title: The Toy Box

abstract: The Toy Box is an American reality television show that debuted on April 7, 2017 on ABC. The show is about contestants as aspiring entrepreneurs, who present toy inventions first to a panel of toy industry professionals, then to a panel of child-judges. Only toys approved by the mentors are presented to the judges, "In the Toy Box," who select one toy to advance to the finals of each episode. The season's winning toy is produced and distributed by Mattel and sold exclusively at Toys "R" Us stores. On June 16, 2017, ABC renewed the series for a second season, which premiered on October 1, 2017, and ended on November 19, 2017. After Toys "R" Us announced that all United Kingdom and United States operations would be going out of business, the show was canceled with no official announcement.

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# The Toy Box

***The Toy Box*** is an American reality television show that debuted on April 7, 2017 on ABC. The show is about contestants as aspiring entrepreneurs, who present toy inventions first to a panel of toy industry professionals, then to a panel of child-judges. Only toys approved by the mentors are presented to the judges, "In the Toy Box," who select one toy to advance to the finals of each episode. The season's winning toy is produced and distributed by Mattel and sold exclusively at Toys "R" Us stores.

On June 16, 2017, ABC renewed the series for a second season, which premiered on October 1, 2017, and ended on November 19, 2017. After Toys "R" Us announced that all United Kingdom and United States operations would be going out of business, the show was canceled with no official announcement.

## Judges

### Kids

In Season 1, a group of child-judges, up to the age of 13, play with the toys entered into the competition following the panel of toy industry experts. The children then vote on which toy was the best in each episode. Season 1 had four child-judges that consistently appeared in each episode.

In Season 2, the professional judging did not occur on camera. Season 2 had ten child-judges, five of which were selected to judge for each episode. Only one child-judge from Season 1 (Noah Ritter) returned as a judge in Season 2.

| Kids | Age | Seasons | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| | | 1 | 2 |
| Noah Ritter | 7–8 | Main | |
| Sophia Grace Brownlee | 13 | Main |  |
| Aalyrah Caldwell | 8 | Main |  |
| Toby Grey | 9 | Main |  |
| Adi Ash | 10 |  | Main |
| Paxton Booth | 7 |  | Main |
| Sydney Mae Estrella | 9 |  | Main |
| Kyle Lee | 7 |  | Main |
| Joachim Powell | 11 |  | Main |
| Gideon Reynolds | 6 |  | Main |
| Emma Sobel | 9 |  | Main |
| Madison Stevens | 8 |  | Main |
| Olivia Trujillo | 12 |  | Main |
|

### Professionals

In Season 1, three professional judges and mentors (who were esteemed toy reviewers and children's product creators) reviewed each product before it was sent to the child judges. This process happened off-screen. The professional judges in Season 1 were:

The identity of the professional judges was not disclosed to viewers in Season 2.

## Production

*The Toy Box* was developed by Hudsun Media and Electus. ABC and Mattel Creation agreed that Hudsun would produce the show on their behalf. In October 2016, ABC picked up the show and Mattel greenlit the show for the 2016–17 Season. Eric Stonestreet was indicated at that time as being the host.

## Episodes

### Season 1 (2017)

"YES" and "NO" indicate the adult panel results; "**FINALIST**" designates the toy chosen by the child jury to advance to the finals.

| No.
overall | No. in
season | Title | Original air date | Prod.
code | US viewers
(millions) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | 1 | "Episode 1" | April 7, 2017 (2017-04-07) | 101 | 4.09 |
| "Arya Ball" nested sports balls (YES; **FINALIST**); "Wacky Worm Racing Game" cloth outfit (NO); "Niya Doll" talking multilanguage multicultural doll collection (YES); "Swurfer" backyard swing (NO); "Party Cannon" that launches candy when target is hit (YES) | | | | | |
| 2 | 2 | "Episode 2" | April 14, 2017 (2017-04-14) | 103 | 3.26 |
| "Butterfly Book" double-sided dual view books with swiveling pages (NO); "My Ballerina Doll" dolls that are articulated for standard ballet positions (YES; **FINALIST**); "Snap N’ Roll" pocket-size cars each with a launcher on its rear (YES); "Lil’ Fruityz" fruit-themed scented plush dolls (NO); "Piñata Backpack" that disperses all of its candy when a string is pulled (YES) | | | | | |
| 3 | 3 | "Episode 3" | April 21, 2017 (2017-04-21) | 107 | 3.13 |
| "Tubelox" lifesize construction set (YES); "Pool Cubes" submerged building blocks (NO); "Emoti Plush" plush dolls with adjustable facial expressions (YES); "The Grid" game mat with tossed tokens (NO); "Lightbox Terrier" creative art lightbox (YES; **FINALIST**) | | | | | |
| 4 | 4 | "Episode 4" | April 28, 2017 (2017-04-28) | 102 | 2.60 |
| "Grandmas2Share" grandma-themed plush dolls (YES); "The Walking Dinosaur" wheeled skeleton (NO); "Parashoot" slingshot-parachute (YES); "Cardtivity" construction set of plastic cards (NO); "Chromotag" wearable tag that changes color when it gets wet (YES; **FINALIST**) | | | | | |
| 5 | 5 | "Episode 5" | May 5, 2017 (2017-05-05) | 104 | 2.78 |
| "Wiggies" dolls with customizable hair (YES; **FINALIST**); "Jumpstix" pogo stick scooter (NO); "Maze-O" buildable color squares (YES); "Dueling Wizards" wands with throw-rings (YES); "Plaliens" plush poseable space-aliens (YES) | | | | | |
| 6 | 6 | "Episode 6" | May 12, 2017 (2017-05-12) | 105 | 2.33 |
| "Candy Krusher" soft-food reshaper \[updated "Toot Sweet" 1968 toy\] (YES; **FINALIST**); "Connectimals" reconfigurable plush toys (YES); "Bitblocks" construction blocks (NO); "Curly Girls United" dolls with curly hair (NO); "Quadball" rolling-ball tabletop game (YES) | | | | | |
| 7 | 7 | "Episode 7" (first hour) | May 19, 2017 (2017-05-19) | 106 | 2.43 |
| "Cock it, Drop it, Rocket" spring-loaded self-launcher prototype (NO); "Noisy Person Cards" partygame about creative voices (YES); "3D Liquid Art" colored water art (YES; **FINALIST**); "Pre-Bot" eco-friendly wooden robot-shaped doll (YES); "Bedtime Story Bug" plush ladybug with three recordable audio messages (YES) | | | | | |
| 8 | 8 | "Episode 8" (second hour) | May 19, 2017 (2017-05-19) | 108 | 2.43 |
| In the Finals, each of the seven chosen finalist toys return. After all playing with the finalist toys once more, each of the child judges eliminates one toy from the competition (Toby with "Chromotag", Aalyrah with "My Ballerina Doll", Sophia Grace with "Wiggies", and Noah with "Arya Ball").
Out of the Final 3 ("Lightbox Terrier", "Candy Krusher" and "3D Liquid Art"), the winning toy (to be produced and sold in stores) is **"3D Liquid Art"**. | | | | | |

### Season 2 (2017)

"YES" and "NO" indicate the child panel results (getting at least three "Yes" votes from the five child judges); "**FINALIST**" designates the toy chosen by the child jury to advance to the finals.

| No.
overall | No. in
season | Title | Original air date | Prod.
code | US viewers
(millions) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 9 | 1 | "Episode 1" | October 1, 2017 (2017-10-01) | 202 | 2.18 |
| **Judges:** Emma, Gideon, Joachim, Paxton, Sydney
**Toys:** "Soldier Ball" strategic bowling game (YES); "Flip-O-Matic" gamepiece launcher and target (NO); "Water Dodger" shields and sponge balls (YES; **FINALIST**); "Patio Pong" ball toss (NO); "Cyborg Princess" futuristic statues (YES); "Thingamatink" blanket with zippers (NO); "Go Chopstix" toy sushi and chopsticks (YES) | | | | | |
| 10 | 2 | "Episode 2" | October 8, 2017 (2017-10-08) | 201 | 1.87 |
| **Judges:** Adi, Kyle, Madison, Noah, Olivia
**Toys:** "Monster Dice" (NO); "CLICKEYbits" fidget toy (YES; **FINALIST**); "Furry Friends" moving and singing animal dolls (YES); "Mad Moves" card game with dancing (NO); "Noochie Golf" constructable miniature golf (YES); "Water Bugs" table game with splashing (NO); "The Bloom" mind-controlled flower (NO)
**Visited with the Judges:** Ryan Stuart (the inventor of the winning toy of season one) | | | | | |
| 11 | 3 | "Episode 3" | October 15, 2017 (2017-10-15) | 203 | 2.28 |
| **Judges:** Emma, Kyle, Noah, Olivia, Paxton
**Toys:** "Chainy Charms" collectable jewelry (YES); "Fortune Spinner" labelled figit spinners (YES); "Hugalopes" modular plush toys (YES); "Rocket Pocket" inflatable target (NO); "Water Constructor" modular outdoor wet game (YES; **FINALIST**); "Botallions" tabletop strategy game (NO); "Atom Ball" that lights up when yelled at (NO) | | | | | |
| 12 | 4 | "Episode 4" | October 22, 2017 (2017-10-22) | 207 | 2.30 |
| **Judges:** Adi, Emma, Joachim, Olivia, Paxton
**Toys:** "PlayOut" exercise cards (YES); "Pillow Fight Pals" electronic plush pillows (YES); "Hovercraft" build-it kit with remote control (YES, **FINALIST**); "Fidget Flow Toy" moveable framework (NO); "Flexxball" ball and paddle game (NO); "TechnoChic DIY" wearable electronic art (NO); "Mind Games" hidden buzzer game (NO)
**Visited with the Judges:** Chris Down (the head of Hot Wheels at Mattel) | | | | | |
| 13 | 5 | "Episode 5" | October 29, 2017 (2017-10-29) | 204 | 2.01 |
| **Judges:** Adi, Gideon, Joachim, Madison, Sydney
**Toys:** "Camp Outrageous" camping boardgame (YES); "RoboMustache" robot-shaped articulated wooden toys (YES); "ArchipelaGolf" portable tabletop golf-like game (YES, **FINALIST**); "Hybrid Creatures" plush toys (YES); "My Doll Room" dollhouse (NO); "Glow Flyer" computerized frisbee (YES); "Tournament of Towers" building game (NO) | | | | | |
| 14 | 6 | "Episode 6" | November 5, 2017 (2017-11-05) | 206 | 2.38 |
| **Judges:** Emma, Joachim, Madison, Noah, Paxton
**Toys:** "Ninja Cards" throwing cards and target-board (YES; **FINALIST**); "Orbitwheels" hoverskates (NO); "Look Who’s President" boardgame (NO); "Earth Wurm Works" made from recycled items (YES); "Huck Hopper" jumper frogs and targets (NO); "Eardorables" plush stoys with storage (YES); "Putty Pets" clay animals (YES); "RPS Revolution" rock-paper-scissors game (NO)
**Visited with the Judges:** Jim Silver (toy expert and was one of the season one adult panelists) | | | | | |
| 15 | 7 | "Episode 7" | November 12, 2017 (2017-11-12) | 205 | 2.34 |
| **Judges:** Adi, Gideon, Kyle, Olivia, Sydney
**Toys:** "Corky’s Porkys" boardgame (YES); "Giggle Chips" cards (NO); "Knuckle-Racket" paddles and bouncing ball (YES); "Poshies" animal rings (YES; **FINALIST**); "Sportboard" rotating balance-board (YES); "Secret Drawing Dogs" plush toy with builtin marker and drawing book (NO); "Animation Dome" a zoetrope (NO); "STEM’s Creativity Kit" supplies (YES)
**Visited with the Judges:** Ariana ("President of Play" at Toys "R" Us) | | | | | |
| 16 | 8 | "Episode 8" | November 19, 2017 (2017-11-19) | 208 | 3.08 |
| In the Finals, each of the seven chosen winning toys return. In this episode, Eric Stonestreet split the ten judges into five teams. After all the teams had played with the toys once more, each of the teams eliminated one toy from the competition (Madison and Gideon with "CLICKEYbits", Emma and Joachim with "Poshies", Olivia and Kyle with "Ninja Cards", Sydney and Adi with "Water Constructor", and Noah and Paxton with "ArchipelaGolf").
Out of the Final 2 toys ("Water Dodger" and "Hovercraft") the winning toy (to be made and sold exclusively at Toys "R" Us stores) is **"Water Dodger"**.
**Visited with the Judges:** Richard Dickson (President of Mattel) | | | | | |

Other than the guaranteed Mattel contract for the winner, other non-winning toys are also featured at Toys "R" Us. Occasionally, the toy's branding changes before being distributed.

