#clarence freeman

[frenchcurious]

Théâtre Palmetto - 109 Lee Avenue, Hampton, Caroline du Sud par l'architecte Clarence Freeman, 1945. Ce théâtre existe toujours. - source Dwayne Douglas via Art Deco.

[tv-moments]

3 Body Problem

Season 1, “Countdown”

Director: Derek Tsang

DoP: Jonathan Freeman, Richard Donnelly

[newsatsix1986]

Anna Torv and Councillor Naim Kurt, behind the scenes of S03E04 of The Newsreader - One Team, All Brothers! ❤️🌟📺

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In S03E04, Helen Norville meets Deano Prince and Lynus Preston at Footscray Police Station, after hearing that Deano had been arrested the evening before.

This scene was hard to watch, as we all were confronted with the fact that people experience different realities and perceptions of what is ‘fair’ and ‘just’, and that even when we do the work, we have to acknowledge that we all have racism deeply programed into us that can surface unintentionally.

Last year, we got an early behind the scenes glimpse at this scene, thanks to three Hume City Council Facebook page! They shared with their followers that The Newsreader was filming within the council area, and that Councillor Naim Kurt spent a bit of time with the cast and crew.

This scene was filmed on the 1st March 2024, and the Town Hall building in Broadmeadows, Victoria, was transformed into the Footscray Police Station for the purpose of this scene. Jokingly, Councillor Naim Kurt (allegedly) tried to negotiate with producers to see if he could be a guest star at some point in the season. That did not happen! 😂

In these behind the scenes photos, you can see Councillor Kurt with Anna Torv, as well as Hunter Page-Lochard and Clarence Ryan, and even the back of Emma Freeman too! Councillor Kurt clearly had a terrific time posing with the old police van, one of the policeman extras, and with the Public Eye company car. We also got an extra shot of period accurate cars, and a Pioneer Grey Line super cruiser.

The Hume City Council stated that they were “delighted to play host and enjoy a throwback to the late 1980s,” and shared a link as to why the Hume City Council is a film-friendly location for productions of all sizes.

Weren’t we lucky to get this behind the scenes glimpse as early as we did? I had archived these photos for a year and a half, waiting for the right time to post them, and I’m thrilled that I can finally share these with all of you! Thank you to the Hume City Council and Councillor Naim Kurt for uploading these! ❤️🌟📺

Source Links:

https://www.hume.vic.gov.au/Your-Council/Our-City/Filming-and-Photography?fbclid=IwQ0xDSwLWz2VleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHjv1hL8JQFFbVygf_hANa6j4Rjwy_3Qf7eQwuxTBlcrlHBeYg3aq5IUHwL2d_aem_D5H52cjFodULKMwiMjmHFg

[antebellumite]

Bonus:https://twitter.com/HC_Richardson/status/981318274746081280

[vintagelasvegas]

Travelers Motel, 1100 Fremont St. Postcard, c. 1936

Travelers “Auto Court” opened in 1936. The city commissioners granted permission for a sign on 10/6/36. Actress Sara Haden, Clarence Finney, and Chester Carter were the property owners. Finney and Carter sold their stock to Haden in '37, with Finney remained as on-site property manager.

Clark County Assessor records indicate the motel was built in '26. If this date is accurate, it might refer specifically to the west wing, made of concrete block, as opposed to the east wing of wood frame construction. (More notes on this below.)

Sara Haden sold Travelers to R. M. Dockins in ’47. Dockins also acquired a new, adjacent motel on North 11st St built by Cleveland Schultz, which became Travelers Annex. The rear units of Travelers were demolished, creating a driveway from the main motel to the annex.

A new motel sign was added to the property no later than '62 – it's first seen in a film shot circa '61/62.

In '69 owner Charles Seifert (Charton Corp.) changed the front of the motel, adding a porte-cochére, and a gateway sign by Larsen Electric. In the 70s, owner Ted Candalino added a swimming pool to the motel in the courtyard of the annex, and in '79 the buildings were re-roofed. VMK Corp. acquired the property in '83. The corporation received a notice from the City ordering them to make repairs due to “substandard” conditions in the mid '80s.

Travelers Motel sold to Downtown Project (DTPLV) in 2013. DTPLV closed and boarded up the motel, and later demolished most of Travelers Annex wing, leaving only a two-story section. The main motel and its sign were repainted in 2020.

A note on the Clark County Assessor date: If the '26 date is accurate, the original wing may have been an apartment building. There were no hotels or auto courts in this area before the rise of tourism on East Fremont that followed the opening of Boulder Hwy in '31. An article appears in the Review-Journal on 8/9/30 referring to an apartment building construction at Fremont & 11st which may or may not be the Travelers property. Alternately, another year is referenced in a blurb about the motel's construction on 10/24/47, saying Clarence Finney assisted in building Travelers motel “13 years ago” ('34). Regardless of the building date, there is no record for "Travelers" prior to '36.

Postcard, circa '49 to early '50s. A sign on the far left points to Traveler's Annex entrance on 11st Street. The inset graphic for "Traveler's Hotel Court" was the design of the rarely-photographed main road sign that stood in front of the motel from '36 through the 50s.

In this damaged photo the signs for Travelers and Lucky motels can be seen on the far left. On Fremont St, Hotel Thunderbird's "Academy Awards of Show Business" float cruises the '54 Helldorado parade. Anita Freeman Photograph Collection on Southern Nevada (PH-00245), UNLV Special Collections.

Postcard c. '50s showing Traveler's Annex on N. 11th St. The single story level was demolished in 2019.

The second sign at Travelers was installed in the early 60s. The porte-cochére and gateway sign were installed in '69. Photos by Jane Kowalewski, 4/13/84. Nevada State Museum, Las Vegas # 0130:0107-0108.

10/20/2013, in the year the motel was closed and fenced. Photo by Joseph Dennis.

The sign in 2013 by J. Dennis, and 2022 by Robert BC. DTPLV commissioned the Las Vegas Mannequins to add the climbing figures to the Travelers and Fergusons motel signs. The motel and sign at Travelers were repainted in 2020.

During the fire at Lucky Motel, Dec. 31, 2024. Photo by D Shot 'Em.

Sources include: Short Stories of Las Vegas Folks. Review-Journal, 8/9/30 p2; Minutes, 5/14/29 to 2/11/37, p469. Las Vegas City Commission Records (MS-00237), UNLV Special Collections & Archives; Vegas Residents Wed in Kingsman. Review-Journal, 2/22/37 p2; Sara Haden Buys Local Auto Court. Review-Journal, 3/16/37 p5; Brigham Townsend. Making the Rounds. Review-Journal, 2/1/47 p1; Cleveland Motel Has New Owner. Review-Journal, 4/17/47 p3; Personals. Review-Journal, 10/24/47 p6; Jane Kowalewski. Clark County Historic Property, Travelers Motel. Nevada State Museum, Las Vegas. Intensive Level Architectural Survey of Motor Court Motels Along Las Vegas Blvd and Fremont Street. North Wind Resource Consulting, Apr. 2020.

This article was originally published 7/31/2018. Updated Jan. 5, 2025.

[heavenboy09]

Happy Birthday 🎂 🥳 🎉 🎈 🎁 🎊 To You

The Young Dark Raven Haired Academy Award Winning Actress👩🏻🖤 Of 2024's ANORA

Mikaela Madison Rosberg was born in Los Angeles on March 25, 1999. Both of her parents are psychologists. She has two brothers, one of whom is her twin, and two sisters. She lived in Santa Clarita, a Los Angeles suburb, for the first few years of her life, before her family moved to the Woodland Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles. She initially trained as a competitive horseback rider before switching to acting at age 14. She was homeschooled after the seventh grade. Her grandmother's cousin was a Texas cowboy named Clarence Hailey Long Jr., who appeared on the cover of the August 1949 issue of Life magazine, which served as the main inspiration for the Marlboro Man. She is Jewish.

