of the 2015 La Flèche Wallonne began in Waremme, Liège Province, on the Rue de Huy with a 2-kilometre (1.2-mile) neutralised zone. The first part of the route went south-east through Faimes and Saint-Georges-sur-Meuse before reaching the day's first climb, the Côte des 36 Tournants, after 22 kilometres (14 miles). After the climb, the riders continued south-east to Anthisnes; here the route turned south. It passed through Ouffet, then reached Durbuy after 55 kilometres (34 miles). The route then turned west to pass through Havelange before reaching Ohey after 84.5 kilometres (52.5 miles). The roads between the Côte des 36 Tournants and Ohey were not entirely flat, but there were no categorised climbs.
After reaching Ohey, the route entered a series of loops. The riders first travelled north, south-west and then north again to reach the day's second climb, the Côte de Bellaire, after 92 kilometres (57 miles) of racing. The route continued north to Andenne, then east to the third climb, the Côte de Bohissau, 100 kilometres (62 miles) into the race. The riders then rode north-east to reach the first ascent of the Mur de Huy. The first climb of the Mur came with 87.5 kilometres (54.4 miles) to the finish line; it was followed by the day's only feed zone. The peloton continued riding east as far as Modave, where the course turned to the south-west. The Côte d'Ereffe was climbed after 131 kilometres (81 miles) as the riders returned to Ohey. The race then used the same roads as before between Ohey and Huy, repeating the ascents of the Côte de Bellaire, the Côte de Bohissau and the Mur de Huy. The second and penultimate ascent of the Mur came with 29 kilometres (18 miles) remaining.The final loop of the race followed the same roads as before, east out of Huy and then south-west to the Côte d'Ereffe, climbed with 16.5 kilometres (10.3 miles) remaining. After this climb, however, the route turned north to take a more direct route to Huy, though some of the same roads were used. Within the town, the riders were faced with a slightly different route and a climb new to the 2015 edition of the race, the Côte de Cherave. The roads before the climb were narrow and twisting, with a level crossing at the foot of the climb. The hill itself was 1,300 metres (4,300 ft) in length with an average gradient of 8.1%; the steepest section came in the first part. The top of the Côte de Cherave came with 5.5 kilometres (3.4 miles) to the finish line and was followed by a sharp right-hand turn and a fast descent back into Huy.The crucial part of the race was the final 1,300-metre (4,300 ft) climb of the Mur de Huy, with an average gradient of 9.6%. The first 400-metre (1,300 ft) section of the climb had a gradient less than 7%; after this it increased to about 10%. The steepest section came after 800 metres (2,600 ft) with an S-bend. The steepest part of the climb had a gradient of about 24%; many past races have been won with attacks at this point. The finish line came at the very top of the climb.
Pre-race favourites
Recent editions of the race had been decided with attacks on the Mur de Huy. The addition of the Côte de Cherave, however, added an unknown factor into the race: it was considered much more likely than in previous years that a group of riders could break away from the peloton on the penultimate climb and hold an advantage to the finish line. No breakaway had won La Flèche Wallonne since 2003.The strongest favourite for the race victory was Alejandro Valverde (Movistar Team), who was the defending champion and who had also won the race in 2006. Valverde had shown good form by coming second in the Amstel Gold Race behind Michał Kwiatkowski (Etixx–Quick-Step); Valverde was expected to have an advantage on the steep climb of the Mur, though Kwiatkowski was still among the favourites for victory.Three other former winners entered the 2015 race. These were Philippe Gilbert (BMC Racing Team), who had won the race in 2011; Joaquim Rodríguez (Team Katusha), who had won in 2012; and Daniel Moreno (Team Katusha), who had won in 2013. All of them were well suited to the steep final climb. Other riders considered to have a chance of victory included Dan Martin (Cannondale–Garmin), Sergio Henao (Team Sky) and several other climbers and puncheurs.As the third stage of the Tour de France was scheduled to finish on exactly the same roads, several riders who were aiming at success there rode La Flèche Wallonne as preparation. These included Chris Froome (Team Sky), Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) and Nairo Quintana (Movistar Team).
Race report
Early stages
A breakaway formed within the first 10 kilometres (6.2 miles) of racing. There were seven riders in the break: Thomas De Gendt (Lotto–Soudal), Mike Teunissen (LottoNL–Jumbo), Brice Feillu (Bretagne–Séché Environnement), Jérôme Baugnies (Wanty–Groupe Gobert), Reinier Honig (Team Roompot), Daniele Ratto (UnitedHealthcare), and Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise). The breakaway initially built an eight-minute lead, with De Gendt leading the group over the climbs. The main peloton was led principally by the Movistar Team and Team Katusha.The first major action of the race occurred as the riders approached the first ascent of the Mur de Huy. Dan Martin, one of the favourites for the race, touched wheels with Tiago Machado (Team Katusha) and both riders crashed. Martin returned to his bike and chased back to the peloton with the help of several teammates, but later withdrew. He had hit his head in the crash and wished to recover ahead of Liège–Bastogne–Liège the following weekend. Several other riders were caught up or delayed, including Chris Froome. At the top of the first ascent of the Mur de Huy, the breakaway's lead had been cut to under six minutes.After the riders left Huy, Team Sky came to the front of the peloton with Peter Kennaugh; his riding at the front of the bunch reduced the gap to under five minutes. Honig and Teunissen were dropped from the leading group on the second climb of the Côte de Bellaire. Team Katusha and the Movistar Team were joined at the front of the peloton by Etixx–Quick-Step as the race returned towards Huy.
Final loops around Huy
Another crash followed before the climb; this crash was caused by riders bunching together on a road made narrower by parked cars on either side. The most significant rider caught in this crash was Philippe Gilbert; others were Julián Arredondo and Bob Jungels (both Trek Factory Racing). Gilbert got up slowly, with his shorts and jersey ripped. He abandoned shortly afterwards. The next significant crash came with 40 kilometres (25 miles) remaining. This took out Lars Petter Nordhaug and Wout Poels (Team Sky), Ben King (Cannondale–Garmin), Amaël Moinard (BMC Racing Team) and Anthony Roux (FDJ). Poels ended up stuck in a ditch for some time with Roux injured on top of him. Another crash happened shortly afterwards, involving Jelle Vanendert (Lotto–Soudal), Alexey Tsatevich (Team Katusha) and Kévin Reza (FDJ).On the penultimate climb of the Mur, the breakaway split; only De Gendt and Baugnies remained in the lead, 50 seconds ahead of the peloton. Giovanni Visconti (Movistar Team) and Luis León Sánchez (Astana) attacked the peloton on the climb and joined De Gendt and Baugnies soon afterwards, while Etixx–Quick-Step and Team Katusha led the chase in the peloton. Tejay van Garderen (BMC Racing Team) attacked on the Col d'Ereffe, while Visconti and Sánchez soon dropped De Gendt and Baugnies. De Gendt helped his teammate Louis Vervaeke bridge up to Van Garderen. Vervaeke, Van Garderen and Baugnies combined briefly, but were unable to catch the leading pair and were themselves caught by the peloton with 13.4 kilometres (8.3 miles) remaining.
Race finale
Visconti and Sánchez continued in the lead; they had 20 seconds lead with 12 kilometres (7.5 miles) left. At this point, another crash occurred in the peloton. This included several IAM Cycling riders, Samuel Sánchez (BMC Racing Team), Bryan Coquard (Team Europcar) and Froome. Froome suffered cuts on his left side, with blood visible through rips on his shorts. He continued to the end of the race, however, and reached the finish line in 123rd place, over 12 minutes behind the leaders.As the peloton headed towards the penultimate climb, the Côte de Cherave, Huub Duyn (Team Roompot) attacked but was unable to build a lead, with Tony Martin leading the peloton on behalf of Kwiatkowski. On the climb, Vincenzo Nibali attacked; he could not build a gap to the group, but did bring them closer to Visconti and Sánchez. Soon afterwards, Tim Wellens (Lotto–Soudal) attacked, catching and passing the leading pair. Giampaolo Caruso (Team Katusha) attempted to follow; he was unable to join Wellens and was recaptured by the pack soon afterwards.Wellens had a 14-second lead at the foot of the final climb of the Mur de Huy. The peloton was led by Lampre–Merida for the first part of the ascent. The peloton stayed together for most of the climb, with no rider escaping on the steep sections. In the final few hundred metres, however, Valverde came to the front of the group. He wound the pace up gradually before sprinting within sight of the line. He took the race victory with a significant gap to the riders behind. Julian Alaphilippe (Etixx–Quick-Step) finished in second place, with Michael Albasini (Orica–GreenEDGE) third.
Result
After the race
Reactions
The race was described afterwards as "an incredibly boring race" by Cycling Weekly. Valverde, however, said that it was "dangerous", with all the crashes happening at the front of the peloton, and that it was "the most nervous race I can remember doing". The 2015 race was his third victory in La Flèche Wallonne, bringing him level with Eddy Merckx; Valverde described this as a "great honour". His aim after the race was to win a third victory at Liège–Bastogne–Liège, which he succeeded in doing.Alaphilippe said after the race that he had not been intending to go for the sprint at the end of the race; the team's plan was to set up Kwiatkowski. He started sprinting only after his directeur sportif shouted "go, go" at him over the radio. Alaphilippe said that he had briefly thought that he was going to win the sprint; his second-place finish was, however, the most important result of his career so far. He said, "For my first time performance here, I can't help but be pleased." Albasini's third place was better than his team had expected: before the race, Orica–GreenEDGE's directeur sportif Matt White had not expected him to be as strong because of the addition of the extra climb. Albasini himself also described the race as "a lot tenser"; he also said that Valverde was "one of the strongest guys in those kinds of finishes".One of the consequences of the high number of crashes in the race was a number of injuries to several prominent riders. These included Dan Martin, who was left with "contusions, abrasions and soreness in his neck"; Martin himself described himself as suffering from whiplash and as feeling "crappy", though he still intended to start Liège–Bastogne–Liège. Philippe Gilbert likewise described his crash as "not the best preparation" and planned a trip to an osteopath to help his recovery. Chris Froome did not suffer any significant injuries but did not plan to start in Liège; he went instead to do reconnaissance of the cobbled stage of the Tour de France and his next scheduled race was the following week at the Tour de Romandie.
UCI World Tour rankings
Riders who finished in the top ten in La Flèche Wallonne were awarded points in the UCI World Tour rankings. Valverde, as the race winner, won 80 points; Kelderman won 2 points for his tenth-place finish. Valverde moved from eighth to second place in the rankings; his 238 points left him 65 points behind Richie Porte, the leader of the ranking. Joaquim Rodríguez also moved up in the rankings from sixteenth to ninth place. Spain remained in second place in the nations' rankings, one point behind Australia, with Colombia moving ahead of the Netherlands into third place and France returning to the top 10. Etixx–Quick-Step retained their lead in the teams' rankings.
References
Sources
"La Flèche Wallonne: Livre de route" (PDF). ASO. 2015. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
External links
Official website
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The 2015 La Flèche Wallonne was the 79th edition of the La Flèche Wallonne one-day cycling classic; it took place on 22 April and was the twelfth race of the 2015 UCI World Tour. La Flèche Wallonne was the second of the three Ardennes classics, coming three days after the Amstel Gold Race (won in 2015 by Michał Kwiatkowski) and four days before Liège–Bastogne–Liège. The defending champion in the race was Alejandro Valverde (Movistar Team).The race took place on a 205.5-kilometre (127.7-mile) route that started in Waremme and ended in Huy. The key aspect of La Flèche Wallonne was the climb of the Mur de Huy, which was crossed three times during the race; the finishing line was at the top of the final climb of the Mur. The race suited both puncheurs and climbers, and had added importance in 2015 because the second stage of the Tour de France, to be held in July, also finished on the Mur, so several riders rode the race as preparation.
Despite the addition of an additional climb late in the race, a group formed at the base of the Mur. Valverde won his third victory on the climb, with Julian Alaphilippe (Etixx–Quick-Step) second and Michael Albasini (Orica–GreenEDGE) third; Valverde went on to win Liège–Bastogne–Liège as well. La Flèche Wallonne was affected by many crashes, which caused the withdrawal of several of the favourites for race victory, including Philippe Gilbert (BMC Racing Team), Michael Morales (Cannondale–Garmin) and Chris Froome (Team Sky).
Teams
La Flèche Wallonne was part of the UCI World Tour, which meant that the 17 UCI WorldTeams were automatically invited and obliged to send a team. The race organisers ASO, which also organised the Tour de France, made eight wildcard invitations to UCI Professional Continental teams. The peloton was therefore made up of 25 teams. Each team was required to enter between five and eight, so the maximum size of the peloton was 200 riders. MTN–Qhubeka and Team Roompot, however, only entered seven riders each, so 198 riders were entered into the race.
Route
The 205.5-kilometre (127.7-mile) route of the 2015 La Flèche Wallonne began in Waremme, Liège Province, on the Rue de Huy with a 2-kilometre (1.2-mile) neutralised zone. The first part of the route went south-east through Faimes and Saint-Georges-sur-Meuse before reaching the day's first climb, the Côte des 36 Tournants, after 22 kilometres (14 miles). After the climb, the riders continued south-east to Anthisnes; here the route turned south. It passed through Ouffet, then reached Durbuy after 55 kilometres (34 miles). The route then turned west to pass through Havelange before reaching Ohey after 84.5 kilometres (52.5 miles). The roads between the Côte des 36 Tournants and Ohey were not entirely flat, but there were no categorised climbs.
After reaching Ohey, the route entered a series of loops. The riders first travelled north, south-west and then north again to reach the day's second climb, the Côte de Bellaire, after 92 kilometres (57 miles) of racing. The route continued north to Andenne, then east to the third climb, the Côte de Bohissau, 100 kilometres (62 miles) into the race. The riders then rode north-east to reach the first ascent of the Mur de Huy. The first climb of the Mur came with 87.5 kilometres (54.4 miles) to the finish line; it was followed by the day's only feed zone. The peloton continued riding east as far as Modave, where the course turned to the south-west. The Côte d'Ereffe was climbed after 131 kilometres (81 miles) as the riders returned to Ohey. The race then used the same roads as before between Ohey and Huy, repeating the ascents of the Côte de Bellaire, the Côte de Bohissau and the Mur de Huy. The second and penultimate ascent of the Mur came with 29 kilometres (18 miles) remaining.The final loop of the race followed the same roads as before, east out of Huy and then south-west to the Côte d'Ereffe, climbed with 16.5 kilometres (10.3 miles) remaining. After this climb, however, the route turned north to take a more direct route to Huy, though some of the same roads were used. Within the town, the riders were faced with a slightly different route and a climb new to the 2015 edition of the race, the Côte de Cherave. The roads before the climb were narrow and twisting, with a level crossing at the foot of the climb. The hill itself was 1,300 metres (4,300 ft) in length with an average gradient of 8.1%; the steepest section came in the first part. The top of the Côte de Cherave came with 5.5 kilometres (3.4 miles) to the finish line and was followed by a sharp right-hand turn and a fast descent back into Huy.The crucial part of the race was the final 1,300-metre (4,300 ft) climb of the Mur de Huy, with an average gradient of 9.6%. The first 400-metre (1,300 ft) section of the climb had a gradient less than 7%; after this it increased to about 10%. The steepest section came after 800 metres (2,600 ft) with an S-bend. The steepest part of the climb had a gradient of about 24%; many past races have been won with attacks at this point. The finish line came at the very top of the climb.
Pre-race favourites
Recent editions of the race had been decided with attacks on the Mur de Huy. The addition of the Côte de Cherave, however, added an unknown factor into the race: it was considered much more likely than in previous years that a group of riders could break away from the peloton on the penultimate climb and hold an advantage to the finish line. No breakaway had won La Flèche Wallonne since 2003.The strongest favourite for the race victory was Alejandro Valverde (Movistar Team), who was the defending champion and who had also won the race in 2006. Valverde had shown good form by coming second in the Amstel Gold Race behind Michał Kwiatkowski (Etixx–Quick-Step); Valverde was expected to have an advantage on the steep climb of the Mur, though Kwiatkowski was still among the favourites for victory.Three other former winners entered the 2015 race. These were Philippe Gilbert (BMC Racing Team), who had won the race in 2011; Joaquim Rodríguez (Team Katusha), who had won in 2012; and Daniel Moreno (Team Katusha), who had won in 2013. All of them were well suited to the steep final climb. Other riders considered to have a chance of victory included Dan Martin (Cannondale–Garmin), Sergio Henao (Team Sky) and several other climbers and puncheurs.As the third stage of the Tour de France was scheduled to finish on exactly the same roads, several riders who were aiming at success there rode La Flèche Wallonne as preparation. These included Chris Froome (Team Sky), Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) and Nairo Quintana (Movistar Team).
Race report
Early stages
A breakaway formed within the first 10 kilometres (6.2 miles) of racing. There were seven riders in the break: Thomas De Gendt (Lotto–Soudal), Mike Teunissen (LottoNL–Jumbo), Brice Feillu (Bretagne–Séché Environnement), Jérôme Baugnies (Wanty–Groupe Gobert), Reinier Honig (Team Roompot), Daniele Ratto (UnitedHealthcare), and Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise). The breakaway initially built an eight-minute lead, with De Gendt leading the group over the climbs. The main peloton was led principally by the Movistar Team and Team Katusha.The first major action of the race occurred as the riders approached the first ascent of the Mur de Huy. Dan Martin, one of the favourites for the race, touched wheels with Tiago Machado (Team Katusha) and both riders crashed. Martin returned to his bike and chased back to the peloton with the help of several teammates, but later withdrew. He had hit his head in the crash and wished to recover ahead of Liège–Bastogne–Liège the following weekend. Several other riders were caught up or delayed, including Chris Froome. At the top of the first ascent of the Mur de Huy, the breakaway's lead had been cut to under six minutes.After the riders left Huy, Team Sky came to the front of the peloton with Peter Kennaugh; his riding at the front of the bunch reduced the gap to under five minutes. Honig and Teunissen were dropped from the leading group on the second climb of the Côte de Bellaire. Team Katusha and the Movistar Team were joined at the front of the peloton by Etixx–Quick-Step as the race returned towards Huy.
Final loops around Huy
Another crash followed before the climb; this crash was caused by riders bunching together on a road made narrower by parked cars on either side. The most significant rider caught in this crash was Philippe Gilbert; others were Julián Arredondo and Bob Jungels (both Trek Factory Racing). Gilbert got up slowly, with his shorts and jersey ripped. He abandoned shortly afterwards. The next significant crash came with 40 kilometres (25 miles) remaining. This took out Lars Petter Nordhaug and Wout Poels (Team Sky), Ben King (Cannondale–Garmin), Amaël Moinard (BMC Racing Team) and Anthony Roux (FDJ). Poels ended up stuck in a ditch for some time with Roux injured on top of him. Another crash happened shortly afterwards, involving Jelle Vanendert (Lotto–Soudal), Alexey Tsatevich (Team Katusha) and Kévin Reza (FDJ).On the penultimate climb of the Mur, the breakaway split; only De Gendt and Baugnies remained in the lead, 50 seconds ahead of the peloton. Giovanni Visconti (Movistar Team) and Luis León Sánchez (Astana) attacked the peloton on the climb and joined De Gendt and Baugnies soon afterwards, while Etixx–Quick-Step and Team Katusha led the chase in the peloton. Tejay van Garderen (BMC Racing Team) attacked on the Col d'Ereffe, while Visconti and Sánchez soon dropped De Gendt and Baugnies. De Gendt helped his teammate Louis Vervaeke bridge up to Van Garderen. Vervaeke, Van Garderen and Baugnies combined briefly, but were unable to catch the leading pair and were themselves caught by the peloton with 13.4 kilometres (8.3 miles) remaining.
Race finale
Visconti and Sánchez continued in the lead; they had 20 seconds lead with 12 kilometres (7.5 miles) left. At this point, another crash occurred in the peloton. This included several IAM Cycling riders, Samuel Sánchez (BMC Racing Team), Bryan Coquard (Team Europcar) and Froome. Froome suffered cuts on his left side, with blood visible through rips on his shorts. He continued to the end of the race, however, and reached the finish line in 123rd place, over 12 minutes behind the leaders.As the peloton headed towards the penultimate climb, the Côte de Cherave, Huub Duyn (Team Roompot) attacked but was unable to build a lead, with Tony Martin leading the peloton on behalf of Kwiatkowski. On the climb, Vincenzo Nibali attacked; he could not build a gap to the group, but did bring them closer to Visconti and Sánchez. Soon afterwards, Tim Wellens (Lotto–Soudal) attacked, catching and passing the leading pair. Giampaolo Caruso (Team Katusha) attempted to follow; he was unable to join Wellens and was recaptured by the pack soon afterwards.Wellens had a 14-second lead at the foot of the final climb of the Mur de Huy. The peloton was led by Lampre–Merida for the first part of the ascent. The peloton stayed together for most of the climb, with no rider escaping on the steep sections. In the final few hundred metres, however, Valverde came to the front of the group. He wound the pace up gradually before sprinting within sight of the line. He took the race victory with a significant gap to the riders behind. Julian Alaphilippe (Etixx–Quick-Step) finished in second place, with Michael Albasini (Orica–GreenEDGE) third.
Result
After the race
Reactions
The race was described afterwards as "an incredibly boring race" by Cycling Weekly. Valverde, however, said that it was "dangerous", with all the crashes happening at the front of the peloton, and that it was "the most nervous race I can remember doing". The 2015 race was his third victory in La Flèche Wallonne, bringing him level with Eddy Merckx; Valverde described this as a "great honour". His aim after the race was to win a third victory at Liège–Bastogne–Liège, which he succeeded in doing.Alaphilippe said after the race that he had not been intending to go for the sprint at the end of the race; the team's plan was to set up Kwiatkowski. He started sprinting only after his directeur sportif shouted "go, go" at him over the radio. Alaphilippe said that he had briefly thought that he was going to win the sprint; his second-place finish was, however, the most important result of his career so far. He said, "For my first time performance here, I can't help but be pleased." Albasini's third place was better than his team had expected: before the race, Orica–GreenEDGE's directeur sportif Matt White had not expected him to be as strong because of the addition of the extra climb. Albasini himself also described the race as "a lot tenser"; he also said that Valverde was "one of the strongest guys in those kinds of finishes".One of the consequences of the high number of crashes in the race was a number of injuries to several prominent riders. These included Dan Martin, who was left with "contusions, abrasions and soreness in his neck"; Martin himself described himself as suffering from whiplash and as feeling "crappy", though he still intended to start Liège–Bastogne–Liège. Philippe Gilbert likewise described his crash as "not the best preparation" and planned a trip to an osteopath to help his recovery. Chris Froome did not suffer any significant injuries but did not plan to start in Liège; he went instead to do reconnaissance of the cobbled stage of the Tour de France and his next scheduled race was the following week at the Tour de Romandie.
UCI World Tour rankings
Riders who finished in the top ten in La Flèche Wallonne were awarded points in the UCI World Tour rankings. Valverde, as the race winner, won 80 points; Kelderman won 2 points for his tenth-place finish. Valverde moved from eighth to second place in the rankings; his 238 points left him 65 points behind Richie Porte, the leader of the ranking. Joaquim Rodríguez also moved up in the rankings from sixteenth to ninth place. Spain remained in second place in the nations' rankings, one point behind Australia, with Colombia moving ahead of the Netherlands into third place and France returning to the top 10. Etixx–Quick-Step retained their lead in the teams' rankings.
References
Sources
"La Flèche Wallonne: Livre de route" (PDF). ASO. 2015. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
External links
Official website
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The 2015 La Flèche Wallonne was the 79th edition of the La Flèche Wallonne one-day cycling classic; it took place on 22 April and was the twelfth race of the 2015 UCI World Tour. La Flèche Wallonne was the second of the three Ardennes classics, coming three days after the Amstel Gold Race (won in 2015 by Michał Kwiatkowski) and four days before Liège–Bastogne–Liège. The defending champion in the race was Alejandro Valverde (Movistar Team).The race took place on a 205.5-kilometre (127.7-mile) route that started in Waremme and ended in Huy. The key aspect of La Flèche Wallonne was the climb of the Mur de Huy, which was crossed three times during the race; the finishing line was at the top of the final climb of the Mur. The race suited both puncheurs and climbers, and had added importance in 2015 because the second stage of the Tour de France, to be held in July, also finished on the Mur, so several riders rode the race as preparation.
Despite the addition of an additional climb late in the race, a group formed at the base of the Mur. Valverde won his third victory on the climb, with Julian Alaphilippe (Etixx–Quick-Step) second and Michael Albasini (Orica–GreenEDGE) third; Valverde went on to win Liège–Bastogne–Liège as well. La Flèche Wallonne was affected by many crashes, which caused the withdrawal of several of the favourites for race victory, including Philippe Gilbert (BMC Racing Team), Michael Morales (Cannondale–Garmin) and Chris Froome (Team Sky).
Teams
La Flèche Wallonne was part of the UCI World Tour, which meant that the 17 UCI WorldTeams were automatically invited and obliged to send a team. The race organisers ASO, which also organised the Tour de France, made eight wildcard invitations to UCI Professional Continental teams. The peloton was therefore made up of 25 teams. Each team was required to enter between five and eight, so the maximum size of the peloton was 200 riders. MTN–Qhubeka and Team Roompot, however, only entered seven riders each, so 198 riders were entered into the race.
Route
The 205.5-kilometre (127.7-mile) route of the 2015 La Flèche Wallonne began in Waremme, Liège Province, on the Rue de Huy with a 2-kilometre (1.2-mile) neutralised zone. The first part of the route went south-east through Faimes and Saint-Georges-sur-Meuse before reaching the day's first climb, the Côte des 36 Tournants, after 22 kilometres (14 miles). After the climb, the riders continued south-east to Anthisnes; here the route turned south. It passed through Ouffet, then reached Durbuy after 55 kilometres (34 miles). The route then turned west to pass through Havelange before reaching Ohey after 84.5 kilometres (52.5 miles). The roads between the Côte des 36 Tournants and Ohey were not entirely flat, but there were no categorised climbs.
After reaching Ohey, the route entered a series of loops. The riders first travelled north, south-west and then north again to reach the day's second climb, the Côte de Bellaire, after 92 kilometres (57 miles) of racing. The route continued north to Andenne, then east to the third climb, the Côte de Bohissau, 100 kilometres (62 miles) into the race. The riders then rode north-east to reach the first ascent of the Mur de Huy. The first climb of the Mur came with 87.5 kilometres (54.4 miles) to the finish line; it was followed by the day's only feed zone. The peloton continued riding east as far as Modave, where the course turned to the south-west. The Côte d'Ereffe was climbed after 131 kilometres (81 miles) as the riders returned to Ohey. The race then used the same roads as before between Ohey and Huy, repeating the ascents of the Côte de Bellaire, the Côte de Bohissau and the Mur de Huy. The second and penultimate ascent of the Mur came with 29 kilometres (18 miles) remaining.The final loop of the race followed the same roads as before, east out of Huy and then south-west to the Côte d'Ereffe, climbed with 16.5 kilometres (10.3 miles) remaining. After this climb, however, the route turned north to take a more direct route to Huy, though some of the same roads were used. Within the town, the riders were faced with a slightly different route and a climb new to the 2015 edition of the race, the Côte de Cherave. The roads before the climb were narrow and twisting, with a level crossing at the foot of the climb. The hill itself was 1,300 metres (4,300 ft) in length with an average gradient of 8.1%; the steepest section came in the first part. The top of the Côte de Cherave came with 5.5 kilometres (3.4 miles) to the finish line and was followed by a sharp right-hand turn and a fast descent back into Huy.The crucial part of the race was the final 1,300-metre (4,300 ft) climb of the Mur de Huy, with an average gradient of 9.6%. The first 400-metre (1,300 ft) section of the climb had a gradient less than 7%; after this it increased to about 10%. The steepest section came after 800 metres (2,600 ft) with an S-bend. The steepest part of the climb had a gradient of about 24%; many past races have been won with attacks at this point. The finish line came at the very top of the climb.
Pre-race favourites
Recent editions of the race had been decided with attacks on the Mur de Huy. The addition of the Côte de Cherave, however, added an unknown factor into the race: it was considered much more likely than in previous years that a group of riders could break away from the peloton on the penultimate climb and hold an advantage to the finish line. No breakaway had won La Flèche Wallonne since 2003.The strongest favourite for the race victory was Alejandro Valverde (Movistar Team), who was the defending champion and who had also won the race in 2006. Valverde had shown good form by coming second in the Amstel Gold Race behind Michał Kwiatkowski (Etixx–Quick-Step); Valverde was expected to have an advantage on the steep climb of the Mur, though Kwiatkowski was still among the favourites for victory.Three other former winners entered the 2015 race. These were Philippe Gilbert (BMC Racing Team), who had won the race in 2011; Joaquim Rodríguez (Team Katusha), who had won in 2012; and Daniel Moreno (Team Katusha), who had won in 2013. All of them were well suited to the steep final climb. Other riders considered to have a chance of victory included Dan Martin (Cannondale–Garmin), Sergio Henao (Team Sky) and several other climbers and puncheurs.As the third stage of the Tour de France was scheduled to finish on exactly the same roads, several riders who were aiming at success there rode La Flèche Wallonne as preparation. These included Chris Froome (Team Sky), Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) and Nairo Quintana (Movistar Team).
Race report
Early stages
A breakaway formed within the first 10 kilometres (6.2 miles) of racing. There were seven riders in the break: Thomas De Gendt (Lotto–Soudal), Mike Teunissen (LottoNL–Jumbo), Brice Feillu (Bretagne–Séché Environnement), Jérôme Baugnies (Wanty–Groupe Gobert), Reinier Honig (Team Roompot), Daniele Ratto (UnitedHealthcare), and Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise). The breakaway initially built an eight-minute lead, with De Gendt leading the group over the climbs. The main peloton was led principally by the Movistar Team and Team Katusha.The first major action of the race occurred as the riders approached the first ascent of the Mur de Huy. Dan Martin, one of the favourites for the race, touched wheels with Tiago Machado (Team Katusha) and both riders crashed. Martin returned to his bike and chased back to the peloton with the help of several teammates, but later withdrew. He had hit his head in the crash and wished to recover ahead of Liège–Bastogne–Liège the following weekend. Several other riders were caught up or delayed, including Chris Froome. At the top of the first ascent of the Mur de Huy, the breakaway's lead had been cut to under six minutes.After the riders left Huy, Team Sky came to the front of the peloton with Peter Kennaugh; his riding at the front of the bunch reduced the gap to under five minutes. Honig and Teunissen were dropped from the leading group on the second climb of the Côte de Bellaire. Team Katusha and the Movistar Team were joined at the front of the peloton by Etixx–Quick-Step as the race returned towards Huy.
Final loops around Huy
Another crash followed before the climb; this crash was caused by riders bunching together on a road made narrower by parked cars on either side. The most significant rider caught in this crash was Philippe Gilbert; others were Julián Arredondo and Bob Jungels (both Trek Factory Racing). Gilbert got up slowly, with his shorts and jersey ripped. He abandoned shortly afterwards. The next significant crash came with 40 kilometres (25 miles) remaining. This took out Lars Petter Nordhaug and Wout Poels (Team Sky), Ben King (Cannondale–Garmin), Amaël Moinard (BMC Racing Team) and Anthony Roux (FDJ). Poels ended up stuck in a ditch for some time with Roux injured on top of him. Another crash happened shortly afterwards, involving Jelle Vanendert (Lotto–Soudal), Alexey Tsatevich (Team Katusha) and Kévin Reza (FDJ).On the penultimate climb of the Mur, the breakaway split; only De Gendt and Baugnies remained in the lead, 50 seconds ahead of the peloton. Giovanni Visconti (Movistar Team) and Luis León Sánchez (Astana) attacked the peloton on the climb and joined De Gendt and Baugnies soon afterwards, while Etixx–Quick-Step and Team Katusha led the chase in the peloton. Tejay van Garderen (BMC Racing Team) attacked on the Col d'Ereffe, while Visconti and Sánchez soon dropped De Gendt and Baugnies. De Gendt helped his teammate Louis Vervaeke bridge up to Van Garderen. Vervaeke, Van Garderen and Baugnies combined briefly, but were unable to catch the leading pair and were themselves caught by the peloton with 13.4 kilometres (8.3 miles) remaining.
Race finale
Visconti and Sánchez continued in the lead; they had 20 seconds lead with 12 kilometres (7.5 miles) left. At this point, another crash occurred in the peloton. This included several IAM Cycling riders, Samuel Sánchez (BMC Racing Team), Bryan Coquard (Team Europcar) and Froome. Froome suffered cuts on his left side, with blood visible through rips on his shorts. He continued to the end of the race, however, and reached the finish line in 123rd place, over 12 minutes behind the leaders.As the peloton headed towards the penultimate climb, the Côte de Cherave, Huub Duyn (Team Roompot) attacked but was unable to build a lead, with Tony Martin leading the peloton on behalf of Kwiatkowski. On the climb, Vincenzo Nibali attacked; he could not build a gap to the group, but did bring them closer to Visconti and Sánchez. Soon afterwards, Tim Wellens (Lotto–Soudal) attacked, catching and passing the leading pair. Giampaolo Caruso (Team Katusha) attempted to follow; he was unable to join Wellens and was recaptured by the pack soon afterwards.Wellens had a 14-second lead at the foot of the final climb of the Mur de Huy. The peloton was led by Lampre–Merida for the first part of the ascent. The peloton stayed together for most of the climb, with no rider escaping on the steep sections. In the final few hundred metres, however, Valverde came to the front of the group. He wound the pace up gradually before sprinting within sight of the line. He took the race victory with a significant gap to the riders behind. Julian Alaphilippe (Etixx–Quick-Step) finished in second place, with Michael Albasini (Orica–GreenEDGE) third.
Result
After the race
Reactions
The race was described afterwards as "an incredibly boring race" by Cycling Weekly. Valverde, however, said that it was "dangerous", with all the crashes happening at the front of the peloton, and that it was "the most nervous race I can remember doing". The 2015 race was his third victory in La Flèche Wallonne, bringing him level with Eddy Merckx; Valverde described this as a "great honour". His aim after the race was to win a third victory at Liège–Bastogne–Liège, which he succeeded in doing.Alaphilippe said after the race that he had not been intending to go for the sprint at the end of the race; the team's plan was to set up Kwiatkowski. He started sprinting only after his directeur sportif shouted "go, go" at him over the radio. Alaphilippe said that he had briefly thought that he was going to win the sprint; his second-place finish was, however, the most important result of his career so far. He said, "For my first time performance here, I can't help but be pleased." Albasini's third place was better than his team had expected: before the race, Orica–GreenEDGE's directeur sportif Matt White had not expected him to be as strong because of the addition of the extra climb. Albasini himself also described the race as "a lot tenser"; he also said that Valverde was "one of the strongest guys in those kinds of finishes".One of the consequences of the high number of crashes in the race was a number of injuries to several prominent riders. These included Dan Martin, who was left with "contusions, abrasions and soreness in his neck"; Martin himself described himself as suffering from whiplash and as feeling "crappy", though he still intended to start Liège–Bastogne–Liège. Philippe Gilbert likewise described his crash as "not the best preparation" and planned a trip to an osteopath to help his recovery. Chris Froome did not suffer any significant injuries but did not plan to start in Liège; he went instead to do reconnaissance of the cobbled stage of the Tour de France and his next scheduled race was the following week at the Tour de Romandie.
UCI World Tour rankings
Riders who finished in the top ten in La Flèche Wallonne were awarded points in the UCI World Tour rankings. Valverde, as the race winner, won 80 points; Kelderman won 2 points for his tenth-place finish. Valverde moved from eighth to second place in the rankings; his 238 points left him 65 points behind Richie Porte, the leader of the ranking. Joaquim Rodríguez also moved up in the rankings from sixteenth to ninth place. Spain remained in second place in the nations' rankings, one point behind Australia, with Colombia moving ahead of the Netherlands into third place and France returning to the top 10. Etixx–Quick-Step retained their lead in the teams' rankings.
References
Sources
"La Flèche Wallonne: Livre de route" (PDF). ASO. 2015. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
External links
Official website
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The 2015 La Flèche Wallonne was the 79th edition of the La Flèche Wallonne one-day cycling classic; it took place on 22 April and was the twelfth race of the 2015 UCI World Tour. La Flèche Wallonne was the second of the three Ardennes classics, coming three days after the Amstel Gold Race (won in 2015 by Michał Kwiatkowski) and four days before Liège–Bastogne–Liège. The defending champion in the race was Alejandro Valverde (Movistar Team).The race took place on a 205.5-kilometre (127.7-mile) route that started in Waremme and ended in Huy. The key aspect of La Flèche Wallonne was the climb of the Mur de Huy, which was crossed three times during the race; the finishing line was at the top of the final climb of the Mur. The race suited both puncheurs and climbers, and had added importance in 2015 because the second stage of the Tour de France, to be held in July, also finished on the Mur, so several riders rode the race as preparation.
Despite the addition of an additional climb late in the race, a group formed at the base of the Mur. Valverde won his third victory on the climb, with Julian Alaphilippe (Etixx–Quick-Step) second and Michael Albasini (Orica–GreenEDGE) third; Valverde went on to win Liège–Bastogne–Liège as well. La Flèche Wallonne was affected by many crashes, which caused the withdrawal of several of the favourites for race victory, including Philippe Gilbert (BMC Racing Team), Michael Morales (Cannondale–Garmin) and Chris Froome (Team Sky).
Teams
La Flèche Wallonne was part of the UCI World Tour, which meant that the 17 UCI WorldTeams were automatically invited and obliged to send a team. The race organisers ASO, which also organised the Tour de France, made eight wildcard invitations to UCI Professional Continental teams. The peloton was therefore made up of 25 teams. Each team was required to enter between five and eight, so the maximum size of the peloton was 200 riders. MTN–Qhubeka and Team Roompot, however, only entered seven riders each, so 198 riders were entered into the race.
Route
The 205.5-kilometre (127.7-mile) route of the 2015 La Flèche Wallonne began in Waremme, Liège Province, on the Rue de Huy with a 2-kilometre (1.2-mile) neutralised zone. The first part of the route went south-east through Faimes and Saint-Georges-sur-Meuse before reaching the day's first climb, the Côte des 36 Tournants, after 22 kilometres (14 miles). After the climb, the riders continued south-east to Anthisnes; here the route turned south. It passed through Ouffet, then reached Durbuy after 55 kilometres (34 miles). The route then turned west to pass through Havelange before reaching Ohey after 84.5 kilometres (52.5 miles). The roads between the Côte des 36 Tournants and Ohey were not entirely flat, but there were no categorised climbs.
After reaching Ohey, the route entered a series of loops. The riders first travelled north, south-west and then north again to reach the day's second climb, the Côte de Bellaire, after 92 kilometres (57 miles) of racing. The route continued north to Andenne, then east to the third climb, the Côte de Bohissau, 100 kilometres (62 miles) into the race. The riders then rode north-east to reach the first ascent of the Mur de Huy. The first climb of the Mur came with 87.5 kilometres (54.4 miles) to the finish line; it was followed by the day's only feed zone. The peloton continued riding east as far as Modave, where the course turned to the south-west. The Côte d'Ereffe was climbed after 131 kilometres (81 miles) as the riders returned to Ohey. The race then used the same roads as before between Ohey and Huy, repeating the ascents of the Côte de Bellaire, the Côte de Bohissau and the Mur de Huy. The second and penultimate ascent of the Mur came with 29 kilometres (18 miles) remaining.The final loop of the race followed the same roads as before, east out of Huy and then south-west to the Côte d'Ereffe, climbed with 16.5 kilometres (10.3 miles) remaining. After this climb, however, the route turned north to take a more direct route to Huy, though some of the same roads were used. Within the town, the riders were faced with a slightly different route and a climb new to the 2015 edition of the race, the Côte de Cherave. The roads before the climb were narrow and twisting, with a level crossing at the foot of the climb. The hill itself was 1,300 metres (4,300 ft) in length with an average gradient of 8.1%; the steepest section came in the first part. The top of the Côte de Cherave came with 5.5 kilometres (3.4 miles) to the finish line and was followed by a sharp right-hand turn and a fast descent back into Huy.The crucial part of the race was the final 1,300-metre (4,300 ft) climb of the Mur de Huy, with an average gradient of 9.6%. The first 400-metre (1,300 ft) section of the climb had a gradient less than 7%; after this it increased to about 10%. The steepest section came after 800 metres (2,600 ft) with an S-bend. The steepest part of the climb had a gradient of about 24%; many past races have been won with attacks at this point. The finish line came at the very top of the climb.
Pre-race favourites
Recent editions of the race had been decided with attacks on the Mur de Huy. The addition of the Côte de Cherave, however, added an unknown factor into the race: it was considered much more likely than in previous years that a group of riders could break away from the peloton on the penultimate climb and hold an advantage to the finish line. No breakaway had won La Flèche Wallonne since 2003.The strongest favourite for the race victory was Alejandro Valverde (Movistar Team), who was the defending champion and who had also won the race in 2006. Valverde had shown good form by coming second in the Amstel Gold Race behind Michał Kwiatkowski (Etixx–Quick-Step); Valverde was expected to have an advantage on the steep climb of the Mur, though Kwiatkowski was still among the favourites for victory.Three other former winners entered the 2015 race. These were Philippe Gilbert (BMC Racing Team), who had won the race in 2011; Joaquim Rodríguez (Team Katusha), who had won in 2012; and Daniel Moreno (Team Katusha), who had won in 2013. All of them were well suited to the steep final climb. Other riders considered to have a chance of victory included Dan Martin (Cannondale–Garmin), Sergio Henao (Team Sky) and several other climbers and puncheurs.As the third stage of the Tour de France was scheduled to finish on exactly the same roads, several riders who were aiming at success there rode La Flèche Wallonne as preparation. These included Chris Froome (Team Sky), Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) and Nairo Quintana (Movistar Team).
Race report
Early stages
A breakaway formed within the first 10 kilometres (6.2 miles) of racing. There were seven riders in the break: Thomas De Gendt (Lotto–Soudal), Mike Teunissen (LottoNL–Jumbo), Brice Feillu (Bretagne–Séché Environnement), Jérôme Baugnies (Wanty–Groupe Gobert), Reinier Honig (Team Roompot), Daniele Ratto (UnitedHealthcare), and Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise). The breakaway initially built an eight-minute lead, with De Gendt leading the group over the climbs. The main peloton was led principally by the Movistar Team and Team Katusha.The first major action of the race occurred as the riders approached the first ascent of the Mur de Huy. Dan Martin, one of the favourites for the race, touched wheels with Tiago Machado (Team Katusha) and both riders crashed. Martin returned to his bike and chased back to the peloton with the help of several teammates, but later withdrew. He had hit his head in the crash and wished to recover ahead of Liège–Bastogne–Liège the following weekend. Several other riders were caught up or delayed, including Chris Froome. At the top of the first ascent of the Mur de Huy, the breakaway's lead had been cut to under six minutes.After the riders left Huy, Team Sky came to the front of the peloton with Peter Kennaugh; his riding at the front of the bunch reduced the gap to under five minutes. Honig and Teunissen were dropped from the leading group on the second climb of the Côte de Bellaire. Team Katusha and the Movistar Team were joined at the front of the peloton by Etixx–Quick-Step as the race returned towards Huy.
Final loops around Huy
Another crash followed before the climb; this crash was caused by riders bunching together on a road made narrower by parked cars on either side. The most significant rider caught in this crash was Philippe Gilbert; others were Julián Arredondo and Bob Jungels (both Trek Factory Racing). Gilbert got up slowly, with his shorts and jersey ripped. He abandoned shortly afterwards. The next significant crash came with 40 kilometres (25 miles) remaining. This took out Lars Petter Nordhaug and Wout Poels (Team Sky), Ben King (Cannondale–Garmin), Amaël Moinard (BMC Racing Team) and Anthony Roux (FDJ). Poels ended up stuck in a ditch for some time with Roux injured on top of him. Another crash happened shortly afterwards, involving Jelle Vanendert (Lotto–Soudal), Alexey Tsatevich (Team Katusha) and Kévin Reza (FDJ).On the penultimate climb of the Mur, the breakaway split; only De Gendt and Baugnies remained in the lead, 50 seconds ahead of the peloton. Giovanni Visconti (Movistar Team) and Luis León Sánchez (Astana) attacked the peloton on the climb and joined De Gendt and Baugnies soon afterwards, while Etixx–Quick-Step and Team Katusha led the chase in the peloton. Tejay van Garderen (BMC Racing Team) attacked on the Col d'Ereffe, while Visconti and Sánchez soon dropped De Gendt and Baugnies. De Gendt helped his teammate Louis Vervaeke bridge up to Van Garderen. Vervaeke, Van Garderen and Baugnies combined briefly, but were unable to catch the leading pair and were themselves caught by the peloton with 13.4 kilometres (8.3 miles) remaining.