### Season 1

### Season 2

## List of all toys presented

### Season 1

| Episode | Seq. | Toy Name | Presented By | Availability |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| "Episode 1" | 1 | Arya Ball | Babak from Carlsbad, California | Crowd funding |
| | 2 | Wacky Worm Racing Game | Cedric from Orlando, Florida | Not yet available |
| | 3 | Niya Doll | Darla from Columbia, South Carolina | Crowd funding |
| | 4 | Swurfer | Rob from Charleston, South Carolina | Available |
| | 5 | Party Cannon | Rick from Miami Springs, Florida | Not yet available |
| "Episode 2" | 1 | Butterfly Book | Michelle from Naples, Florida | Not yet available |
| | 2 | My Ballerina Doll | Tiffany and Mark from Murrieta, California | Available |
| | 3 | Snap N’ Roll | Greg from Land O Lakes, Florida | Not yet available |
| | 4 | Lil’ Fruityz | Jason from Hackettstown, New Jersey | Available |
| | 5 | Piñata Backpack | Rebecca and Nicholas from Grass Valley, California | Not yet available |
| "Episode 3" | 1 | Tubelox | Rachel and Steve from Pleasant Grove, Utah | Available |
| | 2 | Pool Cubes | Troy from Fayetteville, Arkansas | Not yet available |
| | 3 | Emoti Plush | Padmini from Naperville, Illinois | Available |
| | 4 | The Grid | Tom from Farmington, CT, and Mike from Sandy Hook, CT | Unknown |
| | 5 | Lightbox Terrier | Melissa from Pleasant Hill, California | Not yet available |
| "Episode 4" | 1 | Grandmas2Share | Marguerite from Staten Island, New York | Available |
| | 2 | The Walking Dinosaur | Rick from Sacramento, California | Unknown |
| | 3 | Parashoot | Jackson from Gainesville, Georgia | Unknown |
| | 4 | Cardtivity | Steve from Randolph, New Jersey | Crowd funding |
| | 5 | Chromotag | Larry and Steven from Chicago, Illinois | Not yet available |
| "Episode 5" | 1 | Wiggies | Kim from Los Angeles, California | Not yet available |
| | 2 | Jumpstix | Peter from Camarillo, California | Unknown |
| | 3 | Maze-O | Jessica and Daniel from Lino Lakes, Minnesota | Available |
| | 4 | Dueling Wizards | Joe from Dearborn, Michigan | Not yet available |
| | 5 | Plaliens | Melanie and Beth from Bakersfield, California | Not yet available |
| "Episode 6" | 1 | Candy Krusher | Barry from Dallas, Texas | Available |
| | 2 | Connectimals | Kurt and Hannah from Westfield, Wisconsin | Not yet available |
| | 3 | Bitblocks | Will from Portland, Oregon | Not yet available |
| | 4 | Curly Girls United | Margaret from Tinley Park, Illinois | Available |
| | 5 | Quadball | Chris from Huntington Beach, California | Not yet available |
| "Episode 7" | 1 | Cock it, Drop it, Rocket | Perry from Fort Lauderdale, Florida | Unknown |
| | 2 | Noisy Person Cards | Kat and James from Chicago, Illinois | Available |
| | 3 | 3D Liquid Art | Ryan from Phoenix, Arizona | Available |
| | 4 | Pre-Bot | Roderick from Groton, Massachusetts | Not yet available |
| | 5 | Bedtime Story Bug | Lori from Overland Park, Kansas | Available |

### Season 2

| Episode | Seq. | Toy Name | Presented By | Availability |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| "Episode 1" | 1 | Soldier Ball | Nate and Isaac from Albany, Georgia | Available |
| | 2 | Flip-O-Matic | Brad from New York, New York | Unknown |
| | 3 | Water Dodger | Nate from South Euclid, Ohio | Available |
| | 4 | Patio Pong | Melissa from Woodstock, Georgia | Available |
| | 5 | Cyborg Princess | James from Beaverton, Oregon | Unknown |
| | 6 | Thingamatink | Erin and Kayla from Oakland, California | Available |
| | 7 | Go Chopstix | Chuck from San Diego, California | Not yet available |
| "Episode 2" | 1 | Monster Dice | Brian from Erie, Pennsylvania | Crowd funding |
| | 2 | CLICKEYbits | Shep from Jenkintown, Pennsylvania | Available |
| | 3 | Furry Friends | Lisa from New York, New York | Unknown |
| | 4 | Mad Moves | Ashley from Delray Beach, Florida | Crowd funding |
| | 5 | Noochie Golf | JoAnn, Sal, Dominic and Tre from Phoenix, Arizona | Available |
| | 6 | Water Bugs | Roger from Hampton, Connecticut | Unknown |
| | 7 | The Bloom | Steve from San Francisco, California | Available |
| "Episode 3" | 1 | Chainy Charms | Lizzy from Las Vegas, Nevada | Not yet available |
| | 2 | Fortune Spinner | Mark from Cincinnati, Ohio | Available |
| | 3 | Hugalopes | Jazz from Oakland, California | Available |
| | 4 | Rocket Pocket | Gary and Nan from Tampa, Florida | Not yet available |
| | 5 | Water Constructor | Steven and Damaris from Logan, Utah | Not yet available |
| | 6 | Botallions | Colin from Reno, Nevada | Crowd funding |
| | 7 | Atom Ball | Robert from Baytown, Texas | Not yet available |
| "Episode 4" | 1 | PlayOut | Eddie from Atlanta, Georgia | Available |
| | 2 | Pillow Fight Pals | Kyla from Phoenix, Arizona | Not yet available |
| | 3 | Hovercraft | Bob from Cordova, Illinois | Unknown |
| | 4 | Fidget Flow Toy | Jennifer from Saranac, Michigan | Not yet available |
| | 5 | Flexxball | Sanel and Priyam from Chicago, Illinois | Available |
| | 6 | TechnoChic DIY | Natasha from Jersey City, New Jersey | Available |
| | 7 | Mind Games | Marvin from Los Angeles, California | Unknown |
| "Episode 5" | 1 | Camp Outrageous | Thom from Chicago, Illinois | Unknown |
| | 2 | RoboMustache | Charles from Asheboro, North Carolina | Available |
| | 3 | ArchipelaGolf | Doyle from Clovis, California | Available |
| | 4 | Hybrid Creatures | Pamela from Pleasant Grove, Utah | Unknown |
| | 5 | My Doll Room | Rory and Molly from Lakeville, Connecticut | Available |
| | 6 | Glow Flyer | Michael and Michael from Clifton Park, New York | Crowd funding |
| | 7 | Tournament of Towers | Donovan and Jeff from Los Angeles, California | Not yet available |
| "Episode 6" | 1 | Ninja Cards | Dustin from Irvine, CA, and Ken from Chicago, IL | Available |
| | 2 | Orbitwheels | Ywanne from Camas, Washington | Available |
| | 3 | Look Who's President | Edgar from Chicago, Illinois | Available |
| | 4 | Earth Wurm Works | Stephanie from Simi Valley, California | Unknown |
| | 5 | Huck Hopper | Jesse from Fairmount, West Virginia | Crowd funding |
| | 6 | Eardorables | Kelly from San Diego, California | Available |
| | 7 | Putty Pets | Jerrett from Aurora, Colorado | Unknown |
| | 8 | RPS Revolution | Kathy from Wheaton, Illinois | Unknown |
| "Episode 7" | 1 | Corky's Porkys | Colt from Spanish Fork, Utah | Available |
| | 2 | Giggle Chips | Jennifer and Charlotte from Whittier, California | Available |
| | 3 | Knuckle-Racket | Jose from Miami, Florida | Not yet available |
| | 4 | Poshies | Blythe from San Juan Capistrano, California | Unknown |
| | 5 | Sportboard | Randy from Williamsburg, Virginia | Unknown |
| | 6 | Secret Drawing Dogs | Heidi from Cape Coral, Florida | Not yet available |
| | 7 | Animation Dome | Les from Lincoln, California | Crowd funding |
| | 8 | STEM's Creativity Kit | Kimberly and John from Orlando, Florida | Crowd funding |

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| *The Toy Box* | |
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| Genre | Reality |
| Presented by | Eric Stonestreet |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 16 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | * Michael Rourke * Chris Grant * Drew Buckley * Richard Dickson * Catherine Balsam-Schwaber * Julia Pistor * Susan House * Hamilton South |
| Producer | John-Liam Stapleton |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Production companies |  |
| Original release | |
| Network | ABC |
| Release | April 7 (2017-04-07)
November 19, 2017 (2017-11-19) |


title: The Wave of Long Island

abstract: The Wave is the longest-lived and most widely circulated newspaper in the Rockaway Peninsula, New York City Borough of Queens. The weekly newspaper, currently under Editor In Chief Mark C. Healey, is well known to Rockaway residents for coverage of community events and local politics. The paper contains considerable historical information about Rockaway, largely provided by historian Emil Lucev. The Wave's US Postal Statement of Management and Circulation for 2018 indicates the paper was sold to the owners of The Queens Ledger group ending 125 years of independent local control and ownership. Since 2018, the new publisher, lifelong Queens resident, Walter H. Sanchez and his son, John Sanchez, have continued the local charm of the paper with a number of glossy editions including the yearly Rockaway Almanac, Summer Guide, Anniversary Issue and a yearly glossy Rockaway Health and Wellness Guide. On October 1, 2022, The Wave operated a 'Rockaway Family Fun Day Festival' on Beach 116th Street - featuring live bands, rides, health agencies like St. Johns Episcopal Hospital and The Joseph P. Addabbo Family Health Center. The event was also the debut of the yearly 'Meat-Up-Grill' Burger Eating Contest. Weekly columns add to the local coverage readers of The Wave are accustomed to. Fishing Report by Captain Vinnie Calabro, Who's Playing and Gotham Baseball by Mark Healey, All In with John Jastremski, Glorified Tomato by Paula DiGioia, The Financial Wave by Robert Intelisano, SIT with John Roberts, Wavemaker by Kerry Murtha and Sullivan's Stories by Kay Sullivan. Weekly Issue is here. Its Beachcomber weekly column is also a daily newsletter sent to almost 10K email subscribers on a daily basis. The paper now conducts local reader polls on local political races The paper has won numerous New York Press Awards, most notable for its local editorial illustration/cartoons, drawn by Thomas Kerr. The paper originated in the aftermath of the great Rockaway Beach Seaside fire of 1892. A local publisher, in the desire to keep the community informed of the event, published a broadsheet with the headline, "WAVE OF FIRE SWEEPS ROCKAWAY". The favorable response to the broadsheet led him to establish a weekly newspaper which he dubbed The Wave of Long Island after the initial headline.