She is known professionally as Mikey Madison, is an American actress. She began her career acting in short films and received recognition for her role as a sullen teenager in the FX comedy series Better Things (2016–2022). Madison then played Susan Atkins in Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019) and Amber Freeman in Scream (2022).

For her breakthrough role as a sex worker in Sean Baker's film Anora (2024), Madison earned several accolades, including the BAFTA and Academy Award for Best Actress. She is the first member of Generation Z to win an acting Oscar.

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And Now She will be definitely be a name to remember in Hollywood today.

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#MikeyMadison #BetterThings #Scream #Anora

[90percentstudios]

What sounds did you use for the main cast of CKC's voices?

i'm just gonna post the entire voice list for (almost?) all the characters since i have it on hand!

abracadad - flim and flam from my little pony alarmy - alarm sound effect allegra - estelle/garnet from steven universe andante - thanos from marvel cinematic universe andy - andy aunt nat - grandma dillis from clarence baby g - baby crying sound effect bapawmet - the lich from adventure time blondie - perfuma from shera brownie - disgust from inside out burger queen - hedonism bot from futurama cody - sonic from sonic prime daniel - arin hanson as bird wizard from bee and puppycat david - gaston from beauty and the beast denny - denny dot - peridot from steven universe fluffy - cat meowing sound effect g-ma - cruella deville from 101 dalmations gigi - mai from avatar airbender goochi god - kim kardashian harmony - cassandra kiramman from arcane holden - bow from shera jeepsus - lightning mcqueen (engine) jessica - dog woofing sound effect juvie - raine whispers from owl house katy - kipo from age of wonderbeasts kay - jolyne cujoh from jojo's bizarre adventure mama pepper - jasper from steven universe mayor stick - bill cypher melody - wendy from south park mini - kipo from age of wonderbeasts mir - bow from shera mr. wilson - foghorn leghorn from spacejam a new legacy narrator - typing noises nori - sonic from sonic prime olive - denny papa tony - hal from malcome in the middle patches - winston from 13 reasons why peggy - pinky pie from my little pony peter - tails from sonic prime phoebe - marceline from adventure time pie - terrell ransom's darwin from gumball planet dance - glad0s from portal puppets - catbug from bravest warriors rhyme - allura from voltron sarah - marceline from adventure time stetson - big mac from my little pony steve - morgan freeman on helium the real steve - jim carrey in the mask thorn - count von count uncle bruce - gus fring wanda - tulip from infinity train

[rugnificentthegrand]

Reality shifts dramatically as The Boondocks continues its run. The entertainment landscape transforms.

"The show ran for 12 seasons," a TV historian explains. "Aaron McGruder's vision never compromised."

The cultural impact deepened.

"Social commentary in animation evolved," a media analyst notes. "The show sparked a revolution in adult animation."

Modern television shows the lasting influence.

"Black animation creators got more opportunities," someone shares. "Studios finally understood the market."

Political satire developed differently.

"The 2016 election episodes were legendary," a critic mentions. "They predicted everything."

"Comic strip culture stayed relevant," a publisher explains. "Newspapers kept their cultural influence."

"The show's take on COVID was brilliant," a fan adds. "That Uncle Ruckus anti-mask episode won an Emmy."

"Riley's growth into a social activist shocked everyone," another viewer notes. "That character development over 12 seasons was incredible."

Even education changed.

"Universities study The Boondocks like they study All in the Family," a professor shares. "It's required viewing in social commentary courses."

The cultural ripples of The Boondocks' extended run continue.

"Voice acting diversity improved dramatically," an industry insider explains. "Studios started actively recruiting Black talent."

Animation industry practices changed.

"Production moved back to America," a studio executive notes. "Korean animation outsourcing declined."

Music evolved uniquely.

"The show's soundtracks influenced hip-hop," a music producer shares. "That Riley Freeman cypher episode launched careers."

Academic discourse deepened.

"The show's critique of Black conservatives reshaped political discourse," a scholar mentions. "Even Clarence Thomas responded."

Media representation transformed.

"Other networks had to step up," an executive adds. "Black-led animation became mainstream."

International impact widened.

"Global audiences connected with it," a distributor notes. "The Japanese dub has its own cult following."

Youth culture shifted.

"A whole generation learned critical thinking from Huey," an educator shares. "The show's media literacy episodes are taught in schools."

[lboogie1906]

The Tuskegee Airmen were a group of African-American and Caribbean-born military pilots who fought in WWII. They formed the 332nd Fighter Group and the 477th Bombardment Group of the Army Air Forces. The name applies to the navigators, bombardiers, mechanics, instructors, crew chiefs, nurses, cooks, and other support personnel.

All African American military pilots who trained in the US trained at Moton Field, the Tuskegee Army Air Field, and were educated at Tuskegee University. The group included five Haitians from the Haitian Air Force and one pilot from Trinidad. It included a Hispanic or Latino airman born in the Dominican Republic.

March 22, 1942 - The first five cadets graduate from the Tuskegee Flying School: Captain Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. and Second Lieutenants Mac Ross,

Charles DeBow, L.R. Curtis, and George S. Roberts. They will become part of my the famous 99th Pursuit Squadron. List of Tuskegge Airmen.

Paul Adams (pilot)

Rutherford H. Adkins

Halbert Alexander

William Armstrong

Lee Archer

Robert Ashby

William Bartley

Howard Baugh

Henry Cabot Lodge Bohler

George L. Brown

Harold Brown

Roscoe Brown

Victor W. Butler

William Burden

William A. Campbell

Herbert Carter

Raymond Cassagnol

Eugene Calvin Cheatham Jr.

Herbert V. Clark

Granville C. Coggs

Thomas T.J. Collins

Milton Crenchaw

Woodrow Crockett

Lemuel R. Custis

Floyd J. Crawthon Jr

Doodie Head

Clarence Dart

Alfonza W. Davis

Benjamin O. Davis Jr. (C/O)

Charles DeBow

Wilfred DeFour

Gene Derricotte

Lawrence Dickson

Charles W. Dryden

John Ellis Edwards

Leslie Edwards Jr.

Thomas Ellis

Joseph Elsberry

Leavie Farro Jr

James Clayton Flowers

Julius Freeman

Robert Friend (pilot)

William J. Faulkner Jr.

Joseph Gomer

Alfred Gorham

Oliver Goodall

Garry Fuller

James H. Harvey

Donald A. Hawkins

Kenneth R. Hawkins

Raymond V. Haysbert

Percy Heath

Maycie Herrington

Mitchell Higginbotham

William Lee Hill

Esteban Hotesse

George Hudson Jr.

Lincoln Hudson

George J. Iles

Eugene B. Jackson

Daniel "Chappie" James Jr.

Alexander Jefferson

Buford A. Johnson

Herman A. Johnson

Theodore Johnson

Celestus King III

James Johnson Kelly

James B. Knighten

Erwin B. Lawrence Jr.

Clarence D. Lester

Theodore Lumpkin Jr

John Lyle

Hiram Mann

Walter Manning

Robert L. Martin

Armour G. McDaniel

Charles McGee

Faythe A. McGinnis

John "Mule" Miles

John Mosley

Fitzroy Newsum

Norman L Northcross

Noel F. Parrish

Alix Pasquet

Wendell O. Pruitt

Louis R. Purnell Sr.

Wallace P. Reed

William E. Rice

Eugene J. Richardson, Jr.

George S. Roberts

Lawrence E. Roberts

Isaiah Edward Robinson Jr.

Willie Rogers

Mac Ross

Robert Searcy

David Showell

Wilmeth Sidat-Singh

Eugene Smith

Calvin J. Spann

Vernon Sport

Lowell Steward

Harry Stewart, Jr.

Charles "Chuck" Stone Jr.

Percy Sutton

Alva Temple

Roger Terry

Lucius Theus

Edward L. Toppins

Robert B. Tresville

Andrew D. Turner

Herbert Thorpe

Richard Thorpe

Thomas Franklin Vaughns

Virgil Richardson

William Harold Walker

Spann Watson

Luke J. Weathers, Jr.

