Israel My Glory: February 2010

Friday, February 26, 2010

Things To Do and Places To See - Cyprus

This is from a tourist map I got from the library of Frostburg State University. The links provided below are not from the map; I got the links off of the internet.

Cyprus Popular Festivals
Fifty days before Easter
Limassol
Carnival

Last Monday before Lent
General celebration in the fields
Green Monday

May Day
All principal towns
Flower Festival

Fifty days after Easter
All seaside towns and Karavas
Cataclysmos

Mid- June
Larnaca
Cyprus Night

Early July
Limassol
Festival of Folk Dancing

Mid – August
Perapedhi
Agricultrual Show

Last weekend in August
Kato Mylos and Platres
Peach Festival

End of August
Prodhromos
Folk Festival

Early September
Pano Lefkara
Lace Festival

September
Nicosia
International Trade Fair

14th September
Omodhos
Fair

Late September
Zakaki (just outside Limassol)
Fig Festival

End of September
Limassol
Wine Festival

Cyprus Feast Days
January 1
Nicosia
Ayios Vassilios

January 24
Ayios Neophytos Monastery
Ayios Neophytos

February 2
Chrysorroyiatissa Monastery
Panayia (Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary)

March 25
Kilrou
Panayia (Annunciation)

April 23
Many villages
Ayios Yeoryios

May 21
Tokhni
Ayios Constantinos and Ayia Helena

June 28
Nea Paphos (Paphos?)
St. Paul

August 15
Kykko Monastery
Panayia (the Assumption)

September 14
Stavrovouni Monastery & Omodhos
Feast Day

September 28
Ayios Neophytos Monastery
Ayios Neophytos

October 4
Kalopanayiotis
St. John Lampadistes

Good Friday
All towns
Procession of the Epitaph

Links:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limassol
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karavas
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larnaca
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perapedhi
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kato_Mylos
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platres
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prodromos_(Cyprus)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pano_Lefkara
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicosia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omodhos

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paphos
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysoroyiatissa_Monastery
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokhni
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kykkos_Monastery
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stavrovouni_Monastery
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalopanayiotis

Purim

http://recipes.suite101.com/article.cfm/simple-kosher-purim-hamantashen-pastry-fillings

http://recipes.suite101.com/article.cfm/simple-kosher-purim-hamantashen-orejas-de-aman

Thursday, February 25, 2010

Music

Informative

Piano Pedal marks – Instrument Specific Notation

These pedal marks appear in music for instruments with sustain pedals, such as the piano and vibraphone.

Engage pedal - Tells the pianist to put the sustain pedal down.

Release pedal - Tells the pianist to let the sustain pedal up.

Variable pedal mark - More accurately indicates the precise use of the sustain pedal. The extended lower line tells the pianist to keep the sustain pedal depressed for all notes below which it appears. The inverted "V" shape (/\) indicates the pedal is to be momentarily released, then depressed again.

Other Piano Notation:

m.d. - mano destra (Italian)
MD - main droite (French)
r.H. - rechte Hand (German)
r.h. / RH - right hand (English)

m.s. / MS - mano sinistra (Italian)
m.g. / MG - main gauche (French)
l.H. - linke Hand (German)
l.h. / LH - left hand (English)

1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Finger identifications:
1 = Thumb
2 = Index
3 = Middle
4 = Ring
5 = Little

Links:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustain_pedal
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soft_pedal
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expression_pedal
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sostenuto
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mute_(music)

Additional Information:

Pedstyle - Specifies whether to display piano pedal marks with lines or with the word "Ped" and "*". With the "pedstar" style, a "bounce" of the pedal is shown by a "* Ped" whereas with the "alt pedstar" style, only a "Ped" is printed.

Value: line, pedstar, or alt pedstar
Default value: line
Context: score, staff
Example: pedstyle = pedstar

Pedstyle Links:
http://www.arkkra.com/doc/uguide/pedal.html
http://www.arkkra.com/doc/uguide/stuff.html
http://www.arkkra.com/doc/uguide/octave.html