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# The Wave of Long Island

***The Wave*** is the longest-lived and most widely circulated newspaper in the Rockaway Peninsula, New York City Borough of Queens. The weekly newspaper, currently under Editor In Chief Mark C. Healey, is well known to Rockaway residents for coverage of community events and local politics. The paper contains considerable historical information about Rockaway, largely provided by historian Emil Lucev. The Wave's US Postal Statement of Management and Circulation for 2018 indicates the paper was sold to the owners of *The Queens Ledger* group ending 125 years of independent local control and ownership. Since 2018, the new publisher, lifelong Queens resident, Walter H. Sanchez and his son, John Sanchez, have continued the local charm of the paper with a number of glossy editions including the yearly Rockaway Almanac, Summer Guide, Anniversary Issue and a yearly glossy Rockaway Health and Wellness Guide. On October 1, 2022, The Wave operated a 'Rockaway Family Fun Day Festival' on Beach 116th Street - featuring live bands, rides, health agencies like St. Johns Episcopal Hospital and The Joseph P. Addabbo Family Health Center. The event was also the debut of the yearly 'Meat-Up-Grill' Burger Eating Contest.

Weekly columns add to the local coverage readers of The Wave are accustomed to. Fishing Report by Captain Vinnie Calabro, Who's Playing and Gotham Baseball by Mark Healey, All In with John Jastremski, Glorified Tomato by Paula DiGioia, The Financial Wave by Robert Intelisano, SIT with John Roberts, Wavemaker by Kerry Murtha and Sullivan's Stories by Kay Sullivan. Weekly Issue is here.

Its Beachcomber weekly column is also a daily newsletter sent to almost 10K email subscribers on a daily basis. The paper now conducts local reader polls on local political races

The paper has won numerous New York Press Awards, most notable for its local editorial illustration/cartoons, drawn by Thomas Kerr.

The paper originated in the aftermath of the great Rockaway Beach Seaside fire of 1892. A local publisher, in the desire to keep the community informed of the event, published a broadsheet with the headline, "WAVE OF FIRE SWEEPS ROCKAWAY". The favorable response to the broadsheet led him to establish a weekly newspaper which he dubbed *The Wave of Long Island* after the initial headline.

## InfoBox

The Wave Newspaper
| Type | Weekly newspaper |
| --- | --- |
| Owner(s) | Wave of Queens, Inc. (*The Queens Ledger*) |
| Founded | 1893 (1893) |
| Language | English |
| City | Rockaway Beach, New York |
| Country | United States |
| Website | www.rockawave.com |
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title: The Waves

abstract: The Waves is a 1931 novel by English novelist Virginia Woolf. It is critically regarded as her most experimental work, consisting of ambiguous and cryptic soliloquies spoken mainly by six characters: Bernard, Susan, Rhoda, Neville, Jinny and Louis. Percival, a seventh character, appears in the soliloquies, though readers never hear him speak in his own voice. The dialogues that span the characters' lives are broken up by nine brief third-person interludes detailing a coastal scene at varying stages in a day from sunrise to sunset. As the six characters or "voices" speak, Woolf explores concepts of individuality, self and community. “Each character is distinct, yet together they compose a gestalt about a silent central consciousness”, according to a reviewer. In a 2015 poll conducted by the BBC, The Waves was voted the 16th greatest British novel ever written.

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# The Waves

***The Waves*** is a 1931 novel by English novelist Virginia Woolf. It is critically regarded as her most experimental work, consisting of ambiguous and cryptic soliloquies spoken mainly by six characters: Bernard, Susan, Rhoda, Neville, Jinny and Louis. Percival, a seventh character, appears in the soliloquies, though readers never hear him speak in his own voice.

The dialogues that span the characters' lives are broken up by nine brief third-person interludes detailing a coastal scene at varying stages in a day from sunrise to sunset. As the six characters or "voices" speak, Woolf explores concepts of individuality, self and community. “Each character is distinct, yet together they compose a gestalt about a silent central consciousness”, according to a reviewer.

In a 2015 poll conducted by the BBC, *The Waves* was voted the 16th greatest British novel ever written.

## Plot

The novel follows its six narrators from childhood through adulthood. Woolf is concerned with the individual consciousness and the ways in which multiple consciousnesses can weave together.

Bernard is a story-teller, always seeking some elusive and apt phrase. Some critics see Woolf's friend E. M. Forster as an inspiration for him.

Louis is an outsider who seeks acceptance and success. Some critics see in him aspects of T. S. Eliot, whom Woolf knew well.

Neville, who may be partly based on another of Woolf's friends, Lytton Strachey, seeks out a series of men, each of whom becomes the present object of his transcendent love.

Jinny is a socialite whose world view corresponds to her physical, corporeal beauty. There is evidence that she is based on Woolf's friend Mary Hutchinson.

Susan flees the city, preferring the countryside, where she grapples with the thrills and doubts of motherhood. Some aspects of Susan recall Woolf's sister Vanessa Bell.

Rhoda is riddled with self-doubt, anxiety and depression, always rejecting and indicting human compromise, always seeking out solitude. She echoes Shelley's poem "The Question". Rhoda resembles Virginia Woolf in some respects.

Percival, partly based on Woolf's brother, Thoby Stephen, is the esteemed hero of the other six. He dies midway through the novel, while engaged on an imperialist quest in India. Percival never speaks on his own in *The Waves*, but readers learn about him in detail as the other six characters repeatedly describe and reflect on him.

## Style

The difficulty of assigning genre to this novel is complicated by the fact that *The Waves* blurs distinctions between prose and poetry, allowing the novel to flow between six interior monologues. The book similarly breaks down boundaries between people, and Woolf herself wrote in her *Diary* that the six were not meant to be separate "characters" at all, but rather facets of consciousness illuminating a sense of continuity. Even the term "novel" may not accurately describe the complex form of *The Waves* as is described in the literary biography of Woolf by Julia Briggs (*An Inner Life*, Allen Lane 2005). Woolf called it not a novel but a "playpoem".

The book explores the role of the "ethos of male education" in shaping public life, and includes scenes of some of the characters experiencing bullying during their first days at school.

## Reception

Marguerite Yourcenar translated *The Waves* into French over a period of ten months in 1937. She met Virginia Woolf during this period and wrote: "I do not believe I am committing an error ... when I put Virginia Woolf among the four or five great virtuosos of the English language and among the rare contemporary novelists whose work stands some chance of lasting more than ten years."

Although *The Waves* is not one of Virginia Woolf's most popular works, it is highly regarded. Literary scholar Frank N. Magill ranked it one of the 200 best books of all time in his reference book, *Masterpieces of World Literature*. In *The Independent*, British author Amy Sackville wrote that "as a reader, as a writer, I constantly return, for the lyricism of it, the melancholy, the humanity."

Theatre director Katie Mitchell, who adapted *The Waves* for the stage, called the work "entrancing \[…\] Woolf's point is that the lasting and significant events in our lives are small and insignificant in the eyes of the outside world."

## InfoBox

The Waves
| First edition cover | |
| --- | --- |
| Author | Virginia Woolf |
| Cover artist | Vanessa Bell |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Experimental novel |
| Publisher | Hogarth Press |
| Publication date | October 8, 1931 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Pages | 324 |


title: The Waves, the Wake

abstract: The Waves, the Wake is the seventh studio album by Canadian indie folk band Great Lake Swimmers, released August 17, 2018 on Nettwerk. The album was marked by a shift in the band's traditional folk rock instrumentation, with bandleader Tony Dekker choosing to avoid acoustic guitar and instead incorporating instruments including marimba, flute, pipe organ, harp, congas, vibraphone and lute to expand the band's sound. The album was preceded by Side Effects, an EP which previewed three tracks from the album alongside three songs from their prior catalogue. In November 2019, the band released an acoustic reinterpretation of the album.

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# The Waves, the Wake

Professional ratings
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | 3.5/5 |
| *Exclaim!* | 8/10 |
| *Paste* | 6.7 |

***The Waves, the Wake*** is the seventh studio album by Canadian indie folk band Great Lake Swimmers, released August 17, 2018 on Nettwerk. The album was marked by a shift in the band's traditional folk rock instrumentation, with bandleader Tony Dekker choosing to avoid acoustic guitar and instead incorporating instruments including marimba, flute, pipe organ, harp, congas, vibraphone and lute to expand the band's sound.

The album was preceded by *Side Effects*, an EP which previewed three tracks from the album alongside three songs from their prior catalogue.

In November 2019, the band released an acoustic reinterpretation of the album.

## Track listing

All songs written by Tony Dekker.

1. "The Talking Wind"
2. "In a Certain Light"
3. "Alone but Not Alone"
4. "Falling Apart"
5. "Side Effects"
6. "The Real Work"
7. "Root Systems"
8. "Unmaking the Bed"
9. "Visions of a Different World"
10. "Holding Nothing Back"
11. "Mouth of Flames"
12. "The Open Sea"

## InfoBox

| The Waves, the Wake | |
| --- | --- |
|  | |
| Studio album by Great Lake Swimmers | |
| Released | August 17, 2018 (Canada) |
| Genre | Folk rock |
| Label | Nettwerk |
| Great Lake Swimmers chronology | |
| *A Forest of Arms*
(2015) ***The Waves, the Wake***
(2018) *Uncertain Country*
(2023) | |


title: The Washington Ballet

abstract: The Washington Ballet (TWB) is an ensemble of professional ballet dancers based in Washington, D.C. It was founded in 1976 by Mary Day and has been directed by Julie Kent since 2016.

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# The Washington Ballet

**The Washington Ballet** (**TWB**) is an ensemble of professional ballet dancers based in Washington, D.C. It was founded in 1976 by Mary Day and has been directed by Julie Kent since 2016.

## The Mary Day years (1976–99)

Mary Day *(née* Mary Henry Day; 25 January 1910 – 11 July 2006), a native of Washington, and her mentor, Lisa Gardiner *(né* Elizabeth C. Gardiner; 1894–1958), established the Washington School of Ballet in 1944. In the 1950s, a pre-professional group of dancers trained at the school joined to perform at the National Cathedral and the D.C. Department of Recreation with the National Symphony Orchestra. This group also toured New York, West Virginia, and the Dominican Republic, where the troupe performed with Alicia Alonso in 1956.

In 1961, the Washington Ballet School premiered Day's *The Nutcracker* with the National Symphony Orchestra in Constitution Hall. In 1976, Day started The Washington Ballet, a company providing a professional showcase for the students of The Washington School of Ballet. Funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, Day hired Peter Grigsby as the first administrative director who took advantage of the Department of Labor's Comprehensive Employment and Training Act to hire dancers. He was followed by Alton Miller as director who expanded the touring of the company. The Washington Ballet founding company members included Madelyn Berdes, Patricia Berrend, James Canfield, Sharon Caplan, Robin Conrad, Lynn Cote, Laurie Dameron, John Goding, Robin Hardy, Jon Jackson, Brian Jameson, Terry Lacy, Christine Matthews, Ricardo Mercado, Julie Miles, Patricia Miller, Philip Rosemond, Helen Sumerwell and Allison Zusi.