Sherman W. White

Malvin "Mal" Whitfield

James T. Wiley

Oscar Lawton Wilkerson

Henry Wise Jr.

Kenneth Wofford

Coleman Young

Perry H. Young Jr.

#africanhistory365 #africanexcellence

[50s-music-tournament]

Week 1

Blue Moon, The Marcells - I Only Have Eyes For You, The Flamingos

We Wanna Boogie, Sonny Burgess - Heartbreak Hotel, Elvis Presley

Tutti Frutti, Little Richard - Santa Baby, Eartha Kitt

Beyond the Sea, Bobby Darin - Rockin Robin, Bobby Day

El Paso, Marty Robbins - Be Bop a Lula, Gene Vincent

Get a Job, The Silhouettes - Shout, The Isley Brothers

Tequila, The Champs - Who Do You Love, Bo Diddley

Unforgettable, Nat King Cole - Secret Love, Doris Day

La Bamba, Ritchie Valens - 16 Tons, Tennessee Ernie Ford

Week 2

The Masochism Tango, Tom Lehrer - Kansas City, Wilbert Harrison

Silhouettes, The Rays - Carolina Moon, Connie Francis

Hound Dog, Big Mama Thornton - Jim Dandy, LaVern Baker

Here in My Heart, Al Martino - I Put A Spell On You, Screamin' Jay Hawkins

Whole Lotta Shaking Going On, Big Maybelle - A Teenager In Love, Dion & The Belmonts

Fever, Little Willie John - Old Cape Cod, Patti Page

Summertime Blues, Eddie Cochran - Lovers Question, Clyde McPhatter

Summertime, Ella Fitzgerald/ Louis Armstrong - Dont You Just Know it, Huey Piano Smith & His Clowns

Lonely Teardrops, Jackie Wilson - Wonderful! Wonderful!, Johnny Mathis

Week 3

Earth Angel, The Penguins - Rumble, Link Wray

Blueberry Hill, Fats Domino - Why Do Fools Fall In Love, Frankie Lymon

Put Your Head on My Shoulder, Paul Anka - Stagger Lee, Lloyd Price

Cold, Cold Heart, Hank Williams - I Hear You Knocking, Smiley Lewis

Sh'Boom, The Chords - Rebel Rouser, Duane Eddie

Brown Eyed Handsome, Man Chuck Berry - Speedo, The Cadillacs

In the Still Of The Night, The Five Satins - Freight Train, Elizabeth Cotten

Mama He Treats Your Daughter Mean Ruth Brown - Everyday Buddy Hollly & The Crickets

Come & Go With Me, The Del Vikings - Love Potion No. 9, The Clovers

Week 4

My Baby Just Cares For Me, Nina Simone - (We're Gonna) Rock Around the Clock, Bill Haley & His Comets

That's Amore, Dean Martin - Betty Lou Got A New Pair Of Shoes, Bobby Freeman

I Walk The Line, Johnny Cash - Work With Me Annie, Hank Ballard & The Midnighters

Cry Me A River, Julie London - Come On-a My House, Rosemary Clooney

Be Anything (but Be Mine), Peggy Lee - Smoke Gets in Your Eyes, The Platters

The Book of Love, The Monotones - Mr. Sandman, The Chordettes

Pink Shoelaces, Dodie Stevens - Let's Have A Party, Wanda Jackson

Ain't Got No Home, Clarence "Frogman" Henry - Fly Me To The Moon, Kaye Ballard

Day-O (The Banana Boat Song), Harry Belafonte - Blue Suede Shoes, Carl Perkins

[shiningwizard]

The Dragon from Russia (Clarence Fok, 1990)

I'm not sure that this does much for the Crying Freeman name, or the name of making sense. But it's a wonder for wire work, undercranking, angles, twirling, whirling, feet never touching the ground, physics never touching material reality. It must be something in me because i always get this way, but there's an extremely exciting Hong Kong on-location sequence in here, fighting atop skywalks while the city functions underneath

[jpbjazz]

LÉGENDES DU JAZZ

EDMOND HALL, UN CLARINETTISTE À NUL AUTRE PAREIL

Né le 15 mai 1901 à Reserve, en Louisiane, une petite ville située à environ quarante miles à l’ouest de La Nouvelle-Orléans, Edmond Hall était le fils d’Edward Blainey Hall et de Caroline Duhe. Issu d’une famille de musiciens, Hall avait sept frères et soeurs: Priscilla (née en 1893), Moretta (née en 1895), Viola (née en 1897), Robert (né en 1899), Clarence (né en 1903), Edward (né en 1905) et Herbert (né en 1907).

Le père de Hall, Edward, avait joué de la clarinette avec le Onward Brass Band. Le groupe comprenait aussi les oncles maternels de Hall, Jules Duhe au trombone, Lawrence Duhe à la clarinette et Edmond Duhe à la guitare. Trois des frères de Hall, Robert, Edmond et Herbert, étaient également devenus clarinettistes. Hall avait d’abord appris la guitare avec son oncle Edmond. Enfant-prodige, Hall avait toujours appris très rapidement. Comme l’avait expliqué son frère Herb à Manfred Selchow, l’auteur d’une biographie de Hall intitulée Profoundly Blue publiée en 1988, il n’avait fallu qu’une semaine à Hall pour apprendre à jouer de la clarinette. Il expliquait: "He could play it within a week. He started Monday and played it Saturday.’’

Hall avait commencé à gagner sa vie comme homme à tout faire dans une ferme, mais en 1919, il en avait eu assez du travail manuel et, malgré les inquiétudes de ses parents qui ne croyaient pas qu’il pourrait bien gagner sa vie dans la musique, il avait décidé de partir pour La Nouvelle-Orléans pour devenir musicien de jazz.

DÉBUTS DE CARRIERE

Le premier groupe de La Nouvelle-Orléans avec lequel Hall s’était produit était celui de Bud Rousell (Bud Russell). Il avait également joué avec le tromboniste  Jack Carey et le cornettiste de blues Chris Kelley.

En 1920, Hall s’était rendu dans une soirée de danse au Economy Hall de La Nouvelle-Oréans où le cornettiste et chef d’orchestre Buddy Petit se produisait. Petit ayant besoin d’un clarinettiste pour jouer avec son groupe, il avait recruté Hall. Après avoir fait partie du groupe durant deux ans, Hall s’était installé à Pensacola, en Floride, où il s’était joint au groupe de Lee Collins. Il avait joué par la suite avec Mack Thomas et avec les Pensacola Jazzers. Après avoir fait la rencontre du trompettiste Cootie Williams, Hall s’était joint aux  Alonzo Ross’ DeLuxe Syncopators. C’est d’ailleurs avec ce groupe que Hall avait fait ses débuts sur disque, se produisant tant à la clarinette qu’aux saxophones alto, soprano et baryton.

Après être déménagé à New York en 1928, Hall était devenu membre de l’orchestre de Claude Hopkins avec qui il avait joué jusqu’en 1935, continuant de démontrer sa polyvalence en se produisant à la fois à la clarinette qu’aux saxophones alto et baryton.

Depuis 1922, Hall avait surtout joué comme saxophoniste alto et baryton, mais après s’être joint aux Sizzling Six de Billy Hicks, il était devenu à clarinettiste à plein temps.

Admirateur de longue date de Hall, le producteur John Hammond l’avait aidé à obtenir plusieurs contrats. Le 15 juin 1937, Hall avait notamment participé à une première session d’enregistrement avec la chanteuse Billie Holiday, qui en était alors à ses débuts, et qui était accompagnée de Lester Young au saxophone ténor. Au cours de cette période, il avait également enregistré avec les Uptown Serenades de Frankie Newton, Henry ‘’Red’’ Allen, Mildred Bailey, Misge Williams, Zutty Singleton, Joe Sullivan, Art Tatum, Ida Cox, Lionel Hampton, Josh White et W.C. Handy.

