Sir Manfred Lartly was born Spring of 1882 in Belleville, Ontario . He is best known for his environmental activism.
History
Family
Manfred Lartly grew up in a large family, the eldest of 15.<ref name="Sir Manfred Lartly"/> In 1866 he and his family moved north to Eldorado, Ontario to join in the gold rush.<ref name="Sir Manfred Lartly"/> His title of "Sir" was self-appointed and stuck with him until after his death. <ref name="Sir Manfred Lartly"/>
Environmental Activism
Manfred Lartly was opposed to urban development and overpopulation.<ref name="Sir Manfred Lartly"/> His most famous cause was the building of the Queensborough dam which he thought would destroy the river ecosystem.<ref name="Sir Manfred Lartly"/> He went to extreme measures to protest the dam and stop its construction including using explosives to destroy the dam.<ref name="Sir Manfred Lartly"/>
Death
Lartly was going to blow up the Queensborough dam but failed in his task. He accidentally set his explosives off while on his way to the dam and ended up killing himself in the process.<ref name="Sir Manfred Lartly"/>
Controversy
After Lartly's death, accusations of mental illness arose and some people even said he heard voices of nymphs which told him to blow up the dam.<ref name="Sir Manfred Lartly"/>
History
Family
Manfred Lartly grew up in a large family, the eldest of 15.<ref name="Sir Manfred Lartly"/> In 1866 he and his family moved north to Eldorado, Ontario to join in the gold rush.<ref name="Sir Manfred Lartly"/> His title of "Sir" was self-appointed and stuck with him until after his death. <ref name="Sir Manfred Lartly"/>
Environmental Activism
Manfred Lartly was opposed to urban development and overpopulation.<ref name="Sir Manfred Lartly"/> His most famous cause was the building of the Queensborough dam which he thought would destroy the river ecosystem.<ref name="Sir Manfred Lartly"/> He went to extreme measures to protest the dam and stop its construction including using explosives to destroy the dam.<ref name="Sir Manfred Lartly"/>
Death
Lartly was going to blow up the Queensborough dam but failed in his task. He accidentally set his explosives off while on his way to the dam and ended up killing himself in the process.<ref name="Sir Manfred Lartly"/>
Controversy
After Lartly's death, accusations of mental illness arose and some people even said he heard voices of nymphs which told him to blow up the dam.<ref name="Sir Manfred Lartly"/>
This is the list of the main guests of Enough Rope with Andrew Denton in 2006.
February
* 20 February: Billy Connolly
March
* 13 March: Bono
April
* 10 April: Maggie Tabberer
* 17 April: Louise Yaxley and Alexis Rhodes
* 24 April: Brenda Blethyn
May
* 01 May: John and Julia Anderson
* 08 May: Michael Leunig
* 15 May: Paul Featherstone
* 22 May: Marcia Hines
* 29 May: 2002 Bali bombings survivor Tony Purkiss
June
* 05 June: Chris Isaak
* 12 June: Anthony La Paglia
* 19 June: Richard E. Grant
* 26 June: Troy Cassar-Daley
July
* 03 July: Chris Martin
* 10 July: Bernie and Karen Banton
* 17 July: Chrissy Amphlett
* 24 July: Dr Jane Goodall
* 31 July: Town of Rainbow, located on the edge of the Mallee in western Victoria
August
* 07 August: John Butler
* 14 August: Major Michael Mori
* 21 August: Michael Willesee
* 28 August: Lily Tomlin
September
* 04 September: Steve Irwin
* 11 September: Al Gore