Race finale
Visconti and Sánchez continued in the lead; they had 20 seconds lead with 12 kilometres (7.5 miles) left. At this point, another crash occurred in the peloton. This included several IAM Cycling riders, Samuel Sánchez (BMC Racing Team), Bryan Coquard (Team Europcar) and Froome. Froome suffered cuts on his left side, with blood visible through rips on his shorts. He continued to the end of the race, however, and reached the finish line in 123rd place, over 12 minutes behind the leaders.As the peloton headed towards the penultimate climb, the Côte de Cherave, Huub Duyn (Team Roompot) attacked but was unable to build a lead, with Tony Martin leading the peloton on behalf of Kwiatkowski. On the climb, Vincenzo Nibali attacked; he could not build a gap to the group, but did bring them closer to Visconti and Sánchez. Soon afterwards, Tim Wellens (Lotto–Soudal) attacked, catching and passing the leading pair. Giampaolo Caruso (Team Katusha) attempted to follow; he was unable to join Wellens and was recaptured by the pack soon afterwards.Wellens had a 14-second lead at the foot of the final climb of the Mur de Huy. The peloton was led by Lampre–Merida for the first part of the ascent. The peloton stayed together for most of the climb, with no rider escaping on the steep sections. In the final few hundred metres, however, Valverde came to the front of the group. He wound the pace up gradually before sprinting within sight of the line. He took the race victory with a significant gap to the riders behind. Julian Alaphilippe (Etixx–Quick-Step) finished in second place, with Michael Albasini (Orica–GreenEDGE) third.
Result
After the race
Reactions
The race was described afterwards as "an incredibly boring race" by Cycling Weekly. Valverde, however, said that it was "dangerous", with all the crashes happening at the front of the peloton, and that it was "the most nervous race I can remember doing". The 2015 race was his third victory in La Flèche Wallonne, bringing him level with Eddy Merckx; Valverde described this as a "great honour". His aim after the race was to win a third victory at Liège–Bastogne–Liège, which he succeeded in doing.Alaphilippe said after the race that he had not been intending to go for the sprint at the end of the race; the team's plan was to set up Kwiatkowski. He started sprinting only after his directeur sportif shouted "go, go" at him over the radio. Alaphilippe said that he had briefly thought that he was going to win the sprint; his second-place finish was, however, the most important result of his career so far. He said, "For my first time performance here, I can't help but be pleased." Albasini's third place was better than his team had expected: before the race, Orica–GreenEDGE's directeur sportif Matt White had not expected him to be as strong because of the addition of the extra climb. Albasini himself also described the race as "a lot tenser"; he also said that Valverde was "one of the strongest guys in those kinds of finishes".One of the consequences of the high number of crashes in the race was a number of injuries to several prominent riders. These included Dan Martin, who was left with "contusions, abrasions and soreness in his neck"; Martin himself described himself as suffering from whiplash and as feeling "crappy", though he still intended to start Liège–Bastogne–Liège. Philippe Gilbert likewise described his crash as "not the best preparation" and planned a trip to an osteopath to help his recovery. Chris Froome did not suffer any significant injuries but did not plan to start in Liège; he went instead to do reconnaissance of the cobbled stage of the Tour de France and his next scheduled race was the following week at the Tour de Romandie.
UCI World Tour rankings
Riders who finished in the top ten in La Flèche Wallonne were awarded points in the UCI World Tour rankings. Valverde, as the race winner, won 80 points; Kelderman won 2 points for his tenth-place finish. Valverde moved from eighth to second place in the rankings; his 238 points left him 65 points behind Richie Porte, the leader of the ranking. Joaquim Rodríguez also moved up in the rankings from sixteenth to ninth place. Spain remained in second place in the nations' rankings, one point behind Australia, with Colombia moving ahead of the Netherlands into third place and France returning to the top 10. Etixx–Quick-Step retained their lead in the teams' rankings.
References
Sources
"La Flèche Wallonne: Livre de route" (PDF). ASO. 2015. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
External links
Official website
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The 2015 La Flèche Wallonne was the 79th edition of the La Flèche Wallonne one-day cycling classic; it took place on 22 April and was the twelfth race of the 2015 UCI World Tour. La Flèche Wallonne was the second of the three Ardennes classics, coming three days after the Amstel Gold Race (won in 2015 by Michał Kwiatkowski) and four days before Liège–Bastogne–Liège. The defending champion in the race was Alejandro Valverde (Movistar Team).The race took place on a 205.5-kilometre (127.7-mile) route that started in Waremme and ended in Huy. The key aspect of La Flèche Wallonne was the climb of the Mur de Huy, which was crossed three times during the race; the finishing line was at the top of the final climb of the Mur. The race suited both puncheurs and climbers, and had added importance in 2015 because the second stage of the Tour de France, to be held in July, also finished on the Mur, so several riders rode the race as preparation.
Despite the addition of an additional climb late in the race, a group formed at the base of the Mur. Valverde won his third victory on the climb, with Julian Alaphilippe (Etixx–Quick-Step) second and Michael Albasini (Orica–GreenEDGE) third; Valverde went on to win Liège–Bastogne–Liège as well. La Flèche Wallonne was affected by many crashes, which caused the withdrawal of several of the favourites for race victory, including Philippe Gilbert (BMC Racing Team), Michael Morales (Cannondale–Garmin) and Chris Froome (Team Sky).
Teams
La Flèche Wallonne was part of the UCI World Tour, which meant that the 17 UCI WorldTeams were automatically invited and obliged to send a team. The race organisers ASO, which also organised the Tour de France, made eight wildcard invitations to UCI Professional Continental teams. The peloton was therefore made up of 25 teams. Each team was required to enter between five and eight, so the maximum size of the peloton was 200 riders. MTN–Qhubeka and Team Roompot, however, only entered seven riders each, so 198 riders were entered into the race.
Route
The 205.5-kilometre (127.7-mile) route of the 2015 La Flèche Wallonne began in Waremme, Liège Province, on the Rue de Huy with a 2-kilometre (1.2-mile) neutralised zone. The first part of the route went south-east through Faimes and Saint-Georges-sur-Meuse before reaching the day's first climb, the Côte des 36 Tournants, after 22 kilometres (14 miles). After the climb, the riders continued south-east to Anthisnes; here the route turned south. It passed through Ouffet, then reached Durbuy after 55 kilometres (34 miles). The route then turned west to pass through Havelange before reaching Ohey after 84.5 kilometres (52.5 miles). The roads between the Côte des 36 Tournants and Ohey were not entirely flat, but there were no categorised climbs.
After reaching Ohey, the route entered a series of loops. The riders first travelled north, south-west and then north again to reach the day's second climb, the Côte de Bellaire, after 92 kilometres (57 miles) of racing. The route continued north to Andenne, then east to the third climb, the Côte de Bohissau, 100 kilometres (62 miles) into the race. The riders then rode north-east to reach the first ascent of the Mur de Huy. The first climb of the Mur came with 87.5 kilometres (54.4 miles) to the finish line; it was followed by the day's only feed zone. The peloton continued riding east as far as Modave, where the course turned to the south-west. The Côte d'Ereffe was climbed after 131 kilometres (81 miles) as the riders returned to Ohey. The race then used the same roads as before between Ohey and Huy, repeating the ascents of the Côte de Bellaire, the Côte de Bohissau and the Mur de Huy. The second and penultimate ascent of the Mur came with 29 kilometres (18 miles) remaining.The final loop of the race followed the same roads as before, east out of Huy and then south-west to the Côte d'Ereffe, climbed with 16.5 kilometres (10.3 miles) remaining. After this climb, however, the route turned north to take a more direct route to Huy, though some of the same roads were used. Within the town, the riders were faced with a slightly different route and a climb new to the 2015 edition of the race, the Côte de Cherave. The roads before the climb were narrow and twisting, with a level crossing at the foot of the climb. The hill itself was 1,300 metres (4,300 ft) in length with an average gradient of 8.1%; the steepest section came in the first part. The top of the Côte de Cherave came with 5.5 kilometres (3.4 miles) to the finish line and was followed by a sharp right-hand turn and a fast descent back into Huy.The crucial part of the race was the final 1,300-metre (4,300 ft) climb of the Mur de Huy, with an average gradient of 9.6%. The first 400-metre (1,300 ft) section of the climb had a gradient less than 7%; after this it increased to about 10%. The steepest section came after 800 metres (2,600 ft) with an S-bend. The steepest part of the climb had a gradient of about 24%; many past races have been won with attacks at this point. The finish line came at the very top of the climb.
Pre-race favourites
Recent editions of the race had been decided with attacks on the Mur de Huy. The addition of the Côte de Cherave, however, added an unknown factor into the race: it was considered much more likely than in previous years that a group of riders could break away from the peloton on the penultimate climb and hold an advantage to the finish line. No breakaway had won La Flèche Wallonne since 2003.The strongest favourite for the race victory was Alejandro Valverde (Movistar Team), who was the defending champion and who had also won the race in 2006. Valverde had shown good form by coming second in the Amstel Gold Race behind Michał Kwiatkowski (Etixx–Quick-Step); Valverde was expected to have an advantage on the steep climb of the Mur, though Kwiatkowski was still among the favourites for victory.Three other former winners entered the 2015 race. These were Philippe Gilbert (BMC Racing Team), who had won the race in 2011; Joaquim Rodríguez (Team Katusha), who had won in 2012; and Daniel Moreno (Team Katusha), who had won in 2013. All of them were well suited to the steep final climb. Other riders considered to have a chance of victory included Dan Martin (Cannondale–Garmin), Sergio Henao (Team Sky) and several other climbers and puncheurs.As the third stage of the Tour de France was scheduled to finish on exactly the same roads, several riders who were aiming at success there rode La Flèche Wallonne as preparation. These included Chris Froome (Team Sky), Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) and Nairo Quintana (Movistar Team).
Race report
Early stages
A breakaway formed within the first 10 kilometres (6.2 miles) of racing. There were seven riders in the break: Thomas De Gendt (Lotto–Soudal), Mike Teunissen (LottoNL–Jumbo), Brice Feillu (Bretagne–Séché Environnement), Jérôme Baugnies (Wanty–Groupe Gobert), Reinier Honig (Team Roompot), Daniele Ratto (UnitedHealthcare), and Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise). The breakaway initially built an eight-minute lead, with De Gendt leading the group over the climbs. The main peloton was led principally by the Movistar Team and Team Katusha.The first major action of the race occurred as the riders approached the first ascent of the Mur de Huy. Dan Martin, one of the favourites for the race, touched wheels with Tiago Machado (Team Katusha) and both riders crashed. Martin returned to his bike and chased back to the peloton with the help of several teammates, but later withdrew. He had hit his head in the crash and wished to recover ahead of Liège–Bastogne–Liège the following weekend. Several other riders were caught up or delayed, including Chris Froome. At the top of the first ascent of the Mur de Huy, the breakaway's lead had been cut to under six minutes.After the riders left Huy, Team Sky came to the front of the peloton with Peter Kennaugh; his riding at the front of the bunch reduced the gap to under five minutes. Honig and Teunissen were dropped from the leading group on the second climb of the Côte de Bellaire. Team Katusha and the Movistar Team were joined at the front of the peloton by Etixx–Quick-Step as the race returned towards Huy.
Final loops around Huy
Another crash followed before the climb; this crash was caused by riders bunching together on a road made narrower by parked cars on either side. The most significant rider caught in this crash was Philippe Gilbert; others were Julián Arredondo and Bob Jungels (both Trek Factory Racing). Gilbert got up slowly, with his shorts and jersey ripped. He abandoned shortly afterwards. The next significant crash came with 40 kilometres (25 miles) remaining. This took out Lars Petter Nordhaug and Wout Poels (Team Sky), Ben King (Cannondale–Garmin), Amaël Moinard (BMC Racing Team) and Anthony Roux (FDJ). Poels ended up stuck in a ditch for some time with Roux injured on top of him. Another crash happened shortly afterwards, involving Jelle Vanendert (Lotto–Soudal), Alexey Tsatevich (Team Katusha) and Kévin Reza (FDJ).On the penultimate climb of the Mur, the breakaway split; only De Gendt and Baugnies remained in the lead, 50 seconds ahead of the peloton. Giovanni Visconti (Movistar Team) and Luis León Sánchez (Astana) attacked the peloton on the climb and joined De Gendt and Baugnies soon afterwards, while Etixx–Quick-Step and Team Katusha led the chase in the peloton. Tejay van Garderen (BMC Racing Team) attacked on the Col d'Ereffe, while Visconti and Sánchez soon dropped De Gendt and Baugnies. De Gendt helped his teammate Louis Vervaeke bridge up to Van Garderen. Vervaeke, Van Garderen and Baugnies combined briefly, but were unable to catch the leading pair and were themselves caught by the peloton with 13.4 kilometres (8.3 miles) remaining.
Race finale
Visconti and Sánchez continued in the lead; they had 20 seconds lead with 12 kilometres (7.5 miles) left. At this point, another crash occurred in the peloton. This included several IAM Cycling riders, Samuel Sánchez (BMC Racing Team), Bryan Coquard (Team Europcar) and Froome. Froome suffered cuts on his left side, with blood visible through rips on his shorts. He continued to the end of the race, however, and reached the finish line in 123rd place, over 12 minutes behind the leaders.As the peloton headed towards the penultimate climb, the Côte de Cherave, Huub Duyn (Team Roompot) attacked but was unable to build a lead, with Tony Martin leading the peloton on behalf of Kwiatkowski. On the climb, Vincenzo Nibali attacked; he could not build a gap to the group, but did bring them closer to Visconti and Sánchez. Soon afterwards, Tim Wellens (Lotto–Soudal) attacked, catching and passing the leading pair. Giampaolo Caruso (Team Katusha) attempted to follow; he was unable to join Wellens and was recaptured by the pack soon afterwards.Wellens had a 14-second lead at the foot of the final climb of the Mur de Huy. The peloton was led by Lampre–Merida for the first part of the ascent. The peloton stayed together for most of the climb, with no rider escaping on the steep sections. In the final few hundred metres, however, Valverde came to the front of the group. He wound the pace up gradually before sprinting within sight of the line. He took the race victory with a significant gap to the riders behind. Julian Alaphilippe (Etixx–Quick-Step) finished in second place, with Michael Albasini (Orica–GreenEDGE) third.
Result
After the race
Reactions
The race was described afterwards as "an incredibly boring race" by Cycling Weekly. Valverde, however, said that it was "dangerous", with all the crashes happening at the front of the peloton, and that it was "the most nervous race I can remember doing". The 2015 race was his third victory in La Flèche Wallonne, bringing him level with Eddy Merckx; Valverde described this as a "great honour". His aim after the race was to win a third victory at Liège–Bastogne–Liège, which he succeeded in doing.Alaphilippe said after the race that he had not been intending to go for the sprint at the end of the race; the team's plan was to set up Kwiatkowski. He started sprinting only after his directeur sportif shouted "go, go" at him over the radio. Alaphilippe said that he had briefly thought that he was going to win the sprint; his second-place finish was, however, the most important result of his career so far. He said, "For my first time performance here, I can't help but be pleased." Albasini's third place was better than his team had expected: before the race, Orica–GreenEDGE's directeur sportif Matt White had not expected him to be as strong because of the addition of the extra climb. Albasini himself also described the race as "a lot tenser"; he also said that Valverde was "one of the strongest guys in those kinds of finishes".One of the consequences of the high number of crashes in the race was a number of injuries to several prominent riders. These included Dan Martin, who was left with "contusions, abrasions and soreness in his neck"; Martin himself described himself as suffering from whiplash and as feeling "crappy", though he still intended to start Liège–Bastogne–Liège. Philippe Gilbert likewise described his crash as "not the best preparation" and planned a trip to an osteopath to help his recovery. Chris Froome did not suffer any significant injuries but did not plan to start in Liège; he went instead to do reconnaissance of the cobbled stage of the Tour de France and his next scheduled race was the following week at the Tour de Romandie.
UCI World Tour rankings
Riders who finished in the top ten in La Flèche Wallonne were awarded points in the UCI World Tour rankings. Valverde, as the race winner, won 80 points; Kelderman won 2 points for his tenth-place finish. Valverde moved from eighth to second place in the rankings; his 238 points left him 65 points behind Richie Porte, the leader of the ranking. Joaquim Rodríguez also moved up in the rankings from sixteenth to ninth place. Spain remained in second place in the nations' rankings, one point behind Australia, with Colombia moving ahead of the Netherlands into third place and France returning to the top 10. Etixx–Quick-Step retained their lead in the teams' rankings.
References
Sources
"La Flèche Wallonne: Livre de route" (PDF). ASO. 2015. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
External links
Official website
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Irena Lasota (born 25 July 1945 as Irene Hirszowicz) is a Polish philosopher, publicist, publisher, social and political activist, and president/co-director of the Institute for Democracy in Eastern Europe. Lasota began her political activism as a student in Poland during the 1968 Polish political crisis, which pitted protesting students against the then-Communist government. Soon after the so called March events, Lasota would emigrate to the United States, eventually returning to Europe in the first half of the 1980s to settle down in France. Lasota is to this day a frequent commentator on Polish and American political affairs, and remains an outspoken supporter of freedom of speech and democratic institutions.
Early life
Born in France shortly after the conclusion of World War II in Europe, Lasota would return to Poland with her family in 1948 where they changed their family name from Hirszowicz to Lasota. In 1958 she became a member of the "Hufiec Walterowski" (Eng. The Walter Troop), a youth organization re-activated in 1956 under the mantle of the Polish Scouting and Guiding Association following the period of Stalinism in Eastern Europe. The Troop was led at the time by Jacek Kuroń, and would produce many other leaders of the democratic opposition in Communist Poland, including Andrzej Seweryn and Adam Michnik.
Political activism
Activism in Poland
Between 1962 and 1968 Lasota studied philosophy at the University of Warsaw. In 1964 she created a discussion group in cooperation with other students, among whom were Teresa Bogucka, Maciej Czechowski, Józef Dajczgewand, and Wiktor Górecki. The group's members also practised self-education in the area of social sciences, sharing a copy of the Parisian magazine "Kultura", organizing an emergency fund in case of government reprisals, and took part in open meetings of the Socialist Youth Association (ZMS), of which Lasota was a member for three months in 1964.
Lasota's group would ideologically distance itself from another active student group headed by former Walter Troop member Adam Michnik. Kuroń later commented on this cooling of relations: "In accordance with the rules presented to them by Irena, they aimed at attracting youth living in the student dorms, youth from rural areas, those with a worker and peasant background. […] They accused Adam [Michnik] and his colleagues of elitism, of closing themselves off in their own circle, or lounge as they called it" (Wiara i wina, NOWA, Warsaw, 1990).Between 1966 and 1967 Lasota prepared for a role as debate leader at the open-entry ZMS meetings. During this time she became acquainted with Antoni Zambrowski and began aiding him in the distribution of transcribed illegal publications, i.e. translating banned political science writings. In 1987 and the following year, she would begin co-editing and disseminating pamphlets around the University of Warsaw and work as editorial assistant for the publication "Wiedza Powszechna".In January 1968 Lasota was party to the culminating events eventually leading to the March crisis and wave of student protests in Poland. On January 30, 1968, a student demonstration took place in Warsaw against the censuring and removal of the play "Dziady" from the National Theatre. Directed by Kazimierz Dejmek, the play had run for four nights before Dejmek was ordered that the show be limited to playing once a week, normal ticket sales for students capped at 100 seats, and the public's reaction noted down by the director. Though subject to confiscations and controls by Security Services and student members of Warsaw University's ZMS, Lasota was able to compile a petition of 3145 signatures sent by mail to the Marshal of the Sejm on February 16. During a pre-planned rally on March 8, she called for the return of Michnik and Henryk Szlajfer, both of whom had been expelled from the university, as well as for a halt to all other disciplinary action against Warsaw's students.
Having presented their demands, Lasota met with the deputy rector of the university as part of a student delegation. Following the rally Lasota was arrested and tried by the misdemeanour board, receiving a two-month prison sentence on the grounds of "standing on a public bench in muddied boots". She was released in August 1968, but faced further prosecution the following year. In April 1969 she was tried and sentenced once again, this time for a year and a half for belonging to a secret organization. Over this same period Lasota, in cooperation with Jakub Karpiński, Grażyna Kuroniowa, Andrzej Zabłudowski, collected information to be sent abroad concerning the ongoing legal proceedings of individuals prosecuted for their involvement in the March events.
Activism and life abroad
In 1970 Lasota left Poland with her then-husband Zabłudowski, following his expulsion from the University of Warsaw. Under the pretext of emigration to Israel, the couple transited and officially emigrated to the United States that same year. Lasota resumed her studies, graduating from Temple University in Philadelphia in 1972 with a degree in special education. She would work as a child therapist for the next nine years until 1982. In 1975 she returned to school, this time completing a degree in political sciences with a specialization in International Communism at Columbia University in 1979. This led her to become a lecturer in this field at Fordham and Yale universities between 1980-81.Lasota remained politically active around events unfolding in Poland over this same period. Though banned from entering the country, she was able to attain a visa and return to Poland on four occasions, in 1975, 1977, 1979, and 1984, bringing with her and disseminating illegal publications among her friends. She worked to promote awareness of events in Poland by providing western mass media outlets with current information. She wrote for "The New Daily" in New York and cooperated with London's "Aneks". In 1975 Lasota became a publicist and permanent collaborator with Radio Free Europe and the BBC. From 1976 she was also in contact with US labour organization AFL-CIO, which she provided with information on the prosecution of workers in Poland as a primary consultant to its directorial board. In 1977 Lasota took part in an appeal by American intellectuals in defence of arrested members of the Polish Workers' Protection Committee. That same year, she would co-found Amnesty International's coordination group for Eastern European alongside Robert Sharlet and Irena Grudzińska.
By 1981, Lasota had become an editor and publisher of numerous publications, including "Committee in Support of Solidarity Reports", "Solidarity Bulletin", and "Uncaptive Mind". Additionally, she wrote articles that appeared on the pages of Poland's underground newspapers. That same year in New York, Lasota, in cooperation with Eric Chenoweth, Karpiński, and Jerzy Warman, founded The Committee in Support of Solidarity. The Committee was active politically, organizing demonstrations, among others, at the United Nations' New York headquarters in 1982. During a session dedicated to the topic of disarmament, Lasota and Chenoweth managed to unfurl a banner they had smuggled into the building in front of Andrei Gromyko, Soviet Delegation Chief, which read "Disarm Brezhnev, disarm Jaruzelski", for which they were detained by building security. Through its money collection efforts, the Committee was able to procure various materials and equipment for freedom organizations in Poland. This included tape recorders, transistors, printing ink, silkscreens, all of which were smuggled with the help of hundreds of opposition activists travelling between Poland and the United States and France. One example of the organization's money collection efforts was a concert of violinist Wanda Wiłkomirska organized in New York, which brought in $8300 for the Polish opposition.By 1984, The Committee expanded to become the Institute for Democracy in Eastern Europe (IDEE). The organization broadened its activities to material support for anti-Communist opposition movements in Czechoslovakia and Hungary, in addition to Poland. It also served as a collection and transfer point for donations from American foundations supporting independent initiatives in these countries. By November 1989, at least 194 periodicals and underground initiatives received up to 143.760 US dollars in aid, transferred and billed under the names of various composers, artists, and poets. A full expense report was published by Lasota in "Kultura" (n4/1990). IDEE would also transfer over 250 thousand USD to the Consortium of Independent Publishers, along with additional sums for the Regional Executive Commission of NSZZ "Solidarity" Mazovia, underground Independent Student Collective, and Orange Alternative. In 1986 she oversaw a sum of 200 thousand USD provided by George Soros' Open Society foundation for short-term scholarships ranging between 500-1000 dollars. The scholarships benefited 177 individuals who were able to undertake study trips to London and Paris, and were aimed at grooming Poland's future academic and political elite.In 1985 Lasota moved to Paris. From there she continued to send thousands of books by mail to Poland with the help of her second husband, Jakub Karpiński. Together they published a Polish journal series titled "Konfrontacje" between 1985–91, which contained translated academic research on anti-Communist opposition efforts. The series comprised 14 tomes, frequently re-printed by independent Polish publishers, including "PoMost" and "Res publica". Since the collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe after 1989, Lasota has focused on financial and organizational aid for independent initiatives in former Soviet Bloc states, opening the IDEE Foundation in Poland in 1992.
Writings
Editor
Bulletin Solidarność
Biuletyn Informacyjny
Listy więźniów
Repression in Poland
Various Helsinki Committee Poland studies
Committee in Support of Solidarity Reports
Konfrontacje
Uncaptive Minds
World Affairs
Droga do Solidarności – selected texts of Marek Tarniewski and documents between 1956–81
Contributor
New Daily
Aneks
Radio Free Europe
The New York Times
Kultura
Orientacja na Prawo
Tu, teraz
Przegląd Wiadomości Agencyjnych
Rzeczpospolita
Salon24
Awards and honours
Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (2008)
Honorary Member of the Republican Party of Georgia (1999)
See also
Anti-communist resistance in Poland
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Irena Lasota (born 25 July 1945 as Irene Hirszowicz) is a Polish philosopher, publicist, publisher, social and political activist, and president/co-director of the Institute for Democracy in Eastern Europe. Lasota began her political activism as a student in Poland during the 1968 Polish political crisis, which pitted protesting students against the then-Communist government. Soon after the so called March events, Lasota would emigrate to the United States, eventually returning to Europe in the first half of the 1980s to settle down in France. Lasota is to this day a frequent commentator on Polish and American political affairs, and remains an outspoken supporter of freedom of speech and democratic institutions.
Early life
Born in France shortly after the conclusion of World War II in Europe, Lasota would return to Poland with her family in 1948 where they changed their family name from Hirszowicz to Lasota. In 1958 she became a member of the "Hufiec Walterowski" (Eng. The Walter Troop), a youth organization re-activated in 1956 under the mantle of the Polish Scouting and Guiding Association following the period of Stalinism in Eastern Europe. The Troop was led at the time by Jacek Kuroń, and would produce many other leaders of the democratic opposition in Communist Poland, including Andrzej Seweryn and Adam Michnik.
Political activism
Activism in Poland
Between 1962 and 1968 Lasota studied philosophy at the University of Warsaw. In 1964 she created a discussion group in cooperation with other students, among whom were Teresa Bogucka, Maciej Czechowski, Józef Dajczgewand, and Wiktor Górecki. The group's members also practised self-education in the area of social sciences, sharing a copy of the Parisian magazine "Kultura", organizing an emergency fund in case of government reprisals, and took part in open meetings of the Socialist Youth Association (ZMS), of which Lasota was a member for three months in 1964.
Lasota's group would ideologically distance itself from another active student group headed by former Walter Troop member Adam Michnik. Kuroń later commented on this cooling of relations: "In accordance with the rules presented to them by Irena, they aimed at attracting youth living in the student dorms, youth from rural areas, those with a worker and peasant background. […] They accused Adam [Michnik] and his colleagues of elitism, of closing themselves off in their own circle, or lounge as they called it" (Wiara i wina, NOWA, Warsaw, 1990).Between 1966 and 1967 Lasota prepared for a role as debate leader at the open-entry ZMS meetings. During this time she became acquainted with Antoni Zambrowski and began aiding him in the distribution of transcribed illegal publications, i.e. translating banned political science writings. In 1987 and the following year, she would begin co-editing and disseminating pamphlets around the University of Warsaw and work as editorial assistant for the publication "Wiedza Powszechna".In January 1968 Lasota was party to the culminating events eventually leading to the March crisis and wave of student protests in Poland. On January 30, 1968, a student demonstration took place in Warsaw against the censuring and removal of the play "Dziady" from the National Theatre. Directed by Kazimierz Dejmek, the play had run for four nights before Dejmek was ordered that the show be limited to playing once a week, normal ticket sales for students capped at 100 seats, and the public's reaction noted down by the director. Though subject to confiscations and controls by Security Services and student members of Warsaw University's ZMS, Lasota was able to compile a petition of 3145 signatures sent by mail to the Marshal of the Sejm on February 16. During a pre-planned rally on March 8, she called for the return of Michnik and Henryk Szlajfer, both of whom had been expelled from the university, as well as for a halt to all other disciplinary action against Warsaw's students.
Having presented their demands, Lasota met with the deputy rector of the university as part of a student delegation. Following the rally Lasota was arrested and tried by the misdemeanour board, receiving a two-month prison sentence on the grounds of "standing on a public bench in muddied boots". She was released in August 1968, but faced further prosecution the following year. In April 1969 she was tried and sentenced once again, this time for a year and a half for belonging to a secret organization. Over this same period Lasota, in cooperation with Jakub Karpiński, Grażyna Kuroniowa, Andrzej Zabłudowski, collected information to be sent abroad concerning the ongoing legal proceedings of individuals prosecuted for their involvement in the March events.
Activism and life abroad
In 1970 Lasota left Poland with her then-husband Zabłudowski, following his expulsion from the University of Warsaw. Under the pretext of emigration to Israel, the couple transited and officially emigrated to the United States that same year. Lasota resumed her studies, graduating from Temple University in Philadelphia in 1972 with a degree in special education. She would work as a child therapist for the next nine years until 1982. In 1975 she returned to school, this time completing a degree in political sciences with a specialization in International Communism at Columbia University in 1979. This led her to become a lecturer in this field at Fordham and Yale universities between 1980-81.Lasota remained politically active around events unfolding in Poland over this same period. Though banned from entering the country, she was able to attain a visa and return to Poland on four occasions, in 1975, 1977, 1979, and 1984, bringing with her and disseminating illegal publications among her friends. She worked to promote awareness of events in Poland by providing western mass media outlets with current information. She wrote for "The New Daily" in New York and cooperated with London's "Aneks". In 1975 Lasota became a publicist and permanent collaborator with Radio Free Europe and the BBC. From 1976 she was also in contact with US labour organization AFL-CIO, which she provided with information on the prosecution of workers in Poland as a primary consultant to its directorial board. In 1977 Lasota took part in an appeal by American intellectuals in defence of arrested members of the Polish Workers' Protection Committee. That same year, she would co-found Amnesty International's coordination group for Eastern European alongside Robert Sharlet and Irena Grudzińska.
By 1981, Lasota had become an editor and publisher of numerous publications, including "Committee in Support of Solidarity Reports", "Solidarity Bulletin", and "Uncaptive Mind". Additionally, she wrote articles that appeared on the pages of Poland's underground newspapers. That same year in New York, Lasota, in cooperation with Eric Chenoweth, Karpiński, and Jerzy Warman, founded The Committee in Support of Solidarity. The Committee was active politically, organizing demonstrations, among others, at the United Nations' New York headquarters in 1982. During a session dedicated to the topic of disarmament, Lasota and Chenoweth managed to unfurl a banner they had smuggled into the building in front of Andrei Gromyko, Soviet Delegation Chief, which read "Disarm Brezhnev, disarm Jaruzelski", for which they were detained by building security. Through its money collection efforts, the Committee was able to procure various materials and equipment for freedom organizations in Poland. This included tape recorders, transistors, printing ink, silkscreens, all of which were smuggled with the help of hundreds of opposition activists travelling between Poland and the United States and France. One example of the organization's money collection efforts was a concert of violinist Wanda Wiłkomirska organized in New York, which brought in $8300 for the Polish opposition.By 1984, The Committee expanded to become the Institute for Democracy in Eastern Europe (IDEE). The organization broadened its activities to material support for anti-Communist opposition movements in Czechoslovakia and Hungary, in addition to Poland. It also served as a collection and transfer point for donations from American foundations supporting independent initiatives in these countries. By November 1989, at least 194 periodicals and underground initiatives received up to 143.760 US dollars in aid, transferred and billed under the names of various composers, artists, and poets. A full expense report was published by Lasota in "Kultura" (n4/1990). IDEE would also transfer over 250 thousand USD to the Consortium of Independent Publishers, along with additional sums for the Regional Executive Commission of NSZZ "Solidarity" Mazovia, underground Independent Student Collective, and Orange Alternative. In 1986 she oversaw a sum of 200 thousand USD provided by George Soros' Open Society foundation for short-term scholarships ranging between 500-1000 dollars. The scholarships benefited 177 individuals who were able to undertake study trips to London and Paris, and were aimed at grooming Poland's future academic and political elite.In 1985 Lasota moved to Paris. From there she continued to send thousands of books by mail to Poland with the help of her second husband, Jakub Karpiński. Together they published a Polish journal series titled "Konfrontacje" between 1985–91, which contained translated academic research on anti-Communist opposition efforts. The series comprised 14 tomes, frequently re-printed by independent Polish publishers, including "PoMost" and "Res publica". Since the collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe after 1989, Lasota has focused on financial and organizational aid for independent initiatives in former Soviet Bloc states, opening the IDEE Foundation in Poland in 1992.
Writings
Editor
Bulletin Solidarność
Biuletyn Informacyjny
Listy więźniów
Repression in Poland
Various Helsinki Committee Poland studies
Committee in Support of Solidarity Reports
Konfrontacje
Uncaptive Minds
World Affairs
Droga do Solidarności – selected texts of Marek Tarniewski and documents between 1956–81
Contributor
New Daily
Aneks
Radio Free Europe
The New York Times
Kultura
Orientacja na Prawo
Tu, teraz
Przegląd Wiadomości Agencyjnych
Rzeczpospolita
Salon24
Awards and honours
Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (2008)
Honorary Member of the Republican Party of Georgia (1999)
See also
Anti-communist resistance in Poland
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Early life
Born in France shortly after the conclusion of World War II in Europe, Lasota would return to Poland with her family in 1948 where they changed their family name from Hirszowicz to Lasota. In 1958 she became a member of the "Hufiec Walterowski" (Eng. The Walter Troop), a youth organization re-activated in 1956 under the mantle of the Polish Scouting and Guiding Association following the period of Stalinism in Eastern Europe. The Troop was led at the time by Jacek Kuroń, and would produce many other leaders of the democratic opposition in Communist Poland, including Andrzej Seweryn and Adam Michnik.
Political activism
Activism in Poland
Between 1962 and 1968 Lasota studied philosophy at the University of Warsaw. In 1964 she created a discussion group in cooperation with other students, among whom were Teresa Bogucka, Maciej Czechowski, Józef Dajczgewand, and Wiktor Górecki. The group's members also practised self-education in the area of social sciences, sharing a copy of the Parisian magazine "Kultura", organizing an emergency fund in case of government reprisals, and took part in open meetings of the Socialist Youth Association (ZMS), of which Lasota was a member for three months in 1964.
Lasota's group would ideologically distance itself from another active student group headed by former Walter Troop member Adam Michnik. Kuroń later commented on this cooling of relations: "In accordance with the rules presented to them by Irena, they aimed at attracting youth living in the student dorms, youth from rural areas, those with a worker and peasant background. […] They accused Adam [Michnik] and his colleagues of elitism, of closing themselves off in their own circle, or lounge as they called it" (Wiara i wina, NOWA, Warsaw, 1990).Between 1966 and 1967 Lasota prepared for a role as debate leader at the open-entry ZMS meetings. During this time she became acquainted with Antoni Zambrowski and began aiding him in the distribution of transcribed illegal publications, i.e. translating banned political science writings. In 1987 and the following year, she would begin co-editing and disseminating pamphlets around the University of Warsaw and work as editorial assistant for the publication "Wiedza Powszechna".In January 1968 Lasota was party to the culminating events eventually leading to the March crisis and wave of student protests in Poland. On January 30, 1968, a student demonstration took place in Warsaw against the censuring and removal of the play "Dziady" from the National Theatre. Directed by Kazimierz Dejmek, the play had run for four nights before Dejmek was ordered that the show be limited to playing once a week, normal ticket sales for students capped at 100 seats, and the public's reaction noted down by the director. Though subject to confiscations and controls by Security Services and student members of Warsaw University's ZMS, Lasota was able to compile a petition of 3145 signatures sent by mail to the Marshal of the Sejm on February 16. During a pre-planned rally on March 8, she called for the return of Michnik and Henryk Szlajfer, both of whom had been expelled from the university, as well as for a halt to all other disciplinary action against Warsaw's students.
Having presented their demands, Lasota met with the deputy rector of the university as part of a student delegation. Following the rally Lasota was arrested and tried by the misdemeanour board, receiving a two-month prison sentence on the grounds of "standing on a public bench in muddied boots". She was released in August 1968, but faced further prosecution the following year. In April 1969 she was tried and sentenced once again, this time for a year and a half for belonging to a secret organization. Over this same period Lasota, in cooperation with Jakub Karpiński, Grażyna Kuroniowa, Andrzej Zabłudowski, collected information to be sent abroad concerning the ongoing legal proceedings of individuals prosecuted for their involvement in the March events.
Activism and life abroad
In 1970 Lasota left Poland with her then-husband Zabłudowski, following his expulsion from the University of Warsaw. Under the pretext of emigration to Israel, the couple transited and officially emigrated to the United States that same year. Lasota resumed her studies, graduating from Temple University in Philadelphia in 1972 with a degree in special education. She would work as a child therapist for the next nine years until 1982. In 1975 she returned to school, this time completing a degree in political sciences with a specialization in International Communism at Columbia University in 1979. This led her to become a lecturer in this field at Fordham and Yale universities between 1980-81.Lasota remained politically active around events unfolding in Poland over this same period. Though banned from entering the country, she was able to attain a visa and return to Poland on four occasions, in 1975, 1977, 1979, and 1984, bringing with her and disseminating illegal publications among her friends. She worked to promote awareness of events in Poland by providing western mass media outlets with current information. She wrote for "The New Daily" in New York and cooperated with London's "Aneks". In 1975 Lasota became a publicist and permanent collaborator with Radio Free Europe and the BBC. From 1976 she was also in contact with US labour organization AFL-CIO, which she provided with information on the prosecution of workers in Poland as a primary consultant to its directorial board. In 1977 Lasota took part in an appeal by American intellectuals in defence of arrested members of the Polish Workers' Protection Committee. That same year, she would co-found Amnesty International's coordination group for Eastern European alongside Robert Sharlet and Irena Grudzińska.
By 1981, Lasota had become an editor and publisher of numerous publications, including "Committee in Support of Solidarity Reports", "Solidarity Bulletin", and "Uncaptive Mind". Additionally, she wrote articles that appeared on the pages of Poland's underground newspapers. That same year in New York, Lasota, in cooperation with Eric Chenoweth, Karpiński, and Jerzy Warman, founded The Committee in Support of Solidarity. The Committee was active politically, organizing demonstrations, among others, at the United Nations' New York headquarters in 1982. During a session dedicated to the topic of disarmament, Lasota and Chenoweth managed to unfurl a banner they had smuggled into the building in front of Andrei Gromyko, Soviet Delegation Chief, which read "Disarm Brezhnev, disarm Jaruzelski", for which they were detained by building security. Through its money collection efforts, the Committee was able to procure various materials and equipment for freedom organizations in Poland. This included tape recorders, transistors, printing ink, silkscreens, all of which were smuggled with the help of hundreds of opposition activists travelling between Poland and the United States and France. One example of the organization's money collection efforts was a concert of violinist Wanda Wiłkomirska organized in New York, which brought in $8300 for the Polish opposition.By 1984, The Committee expanded to become the Institute for Democracy in Eastern Europe (IDEE). The organization broadened its activities to material support for anti-Communist opposition movements in Czechoslovakia and Hungary, in addition to Poland. It also served as a collection and transfer point for donations from American foundations supporting independent initiatives in these countries. By November 1989, at least 194 periodicals and underground initiatives received up to 143.760 US dollars in aid, transferred and billed under the names of various composers, artists, and poets. A full expense report was published by Lasota in "Kultura" (n4/1990). IDEE would also transfer over 250 thousand USD to the Consortium of Independent Publishers, along with additional sums for the Regional Executive Commission of NSZZ "Solidarity" Mazovia, underground Independent Student Collective, and Orange Alternative. In 1986 she oversaw a sum of 200 thousand USD provided by George Soros' Open Society foundation for short-term scholarships ranging between 500-1000 dollars. The scholarships benefited 177 individuals who were able to undertake study trips to London and Paris, and were aimed at grooming Poland's future academic and political elite.In 1985 Lasota moved to Paris. From there she continued to send thousands of books by mail to Poland with the help of her second husband, Jakub Karpiński. Together they published a Polish journal series titled "Konfrontacje" between 1985–91, which contained translated academic research on anti-Communist opposition efforts. The series comprised 14 tomes, frequently re-printed by independent Polish publishers, including "PoMost" and "Res publica". Since the collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe after 1989, Lasota has focused on financial and organizational aid for independent initiatives in former Soviet Bloc states, opening the IDEE Foundation in Poland in 1992.
Writings
Editor
Bulletin Solidarność
Biuletyn Informacyjny
Listy więźniów
Repression in Poland
Various Helsinki Committee Poland studies
Committee in Support of Solidarity Reports
Konfrontacje
Uncaptive Minds
World Affairs
Droga do Solidarności – selected texts of Marek Tarniewski and documents between 1956–81
Contributor
New Daily
Aneks
Radio Free Europe
The New York Times
Kultura
Orientacja na Prawo
Tu, teraz
Przegląd Wiadomości Agencyjnych
Rzeczpospolita
Salon24
Awards and honours
Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (2008)
Honorary Member of the Republican Party of Georgia (1999)
See also
Anti-communist resistance in Poland
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Early life
Born in France shortly after the conclusion of World War II in Europe, Lasota would return to Poland with her family in 1948 where they changed their family name from Hirszowicz to Lasota. In 1958 she became a member of the "Hufiec Walterowski" (Eng. The Walter Troop), a youth organization re-activated in 1956 under the mantle of the Polish Scouting and Guiding Association following the period of Stalinism in Eastern Europe. The Troop was led at the time by Jacek Kuroń, and would produce many other leaders of the democratic opposition in Communist Poland, including Andrzej Seweryn and Adam Michnik.
Political activism
Activism in Poland
Between 1962 and 1968 Lasota studied philosophy at the University of Warsaw. In 1964 she created a discussion group in cooperation with other students, among whom were Teresa Bogucka, Maciej Czechowski, Józef Dajczgewand, and Wiktor Górecki. The group's members also practised self-education in the area of social sciences, sharing a copy of the Parisian magazine "Kultura", organizing an emergency fund in case of government reprisals, and took part in open meetings of the Socialist Youth Association (ZMS), of which Lasota was a member for three months in 1964.
Lasota's group would ideologically distance itself from another active student group headed by former Walter Troop member Adam Michnik. Kuroń later commented on this cooling of relations: "In accordance with the rules presented to them by Irena, they aimed at attracting youth living in the student dorms, youth from rural areas, those with a worker and peasant background. […] They accused Adam [Michnik] and his colleagues of elitism, of closing themselves off in their own circle, or lounge as they called it" (Wiara i wina, NOWA, Warsaw, 1990).Between 1966 and 1967 Lasota prepared for a role as debate leader at the open-entry ZMS meetings. During this time she became acquainted with Antoni Zambrowski and began aiding him in the distribution of transcribed illegal publications, i.e. translating banned political science writings. In 1987 and the following year, she would begin co-editing and disseminating pamphlets around the University of Warsaw and work as editorial assistant for the publication "Wiedza Powszechna".In January 1968 Lasota was party to the culminating events eventually leading to the March crisis and wave of student protests in Poland. On January 30, 1968, a student demonstration took place in Warsaw against the censuring and removal of the play "Dziady" from the National Theatre. Directed by Kazimierz Dejmek, the play had run for four nights before Dejmek was ordered that the show be limited to playing once a week, normal ticket sales for students capped at 100 seats, and the public's reaction noted down by the director. Though subject to confiscations and controls by Security Services and student members of Warsaw University's ZMS, Lasota was able to compile a petition of 3145 signatures sent by mail to the Marshal of the Sejm on February 16. During a pre-planned rally on March 8, she called for the return of Michnik and Henryk Szlajfer, both of whom had been expelled from the university, as well as for a halt to all other disciplinary action against Warsaw's students.
Having presented their demands, Lasota met with the deputy rector of the university as part of a student delegation. Following the rally Lasota was arrested and tried by the misdemeanour board, receiving a two-month prison sentence on the grounds of "standing on a public bench in muddied boots". She was released in August 1968, but faced further prosecution the following year. In April 1969 she was tried and sentenced once again, this time for a year and a half for belonging to a secret organization. Over this same period Lasota, in cooperation with Jakub Karpiński, Grażyna Kuroniowa, Andrzej Zabłudowski, collected information to be sent abroad concerning the ongoing legal proceedings of individuals prosecuted for their involvement in the March events.
Activism and life abroad
In 1970 Lasota left Poland with her then-husband Zabłudowski, following his expulsion from the University of Warsaw. Under the pretext of emigration to Israel, the couple transited and officially emigrated to the United States that same year. Lasota resumed her studies, graduating from Temple University in Philadelphia in 1972 with a degree in special education. She would work as a child therapist for the next nine years until 1982. In 1975 she returned to school, this time completing a degree in political sciences with a specialization in International Communism at Columbia University in 1979. This led her to become a lecturer in this field at Fordham and Yale universities between 1980-81.Lasota remained politically active around events unfolding in Poland over this same period. Though banned from entering the country, she was able to attain a visa and return to Poland on four occasions, in 1975, 1977, 1979, and 1984, bringing with her and disseminating illegal publications among her friends. She worked to promote awareness of events in Poland by providing western mass media outlets with current information. She wrote for "The New Daily" in New York and cooperated with London's "Aneks". In 1975 Lasota became a publicist and permanent collaborator with Radio Free Europe and the BBC. From 1976 she was also in contact with US labour organization AFL-CIO, which she provided with information on the prosecution of workers in Poland as a primary consultant to its directorial board. In 1977 Lasota took part in an appeal by American intellectuals in defence of arrested members of the Polish Workers' Protection Committee. That same year, she would co-found Amnesty International's coordination group for Eastern European alongside Robert Sharlet and Irena Grudzińska.