Lorsqu’en 1940, le trompettiste Henry "Red" Allen avait commencé à jouer au Café Society, le premier club multi-racial de New York, Hall était devenu le clarinettiste du groupe. Hall avait passé neuf ans au Café Society, ce qui lui avait permis de jouer et d’enregistrer avec plusieurs sommités du jazz de l’époque, dont  Sid Catlett, Charlie Christian, Ida Cox, ’’Wild Bill'' Davison, Sidney De Paris, Vic Dickenson, Roy Eldridge, Bud Freeman, Coleman Hawkins, Eddie Heywood, J. C. Higginbotham, Meade Lux Lewis, Lucky Millinder, Oran ’’Hot Lips'' Page, Zutty Singleton, Joe Sullivan, Art Tatum, Jack Teagarden, Big Joe Turner, Helen Ward et Josh White.

Hall avait enregistré pour la première fois comme leader en février 1941. Hall s’était particulièrement fait connaître pour la pièce-titre ‘’Profoundly Blue’’, qui est aujourd’hui considérée comme un classique du jazz de l’entre-deux guerres. Produite par les disques Blue Note, la session mettait en vedette un quartet composé de Meade Lux Lewis au céleste, de Charlie Christian à la guitare, et d’Israel Crosby à la contrebasse.

À la fin de 1941, Hall avait quitté Allen pour se joindre au pianiste Teddy Wilson, un autre vétéran du Café Society. Le style de Hall avait beaucoup changé à l’époque, car son admiration pour Benny Goodman et Artie Shaw l’avait incité à améliorer sa technique. Après avoir tenté brièvement de jouer sur une clarinette de type Boehm, il était revenu au système Albert, avec lequel il avait continué de jouer jusqu’à sa mort.

Hall avait dirigé plusieurs groupes sous son nom avec qui il avait souvent enregistré dans les années 1940. Parmi ceux-ci, on remarquait les Edmond Hall's Blue Note Jazzmen, le Edmond Hall Sextet, le Edmond Hall Celeste Quartet, le Edmond Hall's Star Quintet, les Ed Hall and the Big City Jazzmen et le Edmond Hall's Swingtet. Les sessions d’enregistrements avaient toujours lieu entre les performances de Hall au Café Society et comprenaient souvent les musiciens du club. Devenu très populaire parmi les musiciens et les critiques, Hall avait aussi été invité régulièrement à participer aux concerts de Town Hall dirigés par le guitariste Eddie Condon.

En 1943, Hall avait dirigé une session avec une formation tout-étoile de Dixieland comprenant le trompettiste Sidney DeParis, le tromboniste Vic Dickenson et le pianiste James P. Johnson.

Lorsque Teddy Wilson avait quitté le Café Society pour former son propre trio en 1944, les anciens membres de son groupe avaient continué de se produire au club. À la demande du propriétaire Barney Josephson, Hall était devenu le chef d’orchestre du groupe. C’est également à cette époque que Hall avait été élu deuxième meilleur clarinettiste derrière son idole Benny Goodman dans un sondage des lecteurs du magazine Esquire. La deuxième place de Hall lui avait éventuellement valu d’être invité à participer à une session avec Coleman Hawkins et les Esquire All-Stars.

Au milieu des années 1940, Barney Josephson avait tenté d’attirer de nouveaux musiciens au  Café Society. Hall avait finalement quitté le club en juin 1947. Lorsqu’au début de la même année, on avait annoncé un concert de Louis Armstrong à Carnegie Hall, Hall avait été recruté avec son petit groupe pour accompagner le trompettiste durant la moitié du concert. Le succès du concert avait éventuelement incité Armstrong à abandonner son big band pour former son propre petit groupe, les All Stars.

En septembre 1947, Hall s’était joint aux All-Star Stompers avec ‘’Wild Bill’’ Davison, Ralph Sutton et Warren ‘’Baby'' Dodds. Devenu très populaire comme accompagnateur, Hall avait aussi travaillé avec Bunk Johnson et enregistré avec de ‘’grosses pointures’’ du jazz de l’époque comme Art Hodes, Sidney DeParis, James P. Johnson, Eddie Condon, Bud Freeman, Mary Lou Williams, Mutt Carey, Punch Miller et Gene Krupa.

À la même époque, Barney Josephson avait offert à Hall d’aller jouer au Uptown Café Society avec un nouveau groupe. Cependant, les affaires avaient rapidement commencé à battre de l’aile, et Josephson avait fermé le club en décembre 1947. Hall avait donc décidé de retourner au Downtown Café Society mais l’aventure avait fait long feu, car le groupe avait été remplacé en juin 1948 par le Dave Martin Trio.

À la fin de 1948, Hall s’était produit au Savoy Cafe de Boston avec le groupe de Bob Wilber. À la même époque, Hall avait aussi fait la promotion d’un concert avec George Wein. Éventuellement, Steve Connolly, le gérant du Savoy Cafe, avait proposé à Hall de remplacer Wilber avec son propre groupe. Le groupe de Hall, appelé les Edmond Hall All-Stars, avait commencé à jouer au Savoy le 4 avril 1949.

Hall avait quitté le Savoy au début de mars 1950 pour retourner à New York. À l’époque, le groupe de Hall se produisait dans les clubs et les fetivals. Lors d’un engagement à San Francisco, Eddie Condon avait appelé Hall et lui avait offert d’aller jouer avec son groupe dans son club, le Eddie Condon's. En plus de jouer avec le groupe de Condon, Hall avait collaboré avec d’autres musiciens, la plupart du temps issus du groupe de Condon. Parmi les événements auxquels Hall avait participé à l’époque, on remarquait l’Annual Steamboat Ball (juin 1951) et des collaborations aux émissions de Dr. Jazz en 1952. Hall avait également participé à plusieurs sessions d’enregistrement avec Condon lors de sa collaboration avec le groupe.

À partir des années 1950, Hall avait souvent été confronté a la discrimination raciale. En 1951, Hall se produisait au Condon’s lorsqu’un caméraman qui immortalisait la performance du groupe sur pellicule lui avait demandé de céder sa place au clarinettiste Pee Wee Russell. Évidemment, Russell était blanc. Hall, qui était un homme fier, avait refusé et avait porté plainte à l’Union des musiciens. Condon et les autres musiciens de groupe avaient d’ailleurs appuyé Hall dans son refus. C’était une question de gros sous pour les producteurs qui craignaient d’avoir des problèmes dans les États du Sud en montrant un musicien de couleur à l’écran. Même si on en était arrivé à un compromis en tournant deux versions du film, c’est la version avec Hall qui avait été retenue comme version finale. Hall avait également rapporté qu’il avait souvent été apostrophé par la police au sujet de la façon doit il stationnait son automobile, alors que les musiciens blancs n’avaient jamais connu aucun problème de ce genre. À une autre occasion, on avait refusé à Hall et à son épouse de louer une chambre d’hôtel, ce qui les avait obligés à passer la nuit dans leur automobile.

De 1950 à 1955, Hall s’était produit chaque soir au club de son grand ami Eddie Condon à New York. Souvent le seul musicien de couleur à monter sur scène, Hall avait constamment brisé la barrière de couleur au cours de sa carrière en raison de son talent et de sa sonorité unique. Durant cette période, Hall avait aussi collaboré à l’occasion avec des musiciens comme Ralph Sutton, Mel Powell et Jack Teagarden.

En 1952, Hall s’était produit durant quelques semaines avec le Ralph Sutton Trio à St. Louis. Le groupe, qui était aussi composé du batteur Buzzy Drootin, était devenu le premier trio multiracial à se produire dans la ville.

