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"curtain-raiser" Definitions
  1. curtain-raiser (to something) a small event that prepares for a more important one
  2. curtain-raiser (to something) a short performance before the main performance in a theatre, etc.
"curtain-raiser" Synonyms
overture preamble preliminary prelude prolog(US) prologue(UK) warm-up warm-up act introduction beginning start opening preface lead-in prolusion foreword proem intro exordium prolegomenon commencement birth onset outset dawn inception launch initiation origin alpha baseline genesis get-go git-go inauguration incipience incipiency show play performance musical production spectacle act opera presentation theatrical cabaret comedy dance drama burlesque entertainment matinee piece stage show composition More
"curtain-raiser" Antonyms
final curtain final act last act main event climax closer conclusion denouement end finale headliner resolution ending close culmination finish termination lead result finis

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After the blockbuster curtain raiser comes Fay at 3:30 p.m.
The curtain-raiser is "First Man", a biopic of Neil Armstrong.
It said that launch was the "curtain-raiser" for more activity to come.
Within a year he had gone from the curtain raiser to the headliner.
Avenatti denied the ad was a curtain raiser to his own political ambitions.
Dave 'Yogurty' Fogarty had a good crowd in the arena for the curtain raiser.
But not all: Leonard Bernstein's "Chichester Psalms" as a curtain raiser for Beethoven's Ninth?
It's a curtain raiser of sorts; a place to glimpse where technology advancements are heading in 2017.
Renato Moicano edged out Zubaira Tukhugov by a split decision in the curtain raiser of the event.
The Times's Alan Feuer has a curtain-raiser on the case against Joaquín Guzmán Loera, known as El Chapo.
It was the fifth straight trophy for Paris St.-Germain in the traditional curtain-raiser to the French season.
Heavyweight debutants Justin Ledet and Chase Sherman put on show in the curtain raiser for the Salt Lake City event.
Apple has been making news all week long in the run-up to Monday's streaming service curtain-raiser in Cupertino.
The following week, Mr. van Zweden led Conrad Tao's "Everything Must Go," written as a curtain-raiser for Bruckner's sprawling Eighth Symphony.
North Korea's leader, Kim Jong-un, called the latest launching a "curtain-raiser" and warned of more missile tests in the Pacific.
They offer a jolly curtain raiser for Monday's eclipse, and also continue a recent vogue for exhibitions that marry art and science.
The following year, Conte's successor, Maurizio Sarri, ignored Drinkwater entirely after the Community Shield, England's traditional — and not entirely competitive — curtain-raiser.
Asensio filled in perfectly for Madrid's star, scoring five minutes into the match for his second goal in the season's curtain raiser.
Mr. Kim said on Wednesday that the missile launch over Japan could be a "curtain raiser" for more such tests in the Pacific.
Its leader, Kim Jong-un, said on Wednesday that the test could be a "curtain raiser" for more such tests in the Pacific.
" But it gave no indication that it was prepared to take tougher measures against Pyongyang, which called the latest launch a "curtain-raiser.
Trump is already giving us a curtain raiser on his intent, tilting toward a pass for his autocratic ally in the Middle East.
Spain's civil war became a curtain-raiser for World War Two when Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy provided arms and funding for Franco's forces.
Decamped to Paris (one-time only) for a show on Monday; no longer the hype-driven, baby-dragon-toting curtain raiser for Milan Fashion Week.
Katrina turned out to be merely a curtain raiser on a new era of extraordinary storms, including Superstorm Sandy, last year's Louisiana deluge, and now Harvey.
Pep Guardiola's side, who completed an unprecedented domestic treble last season after also winning the Community Shield curtain-raiser, scored all five of their spot kicks.
The curtain raiser, a track called "The Werewolf," depicts a woman stabbing her husband with a sushi knife ("Now they're shopping / For a fairly decent afterlife").
The Verge actually calls this "smart" and "efficient" in its curtain raiser for the Essential hardware, which to me sounds like exactly things which it is not.
In what's viewed a curtain-raiser on Friday's government jobs report, the ADP/Moody's private-sector report on Wednesday morning showed 135,000 jobs were added last month.
In the curtain raiser, Jeremy Kennedy announced his intentions to move back down to featherweight after taking a decision win over Alessandro Ricci in his UFC debut.
Jaap van Zweden, in his second program as the Philharmonic's new music director, conducted this teeming, mercurial 11-minute piece as a curtain-raiser to the symphony.
A certain amount of tension always precedes a "Saturday Night Live" season premiere, but this weekend's curtain raiser, kicking off its 45th year, seemed tenser than usual.
For the Pyeongchang Games, those watching the curtain-raiser at home also witnessed a sight never seen before: a record-setting 203,218 drones joined in a mechanical murmuration.
In the day's curtain-raiser, 2017 champions Croatia clinched the bronze medal with a 10-7 defeat of Hungary on the back of six goals from Maro Jokovic.
The following day, veteran journalists recalled his first round submission win over the American as the loudest and most atmospheric curtain raiser in the history of the promotion.
Both teams had already secured Olympic berths by reaching the final while Australia won the bronze medal after edging Hungary 10-9 in the day's thrilling curtain-raiser.
This was certainly the case at Tom Ford's men's wear show on Tuesday, which some called the official curtain raiser for the start of New York Fashion Week.
The charity game would act as a curtain raiser for the Big Bash match, with the venue not confirmed until the two teams for the final are determined.
Mike Rogers appeared before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Wednesday in a hearing that served as a curtain-raiser for the panel's anticipated public testimony from Comey on Thursday.
However, when Ulka Sasaki pulled off a guard pass in the curtain raiser against Willie Gates, a number of fans burst into applause, which quickly dismissed any of those thoughts.
On the Runway Now in its fourth year, London Collections Men, the curtain raiser for the men's wear catwalk season, has fast defined itself as the home of the individual.
Not for nothing is the curtain raiser a loop from a horror-themed "Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!" cartoon (the one with the mummy), shown on a staticky TV set.
Sehgal was in town to work on "A Prelude to the Shed," a curtain-raiser festival for the space that he co-curated, which included one of his own works.
Then Scaramucci, who seemed content parrying reporters' questions for even longer, finally relinquished the podium, but not before blowing a kiss to reporters, his Trump-pleasing, on-camera curtain-raiser complete.
We've also published a series of curtain-raiser stories, which contain red carpet observations, as well as critiques and predictions, from journalists at The Times and The New York Times Magazine.
"We are pleased to announce the 61st Hong Kong Open will now be the curtain raiser for our 2020 season," Cho Minn Thant, the chief executive of the Asian Tour, said.
Government ministers immediately hailed the new agreement as the curtain raiser to a sunnier future for the Argentine economy that has been struggling with low growth, high inflation, and a devaluing peso.
Following the premiere of "Everything Must Go," his Bruckner curtain raiser for the full orchestra, he gave an intimate concert that included improvisations with Ms. Lee and the tap dancer Caleb Teicher.