By 1981, Lasota had become an editor and publisher of numerous publications, including "Committee in Support of Solidarity Reports", "Solidarity Bulletin", and "Uncaptive Mind". Additionally, she wrote articles that appeared on the pages of Poland's underground newspapers. That same year in New York, Lasota, in cooperation with Eric Chenoweth, Karpiński, and Jerzy Warman, founded The Committee in Support of Solidarity. The Committee was active politically, organizing demonstrations, among others, at the United Nations' New York headquarters in 1982. During a session dedicated to the topic of disarmament, Lasota and Chenoweth managed to unfurl a banner they had smuggled into the building in front of Andrei Gromyko, Soviet Delegation Chief, which read "Disarm Brezhnev, disarm Jaruzelski", for which they were detained by building security. Through its money collection efforts, the Committee was able to procure various materials and equipment for freedom organizations in Poland. This included tape recorders, transistors, printing ink, silkscreens, all of which were smuggled with the help of hundreds of opposition activists travelling between Poland and the United States and France. One example of the organization's money collection efforts was a concert of violinist Wanda Wiłkomirska organized in New York, which brought in $8300 for the Polish opposition.By 1984, The Committee expanded to become the Institute for Democracy in Eastern Europe (IDEE). The organization broadened its activities to material support for anti-Communist opposition movements in Czechoslovakia and Hungary, in addition to Poland. It also served as a collection and transfer point for donations from American foundations supporting independent initiatives in these countries. By November 1989, at least 194 periodicals and underground initiatives received up to 143.760 US dollars in aid, transferred and billed under the names of various composers, artists, and poets. A full expense report was published by Lasota in "Kultura" (n4/1990). IDEE would also transfer over 250 thousand USD to the Consortium of Independent Publishers, along with additional sums for the Regional Executive Commission of NSZZ "Solidarity" Mazovia, underground Independent Student Collective, and Orange Alternative. In 1986 she oversaw a sum of 200 thousand USD provided by George Soros' Open Society foundation for short-term scholarships ranging between 500-1000 dollars. The scholarships benefited 177 individuals who were able to undertake study trips to London and Paris, and were aimed at grooming Poland's future academic and political elite.In 1985 Lasota moved to Paris. From there she continued to send thousands of books by mail to Poland with the help of her second husband, Jakub Karpiński. Together they published a Polish journal series titled "Konfrontacje" between 1985–91, which contained translated academic research on anti-Communist opposition efforts. The series comprised 14 tomes, frequently re-printed by independent Polish publishers, including "PoMost" and "Res publica". Since the collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe after 1989, Lasota has focused on financial and organizational aid for independent initiatives in former Soviet Bloc states, opening the IDEE Foundation in Poland in 1992.
Writings
Editor
Bulletin Solidarność
Biuletyn Informacyjny
Listy więźniów
Repression in Poland
Various Helsinki Committee Poland studies
Committee in Support of Solidarity Reports
Konfrontacje
Uncaptive Minds
World Affairs
Droga do Solidarności – selected texts of Marek Tarniewski and documents between 1956–81
Contributor
New Daily
Aneks
Radio Free Europe
The New York Times
Kultura
Orientacja na Prawo
Tu, teraz
Przegląd Wiadomości Agencyjnych
Rzeczpospolita
Salon24
Awards and honours
Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (2008)
Honorary Member of the Republican Party of Georgia (1999)
See also
Anti-communist resistance in Poland
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Irena Lasota (born 25 July 1945 as Irene Hirszowicz) is a Polish philosopher, publicist, publisher, social and political activist, and president/co-director of the Institute for Democracy in Eastern Europe. Lasota began her political activism as a student in Poland during the 1968 Polish political crisis, which pitted protesting students against the then-Communist government. Soon after the so called March events, Lasota would emigrate to the United States, eventually returning to Europe in the first half of the 1980s to settle down in France. Lasota is to this day a frequent commentator on Polish and American political affairs, and remains an outspoken supporter of freedom of speech and democratic institutions.
Early life
Born in France shortly after the conclusion of World War II in Europe, Lasota would return to Poland with her family in 1948 where they changed their family name from Hirszowicz to Lasota. In 1958 she became a member of the "Hufiec Walterowski" (Eng. The Walter Troop), a youth organization re-activated in 1956 under the mantle of the Polish Scouting and Guiding Association following the period of Stalinism in Eastern Europe. The Troop was led at the time by Jacek Kuroń, and would produce many other leaders of the democratic opposition in Communist Poland, including Andrzej Seweryn and Adam Michnik.
Political activism
Activism in Poland
Between 1962 and 1968 Lasota studied philosophy at the University of Warsaw. In 1964 she created a discussion group in cooperation with other students, among whom were Teresa Bogucka, Maciej Czechowski, Józef Dajczgewand, and Wiktor Górecki. The group's members also practised self-education in the area of social sciences, sharing a copy of the Parisian magazine "Kultura", organizing an emergency fund in case of government reprisals, and took part in open meetings of the Socialist Youth Association (ZMS), of which Lasota was a member for three months in 1964.
Lasota's group would ideologically distance itself from another active student group headed by former Walter Troop member Adam Michnik. Kuroń later commented on this cooling of relations: "In accordance with the rules presented to them by Irena, they aimed at attracting youth living in the student dorms, youth from rural areas, those with a worker and peasant background. […] They accused Adam [Michnik] and his colleagues of elitism, of closing themselves off in their own circle, or lounge as they called it" (Wiara i wina, NOWA, Warsaw, 1990).Between 1966 and 1967 Lasota prepared for a role as debate leader at the open-entry ZMS meetings. During this time she became acquainted with Antoni Zambrowski and began aiding him in the distribution of transcribed illegal publications, i.e. translating banned political science writings. In 1987 and the following year, she would begin co-editing and disseminating pamphlets around the University of Warsaw and work as editorial assistant for the publication "Wiedza Powszechna".In January 1968 Lasota was party to the culminating events eventually leading to the March crisis and wave of student protests in Poland. On January 30, 1968, a student demonstration took place in Warsaw against the censuring and removal of the play "Dziady" from the National Theatre. Directed by Kazimierz Dejmek, the play had run for four nights before Dejmek was ordered that the show be limited to playing once a week, normal ticket sales for students capped at 100 seats, and the public's reaction noted down by the director. Though subject to confiscations and controls by Security Services and student members of Warsaw University's ZMS, Lasota was able to compile a petition of 3145 signatures sent by mail to the Marshal of the Sejm on February 16. During a pre-planned rally on March 8, she called for the return of Michnik and Henryk Szlajfer, both of whom had been expelled from the university, as well as for a halt to all other disciplinary action against Warsaw's students.
Having presented their demands, Lasota met with the deputy rector of the university as part of a student delegation. Following the rally Lasota was arrested and tried by the misdemeanour board, receiving a two-month prison sentence on the grounds of "standing on a public bench in muddied boots". She was released in August 1968, but faced further prosecution the following year. In April 1969 she was tried and sentenced once again, this time for a year and a half for belonging to a secret organization. Over this same period Lasota, in cooperation with Jakub Karpiński, Grażyna Kuroniowa, Andrzej Zabłudowski, collected information to be sent abroad concerning the ongoing legal proceedings of individuals prosecuted for their involvement in the March events.
Activism and life abroad
In 1970 Lasota left Poland with her then-husband Zabłudowski, following his expulsion from the University of Warsaw. Under the pretext of emigration to Israel, the couple transited and officially emigrated to the United States that same year. Lasota resumed her studies, graduating from Temple University in Philadelphia in 1972 with a degree in special education. She would work as a child therapist for the next nine years until 1982. In 1975 she returned to school, this time completing a degree in political sciences with a specialization in International Communism at Columbia University in 1979. This led her to become a lecturer in this field at Fordham and Yale universities between 1980-81.Lasota remained politically active around events unfolding in Poland over this same period. Though banned from entering the country, she was able to attain a visa and return to Poland on four occasions, in 1975, 1977, 1979, and 1984, bringing with her and disseminating illegal publications among her friends. She worked to promote awareness of events in Poland by providing western mass media outlets with current information. She wrote for "The New Daily" in New York and cooperated with London's "Aneks". In 1975 Lasota became a publicist and permanent collaborator with Radio Free Europe and the BBC. From 1976 she was also in contact with US labour organization AFL-CIO, which she provided with information on the prosecution of workers in Poland as a primary consultant to its directorial board. In 1977 Lasota took part in an appeal by American intellectuals in defence of arrested members of the Polish Workers' Protection Committee. That same year, she would co-found Amnesty International's coordination group for Eastern European alongside Robert Sharlet and Irena Grudzińska.
By 1981, Lasota had become an editor and publisher of numerous publications, including "Committee in Support of Solidarity Reports", "Solidarity Bulletin", and "Uncaptive Mind". Additionally, she wrote articles that appeared on the pages of Poland's underground newspapers. That same year in New York, Lasota, in cooperation with Eric Chenoweth, Karpiński, and Jerzy Warman, founded The Committee in Support of Solidarity. The Committee was active politically, organizing demonstrations, among others, at the United Nations' New York headquarters in 1982. During a session dedicated to the topic of disarmament, Lasota and Chenoweth managed to unfurl a banner they had smuggled into the building in front of Andrei Gromyko, Soviet Delegation Chief, which read "Disarm Brezhnev, disarm Jaruzelski", for which they were detained by building security. Through its money collection efforts, the Committee was able to procure various materials and equipment for freedom organizations in Poland. This included tape recorders, transistors, printing ink, silkscreens, all of which were smuggled with the help of hundreds of opposition activists travelling between Poland and the United States and France. One example of the organization's money collection efforts was a concert of violinist Wanda Wiłkomirska organized in New York, which brought in $8300 for the Polish opposition.By 1984, The Committee expanded to become the Institute for Democracy in Eastern Europe (IDEE). The organization broadened its activities to material support for anti-Communist opposition movements in Czechoslovakia and Hungary, in addition to Poland. It also served as a collection and transfer point for donations from American foundations supporting independent initiatives in these countries. By November 1989, at least 194 periodicals and underground initiatives received up to 143.760 US dollars in aid, transferred and billed under the names of various composers, artists, and poets. A full expense report was published by Lasota in "Kultura" (n4/1990). IDEE would also transfer over 250 thousand USD to the Consortium of Independent Publishers, along with additional sums for the Regional Executive Commission of NSZZ "Solidarity" Mazovia, underground Independent Student Collective, and Orange Alternative. In 1986 she oversaw a sum of 200 thousand USD provided by George Soros' Open Society foundation for short-term scholarships ranging between 500-1000 dollars. The scholarships benefited 177 individuals who were able to undertake study trips to London and Paris, and were aimed at grooming Poland's future academic and political elite.In 1985 Lasota moved to Paris. From there she continued to send thousands of books by mail to Poland with the help of her second husband, Jakub Karpiński. Together they published a Polish journal series titled "Konfrontacje" between 1985–91, which contained translated academic research on anti-Communist opposition efforts. The series comprised 14 tomes, frequently re-printed by independent Polish publishers, including "PoMost" and "Res publica". Since the collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe after 1989, Lasota has focused on financial and organizational aid for independent initiatives in former Soviet Bloc states, opening the IDEE Foundation in Poland in 1992.
Writings
Editor
Bulletin Solidarność
Biuletyn Informacyjny
Listy więźniów
Repression in Poland
Various Helsinki Committee Poland studies
Committee in Support of Solidarity Reports
Konfrontacje
Uncaptive Minds
World Affairs
Droga do Solidarności – selected texts of Marek Tarniewski and documents between 1956–81
Contributor
New Daily
Aneks
Radio Free Europe
The New York Times
Kultura
Orientacja na Prawo
Tu, teraz
Przegląd Wiadomości Agencyjnych
Rzeczpospolita
Salon24
Awards and honours
Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (2008)
Honorary Member of the Republican Party of Georgia (1999)
See also
Anti-communist resistance in Poland
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Irena Lasota (born 25 July 1945 as Irene Hirszowicz) is a Polish philosopher, publicist, publisher, social and political activist, and president/co-director of the Institute for Democracy in Eastern Europe. Lasota began her political activism as a student in Poland during the 1968 Polish political crisis, which pitted protesting students against the then-Communist government. Soon after the so called March events, Lasota would emigrate to the United States, eventually returning to Europe in the first half of the 1980s to settle down in France. Lasota is to this day a frequent commentator on Polish and American political affairs, and remains an outspoken supporter of freedom of speech and democratic institutions.
Early life
Born in France shortly after the conclusion of World War II in Europe, Lasota would return to Poland with her family in 1948 where they changed their family name from Hirszowicz to Lasota. In 1958 she became a member of the "Hufiec Walterowski" (Eng. The Walter Troop), a youth organization re-activated in 1956 under the mantle of the Polish Scouting and Guiding Association following the period of Stalinism in Eastern Europe. The Troop was led at the time by Jacek Kuroń, and would produce many other leaders of the democratic opposition in Communist Poland, including Andrzej Seweryn and Adam Michnik.
Political activism
Activism in Poland
Between 1962 and 1968 Lasota studied philosophy at the University of Warsaw. In 1964 she created a discussion group in cooperation with other students, among whom were Teresa Bogucka, Maciej Czechowski, Józef Dajczgewand, and Wiktor Górecki. The group's members also practised self-education in the area of social sciences, sharing a copy of the Parisian magazine "Kultura", organizing an emergency fund in case of government reprisals, and took part in open meetings of the Socialist Youth Association (ZMS), of which Lasota was a member for three months in 1964.
Lasota's group would ideologically distance itself from another active student group headed by former Walter Troop member Adam Michnik. Kuroń later commented on this cooling of relations: "In accordance with the rules presented to them by Irena, they aimed at attracting youth living in the student dorms, youth from rural areas, those with a worker and peasant background. […] They accused Adam [Michnik] and his colleagues of elitism, of closing themselves off in their own circle, or lounge as they called it" (Wiara i wina, NOWA, Warsaw, 1990).Between 1966 and 1967 Lasota prepared for a role as debate leader at the open-entry ZMS meetings. During this time she became acquainted with Antoni Zambrowski and began aiding him in the distribution of transcribed illegal publications, i.e. translating banned political science writings. In 1987 and the following year, she would begin co-editing and disseminating pamphlets around the University of Warsaw and work as editorial assistant for the publication "Wiedza Powszechna".In January 1968 Lasota was party to the culminating events eventually leading to the March crisis and wave of student protests in Poland. On January 30, 1968, a student demonstration took place in Warsaw against the censuring and removal of the play "Dziady" from the National Theatre. Directed by Kazimierz Dejmek, the play had run for four nights before Dejmek was ordered that the show be limited to playing once a week, normal ticket sales for students capped at 100 seats, and the public's reaction noted down by the director. Though subject to confiscations and controls by Security Services and student members of Warsaw University's ZMS, Lasota was able to compile a petition of 3145 signatures sent by mail to the Marshal of the Sejm on February 16. During a pre-planned rally on March 8, she called for the return of Michnik and Henryk Szlajfer, both of whom had been expelled from the university, as well as for a halt to all other disciplinary action against Warsaw's students.
Having presented their demands, Lasota met with the deputy rector of the university as part of a student delegation. Following the rally Lasota was arrested and tried by the misdemeanour board, receiving a two-month prison sentence on the grounds of "standing on a public bench in muddied boots". She was released in August 1968, but faced further prosecution the following year. In April 1969 she was tried and sentenced once again, this time for a year and a half for belonging to a secret organization. Over this same period Lasota, in cooperation with Jakub Karpiński, Grażyna Kuroniowa, Andrzej Zabłudowski, collected information to be sent abroad concerning the ongoing legal proceedings of individuals prosecuted for their involvement in the March events.
Activism and life abroad
In 1970 Lasota left Poland with her then-husband Zabłudowski, following his expulsion from the University of Warsaw. Under the pretext of emigration to Israel, the couple transited and officially emigrated to the United States that same year. Lasota resumed her studies, graduating from Temple University in Philadelphia in 1972 with a degree in special education. She would work as a child therapist for the next nine years until 1982. In 1975 she returned to school, this time completing a degree in political sciences with a specialization in International Communism at Columbia University in 1979. This led her to become a lecturer in this field at Fordham and Yale universities between 1980-81.Lasota remained politically active around events unfolding in Poland over this same period. Though banned from entering the country, she was able to attain a visa and return to Poland on four occasions, in 1975, 1977, 1979, and 1984, bringing with her and disseminating illegal publications among her friends. She worked to promote awareness of events in Poland by providing western mass media outlets with current information. She wrote for "The New Daily" in New York and cooperated with London's "Aneks". In 1975 Lasota became a publicist and permanent collaborator with Radio Free Europe and the BBC. From 1976 she was also in contact with US labour organization AFL-CIO, which she provided with information on the prosecution of workers in Poland as a primary consultant to its directorial board. In 1977 Lasota took part in an appeal by American intellectuals in defence of arrested members of the Polish Workers' Protection Committee. That same year, she would co-found Amnesty International's coordination group for Eastern European alongside Robert Sharlet and Irena Grudzińska.
By 1981, Lasota had become an editor and publisher of numerous publications, including "Committee in Support of Solidarity Reports", "Solidarity Bulletin", and "Uncaptive Mind". Additionally, she wrote articles that appeared on the pages of Poland's underground newspapers. That same year in New York, Lasota, in cooperation with Eric Chenoweth, Karpiński, and Jerzy Warman, founded The Committee in Support of Solidarity. The Committee was active politically, organizing demonstrations, among others, at the United Nations' New York headquarters in 1982. During a session dedicated to the topic of disarmament, Lasota and Chenoweth managed to unfurl a banner they had smuggled into the building in front of Andrei Gromyko, Soviet Delegation Chief, which read "Disarm Brezhnev, disarm Jaruzelski", for which they were detained by building security. Through its money collection efforts, the Committee was able to procure various materials and equipment for freedom organizations in Poland. This included tape recorders, transistors, printing ink, silkscreens, all of which were smuggled with the help of hundreds of opposition activists travelling between Poland and the United States and France. One example of the organization's money collection efforts was a concert of violinist Wanda Wiłkomirska organized in New York, which brought in $8300 for the Polish opposition.By 1984, The Committee expanded to become the Institute for Democracy in Eastern Europe (IDEE). The organization broadened its activities to material support for anti-Communist opposition movements in Czechoslovakia and Hungary, in addition to Poland. It also served as a collection and transfer point for donations from American foundations supporting independent initiatives in these countries. By November 1989, at least 194 periodicals and underground initiatives received up to 143.760 US dollars in aid, transferred and billed under the names of various composers, artists, and poets. A full expense report was published by Lasota in "Kultura" (n4/1990). IDEE would also transfer over 250 thousand USD to the Consortium of Independent Publishers, along with additional sums for the Regional Executive Commission of NSZZ "Solidarity" Mazovia, underground Independent Student Collective, and Orange Alternative. In 1986 she oversaw a sum of 200 thousand USD provided by George Soros' Open Society foundation for short-term scholarships ranging between 500-1000 dollars. The scholarships benefited 177 individuals who were able to undertake study trips to London and Paris, and were aimed at grooming Poland's future academic and political elite.In 1985 Lasota moved to Paris. From there she continued to send thousands of books by mail to Poland with the help of her second husband, Jakub Karpiński. Together they published a Polish journal series titled "Konfrontacje" between 1985–91, which contained translated academic research on anti-Communist opposition efforts. The series comprised 14 tomes, frequently re-printed by independent Polish publishers, including "PoMost" and "Res publica". Since the collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe after 1989, Lasota has focused on financial and organizational aid for independent initiatives in former Soviet Bloc states, opening the IDEE Foundation in Poland in 1992.
Writings
Editor
Bulletin Solidarność
Biuletyn Informacyjny
Listy więźniów
Repression in Poland
Various Helsinki Committee Poland studies
Committee in Support of Solidarity Reports
Konfrontacje
Uncaptive Minds
World Affairs
Droga do Solidarności – selected texts of Marek Tarniewski and documents between 1956–81
Contributor
New Daily
Aneks
Radio Free Europe
The New York Times
Kultura
Orientacja na Prawo
Tu, teraz
Przegląd Wiadomości Agencyjnych
Rzeczpospolita
Salon24
Awards and honours
Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (2008)
Honorary Member of the Republican Party of Georgia (1999)
See also
Anti-communist resistance in Poland
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Werner Hochbaum (7 March 1899, Kiel – 15 April 1946) was a German screenwriter, film producer and director.
Selected filmography
Brothers (1929)
Raid in St. Pauli (1932)
Tugboat M 17 (1933)
Judgment of Lake Balaton (Hungary/Austria, 1933)
Life Begins Tomorrow (1933)
Suburban Cabaret (Austria, 1935)
The Eternal Mask (Austria/Switzerland, 1935)
Light Cavalry (German) (1935), Light Cavalry (French) (1935)
Schatten der Vergangenheit (Austria, 1936)
Hannerl and Her Lovers (Austria, 1936)
The Empress's Favourite (1936)
Talking About Jacqueline (1937)
A Girl Goes Ashore (1938)
Drei Unteroffiziere (1939)
Bibliography
Bergfelder, Tim & Bock, Hans-Michael. The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.
Kreimeier, Klaus. The Ufa story: a history of Germany's greatest film company, 1918-1945. University of California Press, 1999.
External links
Werner Hochbaum at IMDb
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Werner Hochbaum (7 March 1899, Kiel – 15 April 1946) was a German screenwriter, film producer and director.
Selected filmography
Brothers (1929)
Raid in St. Pauli (1932)
Tugboat M 17 (1933)
Judgment of Lake Balaton (Hungary/Austria, 1933)
Life Begins Tomorrow (1933)
Suburban Cabaret (Austria, 1935)
The Eternal Mask (Austria/Switzerland, 1935)
Light Cavalry (German) (1935), Light Cavalry (French) (1935)
Schatten der Vergangenheit (Austria, 1936)
Hannerl and Her Lovers (Austria, 1936)
The Empress's Favourite (1936)
Talking About Jacqueline (1937)
A Girl Goes Ashore (1938)
Drei Unteroffiziere (1939)
Bibliography
Bergfelder, Tim & Bock, Hans-Michael. The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.
Kreimeier, Klaus. The Ufa story: a history of Germany's greatest film company, 1918-1945. University of California Press, 1999.
External links
Werner Hochbaum at IMDb
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Werner Hochbaum (7 March 1899, Kiel – 15 April 1946) was a German screenwriter, film producer and director.
Selected filmography
Brothers (1929)
Raid in St. Pauli (1932)
Tugboat M 17 (1933)
Judgment of Lake Balaton (Hungary/Austria, 1933)
Life Begins Tomorrow (1933)
Suburban Cabaret (Austria, 1935)
The Eternal Mask (Austria/Switzerland, 1935)
Light Cavalry (German) (1935), Light Cavalry (French) (1935)
Schatten der Vergangenheit (Austria, 1936)
Hannerl and Her Lovers (Austria, 1936)
The Empress's Favourite (1936)
Talking About Jacqueline (1937)
A Girl Goes Ashore (1938)
Drei Unteroffiziere (1939)
Bibliography
Bergfelder, Tim & Bock, Hans-Michael. The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.
Kreimeier, Klaus. The Ufa story: a history of Germany's greatest film company, 1918-1945. University of California Press, 1999.
External links
Werner Hochbaum at IMDb
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Werner Hochbaum (7 March 1899, Kiel – 15 April 1946) was a German screenwriter, film producer and director.
Selected filmography
Brothers (1929)
Raid in St. Pauli (1932)
Tugboat M 17 (1933)
Judgment of Lake Balaton (Hungary/Austria, 1933)
Life Begins Tomorrow (1933)
Suburban Cabaret (Austria, 1935)
The Eternal Mask (Austria/Switzerland, 1935)
Light Cavalry (German) (1935), Light Cavalry (French) (1935)
Schatten der Vergangenheit (Austria, 1936)
Hannerl and Her Lovers (Austria, 1936)
The Empress's Favourite (1936)
Talking About Jacqueline (1937)
A Girl Goes Ashore (1938)
Drei Unteroffiziere (1939)
Bibliography
Bergfelder, Tim & Bock, Hans-Michael. The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.
Kreimeier, Klaus. The Ufa story: a history of Germany's greatest film company, 1918-1945. University of California Press, 1999.
External links
Werner Hochbaum at IMDb
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Werner Hochbaum (7 March 1899, Kiel – 15 April 1946) was a German screenwriter, film producer and director.
Selected filmography
Brothers (1929)
Raid in St. Pauli (1932)
Tugboat M 17 (1933)
Judgment of Lake Balaton (Hungary/Austria, 1933)
Life Begins Tomorrow (1933)
Suburban Cabaret (Austria, 1935)
The Eternal Mask (Austria/Switzerland, 1935)
Light Cavalry (German) (1935), Light Cavalry (French) (1935)
Schatten der Vergangenheit (Austria, 1936)
Hannerl and Her Lovers (Austria, 1936)
The Empress's Favourite (1936)
Talking About Jacqueline (1937)
A Girl Goes Ashore (1938)
Drei Unteroffiziere (1939)
Bibliography
Bergfelder, Tim & Bock, Hans-Michael. The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.
Kreimeier, Klaus. The Ufa story: a history of Germany's greatest film company, 1918-1945. University of California Press, 1999.
External links
Werner Hochbaum at IMDb
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Jann Klose is a pop singer-songwriter, who has released seven albums and two EPs. Based in New York City, Klose was raised in Kenya, South Africa, Germany, and northeast Ohio. He is the singing voice of Tim Buckley in the movie Greetings from Tim Buckley, starring Penn Badgley and Imogen Poots, released by Focus Features and Tribeca Film. In an interview with Entertainment Tonight, Jann talks about guitarist and collaborator Gary Lucas recommending him to director Dan Algrant to sing in the movie. He has performed as an actor and singer in touring companies of Broadway musicals, including Jesus Christ Superstar, Jekyll & Hyde, and The Who's Tommy as well as made for TV movies, voice overs and commercials. In 2005, the off-Broadway production Moonlight Interior, a musical based on Klose's music and directed by Yoel Cassell, premiered in New York City.
He has periodically collaborated with members of classical rock group Renaissance, most recently recording a version of Peter Gabriel's classic hit song "Don't Give Up" with Annie Haslam. Jann tours regularly in the U.S., Europe, Africa and Asia. He has worked with a wide range of artists including Pat Benatar, John Oates of Hall and Oates, Suzanne Vega, Paula Cole, Brett Dennen, Ann Hampton Callaway, Liz Callaway, Karen Zoid, RJ Benjamin, Rusted Root, Vonda Shepard, Gary Hoey, Jeffrey Gaines, Bret Michaels, Willy Porter, The Strawbs, Rosanne Cash, The Byrds' Roger McGuinn, Marty Stuart, The Yardbirds' Jim McCarty, Elliott Murphy, Pete Seeger and Les Paul.
Early life
Klose was born in Mannheim, Germany and raised in Nairobi, Kenya and Johannesburg, South Africa where he attended grade school. He moved to Hamburg, Germany as a teenager and first came to the United States as an exchange student, attending an American Field Service (AFS) program in the suburbs of Cleveland, Ohio. At this time he began teaching himself the keyboard and subsequently guitar as well as singing and dancing in the high school show choir. He returned to Hamburg, Germany to finish Gymnasium (high school) and started playing out, first in subway stations, the high school's band and then local clubs in Hamburg's Reeperbahn red-light district.
Music career
Between 1998 and 2000, Klose studied voice with composer/conductor and Emmy Award winner David Gooding who had Klose join various ensembles, including the choirs at Fairmount Temple, St. Peter's church in Lakewood, Ohio and the Cleveland Opera Chorus with whom he performed in operas Carmen, La Traviata, Lucia di Lammermoor, Romeo et Juliet and HMS Pinafore. In 2000 Jann relocated to New York City and started auditioning for musical theatre jobs. After three months in the City he was cast as the Pinball Wizard in NJPAC's production of The Who's Tommy and then went on to tour with Broadway's Jekyll & Hyde and in 2001 the European tour of Jesus Christ Superstar.
Black Box EP (2003)In 2002, Klose met Grammy Award-winning producer/guitarist Marlon J. Graves and recorded Black Box EP which he self-released in 2003. Jann and upright bassist Chris Marolf then started touring vigorously in the Northeast and Midwest U.S., developing a loyal following. Black Box EP received adult album alternative and college radio airplay and the title track was placed in the Warner Bros. film, Dead Broke which starred Paul Sorvino and also featured music from David Byrne. The track also received a placement on MTV Cribs. His song "It's Not The Way" off the EP was included on the sampler album, Prambors Hits 3, in Indonesia and led to heavy rotation airplay on Top 40 station Prambors FM in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Moonlight Interior (2005)Moonlight Interior, an Off-Broadway production, directed and choreographed by Yo-el Cassell, had a sold-out run in April 2005 at the Sande Shurin Theatre. The show centered around Klose's songs which he performed live with Chris Marolf (upright bass) and new band members Patrick Carmichael (drums) and Roberta Piket (keys). The show also included music by Beethoven and soundscapes by Pavel Zustiak. Lars Potteiger (keys, accordion) replaced Roberta Piket and the group, in various formations, increased touring to over 75 shows per year.
Reverie (2007)In 2007, Jann began work on his third full-length album Reverie, Stewart Lerman and the guidance of Rob Grenoble at Water Music Recorders in Hoboken, New Jersey. The album featured over 15 musicians and singers, including new bandmates Leah Potteiger (violin) and Megan Marolf (oboe) as well as guest musicians Ryan Scott, Doug Hinrichs, Roosevelt Credit, Pedro da Silva, Dan Brantigan and Peter Sachon. The album was mastered by Dominick Maita (Airshow Mastering).
Partially fan-funded, Reverie gained substantial airplay on Adult album alternative, college, talk, Top 40, Internet and Satellite Radio stations, including Sirius XM and the BBC in the UK. Klose continued to tour, now averaging 100 shows per year and stepping into new markets including California, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany and France. Klose's song "Give in to This Life" off Reverie is included on the Grammy-nominated double album, Healthy Food For Thought: Good Enough To Eat (East Coast Recording Co.) alongside works by Julian Lennon, Moby, Russell Simmons, Tom Chapin, Uncle Floyd and cover art by Peter Max.
Doing Time Music Video and Sacrifice EP (2010)In 2010, Klose collaborated with students at the New York Film Academy for a music video for his song "Doing Time." Directed by Addison Neville the video was shot in stop motion. Together with the video he released Sacrifice EP, his 5th release and 2nd EP.
Mosaic (2013)Jann Klose's album Mosaic (release date 25 June 2013) was produced by David Bendeth and Grammy winner James Frazee. The album features nine originals and one cover Tim Buckley's Song to the Siren and was mastered by double Grammy winner Warren Russell-Smith. Carrie Newcomer is a guest vocalist and Florian Opahle (Ian Anderson, Greg Lake) and David Bendeth are guest guitarists. MOSAIC entered the Roots Radio charts above Bruce Springsteen, Sheryl Crow and Wilco at No. 22. The album ended up on first round ballots for the 2014 GRAMMY® Awards for Album of the Year and Pop Vocal Album and is the recipient of three 2014 Independent Music Awards. A "Special Edition" of MOSAIC was released on 2 December 2014 and features a total of six bonus tracks, including the unreleased song "Anything".
Stereopticon (2016)8 January 2016, saw the release of an acoustic pop/urban Americana collaboration with guitarist Gary Lucas, STEREOPTICON on Cosmic Trigger Records, called "exciting" by DC Rocks and receiving a 4 STAR rating from Mojo (magazine). Songs "Secret Wings," "Fairweather," "Julia," and "Let No One Come Between Us" continue to receive airplay on AAA radio in the U.S. and Europe
In Tandem (2018/2019)
During a BMI writers camp in September 2016 in Cape Town, Klose met several well-known South African songwriters including Karen Zoid, RJ Benjamin, Tamara Dey, James Stewart, Jonathan "Ziyon" Hamilton and Shekhinah. Held during the annual Music Exchange conference in Cape Town, South Africa he was introduced to Nick Matsukis who invited Klose to record an album at the Academy of Sound Engineering in Johannesburg. RJ Benjamin agreed to produce the album and recording commenced over a 6 week period in April and May 2017. During the same time Klose attended a TutuDesk handover event in Limpopo Province. Final recording and mixing by Rici Martins were completed in September 2017. Significant buzz was created during the production of the album and both Sony Music SA and Gallo Record Company approached Jann to license the album. In February 2018 Gallo signed Jann and the IN TANDEM album with an option for a 2nd album. The first single "Take Me 2 Forever" was released on 13 April 2018 with the full album made available on 25 May 2018. Album release parties in Johannesburg, South Africa, Hamburg, Germany and New York City followed.
IN TANDEM received significant attention including spiking on Apple Music in July 2018. This spike of over 50,000 streams lead to the attention of Big Management in New York City who (after attending the New York City album release show at The Cutting Room) signed Jann to a management deal in November 2018 and secured a distribution deal for several singles off IN TANDEM via The Orchard/SONY. The singles "Don't Give Up" (featuring Annie Haslam of Renaissance, written by Peter Gabriel,) "Love High," "Take Me 2 Forever" and "Pour the Champagne" (featuring Karen Zoid) received over half a million streams on Spotify and YouTube between April and September 2019. "Pour the Champagne" charted on several South African radio stations including Jacaranda FM Top 20 in June 2019.
Surrender (2023)
In September 2017 while still finishing work on the IN TANDEM album, Jann attended a 2nd Broadcast Music Inc writers camp in Cape Town. Additional writers included Amanda Black, Christian Wright (of Abbey Road Studios), Alicia Madison and Tony Grund. Klose wrote "Love You the Most" with Alicia and Tony on day one of the camp. The song caught the attention of "Married Young" film producer Morey Levovitz who used the track to promote the movie. Released on 3 September 2019 with a music video released on 6 September 2019. Produced by David Schoenwetter and Jann Klose, the duet with Alicia Madison became Klose's most viewed and streamed track to date passing 3 million views and streams on YouTube and Spotify alone. A Spanish version of the song entitled "Te Amaré Más" was released together with a music video again featuring scenes from "Married Young" on 11 December 2020. The music video exceeded 1.1 million views on YouTube by February 2021. In the Spring and Summer of 2021 the original English version of the song started gaining airplay on Top 40 radio in the U.S., peaking at position #49 on the Mediabase chart.
Klose continued to release singles, each finding radio airplay, and charting on Top 40 radio in the US and South Africa. "Pilot Light" was the first, a dedication to his late manager Gary Salzman, who died from COVID-19 early in the pandemic. The following single "Sugar My". peaked at #36 on the Mediabase Top 40 radio charts and was quickly followed with the release of the single "Flesh and Blood" which once again featured dancers from the Lee Lund School of Dance in Connecticut. Klose continued his collaboration with music video director Alex Vishno and signed a licensing deal for the "Surrender" album with Honey Rose Records.
Touring
Klose has opened for or shared the stage with a wide variety of musicians, including John Oates of Hall and Oates, Pat Benatar, Suzanne Vega, Brett Dennen, Paula Cole, The Yardbirds, Pete Seeger, Willy Porter, The Strawbs, Rusted Root and the group's lead singer Michael Glabicki, Rebecca Loebe, Gary Hoey, Jeffrey Gaines, Antigone Rising, Melissa Ferrick, Marshall Crenshaw, Jonathan Edwards, Jorma Kaukonen, Dan Hicks and multi-track recording inventor/performer Les Paul.
Klose received invitations to collaborate with Renaissance's Annie Haslam and keyboardist John Tout for a sold-out show at the Sellersville Theater, in Sellersville, Pennsylvania. Annie had heard Klose perform at the CD release party for Serenity House (East Coast Recording Co.) which also included works by Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull), Pat DiNizio (The Smithereens), Robert Hazard and Kathy Sledge (Sister Sledge). In 2009 he opened for Renaissance on their 40th anniversary reunion tour at performing arts centers and theaters in the Northeast U.S., including The Concert Hall, The Keswick Theatre and The Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City.Jann performed at Martin Guitar's 175th Anniversary concert with Marty Stuart, Roger McGuinn, and Rosanne Cash and has toured extensively with rock troubadour Elliott Murphy, whose band The Normandy All Stars backed him at a show in Le Havre, France in 2009. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Joey Reynolds regularly featured Klose on his syndicated radio show. WGN Chicago's overnight radio team Steve and Johnnie (Steve King and Johnnie Putman) presented Jann in concert to a full house at the Skokie Theatre. Klose has performed at the annual Jeff Buckley Tribute at Uncommon Ground in Chicago three times (2008–2010) and at Gary Lucas' Buckley Tribute at the Knitting Factory in Brooklyn, NY, March 2011. In October 2011, Jann performed dates in Ontario, with The Yardbirds' and Renaissance co-founder Jim McCarty and former Strawbs/Renaissance keyboardist John Hawken for a Chamber Pop Summit.
Style
Critics have compared Klose to a range of modern-day and old school artists including Paul McCartney, Kevin Gilbert, XTC, Elliott Smith, Francis Dunnery, Seal, Paul Simon, Nick Drake, Eric Matthews, Sting, Jacques Brel, Kurt Weill, Elliott Smith, and a less risque Serge Gainsbourg.
Discography
Solo albumsEnough Said
The Strangest Thing
Black Box EP
Reverie
Sacrifice EP
Mosaic
Mosaic (Special Edition)
In Tandem
SurrenderCollaborationsStereopticon with Gary Lucas
Don't Give Up (Single) with Annie Haslam
Love You the Most (Single, Music Video) with Alicia Madison
Te Amaré Más (Single, Music Video) with Alicia MadisonMusicalsThe Who's Tommy – actor/singer
Jekyll & Hyde – actor/singer
Jesus Christ Superstar – actor/singer
Moonlight Interior – actor/singer/writer/guitaristCompilationsHealthy Food For Thought – 2011 Grammy Award Nomination
Action Moves People – 2013
Action Moves People United – 2016
Christmas Passion – 2018TVMTV Cribs – Featured Song Black Box
Jägermeister – Voiceover tag line at end of "Be the Meister" Ad CampaignFilmMarried Young (Amazon) – Featured Song Love You the Most
One Little Finger – Featured Song Let Me Be Brave
Katie Fforde: Mein Sohn und seine Väter (ZDF Television, Germany) – Actor, Kenneth Holland
The Beauty of Disaster (Glimmer Girl) – Film Score, Featured Songs Hold Me Down, Beautiful Dream
A Venue For The End Of The World (Devil Blue Films, BrinkVision) – Featured Songs Clouds, The Beginning
Greetings from Tim Buckley (Focus World/Tribeca/Universal) – Singing Voice of Tim Buckley and Guitar
Dead Broke (Warner Bros) – Featured Song Black Box
References
External links
Official website
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Jann Klose is a pop singer-songwriter, who has released seven albums and two EPs. Based in New York City, Klose was raised in Kenya, South Africa, Germany, and northeast Ohio. He is the singing voice of Tim Buckley in the movie Greetings from Tim Buckley, starring Penn Badgley and Imogen Poots, released by Focus Features and Tribeca Film. In an interview with Entertainment Tonight, Jann talks about guitarist and collaborator Gary Lucas recommending him to director Dan Algrant to sing in the movie. He has performed as an actor and singer in touring companies of Broadway musicals, including Jesus Christ Superstar, Jekyll & Hyde, and The Who's Tommy as well as made for TV movies, voice overs and commercials. In 2005, the off-Broadway production Moonlight Interior, a musical based on Klose's music and directed by Yoel Cassell, premiered in New York City.
He has periodically collaborated with members of classical rock group Renaissance, most recently recording a version of Peter Gabriel's classic hit song "Don't Give Up" with Annie Haslam. Jann tours regularly in the U.S., Europe, Africa and Asia. He has worked with a wide range of artists including Pat Benatar, John Oates of Hall and Oates, Suzanne Vega, Paula Cole, Brett Dennen, Ann Hampton Callaway, Liz Callaway, Karen Zoid, RJ Benjamin, Rusted Root, Vonda Shepard, Gary Hoey, Jeffrey Gaines, Bret Michaels, Willy Porter, The Strawbs, Rosanne Cash, The Byrds' Roger McGuinn, Marty Stuart, The Yardbirds' Jim McCarty, Elliott Murphy, Pete Seeger and Les Paul.
Early life
Klose was born in Mannheim, Germany and raised in Nairobi, Kenya and Johannesburg, South Africa where he attended grade school. He moved to Hamburg, Germany as a teenager and first came to the United States as an exchange student, attending an American Field Service (AFS) program in the suburbs of Cleveland, Ohio. At this time he began teaching himself the keyboard and subsequently guitar as well as singing and dancing in the high school show choir. He returned to Hamburg, Germany to finish Gymnasium (high school) and started playing out, first in subway stations, the high school's band and then local clubs in Hamburg's Reeperbahn red-light district.
Music career
Between 1998 and 2000, Klose studied voice with composer/conductor and Emmy Award winner David Gooding who had Klose join various ensembles, including the choirs at Fairmount Temple, St. Peter's church in Lakewood, Ohio and the Cleveland Opera Chorus with whom he performed in operas Carmen, La Traviata, Lucia di Lammermoor, Romeo et Juliet and HMS Pinafore. In 2000 Jann relocated to New York City and started auditioning for musical theatre jobs. After three months in the City he was cast as the Pinball Wizard in NJPAC's production of The Who's Tommy and then went on to tour with Broadway's Jekyll & Hyde and in 2001 the European tour of Jesus Christ Superstar.
Black Box EP (2003)In 2002, Klose met Grammy Award-winning producer/guitarist Marlon J. Graves and recorded Black Box EP which he self-released in 2003. Jann and upright bassist Chris Marolf then started touring vigorously in the Northeast and Midwest U.S., developing a loyal following. Black Box EP received adult album alternative and college radio airplay and the title track was placed in the Warner Bros. film, Dead Broke which starred Paul Sorvino and also featured music from David Byrne. The track also received a placement on MTV Cribs. His song "It's Not The Way" off the EP was included on the sampler album, Prambors Hits 3, in Indonesia and led to heavy rotation airplay on Top 40 station Prambors FM in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Moonlight Interior (2005)Moonlight Interior, an Off-Broadway production, directed and choreographed by Yo-el Cassell, had a sold-out run in April 2005 at the Sande Shurin Theatre. The show centered around Klose's songs which he performed live with Chris Marolf (upright bass) and new band members Patrick Carmichael (drums) and Roberta Piket (keys). The show also included music by Beethoven and soundscapes by Pavel Zustiak. Lars Potteiger (keys, accordion) replaced Roberta Piket and the group, in various formations, increased touring to over 75 shows per year.
Reverie (2007)In 2007, Jann began work on his third full-length album Reverie, Stewart Lerman and the guidance of Rob Grenoble at Water Music Recorders in Hoboken, New Jersey. The album featured over 15 musicians and singers, including new bandmates Leah Potteiger (violin) and Megan Marolf (oboe) as well as guest musicians Ryan Scott, Doug Hinrichs, Roosevelt Credit, Pedro da Silva, Dan Brantigan and Peter Sachon. The album was mastered by Dominick Maita (Airshow Mastering).
Partially fan-funded, Reverie gained substantial airplay on Adult album alternative, college, talk, Top 40, Internet and Satellite Radio stations, including Sirius XM and the BBC in the UK. Klose continued to tour, now averaging 100 shows per year and stepping into new markets including California, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany and France. Klose's song "Give in to This Life" off Reverie is included on the Grammy-nominated double album, Healthy Food For Thought: Good Enough To Eat (East Coast Recording Co.) alongside works by Julian Lennon, Moby, Russell Simmons, Tom Chapin, Uncle Floyd and cover art by Peter Max.
Doing Time Music Video and Sacrifice EP (2010)In 2010, Klose collaborated with students at the New York Film Academy for a music video for his song "Doing Time." Directed by Addison Neville the video was shot in stop motion. Together with the video he released Sacrifice EP, his 5th release and 2nd EP.
Mosaic (2013)Jann Klose's album Mosaic (release date 25 June 2013) was produced by David Bendeth and Grammy winner James Frazee. The album features nine originals and one cover Tim Buckley's Song to the Siren and was mastered by double Grammy winner Warren Russell-Smith. Carrie Newcomer is a guest vocalist and Florian Opahle (Ian Anderson, Greg Lake) and David Bendeth are guest guitarists. MOSAIC entered the Roots Radio charts above Bruce Springsteen, Sheryl Crow and Wilco at No. 22. The album ended up on first round ballots for the 2014 GRAMMY® Awards for Album of the Year and Pop Vocal Album and is the recipient of three 2014 Independent Music Awards. A "Special Edition" of MOSAIC was released on 2 December 2014 and features a total of six bonus tracks, including the unreleased song "Anything".