En novembre 1952, Hall avait participé à un événement spécial appelé Hot Versus Cool, une sorte de compétition amicale opposant le jazz de La Nouvelle-Orléans au bebop. Les représentants du jazz de La Nouvelle-Orléans étaient Hall, Dick Cary, Vic Dickenson, Jack Lesberg, Jimmy McPartland et George Wettling. Le bebop était représenté par Ray Abrams, Don Elliott, Dizzy Gillespie, Al McKibbon et Max Roach. L’enregistrement publié à l’issue du concert s’était mérité cinq étoiles dans le magazine Down Beat. En 1954, Hall avait joué avec Ralph Sutton, Mel Powell et Jack Teagarden.

À la fin de 1955, Hall avait quitté le groupe de Condon pour jouer comme musicien invité sur l’émission de Teddy Wilson. Il avait par la suite remplacé Barney Bigard dans le groupe de Louis Armstrong dans le cadre d’une tournée en Europe et en Suède. Ironiquement, treize ans auparavant, Hall avait décliné une offre de Duke Ellington pour prendre la succession de Biggard dans son orchestre, car il désirait se concentrer sur sa carrière d’accompagnateur.

Commentant la performance du groupe, le critique Felix Blair avait écrit dans le New York Times: "America's secret weapon is a blue note in a minor key. Right now its most effective ambassador is Louis Satchmo Armstrong." La citation avait été reproduite par la suite dans la pochette de l’album Ambassador Satch (1956). Après la tournée, le groupe était retourné à Los Angeles pour participer au tournage de film High Society de Charles Walters mettant en vedette Grace Kelly et Bing Crosby. Hall avait également enregistré de grands succès avec l’orchestre, dont ‘’Mack the Knife’’ qui avait été publié sur l’album Satch Plays Fats et dans le coffret Satchmo - A Musical Autobiography. Hall avait aussi fait des apparitions régulières sur des émissions de télévision avec l’orchestre, dont les Timex All Star Jazz Shows.

Après de nouvelles tournées en Amérique du Sud, Australie, en Angleterre, en Scandinavie, en Italie, en Espagne et en France, le groupe s’était rendu au Ghana, en Afrique, où il s’était produit devant une foule record de 11 000 spectateurs. De retour aux États-Unis, le groupe s’était produit avec le New York Philharmonic. Le plus grand moment de la soirée avait été quand le chef d’orchestre Leonard Bernstein avait interprété un arrangement d’Alfredo Antonini du classique ‘’St. Louis Blues’’. Le concert, qui était présenté au Lewison Stadium de New York, avait attiré une foule de 21 000 personnes. Des extraits du concert avaient été repris dans le documentaire Satchmo the Great. Produit par Edward R. Murrow, qui avait également fait la narration, le film comprenait également des extraits de la tournée du groupe en Europe et au Ghana.

Après avoir fait une apparition dans le Ed Sullivan Show, le groupe était parti pour le Midwest afin de livrer une performance au Ravinia Festival de Chicago. Le groupe avait également participé à un concert-bénéfice organisé par le produceur Norman Granz au Hollywood Bowl de Los Angeles. En décembre 1956, le groupe avait enregistré l’album Satchmo – A Musical Autobiography. La publication de l’album avait été suivie d’une tournée aux États-Unis et en Amérique du Sud. Dans le cadre de la tournée, Hall avait été nommé membre honoraire du Hot Club De Buenos Aires.

Lassé des tournées, Hall avait décidé en 1958 de quitter les All-Stars et de prendre des vacances en Californie. Après avoir pris un peu de repos, Hall s’était produit avec ses vieux amis Eddie Condon, Ralph Sutton, Teddy Wilson, Red Allen et J. C. Higginbotham. Après avoir été invité à jouer à Toronto, Hall était retourné à Chicago pour livrer une performance au Jazz, Ltd. Club. À la fin de 1958, Hall était entré en studio pour enregistrer l’album Petit Fleur avec son sextet, qui comprenait certains de ses vieux amis du club Cafe Society dont Vic Dickenson. En 1958-59, Hall avait enregistré deux albums comme leader. Son frère Herb avait même joué dans certaines pièces.

Impressionné par la courtoisie et par l’absence de discrimination raciale qui avait prévalu au Ghana durant son premier séjour en Afrique avec les All-Stars de Louis Armstrong, Hall avait décidé de s’y installer et de fonder une école de musique. Au début, Hall était allé au Ghana avec son épouse Winnie dans le cadre d’un voyage exploratoire, mais ils avaient finalement décidé de s’y installer en permanence. Avant de partir pour l’Afrique, Hall avait été invité à se produire au South Shore Jazz Festival de Milton, au Massachusetts. Avant son départ, Hall avait aussi enregistré l’album Rumpus on Rampart Street (1959) avec son orchestre. Finalement, les tentatives de Hall de fonder une école de musique au Ghana s’étaient soldées par un échec. Incapable d’attirer suffisammet d’étudiants dans ses pratiques, Hall avait été confronté au manque de discipline de ses élèves et avait décidé de rentrer aux États-Unis.

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En 1961, Hall s’était envolé pour Copenhague, au Danemark, afin de se produire comme musicien invité avec le Papa Bue's Viking Jazz Band. Après être rentré aux États-Unis, Hall avait réuni les Hall American Jazz Stars en vue d’une performance au club Condon’s de New York. Au début des années 1960, Hall avait continué de travailler régulièrement. Il avait notamment fait une tournée avec Yves Montand et Chris Barber. Il avait aussi enregistré avec Leonard Gaskin et Marlowe Morris. En 1962 et 1964, Hall avait également fait une tournée au Japon avec les Dukes of Dixieland. En plus d’avoir joué avec les Newport Jazz Festival All Stars, il se produisait aussi régulièrement avec la Eddie Condon Gang.

En 1964, Hall s’était installé à Cambridge, au Massachusetts, avec son épouse. Hall s’était également produit à Carnegie Hall dans le cadre d’un hommage à Eddie Condon. Il avait aussi fait de nombreuses apparitions dans les festivals de jazz, souvent avec son grand ami le tromboniste Vic Dickenson.

Durant quelques mois, Hall s’était produit sur une base régulière au restaurant Monticello, mais à l’époque, le jazz était devenu beaucoup moins populaire et il avait souvent dû se produire devant de maigres assistances. Si on l’avait écouté, Hall aurait joué pour aussi peu que 50$, mais son épouse avait refusé d’abandonner avant que l’offre n’atteigne de 70 à 75$. À l’époque, Hall était à la semi-retraite et pouvait se présenter presque sans le moindre préavis dans un club situé près de sa résidence où il accompagnait souvent un groupe appelé Tomasso and His Jewels of Dixieland. Selon Tomasso, le groupe ne savait jamais quand Hall allait faire son apparuition. Durant environ six mois, Hall s’était produit avec le groupe tout à fait gratuitement, juste pour le plaisir de jouer.

En novembre 1966, Hall était de nouveau parti en Europe dans le cadre d’une tournée avec le groupe Alan Elsdon. La tournée, qui avait débuté en Angleterre, avait permis au groupe de se rendre jusqu’en Allemagne, au Danemark et en Suède. Durant son séjour au Danemark, Hall avait également enregistré un album au studio Rosenbeg de Copenhague.

De retour aux États-Unis pour Noël, Hall avait fait une apparition en janvier 1967 avec le Café Society Band, dans le cadre d’un hommage au producteur John Hammond intitulé John Hammond's 30th Anniversary Concert – Spirituals to Swing. Le concert avait lieu à Carnegie Hall et mettait en vedette de grands noms du jazz comme le trompettiste Buck Clayton, le saxophoniste ténor Buddy Tate, Count Basie et Ray Bryant au piano, ainsi que les vocalistes Big Joe Turner et Big Mama Thornton. Le pianiste Pete Johnson participait également au concert, mais il avait été victime d’une attaque et n’avait pu jouer que d’une seule main.