* 18 September: Jamie Oliver
* 25 September: Raelene Boyle
October
* 02 October: Ian Chappell
* 09 October: Joanne Lees
* 16 October: Little Britain's Matt Lucas and David Walliams
* 23 October: Billy Crystal
* 30 October: Sara/Claes Lund and Camilla Gisslows' Living Library
November
* 06 November: Bono (second time in 2006)
* 13 November: Robert Hughes
February
* 20 February: Billy Connolly
March
* 13 March: Bono
April
* 10 April: Maggie Tabberer
* 17 April: Louise Yaxley and Alexis Rhodes
* 24 April: Brenda Blethyn
May
* 01 May: John and Julia Anderson
* 08 May: Michael Leunig
* 15 May: Paul Featherstone
* 22 May: Marcia Hines
* 29 May: 2002 Bali bombings survivor Tony Purkiss
June
* 05 June: Chris Isaak
* 12 June: Anthony La Paglia
* 19 June: Richard E. Grant
* 26 June: Troy Cassar-Daley
July
* 03 July: Chris Martin
* 10 July: Bernie and Karen Banton
* 17 July: Chrissy Amphlett
* 24 July: Dr Jane Goodall
* 31 July: Town of Rainbow, located on the edge of the Mallee in western Victoria
August
* 07 August: John Butler
* 14 August: Major Michael Mori
* 21 August: Michael Willesee
* 28 August: Lily Tomlin
September
* 04 September: Steve Irwin
* 11 September: Al Gore
* 18 September: Jamie Oliver
* 25 September: Raelene Boyle
October
* 02 October: Ian Chappell
* 09 October: Joanne Lees
* 16 October: Little Britain's Matt Lucas and David Walliams
* 23 October: Billy Crystal
* 30 October: Sara/Claes Lund and Camilla Gisslows' Living Library
November
* 06 November: Bono (second time in 2006)
* 13 November: Robert Hughes
David Ragaini (b. May 14th, 1942 in New Haven, CT) is a singer, golfer, and the subject of a feature in Ripley's Believe It Or Not.
During a long career in New York City, Ragaini sang over 4,000 radio and tv jingles, and provided background vocals in concerts, and on tv and recordings for such stars as Judy Garland, Ray Charles, Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, and a host of others.(1) In 1998, Ragaini and his wife Nicole (nee Gagnon), a popular French-Canadian singer whom he met 24 years earlier on a session in Montreal, recorded a well-received cd of their favorite love songs from the Golden Age of Popular Music entitled "Love Looks So Well On You".(2)
A golfer from the age of 11, Ragaini has won numerous events, the biggest being the 1971 Westchester Open, where he defeated 150 of the Metropolitan New York area's best professionals and amateurs, including former Masters and PGA Champion Doug Ford, PGA Tour stars Bill Collins, Don Massengale and Larry Laoretti, and Dick Siderowf, twice a British Amateur Champion.(3) His other wins include the 1992 National Senior-Junior Championship.(4) He was also runner-up in the 1997 American Seniors Stroke Play Championship.(5)
Ragaini was featured in Ripley's Believe It Or Not in 1972 when, playing golf on his knees to win a bet, he scored a hole-in-one on the 207-yard 13th hole at Wykagyl Country Club in New Rochelle, New York.(6)
Notes: (1): AFTRA member: 1967-present, SAG member 1968-present. (2): Disc # RAG-0001-2. (3): Golf at Yale, by John A. Godley and William W. Kelly, Marvelwood Press, 2009; : Westchester Open Champions; N.Y. Times: June 23rd, 1971. (4): Golf World, February 27th, 1992. (5): American Seniors Golf Association archives. (6): King Features Syndicate, Inc., 1972; Sports illustrated, May 1st, 1972.
