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Jaycees Candidates Night 2011
4/14/11 - Foxborough Jaycees Candidates NightFeatured 9 months ago
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10/18/10 School Committee Meeting
7:00 Visitors7:05 Approval of Minutes
7:10 M.A.S.S. Award of Academic Excellence Presentation
7:25 Burrell School Playground Committee Update
7:50 Superintendent of Schools Status
8:05 October 1st Enrollment Report
8:15 First Reading of Policies
8:45 FY 11 Budget Summary Statement
8:55 Other Matters for Consideration by the Committee
9:05 Executive Session – Discussion of Union Contract Negotiations
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Controversial Time Clock Error
Controversial Time Clock ErrorFHS Varsity Football
Foxboro vs. Attleboro
October 8, 2010
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Football vs Attleboro
FHS Varsity Football: Foxboro Warriors vs. the Attleboro Bombadiers, October 8, 2010
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1/10/12 Board of Selectmen Meeting
Coverage of the Foxborough Board of SelectmenFoxborough Board of Selectmen Agenda
7:00 Citizen’s Input
7:10 Town Manager - Finance Director - FY2013 Budget
7:55 Board of Selectmen - National Grid Update
8:15 Town Manager Discussion on Town Counsel Recruitment Process
8:35 Board of Selectmen 1 – Board of Selectmen/Town Manager Communications
2 – Future Agenda Items – Town Manager Report
9:15 Executive Session - Negotiations – Non-union Personnel
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Igo Holiday Hoedown 2011
Vincent M Igo Elementary School Holiday Hoedown 2011Featured 1 month ago
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12/27/11 Part 3 Board of Selectmen
Board of Selectmen Chair "calls the questions" and a vote is taken 1hr 8min 50sec into part three of the video.MOTION: "I move that the Board of Selectmen dispatch a letter to Governor Deval Patrick, Stephen Crosby Massachusetts Gaming Commissioner, Robert Kraft and Steve Wynn, informing them the Town of Foxborough is not willing to be a host community for a casino and that this board will not enter into any review or negotiations regarding such a proposal."
Voted passed 3-2
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Moanin
12/15/11 - Hale School Jazz Orchestra performs with Foxborough High School Jazz Ensemble.Wiki Article on Mingus:
Charles Mingus Jr. (April 22, 1922 – January 5, 1979) was an American jazz musician, composer, bandleader, and civil rights activist.
Mingus's compositions retained the hot and soulful feel of hard bop and drew heavily from black gospel music while sometimes drawing on elements of Third stream, free jazz, and classical music. Yet Mingus avoided categorization, forging his own brand of music that fused tradition with unique and unexplored realms of jazz.
Mingus focused on collective improvisation, similar to the old New Orleans jazz parades, paying particular attention to how each band member interacted with the group as a whole. In creating his bands, Mingus looked not only at the skills of the available musicians, but also their personalities. Many musicians passed through his bands and later went on to impressive careers. He recruited talented and sometimes little-known artists whom he assembled into unconventional and revealing configurations. As a performer, Mingus was a pioneer in double bass technique, widely recognized as one of the instrument's most proficient players.
Nearly as well known as his ambitious music was Mingus' often fearsome temperament, which earned him the nickname "The Angry Man of Jazz." His refusal to compromise his musical integrity led to many on-stage eruptions, exhortations to musicians, and dismissals.[1]
Because of his brilliant writing for mid-size ensembles—and his catering to and emphasizing the strengths of the musicians in his groups—Mingus is often considered the heir of Duke Ellington, for whom he expressed great admiration. Indeed, Dizzy Gillespie had once claimed Mingus reminded him "of a young Duke", citing their shared "organizational genius."[2] Mingus' music was once believed to be too difficult to play without Mingus' leadership, and Gunther Schuller has suggested that Mingus should be ranked among the most important American composers, jazz or otherwise.[3] However, many musicians play Mingus compositions today, from those who play with the repertory bands Mingus Big Band, Mingus Dynasty, and Mingus Orchestra, to the high school students who play the charts and compete in the Charles Mingus High School Competition.[4]
In 1988, a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts[5] made possible the cataloging of Mingus compositions, which were then donated to the Music Division of the New York Public Library[6] for public use. In 1993, The Library of Congress acquired Mingus's collected papers—including scores, sound recordings, correspondence and photos—in what they described as "the most important acquisition of a manuscript collection relating to jazz in the Library's history".[7]
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