Le 21 janvier, Hall s’était produit dans le cadre du Second Annual Boston Globe Jazz Festival. Le 3 février de la même année, Hall avait fait une prestation à la Governor Dummer Academy avec le groupe de George Poor dirigé par le trompettiste Bobby Hackett. Il s’agissait du dernier enregistrement de Hall, qui était décédé d’une crise cardiaque le 12 février à sa résidence de Boston. Il était âgé de soixante-cinq ans.

Hall s’est marié à deux reprises. Hall était membre du groupe de Buddy Petit lorsqu’il avait épousé en avril 1922 une jeune fille de dix-sept ans appelée Octavia Stewart. À l’époque, Stewart était enceinte, et on avait dû devancer la cérémonie pour sauver les apparences. Le 20 juillet, Stewart avait donné naissance à un garçon nommé Elton Edmond Hall, mais celui-ci était décédé prématurément le 3 décembre 1934. Le 12 mai 1938, Hall s’était remarié avec Winnifred (‘’Winnie’’) Henry, une jeune fille originaire de Cambridge, au Massachusetts. Hall avait rencontré Winnie trois ans auparavant au Ruggles Hall de Boston alors qu’il faisait partie du Hopkins Band. Même si le couple n’avait pas eu d’enfant, Hall et Winnie étaient très proches. Henry l’accompagnait même parfois dans le cadre de ses tournées. Le couple avait de nombreux amis en Angleterre qu’il visitait régulièrement lorsqu’il était de passage en Europe.

Travailleur infatigable, Hall pratiquait sans relâche, même lorsqu’il était en congé.

©-2025, tous droits réservés, Les Productions de l’Imaginaire historique

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‘’Edmond Hall.’’ Wikipedia, 2024.

‘’Edmond Hall.’’ WBSS Media, 2024.

YANOW, Scott. ‘’Edmond Hall: Profiles in Jazz.’’ The Syncopated Times, 31 octobre 2020.

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Easter is a time of hope. Of positive energy as the spring light and warmth is finally here and of spending quality time with the people who mean the most to us. It’s a time for reflecting on what’s truly important in life and of thinking about new beginnings and transformation and what those things could mean in our own lives. So in today’s post I’d like to inspire you and help you by sharing 101 of the most positive, inspirational and meaningful short Easter quotes. I hope you’ll find something helpful and joyful here for yourself and your family and friends in this mix of positive, funny, religious and heartfelt sayings. Short Inspirational and Positive Easter Quotes “The great gift of Easter is hope.” – Basil C. Hume “Easter is very important to me. It’s a second chance.” – Reba McEntire “The story of Easter is the story of God’s wonderful window of divine surprise.” – Carl Knudsen “Wait. Be patient. The storm will pass. The spring will come.” – Robert H. Schuller “Easter is a time to rejoice, be thankful, be assured that all is forgiven so life extends beyond the soil of earth.” – Byron Pulsifer “Then came the healing time, hearts started to shine, soul felt so fine, oh what a freeing time it was.” – Aberjhani “Easter says you can put truth in a grave, but it won’t stay there.” – Clarence W. Hall “The very first Easter taught us this: that life never ends and love never dies.” – Kate McGahan “Easter is meant to be a symbol of hope, renewal, and new life.” – Janine di Giovanni “Easter spells out beauty, the rare beauty of new life.” – S.D. Gordon “Easter is a time when God turned the inevitability of death into the invincibility of life.” – Craig D. Lounsbrough “The resurrection gives my life meaning and direction and the opportunity to start over no matter what my circumstances.” – Robert Flatt “Easter was when Hope in person surprised the whole world by coming forward from the future into the present.” – N.T. Wright “Easter is the demonstration of God that life is essentially spiritual and timeless.” – Charles M. Crowe “A rebirth out of spiritual adversity causes us to become new creatures.” – James E. Faust “Let the resurrection joy lift us from loneliness and weakness and despair to strength and beauty and happiness.” – Floyd W. Tomkins “Easter is the soul’s first taste of spring.” – Richelle E. Goodrich “Each night, when I go to sleep, I die. And the next morning, when I wake up, I am reborn.” – Mahatma Gandhi “Easter is a time of reflection and joy. When we emerge from our cocoon of doubt to fly freely on the wings of faith.” – Unknown “Easter tells us that life is to be interpreted not simply in terms of things but in terms of ideals.” – Charles M. Crowe Short Happy Easter Quotes and Sayings for Family, Kids and Friends “For I remember Easter morn, and life and love and peace are all new born.” – Alice Freeman Palmer “Every day is a renewal, every morning the daily miracle. This joy you feel is life.” – Gertrude Stein “In all this world there is nothing so beautiful as a happy child.” – L. Frank Baum “The best Easter is one spent with your Peeps.” – Unknown “My sun sets to rise again.” – Robert Browning “In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt.” – Margaret Atwood “Don’t wait up to see if the Easter Bunny is real. Just enjoy the egg hunt.” – Shana Alexander “Easter combines the best of the present with the traditions of the past – like Cadbury cream eggs with hunting and gathering.” – Melanie White “As for me, I will follow the path of the pink bunnies.” – Magenta Periwinkle “It is spring again. The earth is like a child that knows poems by heart.” – Rainer Maria Rilke “The deep roots never doubt that spring will come.” – Marty Rubin “Bloom where you are planted.” – Saint Francis de Sales “Easter is love. Easter is the love of Christ and God our Father. Easter is the time to show love to all those who mean the most.” – Unknown “People celebrate Easter with their near and dear ones.

Nothing can be a better holiday to spend with your family than to celebrate the journey of the life of Jesus.” – Roma Downey “The Easter egg symbolizes our ability to break out of the hardened, protective shell we’ve surrounded ourselves with.” – Siobhan Shaw “Even the smallest one can change the world.” – Peter Rabbit “Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy.” – Anne Frank “Let us dance in the sun, wearing wild flowers in our hair…” – Susan Polis Schutz “You’ll wake up on Easter morning, and you’ll know that he was there, when you find those chocolate bunnies, that he’s hiding everywhere.” – Gene Autry Short Religious Easter Quotes from the Bible and Famous People “He is not here; he has risen, just as he said.” – Matthew 28:6 “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me, though he may die, he shall live.” – John 11:25 “By grace we are saved through faith.” – Kevin DeYoung “Blessed are those who have not seen and have yet believed.” – John 20:29 “He knows the way because He is the way.” – Jeffrey R. Holland “For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man.” – 1 Corinthians 15:21 “Our Lord has written the promise of resurrection, not in books alone, but in every leaf in springtime.” – Martin Luther “Christ the Lord is risen today, sons of men and angels say. Raise your joys and triumphs high; sing, ye heavens, and Earth reply.” – Charles Wesley “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.” – John 3:16 “On Easter Day, the veil between time and eternity thins to gossamer.” – Douglas Horton “I believe in Christ like I believe in the sun—not because I can see it, but by it, I can see everything else.” – C.S. Lewis “The resurrection is at the core of our beliefs as Christians. Without it, our faith is meaningless.” – Joseph B. Wirthlin “We proclaim the resurrection of Christ when his light illuminates the dark moments of our existence.” – Pope Francis “Unless there is Good Friday in your life, there can be no Easter Sunday.” – Fulton J. Sheen “Do not abandon yourselves to despair. We are the Easter people and hallelujah is our song.” – Pope John Paul II “Look at the cross and you will know what one soul means to Jesus.” – Mother Teresa “God loves each of us as if there were only one of us.” – Saint Augustine “Our old history ends with the cross; our new history begins with our resurrection.” – Watchman Nee “The hope for the future lies in the ancient miracle of Easter.” – Unknown “Dawn and resurrection are synonymous. The reappearance of the light is the same as the survival of the soul.” – Victor Hugo Short Funny Easter Quotes for Hilarious Holiday Humor “I still believe in Santa, the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy and true love. Don’t even try to tell me different.” – Dolly Parton “Egg hunts are proof that your children can find things when they really want to.” – Unknown “Good idea: finding the Easter eggs on Easter. Bad idea: finding the Easter eggs on Christmas.” – Jack Handey “Easter is so disappointing. You suffer all the way through lent, and what do you get for it? A ham.” – Garrison Keillor “A true friend is someone who thinks you’re a good egg, even if you’re cracked.” – Bernard Meltzer “Easter is the only time when it’s perfectly safe to put all your eggs in one basket.” – Evan Esar “The Easter Bunny ate all of the carrots that we left for him. What a pig.” – Steve Carell “All I really need is love, but a little chocolate now and then doesn’t hurt!” – Charles M. Schulz “There’s nothing better than a good friend, except a good friend with chocolate.” – Linda Grayson “You know what I’m doing for Easter? I’m gonna be hanging with my Peeps.” – Jay Leno “Those have a short Lent who owe money to be paid at Easter.” – Benjamin Franklin “My mom used to say that Greek Easter was later because then you get stuff cheaper.” – Amy Sedaris

