Local Briefs: March 23, 2012
Posted on April 11, 2012 in Clark shoes
The Clark County Fiscal Court will meet 9:30 a.m. Wednesday at the courthouse. Items on the agenda include the presentation of the 2012-13 jail budget and an insurance presentation by Billy Edwards Insurance.
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‘Leading Ladies’ plays for laughs
Posted on April 02, 2012 in Dance shoes
Trey Brake and Billy Roy have learned how to walk a mile in another’s shoes.
‘Billy Elliot’ always looking for a few good boys
Posted on March 25, 2012 in Asics running shoes
It takes a special kid to play Billy Elliot, the English boy who gives up his boxing gloves for ballet shoes in the smash musical that conquered Broadway in 2009 and scooped up 10 Tony Awards.
Rockabilly rollin’ on in
Posted on January 27, 2012 in Red wing shoes
A couple slides onto the dance floor, twisting and spinning each other as the band’s lead singer, clad in a black jacket with leopard trim, belts out “Blue Suede Shoes.”
'Billy Elliot' Heads Out of DC, Next Stop Cincinnati
Posted on January 19, 2012 in Merrell shoes
A phalanx of gigantic moving trucks with sides painted top to bottom with the giant logo for "Billy Elliott the Musical" began queuing up to the main entrance of Washington, D.C.'s Kennedy Center in the cold, clear afternoon today as a sold-out audience was still filing out of the final performance, a matinee, of the Tony Award-winning musical ending a month-long run in the nation's capital ...
'Billy Elliot' Heads Out of DC, Next Stop Cincinnati
Posted on January 16, 2012 in Merrell shoes
A phalanx of gigantic moving trucks with sides painted top to bottom with the giant logo for "Billy Elliott the Musical" began queuing up to the main entrance of Washington, D.C.'s Kennedy Center in the cold, clear afternoon today as a sold-out audience was still filing out of the final performance, a matinee, of the Tony Award-winning musical ending a month-long run in the nation's capital ...
A future with throwback QBs, shoes, bobbleheads
Posted on January 02, 2012 in Golf shoes
Gazing into my crystal ball - actually a vintage Ebonite Tornado Billy Welu model bowling ball - I see events that are certain to occur in 2012 ... -- Stanford comes under NCAA scrutiny. An investigation is launched to...
A future with throwback QBs, shoes, bobbleheads
Posted on January 01, 2012 in Golf shoes
Gazing into my crystal - actually a vintage Ebonite Tornado Billy Welu model bowling ball - I see events that are certain to occur in 2012 ... -- Stanford comes under NCAA scrutiny. An investigation is launched to...
Tuned In: Will Miley Cyrus Dominate the Music World in 2012?
Posted on December 30, 2011 in Keen shoes
(Bauer Griffin) Miley Cyrus Born: November 23, 1992 Famous since: 2006 Connections: Daughter of the formerly mulleted one-hit-wonder Billy Ray Cyrus , ex-girlfriend of teen heartthrob Nick Jonas, close friend of Demi Lovato . Known for: Cyrus rose to stardom as the lead on the Disney Channel original series Hannah Montana , but became even more famous thanks to some duckface MySpace photos ...
‘Billy Elliot’ lands at Kennedy Center in well-made dancing shoes
Posted on December 26, 2011 in Bowling shoes
“Billy Elliot the Musical” moves — and MOVES. When one of the astonishing young dance machines who rotate in the role of Billy is pirouetting or tapping, executing kickboxing steps or literally soaring above the stage, you can’t help but be swept up into Billy’s life and the surefire story that propels this vibrant Tony-winning production, the tale of an 11-year-old boy who wants to excel ...
Simple gifts: Volunteers help out with the Shoes for Kids drive
Posted on December 12, 2011 in Mbt shoes
Cynthia Anderson helps Skylinn Anderson pick out a pair of shoes Saturday at the Odd Fellows Lodge. (Staff Photo by BILLY HEFTON)
Simple gifts: Volunteers help out with the Shoes for Kids drive
Posted on December 12, 2011 in Ecco shoes
Cynthia Anderson helps Skylinn Anderson pick out a pair of Saturday at the Odd Fellows Lodge. (Staff Photo by BILLY HEFTON)
Can players start league?
Posted on December 10, 2011 in Vans shoes
07:31 AM ET 11.19 | Just as Amare Stoudemire told HOOPSWORLD and other members of the media last month, Billy Hunter believes that a new, player-owned basketball league is something the Players' trade association (no longer a union) will have to consider.
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Can players start league?
Posted on December 09, 2011 in Toms shoes
07:31 AM ET 11.19 | Just as Amare Stoudemire told HOOPSWORLD and other members of the media last month, Billy Hunter believes that a new, -owned basketball league is something the Players' trade association (no longer a union) will have to consider.
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Can players start league?
Posted on December 09, 2011 in Payless shoes stores
07:31 AM ET 11.19 | Just as Amare Stoudemire told HOOPSWORLD and other members of the media last month, Billy Hunter believes that a new, player-owned basketball is something the Players' trade association (no longer a union) will have to consider.
Tags: player, league, owned, believes, basketball
Children charm Philadelphia audiences in 'King and I,' 'Billy Elliot'
Posted on December 03, 2011 in Ladies shoes
Equipped with coffee, running shoes, a bright scarf, and endless enthusiasm for traipsing up and down flights of steps with little children in tow, Brielle Hart is organizing her tiny minions.
Tags: children, steps, flights, enthusiasm, tow
Former heavyweight champ Frazier remembered in SC
Posted on November 20, 2011 in Ecco shoes
Long before he became Smokin' Joe, the future heavyweight champion was known in his South Carolina hometown as "Billy Boy" -- a stocky farmer's son who honed his devastating left hook on a punching bag made from a flour sack stuffed with corn cobs, rags and Spanish moss. Joe Frazier would make Philadelphia his adopted home, but his roots ran deep in the sandy soil of the South...
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Friends, family remember former heavyweight champion Frazier in his hometown
Posted on November 17, 2011 in Mens shoes
BEAUFORT, S.C. - Long before he became Smokin' Joe, the future heavyweight champion was known in his South Carolina hometown as "Billy Boy" — a stocky farmer's son who honed his devastating left hook on a punching bag made from a flour sack stuffed with corn cobs, rags and Spanish moss.
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Gasp! Jamie Bell Brags About "Pleasing a Woman" in Raunchy Chat
Posted on October 22, 2011 in Nike running shoes
Guess Billy Elliot really is all grown up -- and how! Now 25, British actor Jamie Bell became a tween star when he donned ballet shoes in Billy Elliot back in 2000.
Filling big shoes
Posted on August 22, 2011 in Sas shoes
Pittsfield's Billy Winters is the director of instruction at The Greenbrier, a prestigious resort where Sam Snead was once the head pro. There was a real Massachusetts flavor to last week's sudden-death victory for PGA Tour rookie Scott Stallings at the Greenbrier Classic.
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