### Resident choreographer Goh

The company's first season consisted of three works by an up-and-coming choreographer/dancer from the Dutch National Ballet, Goh Choo San, who was resident choreographer at the founding of the company and later became associate artistic director. Goh's teaching and choreographic demands in his first two years in Washington DC moved the company from being described as "pre-professional" to solidly professional level, with Mikhail Baryshnikov showing interest in, and eventually dancing with, the company and Goh's choreography in 1979.

In 1980, 17-year-old company member Amanda McKerrow was chosen as one of nine dancers to compete on the official U.S. dance team at the Fourth International Ballet Competition in Moscow. She partnered with Simon Dow and won the gold medal, becoming the first United States citizen to win the competition. During the 1980s and 1990s, The Washington Ballet performed full seasons in Washington, D.C., and toured internationally to China, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, Russia, Spain, and South America.

During his time at The Washington Ballet until his death in November 1987, Goh choreographed 19 ballets for the company.

### Post-Goh years

Mary Day stepped down as artistic director of the company in 1999 and retired as school director in 2003. She died in 2006.

## The Septime Webre years (1999–2016)

In 1999, Septime Webre, a Cuban-American, joined The Washington Ballet as the artistic director. Works created for the Washington Ballet by Webre include *Juanita y Alicia* (2000), *Carmen* (2001), *Journey Home* (2002), *Cinderella* (2003), *Oui/Non* (2006), and *State of Wonder* (2006), as well as *Carmina Burana*, *Fluctuating Hemlines*, *Where the Wild Things Are*, and *Peter Pan*. The company has staged the works of such contemporary choreographers as George Balanchine, Twyla Tharp, Christopher Wheeldon, Mark Morris, Trey McIntyre, Edwaard Liang, and Nacho Duato, in addition to the more classical ballets, like *Giselle*, *Coppélia*, and *La Sylphide*. In October 2000, Webre led The Washington Ballet on an historic tour of Havana, making it the first American ballet company to perform in Cuba since 1960. In 2004, the Washington Ballet premiered Webre's *The Nutcracker*. Webre created his takes on *The Great Gatsby* in 2010 and *The Sun Also Rises* in 2013.

Webre also initiated *DanceDC*, the Washington Ballet's outreach and education program that combines creative movement with an integrated language arts curriculum for D.C. public school children. Classical pre-ballet technique is taught to interested *DanceDC* students through a unique scholarship program called EXCEL! Nine boys and nine girls from the *DanceDC* schools are selected annually to receive on-site professional ballet technique training for an hour once a week at The Washington School of Ballet. In 2005, the company began The Washington Ballet at the Town Hall Education, Arts and Recreation Campus (TWB@THEARC), a home to community programs by the company as well as a branch of the Washington School of Ballet east of the Anacostia River.

## Julie Kent (2016-2023)

In February 2016, Webre announced he'd be stepping down at the end of June. A month later, the company announced Julie Kent, recently retired after dancing with the American Ballet Theatre for 29 years, would take the company's reins starting July 1, 2016. In October 2022, it was announced that Kent would leave the company at the end of the 2022-23 season after accepting an artistic director position at Houston Ballet.

## Edwaard Liang (2023-present)

In October 2023, the company announced Edwaard Liang as the incoming artistic director. He will officially begin directing the company in the spring of 2024.

## Repertoire

| Title | Choreographer | Music | Date performed (\* refers to premiere) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| *Agon* | George Balanchine | Igor Stravinsky, *Agon* | September 17, 1999 |
| *Allegro Brillante* | George Balanchine | Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky's unfinished "Third Piano Concerto" | February 23, 1983 |
| *Always, No Sometimes* | Trey McIntyre | The Beatles | May 10, 2006\* |
| *Antonio* | Nils Christe | Antonio Vivaldi | May 19, 1999\* |
| *Apollo* | George Balanchine | Igor Stravinsky | February 23, 1989 |
| *Aubade* | Christian Holder | JS Bach, "Suite No. 1 in G major for Unaccompanied Cello" | May 17, 1995\* |
| *Before Nightfall* | Nils Christe | Bohuslav Martinu, "Double Concerto for Two String Orchestras, Piano and Timpani" | February 15, 1991 |
| *Birds of Paradise* | Choo San Goh | Alberto Ginastera, "Concierto para Arpa y Orquesta" | October 26, 1979\* |
| *Blue Until June* | Trey McIntyre | Songs made famous by Etta James | October 11, 2000 |
| *Boléro* | Nicolo Fonte | Maurice Ravel | April 15, 2010 |
| *Brahms on Edge* | Karole Armitage | Johannes Brahms | April 15, 2010 |
| *Brief Fling* | Twyla Tharp | Michel Colombier and Percy Grainger | February 20, 2002 |
| *Brouillards* | John Cranko | Claude Debussy, "Preludes" | May 15, 1990 |
| *Brother, Brother* | Ntsikelelo Cekwana | Antonio Vivaldi, "Gloria Magnificat" | September 27, 1995 |
| *Carmen* | Septime Webre | Georges Bizet | November 1, 2001\* |
| *Carmina Burana* | Septime Webre | Carl Orff | February 10, 2000 |
| *Cinderella* | Septime Webre | Sergei Prokofiev | May 28, 2003\* |
| *Concerto Barocco* | George Balanchine | Johann Sebastian Bach, "Concerto in D minor for Two Violins" | May 1, 1977 |
| *Coppélia* | Arthur Saint-Leon | Léo Delibes | March 31, 2004 |
| *Danses Concertantes* | Nils Christe | Igor Stravinsky, "Danses Concertantes" | October 28, 1993 |
| *Danzon* | John Goding | Alberto Ginastera, "Piano Sonatas No. 1 and 2" | May 16, 1995 |
| *Dark Elegies* | Antony Tudor | Gustav Mahler | February 21, 2002 |
| *Don Quixote* | Anna-Marie Holmes after Marius Petipa | Ludwig Minkus | October 15, 2009\* |
| *Double Contrasts* | Choo San Goh | Francis Poulenc, "Concerto in D minor for Two Pianos and Orchestra" | April 23, 1978\* |
| *Dumky Variations* | Ray Barra | Antonín Dvořák, "Piano Trio in E minor (Dumky), Op. 90" | February 13, 1991\* |
| *Esplanade* | Paul Taylor | Johann Sebastian Bach | October 15, 1987 |
| *Evening* | Graham Lustig | Benjamin Britten, "Serenade for Tenor, Horn, and Strings Op 31" | November 2, 1994 |
| *The Eyes That Gently Touch* | Kirk Peterson | Philip Glass, "Mad Rush" | February 22, 2000 |
| *La Fille Mal Gardée* | Fernand Nault | Wilhelm Hertel | October 16, 1986 |
| *The Firebird* | Robert Weiss | Igor Stravinsky | October 1, 2003 |
| *Fives* | Choo San Goh | Ernest Bloch, "Concerto Grosso No. 1 for String Orchestra," Movements I, II, IV | February 12, 1978\* |
| *Fluctuating Hemlines* | Septime Webre | Tigger Benford, commissioned | April 26, 2000 |
| *The Four Temperaments* | George Balanchine | Paul Hindemith | May 10, 1989 |
| *Giselle* | Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot and Marius Petipa | Adolphe Adam | October 20, 2004 |
| *The Great Gatsby* | Septime Webre | Compiled, composed and arranged by Billy Novick | February 25, 2010 |
| *A Handel Celebration* | Vicente Nebrada | George Frederick Handel, 12 selections from "Water Music" and "The Royal Fireworks" | November 10, 1982 |
| *Hansel and Gretel* | Rick McCullough | Engelbert Humperdinck, "Hänsel und Gretel" | February 23, 1995\* |
| *Holberg Suite* | John Cranko | Edvard Grieg, "Holberg Suite" | October 10, 1990 |
| *Icare* | Lynn Cote | Rene Dupere, "Icare" | June 1996\* |
| *In the Glow of the Night* | Choo San Goh | Bohuslav Martinu, "Symphony No. 1," Movements I, II, III | March 10, 1982\* |
| *In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated* | William Forsythe | Thom Willems | October 1, 2003 |
| *In the Night* | Jerome Robbins | Frédéric Chopin | October 25, 2006 |
| *In the Upper Room* | Twyla Tharp | Philip Glass | October 25, 2006 |
| *Interlaced* | Lynn Cote | Thomas Wilbrandt, "The Electric V — A New Perspective on Vivaldi's Four Seasons" | May 8, 1996\* |
| *Jeux* | Toer van Schayk | Claude Debussy, "Jeux," (Poeme Danse 1913) | May 10, 1989 |
| *Juanita y Alicia* | Septime Webre | Cuban, performed by Sin Miedo ("Chan Chan" by Francisco Repilado; "El Carretero" by Guillermo Portables; "Solamente Percusión" by Alfredo Mojica, Jr., Joseito Lopez, and Ralph Eskanazi;"Orguellecida" by Eliseo Silveira; "Dos Gardenias" by Isolina Carillo; "El Cuarto de Tula" by Sergio Siabo) | September 17, 2000\* |
| *Journey Home* | Septime Webre | Sweet Honey In The Rock | April 4, 2002\* |
| *The Leaves Are Fading* | Antony Tudor | Antonín Dvořák, Cypresses for string quartet, with additional music for strings | February 10, 2000 |
| *Men of Kooraloona* | Lynn Cote | Frank Martin, "Second Concerto pour Piano et Orchestra, Con Moto" | May 16, 1996\* |
| *A Midsummer Night's Dream* | Peter Anastos | Felix Mendelssohn | March 20, 1997 |
| *A Midsummer Night's Dream* | George Balanchine | Felix Mendelssohn | January 21, 2004 |
| *Momentum* | Choo San Goh | Sergei Prokofiev, "Piano Concerto No. 1 in D flat, Op. 10" | October 21, 1983 |
| *Morphoses* | Christopher Wheeldon | György Ligeti | March 28, 2007 |
| *Mysteries* | John Goding | Music and words by Ysaye M. Barnwell, "Would You Harbor Me" and "Breaths" with words by Birago Diop, and Aisha Kahlil, "Mystic Oceans" and "Listen to the Rhythm"; Bernice Johnson Reagon, "I Remember, I Believe" and "Sometime" | May 8, 1996\* |
| *Na Floresta* | Nacho Duato | Heitor Villa-Lobos, Wagner Tiso | September 17, 2000 |
| *Nexus* | Lynn Cote | Maritri Garrett and Shana Tucker, commissioned | September 27, 1995\* |
| *A Night at the Ballet* | Matthew Diamond | Emmanuel Chabrier: "Danse Slave", "Habanera", "España" | October 24, 1984\* |
| *Nine Sinatra Songs* | Twyla Tharp | Frank Sinatra | November 2, 2005 |
| *Nuages* | Jiří Kylián | Claude Debussy, Nuages | February 22, 2000 |
| *The Nutcracker* | Mary Day/Martin Buckner after Marius Petipa/Lev Ivanov | Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky | December 1961 |
| *The Nutcracker* | Septime Webre | Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky | December 10, 2004\* |
| *Oui/Non* | Septime Webre | Various artists. Vocalist: Karen Akers | October 25, 2006\* |
| *Our Town* | Philip Jerry | Aaron Copland, "Our Town," "The Red Pony," "Fanfare for the Common Man" | February 16, 1996 |
| *Overstepping* | Monica Levy | Eve Beglarian, commissioned | May 15, 1991\* |
| *Pas de Quatre* | Anton Dolin after Jules Perrot's original work | Cesare Pugni | May 12, 1982 |
| *Passing By* | Krzysztof Pastor | Johann Sebastian Bach | May 13, 1998\* |
| *Peter Pan* | Septime Webre | Carmen DeLeone | January 31, 2003 |
| *Piazzolla Caldera* | Paul Taylor | Astor Piazzolla and Jerzy Peterburshsky | January 31, 2007 |
| *The Poet Acts* | Septime Webre | Philip Glass, from the motion picture soundtrack of *The Hours* | October 1, 2003\* |
| *Pomp* | Dwight Rhoden | Antonio Carlos Scott | April 26, 2000 |
| *Quartet 2* | Nils Christe | Dmitri Shostakovich, "String Quartet No. 11" | May 15, 1990 |
| *Rhapsody in Swing* | John Goding | Glenn Miller, "Moonlight Serenade" with lyrics by Mitchell Parish;" Ferd "Jelly Roll" Morton, "King Porter Stomp"; Jerry Gray, "String of Pearls"; Irving Berlin, "Always"; Duke Ellington, Emanuel Kurtz and Irving Mills, "In A Sentimental Mood"; and Louis Prima, "Sing, Sing, Sing" | February 19, 1997\* |
| *Rite of Spring* | Trey McIntyre | Igor Stravinsky | February 23, 2005\* |
| *Rubies* | George Balanchine | Igor Stravinsky | April 2, 2003 |
| *Savannah* | Ntsikelelo Cekwana | Maritri Garrett, Marshall Johnson, Shana Tucker, and Ntsikelelo Cekwana | May 14, 1997\* |
| *Scenic Invitations* | Choo San Goh | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, "Adagio and Fugue in C minor for Strings"; Ludwig van Beethoven, "Grosse Fugue in B flat, Op. 133" | February 23, 1983\* |
| *Schubert Symphony* | Choo San Goh | Franz Schubert, "Symphony No. 2 in B flat" | February 20, 1985\* |
| *Scotch Symphony* | George Balanchine | Felix Mendelssohn, "Symphony in A minor" | May 16, 1979 |
| *Serenade* | George Balanchine | Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, "Serenade for Strings" | February 20, 1977 |
| *Shikar* | Lynn Cote | Haskell Small, "Trio for Flute, Cello, and Piano" | November 2, 1994\* |
| *The Sleeping Beauty* (Grand Pas de Deux) | Marius Pepita | Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, "The Sleeping Beauty" | April 24, 1981 |
| *Sonata* | Krzysztof Pastor | Johannes Brahms, Violin Sonata, No. 3 in D minor, Op 108 | May 19, 1999\* |
| *Sonatine* | George Balanchine | Maurice Ravel | January 21, 2004 |
| *Square Dance* | George Balanchine | Arcangelo Corelli and Antonio Vivaldi | October 2, 1987 |
| *State of Wonder* | Septime Webre | Johann Sebastian Bach, Goldberg Variations | May 10, 2006\* |
| *Stravinsky Violin Concerto* | George Balanchine | Igor Stravinsky | February 23, 2005 |
| *La Sylphide* | August Bournonville | Herman Severin Løvenskiold | February 11, 2009 |
| *Sync* | Nils Christe | Ludovico Einaudi, Selections from *Salgari*. Lyrics by Rabindranath Tagore from *The Gardener* | May 12, 1996\* |
| *Synonyms* | Choo San Goh | Benjamin Britten, "String Quartet No. 1 in D," Movements I, II, III | May 12, 1978\* |
| *Tarantella* | George Balanchine | Louis Gottschalk, "Grand Tarantelle," reconstructed and orchestrated by Hershy Kay | February 1984 |
| *Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux* | George Balanchine | Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, ‘lost’ music for "Swan Lake" | October 9, 1981 |
| *The Reassuring Effects of Line and Poetry* | Trey McIntyre | Antonín Dvořák | April 2, 2003\* |
| *The Time Before the Time After (The Time Before)* | Lar Lubovitch | Igor Stravinsky, "Concertino for String Quartet" | October 16, 1986 |
| *There Where She Loved* | Christopher Wheeldon | Kurt Weill and Frédéric Chopin | February 23, 2005 |
| *Time Out* | Judith Jamison | Ken Hatfield | April 10, 1986\* |
| *Transcendental Etudes* | Kevin McKenzie | Franz Liszt, "Transcendental Etudes" for Piano | February 12, 1992 |
| *Transit* | Graham Lustig | Conlan Nancarrow: "Toccata," "Tango," and "Studies for Player Piano 2b, 3b, 3c, 3d, and 6" | February 17, 2004 |
| *Unknown Territory* | Choo San Goh | Jim Jacobsen, commissioned | February 6, 1986\* |
| *Variation Serieuses* | Choo San Goh | Felix Mendelssohn, "Variations Serieuses, Op. 54" | May 1, 1977\* |
| *Where the Wild Things Are* | Septime Webre | Randy Woolf, commissioned | March 10, 2000 |
| *Witches of Salem* | Lynn Cote, based on a libretto by Millicent Monks (the original scenario for "Grohg" was not used) | Aaron Copland, "Grohg" | May 13, 1998\* |
| *Wunderland* | Edwaard Liang | Philip Glass | May 13, 2009 |