Stereopticon (2016)8 January 2016, saw the release of an acoustic pop/urban Americana collaboration with guitarist Gary Lucas, STEREOPTICON on Cosmic Trigger Records, called "exciting" by DC Rocks and receiving a 4 STAR rating from Mojo (magazine). Songs "Secret Wings," "Fairweather," "Julia," and "Let No One Come Between Us" continue to receive airplay on AAA radio in the U.S. and Europe
In Tandem (2018/2019)
During a BMI writers camp in September 2016 in Cape Town, Klose met several well-known South African songwriters including Karen Zoid, RJ Benjamin, Tamara Dey, James Stewart, Jonathan "Ziyon" Hamilton and Shekhinah. Held during the annual Music Exchange conference in Cape Town, South Africa he was introduced to Nick Matsukis who invited Klose to record an album at the Academy of Sound Engineering in Johannesburg. RJ Benjamin agreed to produce the album and recording commenced over a 6 week period in April and May 2017. During the same time Klose attended a TutuDesk handover event in Limpopo Province. Final recording and mixing by Rici Martins were completed in September 2017. Significant buzz was created during the production of the album and both Sony Music SA and Gallo Record Company approached Jann to license the album. In February 2018 Gallo signed Jann and the IN TANDEM album with an option for a 2nd album. The first single "Take Me 2 Forever" was released on 13 April 2018 with the full album made available on 25 May 2018. Album release parties in Johannesburg, South Africa, Hamburg, Germany and New York City followed.
IN TANDEM received significant attention including spiking on Apple Music in July 2018. This spike of over 50,000 streams lead to the attention of Big Management in New York City who (after attending the New York City album release show at The Cutting Room) signed Jann to a management deal in November 2018 and secured a distribution deal for several singles off IN TANDEM via The Orchard/SONY. The singles "Don't Give Up" (featuring Annie Haslam of Renaissance, written by Peter Gabriel,) "Love High," "Take Me 2 Forever" and "Pour the Champagne" (featuring Karen Zoid) received over half a million streams on Spotify and YouTube between April and September 2019. "Pour the Champagne" charted on several South African radio stations including Jacaranda FM Top 20 in June 2019.
Surrender (2023)
In September 2017 while still finishing work on the IN TANDEM album, Jann attended a 2nd Broadcast Music Inc writers camp in Cape Town. Additional writers included Amanda Black, Christian Wright (of Abbey Road Studios), Alicia Madison and Tony Grund. Klose wrote "Love You the Most" with Alicia and Tony on day one of the camp. The song caught the attention of "Married Young" film producer Morey Levovitz who used the track to promote the movie. Released on 3 September 2019 with a music video released on 6 September 2019. Produced by David Schoenwetter and Jann Klose, the duet with Alicia Madison became Klose's most viewed and streamed track to date passing 3 million views and streams on YouTube and Spotify alone. A Spanish version of the song entitled "Te Amaré Más" was released together with a music video again featuring scenes from "Married Young" on 11 December 2020. The music video exceeded 1.1 million views on YouTube by February 2021. In the Spring and Summer of 2021 the original English version of the song started gaining airplay on Top 40 radio in the U.S., peaking at position #49 on the Mediabase chart.
Klose continued to release singles, each finding radio airplay, and charting on Top 40 radio in the US and South Africa. "Pilot Light" was the first, a dedication to his late manager Gary Salzman, who died from COVID-19 early in the pandemic. The following single "Sugar My". peaked at #36 on the Mediabase Top 40 radio charts and was quickly followed with the release of the single "Flesh and Blood" which once again featured dancers from the Lee Lund School of Dance in Connecticut. Klose continued his collaboration with music video director Alex Vishno and signed a licensing deal for the "Surrender" album with Honey Rose Records.
Touring
Klose has opened for or shared the stage with a wide variety of musicians, including John Oates of Hall and Oates, Pat Benatar, Suzanne Vega, Brett Dennen, Paula Cole, The Yardbirds, Pete Seeger, Willy Porter, The Strawbs, Rusted Root and the group's lead singer Michael Glabicki, Rebecca Loebe, Gary Hoey, Jeffrey Gaines, Antigone Rising, Melissa Ferrick, Marshall Crenshaw, Jonathan Edwards, Jorma Kaukonen, Dan Hicks and multi-track recording inventor/performer Les Paul.
Klose received invitations to collaborate with Renaissance's Annie Haslam and keyboardist John Tout for a sold-out show at the Sellersville Theater, in Sellersville, Pennsylvania. Annie had heard Klose perform at the CD release party for Serenity House (East Coast Recording Co.) which also included works by Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull), Pat DiNizio (The Smithereens), Robert Hazard and Kathy Sledge (Sister Sledge). In 2009 he opened for Renaissance on their 40th anniversary reunion tour at performing arts centers and theaters in the Northeast U.S., including The Concert Hall, The Keswick Theatre and The Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City.Jann performed at Martin Guitar's 175th Anniversary concert with Marty Stuart, Roger McGuinn, and Rosanne Cash and has toured extensively with rock troubadour Elliott Murphy, whose band The Normandy All Stars backed him at a show in Le Havre, France in 2009. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Joey Reynolds regularly featured Klose on his syndicated radio show. WGN Chicago's overnight radio team Steve and Johnnie (Steve King and Johnnie Putman) presented Jann in concert to a full house at the Skokie Theatre. Klose has performed at the annual Jeff Buckley Tribute at Uncommon Ground in Chicago three times (2008–2010) and at Gary Lucas' Buckley Tribute at the Knitting Factory in Brooklyn, NY, March 2011. In October 2011, Jann performed dates in Ontario, with The Yardbirds' and Renaissance co-founder Jim McCarty and former Strawbs/Renaissance keyboardist John Hawken for a Chamber Pop Summit.
Style
Critics have compared Klose to a range of modern-day and old school artists including Paul McCartney, Kevin Gilbert, XTC, Elliott Smith, Francis Dunnery, Seal, Paul Simon, Nick Drake, Eric Matthews, Sting, Jacques Brel, Kurt Weill, Elliott Smith, and a less risque Serge Gainsbourg.
Discography
Solo albumsEnough Said
The Strangest Thing
Black Box EP
Reverie
Sacrifice EP
Mosaic
Mosaic (Special Edition)
In Tandem
SurrenderCollaborationsStereopticon with Gary Lucas
Don't Give Up (Single) with Annie Haslam
Love You the Most (Single, Music Video) with Alicia Madison
Te Amaré Más (Single, Music Video) with Alicia MadisonMusicalsThe Who's Tommy – actor/singer
Jekyll & Hyde – actor/singer
Jesus Christ Superstar – actor/singer
Moonlight Interior – actor/singer/writer/guitaristCompilationsHealthy Food For Thought – 2011 Grammy Award Nomination
Action Moves People – 2013
Action Moves People United – 2016
Christmas Passion – 2018TVMTV Cribs – Featured Song Black Box
Jägermeister – Voiceover tag line at end of "Be the Meister" Ad CampaignFilmMarried Young (Amazon) – Featured Song Love You the Most
One Little Finger – Featured Song Let Me Be Brave
Katie Fforde: Mein Sohn und seine Väter (ZDF Television, Germany) – Actor, Kenneth Holland
The Beauty of Disaster (Glimmer Girl) – Film Score, Featured Songs Hold Me Down, Beautiful Dream
A Venue For The End Of The World (Devil Blue Films, BrinkVision) – Featured Songs Clouds, The Beginning
Greetings from Tim Buckley (Focus World/Tribeca/Universal) – Singing Voice of Tim Buckley and Guitar
Dead Broke (Warner Bros) – Featured Song Black Box
References
External links
Official website
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Jann Klose is a pop singer-songwriter, who has released seven albums and two EPs. Based in New York City, Klose was raised in Kenya, South Africa, Germany, and northeast Ohio. He is the singing voice of Tim Buckley in the movie Greetings from Tim Buckley, starring Penn Badgley and Imogen Poots, released by Focus Features and Tribeca Film. In an interview with Entertainment Tonight, Jann talks about guitarist and collaborator Gary Lucas recommending him to director Dan Algrant to sing in the movie. He has performed as an actor and singer in touring companies of Broadway musicals, including Jesus Christ Superstar, Jekyll & Hyde, and The Who's Tommy as well as made for TV movies, voice overs and commercials. In 2005, the off-Broadway production Moonlight Interior, a musical based on Klose's music and directed by Yoel Cassell, premiered in New York City.
He has periodically collaborated with members of classical rock group Renaissance, most recently recording a version of Peter Gabriel's classic hit song "Don't Give Up" with Annie Haslam. Jann tours regularly in the U.S., Europe, Africa and Asia. He has worked with a wide range of artists including Pat Benatar, John Oates of Hall and Oates, Suzanne Vega, Paula Cole, Brett Dennen, Ann Hampton Callaway, Liz Callaway, Karen Zoid, RJ Benjamin, Rusted Root, Vonda Shepard, Gary Hoey, Jeffrey Gaines, Bret Michaels, Willy Porter, The Strawbs, Rosanne Cash, The Byrds' Roger McGuinn, Marty Stuart, The Yardbirds' Jim McCarty, Elliott Murphy, Pete Seeger and Les Paul.
Early life
Klose was born in Mannheim, Germany and raised in Nairobi, Kenya and Johannesburg, South Africa where he attended grade school. He moved to Hamburg, Germany as a teenager and first came to the United States as an exchange student, attending an American Field Service (AFS) program in the suburbs of Cleveland, Ohio. At this time he began teaching himself the keyboard and subsequently guitar as well as singing and dancing in the high school show choir. He returned to Hamburg, Germany to finish Gymnasium (high school) and started playing out, first in subway stations, the high school's band and then local clubs in Hamburg's Reeperbahn red-light district.
Music career
Between 1998 and 2000, Klose studied voice with composer/conductor and Emmy Award winner David Gooding who had Klose join various ensembles, including the choirs at Fairmount Temple, St. Peter's church in Lakewood, Ohio and the Cleveland Opera Chorus with whom he performed in operas Carmen, La Traviata, Lucia di Lammermoor, Romeo et Juliet and HMS Pinafore. In 2000 Jann relocated to New York City and started auditioning for musical theatre jobs. After three months in the City he was cast as the Pinball Wizard in NJPAC's production of The Who's Tommy and then went on to tour with Broadway's Jekyll & Hyde and in 2001 the European tour of Jesus Christ Superstar.
Black Box EP (2003)In 2002, Klose met Grammy Award-winning producer/guitarist Marlon J. Graves and recorded Black Box EP which he self-released in 2003. Jann and upright bassist Chris Marolf then started touring vigorously in the Northeast and Midwest U.S., developing a loyal following. Black Box EP received adult album alternative and college radio airplay and the title track was placed in the Warner Bros. film, Dead Broke which starred Paul Sorvino and also featured music from David Byrne. The track also received a placement on MTV Cribs. His song "It's Not The Way" off the EP was included on the sampler album, Prambors Hits 3, in Indonesia and led to heavy rotation airplay on Top 40 station Prambors FM in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Moonlight Interior (2005)Moonlight Interior, an Off-Broadway production, directed and choreographed by Yo-el Cassell, had a sold-out run in April 2005 at the Sande Shurin Theatre. The show centered around Klose's songs which he performed live with Chris Marolf (upright bass) and new band members Patrick Carmichael (drums) and Roberta Piket (keys). The show also included music by Beethoven and soundscapes by Pavel Zustiak. Lars Potteiger (keys, accordion) replaced Roberta Piket and the group, in various formations, increased touring to over 75 shows per year.
Reverie (2007)In 2007, Jann began work on his third full-length album Reverie, Stewart Lerman and the guidance of Rob Grenoble at Water Music Recorders in Hoboken, New Jersey. The album featured over 15 musicians and singers, including new bandmates Leah Potteiger (violin) and Megan Marolf (oboe) as well as guest musicians Ryan Scott, Doug Hinrichs, Roosevelt Credit, Pedro da Silva, Dan Brantigan and Peter Sachon. The album was mastered by Dominick Maita (Airshow Mastering).
Partially fan-funded, Reverie gained substantial airplay on Adult album alternative, college, talk, Top 40, Internet and Satellite Radio stations, including Sirius XM and the BBC in the UK. Klose continued to tour, now averaging 100 shows per year and stepping into new markets including California, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany and France. Klose's song "Give in to This Life" off Reverie is included on the Grammy-nominated double album, Healthy Food For Thought: Good Enough To Eat (East Coast Recording Co.) alongside works by Julian Lennon, Moby, Russell Simmons, Tom Chapin, Uncle Floyd and cover art by Peter Max.
Doing Time Music Video and Sacrifice EP (2010)In 2010, Klose collaborated with students at the New York Film Academy for a music video for his song "Doing Time." Directed by Addison Neville the video was shot in stop motion. Together with the video he released Sacrifice EP, his 5th release and 2nd EP.
Mosaic (2013)Jann Klose's album Mosaic (release date 25 June 2013) was produced by David Bendeth and Grammy winner James Frazee. The album features nine originals and one cover Tim Buckley's Song to the Siren and was mastered by double Grammy winner Warren Russell-Smith. Carrie Newcomer is a guest vocalist and Florian Opahle (Ian Anderson, Greg Lake) and David Bendeth are guest guitarists. MOSAIC entered the Roots Radio charts above Bruce Springsteen, Sheryl Crow and Wilco at No. 22. The album ended up on first round ballots for the 2014 GRAMMY® Awards for Album of the Year and Pop Vocal Album and is the recipient of three 2014 Independent Music Awards. A "Special Edition" of MOSAIC was released on 2 December 2014 and features a total of six bonus tracks, including the unreleased song "Anything".
Stereopticon (2016)8 January 2016, saw the release of an acoustic pop/urban Americana collaboration with guitarist Gary Lucas, STEREOPTICON on Cosmic Trigger Records, called "exciting" by DC Rocks and receiving a 4 STAR rating from Mojo (magazine). Songs "Secret Wings," "Fairweather," "Julia," and "Let No One Come Between Us" continue to receive airplay on AAA radio in the U.S. and Europe
In Tandem (2018/2019)
During a BMI writers camp in September 2016 in Cape Town, Klose met several well-known South African songwriters including Karen Zoid, RJ Benjamin, Tamara Dey, James Stewart, Jonathan "Ziyon" Hamilton and Shekhinah. Held during the annual Music Exchange conference in Cape Town, South Africa he was introduced to Nick Matsukis who invited Klose to record an album at the Academy of Sound Engineering in Johannesburg. RJ Benjamin agreed to produce the album and recording commenced over a 6 week period in April and May 2017. During the same time Klose attended a TutuDesk handover event in Limpopo Province. Final recording and mixing by Rici Martins were completed in September 2017. Significant buzz was created during the production of the album and both Sony Music SA and Gallo Record Company approached Jann to license the album. In February 2018 Gallo signed Jann and the IN TANDEM album with an option for a 2nd album. The first single "Take Me 2 Forever" was released on 13 April 2018 with the full album made available on 25 May 2018. Album release parties in Johannesburg, South Africa, Hamburg, Germany and New York City followed.
IN TANDEM received significant attention including spiking on Apple Music in July 2018. This spike of over 50,000 streams lead to the attention of Big Management in New York City who (after attending the New York City album release show at The Cutting Room) signed Jann to a management deal in November 2018 and secured a distribution deal for several singles off IN TANDEM via The Orchard/SONY. The singles "Don't Give Up" (featuring Annie Haslam of Renaissance, written by Peter Gabriel,) "Love High," "Take Me 2 Forever" and "Pour the Champagne" (featuring Karen Zoid) received over half a million streams on Spotify and YouTube between April and September 2019. "Pour the Champagne" charted on several South African radio stations including Jacaranda FM Top 20 in June 2019.
Surrender (2023)
In September 2017 while still finishing work on the IN TANDEM album, Jann attended a 2nd Broadcast Music Inc writers camp in Cape Town. Additional writers included Amanda Black, Christian Wright (of Abbey Road Studios), Alicia Madison and Tony Grund. Klose wrote "Love You the Most" with Alicia and Tony on day one of the camp. The song caught the attention of "Married Young" film producer Morey Levovitz who used the track to promote the movie. Released on 3 September 2019 with a music video released on 6 September 2019. Produced by David Schoenwetter and Jann Klose, the duet with Alicia Madison became Klose's most viewed and streamed track to date passing 3 million views and streams on YouTube and Spotify alone. A Spanish version of the song entitled "Te Amaré Más" was released together with a music video again featuring scenes from "Married Young" on 11 December 2020. The music video exceeded 1.1 million views on YouTube by February 2021. In the Spring and Summer of 2021 the original English version of the song started gaining airplay on Top 40 radio in the U.S., peaking at position #49 on the Mediabase chart.
Klose continued to release singles, each finding radio airplay, and charting on Top 40 radio in the US and South Africa. "Pilot Light" was the first, a dedication to his late manager Gary Salzman, who died from COVID-19 early in the pandemic. The following single "Sugar My". peaked at #36 on the Mediabase Top 40 radio charts and was quickly followed with the release of the single "Flesh and Blood" which once again featured dancers from the Lee Lund School of Dance in Connecticut. Klose continued his collaboration with music video director Alex Vishno and signed a licensing deal for the "Surrender" album with Honey Rose Records.
Touring
Klose has opened for or shared the stage with a wide variety of musicians, including John Oates of Hall and Oates, Pat Benatar, Suzanne Vega, Brett Dennen, Paula Cole, The Yardbirds, Pete Seeger, Willy Porter, The Strawbs, Rusted Root and the group's lead singer Michael Glabicki, Rebecca Loebe, Gary Hoey, Jeffrey Gaines, Antigone Rising, Melissa Ferrick, Marshall Crenshaw, Jonathan Edwards, Jorma Kaukonen, Dan Hicks and multi-track recording inventor/performer Les Paul.
Klose received invitations to collaborate with Renaissance's Annie Haslam and keyboardist John Tout for a sold-out show at the Sellersville Theater, in Sellersville, Pennsylvania. Annie had heard Klose perform at the CD release party for Serenity House (East Coast Recording Co.) which also included works by Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull), Pat DiNizio (The Smithereens), Robert Hazard and Kathy Sledge (Sister Sledge). In 2009 he opened for Renaissance on their 40th anniversary reunion tour at performing arts centers and theaters in the Northeast U.S., including The Concert Hall, The Keswick Theatre and The Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City.Jann performed at Martin Guitar's 175th Anniversary concert with Marty Stuart, Roger McGuinn, and Rosanne Cash and has toured extensively with rock troubadour Elliott Murphy, whose band The Normandy All Stars backed him at a show in Le Havre, France in 2009. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Joey Reynolds regularly featured Klose on his syndicated radio show. WGN Chicago's overnight radio team Steve and Johnnie (Steve King and Johnnie Putman) presented Jann in concert to a full house at the Skokie Theatre. Klose has performed at the annual Jeff Buckley Tribute at Uncommon Ground in Chicago three times (2008–2010) and at Gary Lucas' Buckley Tribute at the Knitting Factory in Brooklyn, NY, March 2011. In October 2011, Jann performed dates in Ontario, with The Yardbirds' and Renaissance co-founder Jim McCarty and former Strawbs/Renaissance keyboardist John Hawken for a Chamber Pop Summit.
Style
Critics have compared Klose to a range of modern-day and old school artists including Paul McCartney, Kevin Gilbert, XTC, Elliott Smith, Francis Dunnery, Seal, Paul Simon, Nick Drake, Eric Matthews, Sting, Jacques Brel, Kurt Weill, Elliott Smith, and a less risque Serge Gainsbourg.
Discography
Solo albumsEnough Said
The Strangest Thing
Black Box EP
Reverie
Sacrifice EP
Mosaic
Mosaic (Special Edition)
In Tandem
SurrenderCollaborationsStereopticon with Gary Lucas
Don't Give Up (Single) with Annie Haslam
Love You the Most (Single, Music Video) with Alicia Madison
Te Amaré Más (Single, Music Video) with Alicia MadisonMusicalsThe Who's Tommy – actor/singer
Jekyll & Hyde – actor/singer
Jesus Christ Superstar – actor/singer
Moonlight Interior – actor/singer/writer/guitaristCompilationsHealthy Food For Thought – 2011 Grammy Award Nomination
Action Moves People – 2013
Action Moves People United – 2016
Christmas Passion – 2018TVMTV Cribs – Featured Song Black Box
Jägermeister – Voiceover tag line at end of "Be the Meister" Ad CampaignFilmMarried Young (Amazon) – Featured Song Love You the Most
One Little Finger – Featured Song Let Me Be Brave
Katie Fforde: Mein Sohn und seine Väter (ZDF Television, Germany) – Actor, Kenneth Holland
The Beauty of Disaster (Glimmer Girl) – Film Score, Featured Songs Hold Me Down, Beautiful Dream
A Venue For The End Of The World (Devil Blue Films, BrinkVision) – Featured Songs Clouds, The Beginning
Greetings from Tim Buckley (Focus World/Tribeca/Universal) – Singing Voice of Tim Buckley and Guitar
Dead Broke (Warner Bros) – Featured Song Black Box
References
External links
Official website
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Jann Klose is a pop singer-songwriter, who has released seven albums and two EPs. Based in New York City, Klose was raised in Kenya, South Africa, Germany, and northeast Ohio. He is the singing voice of Tim Buckley in the movie Greetings from Tim Buckley, starring Penn Badgley and Imogen Poots, released by Focus Features and Tribeca Film. In an interview with Entertainment Tonight, Jann talks about guitarist and collaborator Gary Lucas recommending him to director Dan Algrant to sing in the movie. He has performed as an actor and singer in touring companies of Broadway musicals, including Jesus Christ Superstar, Jekyll & Hyde, and The Who's Tommy as well as made for TV movies, voice overs and commercials. In 2005, the off-Broadway production Moonlight Interior, a musical based on Klose's music and directed by Yoel Cassell, premiered in New York City.
He has periodically collaborated with members of classical rock group Renaissance, most recently recording a version of Peter Gabriel's classic hit song "Don't Give Up" with Annie Haslam. Jann tours regularly in the U.S., Europe, Africa and Asia. He has worked with a wide range of artists including Pat Benatar, John Oates of Hall and Oates, Suzanne Vega, Paula Cole, Brett Dennen, Ann Hampton Callaway, Liz Callaway, Karen Zoid, RJ Benjamin, Rusted Root, Vonda Shepard, Gary Hoey, Jeffrey Gaines, Bret Michaels, Willy Porter, The Strawbs, Rosanne Cash, The Byrds' Roger McGuinn, Marty Stuart, The Yardbirds' Jim McCarty, Elliott Murphy, Pete Seeger and Les Paul.
Early life
Klose was born in Mannheim, Germany and raised in Nairobi, Kenya and Johannesburg, South Africa where he attended grade school. He moved to Hamburg, Germany as a teenager and first came to the United States as an exchange student, attending an American Field Service (AFS) program in the suburbs of Cleveland, Ohio. At this time he began teaching himself the keyboard and subsequently guitar as well as singing and dancing in the high school show choir. He returned to Hamburg, Germany to finish Gymnasium (high school) and started playing out, first in subway stations, the high school's band and then local clubs in Hamburg's Reeperbahn red-light district.
Music career
Between 1998 and 2000, Klose studied voice with composer/conductor and Emmy Award winner David Gooding who had Klose join various ensembles, including the choirs at Fairmount Temple, St. Peter's church in Lakewood, Ohio and the Cleveland Opera Chorus with whom he performed in operas Carmen, La Traviata, Lucia di Lammermoor, Romeo et Juliet and HMS Pinafore. In 2000 Jann relocated to New York City and started auditioning for musical theatre jobs. After three months in the City he was cast as the Pinball Wizard in NJPAC's production of The Who's Tommy and then went on to tour with Broadway's Jekyll & Hyde and in 2001 the European tour of Jesus Christ Superstar.
Black Box EP (2003)In 2002, Klose met Grammy Award-winning producer/guitarist Marlon J. Graves and recorded Black Box EP which he self-released in 2003. Jann and upright bassist Chris Marolf then started touring vigorously in the Northeast and Midwest U.S., developing a loyal following. Black Box EP received adult album alternative and college radio airplay and the title track was placed in the Warner Bros. film, Dead Broke which starred Paul Sorvino and also featured music from David Byrne. The track also received a placement on MTV Cribs. His song "It's Not The Way" off the EP was included on the sampler album, Prambors Hits 3, in Indonesia and led to heavy rotation airplay on Top 40 station Prambors FM in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Moonlight Interior (2005)Moonlight Interior, an Off-Broadway production, directed and choreographed by Yo-el Cassell, had a sold-out run in April 2005 at the Sande Shurin Theatre. The show centered around Klose's songs which he performed live with Chris Marolf (upright bass) and new band members Patrick Carmichael (drums) and Roberta Piket (keys). The show also included music by Beethoven and soundscapes by Pavel Zustiak. Lars Potteiger (keys, accordion) replaced Roberta Piket and the group, in various formations, increased touring to over 75 shows per year.
Reverie (2007)In 2007, Jann began work on his third full-length album Reverie, Stewart Lerman and the guidance of Rob Grenoble at Water Music Recorders in Hoboken, New Jersey. The album featured over 15 musicians and singers, including new bandmates Leah Potteiger (violin) and Megan Marolf (oboe) as well as guest musicians Ryan Scott, Doug Hinrichs, Roosevelt Credit, Pedro da Silva, Dan Brantigan and Peter Sachon. The album was mastered by Dominick Maita (Airshow Mastering).
Partially fan-funded, Reverie gained substantial airplay on Adult album alternative, college, talk, Top 40, Internet and Satellite Radio stations, including Sirius XM and the BBC in the UK. Klose continued to tour, now averaging 100 shows per year and stepping into new markets including California, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany and France. Klose's song "Give in to This Life" off Reverie is included on the Grammy-nominated double album, Healthy Food For Thought: Good Enough To Eat (East Coast Recording Co.) alongside works by Julian Lennon, Moby, Russell Simmons, Tom Chapin, Uncle Floyd and cover art by Peter Max.
Doing Time Music Video and Sacrifice EP (2010)In 2010, Klose collaborated with students at the New York Film Academy for a music video for his song "Doing Time." Directed by Addison Neville the video was shot in stop motion. Together with the video he released Sacrifice EP, his 5th release and 2nd EP.
Mosaic (2013)Jann Klose's album Mosaic (release date 25 June 2013) was produced by David Bendeth and Grammy winner James Frazee. The album features nine originals and one cover Tim Buckley's Song to the Siren and was mastered by double Grammy winner Warren Russell-Smith. Carrie Newcomer is a guest vocalist and Florian Opahle (Ian Anderson, Greg Lake) and David Bendeth are guest guitarists. MOSAIC entered the Roots Radio charts above Bruce Springsteen, Sheryl Crow and Wilco at No. 22. The album ended up on first round ballots for the 2014 GRAMMY® Awards for Album of the Year and Pop Vocal Album and is the recipient of three 2014 Independent Music Awards. A "Special Edition" of MOSAIC was released on 2 December 2014 and features a total of six bonus tracks, including the unreleased song "Anything".
Stereopticon (2016)8 January 2016, saw the release of an acoustic pop/urban Americana collaboration with guitarist Gary Lucas, STEREOPTICON on Cosmic Trigger Records, called "exciting" by DC Rocks and receiving a 4 STAR rating from Mojo (magazine). Songs "Secret Wings," "Fairweather," "Julia," and "Let No One Come Between Us" continue to receive airplay on AAA radio in the U.S. and Europe
In Tandem (2018/2019)
During a BMI writers camp in September 2016 in Cape Town, Klose met several well-known South African songwriters including Karen Zoid, RJ Benjamin, Tamara Dey, James Stewart, Jonathan "Ziyon" Hamilton and Shekhinah. Held during the annual Music Exchange conference in Cape Town, South Africa he was introduced to Nick Matsukis who invited Klose to record an album at the Academy of Sound Engineering in Johannesburg. RJ Benjamin agreed to produce the album and recording commenced over a 6 week period in April and May 2017. During the same time Klose attended a TutuDesk handover event in Limpopo Province. Final recording and mixing by Rici Martins were completed in September 2017. Significant buzz was created during the production of the album and both Sony Music SA and Gallo Record Company approached Jann to license the album. In February 2018 Gallo signed Jann and the IN TANDEM album with an option for a 2nd album. The first single "Take Me 2 Forever" was released on 13 April 2018 with the full album made available on 25 May 2018. Album release parties in Johannesburg, South Africa, Hamburg, Germany and New York City followed.
IN TANDEM received significant attention including spiking on Apple Music in July 2018. This spike of over 50,000 streams lead to the attention of Big Management in New York City who (after attending the New York City album release show at The Cutting Room) signed Jann to a management deal in November 2018 and secured a distribution deal for several singles off IN TANDEM via The Orchard/SONY. The singles "Don't Give Up" (featuring Annie Haslam of Renaissance, written by Peter Gabriel,) "Love High," "Take Me 2 Forever" and "Pour the Champagne" (featuring Karen Zoid) received over half a million streams on Spotify and YouTube between April and September 2019. "Pour the Champagne" charted on several South African radio stations including Jacaranda FM Top 20 in June 2019.
Surrender (2023)
In September 2017 while still finishing work on the IN TANDEM album, Jann attended a 2nd Broadcast Music Inc writers camp in Cape Town. Additional writers included Amanda Black, Christian Wright (of Abbey Road Studios), Alicia Madison and Tony Grund. Klose wrote "Love You the Most" with Alicia and Tony on day one of the camp. The song caught the attention of "Married Young" film producer Morey Levovitz who used the track to promote the movie. Released on 3 September 2019 with a music video released on 6 September 2019. Produced by David Schoenwetter and Jann Klose, the duet with Alicia Madison became Klose's most viewed and streamed track to date passing 3 million views and streams on YouTube and Spotify alone. A Spanish version of the song entitled "Te Amaré Más" was released together with a music video again featuring scenes from "Married Young" on 11 December 2020. The music video exceeded 1.1 million views on YouTube by February 2021. In the Spring and Summer of 2021 the original English version of the song started gaining airplay on Top 40 radio in the U.S., peaking at position #49 on the Mediabase chart.
Klose continued to release singles, each finding radio airplay, and charting on Top 40 radio in the US and South Africa. "Pilot Light" was the first, a dedication to his late manager Gary Salzman, who died from COVID-19 early in the pandemic. The following single "Sugar My". peaked at #36 on the Mediabase Top 40 radio charts and was quickly followed with the release of the single "Flesh and Blood" which once again featured dancers from the Lee Lund School of Dance in Connecticut. Klose continued his collaboration with music video director Alex Vishno and signed a licensing deal for the "Surrender" album with Honey Rose Records.
Touring
Klose has opened for or shared the stage with a wide variety of musicians, including John Oates of Hall and Oates, Pat Benatar, Suzanne Vega, Brett Dennen, Paula Cole, The Yardbirds, Pete Seeger, Willy Porter, The Strawbs, Rusted Root and the group's lead singer Michael Glabicki, Rebecca Loebe, Gary Hoey, Jeffrey Gaines, Antigone Rising, Melissa Ferrick, Marshall Crenshaw, Jonathan Edwards, Jorma Kaukonen, Dan Hicks and multi-track recording inventor/performer Les Paul.
Klose received invitations to collaborate with Renaissance's Annie Haslam and keyboardist John Tout for a sold-out show at the Sellersville Theater, in Sellersville, Pennsylvania. Annie had heard Klose perform at the CD release party for Serenity House (East Coast Recording Co.) which also included works by Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull), Pat DiNizio (The Smithereens), Robert Hazard and Kathy Sledge (Sister Sledge). In 2009 he opened for Renaissance on their 40th anniversary reunion tour at performing arts centers and theaters in the Northeast U.S., including The Concert Hall, The Keswick Theatre and The Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City.Jann performed at Martin Guitar's 175th Anniversary concert with Marty Stuart, Roger McGuinn, and Rosanne Cash and has toured extensively with rock troubadour Elliott Murphy, whose band The Normandy All Stars backed him at a show in Le Havre, France in 2009. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Joey Reynolds regularly featured Klose on his syndicated radio show. WGN Chicago's overnight radio team Steve and Johnnie (Steve King and Johnnie Putman) presented Jann in concert to a full house at the Skokie Theatre. Klose has performed at the annual Jeff Buckley Tribute at Uncommon Ground in Chicago three times (2008–2010) and at Gary Lucas' Buckley Tribute at the Knitting Factory in Brooklyn, NY, March 2011. In October 2011, Jann performed dates in Ontario, with The Yardbirds' and Renaissance co-founder Jim McCarty and former Strawbs/Renaissance keyboardist John Hawken for a Chamber Pop Summit.
Style
Critics have compared Klose to a range of modern-day and old school artists including Paul McCartney, Kevin Gilbert, XTC, Elliott Smith, Francis Dunnery, Seal, Paul Simon, Nick Drake, Eric Matthews, Sting, Jacques Brel, Kurt Weill, Elliott Smith, and a less risque Serge Gainsbourg.
Discography
Solo albumsEnough Said
The Strangest Thing
Black Box EP
Reverie
Sacrifice EP
Mosaic
Mosaic (Special Edition)
In Tandem
SurrenderCollaborationsStereopticon with Gary Lucas
Don't Give Up (Single) with Annie Haslam
Love You the Most (Single, Music Video) with Alicia Madison
Te Amaré Más (Single, Music Video) with Alicia MadisonMusicalsThe Who's Tommy – actor/singer
Jekyll & Hyde – actor/singer
Jesus Christ Superstar – actor/singer
Moonlight Interior – actor/singer/writer/guitaristCompilationsHealthy Food For Thought – 2011 Grammy Award Nomination
Action Moves People – 2013
Action Moves People United – 2016
Christmas Passion – 2018TVMTV Cribs – Featured Song Black Box
Jägermeister – Voiceover tag line at end of "Be the Meister" Ad CampaignFilmMarried Young (Amazon) – Featured Song Love You the Most
One Little Finger – Featured Song Let Me Be Brave
Katie Fforde: Mein Sohn und seine Väter (ZDF Television, Germany) – Actor, Kenneth Holland
The Beauty of Disaster (Glimmer Girl) – Film Score, Featured Songs Hold Me Down, Beautiful Dream
A Venue For The End Of The World (Devil Blue Films, BrinkVision) – Featured Songs Clouds, The Beginning
Greetings from Tim Buckley (Focus World/Tribeca/Universal) – Singing Voice of Tim Buckley and Guitar
Dead Broke (Warner Bros) – Featured Song Black Box
References
External links
Official website
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Dandu Mailaram is a village in Rangareddy district in Telangana, India. It falls under Ibrahimpatnam mandal. It has a great history in Kakatiya Rulers. Just beside the village Rachakonda kingdom established by Padmanayaka Velama kings, The Famous king of Rachakonda Sri. Singhama Bhupala Constructed the historical Shivalayam in Dandumailaram Village. Shiva Lingam and Nandeeshwara status attract the attention of people. Dandu <ailaram is urbanising with rapid growth of income earned by people with agriculture as a major sector of profession. For the financial needs of the villagers there are two banks: Primary Agriculture Co-Operative Society Rachakonda Mailaram and Telangana Grameena Bank. Dandumailaram is very close to Telangana state capital city Hyderabad with a distance of 30 km and well connected to Its Mandal and Division Headquarters Ibrahimpatnam i.e. Nagarjuna Sagar state Highway as well as Hyderabad-Vijayawada National Highway. Ramoji Film City is just 10 km away from the village.
There are two government schools in Dadumailaram; one is primary school and the other is high school in which both Telugu medium and English medium are taught. Dandumailaram village also has a government hospital.
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There are two government schools in Dadumailaram; one is primary school and the other is high school in which both Telugu medium and English medium are taught. Dandumailaram village also has a government hospital.
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Dandu Mailaram is a village in Rangareddy district in Telangana, India. It falls under Ibrahimpatnam mandal. It has a great history in Kakatiya Rulers. Just beside the village Rachakonda kingdom established by Padmanayaka Velama kings, The Famous king of Rachakonda Sri. Singhama Bhupala Constructed the historical Shivalayam in Dandumailaram Village. Shiva Lingam and Nandeeshwara status attract the attention of people. Dandu <ailaram is urbanising with rapid growth of income earned by people with agriculture as a major sector of profession. For the financial needs of the villagers there are two banks: Primary Agriculture Co-Operative Society Rachakonda Mailaram and Telangana Grameena Bank. Dandumailaram is very close to Telangana state capital city Hyderabad with a distance of 30 km and well connected to Its Mandal and Division Headquarters Ibrahimpatnam i.e. Nagarjuna Sagar state Highway as well as Hyderabad-Vijayawada National Highway. Ramoji Film City is just 10 km away from the village.
There are two government schools in Dadumailaram; one is primary school and the other is high school in which both Telugu medium and English medium are taught. Dandumailaram village also has a government hospital.
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"The Beard" is the 102nd episode of the NBC situation comedy Seinfeld. This is the 16th episode for the sixth season. It aired on February 9, 1995. In this episode, Elaine falls in love with a gay friend while serving as a beard for him, Jerry is subjected to a polygraph test to determine whether or not he has ever seen Melrose Place, and George goes on a blind date with a woman who turns out to be bald.
Plot
Impressed by how attractive George is with his toupée, Kramer sets up a date for him. As he does not have a picture of her, they go to the police station where a sketch artist friend draws them a picture. There, Jerry's eye is caught by Sgt. Cathy Tierny. On their way, Kramer gives Chinese food leftovers to a homeless man. After eating, he refuses to return Kramer's Tupperware container, leaving him no way to save his meals.
Elaine goes to see Swan Lake as a beard for a gay man whose boss is conservative. At Monk's Café, Elaine talks with Jerry about how nice Robert is, and says she want to convert him to heterosexuality.
Jerry is introduced to Sgt. Tierny. She mentions Melrose Place, which Jerry says he has never watched. His manner is unconvincing, so she proposes using a polygraph to see if he is lying. George meets his date, Denise, and discovers she is bald. He goes to Jerry's apartment and vents his disgust at Denise's baldness. Outraged at his hypocrisy, Elaine tears off his toupee and throws it out the window. The homeless man takes it.
Wig-less George tells Jerry he is again himself, and will continue seeing Denise. When Jerry asks his advice on the lie detector test, he tells him that "It's not a lie if you believe it." Jerry takes the polygraph test, and cracks under questioning with regard to controversial plot developments in Melrose Place, which provoke him to vent his strong opinions on those controversies, exposing his familiarity with the series.
After a date, Elaine successfully invites Robert to her apartment. However, Robert quickly converts back to homosexuality. Denise dumps George, who becomes upset at being "rejected by a bald woman". Kramer assumes Denise dumped him because she learned he is bald, and blames Elaine for throwing out his toupee. Elaine refuses to apologize, insisting that the wig made him look like an idiot and act like a jerk. Jerry, Elaine, George, and Kramer all settle down to watch the new episode of Melrose Place.
While standing in police lineups for money, Kramer is falsely accused by the homeless man of a jewelry store robbery.
Production
Writer Carol Leifer got the idea for the episode from a date she went on as a beard for a gay friend of hers who was in banking; the date was painfully awkward, but she thought the situation had comedic potential. The idea of Kramer posing in police lineups came from her reading that David Caruso used to do the same thing when he was a struggling actor.A lot of material was cut due to time constraints. Jerry and Elaine's meal was to evolve into a chopsticks contest; after Elaine announces she is making her move to convert Robert to heterosexuality, Jerry was to promise to brutally mock her if she fails; and after George tells him "It's not a lie if you believe it," Jerry was to practice this teaching by telling a man it is 2:30 when the clock says it is 4:15, with George nodding in silent approval. In addition, the scene where the lineup participants are told to turn left and then turn right was scripted to end with Kramer singing "The Hokey Pokey", but the show's producers were unable to secure the rights to the song.
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External links
"The Beard" at IMDb
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"The Beard" is the 102nd episode of the NBC situation comedy Seinfeld. This is the 16th episode for the sixth season. It aired on February 9, 1995. In this episode, Elaine falls in love with a gay friend while serving as a beard for him, Jerry is subjected to a polygraph test to determine whether or not he has ever seen Melrose Place, and George goes on a blind date with a woman who turns out to be bald.
Plot
Impressed by how attractive George is with his toupée, Kramer sets up a date for him. As he does not have a picture of her, they go to the police station where a sketch artist friend draws them a picture. There, Jerry's eye is caught by Sgt. Cathy Tierny. On their way, Kramer gives Chinese food leftovers to a homeless man. After eating, he refuses to return Kramer's Tupperware container, leaving him no way to save his meals.
Elaine goes to see Swan Lake as a beard for a gay man whose boss is conservative. At Monk's Café, Elaine talks with Jerry about how nice Robert is, and says she want to convert him to heterosexuality.
Jerry is introduced to Sgt. Tierny. She mentions Melrose Place, which Jerry says he has never watched. His manner is unconvincing, so she proposes using a polygraph to see if he is lying. George meets his date, Denise, and discovers she is bald. He goes to Jerry's apartment and vents his disgust at Denise's baldness. Outraged at his hypocrisy, Elaine tears off his toupee and throws it out the window. The homeless man takes it.
Wig-less George tells Jerry he is again himself, and will continue seeing Denise. When Jerry asks his advice on the lie detector test, he tells him that "It's not a lie if you believe it." Jerry takes the polygraph test, and cracks under questioning with regard to controversial plot developments in Melrose Place, which provoke him to vent his strong opinions on those controversies, exposing his familiarity with the series.
After a date, Elaine successfully invites Robert to her apartment. However, Robert quickly converts back to homosexuality. Denise dumps George, who becomes upset at being "rejected by a bald woman". Kramer assumes Denise dumped him because she learned he is bald, and blames Elaine for throwing out his toupee. Elaine refuses to apologize, insisting that the wig made him look like an idiot and act like a jerk. Jerry, Elaine, George, and Kramer all settle down to watch the new episode of Melrose Place.
While standing in police lineups for money, Kramer is falsely accused by the homeless man of a jewelry store robbery.
Production
Writer Carol Leifer got the idea for the episode from a date she went on as a beard for a gay friend of hers who was in banking; the date was painfully awkward, but she thought the situation had comedic potential. The idea of Kramer posing in police lineups came from her reading that David Caruso used to do the same thing when he was a struggling actor.A lot of material was cut due to time constraints. Jerry and Elaine's meal was to evolve into a chopsticks contest; after Elaine announces she is making her move to convert Robert to heterosexuality, Jerry was to promise to brutally mock her if she fails; and after George tells him "It's not a lie if you believe it," Jerry was to practice this teaching by telling a man it is 2:30 when the clock says it is 4:15, with George nodding in silent approval. In addition, the scene where the lineup participants are told to turn left and then turn right was scripted to end with Kramer singing "The Hokey Pokey", but the show's producers were unable to secure the rights to the song.
References
External links
"The Beard" at IMDb
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"The Beard" is the 102nd episode of the NBC situation comedy Seinfeld. This is the 16th episode for the sixth season. It aired on February 9, 1995. In this episode, Elaine falls in love with a gay friend while serving as a beard for him, Jerry is subjected to a polygraph test to determine whether or not he has ever seen Melrose Place, and George goes on a blind date with a woman who turns out to be bald.
Plot
Impressed by how attractive George is with his toupée, Kramer sets up a date for him. As he does not have a picture of her, they go to the police station where a sketch artist friend draws them a picture. There, Jerry's eye is caught by Sgt. Cathy Tierny. On their way, Kramer gives Chinese food leftovers to a homeless man. After eating, he refuses to return Kramer's Tupperware container, leaving him no way to save his meals.
Elaine goes to see Swan Lake as a beard for a gay man whose boss is conservative. At Monk's Café, Elaine talks with Jerry about how nice Robert is, and says she want to convert him to heterosexuality.
Jerry is introduced to Sgt. Tierny. She mentions Melrose Place, which Jerry says he has never watched. His manner is unconvincing, so she proposes using a polygraph to see if he is lying. George meets his date, Denise, and discovers she is bald. He goes to Jerry's apartment and vents his disgust at Denise's baldness. Outraged at his hypocrisy, Elaine tears off his toupee and throws it out the window. The homeless man takes it.
Wig-less George tells Jerry he is again himself, and will continue seeing Denise. When Jerry asks his advice on the lie detector test, he tells him that "It's not a lie if you believe it." Jerry takes the polygraph test, and cracks under questioning with regard to controversial plot developments in Melrose Place, which provoke him to vent his strong opinions on those controversies, exposing his familiarity with the series.
After a date, Elaine successfully invites Robert to her apartment. However, Robert quickly converts back to homosexuality. Denise dumps George, who becomes upset at being "rejected by a bald woman". Kramer assumes Denise dumped him because she learned he is bald, and blames Elaine for throwing out his toupee. Elaine refuses to apologize, insisting that the wig made him look like an idiot and act like a jerk. Jerry, Elaine, George, and Kramer all settle down to watch the new episode of Melrose Place.
While standing in police lineups for money, Kramer is falsely accused by the homeless man of a jewelry store robbery.
Production
Writer Carol Leifer got the idea for the episode from a date she went on as a beard for a gay friend of hers who was in banking; the date was painfully awkward, but she thought the situation had comedic potential. The idea of Kramer posing in police lineups came from her reading that David Caruso used to do the same thing when he was a struggling actor.A lot of material was cut due to time constraints. Jerry and Elaine's meal was to evolve into a chopsticks contest; after Elaine announces she is making her move to convert Robert to heterosexuality, Jerry was to promise to brutally mock her if she fails; and after George tells him "It's not a lie if you believe it," Jerry was to practice this teaching by telling a man it is 2:30 when the clock says it is 4:15, with George nodding in silent approval. In addition, the scene where the lineup participants are told to turn left and then turn right was scripted to end with Kramer singing "The Hokey Pokey", but the show's producers were unable to secure the rights to the song.
