![]() ![]() The Vocal/Choral Division welcomes new Director of Choral Activities Richard W. Jazz and commercial music ensembles, such as the Studio Big Band, Little Big Band, and Jazz Combos, hit the stage on campus and around the community and the CONTEMPO Ensemble kicks off its second year of presenting both familiar and original works spanning the genres of pop, rock, indie, rhythm and blues, soul and alternative. Wind Ensemble and the conservatory’s in-house new music group EDGE Ensemble. The 2023-24 season also features a robust lineup of performances by the conservatory’s instrumental ensembles, including the Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of its new artistic director and conductor Emanuele Andrizzi, D.M.A. Shenandoah New Music delivers a fresh crop of exciting and inventive works by living composers with performances by Hub New Music and cello/bass duo Amanda Gookin and Sam Suggs. World-renowned pianists will be featured as part of the World of the Piano series, which includes recitals by the conservatory’s own John O’Conor Anton Nel Sara Davis Buechner Van Cliburn finalist Clayton Stephenson and William Chapman Nyaho, revered for his performances of music by composers of African descent. Artists include Rwandan artist and activist Odile Gakire “Kiki” Katese and the Women Drummers of Rwanda in “ The Book of Life,” a powerful and touching work of theatre about unlocking life after trauma the internationally renowned chamber ensemble, Sphinx Virtuosi Seraph Brass DanceWorks Chicago and CMT’s 2022 “Next Woman of Country” Miko Marks performing the music of Patsy Cline, Loretta Lynn and Dolly Parton alongside Nashville singer Kristina Train. ![]() Throughout the year, a wide array of guest artists will visit Winchester as part of the Performing Arts Live series. Audiences can curate their own experience, wandering through a variety of indoor and outdoor venues. 9, with the Inside/Out: Arts Open House, which features an array of short music, theatre, and dance performances by faculty and students, as well as a lineup of interactive workshops and behind-the-scenes tours. The Conservatory Performs season features dozens of opportunities to witness and experience the arts, including a rich variety of performances by students, faculty, and internationally renowned guest artists. Shenandoah Conservatory announces its 2023-24 season of live music, theatre, and dance. Many of the cups that are used today have been around since then, maintaining this unique, historical tradition.Live music, theatre, and dance from students, faculty, and acclaimed guest artists So that everyone who attended the large audiences of each production could be served, the small demitasse cups were used to keep portion sizes small. The ladies who were supporters of the theatre would go around to their neighbors and acquire as much coffee as possible to serve during intermission. This developed during WWII when the need for rationing began. ![]() One of the traditions of Macon Little Theatre is its use of demitasse cups for serving coffee during intermission. This expansion allowed for up to 2000 season ticket members. No seat was to be further than 60 feet from the stage. The state of the art location would include auditorium seating for 350 people, dressing rooms, a lobby, and an orchestra pit. In 1961, construction began on Forsyth Road so that the first real theatre could be used for its 29th season. With 200 charter members and packed houses, Macon Little Theatre was the social place to be. ![]() Local performing artists displayed their talent while local visual artists helped decorate sets and costumes. It all began in the old Ideal Laundry building on the corner of Riverside Drive and First Street. The theatre opened its doors to the public on Mawith the presentation of Hay Fever. Macon Little Theatre is the oldest, continuously running community theatre under the same name in the southeast. ![]()
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Extraction of total RNA with three methods using RNAWIZ buffer, Guanidium isothiosianat buffer and Qiagen kit showed that exteraction with RNeasy plant minikit (Qiagen company) is better for RT-PCR. Results: The results of ELISA and RT-PCR about MiLV showed that, virus is transmitted on C.quinoa and produced chlorotic local lesion but about LBVaV, RT-PCR showed that C.quinoa and C.amaranticolor were infected and the virus caused chlorotic local lesion. ![]() Positive samples in ELISA and RT-PCR were inoculated on index plants,including Chenopodium quinoa, Chenopodium amaranticolor, Lactuca sativa and Nicotiana occidentalis p1. ![]() Patients and Methods: A total 344 samples with mosaic and big vein, head stunt, leaf deformation and motteling symptoms were collected from lettuce fields in Tehran Province.Using DAS – ELISA and specific antiserum for MiLV (DSMZ, AS-0798) and RT-PCR for LBVaV. These viruses have coat proteins of similar size but have different morphologies and serologically unrelated.The purpose of this study was to distinguish and detect LBVaV and MiLV in lettuce fields in Tehran Province. Identification and Partial Characterization of Viral Agent of Lettuce Big Vein in Tehran Provinceĭepartment of plant protection, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Engineering, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iranīackground and Aims: The causal agents of viral lettuce big vein disease are two viruse, Lettuce big vein associated virus (Varicosavirus) and Mirafiori lettuce virus (Ophiovirus). ![]() ![]() ![]() But when Lucina is captured after an unfortunate engagement with another group looking to defeat the Silent Dragon, she realizes that this mission gave them more than what met the eye. 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![]() ![]() ![]() The echidna feeds by tearing open soft logs, anthills and the like, and using its long, sticky tongue, which protrudes from its snout, to collect prey. Echidnas have tiny mouths and toothless jaws. Their claws on their hind limbs are elongated and curved backwards to aid in digging. Įchidnas have short, strong limbs with large claws, and are powerful diggers. Echidnas use their electroreceptive beaks to sense earthworms, termites, ants, and other burrowing prey. The short-beaked echidna, which lives in a drier environment, has no more than 400 at the tip of its snout. Like the platypus, they are equipped with electrosensors, but while the platypus has 40,000 electroreceptors on its bill, the long-beaked echidna has only 2,000. They have elongated and slender snouts that function as both mouth and nose. There have been several reports of albino echidnas, their eyes pink and their spines white. They are usually black or brown in coloration. Superficially, they resemble the anteaters of South America and other spiny mammals such as hedgehogs and porcupines. The spines are modified hairs and are made of keratin, the same fibrous protein that makes up fur, claws, nails, and horn sheaths in animals. Physical characteristicsĮchidnas are medium-sized, solitary mammals covered with coarse hair and spines. Īn alternative explanation is a confusion with Ancient Greek: ἐχῖνος, romanized: ekhînos, lit.'hedgehog, sea urchin'. EtymologyĮchidnas are possibly named after Echidna, a creature from Greek mythology who was half-woman, half-snake, as the animal was perceived to have qualities of both mammals and reptiles. This ancestor was aquatic, but echidnas adapted to life on land. Echidnas live in Australia and New Guinea.Įchidnas evolved between 20 and 50 million years ago, descending from a platypus-like monotreme. The diet of some species consists of ants and termites, but they are not closely related to the true anteaters of the Americas, which (along with sloths and armadillos) are xenarthrans. The four extant species of echidnas and the platypus are the only living mammals that lay eggs and the only surviving members of the order Monotremata. Echidnas ( / ɪ ˈ k ɪ d n ə z/), sometimes known as spiny anteaters, are quill-covered monotremes (egg-laying mammals) belonging to the family Tachyglossidae / t æ k i ˈ ɡ l ɒ s ɪ d iː/. ![]() |
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