## Company dancers

As of February 2024.

### Company

* Andrea Allmon
* Rafael Bejarano
* Nardia Boodoo
* Kimberly Cilento
* Nicholas Cowden
* Gilles Delellio
* Kateryna Derechyna
* Jessy Dick
* Nicole Graniero
* Ayano Kimura
* Eun Won Lee
* Lope Lim
* Ariel Martinez
* Tamako Miyazaki
* Javier Morera
* Ashley Murphy-Wilson
* Stephen Nakagawa
* Andile Ndlovu
* Maki Onuki
* Samara Rittinger
* Oscar Sanchez
* Noura Sander
* Stephanie Sorota
* Brittany Stone
* Vladimir Tapkharov

### Studio Company

* Rony Baseman
* Abigail Brent
* Catherine Doherty
* Misha Glouchkova
* Andrey Marciano
* Alejandro Molina Leon
* Ethan Slocomb
* Paolo Tarini
* Harry Warshaw
* Jie-Siou Wu

## InfoBox

| The Washington Ballet | |
| --- | --- |
| General information | |
| Name | The Washington Ballet |
| Year founded | 1976 |
| Founder | Mary Day |
| Website | www.washingtonballet.org |
| Artistic staff | |
| Artistic Director | Julie Kent |
| Other | |
| Official school | The Washington School of Ballet (TWSB) |


title: The World of Mr. Sweeney

abstract: The World of Mr. Sweeney is an American sitcom that aired on NBC in primetime and daytime. The series first aired live in primetime from June 30 to August 20, 1954, four nights a week from Tuesday to Friday, and from October 1954 to December 1955 five days a week in daytime. A total of 345 episodes were produced. The series began as a segment on The Kate Smith Evening Hour.

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# The World of Mr. Sweeney

***The World of Mr. Sweeney*** is an American sitcom that aired on NBC in primetime and daytime. The series first aired live in primetime from June 30 to August 20, 1954, four nights a week from Tuesday to Friday, and from October 1954 to December 1955 five days a week in daytime. A total of 345 episodes were produced. The series began as a segment on The Kate Smith Evening Hour.

## Plot

The series focused on Cicero P. Sweeney, the owner of a small town general store, who always provided advice to his customers. Sweeney's grown daughter, Marge Franklin, and her young son, Kippy, lived with him. Stories revolved around members of the community and Sweeney's solutions to their problems.

## Cast

## InfoBox

| *The World of Mr. Sweeney* | |
| --- | --- |
| Ruggles as Mr. Sweeney and his grandson, Kippy, played by Glenn Walken, at the general store. | |
| Starring | Charlie Ruggles |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of episodes | 345 |
| Original release | |
| Network | NBC |
| Release | June 30, 1954 (1954-06-30) <br>December 1955 (1955-12) |


title: The World of Lola Dutronic

abstract: The World of Lola Dutronic is the debut album by Canadian electronic music duo Lola Dutronic, released in 2004. "Ma Jeunesse Fout Le Camp" is a remix of a song by Françoise Hardy, while "La Maritza" is a song written by Pierre Delanoë for French singer Sylvie Vartan.

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# The World of Lola Dutronic

***The World of Lola Dutronic*** is the debut album by Canadian electronic music duo Lola Dutronic, released in 2004.

"Ma Jeunesse Fout Le Camp" is a remix of a song by Françoise Hardy, while "La Maritza" is a song written by Pierre Delanoë for French singer Sylvie Vartan.

## Track listing

| # | Title | Credit | Length |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1. | "Girl on a Motorcycle" | Citroen | 3:06 |
| 2. | "Walking On Sunshine" | Rew | 4:15 |
| 3. | "La Fin de l'été" | Bourgeois / Rivière | 5:04 |
| 4. | "Camille 2000" | Citroen /Hart | 4:37 |
| 5. | "To Sir With Love" | Black / London | 4:41 |
| 6. | "Mystère" | Citroen / Hart | 4:15 |
| 7. | "Airport" | Citroen | 4:50 |
| 8. | "Porpoise Song" | Goffin / King | 3:25 |
| 9. | "Ma jeunesse fout le camp" | Bontempelli | 3:58 |
| 10. | "Les cheveux de mon amour" | Citroen / Hart | 4:48 |
| 11. | "La Plage" | Citroen | 3:08 |
| 12. | "An Xmas Without Snow" | Citroen | 4:53 |
| 13. | "Soleil Soleil" | Citroen | 3:55 |
| 14. | "La Maritza" | Delanoë / Renard | 1:51 |
| 15. | "Walking On Sunshine" (English version) | Rew | 5:39 |

## InfoBox

| The World of Lola Dutronic | |
| --- | --- |
|  | |
| Studio album by Lola Dutronic | |
| Released | 2004 |
| Recorded | Toronto |
| Genre | Pop music |
| Length | 62:25 |
| Label | Bongo Beat Records |
| Producer | Richard Citroen |
| Lola Dutronic chronology | |
| ***The World of Lola Dutronic***
(2004) *Lola Dutronic Album 2 - The Love Parade*
(2007) | |


title: The Yamato Dynasty

abstract: The Yamato Dynasty: The Secret History of Japan's Imperial Family is a 1999 non-fiction book by historian Sterling Seagrave and Peggy Seagrave. The full text is divided into 13 chapters in total. The book is a biography of the imperial house of Japan since the Meiji Restoration stretching across five generations: Emperor Kōmei, Emperor Meiji, Emperor Taishō, Emperor Shōwa, and Emperor Heisei.

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# The Yamato Dynasty

***The Yamato Dynasty: The Secret History of Japan's Imperial Family*** is a 1999 non-fiction book by historian Sterling Seagrave and Peggy Seagrave. The full text is divided into 13 chapters in total. The book is a biography of the imperial house of Japan since the Meiji Restoration stretching across five generations: Emperor Kōmei, Emperor Meiji, Emperor Taishō, Emperor Shōwa, and Emperor Heisei.

## Overview

The book begins with the Tokugawa Shogunate and Emperor Kōmei's reactions to the internal turmoil created by the Perry Expedition which forced Japan to revise its isolationist policies and open up diplomatic and trade relations with the West. Throughout is included a general overview of Japan's feudal system, the various clans which ruled over it, and their relationships with the outside world at the time.