References
External links
"The Beard" at IMDb
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Shamima is a feminine Arabic given name derived from Arabic: ثميمه meaning "sweet smell". Notable bearers of the name include
Shamima Akhtar (1957 – 2018), Bangladeshi playback singer
Shamima Akhtar Tulee (born 1974), Bangladeshi Martial artist
Shamima Akter Liza (born 1989), Bangladesh chess Woman International Master
Shamima Ali, Fijian political activist
Shamima Begum (born 1999), British-born woman who left the UK aged 15 to join ISIL
Shamima Nazneen, Bangladeshi film, stage and television actress
Shamima Shaikh (1960 – 1998), South African Muslim women's rights activist, Islamic feminist and journalist
Shamima Sultana (born 1988), Bangladeshi cricketer
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Thongalen (also, Thongalel, Thongaren or Thongarel) is the god of the dead and the king of the underworld (Meitei: Khamnung) in Meitei mythology and religion of Ancient Kangleipak (Antique Manipur).
He is the Guardian God of the nadir. The underworld (Meitei: Khamnung), which is the land of death, has Khamnung Sawa as its capital in Meitei mythology.He is the ancestor-God of the Khuman clan of Meitei people. Laikhurembi and Lainaotabi are his wives.The Pakhangba Nonggarol (Old Manipuri: Pakhangpa Nongkalol) text says the God of death is called "Leinung Thongarel" (Old Manipuri: Leinung Thongalel).
Mythology
In the Poireiton Khunthok
King Thongaren (Old Manipuri: Thongalen) asked his highest ranked Queen Laikhurembi (Old Manipuri: Laikhulempi) to go with his brother Chingkhong Poireiton on a long trip. Poireiton was a widower; his wife had died, and he had six children to raise and also had to go to the Tai Pang Pan. King Thongalel thought his brother needed a wife to go with him on their trip. However, Queen Laikhurembi did not want to go. She said she was already the king's wife. Trees had already been planted in her honor because she and the king had lived together for a very long time. So, instead of Queen Laikhurembi, King Thongalel sent his second wife, Leinaotabi, to go with Poireiton and be his wife.
In the Pombi Luwaoba
Nongban Pombi Luwaoba was a prince in the Luwang dynasty. Prince Nongban Pombi Luwaoba and his wife Namoinu were happy. Then she died suddenly. She died because of the God Thongalel. Prince Pombi Luwaoba refused to perform the funeral of her dead body. He hoped the God Thongalel would send her soul back into her body so she would be alive again. God Thongalel received a message from the prince through a pheasant bird. The message said that Prince Nongban Pombi Luwaoba was ready to fight God Thongalel if he did not send Namoinu's soul back. This made the God Thongalel angry. He sent two of his brothers, but Prince Nongban Pombi Luwaoba beat them both. He took them prisoner. Prince Nongban Pombi Luwaoba sent the pheasant bird with another message to God Thongalel. The message said that if the God wanted to get back his brothers alive, then he had to sent back the soul of Namoinu to her body.Finally, God Thongalel came to meet Prince Pombi Luwaoba himself. But instead of fighting, the prince prayed to the God Himself. God Thongalel was happy that Prince Nongban Pombi Luwaoba showed him respect. Thongalel brought Namoinu back to life. He also gave her a gift: She would live for 100 years and have 100 sons.
Hymns
The Meitei people in ancient times, worshipped the deity along with a hymn, which reads as follows:-
O Immortal Lord Thongalen!
Thou dispenser of the destiny of the dead and the living!
Skillful thou art in administration,
Favouring many a living being
Sealing the fate of many a dead man
Presidest thou over funeral affairs;
Chief of gods!
Shut the door of death
And open the door of the living!
Texts
According to ancient Meitei chronicle "Poireiton Khunthok", a band of colonists led by Poireiton came from the land of death, whose king was Lord Thongaren.
According to ancient Meitei chronicle "Nongban Pombi Luwaoba", there was a conflict between Nongban Pombi Luwaoba and a messenger of Thongaren and subsequent reconciliation with Lord Thongaren himself.
Association with other deities
God Thongalen is sometimes identified as God Wangpurel (Old Manipuri: Wangpulel). Thongalen is the King of underworld. Wangpurel reigns over the direction south. Some Meiteis believe that the direction south is the land of death. So, when the Meiteis got converted into Hinduism, both Thongalen and Wangpulel became counterparts of Hindu God Yama.
See also
Nongpok Ningthou
Lainingthou Sanamahi
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Thongalen (also, Thongalel, Thongaren or Thongarel) is the god of the dead and the king of the underworld (Meitei: Khamnung) in Meitei mythology and religion of Ancient Kangleipak (Antique Manipur).
He is the Guardian God of the nadir. The underworld (Meitei: Khamnung), which is the land of death, has Khamnung Sawa as its capital in Meitei mythology.He is the ancestor-God of the Khuman clan of Meitei people. Laikhurembi and Lainaotabi are his wives.The Pakhangba Nonggarol (Old Manipuri: Pakhangpa Nongkalol) text says the God of death is called "Leinung Thongarel" (Old Manipuri: Leinung Thongalel).
Mythology
In the Poireiton Khunthok
King Thongaren (Old Manipuri: Thongalen) asked his highest ranked Queen Laikhurembi (Old Manipuri: Laikhulempi) to go with his brother Chingkhong Poireiton on a long trip. Poireiton was a widower; his wife had died, and he had six children to raise and also had to go to the Tai Pang Pan. King Thongalel thought his brother needed a wife to go with him on their trip. However, Queen Laikhurembi did not want to go. She said she was already the king's wife. Trees had already been planted in her honor because she and the king had lived together for a very long time. So, instead of Queen Laikhurembi, King Thongalel sent his second wife, Leinaotabi, to go with Poireiton and be his wife.
In the Pombi Luwaoba
Nongban Pombi Luwaoba was a prince in the Luwang dynasty. Prince Nongban Pombi Luwaoba and his wife Namoinu were happy. Then she died suddenly. She died because of the God Thongalel. Prince Pombi Luwaoba refused to perform the funeral of her dead body. He hoped the God Thongalel would send her soul back into her body so she would be alive again. God Thongalel received a message from the prince through a pheasant bird. The message said that Prince Nongban Pombi Luwaoba was ready to fight God Thongalel if he did not send Namoinu's soul back. This made the God Thongalel angry. He sent two of his brothers, but Prince Nongban Pombi Luwaoba beat them both. He took them prisoner. Prince Nongban Pombi Luwaoba sent the pheasant bird with another message to God Thongalel. The message said that if the God wanted to get back his brothers alive, then he had to sent back the soul of Namoinu to her body.Finally, God Thongalel came to meet Prince Pombi Luwaoba himself. But instead of fighting, the prince prayed to the God Himself. God Thongalel was happy that Prince Nongban Pombi Luwaoba showed him respect. Thongalel brought Namoinu back to life. He also gave her a gift: She would live for 100 years and have 100 sons.
Hymns
The Meitei people in ancient times, worshipped the deity along with a hymn, which reads as follows:-
O Immortal Lord Thongalen!
Thou dispenser of the destiny of the dead and the living!
Skillful thou art in administration,
Favouring many a living being
Sealing the fate of many a dead man
Presidest thou over funeral affairs;
Chief of gods!
Shut the door of death
And open the door of the living!
Texts
According to ancient Meitei chronicle "Poireiton Khunthok", a band of colonists led by Poireiton came from the land of death, whose king was Lord Thongaren.
According to ancient Meitei chronicle "Nongban Pombi Luwaoba", there was a conflict between Nongban Pombi Luwaoba and a messenger of Thongaren and subsequent reconciliation with Lord Thongaren himself.
Association with other deities
God Thongalen is sometimes identified as God Wangpurel (Old Manipuri: Wangpulel). Thongalen is the King of underworld. Wangpurel reigns over the direction south. Some Meiteis believe that the direction south is the land of death. So, when the Meiteis got converted into Hinduism, both Thongalen and Wangpulel became counterparts of Hindu God Yama.
See also
Nongpok Ningthou
Lainingthou Sanamahi
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Thongalen (also, Thongalel, Thongaren or Thongarel) is the god of the dead and the king of the underworld (Meitei: Khamnung) in Meitei mythology and religion of Ancient Kangleipak (Antique Manipur).
He is the Guardian God of the nadir. The underworld (Meitei: Khamnung), which is the land of death, has Khamnung Sawa as its capital in Meitei mythology.He is the ancestor-God of the Khuman clan of Meitei people. Laikhurembi and Lainaotabi are his wives.The Pakhangba Nonggarol (Old Manipuri: Pakhangpa Nongkalol) text says the God of death is called "Leinung Thongarel" (Old Manipuri: Leinung Thongalel).
Mythology
In the Poireiton Khunthok
King Thongaren (Old Manipuri: Thongalen) asked his highest ranked Queen Laikhurembi (Old Manipuri: Laikhulempi) to go with his brother Chingkhong Poireiton on a long trip. Poireiton was a widower; his wife had died, and he had six children to raise and also had to go to the Tai Pang Pan. King Thongalel thought his brother needed a wife to go with him on their trip. However, Queen Laikhurembi did not want to go. She said she was already the king's wife. Trees had already been planted in her honor because she and the king had lived together for a very long time. So, instead of Queen Laikhurembi, King Thongalel sent his second wife, Leinaotabi, to go with Poireiton and be his wife.
In the Pombi Luwaoba
Nongban Pombi Luwaoba was a prince in the Luwang dynasty. Prince Nongban Pombi Luwaoba and his wife Namoinu were happy. Then she died suddenly. She died because of the God Thongalel. Prince Pombi Luwaoba refused to perform the funeral of her dead body. He hoped the God Thongalel would send her soul back into her body so she would be alive again. God Thongalel received a message from the prince through a pheasant bird. The message said that Prince Nongban Pombi Luwaoba was ready to fight God Thongalel if he did not send Namoinu's soul back. This made the God Thongalel angry. He sent two of his brothers, but Prince Nongban Pombi Luwaoba beat them both. He took them prisoner. Prince Nongban Pombi Luwaoba sent the pheasant bird with another message to God Thongalel. The message said that if the God wanted to get back his brothers alive, then he had to sent back the soul of Namoinu to her body.Finally, God Thongalel came to meet Prince Pombi Luwaoba himself. But instead of fighting, the prince prayed to the God Himself. God Thongalel was happy that Prince Nongban Pombi Luwaoba showed him respect. Thongalel brought Namoinu back to life. He also gave her a gift: She would live for 100 years and have 100 sons.
Hymns
The Meitei people in ancient times, worshipped the deity along with a hymn, which reads as follows:-
O Immortal Lord Thongalen!
Thou dispenser of the destiny of the dead and the living!
Skillful thou art in administration,
Favouring many a living being
Sealing the fate of many a dead man
Presidest thou over funeral affairs;
Chief of gods!
Shut the door of death
And open the door of the living!
Texts
According to ancient Meitei chronicle "Poireiton Khunthok", a band of colonists led by Poireiton came from the land of death, whose king was Lord Thongaren.
According to ancient Meitei chronicle "Nongban Pombi Luwaoba", there was a conflict between Nongban Pombi Luwaoba and a messenger of Thongaren and subsequent reconciliation with Lord Thongaren himself.
Association with other deities
God Thongalen is sometimes identified as God Wangpurel (Old Manipuri: Wangpulel). Thongalen is the King of underworld. Wangpurel reigns over the direction south. Some Meiteis believe that the direction south is the land of death. So, when the Meiteis got converted into Hinduism, both Thongalen and Wangpulel became counterparts of Hindu God Yama.
See also
Nongpok Ningthou
Lainingthou Sanamahi
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Macdonald Hotels Ltd, formed in 1990 by Donald Macdonald, is a 3.7 star hotel company based in Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland.Its main subsidiary, Macdonald Hotels and Resorts, owns or operates hotels and holiday resorts in the UK and Spain.
History
In 1990, Managing Director of Stakis hotels, Donald Macdonald, created Macdonald Hotels Ltd by purchasing two Scottish hotels. The company continued to grow through various acquisitions, including hotels formerly owned by De Vere hotels and The Rank Organisation, as well as managing resorts in Spain under time-share, through a contract with Barratt Developments.Macdonald Hotels was bought from shareholders by its management in 2003 in a management buyout facilitated by Bank of Scotland. The value of the transaction was £590 million.
It expanded rapidly with the purchase of some "Forte Heritage Hotels" from Forte Hotels after the latter's takeover by Granada plc.
In March 2005 the company reported a 600% web revenue increase, owing the tangible increase to a new online marketing strategy. In 2007 the company sold 24 hotels to Moorfield Real Estate Fund. It subsequently bid for the Management Contract to continue running these hotels but lost out to AccorHotels.
List of hotels
References
External links
Company website
Macdonald Resorts website
The Scotsman Topic devoted to Macdonald Hotels
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Chen Yi-sein (Burmese: ရည်စိန်; Chinese: 陳孺性; Jyutping: can4 jyu4 sing3; 8 January 1924 – 23 March 2005) was a Sino-Burmese scholar who specialized in Burma–China relations from the mid-1950s until his death in March 2005. He was proficient in Burmese, Chinese and English. He was one of the first members of the Burma Historical Commission when it was established by U Kaung in January 1955. Chen served the commission from 1956 until 1987.Chen was born in Pyapon, Irrawaddy Division, British Burma on 8 January 1924. A fourth generation Sino-Burmese, Chen's forebears came from Taishan, Guangdong. He died in Taipei, Taiwan on 23 March 2005.During World War II, Chen served as a translator for the Allied Forces. Following the war, he served as a history researcher and lecturer at Rangoon University.In December 2012, Thaw Kaung published a book, The Selected Writings of U Yi Sein, a compilation of Chen's writings, including 28 Burmese articles and 7 English articles on Burmese history from the 1st to 20th centuries, with a focus on Sino-Burmese relations and Chinese records of the Pyu people.
Publications
The following list is taken from The Selected Writings of U Yi Sein.
The Chinese Inscription at Pagan, The Bulletin of Burma Historical Commission, 1 (2): 153–7, 1960.
緬北的金地珊族 (The Khamti Shan in Northern Burma), 南洋文摘 (South Seas Digest), 2(1): 33 (under the name of 田稼青 (Tian Jia-qing), the pen name of Chen Yi-sein), 1961.
緬甸吉耶族人的銅鼓-蛙鼓 (The Bronze Drum of the Kayah People in Burma), 南洋文摘 (South Seas Digest), 2(1): 39, 1961.
緬甸的五座華僑廟宇 (Five Chinese Temples in Burma), 南洋文摘 (South Seas Digest), 2(4): 36, 1961.
'緬甸'考 (A Study of 'Mian-dian'), 南洋文摘 (South Seas Digest), 2(7): 39–40, 1961.
蒲甘華文古碑之迷 (The Mystery of the Chinese Inscription at Bagan), 南洋文摘 (South Seas Digest), 2(8): 36–7, 1961.
古代中緬交通孔道 (An Ancient Communication Routes between China and Burma), 南洋文摘 (South Seas Digest), 2(11): 17–8, 1961.
景棟境內的拉祜族 (The Lahu People in Keng-tung), 南洋文摘 (South Seas Digest), 2(12): 42, 1961.
緬甸華僑最早的報刊 (The Earliest Chinese Newspaper in Burma), 南洋文摘 (South Seas Digest), 2(12): 48–9, 1961.
緬甸最早的華僑學校 (The Earliest Chinese School in Burma), 南洋文摘 (South Seas Digest), 2(12): 53, 1961.
緬甸古代的錢幣 (Ancient Coinage in Burma), 南洋文摘 (South Seas Digest), 3(2): 36–37, 1962.
八莫 '威遠營' 碑文上的 '金沙' 與 '鬼哭' (The Words 'Jinsha' and 'Guiku' in the 'Wei-yuan Ying' Inscription at Bhamo), 南洋文摘 (South Seas Digest), 3(2): 54, (under the name of 田稼青 (Tian Jia-qing)), 1962.
模範緬華大辭典 (A Model Burmese-Chinese Dictionary), Rangoon, 1962.
袖珍緬華辭典 (Poket Burmese-Chinese Dictionary), Rangoon, 1963.
緬甸史與蠻書 (Burma History and Man-Shu), 南洋文摘 (South Seas Digest), 4(11): 28–9, 1963.
The Chinese in Upper Burma before A. D. 1700, Journal of Southeast Asian Researches 2: 81–94, 1966.
The Chinese Revolution of 1911 and the Chinese in Burma, Journal of Southeast Asian Researches 2: 95–102, 1966.
樊綽蠻書對緬甸史之貢獻 (The Contribution of Fan Chuo's Man Shu to the Study of Burma History), Journal of Southeast Asian Researches 3: 17–26, 1967.
緬甸中部毗濕奴城遺址的發現 (Discovery of Vishnu City in Central Burma), Journal of Southeast Asian Researches 3: 83–84, 1968.
(History of Burma in the Man-Shu), (Mandalay University Annual Magazine 1968–1969), 1:37-9, 1969.
明初之中緬關係 (Sino-Burmese Relations in the Early Ming (1368-1424), Part I, 鹿児島大学史錄 (Kagoshima Daigaku Shiroku), 2:1-32, 1969.
明初之中緬關係 (Sino-Burmese Relations in the Early Ming (1368-1424), Part II, 鹿児島大学史錄 (Kagoshima Daigaku Shiroku), 3:11-28, 1970.
(Ancient Tibeto-Burmans and the Routes of their Migration), (Mandalay Arts and Science University Annual Magazine 1969–1970), 2:119-26, 1970.
朱波考 (The Study of 'Zhu-Bo'), 東南亞研究 (Journal of Southeast Asian Research Centre), 6: 97–105, 1970.
模範緬華大辭典 (A Model Burmese-Chinese Dictionary), Reprint, Tokyo, 1970.
元至元末年的中緬和平談判 (The Sino-Burmese Peace Negotiation in the Late Zhi-Yuan Period of the Yuan Dynasty), Part I, 鹿児島大学史錄 (Kagoshima Daigaku Shiroku), 5:1-16, 1972.
元至元末年的中緬和平談判 (The Sino-Burmese Peace Negotiation in the Late Zhi-Yuan Period of the Yuan Dynasty), Part II, 鹿児島大学史錄 (Kagoshima Daigaku Shiroku), 7:23-31, 1974.
元至元末年的中緬和平談判 (The Sino-Burmese Peace Negotiation in the Late Zhi-Yuan Period of the Yuan Dynasty), Part III, 鹿児島大学史錄 (Kagoshima Daigaku Shiroku), 8:17-26, 1975.
ရှင်ဒိသာပါမေက္ခ ငြိမ်းချမ်းရေး မစ်ရှင် (Shin Disapamokkha's Peace Mission), (Researches in Burmese History 1, Historical Research Department, Ministry of Culture), 1:41-57, 1977.
(The Pyu Mission to China in 802 AD), (Researches in Burmese History 3, Historical Research Department, Ministry of Culture), 3:1-65, 1979.
(Burma Foreign Relations during the Pyu Period), (Researches in Burmese History 4, Historical Research Department, Ministry of Culture), 4:1-39, 1979.
The Chinese in Upper Burma before 1700, Silver Jubilee Publication, Historical Research Department, Ministry of Culture, Aug 1982: 1-21, 1982 (Reprinted from Journal of Southeast Asian Research Centre, Singapore 2: 81-93, 1966.)
The Chinese in Rangoon during the 18th and 19th Centuries, Silver Jubilee Publication, Historical Research Department, Ministry of Culture, Aug 1982: 171–6, 1982. (Reprinted from Ba Shin, Jean Boisselier, and A B Griswold (ed): Essays Offered to G. H. Luce by his Colleagues and Friends in honour of His Seventy-fifth Birthday, Artibus Asiae, Vol 1:107-11, 1966.
(The Origins of the Names Cina, Gandalarit, Udibwa and Tarok-Tarak), (Nyan-Lin Dhamma Literature), 1:127-9, 1983.
(The Geography of Pyu in the 9th Century AD), (Nyan-Lin Dhamma Literature), 2:107-13, 1983.
仰光廣東公司（觀音古廟）史略，緬甸仰光廣東公司觀音古廟160週年紀念特刊：4-16, 1984.
(Which is the Pyu Capital in the 8th/9th Century AD: Han Lin or Sri Ksetra, (Nyan-Lin Dhamma Literature), 10:217-230, 1984.
(Locations of some Pyu Stockades), (Nyan-Lin Dhamma Literature), 14:95-100, 14:178-184, 1984.
(Names of the Pyu Country Known to Ancient Chinese in the Period between 2nd Century BC to 4th Century AD), (Nyan-Lin Dhamma Literature), 15:167-8, 1984.
(Location of Suvannabhumi), (Nyan-Lin Dhamma Literature), 19:130-40, 1985.
(Myet-hna-mae in Burmese History), (Moe-Wai Magazine), 212:136-8, 1985.
(Note on a Name of Ancient Burma in Chinese Records: The Origins of the Name 'Zhu-Bo', (Burma Historical Research Journal), 5:7-22, 1985.
ပျူစောထီး သုတေသန (Study of Pyu-saw-hti), (Moe-Wai Magazine), 214:76-79, 215:122-126, 1986.
မျက်နှာမည်း (The Study of "Mien-hna Me"), မိုးဝေ မဂ္ဂဇင်း (Moe-Wai Magazine),
မန်ရှူးကျမ်း မြန်မာပြန် (Translation of Man-Shu), မိုးဝေ မဂ္ဂဇင်း (Moe-Wai Magazine), 216:99-102, 217:81-4, 218:61-4, 219:170-2, 220:179-82, 221:195-8, 222:159-62, 223:77-80, 224:121-4, 225:155-8, 226:77-80, 227:57-60, 228:157-60, 229:129-32, 230:153-6, 231:153-5, 232:147-50, 233:155-7, 1986–7.
(A Brief History of Panlone Panthay), (Mahaythi Magazine) 31:112-8, 1987.
Review of Phases of Pre-Pagan Burma: Language and History, Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, 1:237-9, 1988.
對伯希和兩道考內有關驃國的商榷 (Discussion on a Passage Regarding a Route in the Pyu Kingdom in Pelliot's 'Deux itinéraires de Chine en Inde à la fin du VIIIe siècle), 大陸雜誌 (The Continent Magazine), 83(3):115-22, 1991.
'撣國'考 (Study of the 'Shan Kingdom'), 大陸雜誌 (The Continent Magazine), 83(4):145-8, 1991.
大德初年元軍圍攻木連城考 (A Study of the Yuan Army's Siege of Myin-saing City in the Early Years of the Reign of Da-de), 大陸雜誌 (The Continent Magazine), 83(6):26-39, 1991.
關於 '驃越'、'盤越' 與 '滇越' 的考釋 (On the Study of 'Piao-yue', 'Pan-yue' and 'Dian-yue'), 大陸雜誌 (The Continent Magazine), 84(5):193-202, 1991.
中國載籍內驃國史料的研究 (Research on Chinese Historical Sources on the Pyu Kingdom), 大陸雜誌 (The Continent Magazine), ... ... ... ... , 1991.
'緬甸'考 (A Study of 'Mian-dian'), In 中國載籍內驃國史料的研究 (Research on Chinese Historical Sources on the Pyu Kingdom), (A modified version of Chen Yi-sein 1961) ... ... .
夫甘都盧與黃支 (Fu-gan-du-lu and Huang-zhi), In 中國載籍內驃國史料的研究 (Research on Chinese Historical Sources on the Pyu Kingdom), 1991 ... ... ... .
漢唐至宋元時期在緬甸的華人 (Chinese in Burma from Han-Tang through Song-Yuan Period), 海外華人研究 2:41-57, 1992.
A Brief History of Overseas Chinese in Rangoon (仰光華僑史略)
A History of Overseas Chinese in Burma (緬甸華僑史話)
== References ==
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Chen Yi-sein (Burmese: ရည်စိန်; Chinese: 陳孺性; Jyutping: can4 jyu4 sing3; 8 January 1924 – 23 March 2005) was a Sino-Burmese scholar who specialized in Burma–China relations from the mid-1950s until his death in March 2005. He was proficient in Burmese, Chinese and English. He was one of the first members of the Burma Historical Commission when it was established by U Kaung in January 1955. Chen served the commission from 1956 until 1987.Chen was born in Pyapon, Irrawaddy Division, British Burma on 8 January 1924. A fourth generation Sino-Burmese, Chen's forebears came from Taishan, Guangdong. He died in Taipei, Taiwan on 23 March 2005.During World War II, Chen served as a translator for the Allied Forces. Following the war, he served as a history researcher and lecturer at Rangoon University.In December 2012, Thaw Kaung published a book, The Selected Writings of U Yi Sein, a compilation of Chen's writings, including 28 Burmese articles and 7 English articles on Burmese history from the 1st to 20th centuries, with a focus on Sino-Burmese relations and Chinese records of the Pyu people.
Publications
The following list is taken from The Selected Writings of U Yi Sein.
The Chinese Inscription at Pagan, The Bulletin of Burma Historical Commission, 1 (2): 153–7, 1960.
緬北的金地珊族 (The Khamti Shan in Northern Burma), 南洋文摘 (South Seas Digest), 2(1): 33 (under the name of 田稼青 (Tian Jia-qing), the pen name of Chen Yi-sein), 1961.
緬甸吉耶族人的銅鼓-蛙鼓 (The Bronze Drum of the Kayah People in Burma), 南洋文摘 (South Seas Digest), 2(1): 39, 1961.
緬甸的五座華僑廟宇 (Five Chinese Temples in Burma), 南洋文摘 (South Seas Digest), 2(4): 36, 1961.
'緬甸'考 (A Study of 'Mian-dian'), 南洋文摘 (South Seas Digest), 2(7): 39–40, 1961.
蒲甘華文古碑之迷 (The Mystery of the Chinese Inscription at Bagan), 南洋文摘 (South Seas Digest), 2(8): 36–7, 1961.
古代中緬交通孔道 (An Ancient Communication Routes between China and Burma), 南洋文摘 (South Seas Digest), 2(11): 17–8, 1961.
景棟境內的拉祜族 (The Lahu People in Keng-tung), 南洋文摘 (South Seas Digest), 2(12): 42, 1961.
緬甸華僑最早的報刊 (The Earliest Chinese Newspaper in Burma), 南洋文摘 (South Seas Digest), 2(12): 48–9, 1961.
緬甸最早的華僑學校 (The Earliest Chinese School in Burma), 南洋文摘 (South Seas Digest), 2(12): 53, 1961.
緬甸古代的錢幣 (Ancient Coinage in Burma), 南洋文摘 (South Seas Digest), 3(2): 36–37, 1962.
八莫 '威遠營' 碑文上的 '金沙' 與 '鬼哭' (The Words 'Jinsha' and 'Guiku' in the 'Wei-yuan Ying' Inscription at Bhamo), 南洋文摘 (South Seas Digest), 3(2): 54, (under the name of 田稼青 (Tian Jia-qing)), 1962.
模範緬華大辭典 (A Model Burmese-Chinese Dictionary), Rangoon, 1962.
袖珍緬華辭典 (Poket Burmese-Chinese Dictionary), Rangoon, 1963.
緬甸史與蠻書 (Burma History and Man-Shu), 南洋文摘 (South Seas Digest), 4(11): 28–9, 1963.
The Chinese in Upper Burma before A. D. 1700, Journal of Southeast Asian Researches 2: 81–94, 1966.
The Chinese Revolution of 1911 and the Chinese in Burma, Journal of Southeast Asian Researches 2: 95–102, 1966.
樊綽蠻書對緬甸史之貢獻 (The Contribution of Fan Chuo's Man Shu to the Study of Burma History), Journal of Southeast Asian Researches 3: 17–26, 1967.
緬甸中部毗濕奴城遺址的發現 (Discovery of Vishnu City in Central Burma), Journal of Southeast Asian Researches 3: 83–84, 1968.
(History of Burma in the Man-Shu), (Mandalay University Annual Magazine 1968–1969), 1:37-9, 1969.
明初之中緬關係 (Sino-Burmese Relations in the Early Ming (1368-1424), Part I, 鹿児島大学史錄 (Kagoshima Daigaku Shiroku), 2:1-32, 1969.
明初之中緬關係 (Sino-Burmese Relations in the Early Ming (1368-1424), Part II, 鹿児島大学史錄 (Kagoshima Daigaku Shiroku), 3:11-28, 1970.
(Ancient Tibeto-Burmans and the Routes of their Migration), (Mandalay Arts and Science University Annual Magazine 1969–1970), 2:119-26, 1970.
朱波考 (The Study of 'Zhu-Bo'), 東南亞研究 (Journal of Southeast Asian Research Centre), 6: 97–105, 1970.
模範緬華大辭典 (A Model Burmese-Chinese Dictionary), Reprint, Tokyo, 1970.
元至元末年的中緬和平談判 (The Sino-Burmese Peace Negotiation in the Late Zhi-Yuan Period of the Yuan Dynasty), Part I, 鹿児島大学史錄 (Kagoshima Daigaku Shiroku), 5:1-16, 1972.
元至元末年的中緬和平談判 (The Sino-Burmese Peace Negotiation in the Late Zhi-Yuan Period of the Yuan Dynasty), Part II, 鹿児島大学史錄 (Kagoshima Daigaku Shiroku), 7:23-31, 1974.
元至元末年的中緬和平談判 (The Sino-Burmese Peace Negotiation in the Late Zhi-Yuan Period of the Yuan Dynasty), Part III, 鹿児島大学史錄 (Kagoshima Daigaku Shiroku), 8:17-26, 1975.
ရှင်ဒိသာပါမေက္ခ ငြိမ်းချမ်းရေး မစ်ရှင် (Shin Disapamokkha's Peace Mission), (Researches in Burmese History 1, Historical Research Department, Ministry of Culture), 1:41-57, 1977.
(The Pyu Mission to China in 802 AD), (Researches in Burmese History 3, Historical Research Department, Ministry of Culture), 3:1-65, 1979.
(Burma Foreign Relations during the Pyu Period), (Researches in Burmese History 4, Historical Research Department, Ministry of Culture), 4:1-39, 1979.
The Chinese in Upper Burma before 1700, Silver Jubilee Publication, Historical Research Department, Ministry of Culture, Aug 1982: 1-21, 1982 (Reprinted from Journal of Southeast Asian Research Centre, Singapore 2: 81-93, 1966.)
The Chinese in Rangoon during the 18th and 19th Centuries, Silver Jubilee Publication, Historical Research Department, Ministry of Culture, Aug 1982: 171–6, 1982. (Reprinted from Ba Shin, Jean Boisselier, and A B Griswold (ed): Essays Offered to G. H. Luce by his Colleagues and Friends in honour of His Seventy-fifth Birthday, Artibus Asiae, Vol 1:107-11, 1966.
(The Origins of the Names Cina, Gandalarit, Udibwa and Tarok-Tarak), (Nyan-Lin Dhamma Literature), 1:127-9, 1983.
(The Geography of Pyu in the 9th Century AD), (Nyan-Lin Dhamma Literature), 2:107-13, 1983.
仰光廣東公司（觀音古廟）史略，緬甸仰光廣東公司觀音古廟160週年紀念特刊：4-16, 1984.
(Which is the Pyu Capital in the 8th/9th Century AD: Han Lin or Sri Ksetra, (Nyan-Lin Dhamma Literature), 10:217-230, 1984.
(Locations of some Pyu Stockades), (Nyan-Lin Dhamma Literature), 14:95-100, 14:178-184, 1984.
(Names of the Pyu Country Known to Ancient Chinese in the Period between 2nd Century BC to 4th Century AD), (Nyan-Lin Dhamma Literature), 15:167-8, 1984.
(Location of Suvannabhumi), (Nyan-Lin Dhamma Literature), 19:130-40, 1985.
(Myet-hna-mae in Burmese History), (Moe-Wai Magazine), 212:136-8, 1985.
(Note on a Name of Ancient Burma in Chinese Records: The Origins of the Name 'Zhu-Bo', (Burma Historical Research Journal), 5:7-22, 1985.
ပျူစောထီး သုတေသန (Study of Pyu-saw-hti), (Moe-Wai Magazine), 214:76-79, 215:122-126, 1986.
မျက်နှာမည်း (The Study of "Mien-hna Me"), မိုးဝေ မဂ္ဂဇင်း (Moe-Wai Magazine),
မန်ရှူးကျမ်း မြန်မာပြန် (Translation of Man-Shu), မိုးဝေ မဂ္ဂဇင်း (Moe-Wai Magazine), 216:99-102, 217:81-4, 218:61-4, 219:170-2, 220:179-82, 221:195-8, 222:159-62, 223:77-80, 224:121-4, 225:155-8, 226:77-80, 227:57-60, 228:157-60, 229:129-32, 230:153-6, 231:153-5, 232:147-50, 233:155-7, 1986–7.
(A Brief History of Panlone Panthay), (Mahaythi Magazine) 31:112-8, 1987.
Review of Phases of Pre-Pagan Burma: Language and History, Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, 1:237-9, 1988.
對伯希和兩道考內有關驃國的商榷 (Discussion on a Passage Regarding a Route in the Pyu Kingdom in Pelliot's 'Deux itinéraires de Chine en Inde à la fin du VIIIe siècle), 大陸雜誌 (The Continent Magazine), 83(3):115-22, 1991.
'撣國'考 (Study of the 'Shan Kingdom'), 大陸雜誌 (The Continent Magazine), 83(4):145-8, 1991.
大德初年元軍圍攻木連城考 (A Study of the Yuan Army's Siege of Myin-saing City in the Early Years of the Reign of Da-de), 大陸雜誌 (The Continent Magazine), 83(6):26-39, 1991.
關於 '驃越'、'盤越' 與 '滇越' 的考釋 (On the Study of 'Piao-yue', 'Pan-yue' and 'Dian-yue'), 大陸雜誌 (The Continent Magazine), 84(5):193-202, 1991.
中國載籍內驃國史料的研究 (Research on Chinese Historical Sources on the Pyu Kingdom), 大陸雜誌 (The Continent Magazine), ... ... ... ... , 1991.
'緬甸'考 (A Study of 'Mian-dian'), In 中國載籍內驃國史料的研究 (Research on Chinese Historical Sources on the Pyu Kingdom), (A modified version of Chen Yi-sein 1961) ... ... .
夫甘都盧與黃支 (Fu-gan-du-lu and Huang-zhi), In 中國載籍內驃國史料的研究 (Research on Chinese Historical Sources on the Pyu Kingdom), 1991 ... ... ... .
漢唐至宋元時期在緬甸的華人 (Chinese in Burma from Han-Tang through Song-Yuan Period), 海外華人研究 2:41-57, 1992.
A Brief History of Overseas Chinese in Rangoon (仰光華僑史略)
A History of Overseas Chinese in Burma (緬甸華僑史話)
== References ==
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Huyghebaert is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Jan Huyghebaert (born 1945), Belgian businessman
Jérémy Huyghebaert (born 1989), Belgian footballer
Lien Huyghebaert (born 1982), Belgian sprinter
Yogi Huyghebaert (born 1944), Canadian politician
See also
Huyghe (disambiguation)
Baert
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Huyghebaert is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Jan Huyghebaert (born 1945), Belgian businessman
Jérémy Huyghebaert (born 1989), Belgian footballer
Lien Huyghebaert (born 1982), Belgian sprinter
Yogi Huyghebaert (born 1944), Canadian politician
See also
Huyghe (disambiguation)
Baert
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Shep and the Limelites was an American doo-wop trio of the early 1960s, composed of James "Shep" Sheppard (September 24, 1935 – January 24, 1970), Clarence Bassett (March 13, 1936 – January 25, 2005) and Charles Baskerville (July 6, 1936 – January 18, 1995). They are best known for their 1961 hit recording, "Daddy's Home", co-written by Sheppard.
Career
Sheppard and Bassett, both from Queens, New York, and Baskerville, originally from Virginia, organized a group in Queens in 1960. This was billed initially as Shane Sheppard And The Limelites, but quickly became Shep and the Limelites. All three had previous experience in other groups: Shep with The Heartbeats (notable for "A Thousand Miles Away"); Bassett with The Five Sharps and then, with Baskerville, in The Videos ("Trickle, Trickle" - later covered by The Manhattan Transfer).
Shep & The Limelites' recording sessions for Hull Records started in August 1960. They recorded the original version of "Daddys Home" on February 1, 1961. "Daddy's Home" reached no. 2 on the Billboard popular music chart in May, and was covered by P. J. Proby (1970) Jermaine Jackson (1972), Toots and the Maytals (Funky Kingston 1973), Junior English, and Cliff Richard (1981). Later songs were not as successful as "Daddy's Home", but still sold well; among these were "What Did Daddy Do", "Ready For Your Love" and "Our Anniversary".Kahl Music, publisher of "A Thousand Miles Away", an earlier song written by Sheppard, sued Keel Music, publisher of "Daddy's Home", for copyright violation. Keel eventually lost, and this resulted in the end of the Limelites and Hull Records in 1966. Bassett joined The Flamingos and Baskerville joined The Players and then The Drifters. Sheppard re-formed the Limelites in the late 1960s, but was murdered on January 24, 1970. He died in his car on the Long Island Expressway as a result of injuries sustained in a robbery. Baskerville died, at age 58 on January 18, 1995, in New York. Bassett died on January 25, 2005, at age 68 from the complications of emphysema, at his home in Richmond, Virginia.Sometime before Bassett's death, The Limelites appeared on a show hosted by Jerry Butler. The group consisted of Clarence Bassett, Randy Reid, Ronald Bassett, and Al Handfield(Who had joined In the 1970s or 1980s).
James Sheppard's legacy includes the composing of rock 'n' roll's first song cycle. Writing songs for both the Heartbeats and Shep and the Limelites, he tells the story of going home to his girl, with twists along the way, getting married, and celebrating their anniversary. The songs that told this story were "A Thousand Miles Away", "500 Miles to Go", both with the Heartbeats; and then "Daddy's Home", "Three Steps from the Altar," "Our Anniversary", and "What Did Daddy Do?" for Shep and the Limelites.
Discography
Singles
"Too Young to Wed" / "Two Lovin' Hearts" (Apt 45–25039, Jul 1960)
"I'm So Lonely (What Can I Do)" / "One Week from Today" (Apt 45–25046, 1961)
"Daddy's Home" / "This I Know" (Hull 45-H-740, Mar 1961) – charted at #2
"Ready for Your Love" / "You'll Be Sorry" (Hull 45-H-742, May 1961) – charted at #42
"Three Steps from the Altar" / "Oh, What a Feeling" (Hull 45-H-747, Sep 1961) - charted at #58 on the week ending Dec. 10, 1961
"Our Anniversary" / "Who Told the Sandman" (Hull 45-H-748, Feb 1962) - charted at #59 on the week ending March 3, 1962
"What Did Daddy Do" / "Teach Me, Teach Me How to Twist" (Hull 45-H-751, May 1962) - charted at #94 on the week ending Jun. 30, 1962.
"Everything Is Going to Be Alright" / "Gee Baby, What About You" (Hull 45-H-753, Aug 1962)
"Remember Baby" / "The Monkey" (Hull 45-H-756, Jan 1963) - charted at #91 on the week ending Feb. 9, 1963.
"Stick by Me (And I'll Stick By You)" / "It's All Over Now" (Hull 45-H-757, May 1963)
"Steal Away (With Your Baby" / "For You My Love" (Hull 45-H-759, Oct 1963)
"Why, Why, Won't You Believe Me" / "Easy to Remember (When You Want to Forget)" (Hull 45-H-761, Nov 1963)
"I'm All Alone" / "Why Did You Fall for Me" (Hull 45-H-767, Sep 1964)
"Party for Two" / "You Better Believe" (Hull 45-H-770, 1965)
"I'm a Hurting Inside / "In Case I Forget" (Hull 45-H-772, Sep 1965)
Albums
Our Anniversary (Hull LP-1001, 1962)
References
External links
Shep and the Limelites biography at Allmusic.com
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Two ships have borne the name Iona for the US Navy, both tugboats:
USS Iona (YT-107) a district harbor tug captured from Spain at Cavite Navy Yard, Philippines 1898, later destroyed by the Japanese on 3 January 1942.
USS Iona (YTB-220) a wooden tug originally classified YT-220, serving from 1944 until her accidental sinking in 1963.
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George Morton may refer to:
Politicians
George Morton (born c.1540), MP for Hythe
George Morton (Labour politician) (born 1940), retired Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom
George W. Morton (1793–1865), U.S. politician
Sir George Morton, 1st Baronet (died 1662), English politician
George Morton (QC) (1870–1953) Scottish advocate
Others
Shadow Morton (George Morton, 1941–2013), U.S. record producer
George Morton (American football), American football player
George Morton (Pilgrim Father) (1585–1624), English puritan separatist
George Morton (cricketer) (1828–1861), English cricketer
George Morton (footballer) (1943–2009), English footballer, Inside forward for Rochdale.
See also
Samuel George Morton (1799–1851), U.S. physician and natural scientist
George Morton Pitt (1693–1756), British politician and administrator
George Morton Randall (1841–1918), U.S. soldier
George Douglas, 13th Earl of Morton (1662–1738), Scottish nobleman and politician
George Douglas, 16th Earl of Morton (1761–1827)
George Douglas, 17th Earl of Morton (1789–1858), Scottish Tory politician
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George Morton may refer to:
Politicians
George Morton (born c.1540), MP for Hythe
George Morton (Labour politician) (born 1940), retired Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom
George W. Morton (1793–1865), U.S. politician
Sir George Morton, 1st Baronet (died 1662), English politician
George Morton (QC) (1870–1953) Scottish advocate
Others
Shadow Morton (George Morton, 1941–2013), U.S. record producer
George Morton (American football), American football player
George Morton (Pilgrim Father) (1585–1624), English puritan separatist
George Morton (cricketer) (1828–1861), English cricketer
George Morton (footballer) (1943–2009), English footballer, Inside forward for Rochdale.
See also
Samuel George Morton (1799–1851), U.S. physician and natural scientist
George Morton Pitt (1693–1756), British politician and administrator
George Morton Randall (1841–1918), U.S. soldier
George Douglas, 13th Earl of Morton (1662–1738), Scottish nobleman and politician
George Douglas, 16th Earl of Morton (1761–1827)
George Douglas, 17th Earl of Morton (1789–1858), Scottish Tory politician
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George Morton may refer to:
Politicians
George Morton (born c.1540), MP for Hythe
George Morton (Labour politician) (born 1940), retired Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom
George W. Morton (1793–1865), U.S. politician
Sir George Morton, 1st Baronet (died 1662), English politician
George Morton (QC) (1870–1953) Scottish advocate
Others
Shadow Morton (George Morton, 1941–2013), U.S. record producer
George Morton (American football), American football player
George Morton (Pilgrim Father) (1585–1624), English puritan separatist
George Morton (cricketer) (1828–1861), English cricketer
George Morton (footballer) (1943–2009), English footballer, Inside forward for Rochdale.
See also
Samuel George Morton (1799–1851), U.S. physician and natural scientist
George Morton Pitt (1693–1756), British politician and administrator
George Morton Randall (1841–1918), U.S. soldier
George Douglas, 13th Earl of Morton (1662–1738), Scottish nobleman and politician
George Douglas, 16th Earl of Morton (1761–1827)
George Douglas, 17th Earl of Morton (1789–1858), Scottish Tory politician
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George Morton may refer to:
Politicians
George Morton (born c.1540), MP for Hythe
George Morton (Labour politician) (born 1940), retired Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom
George W. Morton (1793–1865), U.S. politician
Sir George Morton, 1st Baronet (died 1662), English politician
George Morton (QC) (1870–1953) Scottish advocate
Others
Shadow Morton (George Morton, 1941–2013), U.S. record producer
George Morton (American football), American football player
George Morton (Pilgrim Father) (1585–1624), English puritan separatist
George Morton (cricketer) (1828–1861), English cricketer
George Morton (footballer) (1943–2009), English footballer, Inside forward for Rochdale.
See also
Samuel George Morton (1799–1851), U.S. physician and natural scientist
George Morton Pitt (1693–1756), British politician and administrator
George Morton Randall (1841–1918), U.S. soldier
George Douglas, 13th Earl of Morton (1662–1738), Scottish nobleman and politician
George Douglas, 16th Earl of Morton (1761–1827)
George Douglas, 17th Earl of Morton (1789–1858), Scottish Tory politician
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George Morton may refer to:
Politicians
George Morton (born c.1540), MP for Hythe
George Morton (Labour politician) (born 1940), retired Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom
George W. Morton (1793–1865), U.S. politician
Sir George Morton, 1st Baronet (died 1662), English politician
George Morton (QC) (1870–1953) Scottish advocate
Others
Shadow Morton (George Morton, 1941–2013), U.S. record producer
George Morton (American football), American football player
George Morton (Pilgrim Father) (1585–1624), English puritan separatist
George Morton (cricketer) (1828–1861), English cricketer
George Morton (footballer) (1943–2009), English footballer, Inside forward for Rochdale.
See also
Samuel George Morton (1799–1851), U.S. physician and natural scientist
George Morton Pitt (1693–1756), British politician and administrator
George Morton Randall (1841–1918), U.S. soldier
George Douglas, 13th Earl of Morton (1662–1738), Scottish nobleman and politician
George Douglas, 16th Earl of Morton (1761–1827)
George Douglas, 17th Earl of Morton (1789–1858), Scottish Tory politician
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George Morton (born c.1540), MP for Hythe
George Morton (Labour politician) (born 1940), retired Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom
George W. Morton (1793–1865), U.S. politician
Sir George Morton, 1st Baronet (died 1662), English politician
George Morton (QC) (1870–1953) Scottish advocate
Others
Shadow Morton (George Morton, 1941–2013), U.S. record producer
George Morton (American football), American football player
George Morton (Pilgrim Father) (1585–1624), English puritan separatist
George Morton (cricketer) (1828–1861), English cricketer
George Morton (footballer) (1943–2009), English footballer, Inside forward for Rochdale.
