Bluegrass and a bird

Posted on 25 February, 2012 by

I do like Blue Grass music but that's not why this video is here.  At about 1:30 minutes into the video, the lead singer is joined by a bird that seems to be loving the music.

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“Flash mob” orchestra playing Bolero

Posted on 16 September, 2011 by

This happened in Copenhagen's Central railway station.  Classical yes – but also great music.

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Courage from Australia

Posted on 8 September, 2011 by

Australia has their own talent show – much like "America's Got Talent" or "Canadian Idol" and it's called The X–Factor. Recently, Emmanuel Kelly auditioned and was a sensation.  He is an orphan from Iraq and adopted into Australia; he has major disabilities (caused by chemical warfare) yet sings like a pro.  As Alma says, get out your Kleenex when you watch this.  Sensational – and the video is going viral.

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Shelter Valley Folk Festival – 2011

Posted on 5 September, 2011 by

I went to the Festival for a couple of hours on Saturday afternoon.  Great weather, no signs of the threatened thunderstorms.  The workshops were well attended and are really mini-concerts scattered around the area pending the big evening concert. Great performers. Everyone seemed to be enjoying themselves.

Shelter Valley Folk Festival - 2011

Shelter Valley Folk Festival - 2011 - Trying out

One of the great things about this festival is their attention to things available for children.  I was especially taken with the “Musical petting Zoo” where kids (and others) could try out a variety of instruments.

I have a whole lot more photos here.

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Refreshed web site

Posted on 24 August, 2011 by

John Draper

Alma tells me it’s not exciting – too drab – but then I want the site to be informative more than being a feast for the eyes.  I like to remember that the single most popular site, Google, is not colourful or exciting.  It’s just useful.  Other important sites like banks are equally “drab”.  However, there are sections on the refreshed site that have lots of photos and graphics.

The site was set up to be primarily on cobourginternet.ca instead of cobourginternet.com but it should not matter now what you use – both addresses work.  With the exception of the home page, all the page names are different so Google will get confused for a few days – maybe weeks.  You might even end up on this page which was moved to .ca a bit earlier.  This section also got refreshed!

Anyway the  main changes to the main site are:

  • Wider page to suit wider displays while still being compatible with narrow screens
  • Cleaner, more consistent layout
  • Photo pop-ups are improved
  • Most pages have print friendly icon so you can print the page more easily
  • Most pages have email icon so you can email a link to the page to anyone.
  • Improved “John’s Page” – ability to turn into a blog if needed.
  • Accessible with ability to enlarge font and improved “alt” tags to make images accessible.  Fully standards compliant.
  • Miscellaneous detailed edits and revisions to improve accuracy and relevancy.

I’d be interested in your comments so I’ve turned them on for this post. Click the heading of this post to go to the page for this post which allows comments.  To go to the new site, choose “Cobourg Internet home” from the menu. above.

John Draper

P.S.  This will confuse Google – it will take a few weeks to get all the links right.

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Rib Fest

Posted on 21 August, 2011 by

As usual, thousands of visitors and residents went to the Rib Fest in Victoria Park, just behind the beach where there were also lots of visitors.
Here is what the Rib Fest looked like.

Cobourg Rib Fest 2011

Cobourg Rib Fest 2011

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Summer is here

Posted on 7 July, 2011 by

Summer is finally here and Cobourg kicks it off with the Waterfront festival and a Canada Day parade.
Here is my favourite photo from the parade of 2011.

Canada Day - kids love it

Canada Day - the kids are so awestruck with the whole thing

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I am now a fan of Dire Straits

Posted on 21 May, 2011 by

Well, for this one video anyway.  Great stuff.

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Old Time Videos

Posted on 21 April, 2011 by

There are some things that to me, are timeless. They are not today’s stars but talent knows no age

Fred Astaire and Eleanor Powell

Fred Astaire and Eleanor Powell

Fred Astaire and Eleanor Powell did probably the most famous and best love dance duet in the movie Broadway Melody, 1940.

Watch it by clicking here.

 

 

 

Ray Charles

Ray Charles

 

Fats Domino, Jerry Lee Lewis and Ray Charles could really play a piano.  How about if they did that together!  That’s just what they did here.

 

 

 

Boogie Jive

Boogie Jive

 

In the 50′s jive dancing to the boogie was all the rage – but more recently, a duo demonstrated that it’s still alive.
Watch here.

 

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