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Posts Tagged ‘Band’

Lap Band = Life Saver

Monday, February 20th, 2012

Lap Band = Life Saver

There are illnesses that come with being overweight, including high blood pressure, sleep apnea, and type 2 diabetes.  Most of those illnesses are hard to treat when a person is not in the right path to good health.  With the lap band surgery a patient will lose weight and help stabilize these illnesses and may even help cure them.  

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All Female Band

Wednesday, February 1st, 2012

All Female Band
Prior to 1970

In the Jazz Age of the 1920s, “all-girl” bands such as “Helen Lewis and Her All-Girl Jazz Syncopators” were briefly popular. (In 1925, Lee DeForest filmed Lewis and her band in his short-lived Phonofilm process, in a film now in the Maurice Zouary collection at the Library of Congress.) Blanche Calloway, sister of Cab Calloway, led a male band, Blanche Calloway and Her Joy Boys, from 1932 to 1939, and Ina Ray Hutton led an all-girl band, the Mellodears, from 1934 to 1939. Author and professor Sherrie Tucker published a book detailing the times and trials of All-Girl Swing bands of the 1940s, titled “Swing Shift”, in 2000. (Duke University Press)

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Selecting a Wedding band

Tuesday, January 10th, 2012

Selecting a Wedding band

There’s lots to worry about when you are planning a wedding and this article will make sure choosing the band is one less thing to stress over. If you follow this simple advice your evening’s music will be a hit with all your guests and provide the proverbial icing on the cake for your big event.

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