Another of Mourinho's off-season transfers, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, scored an 143rd-minute winner as United beat Leicester City, 2-1, to capture the Community Shield, the traditional curtain-raiser to the English season.
Many, myself included, expected him to get close to Trump, but not too close, and to treat his speech as a very early curtain raiser to the 2020 campaign we all know is coming.
His dazzling, rocket-powered winner in the dying minutes of the tournament's curtain-raiser formed the glorious high-point of a top-level career that hasn't come as easily as his effortless playing might suggest.
The growth estimates were seen as good news for Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto whose party faces a closely-fought state election this weekend that serves as a curtain-raiser for the presidential vote in 2018.
I caught Ms. Blanchett at the National on Friday, and her performance turned out to be the perfect curtain raiser for a weekend of watching gifted actresses in plays that explored the feminine capacity for survival.
At the meeting, Mr Bilodeau presented demos of two drastically reimagined versions of pivotal tracks from the record: the scorching curtain-raiser "In the Flesh?" and the sneering sing-along "Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 2".
Mr. Kim called the test on Tuesday "a meaningful prelude to containing Guam" and "a curtain-raiser" of the North's "resolute countermeasures against" the joint military exercises that the United States and South Korea began last week.
The patented right hand of Doo Ho Choi passed its most significant test last Friday at the MGM Grand Garden Arena when Thiago Tavares met the canvas midway through the first round of their main card curtain raiser.
But the original concepts didn't please me, the idea of mixing the cars with, for example, as a curtain raiser to the Formula One Grands Prix, or to have other car racing disciplines in the middle of it.
The traditional curtain-raiser to the Alpine skiing program at the Winter Olympics, the downhill is scheduled to take place on Sunday when winds in excess of 30 knots (55.6 km per hour) are forecast for the Jeongseon Alpine Centre.
Here's what is coming: • There were plenty of designers in attendance at the Downing Street curtain raiser to fashion week on Thursday night, but only one appeared to have dressed half of the movers and shakers in the room: Roksanda Ilincic.
Ahead of Lazio's Serie A curtain raiser against Napoli on Saturday, die-hard supporters known as 'ultras' handed out flyers stating that the stand they occupy in the Stadio Olimpico stadium is a "sacred place" where women are not welcome.
Garbine Muguruza, the 2016 champion, fired down her serve shortly after 503am local time to christen the new court during her first round match against American Taylor Townsend in front of a 75%-filled stadium - a rarity for a French Open curtain raiser.
In its "green budget", a curtain-raiser to budget-speculation season published on February 8th, the Institute for Fiscal Studies, a think-tank, said that Mr Osborne will get his hands on £5 billion less income tax and national-insurance than he had thought.
The 68-year-old Watson, playing with fellow greats Nicklaus and Gary Player, needed only eight putts to post a six-under 21 and edge out Englishman Tommy Fleetwood and Belgian Thomas Pieters to become the oldest winner of the tournament's traditional curtain-raiser.
The Brumbies game will be held in Wollongong as the curtain-raiser to the New South Wales Waratahs game with the Waikato Chiefs on March 6, while they will play the Crusaders ahead of the Queensland Reds-Bulls match in Brisbane on March 133.
The Brumbies game will be held in Wollongong as the curtain-raiser to the New South Wales Waratahs game with the Waikato Chiefs on March 6, while they will play the Crusaders ahead of the Queensland Reds-Bulls match in Brisbane on March 14.
But that was to be expected in the league's curtain-raiser on Tuesday night, given not only the inevitable lack of sharpness at this nascent stage of the N.B.A. calendar but also the lengthy injury absences for high-profile returnees like Boston's Kyrie Irving and Gordon Hayward.
I'm expecting another proposal to eliminate funding for PBS, NPR, etc... For the third straight year... And another congressional rejection of the proposal... Round two for Paul Manafort "On Wednesday, Paul Manafort is up for sentencing round two," Katelyn Polantz reports in this curtain-raiser story for CNN.com.
LONDON — Fashion buyers and news media from around the world are arriving this weekend for London Collections Men, a four-day event that has become not just a curtain raiser for the traditional men's wear catwalk season but also a source of financial firepower that goes far beyond its runways.
Ms. Dehnert's excitable production, which premiered last summer at the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival, announces this theme in a curtain raiser as the eight-member cast clusters in the middle of the stage and sings "The Game of Love," a 1965 chart-topper that makes you retroactively ashamed of youth culture: "Love your daddy with all your might"?
It remains to be seen whether Mr. van Zweden will reach new heights with his new appointment, but if not, the program offers other intrigues: a newly commissioned curtain-raiser by the pianist and composer Conrad Tao, who will also perform at a Philharmonic-sponsored late-night concert in the Kaplan Penthouse at Lincoln Center on Friday.
Johnson is now in his second season with Alabama, and is working hard to improve the team's defense so losses like the Flyers debacle don't happen - and he had to be happy with what he saw in the 33-17 curtain raiser, as the Crimson Tide held Coastal Carolina to 27.4 percent from the field en route to a dominant 70-210 victory.
The trio "Hockey" (1978) was a curtain raiser for the grander "Cobra" (1984), in which the musicians — waving their hands in the air, holding up certain numbers of fingers, tapping their noses — incite one another into short duos and trios as they also look for certain organizing principles from Mr. Zorn, who as prompter lifts and lowers cue cards (one signal) and dons and removes a baseball hat (another).
On 21 March Seema Kapoor was introduced. On 19th Jan 2018, Part 1 of Curtain Raiser was released. On 21st Jan, Part 2 was released. On 16th Sep another Curtain Raiser was released.
The Man of Destiny (1895) is a short curtain raiser about Napoleon.
Played as a curtain raiser to the 2019 Women's State of Origin.
Played as a curtain raiser to the New Zealand- England Four Nations match.
Played as a curtain raiser to the New Zealand-England Four Nations match.
Played as a curtain raiser to the Round 18 Brisbane Broncos-Warriors game.
The Bahraini Super Cup is the curtain raiser to the Bahrain football season.
Played as a curtain raiser to the Round 18 Brisbane Broncos-Warriors game.
Played as a curtain raiser to the Samoa-Tonga Pacific Rugby League test match.
Played as a curtain raiser to the Samoa-Fiji Pacific Rugby League test match.
The cup is used as a curtain raiser to the Kuwaiti Premier League season.
The cup is used as a curtain raiser to the Kuwaiti Premier League season.
Played as a curtain raiser to the Samoa- Tonga Pacific Rugby League test match.
Played as a curtain raiser to the Samoa-Fiji Pacific Rugby League test match.
The match was held as the main curtain raiser for the 2014 Anzac Test.
Played as a curtain raiser to the New Zealand-Papua New Guinea Four Nations match.
Played as a curtain raiser to the Australia-New Zealand end of year Test match.
Played as a curtain raiser to the New Zealand-Papua New Guinea Four Nations match.
Played as a curtain raiser to the Australia-New Zealand end of year Test match.
Played as a curtain raiser to Game III of the 2015 State of Origin series.