The 1866 Satsuma-Chōshū Alliance resulted in the overthrow of the Tokugawa Shogunate and the glorification of the Emperor of Japan. This glorification, however, necessitated the need to carefully manage every aspect of the imperial family's life and appearances. Emperor Kōmei's death meant that rule was inherited by Emperor Meiji, who at the time was only 15 years old and influenced by and reliant on his court advisors. Focus is put on those who were exerting influence over the Emperor's upbringing, lifestyle, or advising his decisions, as well as members of the Imperial family.

When Emperor Meiji died, he was succeeded by Emperor Taishō, whose disabilities and eccentricities led to further sequestering of the Imperial family. As his condition deteriorated, the ability of the *genrō*, Keeper of the Privy Seal, and Imperial Household Minister to manipulate imperial decisions came to become a matter of common knowledge.

Succeeding Taishō was Emperor Hirohito, known formally by his Japanese era name as Emperor Shōwa, who reigned over the longest era in Japanese history starting in 1926 until his death in 1989. Much of the book details the life experiences and upbringings of Hirohito and his family and examines their role in the Second Sino-Japanese War, Operation Golden Lily, and World War II as well as their collaboration with the American government during the occupation of Japan in order to avoid being held responsible for the war.

The book ends by briefly examining Emperor Heisei's life and rise to the throne, who by the time of the book's release had only been crowned the year before.

## Reception

Foreign Affairs reviewer Richard N. Cooper said "this sensational book really focuses on World War II, especially Emperor Hirohito's complicity in Japanese war plans" and that it was "a good read, but it drags in old rumors... without offering any new evidence or fresh Japanese sources." He rejected the authors' argument about Operation Golden Lily that "extensive loot, mainly gold and gemstones, laid the basis for Japan's remarkable postwar economic recovery."

The New York Times reviewed it as "a book that presents a darkly cartoonish view of modern Japan \[that\] contains elements of truth." It said that the "key sources are weak, or missing altogether" about the book's claims made about Operation Golden Lily and that "big conspiracy theories require big proof, and the Seagraves fail to provide it."

South China Morning Post reviewed it as "contain\[ing\] all the elements of a political thriller: family squabbles, power struggles, duplicity and murder," and said that it was an "an incisive biography of five generations of Japan's imperial family since the Meiji Restoration in 1868."

Publisher's Weekly reviewed the book saying it "dramatically brings the imperial family--and those behind it--to life, offering readers an intriguing glimpse behind the long-maintained veil of secrecy."

## InfoBox

The Yamato Dynasty: The Secret History of Japan's Imperial Family
|  | |
| --- | --- |
| Author | Sterling Seagrave |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Nonfiction |
| Publisher | Bantam Press |
| Publication date | 1999 |
| Publication place | Great Britain |
| Pages | 426 |
| ISBN | 0-593-04523-8 |


title: The Winds of Darkover

abstract: The Winds of Darkover is a science fantasy novel by American writer Marion Zimmer Bradley, part of her Darkover series. It was first published by Ace Books in 1970, as an Ace Double bound tête-bêche with The Anything Tree by John Rackham. This is the first Darkover novel to include references to the Sharra Matrix. In terms of the Darkover timeline, Bradley states in "Author's Notes on Chronology" that The Winds of Darkover occurs about four years after the events in Star of Danger. One of the underlying themes of The Winds of Darkover is rape. Bradley provides her readers with parallel experiences – the rape of Allira Storn by the bandit Brynat, and the psychic rape of Dan Barron by Loran Storn. Both Allira and Dan are overcome by force and their bodies made to do things they would not have done by choice. In both cases, the perpetrators justify their actions on the basis of need – Brynat needs to marry Allira to legitimize his sack of Storn, and Loran Storn needs to protect Storn Castle. The reader is left to consider the consequences.

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# The Winds of Darkover

***The Winds of Darkover*** is a science fantasy novel by American writer Marion Zimmer Bradley, part of her *Darkover* series. It was first published by Ace Books in 1970, as an Ace Double bound tête-bêche with *The Anything Tree* by John Rackham.

This is the first Darkover novel to include references to the Sharra Matrix. In terms of the Darkover timeline, Bradley states in "Author's Notes on Chronology" that *The Winds of Darkover* occurs about four years after the events in *Star of Danger*.

One of the underlying themes of *The Winds of Darkover* is rape. Bradley provides her readers with parallel experiences – the rape of Allira Storn by the bandit Brynat, and the psychic rape of Dan Barron by Loran Storn. Both Allira and Dan are overcome by force and their bodies made to do things they would not have done by choice. In both cases, the perpetrators justify their actions on the basis of need – Brynat needs to marry Allira to legitimize his sack of Storn, and Loran Storn needs to protect Storn Castle. The reader is left to consider the consequences.

## Plot summary

Dan Barron, a Terran spaceport technician, has begun having visions that interfere with his work. After he causes a major accident, Barron is reassigned to a minor diplomatic mission to teach lens grinding to the locals. His guide is Lerrys Montray, who unbeknownst to Barron, is half Terran.

In the Hellers Mountains, the isolated Storn family estate of High Windward has come under attack from a bandit colorfully named Brynat Scarface. He has forced one of the Storn daughters to marry him, but is unable to take full control of the castle because the Lord of Storn lies in a trance behind a telepathic force field.

Storn has made telepathic contact with both Barron, causing his visions, and his sister Melitta, and instructs them both to rendezvous at the ancient city of Carthon. While escaping the castle, Melitta calls on the assistance of Sharra, the mythical chained goddess of forges and fires.

Barron, Lerrys, and their party make their way to one of the mountain fire stations. On the trail, Barron also has a vision of Sharra. Now merged with Storn, he recognizes the beginnings of a Ghost Wind, which disorients all who come in contact. The party takes shelter, but Barron uses the opportunity to escape to Carthon.

Barron and Melitta meet, and Melitta realizes that her brother has taken over Barron's mind. They make their way to Aldaran to request assistance. They are welcomed by Desideria Leynier, and later meet with Kermiac Aldaran. Aldaran refuses to support their cause, but Desideria suggests she can use the Sharra Matrix on their behalf. Barron is accidentally exposed to a telepathic damper, separating him from Storn.

Desideria, Barron and Melitta return to the Storn lands. With the assistance of the mysterious Forge Folk, Desideria uses Sharra to destroy the bandits. Barron decides to remain with Melitta.

## Major characters

* Daniel Firth Barron, Terran spaceport technician
* Brynat Scarface, a Dry Town bandit
* Loran Rakhal Storn, Storn of Storn, a blind teenaged boy
* Melitta and Allira Storn, his sisters
* Larry/Lerrys Montray, son of Wade Montray, foster son of Valdir Alton
* Desideria Leynier, a keeper. She will eventually marry Loran Storn, though after the end of this book, in the next book *The World Wreckers*.
* Kermiac Aldaran

## Sources

## InfoBox

The Winds of Darkover
| Cover of the first edition | |
| --- | --- |
| Author | Marion Zimmer Bradley |
| Cover artist | Frank Kelly Freas |
| Language | English |
| Series | *Darkover* |
| Genre | Science fantasy |
| Publisher | Ace Books |
| Publication date | 1970 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (paperback) |
| Pages | 139 |
| OCLC | 9263732 |


title: The Windows of Heaven (film)

abstract: The Windows of Heaven is a 1963 film about Lorenzo Snow, the fifth president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The film was directed and produced by Wetzel Whitaker with the screenplay by Scott Whitaker and Richard Neil Evans. Francis L. Urry played the role of Lorenzo Snow.

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# The Windows of Heaven (film)

***The Windows of Heaven*** is a 1963 film about Lorenzo Snow, the fifth president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). The film was directed and produced by Wetzel Whitaker with the screenplay by Scott Whitaker and Richard Neil Evans. Francis L. Urry played the role of Lorenzo Snow.

## Plot summary

The film follows Snow as he tries to resolve the church's mounting debt and the struggles of the Mormon settlers suffering through a drought. In the film, Snow prophesies to the people of St. George, Utah, that they will be able to harvest their crops if they obey the law of tithing.

## Production

The prophecy that Snow gives in the film is based on articles written by his son LeRoi C. Snow, 35 to 40 years after the events of the film occurred. Contemporary historical records do not support that Snow made the prophecy depicted in the film; instead, he promised generalized prophetic blessings for obeying the law of tithing. The depiction of rain in St. George is mostly historically accurate, with a reported rainfall of 1.89 inches during that time. However, the rainfall caused extensive damage and contemporary church leaders did not connect it to the payment of tithing.

The film was produced and released while the LDS Church was in a financial crisis, starting the 1950s. The First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve Apostles examined and approved the film's script. Filming began in 1962 and the general authorities approved the released version.

## Reception

Upon its release, *The Windows of Heaven* was the longest and most publicized film produced by BYU. It premiered in St. George and was well-received among LDS Church members, including church president David O. McKay. The film was cut from 50 minutes to 32 in a 1979 for video release. A 10-minute version of the film was included in the 2006 three-disc DVD compilation on LDS Church history.

## InfoBox

| The Windows of Heaven | |
| --- | --- |
| Directed by | Wetzel Whitaker |
| Written by | Richard Neil Evans
Scott Whitaker |
| Produced by | Wetzel Whitaker |
| Starring | Francis L. Urry
John B. Fetzer
Rowena Miller
Lethe Tatge
Alonzo J. Morley
Grant Graff |
| Cinematography | Robert Stum |
| Edited by | Frank S. Wise |
| Music by | Crawford Gates |
| Production
company | BYU Motion Picture Studio |
| Distributed by | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints |
| Release date | * March 13, 1963 (1963-03-13) |
| Running time | 50 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |


title: The Winner in Me

abstract: The Winner in Me is the second solo contemporary gospel album by SWV member Coko.

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# The Winner in Me

Professional ratings
| Review scores | |
| --- | --- |
| Source | Rating |
| Gospelpundit.com | (Positive) |
| Soultracks.com | (Positive) |

***The Winner in Me*** is the second solo contemporary gospel album (fourth overall) by SWV member Coko.

## Track listing

1. Make a Way (featuring Canton Jones)
2. The Joy of the Lord (featuring Israel Houghton)
3. Rescue Me
4. The Winner in Me
5. May Be the Last Time
6. Let Me Go
7. Wait (featuring Youthful Praise)
8. This Is Me
9. Oh Mary (featuring Kelly Price)
10. Just Like You
11. I Surrender
12. Renew My Mind (featuring Lady Tibba)

## Charts

| Chart (2009) | Peak
position |
| --- | --- |
| US Top Gospel Albums (*Billboard*) | 4 |
| US Independent Albums (*Billboard*) | 38 |
| US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (*Billboard*) | 55 |

## InfoBox

| The Winner In Me | |
| --- | --- |
|  | |
| Studio album by Coko | |
| Released | July 14, 2009 |
| Recorded | 2008–2009 |
| Genre | Gospel, R&B, CCM |
| Label | Light Records, Intersound Records |
| Producer | Mike Clemons |
| Coko chronology | |
| *A Coko Christmas*
(2008) ***The Winner In Me***
(2009) *Always Coko*
(2012) | |


title: The Winner Twins

abstract: Brittany and Brianna Winner, also known as the Winner Twins, are science fiction authors known for their self-published novels.

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# The Winner Twins

**Brittany** and **Brianna Winner**, also known as the **Winner Twins** (born 1995), are science fiction authors known for their self-published novels.

## Biography

Brianna and Brittany were born in 1995, and began writing in middle school with their father, under the pen name J.B.B. Winner. They published their first novel,*The Strand Prophecy*, when they were 12, and it attracted national attention the following year. It was an illustrated story about a rapid evolutionary cycle on Earth, with a scientist superhero as the lead character.