“I lied on my Weight Watchers list. I put down that I had three eggs… but they were Cadbury chocolate eggs.” – Caroline Rhea “They have Easter egg hunts in Philadelphia, and if the kids don’t find the eggs, they get booed.” – Bob Uecker “Easter is a time for dressing up, looking your best, and hunting for candy. It’s Halloween in reverse!” – Melanie White “Is the Easter Bunny a space alien trying to trick us into implanting us with his eggs? Because I will so swear off chocolate right now.” – Thomm Quackenbush “You can tell a lot about a fellow’s character by the way he eats jelly beans.” – Ronald Reagan “It’s Easter, and they already have the Christmas decorations up.” – Sally (from the short movie It’s the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown) “I’m a little hoarse tonight. I’ve been living off of Easter candy and Peeps. Sugar and yellow dye #5.” – Stephen Colbert “Here’s for me the one big question: How do you get Crucifixion, Resurrection and then chocolate bunnies, colored eggs? How do you do that one? Even kids are going, ‘Rabbits don’t lay eggs. What is this?'” – Robin Williams Short Easter Quotes on Spring and Beautiful Renewal in Life “Despite the forecast, live like it’s spring.” – Lilly Pulitzer “That is one good thing about this world; there are always sure to be more springs.” – L.M. Montgomery “Spring is the time of plans and projects.” – Leo Tolstoy “In joy or sadness flowers are our constant friends.” – Okakura Kakuz? “Nothing is so beautiful as Spring.” – Gerard Manley Hopkins “To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow.” – Audrey Hepburn “A flower blossoms for its own joy.” – Oscar Wilde “Where flowers bloom so does hope.” – Lady Bird Johnson “‘Twas Easter Sunday. The full-blossomed trees filled all the air with fragrance and with joy.” – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow “Spring adds new life and new joy to all that is.” – Jessica Harrelson “My old things are passing away; behold, all things are becoming new.” – 2 Corinthians 5:17 “There are always flowers for those who want to see them.” – Henri Matisse “April hath put a spirit of youth in everything.” – William Shakespeare “If you want to be reminded of the love of the Lord, just watch the sunrise.” – Jeannette Walls “Where man sees but withered leaves, God sees sweet flowers growing.” – Albert Lighton “Always it’s spring and everyone’s in love and flowers pick themselves.” – e.e. cummings “Some old-fashioned things like fresh air and sunshine are hard to beat.” – Laura Ingalls Wilder “Flowers always make people better, happier, and more helpful; they are sunshine, food, and medicine to the mind.” – Luther Burbank “Earth laughs in flowers.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson “I must have flowers, always and always.” – Claude Monet “Blossom by blossom the spring begins.” – Algernon Charles Swinburne “No winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn.” – Hal Borland Want more inspiration for your Easter and spring? Then take a look at the inspirational Easter quotes in this post and the short Easter captions here. Plus, these positive spring quotes and also these short spring quotes.

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Bevo Francis Award Watch List - 50 Players

2025 Bevo Francis Top 50 Watch List Announced

Kansas City, MO – The National Awards Committee and Small College Basketball are excited to unveil the Bevo Francis Top 50 Watch List for the 2024-25 season. Following the announcement of the Top 100 Watch List on January 15th, 2025, the committee faced the tough challenge of narrowing the field to the Top 50. This year’s list showcases some of the top talent from NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III, NAIA, USCAA, and NCCAA. John McCarthy shared his thoughts on the impressive group of players making the cut this year:

“Congratulations to the 50 players on this prestigious Bevo Francis Award Watch List,” stated McCarthy. “This is an elite list of players that are in the midst of fantastic seasons, on teams that are having great success. Our committee has provided tremendous insight, and I am so grateful to them. It's such an incredibly challenging process to select 50 players from roughly 16,000-18,000 players that compete at the various small college levels, yet this is what makes this such an elite group of players. Again, congratulations to each and every player on this list. It was earned.”

The Clarence “Bevo” Francis Award is presented annually to the player who has had the finest overall season within Small College Basketball. Considerations will be season statistics and individual achievements, awards, personal character and team achievements. This is an incredibly prestigious award, as this award will only be given to one player within Small College Basketball per season.

2025 marks the eighth year of the Bevo Francis Award. Past winners include Dominez Burnett of Davenport University in 2016, Justin Pitts of Northwest Missouri State University in 2017, Emanuel Terry of Lincoln Memorial University in 2018, Aston Francis of Wheaton College in 2019, Kyle Mangas of Indiana Wesleyan University in 2020 and Trevor Hudgins of Northwest Missouri State University in 2022. In 2023, RJ Sunahara of Nova Southeastern was named the winner, while in 2024 Elijah Malone of Grace College received the honor. The award was not presented during the 2021 season.

On March 15 th , the list will be reduced to the Top 25 players. Then on April 5 th , the finalists of this year’s award will be announced, followed by the Bevo Francis Award winner being crowned on April 7 th .

The Bevo Francis Awards Committee consists of the following coaches: Gary Stewart - Stevenson (Md.), Chris Briggs - Georgetown (Ky.), Bill Dreikosen - Rocky Mountain (Mont.), Mark Berokoff – Oklahoma City, Mike Donnelly – Florida Southern, Sam Hargraves – Olivet (Mich.), Richard Westerlund – Great Lakes Christian, Chase Tiechmann – Florida College, Mark Vanderslice – USC – Aiken, Matt O’Brien – Southwestern (KS), Chris Wright – Langston (OK), Ben Thompson – Emory & Henry, Justin Leslie – Midwestern State, Raul Placeres – Maryville College (TN), Chris Martin – Loras (IA), John Lamanna – Whitman (WA), Brian Miller – MSOE, Justin Downer – Point Loma Nazarene.

To stay up to date on all things Small College Basketball or to learn more about the Bevo Francis Award, please head to smallcollegebasketball.com.