During a long career in New York City, Ragaini sang over 4,000 radio and tv jingles, and provided background vocals in concerts, and on tv and recordings for such stars as Judy Garland, Ray Charles, Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, and a host of others.(1) In 1998, Ragaini and his wife Nicole (nee Gagnon), a popular French-Canadian singer whom he met 24 years earlier on a session in Montreal, recorded a well-received cd of their favorite love songs from the Golden Age of Popular Music entitled "Love Looks So Well On You".(2)
A golfer from the age of 11, Ragaini has won numerous events, the biggest being the 1971 Westchester Open, where he defeated 150 of the Metropolitan New York area's best professionals and amateurs, including former Masters and PGA Champion Doug Ford, PGA Tour stars Bill Collins, Don Massengale and Larry Laoretti, and Dick Siderowf, twice a British Amateur Champion.(3) His other wins include the 1992 National Senior-Junior Championship.(4) He was also runner-up in the 1997 American Seniors Stroke Play Championship.(5)
Ragaini was featured in Ripley's Believe It Or Not in 1972 when, playing golf on his knees to win a bet, he scored a hole-in-one on the 207-yard 13th hole at Wykagyl Country Club in New Rochelle, New York.(6)
Notes: (1): AFTRA member: 1967-present, SAG member 1968-present. (2): Disc # RAG-0001-2. (3): Golf at Yale, by John A. Godley and William W. Kelly, Marvelwood Press, 2009; : Westchester Open Champions; N.Y. Times: June 23rd, 1971. (4): Golf World, February 27th, 1992. (5): American Seniors Golf Association archives. (6): King Features Syndicate, Inc., 1972; Sports illustrated, May 1st, 1972.
The Mechanicsburg High School Marching Band is a successful marching band from the Mechanicsburg Area Senior High School in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, United States.
History
2003
This was a successful year for the band which won every competition it entered up to the Tournament of Bands Atlantic Coast championship.
2005
After having not won the Atlantic Coast Championships since 2000 and getting second place the previous two years, the MASH band was ready to do whatever it takes to finally win. The 2005 band season would become a memorable one in the annals of Mechanicsburg Marching Band history. The 2005 show was entitled "A Suite For Winter". The music would consist of "Believe", from the movie The Polar Express by Alan Silvestri as the opener to the show. From there, the band would go into their second tune, "Carol Of The Bells", (a la Manheim Steamroller), and then the ballad, which was the theme music from the movie The Cider House Rules, by Rachel Portman. The show's closer was "Russian Christmas Music" by composer Alfred Reed.
The band finally claimed their 1st place prize again on the night of November 12, 2005 at Lackawanna County Stadium in Moosic, PA. The band won first place in Group III with a score of 98.80, the highest score ever in TOB history (tying Mechanicsburg's 98.80 Group IV output in 1994). The show also earned the caption awards for high music, visual, and brass.
2006
The band successfully defended its title one year later to the day on the wet night of Novermber 12, 2006 when they again won the TOB Group III Atlantic Coast Championships. Their show, entitled "Flight", was a success, earning a score of 98.05 despite being performed in the down-pouring rain at Lackawanna County Stadium. In addition to the first place finish, they were awarded the trophies for high music, visual, percussion, and auxiliary.
This performance would be one of the last ever put on at Lackawanna County Stadium, as the complex and baseball team, the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Red Barons, would be bought out by the New York Yankees as a new affiliate. The artificial turf was removed the day after ACCs ended and replaced with a natural grass surface, ending Lackawanna County Stadium's (now PNC Field) long 23-year history hosting the Atlantic Coast Championships.
2007
On November 10, 2007 at 11:22 p.m., the MASH band performed their 2007 show, "An Irish Heritage" and won their third title in a row at the TOB Group III Atlantic Coast Championships at the Delaware State University's Alumni Stadium in Dover, DE with a record-tying score of 98.80 (Set by themselves, twice). They were additionally awarded for high music, visual, auxiliary, and brass.
2008
On the afternoon of November 16, 2008 at J. Birney Crum Stadium in Allentown, PA, the band performed their show "Above the Clouds" and won their fourth straight Group III TOB ACC title with a score of 97.35. The class of 2009 subsequently became the first Mechanicsburg graduates to ever win four straight championships. The band also took home awards for high music, visual, brass and percussion. This was the band's final year under director Dane Hildebrand. Hildebrand finished his 10th year as Mechanicsburg's director on high note, winning for the sixth time.