See also
Samuel George Morton (1799–1851), U.S. physician and natural scientist
George Morton Pitt (1693–1756), British politician and administrator
George Morton Randall (1841–1918), U.S. soldier
George Douglas, 13th Earl of Morton (1662–1738), Scottish nobleman and politician
George Douglas, 16th Earl of Morton (1761–1827)
George Douglas, 17th Earl of Morton (1789–1858), Scottish Tory politician
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George Morton may refer to:
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George Morton (born c.1540), MP for Hythe
George Morton (Labour politician) (born 1940), retired Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom
George W. Morton (1793–1865), U.S. politician
Sir George Morton, 1st Baronet (died 1662), English politician
George Morton (QC) (1870–1953) Scottish advocate
Others
Shadow Morton (George Morton, 1941–2013), U.S. record producer
George Morton (American football), American football player
George Morton (Pilgrim Father) (1585–1624), English puritan separatist
George Morton (cricketer) (1828–1861), English cricketer
George Morton (footballer) (1943–2009), English footballer, Inside forward for Rochdale.
See also
Samuel George Morton (1799–1851), U.S. physician and natural scientist
George Morton Pitt (1693–1756), British politician and administrator
George Morton Randall (1841–1918), U.S. soldier
George Douglas, 13th Earl of Morton (1662–1738), Scottish nobleman and politician
George Douglas, 16th Earl of Morton (1761–1827)
George Douglas, 17th Earl of Morton (1789–1858), Scottish Tory politician
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George Morton (born c.1540), MP for Hythe
George Morton (Labour politician) (born 1940), retired Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom
George W. Morton (1793–1865), U.S. politician
Sir George Morton, 1st Baronet (died 1662), English politician
George Morton (QC) (1870–1953) Scottish advocate
Others
Shadow Morton (George Morton, 1941–2013), U.S. record producer
George Morton (American football), American football player
George Morton (Pilgrim Father) (1585–1624), English puritan separatist
George Morton (cricketer) (1828–1861), English cricketer
George Morton (footballer) (1943–2009), English footballer, Inside forward for Rochdale.
See also
Samuel George Morton (1799–1851), U.S. physician and natural scientist
George Morton Pitt (1693–1756), British politician and administrator
George Morton Randall (1841–1918), U.S. soldier
George Douglas, 13th Earl of Morton (1662–1738), Scottish nobleman and politician
George Douglas, 16th Earl of Morton (1761–1827)
George Douglas, 17th Earl of Morton (1789–1858), Scottish Tory politician
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The action of 7 May 1794 was a minor naval action fought between a British ship of the line and a French frigate early in the French Revolutionary Wars. The French Navy sought to disrupt British trade by intercepting and capturing merchant ships with roving frigates, a strategy countered by protecting British convoys with heavier warships, particularly in European waters. On 5 May 1794, the British escorts of a convoy from Cork sighted two French ships approaching and gave chase. The ships, a frigate and a corvette, outmatched by their opponents, separated and the convoy escorts did likewise, each following one of the raiders on a separate course.
By the evening one of the French ships had successfully escaped, but the other was still under pursuit, Captain Charles Linois of Atalante attempting a number of tactics to drive off his opponent but without success. Eventually, after a chase lasting nearly two days, the French ship came within range of the much larger British 74-gun third rate HMS Swiftsure and despite a brave defence was soon forced to surrender after suffering more than 40 casualties. Although he had surrendered his ship, Linois was widely praised for his actions in defending his ship against such heavy odds.In the aftermath of the engagement, a French battle squadron that formed part of the developing Atlantic campaign of May 1794 pursued both ships for the rest of the day; their quarry eventually escaped after dark. Atalante was later taken into the Royal Navy as HMS Espion.
Background
The outbreak of war between Britain and France in the spring of 1793 came at a time of differing fortunes for the navies of the two countries. The Royal Navy had been at a state of heightened readiness since 1792 in preparation for the conflict, while the French Navy had still not recovered from the upheavals of the French Revolution, which had resulted in the collapse of the naval hierarchy and a dearth of experienced officers and seamen. French naval strategy early in the war was to send squadrons and light vessels to operate along British trade routes, in order to disrupt British mercantile operations. This resulted in Britain forming its merchant ships into convoys for mutual protection, escorted by warships while in European waters to defend against roving attacks by French ships.By the spring of 1794, France was in turmoil following the failure of the harvest, which threatened the country with starvation. In order to secure food supplies, France turned to its American colonies and the United States, which assembled a large grain convoy in Hampton Roads. To ensure the security of this convoy, the French Navy dispatched most of its Atlantic Fleet to sea during May 1794, operating in a series of large squadrons, independent cruisers and one major fleet under Villaret de Joyeuse. On 5 May, two French ships operating independently, the 36-gun frigate Atalante under Captain Charles Linois and the corvette Levrette, spied a British convoy sailing south-west, three days out from Cork, and closed to investigate.
Pursuit
The convoy that Linois had sighted was under the protection of two ships of the line, the Swiftsure under Captain Charles Boyles and the 64-gun HMS St Albans under Captain James Vashon. At 17:45, with the French frigates closing from the west and aware that they could not defend the whole convoy without immediate direct action, Boyles turned Swiftsure and St Albans towards the newcomers, hoisting their colours and Swiftsure firing three shots in the direction of the larger ship, Atalante. Together the British ships hugely outweighed and outmatched the French vessels, and as soon as Linois realised his mistake he gave orders for his ships to turn and make all sail to escape pursuit, raising the French tricolour and firing his stern-chasers, guns fitted in the rear of the ship, at his pursuers.The French ships immediately separated. St Albans then followed Levrette while Swiftsure concentrated on Atalante. Throughout the rest of the evening the two chases continued. Then after darkness fell Levrette was able to outrun and escape from St Albans. Swiftsure however remained in touch with Atalante so that by 04:00 on 6 May the French frigate was approximately 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km) ahead of the ship of the line to the northwest, with the wind direction to the north-northeast. For the entire following day Linois could not escape Boyles' pursuit, and at 17:30 Swiftsure was close enough to open fire again, using the bow-chasers for an hour and a half until Atalante once more pulled out of range. During the evening the French frigate was able to keep 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) in front of Swiftsure, but at midnight Linois switched his course to the south, hoping that the darkness would cloak the manoeuvre and that Atlante would be able to escape Boyles.At 02:00 it became clear that Linois's ploy had failed and that Swiftsure was still following Atalante. More importantly, the manoeuvre had severely slowed the frigate. Although Linois hauled closer to the wind, Boyles was able to come within range at 02:30, firing his starboard guns into the smaller ship. Although his crew were exhausted by the extended chase Linois returned fire, the warships exchanging shot at long-range and the frigate suffering far more serious damage during the brief engagement. By 03:25 Linois was forced to surrender, his ship's rigging in tatters and casualties mounting among his crew. Boyles then provided a prize crew to the frigate and took most of the surviving French crew aboard his own ship as prisoners of war. Casualties on the French ship were heavy, with ten killed and 32 wounded from the 274 men aboard, compared to a single man lost on Swiftsure, which had also suffered some damage to its rigging.
Aftermath
Boyles was not long able to enjoy his victory undisturbed: at 10:00 on 7 May, shortly after the removal of the French prisoners had been completed, sails were spotted on the horizon. These were rapidly identified as three French ships of the line that were making all haste to intercept and capture Swiftsure and Atalante. These ships were part of a squadron under Contre-Admiral Joseph-Marie Nielly that had sailed from Rochefort the day before in search of the American grain convoy shortly due in European waters. Issuing rapid orders, Boyles instructed Atalante's prize crew to separate their ship from Swiftsure in order to force the French to split their forces; the frigate and the ship of the line fleeing on different courses. Atalante soon outran pursuit and escaped into the Atlantic, the prize crew even managing to replace the damaged main topsail in the midst of the chase with the assistance of the French prisoners on board. Swiftsure was slower but Boyles was still able to increase the distance between his vessel and the French during the day, finally losing sight of his pursuers at 22:00.Both ships arrived safely at Cork on 17 May, Rear-Admiral Robert Kingsmill informing the Admiralty of the action by letter. Atalante subsequently served the Royal Navy as a 36-gun frigate under the name HMS Espion as there was already a ship named HMS Atalanta in service. For his lengthy and brave resistance, Linois was highly praised, particularly by the historian William James, who wrote in 1827 that Linois' "endeavours . . . were highly meritorious" and considered that in an engagement against a British frigate "the Atalante, if conquered at all, would have been dearly purchased." Shortly after his arrival in Britain, Linois was exchanged and returned to France.
Notes
Footnotes
Citations
Bibliography
References
Clowes, William Laird (1997) [1900]. The Royal Navy, A History from the Earliest Times to 1900, Volume IV. London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 1-86176-013-2.
James, William (2002) [1827]. The Naval History of Great Britain, Volume 1, 1793–1796. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-905-0.
Mostert, Noel (2007). The Line upon a Wind: The Greatest War Fought at Sea Under Sail 1793 – 1815. London: Vintage Books. ISBN 978-0-7126-0927-2.
Woodman, Richard (2001). The Sea Warriors. London: Constable Publishers. ISBN 1-84119-183-3.
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The action of 7 May 1794 was a minor naval action fought between a British ship of the line and a French frigate early in the French Revolutionary Wars. The French Navy sought to disrupt British trade by intercepting and capturing merchant ships with roving frigates, a strategy countered by protecting British convoys with heavier warships, particularly in European waters. On 5 May 1794, the British escorts of a convoy from Cork sighted two French ships approaching and gave chase. The ships, a frigate and a corvette, outmatched by their opponents, separated and the convoy escorts did likewise, each following one of the raiders on a separate course.
By the evening one of the French ships had successfully escaped, but the other was still under pursuit, Captain Charles Linois of Atalante attempting a number of tactics to drive off his opponent but without success. Eventually, after a chase lasting nearly two days, the French ship came within range of the much larger British 74-gun third rate HMS Swiftsure and despite a brave defence was soon forced to surrender after suffering more than 40 casualties. Although he had surrendered his ship, Linois was widely praised for his actions in defending his ship against such heavy odds.In the aftermath of the engagement, a French battle squadron that formed part of the developing Atlantic campaign of May 1794 pursued both ships for the rest of the day; their quarry eventually escaped after dark. Atalante was later taken into the Royal Navy as HMS Espion.
Background
The outbreak of war between Britain and France in the spring of 1793 came at a time of differing fortunes for the navies of the two countries. The Royal Navy had been at a state of heightened readiness since 1792 in preparation for the conflict, while the French Navy had still not recovered from the upheavals of the French Revolution, which had resulted in the collapse of the naval hierarchy and a dearth of experienced officers and seamen. French naval strategy early in the war was to send squadrons and light vessels to operate along British trade routes, in order to disrupt British mercantile operations. This resulted in Britain forming its merchant ships into convoys for mutual protection, escorted by warships while in European waters to defend against roving attacks by French ships.By the spring of 1794, France was in turmoil following the failure of the harvest, which threatened the country with starvation. In order to secure food supplies, France turned to its American colonies and the United States, which assembled a large grain convoy in Hampton Roads. To ensure the security of this convoy, the French Navy dispatched most of its Atlantic Fleet to sea during May 1794, operating in a series of large squadrons, independent cruisers and one major fleet under Villaret de Joyeuse. On 5 May, two French ships operating independently, the 36-gun frigate Atalante under Captain Charles Linois and the corvette Levrette, spied a British convoy sailing south-west, three days out from Cork, and closed to investigate.
Pursuit
The convoy that Linois had sighted was under the protection of two ships of the line, the Swiftsure under Captain Charles Boyles and the 64-gun HMS St Albans under Captain James Vashon. At 17:45, with the French frigates closing from the west and aware that they could not defend the whole convoy without immediate direct action, Boyles turned Swiftsure and St Albans towards the newcomers, hoisting their colours and Swiftsure firing three shots in the direction of the larger ship, Atalante. Together the British ships hugely outweighed and outmatched the French vessels, and as soon as Linois realised his mistake he gave orders for his ships to turn and make all sail to escape pursuit, raising the French tricolour and firing his stern-chasers, guns fitted in the rear of the ship, at his pursuers.The French ships immediately separated. St Albans then followed Levrette while Swiftsure concentrated on Atalante. Throughout the rest of the evening the two chases continued. Then after darkness fell Levrette was able to outrun and escape from St Albans. Swiftsure however remained in touch with Atalante so that by 04:00 on 6 May the French frigate was approximately 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km) ahead of the ship of the line to the northwest, with the wind direction to the north-northeast. For the entire following day Linois could not escape Boyles' pursuit, and at 17:30 Swiftsure was close enough to open fire again, using the bow-chasers for an hour and a half until Atalante once more pulled out of range. During the evening the French frigate was able to keep 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) in front of Swiftsure, but at midnight Linois switched his course to the south, hoping that the darkness would cloak the manoeuvre and that Atlante would be able to escape Boyles.At 02:00 it became clear that Linois's ploy had failed and that Swiftsure was still following Atalante. More importantly, the manoeuvre had severely slowed the frigate. Although Linois hauled closer to the wind, Boyles was able to come within range at 02:30, firing his starboard guns into the smaller ship. Although his crew were exhausted by the extended chase Linois returned fire, the warships exchanging shot at long-range and the frigate suffering far more serious damage during the brief engagement. By 03:25 Linois was forced to surrender, his ship's rigging in tatters and casualties mounting among his crew. Boyles then provided a prize crew to the frigate and took most of the surviving French crew aboard his own ship as prisoners of war. Casualties on the French ship were heavy, with ten killed and 32 wounded from the 274 men aboard, compared to a single man lost on Swiftsure, which had also suffered some damage to its rigging.
Aftermath
Boyles was not long able to enjoy his victory undisturbed: at 10:00 on 7 May, shortly after the removal of the French prisoners had been completed, sails were spotted on the horizon. These were rapidly identified as three French ships of the line that were making all haste to intercept and capture Swiftsure and Atalante. These ships were part of a squadron under Contre-Admiral Joseph-Marie Nielly that had sailed from Rochefort the day before in search of the American grain convoy shortly due in European waters. Issuing rapid orders, Boyles instructed Atalante's prize crew to separate their ship from Swiftsure in order to force the French to split their forces; the frigate and the ship of the line fleeing on different courses. Atalante soon outran pursuit and escaped into the Atlantic, the prize crew even managing to replace the damaged main topsail in the midst of the chase with the assistance of the French prisoners on board. Swiftsure was slower but Boyles was still able to increase the distance between his vessel and the French during the day, finally losing sight of his pursuers at 22:00.Both ships arrived safely at Cork on 17 May, Rear-Admiral Robert Kingsmill informing the Admiralty of the action by letter. Atalante subsequently served the Royal Navy as a 36-gun frigate under the name HMS Espion as there was already a ship named HMS Atalanta in service. For his lengthy and brave resistance, Linois was highly praised, particularly by the historian William James, who wrote in 1827 that Linois' "endeavours . . . were highly meritorious" and considered that in an engagement against a British frigate "the Atalante, if conquered at all, would have been dearly purchased." Shortly after his arrival in Britain, Linois was exchanged and returned to France.
Notes
Footnotes
Citations
Bibliography
References
Clowes, William Laird (1997) [1900]. The Royal Navy, A History from the Earliest Times to 1900, Volume IV. London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 1-86176-013-2.
James, William (2002) [1827]. The Naval History of Great Britain, Volume 1, 1793–1796. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-905-0.
Mostert, Noel (2007). The Line upon a Wind: The Greatest War Fought at Sea Under Sail 1793 – 1815. London: Vintage Books. ISBN 978-0-7126-0927-2.
Woodman, Richard (2001). The Sea Warriors. London: Constable Publishers. ISBN 1-84119-183-3.
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Finland participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 with the song "Dark Side" written by Aleksi Kaunisvesi, Joonas Porko, Joel Hokka, Niko Moilanen and Olli Matela. The song was performed by the band Blind Channel. The Finnish broadcaster Yleisradio (Yle) organised the national final Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2021 in order to select the Finnish entry for the 2021 contest in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Seven entries were selected to compete in the national final on 20 February 2021 where the combination of votes from seven international jury groups and votes from the public selected "Dark Side" performed by Blind Channel as the winner.
Finland was drawn to compete in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 20 May 2021. Performing during the show in position 14, "Dark Side" was announced among the top 10 entries of the second semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 22 May. It was later revealed that Finland placed fifth out of the 17 participating countries in the semi-final with 234 points. In the final, Finland performed in position 16 and placed sixth out of the 26 participating countries, scoring 301 points.
Background
Prior to the 2021 Contest, Finland had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest fifty-three times since its first entry in 1961. Finland has won the contest once in 2006 with the song "Hard Rock Hallelujah" performed by Lordi. In the 2019 contest, "Look Away" performed by Darude featuring Sebastian Rejman failed to qualify Finland to the final, placing seventeenth (last) in the semi-final. In the 2020 contest, Aksel Kankaanranta was set to represent Finland with the song "Looking Back" before the contest's cancellation.
The Finnish national broadcaster, Yleisradio (Yle), broadcasts the event within Finland and organises the selection process for the nation's entry. Yle confirmed their intentions to participate at the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest on 7 March 2020. Finland's entries for the Eurovision Song Contest have been selected through national final competitions that have varied in format over the years. Between 1961 and 2011, a selection show that was often titled Euroviisukarsinta highlighted that the purpose of the program was to select a song for Eurovision. However, since 2012, the broadcaster has organised the selection show Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu (UMK), which focuses on showcasing new music with the winning song being selected as the Finnish Contest entry for that year. Along with their participation confirmation, the broadcaster also announced that the Finnish entry for the 2021 contest would be selected through Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2021.
Before Eurovision
Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2021
Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2021 was the tenth edition of Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu (UMK), the music competition that selects Finland's entries for the Eurovision Song Contest. The competition consisted of a final on 20 February 2021, held at the Mediapolis in Tampere and hosted by Antti Tuisku. The show was broadcast on Yle TV1 with a second audio program providing commentary in Finnish by Mikko Silvennoinen, in Swedish by Eva Frantz and Johan Lindroos, in Russian by Levan Tvaltvadze and in English by Katri Norrlin and Jani Kareinen, as well as online at Yle Areena. The competition was also broadcast via radio on Yle Radio Suomi and with commentary in Swedish by Eva Frantz and Johan Lindroos on Yle X3M. The competition was watched by 1.1 million viewers in Finland, making it the most watched edition of UMK since its establishment in 2012.
Competing entries
A submission period was opened by Yle which lasted between 1 September 2020 and 7 September 2020. At least one of the writers and the lead singer(s) had to hold Finnish citizenship or live in Finland permanently in order for the entry to qualify to compete. A panel of eight experts appointed by Yle selected seven entries for the competition from the 278 received submissions. The experts were Tapio Hakanen (Head of Music at YleX), Anssi Autio (UMK producer), Juha-Matti Valtonen (television director), Samuli Väänänen (Senior Editor at Spotify Finland), Mirva Merimaa (CEO of Tiketti), Katri Norrlin (music journalist at YleX), Jani Kareinen (music journalist at YleX), Johan Lindroos (Head of Music at Yle Radio Suomi) and Amie Borgar (Head of Music at Yle X3M). The competing entries were presented during on 13 January 2021, while their lyric videos were released between 14 and 22 January 2021. Among the competing artists was Laura, who represented Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 and 2017, and Aksel, who was to represent Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 before the contest was cancelled.
Final
The final took place on 20 February 2021 where seven entries competed. "Dark Side" performed by Blind Channel was selected as the winner by a combination of public votes (75%) and seven international jury groups from Iceland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States (25%). The viewers had a total of 882 points to award, while the juries had a total of 294 points to award. Each jury group distributed their points as follows: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12 points. The viewer vote was based on the percentage of votes each song achieved through the following voting methods: telephone, SMS and app voting. For example, if a song gained 10% of the viewer vote, then that entry would be awarded 10% of 882 points rounded to the nearest integer: 88 points. A total of 138,195 votes were cast during the show: 46,178 votes through telephone and SMS and 92,017 votes through the Yle app.In addition to the performances of the competing entries, the show was opened by Antti Tuisku and Erika Vikman, while the interval act featured Haloo Helsinki! performing their single "Piilotan mun kyyneleet" and Antti Tuisku performing a medley of his songs.
At Eurovision
According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big Five" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progress to the final. The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) split up the competing countries into six different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot. The semi-final allocation draw held for the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 on 28 January 2020 was used for the 2021 contest, which Finland was placed into the second semi-final, to be held on 20 May 2021, and was scheduled to perform in the second half of the show.Once all the competing songs for the 2021 contest had been released, the running order for the semi-finals was decided by the shows' producers rather than through another draw, so that similar songs were not placed next to each other. Finland was set to perform in position 14, following the entry from Bulgaria and before the entry from Latvia.The two semi-finals and the final were televised in Finland on Yle TV1 with a second audio program providing commentary in Finnish by Mikko Silvennoinen, in Swedish by Eva Frantz and Johan Lindroos and in Russian by Levan Tvaltvadze. The three shows were broadcast via radio with Finnish commentary by Sanna Pirkkalainen and Toni Laaksonen on Yle Radio Suomi and with Swedish commentary by Eva Frantz and Johan Lindroos on Yle X3M. The Finnish spokesperson, who announced the top 12-point score awarded by the Finnish jury during the final, was Katri Norrlin.
Semi-final
Finland performed fourteenth in the second semi-final, following the entry from Bulgaria and preceding the entry from Latvia. At the end of the show, Finland was announced as having finished in the top 10 and subsequently qualifying for the grand final. It was later revealed that Finland placed fifth in the semi-final, receiving a total of 234 points: 150 points from the televoting and 84 from the juries.
Final
Shortly after the second semi-final, a winners' press conference was held for the ten qualifying countries. As part of this press conference, the qualifying artists took part in a draw to determine which half of the grand final they would subsequently participate in. Finland was drawn to compete in the second half. Following this draw, the shows' producers decided upon the running order of the final, as they had done for the semi-finals. Finland was subsequently placed to perform in position 16, following the entry from Germany and before the entry from Bulgaria. Finland placed sixth in the final, scoring 301 points: 218 points from the televoting and 83 from the juries.
Voting
Voting during the three shows involved each country awarding two sets of points from 1-8, 10 and 12: one from their professional jury and the other from televoting. Each nation's jury consisted of five music industry professionals who are citizens of the country they represent. This jury judged each entry based on: vocal capacity; the stage performance; the song's composition and originality; and the overall impression by the act. In addition, each member of a national jury may only take part in the panel once every three years, and no jury was permitted to discuss of their vote with other members or be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently. The individual rankings of each jury member in an anonymised form as well as the nation's televoting results were released shortly after the grand final.Below is a breakdown of points awarded to Finland and awarded by Finland in the second semi-final and grand final of the contest, and the breakdown of the jury voting and televoting conducted during the two shows:
Points awarded to Finland
Points awarded by Finland
Detailed voting results
The following members comprised the Finnish jury:
Amie Borgar
Jussi Mäntysaari
Mirva Merimaa
Tommi Tuomainen
Samuli Väänänen
References
External links
Official Yle Eurovision site
Official Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2021 site
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Finland participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 with the song "Dark Side" written by Aleksi Kaunisvesi, Joonas Porko, Joel Hokka, Niko Moilanen and Olli Matela. The song was performed by the band Blind Channel. The Finnish broadcaster Yleisradio (Yle) organised the national final Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2021 in order to select the Finnish entry for the 2021 contest in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Seven entries were selected to compete in the national final on 20 February 2021 where the combination of votes from seven international jury groups and votes from the public selected "Dark Side" performed by Blind Channel as the winner.
Finland was drawn to compete in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 20 May 2021. Performing during the show in position 14, "Dark Side" was announced among the top 10 entries of the second semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 22 May. It was later revealed that Finland placed fifth out of the 17 participating countries in the semi-final with 234 points. In the final, Finland performed in position 16 and placed sixth out of the 26 participating countries, scoring 301 points.
Background
Prior to the 2021 Contest, Finland had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest fifty-three times since its first entry in 1961. Finland has won the contest once in 2006 with the song "Hard Rock Hallelujah" performed by Lordi. In the 2019 contest, "Look Away" performed by Darude featuring Sebastian Rejman failed to qualify Finland to the final, placing seventeenth (last) in the semi-final. In the 2020 contest, Aksel Kankaanranta was set to represent Finland with the song "Looking Back" before the contest's cancellation.
The Finnish national broadcaster, Yleisradio (Yle), broadcasts the event within Finland and organises the selection process for the nation's entry. Yle confirmed their intentions to participate at the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest on 7 March 2020. Finland's entries for the Eurovision Song Contest have been selected through national final competitions that have varied in format over the years. Between 1961 and 2011, a selection show that was often titled Euroviisukarsinta highlighted that the purpose of the program was to select a song for Eurovision. However, since 2012, the broadcaster has organised the selection show Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu (UMK), which focuses on showcasing new music with the winning song being selected as the Finnish Contest entry for that year. Along with their participation confirmation, the broadcaster also announced that the Finnish entry for the 2021 contest would be selected through Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2021.
Before Eurovision
Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2021
Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2021 was the tenth edition of Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu (UMK), the music competition that selects Finland's entries for the Eurovision Song Contest. The competition consisted of a final on 20 February 2021, held at the Mediapolis in Tampere and hosted by Antti Tuisku. The show was broadcast on Yle TV1 with a second audio program providing commentary in Finnish by Mikko Silvennoinen, in Swedish by Eva Frantz and Johan Lindroos, in Russian by Levan Tvaltvadze and in English by Katri Norrlin and Jani Kareinen, as well as online at Yle Areena. The competition was also broadcast via radio on Yle Radio Suomi and with commentary in Swedish by Eva Frantz and Johan Lindroos on Yle X3M. The competition was watched by 1.1 million viewers in Finland, making it the most watched edition of UMK since its establishment in 2012.
Competing entries
A submission period was opened by Yle which lasted between 1 September 2020 and 7 September 2020. At least one of the writers and the lead singer(s) had to hold Finnish citizenship or live in Finland permanently in order for the entry to qualify to compete. A panel of eight experts appointed by Yle selected seven entries for the competition from the 278 received submissions. The experts were Tapio Hakanen (Head of Music at YleX), Anssi Autio (UMK producer), Juha-Matti Valtonen (television director), Samuli Väänänen (Senior Editor at Spotify Finland), Mirva Merimaa (CEO of Tiketti), Katri Norrlin (music journalist at YleX), Jani Kareinen (music journalist at YleX), Johan Lindroos (Head of Music at Yle Radio Suomi) and Amie Borgar (Head of Music at Yle X3M). The competing entries were presented during on 13 January 2021, while their lyric videos were released between 14 and 22 January 2021. Among the competing artists was Laura, who represented Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 and 2017, and Aksel, who was to represent Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 before the contest was cancelled.
Final
The final took place on 20 February 2021 where seven entries competed. "Dark Side" performed by Blind Channel was selected as the winner by a combination of public votes (75%) and seven international jury groups from Iceland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States (25%). The viewers had a total of 882 points to award, while the juries had a total of 294 points to award. Each jury group distributed their points as follows: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12 points. The viewer vote was based on the percentage of votes each song achieved through the following voting methods: telephone, SMS and app voting. For example, if a song gained 10% of the viewer vote, then that entry would be awarded 10% of 882 points rounded to the nearest integer: 88 points. A total of 138,195 votes were cast during the show: 46,178 votes through telephone and SMS and 92,017 votes through the Yle app.In addition to the performances of the competing entries, the show was opened by Antti Tuisku and Erika Vikman, while the interval act featured Haloo Helsinki! performing their single "Piilotan mun kyyneleet" and Antti Tuisku performing a medley of his songs.
At Eurovision
According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big Five" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progress to the final. The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) split up the competing countries into six different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot. The semi-final allocation draw held for the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 on 28 January 2020 was used for the 2021 contest, which Finland was placed into the second semi-final, to be held on 20 May 2021, and was scheduled to perform in the second half of the show.Once all the competing songs for the 2021 contest had been released, the running order for the semi-finals was decided by the shows' producers rather than through another draw, so that similar songs were not placed next to each other. Finland was set to perform in position 14, following the entry from Bulgaria and before the entry from Latvia.The two semi-finals and the final were televised in Finland on Yle TV1 with a second audio program providing commentary in Finnish by Mikko Silvennoinen, in Swedish by Eva Frantz and Johan Lindroos and in Russian by Levan Tvaltvadze. The three shows were broadcast via radio with Finnish commentary by Sanna Pirkkalainen and Toni Laaksonen on Yle Radio Suomi and with Swedish commentary by Eva Frantz and Johan Lindroos on Yle X3M. The Finnish spokesperson, who announced the top 12-point score awarded by the Finnish jury during the final, was Katri Norrlin.
Semi-final
Finland performed fourteenth in the second semi-final, following the entry from Bulgaria and preceding the entry from Latvia. At the end of the show, Finland was announced as having finished in the top 10 and subsequently qualifying for the grand final. It was later revealed that Finland placed fifth in the semi-final, receiving a total of 234 points: 150 points from the televoting and 84 from the juries.
Final
Shortly after the second semi-final, a winners' press conference was held for the ten qualifying countries. As part of this press conference, the qualifying artists took part in a draw to determine which half of the grand final they would subsequently participate in. Finland was drawn to compete in the second half. Following this draw, the shows' producers decided upon the running order of the final, as they had done for the semi-finals. Finland was subsequently placed to perform in position 16, following the entry from Germany and before the entry from Bulgaria. Finland placed sixth in the final, scoring 301 points: 218 points from the televoting and 83 from the juries.
Voting
Voting during the three shows involved each country awarding two sets of points from 1-8, 10 and 12: one from their professional jury and the other from televoting. Each nation's jury consisted of five music industry professionals who are citizens of the country they represent. This jury judged each entry based on: vocal capacity; the stage performance; the song's composition and originality; and the overall impression by the act. In addition, each member of a national jury may only take part in the panel once every three years, and no jury was permitted to discuss of their vote with other members or be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently. The individual rankings of each jury member in an anonymised form as well as the nation's televoting results were released shortly after the grand final.Below is a breakdown of points awarded to Finland and awarded by Finland in the second semi-final and grand final of the contest, and the breakdown of the jury voting and televoting conducted during the two shows:
Points awarded to Finland
Points awarded by Finland
Detailed voting results
The following members comprised the Finnish jury:
Amie Borgar
Jussi Mäntysaari
Mirva Merimaa
Tommi Tuomainen
Samuli Väänänen
References
External links
Official Yle Eurovision site
Official Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2021 site
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Finland participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 with the song "Dark Side" written by Aleksi Kaunisvesi, Joonas Porko, Joel Hokka, Niko Moilanen and Olli Matela. The song was performed by the band Blind Channel. The Finnish broadcaster Yleisradio (Yle) organised the national final Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2021 in order to select the Finnish entry for the 2021 contest in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Seven entries were selected to compete in the national final on 20 February 2021 where the combination of votes from seven international jury groups and votes from the public selected "Dark Side" performed by Blind Channel as the winner.
Finland was drawn to compete in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 20 May 2021. Performing during the show in position 14, "Dark Side" was announced among the top 10 entries of the second semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 22 May. It was later revealed that Finland placed fifth out of the 17 participating countries in the semi-final with 234 points. In the final, Finland performed in position 16 and placed sixth out of the 26 participating countries, scoring 301 points.
Background
Prior to the 2021 Contest, Finland had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest fifty-three times since its first entry in 1961. Finland has won the contest once in 2006 with the song "Hard Rock Hallelujah" performed by Lordi. In the 2019 contest, "Look Away" performed by Darude featuring Sebastian Rejman failed to qualify Finland to the final, placing seventeenth (last) in the semi-final. In the 2020 contest, Aksel Kankaanranta was set to represent Finland with the song "Looking Back" before the contest's cancellation.
The Finnish national broadcaster, Yleisradio (Yle), broadcasts the event within Finland and organises the selection process for the nation's entry. Yle confirmed their intentions to participate at the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest on 7 March 2020. Finland's entries for the Eurovision Song Contest have been selected through national final competitions that have varied in format over the years. Between 1961 and 2011, a selection show that was often titled Euroviisukarsinta highlighted that the purpose of the program was to select a song for Eurovision. However, since 2012, the broadcaster has organised the selection show Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu (UMK), which focuses on showcasing new music with the winning song being selected as the Finnish Contest entry for that year. Along with their participation confirmation, the broadcaster also announced that the Finnish entry for the 2021 contest would be selected through Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2021.
Before Eurovision
Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2021
Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2021 was the tenth edition of Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu (UMK), the music competition that selects Finland's entries for the Eurovision Song Contest. The competition consisted of a final on 20 February 2021, held at the Mediapolis in Tampere and hosted by Antti Tuisku. The show was broadcast on Yle TV1 with a second audio program providing commentary in Finnish by Mikko Silvennoinen, in Swedish by Eva Frantz and Johan Lindroos, in Russian by Levan Tvaltvadze and in English by Katri Norrlin and Jani Kareinen, as well as online at Yle Areena. The competition was also broadcast via radio on Yle Radio Suomi and with commentary in Swedish by Eva Frantz and Johan Lindroos on Yle X3M. The competition was watched by 1.1 million viewers in Finland, making it the most watched edition of UMK since its establishment in 2012.
Competing entries
A submission period was opened by Yle which lasted between 1 September 2020 and 7 September 2020. At least one of the writers and the lead singer(s) had to hold Finnish citizenship or live in Finland permanently in order for the entry to qualify to compete. A panel of eight experts appointed by Yle selected seven entries for the competition from the 278 received submissions. The experts were Tapio Hakanen (Head of Music at YleX), Anssi Autio (UMK producer), Juha-Matti Valtonen (television director), Samuli Väänänen (Senior Editor at Spotify Finland), Mirva Merimaa (CEO of Tiketti), Katri Norrlin (music journalist at YleX), Jani Kareinen (music journalist at YleX), Johan Lindroos (Head of Music at Yle Radio Suomi) and Amie Borgar (Head of Music at Yle X3M). The competing entries were presented during on 13 January 2021, while their lyric videos were released between 14 and 22 January 2021. Among the competing artists was Laura, who represented Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 and 2017, and Aksel, who was to represent Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 before the contest was cancelled.
Final
The final took place on 20 February 2021 where seven entries competed. "Dark Side" performed by Blind Channel was selected as the winner by a combination of public votes (75%) and seven international jury groups from Iceland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States (25%). The viewers had a total of 882 points to award, while the juries had a total of 294 points to award. Each jury group distributed their points as follows: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12 points. The viewer vote was based on the percentage of votes each song achieved through the following voting methods: telephone, SMS and app voting. For example, if a song gained 10% of the viewer vote, then that entry would be awarded 10% of 882 points rounded to the nearest integer: 88 points. A total of 138,195 votes were cast during the show: 46,178 votes through telephone and SMS and 92,017 votes through the Yle app.In addition to the performances of the competing entries, the show was opened by Antti Tuisku and Erika Vikman, while the interval act featured Haloo Helsinki! performing their single "Piilotan mun kyyneleet" and Antti Tuisku performing a medley of his songs.
At Eurovision
According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big Five" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progress to the final. The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) split up the competing countries into six different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot. The semi-final allocation draw held for the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 on 28 January 2020 was used for the 2021 contest, which Finland was placed into the second semi-final, to be held on 20 May 2021, and was scheduled to perform in the second half of the show.Once all the competing songs for the 2021 contest had been released, the running order for the semi-finals was decided by the shows' producers rather than through another draw, so that similar songs were not placed next to each other. Finland was set to perform in position 14, following the entry from Bulgaria and before the entry from Latvia.The two semi-finals and the final were televised in Finland on Yle TV1 with a second audio program providing commentary in Finnish by Mikko Silvennoinen, in Swedish by Eva Frantz and Johan Lindroos and in Russian by Levan Tvaltvadze. The three shows were broadcast via radio with Finnish commentary by Sanna Pirkkalainen and Toni Laaksonen on Yle Radio Suomi and with Swedish commentary by Eva Frantz and Johan Lindroos on Yle X3M. The Finnish spokesperson, who announced the top 12-point score awarded by the Finnish jury during the final, was Katri Norrlin.
Semi-final
Finland performed fourteenth in the second semi-final, following the entry from Bulgaria and preceding the entry from Latvia. At the end of the show, Finland was announced as having finished in the top 10 and subsequently qualifying for the grand final. It was later revealed that Finland placed fifth in the semi-final, receiving a total of 234 points: 150 points from the televoting and 84 from the juries.
Final
Shortly after the second semi-final, a winners' press conference was held for the ten qualifying countries. As part of this press conference, the qualifying artists took part in a draw to determine which half of the grand final they would subsequently participate in. Finland was drawn to compete in the second half. Following this draw, the shows' producers decided upon the running order of the final, as they had done for the semi-finals. Finland was subsequently placed to perform in position 16, following the entry from Germany and before the entry from Bulgaria. Finland placed sixth in the final, scoring 301 points: 218 points from the televoting and 83 from the juries.
Voting
Voting during the three shows involved each country awarding two sets of points from 1-8, 10 and 12: one from their professional jury and the other from televoting. Each nation's jury consisted of five music industry professionals who are citizens of the country they represent. This jury judged each entry based on: vocal capacity; the stage performance; the song's composition and originality; and the overall impression by the act. In addition, each member of a national jury may only take part in the panel once every three years, and no jury was permitted to discuss of their vote with other members or be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently. The individual rankings of each jury member in an anonymised form as well as the nation's televoting results were released shortly after the grand final.Below is a breakdown of points awarded to Finland and awarded by Finland in the second semi-final and grand final of the contest, and the breakdown of the jury voting and televoting conducted during the two shows:
Points awarded to Finland
Points awarded by Finland
Detailed voting results
The following members comprised the Finnish jury:
Amie Borgar
Jussi Mäntysaari
Mirva Merimaa
Tommi Tuomainen
Samuli Väänänen
References
External links
Official Yle Eurovision site
Official Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2021 site
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Finland participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 with the song "Dark Side" written by Aleksi Kaunisvesi, Joonas Porko, Joel Hokka, Niko Moilanen and Olli Matela. The song was performed by the band Blind Channel. The Finnish broadcaster Yleisradio (Yle) organised the national final Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2021 in order to select the Finnish entry for the 2021 contest in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Seven entries were selected to compete in the national final on 20 February 2021 where the combination of votes from seven international jury groups and votes from the public selected "Dark Side" performed by Blind Channel as the winner.
Finland was drawn to compete in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 20 May 2021. Performing during the show in position 14, "Dark Side" was announced among the top 10 entries of the second semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 22 May. It was later revealed that Finland placed fifth out of the 17 participating countries in the semi-final with 234 points. In the final, Finland performed in position 16 and placed sixth out of the 26 participating countries, scoring 301 points.
Background
Prior to the 2021 Contest, Finland had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest fifty-three times since its first entry in 1961. Finland has won the contest once in 2006 with the song "Hard Rock Hallelujah" performed by Lordi. In the 2019 contest, "Look Away" performed by Darude featuring Sebastian Rejman failed to qualify Finland to the final, placing seventeenth (last) in the semi-final. In the 2020 contest, Aksel Kankaanranta was set to represent Finland with the song "Looking Back" before the contest's cancellation.
The Finnish national broadcaster, Yleisradio (Yle), broadcasts the event within Finland and organises the selection process for the nation's entry. Yle confirmed their intentions to participate at the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest on 7 March 2020. Finland's entries for the Eurovision Song Contest have been selected through national final competitions that have varied in format over the years. Between 1961 and 2011, a selection show that was often titled Euroviisukarsinta highlighted that the purpose of the program was to select a song for Eurovision. However, since 2012, the broadcaster has organised the selection show Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu (UMK), which focuses on showcasing new music with the winning song being selected as the Finnish Contest entry for that year. Along with their participation confirmation, the broadcaster also announced that the Finnish entry for the 2021 contest would be selected through Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2021.
Before Eurovision
Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2021
Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2021 was the tenth edition of Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu (UMK), the music competition that selects Finland's entries for the Eurovision Song Contest. The competition consisted of a final on 20 February 2021, held at the Mediapolis in Tampere and hosted by Antti Tuisku. The show was broadcast on Yle TV1 with a second audio program providing commentary in Finnish by Mikko Silvennoinen, in Swedish by Eva Frantz and Johan Lindroos, in Russian by Levan Tvaltvadze and in English by Katri Norrlin and Jani Kareinen, as well as online at Yle Areena. The competition was also broadcast via radio on Yle Radio Suomi and with commentary in Swedish by Eva Frantz and Johan Lindroos on Yle X3M. The competition was watched by 1.1 million viewers in Finland, making it the most watched edition of UMK since its establishment in 2012.
Competing entries
A submission period was opened by Yle which lasted between 1 September 2020 and 7 September 2020. At least one of the writers and the lead singer(s) had to hold Finnish citizenship or live in Finland permanently in order for the entry to qualify to compete. A panel of eight experts appointed by Yle selected seven entries for the competition from the 278 received submissions. The experts were Tapio Hakanen (Head of Music at YleX), Anssi Autio (UMK producer), Juha-Matti Valtonen (television director), Samuli Väänänen (Senior Editor at Spotify Finland), Mirva Merimaa (CEO of Tiketti), Katri Norrlin (music journalist at YleX), Jani Kareinen (music journalist at YleX), Johan Lindroos (Head of Music at Yle Radio Suomi) and Amie Borgar (Head of Music at Yle X3M). The competing entries were presented during on 13 January 2021, while their lyric videos were released between 14 and 22 January 2021. Among the competing artists was Laura, who represented Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 and 2017, and Aksel, who was to represent Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 before the contest was cancelled.
Final
The final took place on 20 February 2021 where seven entries competed. "Dark Side" performed by Blind Channel was selected as the winner by a combination of public votes (75%) and seven international jury groups from Iceland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States (25%). The viewers had a total of 882 points to award, while the juries had a total of 294 points to award. Each jury group distributed their points as follows: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12 points. The viewer vote was based on the percentage of votes each song achieved through the following voting methods: telephone, SMS and app voting. For example, if a song gained 10% of the viewer vote, then that entry would be awarded 10% of 882 points rounded to the nearest integer: 88 points. A total of 138,195 votes were cast during the show: 46,178 votes through telephone and SMS and 92,017 votes through the Yle app.In addition to the performances of the competing entries, the show was opened by Antti Tuisku and Erika Vikman, while the interval act featured Haloo Helsinki! performing their single "Piilotan mun kyyneleet" and Antti Tuisku performing a medley of his songs.
At Eurovision
According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big Five" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progress to the final. The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) split up the competing countries into six different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot. The semi-final allocation draw held for the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 on 28 January 2020 was used for the 2021 contest, which Finland was placed into the second semi-final, to be held on 20 May 2021, and was scheduled to perform in the second half of the show.Once all the competing songs for the 2021 contest had been released, the running order for the semi-finals was decided by the shows' producers rather than through another draw, so that similar songs were not placed next to each other. Finland was set to perform in position 14, following the entry from Bulgaria and before the entry from Latvia.The two semi-finals and the final were televised in Finland on Yle TV1 with a second audio program providing commentary in Finnish by Mikko Silvennoinen, in Swedish by Eva Frantz and Johan Lindroos and in Russian by Levan Tvaltvadze. The three shows were broadcast via radio with Finnish commentary by Sanna Pirkkalainen and Toni Laaksonen on Yle Radio Suomi and with Swedish commentary by Eva Frantz and Johan Lindroos on Yle X3M. The Finnish spokesperson, who announced the top 12-point score awarded by the Finnish jury during the final, was Katri Norrlin.
Semi-final
Finland performed fourteenth in the second semi-final, following the entry from Bulgaria and preceding the entry from Latvia. At the end of the show, Finland was announced as having finished in the top 10 and subsequently qualifying for the grand final. It was later revealed that Finland placed fifth in the semi-final, receiving a total of 234 points: 150 points from the televoting and 84 from the juries.
Final
Shortly after the second semi-final, a winners' press conference was held for the ten qualifying countries. As part of this press conference, the qualifying artists took part in a draw to determine which half of the grand final they would subsequently participate in. Finland was drawn to compete in the second half. Following this draw, the shows' producers decided upon the running order of the final, as they had done for the semi-finals. Finland was subsequently placed to perform in position 16, following the entry from Germany and before the entry from Bulgaria. Finland placed sixth in the final, scoring 301 points: 218 points from the televoting and 83 from the juries.