Played as a curtain raiser to Game III of the 2016 State of Origin series.
Played as a curtain raiser to Game I of the 2017 State of Origin series.
Played as a curtain raiser to Game III of the 2018 State of Origin series.
Played as a curtain raiser to Game III of the 2019 State of Origin series.
Played as a curtain raiser to Game II of the 2008 State of Origin series.
Played as a curtain raiser to Game II of the 2009 State of Origin series.
Played as a curtain raiser to Game II of the 2010 State of Origin series.
Played as a curtain raiser to Game II of the 2011 State of Origin series.
Played as a curtain raiser to Game III of the 2012 State of Origin series.
Played as a curtain raiser to Game II of the 2013 State of Origin series.
Played as a curtain raiser to Game II of the 2014 State of Origin series.
Played as a curtain raiser to Game II of the 2015 State of Origin series.
Played as a curtain raiser to Game II of the 2016 State of Origin series.
Played as a curtain raiser to Game II of the 2017 State of Origin series.
Played as a curtain raiser to Game I of the 2018 State of Origin series.
Played as a curtain raiser to Game I of the 2019 State of Origin series.
Played as a curtain raiser to Game I of the 2008 State of Origin series.
Played as a curtain raiser to Game I of the 2009 State of Origin series.
Played as a curtain raiser to Game III of the 2010 State of Origin series.
Played as a curtain raiser to Game I of the 2011 State of Origin series.
Played as a curtain raiser to Game I of the 2012 State of Origin series.
Played as a curtain raiser to Game I of the 2013 State of Origin series.
Played as a curtain raiser to Game I of the 2014 State of Origin series.
Played as a curtain raiser to Game I of the 2015 State of Origin series.
Played as a curtain raiser to Game I of the 2016 State of Origin series.
Played as a curtain raiser to Game III of the 2017 State of Origin series.
The documentary series was the curtain raiser at the ViBGYOR Film Festival in Thrissur, India.
Played as a curtain raiser to Game I of the 2008 State of Origin series.
Played as a curtain raiser to Game I of the 2009 State of Origin series.
Played as a curtain raiser to Game III of the 2010 State of Origin series.
Played as a curtain raiser to Game I of the 2011 State of Origin series.
Played as a curtain raiser to Game I of the 2012 State of Origin series.
Played as a curtain raiser to Game I of the 2013 State of Origin series.
Played as a curtain raiser to Game I of the 2014 State of Origin series.
Played as a curtain raiser to Game I of the 2015 State of Origin series.
Played as a curtain raiser to Game I of the 2016 State of Origin series.
Played as a curtain raiser to Game III of the 2017 State of Origin series.
Played as a curtain raiser to Game II of the 2008 State of Origin series.
Played as a curtain raiser to Game II of the 2009 State of Origin series.
Played as a curtain raiser to Game II of the 2010 State of Origin series.
Played as a curtain raiser to Game II of the 2011 State of Origin series.
Played as a curtain raiser to Game III of the 2012 State of Origin series.
Played as a curtain raiser to Game II of the 2013 State of Origin series.
Played as a curtain raiser to Game II of the 2014 State of Origin series.
Played as a curtain raiser to Game II of the 2015 State of Origin series.
Played as a curtain raiser to Game II of the 2016 State of Origin series.
Played as a curtain raiser to Game II of the 2017 State of Origin series.
Played as a curtain raiser to Game I of the 2018 State of Origin series.
Played as a curtain raiser to Game III of the 2015 State of Origin series.
Played as a curtain raiser to Game III of the 2016 State of Origin series.
Played as a curtain raiser to Game I of the 2017 State of Origin series.
Played as a curtain raiser to Game III of the 2018 State of Origin series.
3 In 1921, Rupert D'Oyly Carte introduced Cox and Box as a curtain raiser to The Sorcerer, with additional cuts prepared by J. M. Gordon and Harry Norris. This slimmed-down "Savoy Version" remained in the company’s repertory as curtain raiser for the shorter Savoy Operas.
Lee Bernard. "Swash-buckling Savoy curtain- raiser", Sheffield Telegraph, 1 August 2008 Each full-length work was normally accompanied by one or two short companion pieces. If the piece began the performance, it was called a curtain raiser. One that followed the full-length piece was called an afterpiece.
The inaugural All-Ireland under-21 final was played as a curtain-raiser to the Oireachtas semi-final between Kilkenny and Cork.
A match between veterans of two teams are also held in the same day before the real match starts as a curtain raiser.
A match between veterans of two teams are also held in the same day before the real match starts as a curtain raiser.
A match between veterans of two teams are also held in the same day before the real match starts as a curtain raiser.
A match between veterans of two teams are also held in the same day before the real match starts as a curtain raiser.
A match between veterans of two teams are also held in the same day before the real match starts as a curtain raiser.
It served as a comedic curtain raiser before the company's performance of the thriller Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. When Mansfield's company returned to the U.S., he kept Lesbia as part of the company's repertory. The play opened on Broadway at the Madison Square Theatre on 8 October 1890, again as a curtain raiser before Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
In 2007 he starred for Queensland under 19s against New South Wales in the curtain-raiser to the State of Origin series opener in May.
At the end of 2017 Naish played in an under 18s all-star match on the MCG as curtain-raiser to that year's AFL grand final.
Played as a curtain raiser to the Australia-New Zealand pre-Four Nations tournament match. Both coaches agreed to allow an 18th man be used during the match.
Played as a curtain raiser to the Australia-New Zealand pre-Four Nations tournament match. Both coaches agreed to allow an 18th man be used during the match.
The Syrian Super Cup is the curtain raiser to the Syrian football season. It was first played in 1982, afterwards the competition is played sporadically at irregular intervals.
Carriages at Eleven (1947), London: Robert Hale and Co., p. 23 The Spectre Knight is a particularly long curtain-raiser, with sixteen songs, and running over an hour.
Partnerships with local schools and businesses and initiatives, such as its Neighbours Nights and Curtain Raiser events, are what ground it as a remarkable artistic resource and cultural institution.
The 2017 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Final was played between Galway and Cork as a curtain-raiser to the senior final, with Galway winning by 2-17 to 2-15.
The 2017 All-Ireland Minor Football Final was played between Kerry and Derry as a curtain-raiser to the senior final, with Kerry winning by 6–17 to 1–8.
The Kiwi Ferns beat the Jillaroos 12 - 8 in a curtain-raiser match ahead of the Four Nations match between the Kangaroos and Samoa at the WIN Stadium in Wollongong, Australia.
The Women's All Stars exhibition match which was held as a curtain raiser for the men's 2015 All Stars match and was won by the NRL Women's All Stars 26-8.
In October the company added Congenial Souls, a one-act farce written by Ryley using music by Jacques Offenbach, to the program as a curtain raiser. This appears to be the only play written by Ryley.Walters, Michael and George Low. Congenial Souls, 19 September 2007, accessed 13 May 2018 Madeleine Lucette (1858–1934) appeared together with Riley on tour with the D'Oyly Carte company in 1878, and she played Clara in his curtain raiser, while he played Adolphus.