In 2018, they began collaborating with Todd McCaffrey, publishing the *Twin Soul* series and the novel *The Magpie's War*.

The twins developed dyslexia and dysgraphia early in life, and promote youth literacy and education to inspire children with learning disabilities.

## Publications

### Novels

* *The Strand Prophecy* (2006) (Missile Rider Publishing)
* *Extinction's Embrace* (2009) (Howler Publishing)
* *Perfect Compatibility Test* (2017)
* *Twin Soul* Series 2018-2021 (series of 20 short stories, with Todd McCaffrey)
* *The Magpie's War* (2021) (with Todd McCaffrey)

### Non-fiction

* The Write Path: Navigating Storytelling (2017\*)
* *Millennium Madness* poetry anthology (Brianna Winner, 2019)

## Reception

Their first novel *The Strand Prophecy* was a semi-finalist for an Independent Publishers Book Award, nominated for an IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award, and was inducted into the National Accelerated Reader Program.

They received Pinnacle Awards for excellence in teaching from the Center for Interactive Learning and Collaboration (CILC) in 2012, 2013 and 2014. They contributed essays on creative writing to the 2014 Penguin Books anthology *Now Write! Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror*.

They were featured presenters at the first annual Geekie Awards in August, 2013, and special guests of honor at BayCon 2015's Women of Wonder.

As of 2021, their books had reportedly sold hundreds of thousands of copies.

## InfoBox

| Brianna and Brittany Winner | |
| --- | --- |
|  | |
| Born | c.1995 |
| Pen name | J.B.B. Winner, Winner Twins |
| Occupation | Authors |
| Nationality | American |
| Genre | Science Fiction |
| Notable works | *The Strand Prophecy* |
| Website | |
| www.thewinnertwins.com | |


title: The Winners (Australian TV series)

abstract: The Winners was a long running Australian television series that shows highlights of Australian rules football matches.

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# The Winners (Australian TV series)

***The Winners*** was a long running Australian television series that shows highlights of Australian rules football matches.

## Original show (1970s and 1980s)

The original version was broadcast from 1977 until 1986 on the ABC on Sunday mornings. It was normally hosted by Drew Morphett with a panel consisting of former players and pundits. Two matches from the previous day's Victorian Football League (VFL) fixtures would be screened and the panel would speculate about the games along with the league ladder and the goal, mark and play of the day. The format of the show was comprehensive, yet devoted mainly to matters on the field. Today it appears simplistic when compared with modern football's more saturated and market driven media coverage.

## Newer show (2000-2011)

A new version of *The Winners* returned on the Fox Footy Channel in 2002, hosted by Clinton Grybas, showing highlights of all eight AFL games from the weekend in a one-hour show. From 2007 to 2011, it was shown on Fox Sports on the Monday night following the round. Following Grybas' death in 2008, Dwayne Russell became host of the program until the end of 2011. In 2012, the show was originally meant to be part of the new Fox Footy but was subsequently removed as AFL 360 expanded from one night to four nights a week.

## Rebooted (2015)

A new iteration of the show was launched in 2015, known as *The Winners Rebooted*. Hosted once again by Drew Morphett, the show once again aired on Fox Footy. This version of the show focused on archival footage and extended highlights of historical games rather than as a recap of contemporary football. The show ended at the end of 2016.

## InfoBox

| *The Winners* | |
| --- | --- |
| Also known as | The Winners Rebooted |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language | English |
| Original release | |
| Network | ABC (1970s – 1980s)
Fox Footy Channel (2000 – 2006)
Fox Sports (2007 – 2011)
Fox Footy (2015 – 2016) |
| Release | * 1977 (1977) – 1986 (1986) * 2000 (2000) – 2012 (2012) * 2015 (2015) – 2016 (2016) |


title: Theon Cross

abstract: Theon Cross is a British tuba player and composer.

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# Theon Cross

**Theon Cross** is a British tuba player and composer.

## Life and career

Born and raised in London, England, to a Jamaican father and Saint Lucian mother, he began taking tenor horn lessons at the age of eight, then switched to tuba when he was in his mid-teens, discovering jazz through the Tomorrow's Warriors music education programme. He studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.

Cross is a core member of the jazz band Sons of Kemet. He has also worked with Moses Boyd and Nubya Garcia in his solo projects. Other collaborators include Jon Batiste, Emeli Sandé, Kano, Lafawndah and Makaya McCraven.

His solo releases include the 2015 EP *Aspirations* and the 2019 studio album, *Fyah*. On 29 October 2021, Cross released his sophomore studio album *Intra-I*.

## Discography

### Studio albums

| Title | Details |
| --- | --- |
| *Fyah* |  |
| *Intra-I* |  |

### Extended plays

* *Aspirations* (2015)

### Collaborative albums

| Title | Details |
| --- | --- |
| *Lest We Forget What We Came Here to Do*
(as part of Sons of Kemet) |  |
| *Your Queen Is a Reptile*
(as part of Sons of Kemet) |  |
| *Black to the Future*
(as part of Sons of Kemet) |  |
| *Five Fruit*
(as part of Steam Down) |  |
| *London Brew*
(as part of London Brew) |  |

### Singles

| Title | Year | Album |
| --- | --- | --- |
| "Forward Progression II" | 2021 | *Intra-I* |
| "The Spiral"
(featuring Afronaut Zu and Ahnansé) | | |
| "We Go Again" | | |

Official website

## InfoBox

| Theon Cross | |
| --- | --- |
| Cross performing live on Druga godba festival in Ljubljana, Slovenia, on 30 May 2015 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | London, England |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Instruments | Tuba |
| Labels | New Soil, Gearbox |
|  | |
| Website | theoncross.com |


title: Theon Senior (crater)

abstract: Theon Senior is a lunar impact crater that is located to the northwest of the crater Delambre, and south of D'Arrest. It forms a matching pair with Theon Junior, about two crater diameters to the south-southeast. The satellite crater Theon Senior A can be found to the north. Theon Senior is named for Theon of Smyrna, a 1st-2nd century Greek mathematician and philosopher. This crater is circular and bowl-shaped, with only a small floor at the center of the steeply sloping interior walls. The crater appears relatively young, as it shows little sign of wear due to impacts. The crater is about 18 kilometers in diameter, and the distance from its rim to the floor is 3470 meters. Theon Senior is from the Eratosthenian period, which lasted from 3.2 to 1.1 billion years ago.

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# Theon Senior (crater)

**Theon Senior** is a lunar impact crater that is located to the northwest of the crater Delambre, and south of D'Arrest. It forms a matching pair with Theon Junior, about two crater diameters to the south-southeast. The satellite crater Theon Senior A can be found to the north. Theon Senior is named for Theon of Smyrna, a 1st-2nd century Greek mathematician and philosopher.

This crater is circular and bowl-shaped, with only a small floor at the center of the steeply sloping interior walls. The crater appears relatively young, as it shows little sign of wear due to impacts. The crater is about 18 kilometers in diameter, and the distance from its rim to the floor is 3470 meters. Theon Senior is from the Eratosthenian period, which lasted from 3.2 to 1.1 billion years ago.

## Satellite craters

By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater midpoint that is closest to Theon Senior.

| Theon<br>Senior | Latitude | Longitude | Diameter |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| A | 0.2° S | 15.4° E | 5 km |
| B | 0.2° N | 14.1° E | 6 km |
| C | 1.4° S | 14.5° E | 6 km |

## InfoBox

Theon Senior
| Lunar Orbiter 4 image of Theon Senior (top) and Theon Junior (bottom) | |
| --- | --- |
| Coordinates | 0°48′S 15°24′E / 0.8°S 15.4°E / -0.8; 15.4 |
| Diameter | 18 km |
| Depth | 3470 m |
| Colongitude | 345° at sunrise |
| Eponym | Theon of Smyrna |


title: Theodor Platou

abstract: Theodor Platou was a Norwegian businessperson in the brewery industry. Platou was born in Bergen to brewer Waldemar Stoud Platou and Hilda Oppegaard. He was manager of Hansa Brewery from 1916 to 1919. From 1924 to 1962 he was CEO of Frydenlunds bryggeri in Oslo, and also chairman of the board of the brewery from 1930 to 1960. During the German occupation of Norway Platou served with the Norwegian Brigade in Scotland. Platou was decorated as a Knight, First Class of the Order of St. Olav in 1938, and was a Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog. He was awarded the Haakon VII 70th Anniversary Medal and the King's Medal of Merit in gold.

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# Theodor Platou

**Theodor Platou** (4 September 1892  18 October 1969) was a Norwegian businessperson in the brewery industry.

Platou was born in Bergen to brewer Waldemar Stoud Platou and Hilda Oppegaard. He was manager of Hansa Brewery from 1916 to 1919. From 1924 to 1962 he was CEO of Frydenlunds bryggeri in Oslo, and also chairman of the board of the brewery from 1930 to 1960. During the German occupation of Norway Platou served with the Norwegian Brigade in Scotland. Platou was decorated as a Knight, First Class of the Order of St. Olav in 1938, and was a Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog. He was awarded the Haakon VII 70th Anniversary Medal and the King's Medal of Merit in gold.

## InfoBox

| Theodor Platou | |
| --- | --- |
| Born | (1892-09-04)4 September 1892
Bergen, Norway |
| Died | 18 October 1969(1969-10-18) (aged 77) |
| Nationality | Norwegian |
| Occupation | Businessperson |
| Parent | Waldemar Stoud Platou |
| Relatives | Gabriel Andreas Stoud Platou (uncle)
Christian Emil Stoud Platou (uncle) |
| Awards |  |


title: Theodor Poeckh

abstract: Theodor Poeckh was a German portrait painter.

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# Theodor Poeckh

**Theodor Poeckh** (20 April 1839, Braunschweig  5 January 1921, Karlsruhe) was a German portrait painter.

## Biography

From 1860 to 1861, he was a student of Hans Fredrik Gude at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf. After that, he attended the Academy of Fine Arts Munich, where he studied with Carl Theodor von Piloty.

He remained in Munich, until he was appointed to a teaching position at the Academy of Fine Arts, Karlsruhe; left vacant by the death Ludwig des Coudres. There, he took charge of the newly created nature and classical painting classes, with Ernst Schurth as an assistant. Some of his best known students were Christian Wilhelm Allers, Emil Schill, Pedro Weingärtner and Paul Schultze-Naumburg.

The Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe has a collection of his works.

## Further reading

* Thieme-Becker: *Poeckh, Theodor*. Ausgabe Seemann 1999, Vol.25/26 pg.176
* Leo Mülfarth: *Kleines Lexikon Karlsruher Maler*. Karlsruhe 1987, pp. 87–88, ISBN 3-7617-0250-7

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title: Theodore Hutson Benedict

abstract: Theodore Hutson Benedict was an American politician. Benedict, second son of General James and Deborah (Coles) Benedict, was born in New York City, March 13, 1821. He was for more than two years of his Yale College course a member of the Class of 1839. His father's death in July, 1841, left him the master of large wealth, and enabled him to devote himself to foreign travel, to literary culture, and to the care of the family estate at Tarrytown, N. Y., where he resided through life, unmarried. He entered politics as a Whig, and by his personal popularity overcame a Democratic majority in his district, and was elected to the New York State Legislature in 1850. In 1851 he declined, on account of the condition of his health, a nomination to the New York State Senate; and in 1852 he was a member of the convention which nominated General Winfield Scott for the US Presidency. Later, his delicate health prevented him from active participation in politics. He died in Tarrytown, June 14, 1885, in his 65th year.  This article incorporates public domain material from the 1885 Yale Obituary Record.