Voting
Voting during the three shows involved each country awarding two sets of points from 1-8, 10 and 12: one from their professional jury and the other from televoting. Each nation's jury consisted of five music industry professionals who are citizens of the country they represent. This jury judged each entry based on: vocal capacity; the stage performance; the song's composition and originality; and the overall impression by the act. In addition, each member of a national jury may only take part in the panel once every three years, and no jury was permitted to discuss of their vote with other members or be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently. The individual rankings of each jury member in an anonymised form as well as the nation's televoting results were released shortly after the grand final.Below is a breakdown of points awarded to Finland and awarded by Finland in the second semi-final and grand final of the contest, and the breakdown of the jury voting and televoting conducted during the two shows:
Points awarded to Finland
Points awarded by Finland
Detailed voting results
The following members comprised the Finnish jury:
Amie Borgar
Jussi Mäntysaari
Mirva Merimaa
Tommi Tuomainen
Samuli Väänänen
References
External links
Official Yle Eurovision site
Official Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2021 site
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Finland participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 with the song "Dark Side" written by Aleksi Kaunisvesi, Joonas Porko, Joel Hokka, Niko Moilanen and Olli Matela. The song was performed by the band Blind Channel. The Finnish broadcaster Yleisradio (Yle) organised the national final Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2021 in order to select the Finnish entry for the 2021 contest in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Seven entries were selected to compete in the national final on 20 February 2021 where the combination of votes from seven international jury groups and votes from the public selected "Dark Side" performed by Blind Channel as the winner.
Finland was drawn to compete in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 20 May 2021. Performing during the show in position 14, "Dark Side" was announced among the top 10 entries of the second semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 22 May. It was later revealed that Finland placed fifth out of the 17 participating countries in the semi-final with 234 points. In the final, Finland performed in position 16 and placed sixth out of the 26 participating countries, scoring 301 points.
Background
Prior to the 2021 Contest, Finland had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest fifty-three times since its first entry in 1961. Finland has won the contest once in 2006 with the song "Hard Rock Hallelujah" performed by Lordi. In the 2019 contest, "Look Away" performed by Darude featuring Sebastian Rejman failed to qualify Finland to the final, placing seventeenth (last) in the semi-final. In the 2020 contest, Aksel Kankaanranta was set to represent Finland with the song "Looking Back" before the contest's cancellation.
The Finnish national broadcaster, Yleisradio (Yle), broadcasts the event within Finland and organises the selection process for the nation's entry. Yle confirmed their intentions to participate at the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest on 7 March 2020. Finland's entries for the Eurovision Song Contest have been selected through national final competitions that have varied in format over the years. Between 1961 and 2011, a selection show that was often titled Euroviisukarsinta highlighted that the purpose of the program was to select a song for Eurovision. However, since 2012, the broadcaster has organised the selection show Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu (UMK), which focuses on showcasing new music with the winning song being selected as the Finnish Contest entry for that year. Along with their participation confirmation, the broadcaster also announced that the Finnish entry for the 2021 contest would be selected through Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2021.
Before Eurovision
Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2021
Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2021 was the tenth edition of Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu (UMK), the music competition that selects Finland's entries for the Eurovision Song Contest. The competition consisted of a final on 20 February 2021, held at the Mediapolis in Tampere and hosted by Antti Tuisku. The show was broadcast on Yle TV1 with a second audio program providing commentary in Finnish by Mikko Silvennoinen, in Swedish by Eva Frantz and Johan Lindroos, in Russian by Levan Tvaltvadze and in English by Katri Norrlin and Jani Kareinen, as well as online at Yle Areena. The competition was also broadcast via radio on Yle Radio Suomi and with commentary in Swedish by Eva Frantz and Johan Lindroos on Yle X3M. The competition was watched by 1.1 million viewers in Finland, making it the most watched edition of UMK since its establishment in 2012.
Competing entries
A submission period was opened by Yle which lasted between 1 September 2020 and 7 September 2020. At least one of the writers and the lead singer(s) had to hold Finnish citizenship or live in Finland permanently in order for the entry to qualify to compete. A panel of eight experts appointed by Yle selected seven entries for the competition from the 278 received submissions. The experts were Tapio Hakanen (Head of Music at YleX), Anssi Autio (UMK producer), Juha-Matti Valtonen (television director), Samuli Väänänen (Senior Editor at Spotify Finland), Mirva Merimaa (CEO of Tiketti), Katri Norrlin (music journalist at YleX), Jani Kareinen (music journalist at YleX), Johan Lindroos (Head of Music at Yle Radio Suomi) and Amie Borgar (Head of Music at Yle X3M). The competing entries were presented during on 13 January 2021, while their lyric videos were released between 14 and 22 January 2021. Among the competing artists was Laura, who represented Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 and 2017, and Aksel, who was to represent Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 before the contest was cancelled.
Final
The final took place on 20 February 2021 where seven entries competed. "Dark Side" performed by Blind Channel was selected as the winner by a combination of public votes (75%) and seven international jury groups from Iceland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States (25%). The viewers had a total of 882 points to award, while the juries had a total of 294 points to award. Each jury group distributed their points as follows: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12 points. The viewer vote was based on the percentage of votes each song achieved through the following voting methods: telephone, SMS and app voting. For example, if a song gained 10% of the viewer vote, then that entry would be awarded 10% of 882 points rounded to the nearest integer: 88 points. A total of 138,195 votes were cast during the show: 46,178 votes through telephone and SMS and 92,017 votes through the Yle app.In addition to the performances of the competing entries, the show was opened by Antti Tuisku and Erika Vikman, while the interval act featured Haloo Helsinki! performing their single "Piilotan mun kyyneleet" and Antti Tuisku performing a medley of his songs.
At Eurovision
According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big Five" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progress to the final. The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) split up the competing countries into six different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot. The semi-final allocation draw held for the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 on 28 January 2020 was used for the 2021 contest, which Finland was placed into the second semi-final, to be held on 20 May 2021, and was scheduled to perform in the second half of the show.Once all the competing songs for the 2021 contest had been released, the running order for the semi-finals was decided by the shows' producers rather than through another draw, so that similar songs were not placed next to each other. Finland was set to perform in position 14, following the entry from Bulgaria and before the entry from Latvia.The two semi-finals and the final were televised in Finland on Yle TV1 with a second audio program providing commentary in Finnish by Mikko Silvennoinen, in Swedish by Eva Frantz and Johan Lindroos and in Russian by Levan Tvaltvadze. The three shows were broadcast via radio with Finnish commentary by Sanna Pirkkalainen and Toni Laaksonen on Yle Radio Suomi and with Swedish commentary by Eva Frantz and Johan Lindroos on Yle X3M. The Finnish spokesperson, who announced the top 12-point score awarded by the Finnish jury during the final, was Katri Norrlin.
Semi-final
Finland performed fourteenth in the second semi-final, following the entry from Bulgaria and preceding the entry from Latvia. At the end of the show, Finland was announced as having finished in the top 10 and subsequently qualifying for the grand final. It was later revealed that Finland placed fifth in the semi-final, receiving a total of 234 points: 150 points from the televoting and 84 from the juries.
Final
Shortly after the second semi-final, a winners' press conference was held for the ten qualifying countries. As part of this press conference, the qualifying artists took part in a draw to determine which half of the grand final they would subsequently participate in. Finland was drawn to compete in the second half. Following this draw, the shows' producers decided upon the running order of the final, as they had done for the semi-finals. Finland was subsequently placed to perform in position 16, following the entry from Germany and before the entry from Bulgaria. Finland placed sixth in the final, scoring 301 points: 218 points from the televoting and 83 from the juries.
Voting
Voting during the three shows involved each country awarding two sets of points from 1-8, 10 and 12: one from their professional jury and the other from televoting. Each nation's jury consisted of five music industry professionals who are citizens of the country they represent. This jury judged each entry based on: vocal capacity; the stage performance; the song's composition and originality; and the overall impression by the act. In addition, each member of a national jury may only take part in the panel once every three years, and no jury was permitted to discuss of their vote with other members or be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently. The individual rankings of each jury member in an anonymised form as well as the nation's televoting results were released shortly after the grand final.Below is a breakdown of points awarded to Finland and awarded by Finland in the second semi-final and grand final of the contest, and the breakdown of the jury voting and televoting conducted during the two shows:
Points awarded to Finland
Points awarded by Finland
Detailed voting results
The following members comprised the Finnish jury:
Amie Borgar
Jussi Mäntysaari
Mirva Merimaa
Tommi Tuomainen
Samuli Väänänen
References
External links
Official Yle Eurovision site
Official Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2021 site
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Finland participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 with the song "Dark Side" written by Aleksi Kaunisvesi, Joonas Porko, Joel Hokka, Niko Moilanen and Olli Matela. The song was performed by the band Blind Channel. The Finnish broadcaster Yleisradio (Yle) organised the national final Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2021 in order to select the Finnish entry for the 2021 contest in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Seven entries were selected to compete in the national final on 20 February 2021 where the combination of votes from seven international jury groups and votes from the public selected "Dark Side" performed by Blind Channel as the winner.
Finland was drawn to compete in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 20 May 2021. Performing during the show in position 14, "Dark Side" was announced among the top 10 entries of the second semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 22 May. It was later revealed that Finland placed fifth out of the 17 participating countries in the semi-final with 234 points. In the final, Finland performed in position 16 and placed sixth out of the 26 participating countries, scoring 301 points.
Background
Prior to the 2021 Contest, Finland had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest fifty-three times since its first entry in 1961. Finland has won the contest once in 2006 with the song "Hard Rock Hallelujah" performed by Lordi. In the 2019 contest, "Look Away" performed by Darude featuring Sebastian Rejman failed to qualify Finland to the final, placing seventeenth (last) in the semi-final. In the 2020 contest, Aksel Kankaanranta was set to represent Finland with the song "Looking Back" before the contest's cancellation.
The Finnish national broadcaster, Yleisradio (Yle), broadcasts the event within Finland and organises the selection process for the nation's entry. Yle confirmed their intentions to participate at the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest on 7 March 2020. Finland's entries for the Eurovision Song Contest have been selected through national final competitions that have varied in format over the years. Between 1961 and 2011, a selection show that was often titled Euroviisukarsinta highlighted that the purpose of the program was to select a song for Eurovision. However, since 2012, the broadcaster has organised the selection show Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu (UMK), which focuses on showcasing new music with the winning song being selected as the Finnish Contest entry for that year. Along with their participation confirmation, the broadcaster also announced that the Finnish entry for the 2021 contest would be selected through Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2021.
Before Eurovision
Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2021
Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2021 was the tenth edition of Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu (UMK), the music competition that selects Finland's entries for the Eurovision Song Contest. The competition consisted of a final on 20 February 2021, held at the Mediapolis in Tampere and hosted by Antti Tuisku. The show was broadcast on Yle TV1 with a second audio program providing commentary in Finnish by Mikko Silvennoinen, in Swedish by Eva Frantz and Johan Lindroos, in Russian by Levan Tvaltvadze and in English by Katri Norrlin and Jani Kareinen, as well as online at Yle Areena. The competition was also broadcast via radio on Yle Radio Suomi and with commentary in Swedish by Eva Frantz and Johan Lindroos on Yle X3M. The competition was watched by 1.1 million viewers in Finland, making it the most watched edition of UMK since its establishment in 2012.
Competing entries
A submission period was opened by Yle which lasted between 1 September 2020 and 7 September 2020. At least one of the writers and the lead singer(s) had to hold Finnish citizenship or live in Finland permanently in order for the entry to qualify to compete. A panel of eight experts appointed by Yle selected seven entries for the competition from the 278 received submissions. The experts were Tapio Hakanen (Head of Music at YleX), Anssi Autio (UMK producer), Juha-Matti Valtonen (television director), Samuli Väänänen (Senior Editor at Spotify Finland), Mirva Merimaa (CEO of Tiketti), Katri Norrlin (music journalist at YleX), Jani Kareinen (music journalist at YleX), Johan Lindroos (Head of Music at Yle Radio Suomi) and Amie Borgar (Head of Music at Yle X3M). The competing entries were presented during on 13 January 2021, while their lyric videos were released between 14 and 22 January 2021. Among the competing artists was Laura, who represented Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 and 2017, and Aksel, who was to represent Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 before the contest was cancelled.
Final
The final took place on 20 February 2021 where seven entries competed. "Dark Side" performed by Blind Channel was selected as the winner by a combination of public votes (75%) and seven international jury groups from Iceland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States (25%). The viewers had a total of 882 points to award, while the juries had a total of 294 points to award. Each jury group distributed their points as follows: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12 points. The viewer vote was based on the percentage of votes each song achieved through the following voting methods: telephone, SMS and app voting. For example, if a song gained 10% of the viewer vote, then that entry would be awarded 10% of 882 points rounded to the nearest integer: 88 points. A total of 138,195 votes were cast during the show: 46,178 votes through telephone and SMS and 92,017 votes through the Yle app.In addition to the performances of the competing entries, the show was opened by Antti Tuisku and Erika Vikman, while the interval act featured Haloo Helsinki! performing their single "Piilotan mun kyyneleet" and Antti Tuisku performing a medley of his songs.
At Eurovision
According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big Five" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progress to the final. The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) split up the competing countries into six different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot. The semi-final allocation draw held for the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 on 28 January 2020 was used for the 2021 contest, which Finland was placed into the second semi-final, to be held on 20 May 2021, and was scheduled to perform in the second half of the show.Once all the competing songs for the 2021 contest had been released, the running order for the semi-finals was decided by the shows' producers rather than through another draw, so that similar songs were not placed next to each other. Finland was set to perform in position 14, following the entry from Bulgaria and before the entry from Latvia.The two semi-finals and the final were televised in Finland on Yle TV1 with a second audio program providing commentary in Finnish by Mikko Silvennoinen, in Swedish by Eva Frantz and Johan Lindroos and in Russian by Levan Tvaltvadze. The three shows were broadcast via radio with Finnish commentary by Sanna Pirkkalainen and Toni Laaksonen on Yle Radio Suomi and with Swedish commentary by Eva Frantz and Johan Lindroos on Yle X3M. The Finnish spokesperson, who announced the top 12-point score awarded by the Finnish jury during the final, was Katri Norrlin.
Semi-final
Finland performed fourteenth in the second semi-final, following the entry from Bulgaria and preceding the entry from Latvia. At the end of the show, Finland was announced as having finished in the top 10 and subsequently qualifying for the grand final. It was later revealed that Finland placed fifth in the semi-final, receiving a total of 234 points: 150 points from the televoting and 84 from the juries.
Final
Shortly after the second semi-final, a winners' press conference was held for the ten qualifying countries. As part of this press conference, the qualifying artists took part in a draw to determine which half of the grand final they would subsequently participate in. Finland was drawn to compete in the second half. Following this draw, the shows' producers decided upon the running order of the final, as they had done for the semi-finals. Finland was subsequently placed to perform in position 16, following the entry from Germany and before the entry from Bulgaria. Finland placed sixth in the final, scoring 301 points: 218 points from the televoting and 83 from the juries.
Voting
Voting during the three shows involved each country awarding two sets of points from 1-8, 10 and 12: one from their professional jury and the other from televoting. Each nation's jury consisted of five music industry professionals who are citizens of the country they represent. This jury judged each entry based on: vocal capacity; the stage performance; the song's composition and originality; and the overall impression by the act. In addition, each member of a national jury may only take part in the panel once every three years, and no jury was permitted to discuss of their vote with other members or be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently. The individual rankings of each jury member in an anonymised form as well as the nation's televoting results were released shortly after the grand final.Below is a breakdown of points awarded to Finland and awarded by Finland in the second semi-final and grand final of the contest, and the breakdown of the jury voting and televoting conducted during the two shows:
Points awarded to Finland
Points awarded by Finland
Detailed voting results
The following members comprised the Finnish jury:
Amie Borgar
Jussi Mäntysaari
Mirva Merimaa
Tommi Tuomainen
Samuli Väänänen
References
External links
Official Yle Eurovision site
Official Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2021 site
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Finland participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 with the song "Dark Side" written by Aleksi Kaunisvesi, Joonas Porko, Joel Hokka, Niko Moilanen and Olli Matela. The song was performed by the band Blind Channel. The Finnish broadcaster Yleisradio (Yle) organised the national final Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2021 in order to select the Finnish entry for the 2021 contest in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Seven entries were selected to compete in the national final on 20 February 2021 where the combination of votes from seven international jury groups and votes from the public selected "Dark Side" performed by Blind Channel as the winner.
Finland was drawn to compete in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 20 May 2021. Performing during the show in position 14, "Dark Side" was announced among the top 10 entries of the second semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 22 May. It was later revealed that Finland placed fifth out of the 17 participating countries in the semi-final with 234 points. In the final, Finland performed in position 16 and placed sixth out of the 26 participating countries, scoring 301 points.
Background
Prior to the 2021 Contest, Finland had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest fifty-three times since its first entry in 1961. Finland has won the contest once in 2006 with the song "Hard Rock Hallelujah" performed by Lordi. In the 2019 contest, "Look Away" performed by Darude featuring Sebastian Rejman failed to qualify Finland to the final, placing seventeenth (last) in the semi-final. In the 2020 contest, Aksel Kankaanranta was set to represent Finland with the song "Looking Back" before the contest's cancellation.
The Finnish national broadcaster, Yleisradio (Yle), broadcasts the event within Finland and organises the selection process for the nation's entry. Yle confirmed their intentions to participate at the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest on 7 March 2020. Finland's entries for the Eurovision Song Contest have been selected through national final competitions that have varied in format over the years. Between 1961 and 2011, a selection show that was often titled Euroviisukarsinta highlighted that the purpose of the program was to select a song for Eurovision. However, since 2012, the broadcaster has organised the selection show Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu (UMK), which focuses on showcasing new music with the winning song being selected as the Finnish Contest entry for that year. Along with their participation confirmation, the broadcaster also announced that the Finnish entry for the 2021 contest would be selected through Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2021.
Before Eurovision
Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2021
Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2021 was the tenth edition of Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu (UMK), the music competition that selects Finland's entries for the Eurovision Song Contest. The competition consisted of a final on 20 February 2021, held at the Mediapolis in Tampere and hosted by Antti Tuisku. The show was broadcast on Yle TV1 with a second audio program providing commentary in Finnish by Mikko Silvennoinen, in Swedish by Eva Frantz and Johan Lindroos, in Russian by Levan Tvaltvadze and in English by Katri Norrlin and Jani Kareinen, as well as online at Yle Areena. The competition was also broadcast via radio on Yle Radio Suomi and with commentary in Swedish by Eva Frantz and Johan Lindroos on Yle X3M. The competition was watched by 1.1 million viewers in Finland, making it the most watched edition of UMK since its establishment in 2012.
Competing entries
A submission period was opened by Yle which lasted between 1 September 2020 and 7 September 2020. At least one of the writers and the lead singer(s) had to hold Finnish citizenship or live in Finland permanently in order for the entry to qualify to compete. A panel of eight experts appointed by Yle selected seven entries for the competition from the 278 received submissions. The experts were Tapio Hakanen (Head of Music at YleX), Anssi Autio (UMK producer), Juha-Matti Valtonen (television director), Samuli Väänänen (Senior Editor at Spotify Finland), Mirva Merimaa (CEO of Tiketti), Katri Norrlin (music journalist at YleX), Jani Kareinen (music journalist at YleX), Johan Lindroos (Head of Music at Yle Radio Suomi) and Amie Borgar (Head of Music at Yle X3M). The competing entries were presented during on 13 January 2021, while their lyric videos were released between 14 and 22 January 2021. Among the competing artists was Laura, who represented Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 and 2017, and Aksel, who was to represent Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 before the contest was cancelled.
Final
The final took place on 20 February 2021 where seven entries competed. "Dark Side" performed by Blind Channel was selected as the winner by a combination of public votes (75%) and seven international jury groups from Iceland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States (25%). The viewers had a total of 882 points to award, while the juries had a total of 294 points to award. Each jury group distributed their points as follows: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12 points. The viewer vote was based on the percentage of votes each song achieved through the following voting methods: telephone, SMS and app voting. For example, if a song gained 10% of the viewer vote, then that entry would be awarded 10% of 882 points rounded to the nearest integer: 88 points. A total of 138,195 votes were cast during the show: 46,178 votes through telephone and SMS and 92,017 votes through the Yle app.In addition to the performances of the competing entries, the show was opened by Antti Tuisku and Erika Vikman, while the interval act featured Haloo Helsinki! performing their single "Piilotan mun kyyneleet" and Antti Tuisku performing a medley of his songs.
At Eurovision
According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big Five" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progress to the final. The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) split up the competing countries into six different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot. The semi-final allocation draw held for the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 on 28 January 2020 was used for the 2021 contest, which Finland was placed into the second semi-final, to be held on 20 May 2021, and was scheduled to perform in the second half of the show.Once all the competing songs for the 2021 contest had been released, the running order for the semi-finals was decided by the shows' producers rather than through another draw, so that similar songs were not placed next to each other. Finland was set to perform in position 14, following the entry from Bulgaria and before the entry from Latvia.The two semi-finals and the final were televised in Finland on Yle TV1 with a second audio program providing commentary in Finnish by Mikko Silvennoinen, in Swedish by Eva Frantz and Johan Lindroos and in Russian by Levan Tvaltvadze. The three shows were broadcast via radio with Finnish commentary by Sanna Pirkkalainen and Toni Laaksonen on Yle Radio Suomi and with Swedish commentary by Eva Frantz and Johan Lindroos on Yle X3M. The Finnish spokesperson, who announced the top 12-point score awarded by the Finnish jury during the final, was Katri Norrlin.
Semi-final
Finland performed fourteenth in the second semi-final, following the entry from Bulgaria and preceding the entry from Latvia. At the end of the show, Finland was announced as having finished in the top 10 and subsequently qualifying for the grand final. It was later revealed that Finland placed fifth in the semi-final, receiving a total of 234 points: 150 points from the televoting and 84 from the juries.
Final
Shortly after the second semi-final, a winners' press conference was held for the ten qualifying countries. As part of this press conference, the qualifying artists took part in a draw to determine which half of the grand final they would subsequently participate in. Finland was drawn to compete in the second half. Following this draw, the shows' producers decided upon the running order of the final, as they had done for the semi-finals. Finland was subsequently placed to perform in position 16, following the entry from Germany and before the entry from Bulgaria. Finland placed sixth in the final, scoring 301 points: 218 points from the televoting and 83 from the juries.
Voting
Voting during the three shows involved each country awarding two sets of points from 1-8, 10 and 12: one from their professional jury and the other from televoting. Each nation's jury consisted of five music industry professionals who are citizens of the country they represent. This jury judged each entry based on: vocal capacity; the stage performance; the song's composition and originality; and the overall impression by the act. In addition, each member of a national jury may only take part in the panel once every three years, and no jury was permitted to discuss of their vote with other members or be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently. The individual rankings of each jury member in an anonymised form as well as the nation's televoting results were released shortly after the grand final.Below is a breakdown of points awarded to Finland and awarded by Finland in the second semi-final and grand final of the contest, and the breakdown of the jury voting and televoting conducted during the two shows:
Points awarded to Finland
Points awarded by Finland
Detailed voting results
The following members comprised the Finnish jury:
Amie Borgar
Jussi Mäntysaari
Mirva Merimaa
Tommi Tuomainen
Samuli Väänänen
References
External links
Official Yle Eurovision site
Official Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2021 site
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Finland participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 with the song "Dark Side" written by Aleksi Kaunisvesi, Joonas Porko, Joel Hokka, Niko Moilanen and Olli Matela. The song was performed by the band Blind Channel. The Finnish broadcaster Yleisradio (Yle) organised the national final Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2021 in order to select the Finnish entry for the 2021 contest in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Seven entries were selected to compete in the national final on 20 February 2021 where the combination of votes from seven international jury groups and votes from the public selected "Dark Side" performed by Blind Channel as the winner.
Finland was drawn to compete in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 20 May 2021. Performing during the show in position 14, "Dark Side" was announced among the top 10 entries of the second semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 22 May. It was later revealed that Finland placed fifth out of the 17 participating countries in the semi-final with 234 points. In the final, Finland performed in position 16 and placed sixth out of the 26 participating countries, scoring 301 points.
Background
Prior to the 2021 Contest, Finland had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest fifty-three times since its first entry in 1961. Finland has won the contest once in 2006 with the song "Hard Rock Hallelujah" performed by Lordi. In the 2019 contest, "Look Away" performed by Darude featuring Sebastian Rejman failed to qualify Finland to the final, placing seventeenth (last) in the semi-final. In the 2020 contest, Aksel Kankaanranta was set to represent Finland with the song "Looking Back" before the contest's cancellation.
The Finnish national broadcaster, Yleisradio (Yle), broadcasts the event within Finland and organises the selection process for the nation's entry. Yle confirmed their intentions to participate at the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest on 7 March 2020. Finland's entries for the Eurovision Song Contest have been selected through national final competitions that have varied in format over the years. Between 1961 and 2011, a selection show that was often titled Euroviisukarsinta highlighted that the purpose of the program was to select a song for Eurovision. However, since 2012, the broadcaster has organised the selection show Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu (UMK), which focuses on showcasing new music with the winning song being selected as the Finnish Contest entry for that year. Along with their participation confirmation, the broadcaster also announced that the Finnish entry for the 2021 contest would be selected through Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2021.
Before Eurovision
Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2021
Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2021 was the tenth edition of Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu (UMK), the music competition that selects Finland's entries for the Eurovision Song Contest. The competition consisted of a final on 20 February 2021, held at the Mediapolis in Tampere and hosted by Antti Tuisku. The show was broadcast on Yle TV1 with a second audio program providing commentary in Finnish by Mikko Silvennoinen, in Swedish by Eva Frantz and Johan Lindroos, in Russian by Levan Tvaltvadze and in English by Katri Norrlin and Jani Kareinen, as well as online at Yle Areena. The competition was also broadcast via radio on Yle Radio Suomi and with commentary in Swedish by Eva Frantz and Johan Lindroos on Yle X3M. The competition was watched by 1.1 million viewers in Finland, making it the most watched edition of UMK since its establishment in 2012.
Competing entries
A submission period was opened by Yle which lasted between 1 September 2020 and 7 September 2020. At least one of the writers and the lead singer(s) had to hold Finnish citizenship or live in Finland permanently in order for the entry to qualify to compete. A panel of eight experts appointed by Yle selected seven entries for the competition from the 278 received submissions. The experts were Tapio Hakanen (Head of Music at YleX), Anssi Autio (UMK producer), Juha-Matti Valtonen (television director), Samuli Väänänen (Senior Editor at Spotify Finland), Mirva Merimaa (CEO of Tiketti), Katri Norrlin (music journalist at YleX), Jani Kareinen (music journalist at YleX), Johan Lindroos (Head of Music at Yle Radio Suomi) and Amie Borgar (Head of Music at Yle X3M). The competing entries were presented during on 13 January 2021, while their lyric videos were released between 14 and 22 January 2021. Among the competing artists was Laura, who represented Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 and 2017, and Aksel, who was to represent Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 before the contest was cancelled.
Final
The final took place on 20 February 2021 where seven entries competed. "Dark Side" performed by Blind Channel was selected as the winner by a combination of public votes (75%) and seven international jury groups from Iceland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States (25%). The viewers had a total of 882 points to award, while the juries had a total of 294 points to award. Each jury group distributed their points as follows: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12 points. The viewer vote was based on the percentage of votes each song achieved through the following voting methods: telephone, SMS and app voting. For example, if a song gained 10% of the viewer vote, then that entry would be awarded 10% of 882 points rounded to the nearest integer: 88 points. A total of 138,195 votes were cast during the show: 46,178 votes through telephone and SMS and 92,017 votes through the Yle app.In addition to the performances of the competing entries, the show was opened by Antti Tuisku and Erika Vikman, while the interval act featured Haloo Helsinki! performing their single "Piilotan mun kyyneleet" and Antti Tuisku performing a medley of his songs.
At Eurovision
According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big Five" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progress to the final. The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) split up the competing countries into six different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot. The semi-final allocation draw held for the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 on 28 January 2020 was used for the 2021 contest, which Finland was placed into the second semi-final, to be held on 20 May 2021, and was scheduled to perform in the second half of the show.Once all the competing songs for the 2021 contest had been released, the running order for the semi-finals was decided by the shows' producers rather than through another draw, so that similar songs were not placed next to each other. Finland was set to perform in position 14, following the entry from Bulgaria and before the entry from Latvia.The two semi-finals and the final were televised in Finland on Yle TV1 with a second audio program providing commentary in Finnish by Mikko Silvennoinen, in Swedish by Eva Frantz and Johan Lindroos and in Russian by Levan Tvaltvadze. The three shows were broadcast via radio with Finnish commentary by Sanna Pirkkalainen and Toni Laaksonen on Yle Radio Suomi and with Swedish commentary by Eva Frantz and Johan Lindroos on Yle X3M. The Finnish spokesperson, who announced the top 12-point score awarded by the Finnish jury during the final, was Katri Norrlin.
Semi-final
Finland performed fourteenth in the second semi-final, following the entry from Bulgaria and preceding the entry from Latvia. At the end of the show, Finland was announced as having finished in the top 10 and subsequently qualifying for the grand final. It was later revealed that Finland placed fifth in the semi-final, receiving a total of 234 points: 150 points from the televoting and 84 from the juries.
Final
Shortly after the second semi-final, a winners' press conference was held for the ten qualifying countries. As part of this press conference, the qualifying artists took part in a draw to determine which half of the grand final they would subsequently participate in. Finland was drawn to compete in the second half. Following this draw, the shows' producers decided upon the running order of the final, as they had done for the semi-finals. Finland was subsequently placed to perform in position 16, following the entry from Germany and before the entry from Bulgaria. Finland placed sixth in the final, scoring 301 points: 218 points from the televoting and 83 from the juries.
Voting
Voting during the three shows involved each country awarding two sets of points from 1-8, 10 and 12: one from their professional jury and the other from televoting. Each nation's jury consisted of five music industry professionals who are citizens of the country they represent. This jury judged each entry based on: vocal capacity; the stage performance; the song's composition and originality; and the overall impression by the act. In addition, each member of a national jury may only take part in the panel once every three years, and no jury was permitted to discuss of their vote with other members or be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently. The individual rankings of each jury member in an anonymised form as well as the nation's televoting results were released shortly after the grand final.Below is a breakdown of points awarded to Finland and awarded by Finland in the second semi-final and grand final of the contest, and the breakdown of the jury voting and televoting conducted during the two shows:
Points awarded to Finland
Points awarded by Finland
Detailed voting results
The following members comprised the Finnish jury:
Amie Borgar
Jussi Mäntysaari
Mirva Merimaa
Tommi Tuomainen
Samuli Väänänen
References
External links
Official Yle Eurovision site
Official Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2021 site
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Audai Hassouna (born 18 October 1998) is a Libyan swimmer. He competed in the men's 200 metre freestyle at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
References
External links
Audai Hassouna at Olympedia
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Audai Hassouna (born 18 October 1998) is a Libyan swimmer. He competed in the men's 200 metre freestyle at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
References
External links
Audai Hassouna at Olympedia
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Chief Saetta (Italian: Caporal Saetta) is a 1924 Italian silent adventure film directed by Eugenio Perego and starring Domenico Gambino and Pauline Polaire. It was part of a series featuring Gambino as the strongman Saetta. Produced by Fert Film of Turin, it still exists in film archives.
Cast
Liliana Ardea
Augusto Bandini
Oreste Bilancia
Domenico Gambino
Felice Minotti
Pauline Polaire
Franz Sala
Domenico Serra
References
Bibliography
Jacqueline Reich. The Maciste Films of Italian Silent Cinema. Indiana University Press, 2015.
External links
Chief Saetta at IMDb
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Chief Saetta (Italian: Caporal Saetta) is a 1924 Italian silent adventure film directed by Eugenio Perego and starring Domenico Gambino and Pauline Polaire. It was part of a series featuring Gambino as the strongman Saetta. Produced by Fert Film of Turin, it still exists in film archives.
Cast
Liliana Ardea
Augusto Bandini
Oreste Bilancia
Domenico Gambino
Felice Minotti
Pauline Polaire
Franz Sala
Domenico Serra
References
Bibliography
Jacqueline Reich. The Maciste Films of Italian Silent Cinema. Indiana University Press, 2015.
External links
Chief Saetta at IMDb
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Chief Saetta (Italian: Caporal Saetta) is a 1924 Italian silent adventure film directed by Eugenio Perego and starring Domenico Gambino and Pauline Polaire. It was part of a series featuring Gambino as the strongman Saetta. Produced by Fert Film of Turin, it still exists in film archives.
Cast
Liliana Ardea
Augusto Bandini
Oreste Bilancia
Domenico Gambino
Felice Minotti
Pauline Polaire
Franz Sala
Domenico Serra
References
Bibliography
Jacqueline Reich. The Maciste Films of Italian Silent Cinema. Indiana University Press, 2015.
External links
Chief Saetta at IMDb
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The former Moscow City Hall (Russian: Здание городской думы) is an ornate red-brick edifice situated immediately to the east of the State Historical Museum and notable in the history of architecture as a unique hybrid of the Russian Revival and Neo-Renaissance styles. During Soviet times it served as the V. I. Lenin Museum.
History
In contrast to other European capitals, Moscow had no city hall until the establishment of zemstvo in the late 19th century. In the 1880s, when Red Square and the neighbourhood were being overhauled in the neo-Russian style, the Moscow City Duma decided to commission an impressive building for its headquarters. During the competition that followed in 1887, architect Dmitry Chichagov (1835-94) (Dmitry Chechulin) emerged as the winner. He would build the upper two stories.
Building work was begun three years later, with some remains of the early 18th-century Kitai-gorod Mint incorporated into the new structure. After the Russian Revolution of 1917, the duma was disbanded and the large building was handed over to the Lenin Museum. As a consequence of this decision, opulent pre-revolutionary halls were either plastered or painted over, either to not to distract the visitor's attention from the personal effects of the deceased communist leader exhibited there or as a negation of pre-revolutionary bourgeois culture.
Following the fall of communism, the Moscow City Duma was reinstated but preferred to keep its headquarters in a modest building of the former Moscow Soviet on Petrovka Street. The pre-revolutionary city hall is currently employed to exhibit the vast collections of the State Historical Museum.
Architecture
Although frequently hailed as a central piece of the Muscovite Revival, Chichagov's design is in reality a hybrid of two styles favoured by the Muscovite bourgeoisie of the 1880s — Russian Revival and neo-Renaissance.
In keeping with their tastes, the building retains the forms of Muscovite antiquity required to prepare a passerby for the medieval solemnity of the Kremlin and Red Square. The roof is reminiscent of the Terem Palace, an early 17th-century structure which may be found in the nearby Kremlin, whereas the exuberant form of ornamentation used in abundance for the façade suggests certain motifs from the adjacent State Historical Museum and the Iberian Gate.
Despite all these references to the Russian Middle Ages, the principal hall and other interiors used to be liberally seasoned with Italianate elements. The strictly symmetrical ground plan of Chichagov's building is also typical of Western architecture, as is the ornamental monotony of the façade, which fronts the Hotel Moskva, sprawling on the opposite side of Revolution Square.
External links
Russian: Государственный исторический музей official museum website
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The former Moscow City Hall (Russian: Здание городской думы) is an ornate red-brick edifice situated immediately to the east of the State Historical Museum and notable in the history of architecture as a unique hybrid of the Russian Revival and Neo-Renaissance styles. During Soviet times it served as the V. I. Lenin Museum.
History
In contrast to other European capitals, Moscow had no city hall until the establishment of zemstvo in the late 19th century. In the 1880s, when Red Square and the neighbourhood were being overhauled in the neo-Russian style, the Moscow City Duma decided to commission an impressive building for its headquarters. During the competition that followed in 1887, architect Dmitry Chichagov (1835-94) (Dmitry Chechulin) emerged as the winner. He would build the upper two stories.
Building work was begun three years later, with some remains of the early 18th-century Kitai-gorod Mint incorporated into the new structure. After the Russian Revolution of 1917, the duma was disbanded and the large building was handed over to the Lenin Museum. As a consequence of this decision, opulent pre-revolutionary halls were either plastered or painted over, either to not to distract the visitor's attention from the personal effects of the deceased communist leader exhibited there or as a negation of pre-revolutionary bourgeois culture.
Following the fall of communism, the Moscow City Duma was reinstated but preferred to keep its headquarters in a modest building of the former Moscow Soviet on Petrovka Street. The pre-revolutionary city hall is currently employed to exhibit the vast collections of the State Historical Museum.
Architecture
Although frequently hailed as a central piece of the Muscovite Revival, Chichagov's design is in reality a hybrid of two styles favoured by the Muscovite bourgeoisie of the 1880s — Russian Revival and neo-Renaissance.
In keeping with their tastes, the building retains the forms of Muscovite antiquity required to prepare a passerby for the medieval solemnity of the Kremlin and Red Square. The roof is reminiscent of the Terem Palace, an early 17th-century structure which may be found in the nearby Kremlin, whereas the exuberant form of ornamentation used in abundance for the façade suggests certain motifs from the adjacent State Historical Museum and the Iberian Gate.
Despite all these references to the Russian Middle Ages, the principal hall and other interiors used to be liberally seasoned with Italianate elements. The strictly symmetrical ground plan of Chichagov's building is also typical of Western architecture, as is the ornamental monotony of the façade, which fronts the Hotel Moskva, sprawling on the opposite side of Revolution Square.
External links
Russian: Государственный исторический музей official museum website
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The former Moscow City Hall (Russian: Здание городской думы) is an ornate red-brick edifice situated immediately to the east of the State Historical Museum and notable in the history of architecture as a unique hybrid of the Russian Revival and Neo-Renaissance styles. During Soviet times it served as the V. I. Lenin Museum.
History
In contrast to other European capitals, Moscow had no city hall until the establishment of zemstvo in the late 19th century. In the 1880s, when Red Square and the neighbourhood were being overhauled in the neo-Russian style, the Moscow City Duma decided to commission an impressive building for its headquarters. During the competition that followed in 1887, architect Dmitry Chichagov (1835-94) (Dmitry Chechulin) emerged as the winner. He would build the upper two stories.
Building work was begun three years later, with some remains of the early 18th-century Kitai-gorod Mint incorporated into the new structure. After the Russian Revolution of 1917, the duma was disbanded and the large building was handed over to the Lenin Museum. As a consequence of this decision, opulent pre-revolutionary halls were either plastered or painted over, either to not to distract the visitor's attention from the personal effects of the deceased communist leader exhibited there or as a negation of pre-revolutionary bourgeois culture.
Following the fall of communism, the Moscow City Duma was reinstated but preferred to keep its headquarters in a modest building of the former Moscow Soviet on Petrovka Street. The pre-revolutionary city hall is currently employed to exhibit the vast collections of the State Historical Museum.
Architecture
Although frequently hailed as a central piece of the Muscovite Revival, Chichagov's design is in reality a hybrid of two styles favoured by the Muscovite bourgeoisie of the 1880s — Russian Revival and neo-Renaissance.
In keeping with their tastes, the building retains the forms of Muscovite antiquity required to prepare a passerby for the medieval solemnity of the Kremlin and Red Square. The roof is reminiscent of the Terem Palace, an early 17th-century structure which may be found in the nearby Kremlin, whereas the exuberant form of ornamentation used in abundance for the façade suggests certain motifs from the adjacent State Historical Museum and the Iberian Gate.
Despite all these references to the Russian Middle Ages, the principal hall and other interiors used to be liberally seasoned with Italianate elements. The strictly symmetrical ground plan of Chichagov's building is also typical of Western architecture, as is the ornamental monotony of the façade, which fronts the Hotel Moskva, sprawling on the opposite side of Revolution Square.
External links
Russian: Государственный исторический музей official museum website
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Bamburi Cement Limited is an industrial company in Kenya specialising in cement and concrete. The company has operations in Bamburi suburb of Mombasa, it is headquartered in Nairobi and its stock is listed on the Nairobi Securities Exchange.
Overview
Bamburi Cement is the largest manufacturer of cement in Eastern Africa, with its cement plant in Mombasa being the second largest cement plant in sub-Saharan Africa. This has given it the title of largest manufacturing export earner in Kenya. As of December 2015, the company's total assets were valued at US$420 million, with shareholders' equity of about US$297 million.
History
Bamburi Cement was founded in 1951 by Felix Mandl as a partnership between Cementia Holding and Blue Circle in British Kenya. production from its Mombasa plant in 1954. In 1998, Bamburi opened a clinker grinding plant in
Subsidiaries and investments
The companies that comprise Bamburi Cement include, but are not limited, to the following:
Bamburi Cement – Nairobi, Kenya – The flagship company of the group. This unit engages in the production of cement.
Bamburi Special Products – Nairobi, Kenya – 100% Shareholding – This subsidiary is dedicated to manufacturing of concrete paving blocks and ready mix concrete.
Lafarge Eco systems – Nairobi, Kenya – 100% Shareholding – The environmental and rehabilitation arm of the group.
HimCem Holdings – Saint Helier, Jersey – 100% Shareholding – An investment holding company.
East African Portland Cement Company – Athi River, Kenya – 12.5% Shareholding – A Kenya-based cement manufacturer listed on the NSE.
Shareholding
The shares of Bamburi Cement are traded on the main market segment of the Nairobi Securities Exchange, under the ticker symbol: BAMB. The shareholding in the company's stock as at 31 December 2016 was as depicted in the table below:
Fincem Holding Limited and Kencem Holding Limited are subsidiaries of LafargeHolcim. This gives LafargeHolcim 58.6% control of Bamburi Cement.
Environmental concerns
During its early years, cement production grew from 1.2 million tons to 25 million tons. This made the Bamburi quarries inhospitable arid wasteland with brackish water. In 1959, the company engaged Rene Haller to beautify the area. In the 1971 Haller embarked on the reforestation project leading to the formation of Haller Park. The park is tourist attraction with a wide range of flora and fauna.The company has since aimed to convert barren landscape of disused limestone quarries into vibrant and diverse ecosystem of forest, grasslands and ponds.
Sponsorship
Bamburi Rugby Super Series
The Bamburi Rugby Super Series is an East African Rugby union competition with eight teams in total, five teams from Kenya, two from Uganda and one from Tanzania. It is closely based on the Super Rugby competition in the southern hemisphere. Games take place at the RFUEA Ground in Nairobi, Friedkin Recreation Centre in Arusha and the Kyadondo Grounds, Kampala.
See also
Cement in Africa
Haller Park
References
External links
Bamburi Cement at MBendi
Profile of Bamburi Cement at myStocks KE
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Bamburi Cement Limited is an industrial company in Kenya specialising in cement and concrete. The company has operations in Bamburi suburb of Mombasa, it is headquartered in Nairobi and its stock is listed on the Nairobi Securities Exchange.
Overview
Bamburi Cement is the largest manufacturer of cement in Eastern Africa, with its cement plant in Mombasa being the second largest cement plant in sub-Saharan Africa. This has given it the title of largest manufacturing export earner in Kenya. As of December 2015, the company's total assets were valued at US$420 million, with shareholders' equity of about US$297 million.
History
Bamburi Cement was founded in 1951 by Felix Mandl as a partnership between Cementia Holding and Blue Circle in British Kenya. production from its Mombasa plant in 1954. In 1998, Bamburi opened a clinker grinding plant in
Subsidiaries and investments
The companies that comprise Bamburi Cement include, but are not limited, to the following:
Bamburi Cement – Nairobi, Kenya – The flagship company of the group. This unit engages in the production of cement.
Bamburi Special Products – Nairobi, Kenya – 100% Shareholding – This subsidiary is dedicated to manufacturing of concrete paving blocks and ready mix concrete.
Lafarge Eco systems – Nairobi, Kenya – 100% Shareholding – The environmental and rehabilitation arm of the group.
HimCem Holdings – Saint Helier, Jersey – 100% Shareholding – An investment holding company.
East African Portland Cement Company – Athi River, Kenya – 12.5% Shareholding – A Kenya-based cement manufacturer listed on the NSE.
Shareholding
The shares of Bamburi Cement are traded on the main market segment of the Nairobi Securities Exchange, under the ticker symbol: BAMB. The shareholding in the company's stock as at 31 December 2016 was as depicted in the table below:
Fincem Holding Limited and Kencem Holding Limited are subsidiaries of LafargeHolcim. This gives LafargeHolcim 58.6% control of Bamburi Cement.
Environmental concerns
During its early years, cement production grew from 1.2 million tons to 25 million tons. This made the Bamburi quarries inhospitable arid wasteland with brackish water. In 1959, the company engaged Rene Haller to beautify the area. In the 1971 Haller embarked on the reforestation project leading to the formation of Haller Park. The park is tourist attraction with a wide range of flora and fauna.The company has since aimed to convert barren landscape of disused limestone quarries into vibrant and diverse ecosystem of forest, grasslands and ponds.
Sponsorship
Bamburi Rugby Super Series
The Bamburi Rugby Super Series is an East African Rugby union competition with eight teams in total, five teams from Kenya, two from Uganda and one from Tanzania. It is closely based on the Super Rugby competition in the southern hemisphere. Games take place at the RFUEA Ground in Nairobi, Friedkin Recreation Centre in Arusha and the Kyadondo Grounds, Kampala.
See also
Cement in Africa
Haller Park
References
External links
Bamburi Cement at MBendi
Profile of Bamburi Cement at myStocks KE
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Bamburi Cement Limited is an industrial company in Kenya specialising in cement and concrete. The company has operations in Bamburi suburb of Mombasa, it is headquartered in Nairobi and its stock is listed on the Nairobi Securities Exchange.
Overview
Bamburi Cement is the largest manufacturer of cement in Eastern Africa, with its cement plant in Mombasa being the second largest cement plant in sub-Saharan Africa. This has given it the title of largest manufacturing export earner in Kenya. As of December 2015, the company's total assets were valued at US$420 million, with shareholders' equity of about US$297 million.