Before the much-awaited championship match between PNP Responders and AFP Cavaliers, two exhibition games that served as the curtain raiser were held, with two squads composed of government executives and legislators.
Stone, David. Eric Lewis at Who Was Who in the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, 27 August 2001. Retrieved 9 January 2009 The Carp enjoyed an unusually long run for a curtain raiser.
The 2018 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Final was played between Galway and Kilkenny as a curtain-raiser to the senior final with Galway retaining their title by winning 0-21 to 0-14.
The 2015 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Final between Galway and Tipperary was played as a curtain-raiser to the senior final. Galway won the game on a 4-13 to 1-16 scoreline.
Like Trial by Jury and Cox and Box, it has been staged as a curtain-raiser to the shorter Gilbert and Sullivan operas. Triple-bills of Sullivan's three one-act operas have also proved successful.
He went on to play rugby league for junior club Renown United. Gasnier was selected in the NSW schoolboys side aged 13, to play in a curtain raiser to the 1952 Australia and New Zealand Test.
The 2017 edition of the two-day Dehradun Literature Festival commenced at the ONGC Officers Club, Dehradun. The 2017 inaugural curtain raiser of Dehradun Literature Festival Shobhaa De, who launched Karan Johar's book The Unsuitable Boy.
Padur (or Padoor) is a village in Palakkad District, Kerala. There is a temple of Sree Panickanar where a yearly festival called Padur Vela is celebrated, which is the curtain raiser for Vela-Poorams in Palakkad.
Savoy Theatre programme for double bill of Captain Billy and The Vicar of Bray Captain Billy is a one-act comic opera with a libretto by Harry Greenbank and music by François Cellier. It was first performed at the Savoy Theatre on 24 September 1891"Captain Billy", The Era, 26 September 1891, p. 11 until 16 January 1892, as a curtain raiser to The Nautch Girl, and from 1 February 1892 to 18 June 1892, as a curtain raiser to The Vicar of Bray, for a total of 217 performances.Introduction and cast list for Captain Billy The first stage production with an orchestra for over 100 years was done in May 2007 by the Chapel End Savoy Players at the Deaton Theatre, Forest School, Snaresbrook, London as a curtain raiser for their production of The Pirates of Penzance.
Before the much-awaited championship match between PNP Hinirangs and Judiciary Cagers, an exhibition game that served as the curtain raiser was held, with two squads composed of former professional basketball legends and Kuya Daniel Razon's team.
In 1913 she produced and acted in her comedy sketch, Uncle Bill, at the Grand Theatre, Clapham. It was also produced at The Globe Theatre in London and The Vaudeville Theatre in The Strand, London (as a curtain raiser to Jerome K. Jerome's play Robina in Search of a Husband). In 1915 she acted in her own one act play 'Will You Walk into my Parlour' at the Artillery in Woolwich; it was a curtain raiser for H.A. Vachell's play 'Searchlights'. She had a starring role in 'Searchlights'.
In January 2018, the curtain raiser of the 2nd season saw the attendance of Bollywood actor Shatrughan Sinha along with the writer of his biography Anything but Khamosh Bharathi Pradhan who is a film critic and a writer.
The first missile combat competition, named CURTAIN RAISER, ran from 3–7 April 1967. United States' Strategic Air Command began the event to allow differing intercontinental ballistic missile units to compete for the title of "Best ICBM Wing".
Madame Butterfly was first performed March 5, 1900, at the Herald Square Theatre in New York City, after the curtain raiser Naughty Anthony. The play was written and produced by David Belasco, with scenic design by Ernest Gros.
There has been an Under 17 competition in each subsequent season, apart from 2012. Since 2015, Under 17s has been run by the junior body and played on Saturdays, rather than as a curtain-raiser to Sunday grade matches.
The Association played one interstate match, against New South Wales, during 1995. The match was played on 17 June at the Melbourne Cricket Ground as a curtain raiser to the State of Origin match between Victoria and South Australia.
Oscar Beringer as a curtain raiser. (Fiske starred in both plays.) Love Finds the Way is a comedy-drama about a young woman who seeks romance despite an injury that has left her unhappy and alienated from her family.
It was the curtain raiser for the election tragedy of August 1854. Antagonism toward foreigners had become intense. Foreign-born American citizens offering to vote were challenged and called on to show their papers and then declared to be disqualified.
The African Leopards are a representative team from Africa which aims to promote the sport throughout the whole of Africa. The Leopards played their first ever match in July 2005 at Ellis Park as a curtain raiser between Springboks and Australia.
The 2019 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Final was played between Galway and Kilkenny as a curtain-raiser to the senior final with Galway winning their third title in a row and 13th overall on a 3-14 to 0-12 scoreline.
Bach structured the cantata in five movements, beginning with what John Eliot Gardiner describes as a "curtain raiser",Gardiner, John Eliot (2013). Bach: Music in the Castle of Heaven. Allen Lane. a line from the gospel set as a recitative.
During the season a Wednesday afternoon competition was played and it was decided to play a match between Athletic who had a bye and a representative team from that competition as curtain-raiser to the City Rovers – Marist Old Boys match.
It was in effect a curtain raiser to the end of the Bourbon kingdom of the Two Sicilies which was started by Giuseppe Garibaldi's Expedition of the Thousand in 1860 and culminated with the Siege of Gaeta of 1860–1861.
1881 programme cover In the Sulks is a one-act comic opera with a libretto by Frank Desprez and music by Alfred Cellier. It was first performed at the Opera Comique on 21 February 1880; revived 3 April 1880 to 2 April 1881 as a curtain raiser to The Pirates of Penzance, and again from 25 April to 2 May 1881 and from 11 to 14 October 1881 as a curtain raiser to Patience. It was also performed from 21 February to 20 March 1880 at matinees with the Children's Pinafore. The piece also toured frequently from 1879 to 1882.
Trial by Jury was given four times, as a curtain raiser to The Sorcerer, Pinafore and Pirates and as an afterpiece following The Grand Duke. Before the first of the four performances of Trial, a specially written curtain raiser by William Douglas-Home, called Dramatic Licence, was played by Peter Pratt as Richard D'Oyly Carte, Sandford as Gilbert and John Ayldon as Sullivan, in which Gilbert, Sullivan and Carte plan the birth of Trial by Jury in 1875; afterwards, the prime minister, Harold Wilson, and Bridget D'Oyly Carte each gave a short speech.Forbes, Elizabeth. Kenneth Sandford obituary.
Rollins and Witts, Appendix, p. VII During the company's 1975 centennial performances of all thirteen Gilbert and Sullivan Operas at the Savoy Theatre, Trial was given four times, as a curtain raiser to The Sorcerer, Pinafore and Pirates and as an afterpiece following The Grand Duke. Before the first of the four performances of Trial, a specially written curtain raiser by William Douglas-Home, called Dramatic Licence, was played by Peter Pratt as Carte, Kenneth Sandford as Gilbert and John Ayldon as Sullivan, in which Gilbert, Sullivan and Carte plan the birth of Trial in 1875.
