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A couple suspicious dudes were shooed out of Boulder High School this morning. School was cancelled and the place locked down. The place was swarming with cops and firefighters. I caught police Chief Mark Beckner's first news conference this morning. When I drove past after lunch, the place was still cordoned off.
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Gleanntáin Ghlas Gaoth Dobhair is an air describing the pain an immigrant feels as he says farewell to the beauties of his native village in Co Donegal. Laura learned this air from Gráinne Hambly. Video:Jaime Lyon
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Idir Aird Mhor is Eochaill is an air from Co. Waterford Ireland, which Laura took from the singing of Ciarán Ó Gealbháin. It is her own arrangement. Video:Jaime Lyon
Cover of Taylor Swift's Duet with Colbie Callait, Breathe. I thought the song should be slowed down some considering the whole meaning behind it. And I absolutely love this song, and I really hope you all like the way I did it. Please rank and comment, but if you don't have a good comment, please don't bother even leaving one because it will get deleted.
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This my previous , 2-piece band, The Fiasco.We won that year...finally!!...I f you remember last year, we placed a crappy second... and we got way better since then...Tell us what you think
Laura Beckner playing Kean O'Hara the 3rd air, a tune attributed to Turlough O'Carolan, but with some question over whether or not he actually composed it. It is known for certain that Kean O'Hara was one of O'Carolan's many patrons. Video:Jaime Lyon
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Laura Beckner playing Sliabh Geal gCua, a tune by Pádraig Ó Mileadha describing the heartbreaking longing of an emigre for his home in County Waterford. I took this from the singing of Ann Mulqueen, who learned it from the great sean-nós singer Nioclás Tóibín. The arrangement is my own, but I recieved a great deal of help on it in a master class given by Lilly Neal. Video:Jaime Lyon
Laura Beckner plays her own arrangement of la Valse Matique, composed by Benoit Bourque in 1982 on the diatonic accordion, during an asthma attack, hence the name...
Benoit kindly granted me permission to arrange the piece for harp and this is the result. Video: Jaime Lyon
ALTA member Patricia Beckner, talks about the pride she feels from being entrusted with a persons property investment; and how she has used the ALTA Marketing Kit to inform sellers about title insurance. This is why she has been an ALTA member for 25 years.