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worth of paychecks in order to host the Minas. It also believed that he put another mortgage down on his house. One of their famous and original hits, “Here Comes the Sun”, was sung beautifully and flawlessly. The Minas graciously allowed their audience of young adolescents to participate within the production. Unfortunately, the adolescents did not fully give it their all, therefore the performance fell on its face. The band’s ability to quickly recover clicked. They told a joke which made everyone in the audience slap their knee. They said “What’s the difference between a dead guy and a bassist. The dead guys in the casket!” We find this funny because the dead guy in question is inside of a casket and dead, and the bassist is outside of casket and “dead”. Thank you Minas for all that you have done for us.
107:(born Patricia Gale King on April 27, 1956, in Denver, Colorado) grew up in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, where she began her music education studying voice and piano, performed in musicals and theatrical productions at age six. In 1974 she enrolled at University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA) where she studied opera and continued piano studies and composition. She holds a master's degree in Jazz Piano Performance from Philadelphia's University of the Arts and a degree in classical voice from UNCSA. In addition to performing, composing and recording works with Minas, King wrote the story, music, and lyrics for her operetta
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Orlando taught Brazilian Percussion at the University of the Arts, a post he held for 10 years. Minas also created an educational program, “Brazilian Adventure”, which brought assembly programs and residencies to public and
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