Perez played football for the Sandhurst Football Netball Club. He was educated at Catherine McAuley College. He was named to play in Team 'Bartel' in the 'Under 17 futures' Grand final curtain raiser. Perez played for the Bendigo Pioneers in the NAB League.
As a result, the Seconds finals became curtain-raisers to the Firsts finals; this had happened previously when both competitions were Saturday competitions. However, one consequence was that the lightning premiership, which had occupied the curtain-raiser time- slot since 1972, was discontinued.
Test matches have also been played at Ballymore, including Bledisloe Cup matches, and a semi-final of the 1987 Rugby World Cup. Brisbane City also played a home game at Suncorp Stadium in 2014, as the curtain raiser to the Bledisloe Cup match.
Berger, Leon. "George Grossmith" in The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Macmillan, 1998 He also wrote the music for Arthur Law's short comic opera, Uncle Samuel (1881), the one-act curtain raiser that preceded Patience on the Opera Comique programme.
Nine Feathers was a one-act burlesque with a cast of 5, written by Fred Donaghey and created as a curtain raiser for "The Girl at the Gate". It was tried out in Detroit and was a big hit according to reports.
In January 2013, the SuperLeague Select Team travelled to Birmingham, England to play against the England Select Team in the BBL Cup Final curtain-raiser. The match took place at the National Indoor Arena on Sunday 13 January, with tip off at 12:30pm.
In 1932 a Tasmanian team played Victoria as a curtain raiser to the North versus South Football game. In the Hobart Mercury of 29 April 1940 it was lamented that although lacrosse had flourished prior to the Great War it had now died out.
Goodwin has previously played for the New South Wales Māori side under his brother Luke.Goodwin wants to be a Kiwi The Canberra Times, 28 June 2008 In 2008, he played for the New Zealand Māori side in the curtain raiser to the 2008 World Cup.
At Armidale against Glen Innes, Ian had to play as two forwards were injured. In 1953 Tamworth was having annual games with Merewether Carlton from Newcastle and were invited to play a curtain raiser to the touring Fijians, the problem was to determine how good we were as to whether we played the first game or the main curtain raiser. There were a couple of former Newcastle rugby players who were playing with the East Tamworth league side as rugby was not played when they arrived in Tamworth. In those days you could not play rugby union if as a league player you had been paid.
For the second straight year, the Premier League Select Team travelled to Birmingham, England to play against the England Select Team in the BBL Cup Final curtain-raiser. The match took place at the National Indoor Arena on Sunday 12 January, with tip off at 12pm.
Canberra, which had contested the carnivals since 1933, recorded its first and second carnival wins of all-time. New South Wales was the only winless team for the carnival. CR: indicates that this match was a curtain-raiser; the crowd figure given is for the main match.
Ainger, Michael Gilbert and Sullivan : A Dual Biography: Oxford University Press (2002), pp. 180–81 Federici thus originated the role of the Pirate King. In August 1880 he appeared briefly as Mr. Liverby in In the Sulks, the curtain-raiser that was played before H.M.S. Pinafore.
The Grand Final was between Papua New Guinea and New Zealand. Both sides went through the tournament undefeated. It was played as a curtain raiser to an official Australian Football League premiership season match and was replayed on Fox Sports (Australia) and the Fox Footy Channel.
The 2015 Anzac Test curtain-raiser match between the Ferns and the Jillaroos was initially to be played on May 1 but was postponed due to bad weather. The match commenced on May 3 at the Suncorp Stadium with the Jillaroos winning the match 22 - 14.
The qualifying week for the 2017 Isle of Man TT was plagued by poor weather. Following a sporadic week of qualifying the first race day was given over to additional qualifying and practice, which meant the curtain raiser to the meeting, the Superbike TT, was postponed for 24 hours.
The Brunei Super Cup is a Brunei football cup competition. It was first held in 2002, but has been played on and off since its inception. It is the curtain raiser to the Brunei football season. This competition is played between the league champion and the cup winner.
Walsh recovered sufficiently and was able to assume the position of club captain which he had been elected to for the 1923 season. In 1928 Walsh turned out for a charity “Old Timers’ Match” as curtain raiser to the Newton Rangers v Ponsonby United Roope Rooster semi-final replay.
Beevers started refereeing aged 13 and is a member of Dewsbury & Batley Referees Society. In 2018 she became the first woman to referee a rugby league game at Wembley Stadium when she refereed the Year 7 Boys National Schools Final (the curtain raiser to the Challenge Cup Final).
Retrieved 7 June 2013. The AFL commemorated the 150th anniversary of the match by staging the Tom Wills Round during the 2008 AFL Season. The two schools played in a curtain raiser at the MCG ahead of the round opener between Melbourne and Geelong.Harris, Amelia (7 August 2008).
The UAE Super Cup, commonly known as the Arabian Gulf Super Cup for sponsorship reasons, is the curtain raiser of the United Arab Emirates football season. It is played between the previous season's Pro-League winners and President's Cup Winners. The first edition was played on 14 September 2008.
The finals of the tournament traditionally takes place in De Kuip, and has been held there every season since the 1989 final. The winners of the cup compete against the winners of the Eredivisie for the Johan Cruyff Shield, which acts as the curtain raiser for the following season.
On 23 January 2010, the stadium hosted a Super 14 warm-up match. The Cheetahs played an Eastern Province invitational team. In front of a crowd of 15,000, EP lost 13–9 to the Cheetahs. A curtain raiser was played between 2 Port Elizabeth rugby clubs, Police and Progress.
11 as a curtain raiser to the revival of H.M.S. Pinafore (November 1887 – March 1888). It was subsequently presented as a curtain raiser to revivals of The Pirates of Penzance (March – June 1888) and The Mikado (June – September 1888), and then with The Yeomen of the Guard (October 1888 – November 1889). No printed libretto or vocal score is found in the British Library, and no libretto is filed in the Lord Chamberlain's collection. The score and orchestra parts were apparently lost at sea in a shipwreck off the west coast of South America in 1892, and in 1910, Helen Carte, the widow of the work's producer, Richard D'Oyly Carte, gave the libretto to Desprez.
The record was broken at the 2004 Summer Olympics by Crystl Bustos. Edebone is to participate in the annual Victorian Women's Football League Metro vs Country match as a curtain-raiser to Collingwood Football Club vs Carlton Football Club in Round 7 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 12 May 2007.
4 Gilbert again played Claudius at a charity performance in 1904 at the Garrick Theatre,The Manchester Guardian, 20 July 1904, p. 4. The advertised cast included George Bernard Shaw, Anthony Hope and Henry Arthur Jones, but they did not appear for the performance. The Fairy's Dilemma was the curtain raiser.
Since 1994, the New South Wales Residents have played an annual fixture against the Queensland Residents team, currently known as the QLD Cup Representative Team. The fixture was formerly a curtain raiser to a State of Origin game but as of 2015 has been played on the annual Representative Weekend.