History
Bamburi Cement was founded in 1951 by Felix Mandl as a partnership between Cementia Holding and Blue Circle in British Kenya. production from its Mombasa plant in 1954. In 1998, Bamburi opened a clinker grinding plant in
Subsidiaries and investments
The companies that comprise Bamburi Cement include, but are not limited, to the following:
Bamburi Cement – Nairobi, Kenya – The flagship company of the group. This unit engages in the production of cement.
Bamburi Special Products – Nairobi, Kenya – 100% Shareholding – This subsidiary is dedicated to manufacturing of concrete paving blocks and ready mix concrete.
Lafarge Eco systems – Nairobi, Kenya – 100% Shareholding – The environmental and rehabilitation arm of the group.
HimCem Holdings – Saint Helier, Jersey – 100% Shareholding – An investment holding company.
East African Portland Cement Company – Athi River, Kenya – 12.5% Shareholding – A Kenya-based cement manufacturer listed on the NSE.
Shareholding
The shares of Bamburi Cement are traded on the main market segment of the Nairobi Securities Exchange, under the ticker symbol: BAMB. The shareholding in the company's stock as at 31 December 2016 was as depicted in the table below:
Fincem Holding Limited and Kencem Holding Limited are subsidiaries of LafargeHolcim. This gives LafargeHolcim 58.6% control of Bamburi Cement.
Environmental concerns
During its early years, cement production grew from 1.2 million tons to 25 million tons. This made the Bamburi quarries inhospitable arid wasteland with brackish water. In 1959, the company engaged Rene Haller to beautify the area. In the 1971 Haller embarked on the reforestation project leading to the formation of Haller Park. The park is tourist attraction with a wide range of flora and fauna.The company has since aimed to convert barren landscape of disused limestone quarries into vibrant and diverse ecosystem of forest, grasslands and ponds.
Sponsorship
Bamburi Rugby Super Series
The Bamburi Rugby Super Series is an East African Rugby union competition with eight teams in total, five teams from Kenya, two from Uganda and one from Tanzania. It is closely based on the Super Rugby competition in the southern hemisphere. Games take place at the RFUEA Ground in Nairobi, Friedkin Recreation Centre in Arusha and the Kyadondo Grounds, Kampala.
See also
Cement in Africa
Haller Park
References
External links
Bamburi Cement at MBendi
Profile of Bamburi Cement at myStocks KE
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Bamburi Cement Limited is an industrial company in Kenya specialising in cement and concrete. The company has operations in Bamburi suburb of Mombasa, it is headquartered in Nairobi and its stock is listed on the Nairobi Securities Exchange.
Overview
Bamburi Cement is the largest manufacturer of cement in Eastern Africa, with its cement plant in Mombasa being the second largest cement plant in sub-Saharan Africa. This has given it the title of largest manufacturing export earner in Kenya. As of December 2015, the company's total assets were valued at US$420 million, with shareholders' equity of about US$297 million.
History
Bamburi Cement was founded in 1951 by Felix Mandl as a partnership between Cementia Holding and Blue Circle in British Kenya. production from its Mombasa plant in 1954. In 1998, Bamburi opened a clinker grinding plant in
Subsidiaries and investments
The companies that comprise Bamburi Cement include, but are not limited, to the following:
Bamburi Cement – Nairobi, Kenya – The flagship company of the group. This unit engages in the production of cement.
Bamburi Special Products – Nairobi, Kenya – 100% Shareholding – This subsidiary is dedicated to manufacturing of concrete paving blocks and ready mix concrete.
Lafarge Eco systems – Nairobi, Kenya – 100% Shareholding – The environmental and rehabilitation arm of the group.
HimCem Holdings – Saint Helier, Jersey – 100% Shareholding – An investment holding company.
East African Portland Cement Company – Athi River, Kenya – 12.5% Shareholding – A Kenya-based cement manufacturer listed on the NSE.
Shareholding
The shares of Bamburi Cement are traded on the main market segment of the Nairobi Securities Exchange, under the ticker symbol: BAMB. The shareholding in the company's stock as at 31 December 2016 was as depicted in the table below:
Fincem Holding Limited and Kencem Holding Limited are subsidiaries of LafargeHolcim. This gives LafargeHolcim 58.6% control of Bamburi Cement.
Environmental concerns
During its early years, cement production grew from 1.2 million tons to 25 million tons. This made the Bamburi quarries inhospitable arid wasteland with brackish water. In 1959, the company engaged Rene Haller to beautify the area. In the 1971 Haller embarked on the reforestation project leading to the formation of Haller Park. The park is tourist attraction with a wide range of flora and fauna.The company has since aimed to convert barren landscape of disused limestone quarries into vibrant and diverse ecosystem of forest, grasslands and ponds.
Sponsorship
Bamburi Rugby Super Series
The Bamburi Rugby Super Series is an East African Rugby union competition with eight teams in total, five teams from Kenya, two from Uganda and one from Tanzania. It is closely based on the Super Rugby competition in the southern hemisphere. Games take place at the RFUEA Ground in Nairobi, Friedkin Recreation Centre in Arusha and the Kyadondo Grounds, Kampala.
See also
Cement in Africa
Haller Park
References
External links
Bamburi Cement at MBendi
Profile of Bamburi Cement at myStocks KE
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Daniel Keith Swain (born August 18, 1983), known mononymously as Danny!, is an American rapper, record producer, singer, and composer.Swain rose to prominence after his debut performance on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, where he premiered his song "Evil". After joining Okayplayer Records, Danny! released his album Payback, cited by AllMusic as one of the best hip-hop releases of the year. In 2013, Ebony magazine listed Swain among other rising artists in its "Leaders of the New School" piece, calling Swain one of a handful of "innovators".Swain has composed background music that has since been placed in numerous motion pictures and television programs, most notably FOX's animated series Bob's Burgers for which Swain was awarded an Emmy plaque for his contributions to an episode that won in the Outstanding Animated Program category at the 69th Primetime Emmy Awards in 2017.
Early life
Swain, the only son of military parents, was born in Killeen, Texas and moved to Columbia, South Carolina, as a teenager. He attended Richland Northeast High School and began pursuing music as a hobby during his second year. Swain started penning his own lyrics and recorded songs as a showcase for his production.
Career
2004–2006: Early beginnings, Charm and instrumental albums
After spending nearly a year networking with local artists, Swain released his debut mixtape The College Kicked-Out. The record received mixed to unfavorable reviews—an up-and-coming Charlamagne tha God was among Kicked-Out's critics, panning the mixtape on air while working as a local radio station personality—which Swain would allude to in much of his later work.
Shortly after Kicked-Out's release Swain was accepted to the Savannah College of Art & Design and accordingly relocated to Savannah, Georgia. It was here that he began to work on his second project, F.O.O.D. The following year Swain officially released his third mixtape Charm, which was notable for featuring an underlying theme of escapism in its narrative of a musician who wants success in music to take him away from his day-to-day routine.
During this time Swain compiled an instrumental album, Dream, Interrupted, in an effort to promote his production; within two years the sequels Dream, Fulfilled and Dream, Extinguished would also be released.
2007–2011: MTV, And I Love H.E.R. and Interscope era
After Charm, Swain received his first big break when MTV played a role in securing him a recording contract with Definitive Jux, an independent music label, at the time helmed by El-P of Run the Jewels fame. The record deal allowed Swain to release an album through the label, promoting it with a 12" single and accompanying music video slated for an exclusive premiere on mtvU. Though the label's involvement would not amount to a released album—only the single "Just Friends", which charted on the Billboard Hot 100—the deal did establish an ongoing relationship between Swain and MTV, which began using his music extensively in various programs.
Swain self-released his debut album, the faux-soundtrack And I Love H.E.R. The album was cited at the time by publications such as Pitchfork, LA Weekly and ABC News as one of the best releases of the year. And I Love H.E.R. was also notable for introducing another musical direction for Swain, who was experimenting with hip house, downtempo and lounge/electronica to produce a sort of "lounge-hop" hybrid.
Following And I Love H.E.R.'s success, Swain completed the Where Is Danny? album. Interscope Records, through its short-lived digital distribution program, distributed a revamped version of the album on iTunes.
2012–present: Breakthrough, music licensing and The Book of Daniel
After the release of his third studio LP Payback, the title track of Swain's previous album was featured in a commercial for Sonos wireless speakers. Swain signed on as a composer for MTV's internal Hype Music label (later absorbed into Sony/ATV's Extreme Music production music library) and slowly transitioned into a producer role, landing instrumental placements with various Viacom television programming as well as commercials for Nordstrom, McDonald's, and incidental music for Bob's Burgers and its soundtrack, The Bob's Burgers Music Album.
In 2014, Swain started working on a new album, initially titled Deliverance, but later changed to The Book Of Daniel after the book in the Bible. During the album's development Swain appeared in Sesame Street's "Party Bus" video, which featured an original remix of "The Wheels on the Bus" composed by Swain. He also began working as a voiceover artist, narrating a season of Hey Rookie, Welcome to the NFL in 2016 for ESPN. The following year Swain was awarded an Emmy plaque from the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences for his musical contributions to the Bob's Burgers episode "Bob Actually" (Outstanding Animated Program, 2017), composing music for three scenes.In 2015, a tracklist for The Book of Daniel was revealed at Swain's website. The album debut was announced for February 29, 2016, but it was not released. Another scheduled date, October 31, 2018, passed without the album release.
Discography
Studio albums
And I Love H.E.R.: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Where Is Danny?
Payback
The Book Of Daniel
Instrumental albums
Dream, Interrupted
Dream, Fulfilled
Dream, Extinguished
Production credits
Film and television placements/credits
See also
Alternative hip hop
List of former Interscope Records artists
List of Sony/ATV Music Publishing artists
References
External links
Official website
Danny! at AllMusic
Danny! at IMDb
Danny! discography at MusicBrainz
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Daniel Keith Swain (born August 18, 1983), known mononymously as Danny!, is an American rapper, record producer, singer, and composer.Swain rose to prominence after his debut performance on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, where he premiered his song "Evil". After joining Okayplayer Records, Danny! released his album Payback, cited by AllMusic as one of the best hip-hop releases of the year. In 2013, Ebony magazine listed Swain among other rising artists in its "Leaders of the New School" piece, calling Swain one of a handful of "innovators".Swain has composed background music that has since been placed in numerous motion pictures and television programs, most notably FOX's animated series Bob's Burgers for which Swain was awarded an Emmy plaque for his contributions to an episode that won in the Outstanding Animated Program category at the 69th Primetime Emmy Awards in 2017.
Early life
Swain, the only son of military parents, was born in Killeen, Texas and moved to Columbia, South Carolina, as a teenager. He attended Richland Northeast High School and began pursuing music as a hobby during his second year. Swain started penning his own lyrics and recorded songs as a showcase for his production.
Career
2004–2006: Early beginnings, Charm and instrumental albums
After spending nearly a year networking with local artists, Swain released his debut mixtape The College Kicked-Out. The record received mixed to unfavorable reviews—an up-and-coming Charlamagne tha God was among Kicked-Out's critics, panning the mixtape on air while working as a local radio station personality—which Swain would allude to in much of his later work.
Shortly after Kicked-Out's release Swain was accepted to the Savannah College of Art & Design and accordingly relocated to Savannah, Georgia. It was here that he began to work on his second project, F.O.O.D. The following year Swain officially released his third mixtape Charm, which was notable for featuring an underlying theme of escapism in its narrative of a musician who wants success in music to take him away from his day-to-day routine.
During this time Swain compiled an instrumental album, Dream, Interrupted, in an effort to promote his production; within two years the sequels Dream, Fulfilled and Dream, Extinguished would also be released.
2007–2011: MTV, And I Love H.E.R. and Interscope era
After Charm, Swain received his first big break when MTV played a role in securing him a recording contract with Definitive Jux, an independent music label, at the time helmed by El-P of Run the Jewels fame. The record deal allowed Swain to release an album through the label, promoting it with a 12" single and accompanying music video slated for an exclusive premiere on mtvU. Though the label's involvement would not amount to a released album—only the single "Just Friends", which charted on the Billboard Hot 100—the deal did establish an ongoing relationship between Swain and MTV, which began using his music extensively in various programs.
Swain self-released his debut album, the faux-soundtrack And I Love H.E.R. The album was cited at the time by publications such as Pitchfork, LA Weekly and ABC News as one of the best releases of the year. And I Love H.E.R. was also notable for introducing another musical direction for Swain, who was experimenting with hip house, downtempo and lounge/electronica to produce a sort of "lounge-hop" hybrid.
Following And I Love H.E.R.'s success, Swain completed the Where Is Danny? album. Interscope Records, through its short-lived digital distribution program, distributed a revamped version of the album on iTunes.
2012–present: Breakthrough, music licensing and The Book of Daniel
After the release of his third studio LP Payback, the title track of Swain's previous album was featured in a commercial for Sonos wireless speakers. Swain signed on as a composer for MTV's internal Hype Music label (later absorbed into Sony/ATV's Extreme Music production music library) and slowly transitioned into a producer role, landing instrumental placements with various Viacom television programming as well as commercials for Nordstrom, McDonald's, and incidental music for Bob's Burgers and its soundtrack, The Bob's Burgers Music Album.
In 2014, Swain started working on a new album, initially titled Deliverance, but later changed to The Book Of Daniel after the book in the Bible. During the album's development Swain appeared in Sesame Street's "Party Bus" video, which featured an original remix of "The Wheels on the Bus" composed by Swain. He also began working as a voiceover artist, narrating a season of Hey Rookie, Welcome to the NFL in 2016 for ESPN. The following year Swain was awarded an Emmy plaque from the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences for his musical contributions to the Bob's Burgers episode "Bob Actually" (Outstanding Animated Program, 2017), composing music for three scenes.In 2015, a tracklist for The Book of Daniel was revealed at Swain's website. The album debut was announced for February 29, 2016, but it was not released. Another scheduled date, October 31, 2018, passed without the album release.
Discography
Studio albums
And I Love H.E.R.: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Where Is Danny?
Payback
The Book Of Daniel
Instrumental albums
Dream, Interrupted
Dream, Fulfilled
Dream, Extinguished
Production credits
Film and television placements/credits
See also
Alternative hip hop
List of former Interscope Records artists
List of Sony/ATV Music Publishing artists
References
External links
Official website
Danny! at AllMusic
Danny! at IMDb
Danny! discography at MusicBrainz
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Daniel Keith Swain (born August 18, 1983), known mononymously as Danny!, is an American rapper, record producer, singer, and composer.Swain rose to prominence after his debut performance on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, where he premiered his song "Evil". After joining Okayplayer Records, Danny! released his album Payback, cited by AllMusic as one of the best hip-hop releases of the year. In 2013, Ebony magazine listed Swain among other rising artists in its "Leaders of the New School" piece, calling Swain one of a handful of "innovators".Swain has composed background music that has since been placed in numerous motion pictures and television programs, most notably FOX's animated series Bob's Burgers for which Swain was awarded an Emmy plaque for his contributions to an episode that won in the Outstanding Animated Program category at the 69th Primetime Emmy Awards in 2017.
Early life
Swain, the only son of military parents, was born in Killeen, Texas and moved to Columbia, South Carolina, as a teenager. He attended Richland Northeast High School and began pursuing music as a hobby during his second year. Swain started penning his own lyrics and recorded songs as a showcase for his production.
Career
2004–2006: Early beginnings, Charm and instrumental albums
After spending nearly a year networking with local artists, Swain released his debut mixtape The College Kicked-Out. The record received mixed to unfavorable reviews—an up-and-coming Charlamagne tha God was among Kicked-Out's critics, panning the mixtape on air while working as a local radio station personality—which Swain would allude to in much of his later work.
Shortly after Kicked-Out's release Swain was accepted to the Savannah College of Art & Design and accordingly relocated to Savannah, Georgia. It was here that he began to work on his second project, F.O.O.D. The following year Swain officially released his third mixtape Charm, which was notable for featuring an underlying theme of escapism in its narrative of a musician who wants success in music to take him away from his day-to-day routine.
During this time Swain compiled an instrumental album, Dream, Interrupted, in an effort to promote his production; within two years the sequels Dream, Fulfilled and Dream, Extinguished would also be released.
2007–2011: MTV, And I Love H.E.R. and Interscope era
After Charm, Swain received his first big break when MTV played a role in securing him a recording contract with Definitive Jux, an independent music label, at the time helmed by El-P of Run the Jewels fame. The record deal allowed Swain to release an album through the label, promoting it with a 12" single and accompanying music video slated for an exclusive premiere on mtvU. Though the label's involvement would not amount to a released album—only the single "Just Friends", which charted on the Billboard Hot 100—the deal did establish an ongoing relationship between Swain and MTV, which began using his music extensively in various programs.
Swain self-released his debut album, the faux-soundtrack And I Love H.E.R. The album was cited at the time by publications such as Pitchfork, LA Weekly and ABC News as one of the best releases of the year. And I Love H.E.R. was also notable for introducing another musical direction for Swain, who was experimenting with hip house, downtempo and lounge/electronica to produce a sort of "lounge-hop" hybrid.
Following And I Love H.E.R.'s success, Swain completed the Where Is Danny? album. Interscope Records, through its short-lived digital distribution program, distributed a revamped version of the album on iTunes.
2012–present: Breakthrough, music licensing and The Book of Daniel
After the release of his third studio LP Payback, the title track of Swain's previous album was featured in a commercial for Sonos wireless speakers. Swain signed on as a composer for MTV's internal Hype Music label (later absorbed into Sony/ATV's Extreme Music production music library) and slowly transitioned into a producer role, landing instrumental placements with various Viacom television programming as well as commercials for Nordstrom, McDonald's, and incidental music for Bob's Burgers and its soundtrack, The Bob's Burgers Music Album.
In 2014, Swain started working on a new album, initially titled Deliverance, but later changed to The Book Of Daniel after the book in the Bible. During the album's development Swain appeared in Sesame Street's "Party Bus" video, which featured an original remix of "The Wheels on the Bus" composed by Swain. He also began working as a voiceover artist, narrating a season of Hey Rookie, Welcome to the NFL in 2016 for ESPN. The following year Swain was awarded an Emmy plaque from the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences for his musical contributions to the Bob's Burgers episode "Bob Actually" (Outstanding Animated Program, 2017), composing music for three scenes.In 2015, a tracklist for The Book of Daniel was revealed at Swain's website. The album debut was announced for February 29, 2016, but it was not released. Another scheduled date, October 31, 2018, passed without the album release.
Discography
Studio albums
And I Love H.E.R.: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Where Is Danny?
Payback
The Book Of Daniel
Instrumental albums
Dream, Interrupted
Dream, Fulfilled
Dream, Extinguished
Production credits
Film and television placements/credits
See also
Alternative hip hop
List of former Interscope Records artists
List of Sony/ATV Music Publishing artists
References
External links
Official website
Danny! at AllMusic
Danny! at IMDb
Danny! discography at MusicBrainz
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Daniel Keith Swain (born August 18, 1983), known mononymously as Danny!, is an American rapper, record producer, singer, and composer.Swain rose to prominence after his debut performance on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, where he premiered his song "Evil". After joining Okayplayer Records, Danny! released his album Payback, cited by AllMusic as one of the best hip-hop releases of the year. In 2013, Ebony magazine listed Swain among other rising artists in its "Leaders of the New School" piece, calling Swain one of a handful of "innovators".Swain has composed background music that has since been placed in numerous motion pictures and television programs, most notably FOX's animated series Bob's Burgers for which Swain was awarded an Emmy plaque for his contributions to an episode that won in the Outstanding Animated Program category at the 69th Primetime Emmy Awards in 2017.
Early life
Swain, the only son of military parents, was born in Killeen, Texas and moved to Columbia, South Carolina, as a teenager. He attended Richland Northeast High School and began pursuing music as a hobby during his second year. Swain started penning his own lyrics and recorded songs as a showcase for his production.
Career
2004–2006: Early beginnings, Charm and instrumental albums
After spending nearly a year networking with local artists, Swain released his debut mixtape The College Kicked-Out. The record received mixed to unfavorable reviews—an up-and-coming Charlamagne tha God was among Kicked-Out's critics, panning the mixtape on air while working as a local radio station personality—which Swain would allude to in much of his later work.
Shortly after Kicked-Out's release Swain was accepted to the Savannah College of Art & Design and accordingly relocated to Savannah, Georgia. It was here that he began to work on his second project, F.O.O.D. The following year Swain officially released his third mixtape Charm, which was notable for featuring an underlying theme of escapism in its narrative of a musician who wants success in music to take him away from his day-to-day routine.
During this time Swain compiled an instrumental album, Dream, Interrupted, in an effort to promote his production; within two years the sequels Dream, Fulfilled and Dream, Extinguished would also be released.
2007–2011: MTV, And I Love H.E.R. and Interscope era
After Charm, Swain received his first big break when MTV played a role in securing him a recording contract with Definitive Jux, an independent music label, at the time helmed by El-P of Run the Jewels fame. The record deal allowed Swain to release an album through the label, promoting it with a 12" single and accompanying music video slated for an exclusive premiere on mtvU. Though the label's involvement would not amount to a released album—only the single "Just Friends", which charted on the Billboard Hot 100—the deal did establish an ongoing relationship between Swain and MTV, which began using his music extensively in various programs.
Swain self-released his debut album, the faux-soundtrack And I Love H.E.R. The album was cited at the time by publications such as Pitchfork, LA Weekly and ABC News as one of the best releases of the year. And I Love H.E.R. was also notable for introducing another musical direction for Swain, who was experimenting with hip house, downtempo and lounge/electronica to produce a sort of "lounge-hop" hybrid.
Following And I Love H.E.R.'s success, Swain completed the Where Is Danny? album. Interscope Records, through its short-lived digital distribution program, distributed a revamped version of the album on iTunes.
2012–present: Breakthrough, music licensing and The Book of Daniel
After the release of his third studio LP Payback, the title track of Swain's previous album was featured in a commercial for Sonos wireless speakers. Swain signed on as a composer for MTV's internal Hype Music label (later absorbed into Sony/ATV's Extreme Music production music library) and slowly transitioned into a producer role, landing instrumental placements with various Viacom television programming as well as commercials for Nordstrom, McDonald's, and incidental music for Bob's Burgers and its soundtrack, The Bob's Burgers Music Album.
In 2014, Swain started working on a new album, initially titled Deliverance, but later changed to The Book Of Daniel after the book in the Bible. During the album's development Swain appeared in Sesame Street's "Party Bus" video, which featured an original remix of "The Wheels on the Bus" composed by Swain. He also began working as a voiceover artist, narrating a season of Hey Rookie, Welcome to the NFL in 2016 for ESPN. The following year Swain was awarded an Emmy plaque from the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences for his musical contributions to the Bob's Burgers episode "Bob Actually" (Outstanding Animated Program, 2017), composing music for three scenes.In 2015, a tracklist for The Book of Daniel was revealed at Swain's website. The album debut was announced for February 29, 2016, but it was not released. Another scheduled date, October 31, 2018, passed without the album release.
Discography
Studio albums
And I Love H.E.R.: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Where Is Danny?
Payback
The Book Of Daniel
Instrumental albums
Dream, Interrupted
Dream, Fulfilled
Dream, Extinguished
Production credits
Film and television placements/credits
See also
Alternative hip hop
List of former Interscope Records artists
List of Sony/ATV Music Publishing artists
References
External links
Official website
Danny! at AllMusic
Danny! at IMDb
Danny! discography at MusicBrainz
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Daniel Keith Swain (born August 18, 1983), known mononymously as Danny!, is an American rapper, record producer, singer, and composer.Swain rose to prominence after his debut performance on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, where he premiered his song "Evil". After joining Okayplayer Records, Danny! released his album Payback, cited by AllMusic as one of the best hip-hop releases of the year. In 2013, Ebony magazine listed Swain among other rising artists in its "Leaders of the New School" piece, calling Swain one of a handful of "innovators".Swain has composed background music that has since been placed in numerous motion pictures and television programs, most notably FOX's animated series Bob's Burgers for which Swain was awarded an Emmy plaque for his contributions to an episode that won in the Outstanding Animated Program category at the 69th Primetime Emmy Awards in 2017.
Early life
Swain, the only son of military parents, was born in Killeen, Texas and moved to Columbia, South Carolina, as a teenager. He attended Richland Northeast High School and began pursuing music as a hobby during his second year. Swain started penning his own lyrics and recorded songs as a showcase for his production.
Career
2004–2006: Early beginnings, Charm and instrumental albums
After spending nearly a year networking with local artists, Swain released his debut mixtape The College Kicked-Out. The record received mixed to unfavorable reviews—an up-and-coming Charlamagne tha God was among Kicked-Out's critics, panning the mixtape on air while working as a local radio station personality—which Swain would allude to in much of his later work.
Shortly after Kicked-Out's release Swain was accepted to the Savannah College of Art & Design and accordingly relocated to Savannah, Georgia. It was here that he began to work on his second project, F.O.O.D. The following year Swain officially released his third mixtape Charm, which was notable for featuring an underlying theme of escapism in its narrative of a musician who wants success in music to take him away from his day-to-day routine.
During this time Swain compiled an instrumental album, Dream, Interrupted, in an effort to promote his production; within two years the sequels Dream, Fulfilled and Dream, Extinguished would also be released.
2007–2011: MTV, And I Love H.E.R. and Interscope era
After Charm, Swain received his first big break when MTV played a role in securing him a recording contract with Definitive Jux, an independent music label, at the time helmed by El-P of Run the Jewels fame. The record deal allowed Swain to release an album through the label, promoting it with a 12" single and accompanying music video slated for an exclusive premiere on mtvU. Though the label's involvement would not amount to a released album—only the single "Just Friends", which charted on the Billboard Hot 100—the deal did establish an ongoing relationship between Swain and MTV, which began using his music extensively in various programs.
Swain self-released his debut album, the faux-soundtrack And I Love H.E.R. The album was cited at the time by publications such as Pitchfork, LA Weekly and ABC News as one of the best releases of the year. And I Love H.E.R. was also notable for introducing another musical direction for Swain, who was experimenting with hip house, downtempo and lounge/electronica to produce a sort of "lounge-hop" hybrid.
Following And I Love H.E.R.'s success, Swain completed the Where Is Danny? album. Interscope Records, through its short-lived digital distribution program, distributed a revamped version of the album on iTunes.
2012–present: Breakthrough, music licensing and The Book of Daniel
After the release of his third studio LP Payback, the title track of Swain's previous album was featured in a commercial for Sonos wireless speakers. Swain signed on as a composer for MTV's internal Hype Music label (later absorbed into Sony/ATV's Extreme Music production music library) and slowly transitioned into a producer role, landing instrumental placements with various Viacom television programming as well as commercials for Nordstrom, McDonald's, and incidental music for Bob's Burgers and its soundtrack, The Bob's Burgers Music Album.
In 2014, Swain started working on a new album, initially titled Deliverance, but later changed to The Book Of Daniel after the book in the Bible. During the album's development Swain appeared in Sesame Street's "Party Bus" video, which featured an original remix of "The Wheels on the Bus" composed by Swain. He also began working as a voiceover artist, narrating a season of Hey Rookie, Welcome to the NFL in 2016 for ESPN. The following year Swain was awarded an Emmy plaque from the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences for his musical contributions to the Bob's Burgers episode "Bob Actually" (Outstanding Animated Program, 2017), composing music for three scenes.In 2015, a tracklist for The Book of Daniel was revealed at Swain's website. The album debut was announced for February 29, 2016, but it was not released. Another scheduled date, October 31, 2018, passed without the album release.
Discography
Studio albums
And I Love H.E.R.: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Where Is Danny?
Payback
The Book Of Daniel
Instrumental albums
Dream, Interrupted
Dream, Fulfilled
Dream, Extinguished
Production credits
Film and television placements/credits
See also
Alternative hip hop
List of former Interscope Records artists
List of Sony/ATV Music Publishing artists
References
External links
Official website
Danny! at AllMusic
Danny! at IMDb
Danny! discography at MusicBrainz
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Daniel Keith Swain (born August 18, 1983), known mononymously as Danny!, is an American rapper, record producer, singer, and composer.Swain rose to prominence after his debut performance on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, where he premiered his song "Evil". After joining Okayplayer Records, Danny! released his album Payback, cited by AllMusic as one of the best hip-hop releases of the year. In 2013, Ebony magazine listed Swain among other rising artists in its "Leaders of the New School" piece, calling Swain one of a handful of "innovators".Swain has composed background music that has since been placed in numerous motion pictures and television programs, most notably FOX's animated series Bob's Burgers for which Swain was awarded an Emmy plaque for his contributions to an episode that won in the Outstanding Animated Program category at the 69th Primetime Emmy Awards in 2017.
Early life
Swain, the only son of military parents, was born in Killeen, Texas and moved to Columbia, South Carolina, as a teenager. He attended Richland Northeast High School and began pursuing music as a hobby during his second year. Swain started penning his own lyrics and recorded songs as a showcase for his production.
Career
2004–2006: Early beginnings, Charm and instrumental albums
After spending nearly a year networking with local artists, Swain released his debut mixtape The College Kicked-Out. The record received mixed to unfavorable reviews—an up-and-coming Charlamagne tha God was among Kicked-Out's critics, panning the mixtape on air while working as a local radio station personality—which Swain would allude to in much of his later work.
Shortly after Kicked-Out's release Swain was accepted to the Savannah College of Art & Design and accordingly relocated to Savannah, Georgia. It was here that he began to work on his second project, F.O.O.D. The following year Swain officially released his third mixtape Charm, which was notable for featuring an underlying theme of escapism in its narrative of a musician who wants success in music to take him away from his day-to-day routine.
During this time Swain compiled an instrumental album, Dream, Interrupted, in an effort to promote his production; within two years the sequels Dream, Fulfilled and Dream, Extinguished would also be released.
2007–2011: MTV, And I Love H.E.R. and Interscope era
After Charm, Swain received his first big break when MTV played a role in securing him a recording contract with Definitive Jux, an independent music label, at the time helmed by El-P of Run the Jewels fame. The record deal allowed Swain to release an album through the label, promoting it with a 12" single and accompanying music video slated for an exclusive premiere on mtvU. Though the label's involvement would not amount to a released album—only the single "Just Friends", which charted on the Billboard Hot 100—the deal did establish an ongoing relationship between Swain and MTV, which began using his music extensively in various programs.
Swain self-released his debut album, the faux-soundtrack And I Love H.E.R. The album was cited at the time by publications such as Pitchfork, LA Weekly and ABC News as one of the best releases of the year. And I Love H.E.R. was also notable for introducing another musical direction for Swain, who was experimenting with hip house, downtempo and lounge/electronica to produce a sort of "lounge-hop" hybrid.
Following And I Love H.E.R.'s success, Swain completed the Where Is Danny? album. Interscope Records, through its short-lived digital distribution program, distributed a revamped version of the album on iTunes.
2012–present: Breakthrough, music licensing and The Book of Daniel
After the release of his third studio LP Payback, the title track of Swain's previous album was featured in a commercial for Sonos wireless speakers. Swain signed on as a composer for MTV's internal Hype Music label (later absorbed into Sony/ATV's Extreme Music production music library) and slowly transitioned into a producer role, landing instrumental placements with various Viacom television programming as well as commercials for Nordstrom, McDonald's, and incidental music for Bob's Burgers and its soundtrack, The Bob's Burgers Music Album.
In 2014, Swain started working on a new album, initially titled Deliverance, but later changed to The Book Of Daniel after the book in the Bible. During the album's development Swain appeared in Sesame Street's "Party Bus" video, which featured an original remix of "The Wheels on the Bus" composed by Swain. He also began working as a voiceover artist, narrating a season of Hey Rookie, Welcome to the NFL in 2016 for ESPN. The following year Swain was awarded an Emmy plaque from the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences for his musical contributions to the Bob's Burgers episode "Bob Actually" (Outstanding Animated Program, 2017), composing music for three scenes.In 2015, a tracklist for The Book of Daniel was revealed at Swain's website. The album debut was announced for February 29, 2016, but it was not released. Another scheduled date, October 31, 2018, passed without the album release.
Discography
Studio albums
And I Love H.E.R.: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Where Is Danny?
Payback
The Book Of Daniel
Instrumental albums
Dream, Interrupted
Dream, Fulfilled
Dream, Extinguished
Production credits
Film and television placements/credits
See also
Alternative hip hop
List of former Interscope Records artists
List of Sony/ATV Music Publishing artists
References
External links
Official website
Danny! at AllMusic
Danny! at IMDb
Danny! discography at MusicBrainz
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Early life
Swain, the only son of military parents, was born in Killeen, Texas and moved to Columbia, South Carolina, as a teenager. He attended Richland Northeast High School and began pursuing music as a hobby during his second year. Swain started penning his own lyrics and recorded songs as a showcase for his production.
Career
2004–2006: Early beginnings, Charm and instrumental albums
After spending nearly a year networking with local artists, Swain released his debut mixtape The College Kicked-Out. The record received mixed to unfavorable reviews—an up-and-coming Charlamagne tha God was among Kicked-Out's critics, panning the mixtape on air while working as a local radio station personality—which Swain would allude to in much of his later work.
Shortly after Kicked-Out's release Swain was accepted to the Savannah College of Art & Design and accordingly relocated to Savannah, Georgia. It was here that he began to work on his second project, F.O.O.D. The following year Swain officially released his third mixtape Charm, which was notable for featuring an underlying theme of escapism in its narrative of a musician who wants success in music to take him away from his day-to-day routine.
During this time Swain compiled an instrumental album, Dream, Interrupted, in an effort to promote his production; within two years the sequels Dream, Fulfilled and Dream, Extinguished would also be released.
2007–2011: MTV, And I Love H.E.R. and Interscope era
After Charm, Swain received his first big break when MTV played a role in securing him a recording contract with Definitive Jux, an independent music label, at the time helmed by El-P of Run the Jewels fame. The record deal allowed Swain to release an album through the label, promoting it with a 12" single and accompanying music video slated for an exclusive premiere on mtvU. Though the label's involvement would not amount to a released album—only the single "Just Friends", which charted on the Billboard Hot 100—the deal did establish an ongoing relationship between Swain and MTV, which began using his music extensively in various programs.
Swain self-released his debut album, the faux-soundtrack And I Love H.E.R. The album was cited at the time by publications such as Pitchfork, LA Weekly and ABC News as one of the best releases of the year. And I Love H.E.R. was also notable for introducing another musical direction for Swain, who was experimenting with hip house, downtempo and lounge/electronica to produce a sort of "lounge-hop" hybrid.
Following And I Love H.E.R.'s success, Swain completed the Where Is Danny? album. Interscope Records, through its short-lived digital distribution program, distributed a revamped version of the album on iTunes.
2012–present: Breakthrough, music licensing and The Book of Daniel
After the release of his third studio LP Payback, the title track of Swain's previous album was featured in a commercial for Sonos wireless speakers. Swain signed on as a composer for MTV's internal Hype Music label (later absorbed into Sony/ATV's Extreme Music production music library) and slowly transitioned into a producer role, landing instrumental placements with various Viacom television programming as well as commercials for Nordstrom, McDonald's, and incidental music for Bob's Burgers and its soundtrack, The Bob's Burgers Music Album.
In 2014, Swain started working on a new album, initially titled Deliverance, but later changed to The Book Of Daniel after the book in the Bible. During the album's development Swain appeared in Sesame Street's "Party Bus" video, which featured an original remix of "The Wheels on the Bus" composed by Swain. He also began working as a voiceover artist, narrating a season of Hey Rookie, Welcome to the NFL in 2016 for ESPN. The following year Swain was awarded an Emmy plaque from the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences for his musical contributions to the Bob's Burgers episode "Bob Actually" (Outstanding Animated Program, 2017), composing music for three scenes.In 2015, a tracklist for The Book of Daniel was revealed at Swain's website. The album debut was announced for February 29, 2016, but it was not released. Another scheduled date, October 31, 2018, passed without the album release.
Discography
Studio albums
And I Love H.E.R.: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Where Is Danny?
Payback
The Book Of Daniel
Instrumental albums
Dream, Interrupted
Dream, Fulfilled
Dream, Extinguished
Production credits
Film and television placements/credits
See also
Alternative hip hop
List of former Interscope Records artists
List of Sony/ATV Music Publishing artists
References
External links
Official website
Danny! at AllMusic
Danny! at IMDb
Danny! discography at MusicBrainz
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Daniel Keith Swain (born August 18, 1983), known mononymously as Danny!, is an American rapper, record producer, singer, and composer.Swain rose to prominence after his debut performance on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, where he premiered his song "Evil". After joining Okayplayer Records, Danny! released his album Payback, cited by AllMusic as one of the best hip-hop releases of the year. In 2013, Ebony magazine listed Swain among other rising artists in its "Leaders of the New School" piece, calling Swain one of a handful of "innovators".Swain has composed background music that has since been placed in numerous motion pictures and television programs, most notably FOX's animated series Bob's Burgers for which Swain was awarded an Emmy plaque for his contributions to an episode that won in the Outstanding Animated Program category at the 69th Primetime Emmy Awards in 2017.
Early life
Swain, the only son of military parents, was born in Killeen, Texas and moved to Columbia, South Carolina, as a teenager. He attended Richland Northeast High School and began pursuing music as a hobby during his second year. Swain started penning his own lyrics and recorded songs as a showcase for his production.
Career
2004–2006: Early beginnings, Charm and instrumental albums
After spending nearly a year networking with local artists, Swain released his debut mixtape The College Kicked-Out. The record received mixed to unfavorable reviews—an up-and-coming Charlamagne tha God was among Kicked-Out's critics, panning the mixtape on air while working as a local radio station personality—which Swain would allude to in much of his later work.
Shortly after Kicked-Out's release Swain was accepted to the Savannah College of Art & Design and accordingly relocated to Savannah, Georgia. It was here that he began to work on his second project, F.O.O.D. The following year Swain officially released his third mixtape Charm, which was notable for featuring an underlying theme of escapism in its narrative of a musician who wants success in music to take him away from his day-to-day routine.
During this time Swain compiled an instrumental album, Dream, Interrupted, in an effort to promote his production; within two years the sequels Dream, Fulfilled and Dream, Extinguished would also be released.
2007–2011: MTV, And I Love H.E.R. and Interscope era
After Charm, Swain received his first big break when MTV played a role in securing him a recording contract with Definitive Jux, an independent music label, at the time helmed by El-P of Run the Jewels fame. The record deal allowed Swain to release an album through the label, promoting it with a 12" single and accompanying music video slated for an exclusive premiere on mtvU. Though the label's involvement would not amount to a released album—only the single "Just Friends", which charted on the Billboard Hot 100—the deal did establish an ongoing relationship between Swain and MTV, which began using his music extensively in various programs.
Swain self-released his debut album, the faux-soundtrack And I Love H.E.R. The album was cited at the time by publications such as Pitchfork, LA Weekly and ABC News as one of the best releases of the year. And I Love H.E.R. was also notable for introducing another musical direction for Swain, who was experimenting with hip house, downtempo and lounge/electronica to produce a sort of "lounge-hop" hybrid.
Following And I Love H.E.R.'s success, Swain completed the Where Is Danny? album. Interscope Records, through its short-lived digital distribution program, distributed a revamped version of the album on iTunes.
2012–present: Breakthrough, music licensing and The Book of Daniel
After the release of his third studio LP Payback, the title track of Swain's previous album was featured in a commercial for Sonos wireless speakers. Swain signed on as a composer for MTV's internal Hype Music label (later absorbed into Sony/ATV's Extreme Music production music library) and slowly transitioned into a producer role, landing instrumental placements with various Viacom television programming as well as commercials for Nordstrom, McDonald's, and incidental music for Bob's Burgers and its soundtrack, The Bob's Burgers Music Album.
In 2014, Swain started working on a new album, initially titled Deliverance, but later changed to The Book Of Daniel after the book in the Bible. During the album's development Swain appeared in Sesame Street's "Party Bus" video, which featured an original remix of "The Wheels on the Bus" composed by Swain. He also began working as a voiceover artist, narrating a season of Hey Rookie, Welcome to the NFL in 2016 for ESPN. The following year Swain was awarded an Emmy plaque from the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences for his musical contributions to the Bob's Burgers episode "Bob Actually" (Outstanding Animated Program, 2017), composing music for three scenes.In 2015, a tracklist for The Book of Daniel was revealed at Swain's website. The album debut was announced for February 29, 2016, but it was not released. Another scheduled date, October 31, 2018, passed without the album release.
Discography
Studio albums
And I Love H.E.R.: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Where Is Danny?
Payback
The Book Of Daniel
Instrumental albums
Dream, Interrupted
Dream, Fulfilled
Dream, Extinguished
Production credits
Film and television placements/credits
See also
Alternative hip hop
List of former Interscope Records artists
List of Sony/ATV Music Publishing artists
References
External links
Official website
Danny! at AllMusic
Danny! at IMDb
Danny! discography at MusicBrainz
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Daniel Keith Swain (born August 18, 1983), known mononymously as Danny!, is an American rapper, record producer, singer, and composer.Swain rose to prominence after his debut performance on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, where he premiered his song "Evil". After joining Okayplayer Records, Danny! released his album Payback, cited by AllMusic as one of the best hip-hop releases of the year. In 2013, Ebony magazine listed Swain among other rising artists in its "Leaders of the New School" piece, calling Swain one of a handful of "innovators".Swain has composed background music that has since been placed in numerous motion pictures and television programs, most notably FOX's animated series Bob's Burgers for which Swain was awarded an Emmy plaque for his contributions to an episode that won in the Outstanding Animated Program category at the 69th Primetime Emmy Awards in 2017.
Early life
Swain, the only son of military parents, was born in Killeen, Texas and moved to Columbia, South Carolina, as a teenager. He attended Richland Northeast High School and began pursuing music as a hobby during his second year. Swain started penning his own lyrics and recorded songs as a showcase for his production.
Career
2004–2006: Early beginnings, Charm and instrumental albums
After spending nearly a year networking with local artists, Swain released his debut mixtape The College Kicked-Out. The record received mixed to unfavorable reviews—an up-and-coming Charlamagne tha God was among Kicked-Out's critics, panning the mixtape on air while working as a local radio station personality—which Swain would allude to in much of his later work.
Shortly after Kicked-Out's release Swain was accepted to the Savannah College of Art & Design and accordingly relocated to Savannah, Georgia. It was here that he began to work on his second project, F.O.O.D. The following year Swain officially released his third mixtape Charm, which was notable for featuring an underlying theme of escapism in its narrative of a musician who wants success in music to take him away from his day-to-day routine.
During this time Swain compiled an instrumental album, Dream, Interrupted, in an effort to promote his production; within two years the sequels Dream, Fulfilled and Dream, Extinguished would also be released.
2007–2011: MTV, And I Love H.E.R. and Interscope era
After Charm, Swain received his first big break when MTV played a role in securing him a recording contract with Definitive Jux, an independent music label, at the time helmed by El-P of Run the Jewels fame. The record deal allowed Swain to release an album through the label, promoting it with a 12" single and accompanying music video slated for an exclusive premiere on mtvU. Though the label's involvement would not amount to a released album—only the single "Just Friends", which charted on the Billboard Hot 100—the deal did establish an ongoing relationship between Swain and MTV, which began using his music extensively in various programs.
Swain self-released his debut album, the faux-soundtrack And I Love H.E.R. The album was cited at the time by publications such as Pitchfork, LA Weekly and ABC News as one of the best releases of the year. And I Love H.E.R. was also notable for introducing another musical direction for Swain, who was experimenting with hip house, downtempo and lounge/electronica to produce a sort of "lounge-hop" hybrid.
Following And I Love H.E.R.'s success, Swain completed the Where Is Danny? album. Interscope Records, through its short-lived digital distribution program, distributed a revamped version of the album on iTunes.
2012–present: Breakthrough, music licensing and The Book of Daniel
After the release of his third studio LP Payback, the title track of Swain's previous album was featured in a commercial for Sonos wireless speakers. Swain signed on as a composer for MTV's internal Hype Music label (later absorbed into Sony/ATV's Extreme Music production music library) and slowly transitioned into a producer role, landing instrumental placements with various Viacom television programming as well as commercials for Nordstrom, McDonald's, and incidental music for Bob's Burgers and its soundtrack, The Bob's Burgers Music Album.
In 2014, Swain started working on a new album, initially titled Deliverance, but later changed to The Book Of Daniel after the book in the Bible. During the album's development Swain appeared in Sesame Street's "Party Bus" video, which featured an original remix of "The Wheels on the Bus" composed by Swain. He also began working as a voiceover artist, narrating a season of Hey Rookie, Welcome to the NFL in 2016 for ESPN. The following year Swain was awarded an Emmy plaque from the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences for his musical contributions to the Bob's Burgers episode "Bob Actually" (Outstanding Animated Program, 2017), composing music for three scenes.In 2015, a tracklist for The Book of Daniel was revealed at Swain's website. The album debut was announced for February 29, 2016, but it was not released. Another scheduled date, October 31, 2018, passed without the album release.
Discography
Studio albums
And I Love H.E.R.: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Where Is Danny?
Payback
The Book Of Daniel
Instrumental albums
Dream, Interrupted
Dream, Fulfilled
Dream, Extinguished
Production credits
Film and television placements/credits
See also
Alternative hip hop
List of former Interscope Records artists
List of Sony/ATV Music Publishing artists
References
External links
Official website
Danny! at AllMusic
Danny! at IMDb
Danny! discography at MusicBrainz
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