2009
The band won its fifth consecutive Group III TOB Atlantic Coast Championship at Hersheypark Stadium in Hershey, PA on November 1, 2009. The Sunday night performance of their field show "Earth" earned them a score of 96.85 along with high music, visual, percussion, and auxiliary. It was their 11th ACC victory in school history, having already won Group IV in 1992, '94, '95, and '96, and Group III in '99, 2000, '05, '06, '07, and '08. They continue to hold the Group III high-score record (98.80 in 2005 and 2007) and the Group IV record (98.80 in 1994). These three 98.80s also stand as the overall highest scores received in the history of Tournament Of Bands. It was the first season with new band director Michael Drobish, who had recently taught music at Bensalem high school, Mechanicsburg's fellow TOB competitors.
History
2003
This was a successful year for the band which won every competition it entered up to the Tournament of Bands Atlantic Coast championship.
2005
After having not won the Atlantic Coast Championships since 2000 and getting second place the previous two years, the MASH band was ready to do whatever it takes to finally win. The 2005 band season would become a memorable one in the annals of Mechanicsburg Marching Band history. The 2005 show was entitled "A Suite For Winter". The music would consist of "Believe", from the movie The Polar Express by Alan Silvestri as the opener to the show. From there, the band would go into their second tune, "Carol Of The Bells", (a la Manheim Steamroller), and then the ballad, which was the theme music from the movie The Cider House Rules, by Rachel Portman. The show's closer was "Russian Christmas Music" by composer Alfred Reed.
The band finally claimed their 1st place prize again on the night of November 12, 2005 at Lackawanna County Stadium in Moosic, PA. The band won first place in Group III with a score of 98.80, the highest score ever in TOB history (tying Mechanicsburg's 98.80 Group IV output in 1994). The show also earned the caption awards for high music, visual, and brass.
2006
The band successfully defended its title one year later to the day on the wet night of Novermber 12, 2006 when they again won the TOB Group III Atlantic Coast Championships. Their show, entitled "Flight", was a success, earning a score of 98.05 despite being performed in the down-pouring rain at Lackawanna County Stadium. In addition to the first place finish, they were awarded the trophies for high music, visual, percussion, and auxiliary.
This performance would be one of the last ever put on at Lackawanna County Stadium, as the complex and baseball team, the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Red Barons, would be bought out by the New York Yankees as a new affiliate. The artificial turf was removed the day after ACCs ended and replaced with a natural grass surface, ending Lackawanna County Stadium's (now PNC Field) long 23-year history hosting the Atlantic Coast Championships.
2007
On November 10, 2007 at 11:22 p.m., the MASH band performed their 2007 show, "An Irish Heritage" and won their third title in a row at the TOB Group III Atlantic Coast Championships at the Delaware State University's Alumni Stadium in Dover, DE with a record-tying score of 98.80 (Set by themselves, twice). They were additionally awarded for high music, visual, auxiliary, and brass.
2008
On the afternoon of November 16, 2008 at J. Birney Crum Stadium in Allentown, PA, the band performed their show "Above the Clouds" and won their fourth straight Group III TOB ACC title with a score of 97.35. The class of 2009 subsequently became the first Mechanicsburg graduates to ever win four straight championships. The band also took home awards for high music, visual, brass and percussion. This was the band's final year under director Dane Hildebrand. Hildebrand finished his 10th year as Mechanicsburg's director on high note, winning for the sixth time.
2009
The band won its fifth consecutive Group III TOB Atlantic Coast Championship at Hersheypark Stadium in Hershey, PA on November 1, 2009. The Sunday night performance of their field show "Earth" earned them a score of 96.85 along with high music, visual, percussion, and auxiliary. It was their 11th ACC victory in school history, having already won Group IV in 1992, '94, '95, and '96, and Group III in '99, 2000, '05, '06, '07, and '08. They continue to hold the Group III high-score record (98.80 in 2005 and 2007) and the Group IV record (98.80 in 1994). These three 98.80s also stand as the overall highest scores received in the history of Tournament Of Bands. It was the first season with new band director Michael Drobish, who had recently taught music at Bensalem high school, Mechanicsburg's fellow TOB competitors.