In 2008 an exhibition on the women's team was staged at the bantamspast museum at Valley Parade, with the aim of forging closer links between the clubs. The women's Under–16 section played at Wembley Stadium as a curtain-raiser to the 1996 Football League Second Division play-off Final.
Carriages at Eleven (1947), London: Robert Hale and Co., p. 23 Quite an Adventure was first produced on tour in the English provinces by the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company as a curtain raiser for H.M.S. Pinafore."Advertisements & Notices", The Bristol Mercury, 11 October 1880, p. 4; and Rollins and Witts, p.
It then ran until 7 or 8 February 1878, starring Giulia Warwick and Richard Temple. The curtain raiser debuted to a warm review from The Times, which wrote, "This pleasant and sparkling bagatelle at once put the house in good humour.""Opéra Comique", The Times, 19 November 1877, p. 6, col.
More tests followed. Competing in SAC's first missile competition, Project Curtain Raiser, in 1967, the 390th won the first "best crew" trophy. The wing was named the best Titan II wing in the Air Force at these competitions, which became known as "Olympic Arena." in 1969, 1970, 1974 and 1977.
The Oman Super Cup () is an Omani football cup competition. It was first held in 1999, but has been played on and off since its inception. It is the curtain raiser to the Omani football season. It pairs the previous season's Sultan Qaboos Cup winners against the Oman Professional League champions.
During the run, Hood wrote a short curtain raiser, Apron Strings, a farcical comedy about marital misunderstandings, which was added to the bill in October.The Observer, 10 October 1897, p. 6. The French Maid transferred to the Vaudeville Theatre with revised music and lyrics,The Observer, 13 February 1898, p.
Auckland B lost the match by 9 points to 6. A week later Waddell made his full debut for Auckland against Franklin. Auckland won 12 points to 0 and the match was a curtain- raiser to the third test between New Zealand and Britain. He played again for Auckland against Thames in August.
The Maori competed against Indigenous Dreamtime team on 26 October 2008 as the curtain raiser to the first match of the 2008 World Cup. The Māori team lost 34-26. In 2010, the Maori team played England at Mt. Smart Stadium in Auckland before the 2010 Rugby League Four Nations in New Zealand.
The 2015 Bangladesh Federation Cup is the 27th edition to be played. It was played between 16 February and 5 March 2015 (originally to start on 19 December 2014).Federation Cup 2015, RSSSF.com 11 teams from the Bangladesh Premier League along with one invited team will take part in the season's curtain-raiser.
The delayed game took place in Boston on Sunday October 22, 2006 as a curtain-raiser to the Interprovincial Championship football final; New York lost 2-20 – 1-14 to Antrim. New York did not play in the 2007 Ulster Senior Hurling Championship. New York won an All-Ireland Senior B Hurling Championship in 1996.
6 He soon played the role of Mr. Wranglebury in the curtain raiser Mock Turtles.Walters, Michael and George Low. "Mock Turtles". The Gilbert and Sullivan Archive, accessed 1 August 2010 Arthur Sullivan recognised Pounds's talent and persuaded him to remain with D'Oyly Carte rather than join Christy's Minstrels, from whom he had received an offer.
The Africa T20 Cup was an additional T20 tournament began in 2015 as a curtain-raiser to the 2015–16 South African domestic season. The tournament has been characterised as "essentially a showcase in cricket development".Antoinette Muller (22 April 2015). "Africa T20 Cup: A mixed bag, but good news on the whole" – Daily Maverick.
Zielke first played football in 2008 at the age of 19. She played with local team, Morningside. She was selected to participate in the women's AFL high-performance camp in 2010. As part of the program she played in a curtain-raiser exhibition match ahead of the round 12, 2010 AFL match between and .
The bottom four teams play the two Elimination Finals, where the winners advance to Week Two away games and the losers' seasons are over. The winners of two Preliminary Finals then contest the Grand Final, which is played in late September at Suncorp Stadium, as a curtain-raiser to the Queensland Cup Grand Final.
H. B. Farnie adapted the opera into English as Breaking the Spell, which premiered at the Lyceum Theatre, London on 2 May 1870 and was revived in London in 1891 and 1904. It was played on tour for five months in 1878 by the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company as a curtain raiser to The Sorcerer by Gilbert and Sullivan.
The Liberian Super Cup is a pre-season football competition held the week before the season begins in Liberia every year, in April. It is contested by the winners of the National Premier League and the Liberian Cup in the previous season, as a curtain raiser to the new season. It is played at the Antoinette Tubman Stadium.
Lewis, Peter. "Pirates are such a curtain raiser!", Hexham Courant, 19 October 2007 Another G&S-related; piece is The Burglar's Opera, with a script by Stephen Wyatt, based on W. S. Gilbert's 1890 short story, Burglar's Story, mixed with elements of The Threepenny Opera. The music was adapted by Jeff Clarke from Arthur Sullivan's orchestral music.
A Women's rugby league match between the Australian Jillaroos and New Zealand Kiwi Ferns will serve as the curtain- raiser for the main game. New Zealand coach Alan Jackson named an 18-strong squad in preparation for the Trans-Tasman Test. A few days later, Australian coach Steve Folkes announced his 18-strong squad for the Trans-Tasman Test.
Western Samoa withdrew from the tournament in disagreement with Super League-aligned authorities over promises that they believed were given to them. The tournament was originally scheduled to have two pools, one based in New Zealand and one in Tonga, and the final was to be played as a curtain raiser to the Super League Tri-series final.
The French Supertouring Championship was a support event from 1993 to 2000. At the end of 1998, it was decided that all Formula 3000 races would be organised exclusively as the curtain-raiser of European-based Formula One Grand Prix, and thus the event in Pau could no longer be run as a Formula 3000 race.
Due to Manchester United completing the Double of Premier League and FA Cup in 1993–94, Blackburn Rovers faced them in the season's annual curtain raiser – the FA Charity Shield, as they finished as runners-up in the 1993-94 Premier League. United won the match 2–0 with goals from Eric Cantona and Paul Ince.
The Meates Cup was presented by West Coast official Bill Meates for competition between the West Coast and Auckland. Auckland won the first contest 12-2 at Carlaw Park. Canterbury defeated Otago 20-5 on 2 June as the curtain raiser to the South Island v North Island game. Auckland included Vern Bakalich, Des White and Jimmy Edwards.
The top four teams qualified for the title play-off semi-finals. The team that finished first had home advantage against the team that finished fourth, while the team that finished second had home advantage against the team that finished third. The final was played as a curtain raiser for the 2015 Currie Cup Premier Division final.
The top four teams qualified for the title play-off semi-finals. The team that finished first had home advantage against the team that finished fourth, while the team that finished second had home advantage against the team that finished third. The final was played as a curtain raiser for the 2015 Currie Cup First Division final.
The top four teams qualified for the title play-off semi-finals. The team that finished first had home advantage against the team that finished fourth, while the team that finished second had home advantage against the team that finished third. The final was played as a curtain raiser for the 2015 Currie Cup First Division final.