2024-25 Bevo Francis Award Watch List - 50 Players

Tray Alexander 5’10” Sr. Pace Jack Bachelor 6’2” So. Washburn Braxton Benham 6’1” Sr. Berry Benjamin Bill 6’10” So. Daemen Jadin Booth 6’2” Sr. Florida Southern Adam Brazil 5’10” Sr. Hampden-Sydney Octavio Brito 6’4” Sr. Keene State Ryker Cisarik 6’9” Sr. Nova Southeastern Tae Dozier 6’5” Jr. Georgetown Wes Enis 6’2” So. Lincoln Memorial Elyjah Freeman 6’8” Fr. Lincoln Memorial Demitri Gardner 6’4” Jr. Augusta Hobert Grayson 6’6” Jr. Ouachita Baptist Dallas Graziani 5’8” Jr. Nova Southeastern Jacob Hanna 6’3” Sr. Washburn Chaze Harris 6’6” Jr. Life Justin Hemphill 6’6” Sr. Daemen Jahn Hines 6’4” Sr. Christopher Newport Tristan How 6’7” Sr. New York University MJ Iraldi 6’6” Sr. Nova Southeastern Cameron Kahn 6’6” Sr. Dallas Baptist Reed Kemp 6’0” Sr. Maryville (TN) Antwan Kimmons 6’0” Sr. Concordia-St. Paul Jair Knight 6’2” Jr. Emory Peyton Law 6’7” Jr. Freed-Hardeman Jaden Lietzke 6’7” Sr. Oklahoma Wesleyan Lucas Lorenzen 6’4” Jr. Dordt Kaleb Lowery 6’8” Sr. The Masters E.J. Matthews-Spratley 6’2” Jr. Stockton Jalen McCoy 6’5” Sr. USC-Aiken Erza McKenna 6’9” Sr. Mobile Latavious Mitchell 6’8” Sr. Florida Memorial Samaje Morgan 5’9” Jr. College of Idaho Tommy Murr 6’1” Sr. Alabama-Huntsville Kashie Natt 6’3” Sr. LSU Alexandria Collin Parker 6’8” Sr. Columbia (MO) Ben Pearce 6’1” Jr. Emory Logan Pearson 6’4” Sr. Wisconsin-Platteville Shane Regan 6’4” Sr. Wesleyan Nick Reid 6’7” Sr. Upper Iowa Ian Scott 6’7” Sr. Grace Brayden Shorter 6’5” So. Washburn Joey Skoff 6’3” Sr. Morningside Aamari Smith 6’3” Sr. Whittier Tristan Smith 6’5” Sr. Concordia (NE)

Alex Steen 6’8” Jr. Florida Southern Marcus Tomashek 6’6” Jr. Michigan Tech Caleb Van De Griend 6’8” Jr. Minot State Joshua Van Gorp 6’10” Sr. Central (IA) Alex Van Kalsbeek 6’6” Jr. Northwestern (IA)

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Gotham Awards 2024 Nominations

Best Feature

Anora

Babygirl

Challengers

A Different Man

Nickel Boys

Best International Feature

All We Imagine As Light

Green Border

Hard Truths

Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell

Vermiglio

Best Documentary Feature

Dahomey

Intercepted

No Other Land

Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat

Sugarcane

Union

Best Director

Payal Kapadia (All We Imagine As Light)

Sean Baker (Anora)

Guan Hu (Black Dog)

Jane Schoenbrun (I Saw the TV Glow)

RaMell Ross (Nickel Boys)

Best Screenplay

Nathan Silver & C. Mason Wells (Between The Temples)

Ryûsuke Hamaguchi (Evil Does Not Exist)

Sam H. Freeman & Ng Choon Ping (Femme)

Azazel Jacobs (His Three Daughters)

Annie Baker (Janet Planet)

Breakthrough Director

Shuchi Talati (Girls Will Be Girls)

India Donaldson (Good One)

Alessandra Lacorazza (In the Summers)

Vera Drew (The People's Joker)

Mahdi Fleifel (To a Land Unknown)

Outstanding Lead Performance

Pamela Anderson (The Last Showgirl)

Adrien Brody (The Brutalist)

Colman Domingo (Sing Sing)

Marianne Jean-Baptiste (Hard Truths)

Nicole Kidman (Babygirl)

Keith Kupferer (Ghostlight)

Mikey Madison (Anora)

Demi Moore (The Substance)

Saoirse Ronan (The Outrun)

Justice Smith (I Saw the TV Glow)

Outstanding Supporting Performance

Yura Borisov (Anora)

Kieran Culkin (A Real Pain)

Danielle Deadwyler (The Piano Lesson)

Brigette Lundy-Paine (I Saw the TV Glow)

Natasha Lyonne (His Three Daughters)

Clarence Maclin (Sing Sing)

Katy O'Brien (Love Lies Bleeding)

Guy Pearce (The Brutalist)

Adam Pearson (A Different Man)

Brian Tyree Henry (The Fire Inside)

Breakthrough Performer

Lily Collias (Good One)

Ryan Destiny (The Fire Inside)

Maisy Stella (My Old Ass)

Izaac Wang (Dìdi)

Brandon Wilson (Nickel Boys)

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Taylor Mansion-Lakehurst

193 Bratenahl Rd.

Bratenahl , OH

James and Elizabeth Fitch purchased 55-acres from George and Hanna Freeman on February 13, 1852. The estate was named “Brookwood” and consisted of their home plus five outbuildings.   Henry and Eliza Clark acquired 20 acres on the Fitch property's western portion on June 24, 1862. They built a country place at the foot of Doan Street (East 105th Street then Bratenahl Road) in 1862.  It included an ornate Federal Italianate style mansion, a carriage house, stables, and even a water tower. The landscape featured a winding driveway through a wooded area, vast green spaces, and lush gardens. The house included gaily striped awnings and vaguely Italianate ornamentation.  Frederick and Mary Louise Kinsman acquired the estate from Eliza Clark on May 10, 1896. Joseph Marvin acquired the property on June 18, 1888.

     Frank and Sarah Robison acquired the twenty-acre property on November 8, 1893. They demolished the Clark home to make room to build their new home. The grand view of the lake from three sides of the house likely closed the deal.  The estate, including a thirty-four room home, a water tower, a carriage house, and a stable, was among the largest in the area. California privet hedges planted in front of the carriage house and stable and along the lake's bank gave the name Villa Hedges. The gracious home, with its beautiful gardens, provided an ideal setting for entertaining friends and associates.

     Sophia Strong Taylor acquired Villa Hedges on October 19, 1915. The estate had been reduced to 19 acres but was still the largest parcel of property in the area. Mrs. Taylor razed the Robison home and commissioned Charles Sumner Schneider to design her 26-room home completed in 1918. Lakehurst was an elegant example of Georgian Revival architecture accented with Neo-Adamesque ornamentation. The façade contained seven bays with double-hung six-over-six windows and departed from symmetry with the substitution of a sizeable round-head window in one bay to illuminate a staircase and the addition of a cameo window in another bay. The doorway on the south elevation contained a six-panel door with tracery fanlight and half-length sidelights. Sophia Taylor constructed an enormous lily pond, a peacock house, and excellent docking facilities. White peacocks roamed her eighteen-acre lawn.

     Edward Francis Hoban, sixth Catholic bishop of Cleveland, acquired Lakehurst on July 7, 1943, through the efforts of Eleanor Strong, Sophia Taylor’s sister-in-law, after the property had languished for seven years. The Bishop added a chapel connected to the west elevation of the main house. The chapel had stained-glass windows from 18th century France, a multi-colored marble floor laid in a geometric pattern, paneled walls painted with floral motifs, and a ceiling mural above the altar. Hoban also constructed a one-hole golf course to indulge his love for playing golf.  Bishop Clarence G. Issenmann was transferred to Cleveland and lived on the estate after Bishop Hoban became ill.

     Sea Gull Inc., represented by attorney Donald D. Smith, acquired the property from James Hickey, Cleveland's bishop, on February 9, 1978. Smith, one of eight bidders, planned to put together a group to finance the remainder to develop the area possibly into a townhouse complex. Lakehurst was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on July 10, 1986.   John J. Carney and Betty Jane Kazen acquired the estate from Sea Gull Inc. on December 28, 1987.

     Carney and architect Robert Corna made a presentation to preserve the Lakehurst mansion by making it a party center and adding a swimming pool and tennis courts for the use of all residents. The plan had duplex townhouses placed in a staggered arrangement, many with a lake view. The plan also included a seven-story mid-rise building situated next to the mansion for 161 living units. The Planning Commission rejected the plan.  John Ferchill and Mike Fratello submitted approved plans for a Lakehurst Planned Residential Development in 1998. The mansion renovation cost proved to be prohibitive, and they demolished the historic mansion in 1999, transforming Lakehurst into a gated community (Lakehurst Drive) of 18 single-family homes off Bratenahl Road in Bratenahl, Ohio.  The Taylor Mansion is still listed on the National Register of Historic Places and has not yet been removed, despite its destruction.