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# Theodore Hutson Benedict

**Theodore Hutson Benedict** (March 13, 1821 – June 14, 1885) was an American politician.

Benedict**,** second son of General James and Deborah (Coles) Benedict, was born in New York City, March 13, 1821. He was for more than two years of his Yale College course a member of the Class of 1839. His father's death in July, 1841, left him the master of large wealth, and enabled him to devote himself to foreign travel, to literary culture, and to the care of the family estate at Tarrytown, N. Y., where he resided through life, unmarried.

He entered politics as a Whig, and by his personal popularity overcame a Democratic majority in his district, and was elected to the New York State Legislature in 1850. In 1851 he declined, on account of the condition of his health, a nomination to the New York State Senate; and in 1852 he was a member of the convention which nominated General Winfield Scott for the US Presidency. Later, his delicate health prevented him from active participation in politics.

He died in Tarrytown, June 14, 1885, in his 65th year.

This article incorporates public domain material from the 1885 *Yale Obituary Record*.


title: Theodore of Pavia

abstract: San Teodoro or Saint Theodore of Pavia was bishop of Pavia from 743 until his death. He was repeatedly exiled by the Lombard kings. His feast day is May 20. Along with Syrus (Siro), he is a patron saint of Pavia, and his body is housed in the church with his name.

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# Theodore of Pavia

**San Teodoro** or **Saint Theodore of Pavia** (died c. 778 ) was bishop of Pavia from 743 until his death. He was repeatedly exiled by the Lombard kings. His feast day is May 20. Along with Syrus (Siro), he is a patron saint of Pavia, and his body is housed in the church with his name.

* Jones, terry H (n.d.), "Saint Theodore of Pavia", *Patron Saints Index*, The Star Quest Production Network, archived from the original on 2008-06-02`{{citation}}`: CS1 maint: year (link)
* Disabella, Adriano (2002), "San Teodoro di Pavia", *Santi beati e testimoni* (in Italian).

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| Saint Theodore or San Teodoro | |
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| Bishop of Pavia | |
| Died | 778 |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church<br>Eastern Orthodox Church |
| Canonized | Pre-congregation |
| Feast | 20 May |
| Patronage | Pavia, Italy |


title: Thietmar of Minden

abstract: Saint Thietmar of Minden was bishop of Minden from 1185 or 1186 until his death in 1206. According to tradition, Thietmar was from Bavaria. It was Thietmar's custom to eat only bread and water, although this practice physically weakened him. A miracle recorded of him states that one day, when water from the well was brought to him by a servant, it had become wine. The bishop rejected the wine and asked for water again. When he received wine again, Thietmar began to distrust his servant. The bishop accompanied the servant to the well. When the servant scooped up water, it again transformed itself into wine.

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# Thietmar of Minden

Saint **Thietmar** (*Dietmar, Thiemo*) **of Minden** was bishop of Minden from 1185 or 1186 until his death in 1206. According to tradition, Thietmar was from Bavaria.

It was Thietmar's custom to eat only bread and water, although this practice physically weakened him. A miracle recorded of him states that one day, when water from the well was brought to him by a servant, it had become wine. The bishop rejected the wine and asked for water again. When he received wine again, Thietmar began to distrust his servant. The bishop accompanied the servant to the well. When the servant scooped up water, it again transformed itself into wine.

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| Thietmar of Minden | |
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| Sculpture of Thietmar. Minden Cathedral. | |
| Bishop | |
| Born | Bavaria |
| Died | 5 March 1206<br>Minden |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
| Feast | 5 March |


title: Thietpald

abstract: Thietpald was abbot of the Abbey of Saint Gall from 1022 to 1034.

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# Thietpald

**Thietpald** (died 4 or 7 January 1034) was abbot of the Abbey of Saint Gall from 1022 to 1034.

## Life

Thietpald became Abbot of Saint Gall in September 1022. On 19 April 1025, King Conrad II confirmed the immunity and the free election of abbot for Thietpald. This constitutes his sole documented mention. Before that, he only appears in the fraternity book of Reichenau (Reichenauer Verbrüderungsbuch).

## Works

Thietpald was highly esteemed as abbot. His rule is regarded as a period of peace, even though the rebellious Ernest II, Duke of Swabia, heavily ravaged the abbey in 1026. The following year, however, Empress Gisela of Swabia visited the monastery with her son Henry.

## Notes and references

1. Vogler, Werner (1986). "Kurzbiographien der Äbte". In Duft, Johannes; Gössi, Anton; Vogler, Werner (eds.). *Die Abtei St. Gallen*. St. Gallen. pp. 118–119. ISBN 3-906616-15-0.`{{cite book}}`: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)


title: Thietmar of Merseburg

abstract: Thietmar, Prince-Bishop of Merseburg from 1009 until his death in 1018, was an important chronicler recording the reigns of German kings and Holy Roman Emperors of the Ottonian (Saxon) dynasty. Two of Thietmar's great-grandfathers, both referred to as Liuthar, were the Saxon nobles Lothar II, Count of Stade, and Lothar I, Count of Walbeck. They were both killed fighting the Slavs at the Battle of Lenzen.

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# Thietmar of Merseburg

**Thietmar** (also **Dietmar** or **Dithmar**; 25 July 975  1 December 1018), Prince-Bishop of Merseburg from 1009 until his death in 1018, was an important chronicler recording the reigns of German kings and Holy Roman Emperors of the Ottonian (Saxon) dynasty. Two of Thietmar's great-grandfathers, both referred to as Liuthar, were the Saxon nobles Lothar II, Count of Stade, and Lothar I, Count of Walbeck. They were both killed fighting the Slavs at the Battle of Lenzen.

## Life

Thietmar was a son of the Saxon count Siegfried I the Older of Walbeck (died 990) and his wife Kunigunde (died 997), daughter of Henry I the Bald, Count of Stade (House of Udonids). His father fought with Margrave Odo against Duke Mieszko I of Poland at the 972 Battle of Cedynia. At the time of Thietmar's birth, his family sided with the Ottonian duke Henry II of Bavaria ("the Wrangler") in his uprising against his cousin Emperor Otto II. Later, a balance was achieved; Siegfried became burgrave at Möckern and his brother Count Lothair of Walbeck served as margrave of the Northern March from 983 until his death in 1003.

Baptized in Halberstadt, Thietmar prepared for an ecclesiastical career. He was educated at the St. Servatius chapter of Quedlinburg Abbey and from 987 onwards at the Benedictine abbey of Berge in Buckau near Magdeburg. From 1 November 990, he attended the Magedeburg cathedral school, together with his relative Bruno of Querfurt. He was familiar with the works of Augustine of Hippo, but even more with classical authors like Virgil, Horace, Lucan, and Macrobius.

Thietmar witnessed the struggles of the young Ottonian king Otto III and his mother Theophanu to secure their reign. He took some part in some political events of the time; in 994 he was a hostage in the hands of the Norsemen, and he was not unfamiliar with the actualities of war. Upon the death of his parents, he inherited large parts of the Walbeck estates and in 1002 became provost of the family monastery, established by his grandfather Count Lothair II. On 21 December 1004, he was ordained as a priest by Archbishop Tagino of Magdeburg.

In 1009, through the intercession of Archbishop Tagino, he became Bishop of the Merseburg diocese, which had been re-established by King Henry II in 1004. Thietmar was concerned with the full restitution of his bishopric. A loyal supporter of the German kingship, he rarely interfered in political affairs. He died on 1 December 1018 and was buried in Merseburg cathedral.

## Thietmar's Chronicle

Between 1012 and 1018 Thietmar, while Bishop of Merseburg, composed his chronicle *Chronicon Thietmari*, which comprises eight books, that cover the period between 908 and 1018, the Saxon Emperors Henry the Fowler, the three Ottos, and Henry II the Saint. As counsellor of the Emperor and participant in many important political transactions he was well equipped for writing a history of his times.

The first three books, covering the reigns of Henry I and the first two Ottos (Otto I and Otto II) are largely based on previous chronicles most of which are still extant (e.g. Widukind of Corvey's *Res gestae Saxonicae*, the *Annales Quedlinburgenses* and others); the fourth book, comprising the reign of Otto III contains much original matter; while the remaining four books, which describe the reign of Henry II to the year 1018, are the independent narrative of Thietmar and, besides being the principal source for Saxon history during the reign of Henry II, contain valuable information, not to be found elsewhere regarding the contemporary history and civilization of the Slavic tribes east of the river Elbe, as well as Poles, Hungarians and Bulgarians.

The surviving manuscript shows ongoing amendments and insertions by Thietmar after the text's completion. The 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia criticizes the style and composition of the writing, as well as the indiscriminate inclusion of unimportant events, but nevertheless recommends it as a historical source on the Saxony during the reigns of the emperors Otto III and Henry II. It contains a detailed history of the Bishopric of Merseburg, and of the wars against the Wends (Polabian Slavs) and the Poles.

The original manuscript was moved in 1570 to Dresden. When the city was destroyed by bombing during World War II the manuscript was severely damaged, and only a few folios remain intact. Fortunately a complete facsimile edition had been published by L. Schmidt (Dresden, 1905).

Thietmar's statement that the Gero Cross in Cologne cathedral was commissioned by Archbishop Gero, who died in 976, was dismissed by art historians, who thought he meant another cross, until the 1920s, and finally confirmed as correct in 1976 by dendrochronology.

## Editions and translations of Thietmar's Chronicle

*Thietmari Merseburgensis episcopi Chronicon*:

* Holtzman, Robert (ed.) and J.C.M. Laurent, J. Strebitzki und W. Wattenbach (trs.). *Die Chronik des Thietmar von Merseburg.* Halle, 2007 (1912). ISBN 978-3-89812-513-0. New publication based on earlier editions and German translations and including 48 illustrations by Klaus F. Messerschmidt.
* Holtzmann, Robert (ed.). *Die Chronik des Bischofs Thietmar von Merseburg und ihre Korveier Überarbeitung*. MGH Scriptores rerum Germanicarum NS 9. Berlin, 1935. Available from digital MGH
* Wattenbach, Wilhem and Friedrich Kurze (eds.). *Thietmari Merseburgensis episcopi Chronicon*. MGH Scriptores rerum Germanicarum in usum scholarum separatim editi 54. Hanover, 1889. PDF available online from the Internet Archive.
* Lappenberg, J.M. (ed.). "Thietmari Chronicon a 919-1018." In *Annales, chronica et historiae aevi Saxonici*, ed. Heinrich Pertz. MGH Scriptores (in Folio) 3. Hanover, 1839. 723–871. Available online Archived 2018-02-20 at the Wayback Machine
* Warner, David A. (tr.). *Ottonian Germany. The Chronicon of Thietmar of Merseburg*. Manchester, 2001. ISBN 0-7190-4925-3. English translation.
* Trillmich, Werner (tr.). In *Thietmar von Merseburg. Chronik*. Ausgewählte Quellen zur Deutschen Geschichte des Mittelalters vol 9. 8th ed. Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, 2002 (1957). ISBN 3-534-00173-7. Translation into modern German.
* Holtzmann (tr.). 1938. GdV, 4.Aufl. German translation.
* von Laurent (tr.). 2. Aufl. Berlin, 1879. German translation.
* Komarnicki, Z.E.T. (tr.),*Kronika Dytmara, Biskupa Merseburgskiego jako jedno z najdawniejszych świadectw historycznych o Polsce...*. Ksiegarni Jana Hussarowskiego, Żytomierz, 1861. Polish translation.

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