The top four teams qualified for the title play-off semi-finals. The team that finished first had home advantage against the team that finished fourth, while the team that finished second had home advantage against the team that finished third. The final was played as a curtain raiser for the 2015 Currie Cup Premier Division final.
Often these plays were little gems. They deserved much better treatment than they got, but those who saw them delighted in them. ... [They] served to give young actors and actresses a chance to win their spurs ... the stalls and the boxes lost much by missing the curtain-raiser, but to them dinner was more important.MacQueen- Pope, Walter James.
The 2007 Warsaw Snooker Tour was a non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 16–17 June 2007 at the Torwar Hall in Warsaw, Poland. This was the curtain raiser for the World Series of Snooker which started the next season. Mark Selby won in the final 5–3 against reigning world champion John Higgins.
He at last felt able to resign his office job, where he felt his prospects were limited. He also occasionally deputised for Grossmith as BunthorneRollins and Witts, p. 8 and took a role for a time in the curtain raiser Uncle Samuel. In 1882, he realised an ambition to act in a strong serious dramatic role.
Often these plays were little gems. They deserved much better treatment than they got, but those who saw them delighted in them. ... [They] served to give young actors and actresses a chance to win their spurs ... the stalls and the boxes lost much by missing the curtain-raiser, but to them dinner was more important.MacQueen- Pope, Walter James.
Often these plays were little gems. They deserved much better treatment than they got, but those who saw them delighted in them. ... [They] served to give young actors and actresses a chance to win their spurs ... the stalls and the boxes lost much by missing the curtain-raiser, but to them dinner was more important.MacQueen- Pope, Walter James.
Often these plays were little gems. They deserved much better treatment than they got, but those who saw them delighted in them. ... [They] served to give young actors and actresses a chance to win their spurs ... the stalls and the boxes lost much by missing the curtain-raiser, but to them dinner was more important.MacQueen-Pope, Walter James.
Often these plays were little gems. They deserved much better treatment than they got, but those who saw them delighted in them. ... [They] served to give young actors and actresses a chance to win their spurs ... the stalls and the boxes lost much by missing the curtain-raiser, but to them dinner was more important.MacQueen-Pope, Walter James.
"Playhouses in the Provinces", Illustrated London News, 5 September 1891, p. 322 Billington as Pooh-Bah (1888) In 1880, in D'Oyly Carte touring companies, Billington added the roles of the Notary and later Doctor Daly in The Sorcerer,Rollins and Witts, pp. 33 and 36 and Sisyphus Twister in the curtain-raiser Six and Six.Walters, Michael and George Low.
NZ Residents premiers team 2011 named leagueunlimited.com, 17 October 2011 The New Zealand Māori Residents included Api Pewhairangi, Rusty Bristow and Jeremiah Pai. The Junior Kiwis defeated the Junior Kangaroos 28–16 in a one off test match as a curtain raiser to the Newcastle Test match.Junior Kiwis turn on second half power in Newcastle rleague.
The following year, 1998 he gained selection in the inaugural Reds Rugby College (Junior Queensland Reds). This led him to be selected in Queensland under 19 and 21 which led to the Australia under 19 team who played the curtain raiser the 1999 Bledisloe Cup at Stadium Australia which had a record crowd of over 100,000.
During that year he also held an average of 122 Champion Data ranking points per game during matches for Sturt in the SANFL under 18s competition. At the end of the 2016 season Coleman-Jones participated in an under 17s All Star Match, played on the MCG as a curtain-raiser to that year's AFL grand final. He was a member of the AFL/AIS Academy program in 2016 and 2017 and spent a fortnight training with the AFL squad as part of the program in December 2016. As part of the program he also made trips to New Zealand and the United States of America and played an exhibition match with and against some of his academy teammates as a curtain raiser to an AFL match at the MCG in April 2017.
He later entered the junior Queensland development pathway and the Academy where he would play in 2014 and 2015. Chol also played for Aspley and the Lions' reserve team in the NEAFL in addition to the Lions' under 18 team. In 2015 he played with the Allies in an under 18 match as a curtain raiser to the year's AFL Grand Final.
Mahakavi is an Indian television documentary series, hosted by poet Kumar Vishwas on Hindi news channel ABP News. It premiered on Nov 5, 2016. Prior to the begin of the series, a curtain raiser of the series was aired on Oct 28, 2016. It aims to bring to the audience life-story, poems and never-seen-before facts about legendary Indian poets.
James Sanford of the Kalamazoo Gazette called the short a superb and hilarious curtain raiser, describing it as a Bugs Bunny Looney Tunes version of The Prestige. Presto was nominated for the 36th Annie Award for Best Animated Short Subject. The short was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film, but lost to La Maison en Petits Cubes.
The Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Cup, also known as Piala Sumbangsih is the Malaysian super cup or the Malaysia Charity Shield. It is the curtain raiser match to the new Malaysian football season, pitting the reigning Malaysia Super League champions against the previous year's winners of the Malaysia Cup. The match the cup contested upon also known as Charity Match ().
A match was arranged as a curtain raiser which led to more Junior games been played and a junior knock out competition to be held on the Kings birthday. Invitations went out to Bright, Beechworth, Whorouly, Wodonga and Myrtleford. The end of the 1949 season saw the Myrtleford Seniors finally defeat the Wangaratta Rovers in the Grand Final to become Premiers.
The first act, using the title Myriame et Daphné (the names of the lovers), was staged as a curtain-raiser at the premiere of Massenet's Thérèse in Monte-Carlo in 1907; with Maggie Teyte in a principal role. Faris comments that the 18th-century pastiche "is skilfully done. Offenbach creates gavotte-like, courtly elegance with an austerly simple rhythmic accompaniment".
17 In 2008 Blackmore joined the New Zealand Māori team as assistant coach.NZ Maori name coaching staff for World Cup curtain raiser rlcup.com, 14 June 2008 He was co-coach in 2010 along with Mark Horo. In 2011 Blackmore was appointed as head coach of the Auckland Vulcans in the NSW Cup, and coached the team to the Grand Final.
From 1984 to 1990 he played for Claremont, appearing in 107 games. He represented Western Australia in 1988, against the VFA at Subiaco Oval, a match the home state won by 86 points. The fixture was a curtain raiser to the State of Origin encounter between Western Australia and Victoria. He was a centre half back in Claremont's 1987 and 1989 premiership teams.
Through the centuries, racing has taken place at various courses throughout Britain which have since closed down. Some were very significant in their day and held major races which persist to this day. For example, the flat season's traditional curtain raiser, the Lincolnshire Handicap was once held at the racecourse that gave it its name in Lincoln but is now held at Doncaster.
The final match was played on 27 February 2007 with the nerds playing an "International All-Star Team". The venue was Pittwater Park, Warriewood.Nerds FC Final Match - Chris Anderson's Blog accessed 4 May 2007 photos - Jon Harsem accessed 4 May 2007 The curtain raiser was a match between the Nerds FC Series 1 and the New South Wales Under 11's Elite Squad.
As a curtain-raiser to the 1990 FA Charity Shield, Italy played the England women's national football team at Wembley Stadium. Morace scored all four goals in England's 4–1 defeat and was featured on the front page of the following day's La Gazzetta dello Sport, a record that has never been beaten by a male or female player since.
Gordon, p. 33 Richard D'Oyly Carte saw him perform and offered him the chance to join the main London company at the Savoy Theatre, as a chorus member and understudy.Gordon, p. 36 Gordon remained a member of the company until 1890, playing Piscator in The Carp, a one-act curtain raiser, when it accompanied Ruddigore (1887), and Harrington Jarramie in Mrs.
Black Comedy is often performed with another Peter Shaffer one-act, The White Liars, to form the double-bill of The White Liars and Black Comedy. The two plays are published together. The White Liars was first performed in 1967 under the title White Lies, with the original Broadway production of Black Comedy. It was billed as a "curtain-raiser" to Black Comedy.
They deserved much better treatment than they got, but those who saw them delighted in them. ... [They] served to give young actors and actresses a chance to win their spurs ... the stalls and the boxes lost much by missing the curtain-raiser, but to them dinner was more important.MacQueen-Pope, Walter James. Carriages at Eleven (1947), London: Robert Hale and Co., p.
Summer season 2008 The club started with two teams. Under 13s and Under 15s. The first match played by the club was a close match between at Under 15s between Cardiff Demons and Tydfil Wildcats. On the same day the Under 13s played their first match at the Brewery Field Bridgend as a curtain raiser to a Celtic Crusaders in the Super League.
Hood began writing for the theatre in his mid-twenties. His first one-act piece, The Gypsies, with music by Wilfred Bendall, was mounted as a curtain-raiser at the Prince of Wales Theatre in 1890. The Times praised the piece and remarked on "a certain flavour of Gilbertian paradox"."Prince of Wales's Theatre," The Times, 27 October 1890, p.
He was then selected in the Post and Telegraph representative team alongside Wally Somers and Bill Davidson to play against the Wednesday business league representative team. They played matches against them on 30 August and again on 20 September. Singe's team won the first match 25 to 10. The latter match was a curtain- raiser to Auckland Province v New South Wales.
The New Zealand Māori rugby league team played, and lost to, Great Britain in the curtain raiser to the Tri-Nations final. The team was: Alex Chan, Steve Matthews, Lewis, Steve Berryman, Jared Mills, Luke Goodwin, Willie Rangi, Paul Rauhihi, Tukere Barlow, John Edmonds, Robert Henare, Darren Rameka, Andrew Wynyard. Substitutions: Gavin Bailey, Martin Moana, Frank Watene, Wairangi Koopu. Coach: Cameron Bell.
The 1999 Iraqi Perseverance Cup () was the 4th edition of the Iraqi Super Cup. The match was contested between Baghdad rivals Al-Zawraa and Al-Talaba at Al- Shaab Stadium in Baghdad. It was played on 15 September 1999 as a curtain- raiser to the 1999–2000 season. Al-Zawraa retained their title, winning 5–4 on penalties after a 2–2 draw.
The 2000 Iraqi Perseverance Cup () was the 5th edition of the Iraqi Super Cup. The match was contested between Baghdad rivals Al-Zawraa and Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya at Al-Shaab Stadium in Baghdad. It was played on 22 December 2000 as a curtain-raiser to the 2000–01 season. Al-Zawraa retained their title, winning the match 1–0.
All players in the New Zealand trial were from the four main centres. The Springboks side won the four tests against New Zealand. The second match in Wellington, the third test of the tour, was won 8–3 by South Africa. In the curtain-raiser Wanganui beat Taranaki by 4 goals to nil, the scorers being Scott (3) and J. Kidd.
The 2016 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Final was played between Tipperary and Limerick as a curtain-raiser to the senior final. Tipperary went on to win the final on a 1–21 to 0-17 scoreline. The Tipperary minor team were captained by Brian McGrath, brother of Noel and John McGrath who went to win the senior final with Tipperary.
Cups and Saucers was first produced in 1876 on tour as a vehicle for Grossmith and Florence Marryat, as part of Entre Nous, their series of piano sketches. It was then performed by the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company from August 1878 to February 1880 at the Opera Comique as a curtain raiser to H.M.S. Pinafore. It was also toured by that company in 1883 (with Iolanthe) and in 1884 and was revived in 1890 at the Globe Theatre (from 6 to 12 December for 6 performances, as the curtain raiser to Richard Temple's production of Gounod's The Mock Doctor).Walters, Michael and George Low. "Cups and Saucers Introduction", The Gilbert and Sullivan Archive, 2011, accessed 27 February 2017 The piece was recorded by Retrospect Opera in 2016, with Simon Butteriss as General Deelah and Gaynor Keeble as Mrs.
The last match of the season was played on 9 September when City Rovers played against Lower Waikato at Victoria Park. City Rovers won by 19 points to 8. This brought the Auckland Rugby League season to a close. The curtain-raiser was a match between the Referees Association and Auckland rugby league players and was won by the referees by 10 points to 5.
He requested a curtain raiser from his friend A. A. Milne, around the beginning of 1914. During World War I, Horne was involved in entertainments for the troops, organised with Lena Ashwell and the YMCA. He supported Nigel Playfair's takeover in 1918 of the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, with Arnold Bennett. Horne in 1925 took over management of the Festival Theatre of the Cambridge University Amateur Dramatic Club.
The 2010 Coupe Gambardella Final was the 55th final of France's youth cup competition. The final took place on 1 May 2010 at the Stade de France in the Parisian suburb of Saint-Denis and served as a curtain raiser for the final of the Coupe de France. The match was contested between Sochaux and Metz. The final was shown live on France 4.
In the return match a week later Thames won 25–13. The following weekend saw Auckland lose to Waikato in Huntly, though they had several new combinations and the first ever Roope Rooster club final was played at the same time in Auckland. A junior representative fixture was played as the curtain-raiser with Auckland winning by 16 points to 3 over a Lower Waikato team.
The new season's curtain raiser - the President's Cup - was played on 17 February in Turners Cross between Dundalk and Cork City - the winners of the FAI Cup the previous year. Cork City won on a scoreline of 3-0. The 33 round League programme commenced on 24 February 2017, and was completed on 27 October 2017. Dundalk relinquished their title to Cork City, finishing as runners-up.
13 or 14) whilst continuing playing Amateur Rugby League for Halton Hornets in a set up that also produced future Widnes team mates Barry Dowd (1982–93) and Andy Currier. His first taste of the "limelight" was in the Widnes Under-11 team that won the "Curtain raiser" to the 1975 Challenge Cup Final, when Widnes played Warrington, and won the "Main Event" 14-7.
2 The success of Faning's piece led the faculty of the Academy to establish an operatic class. In October 1881, Faning's second comic operetta, Mock Turtles, was produced at the Savoy Theatre as a curtain-raiser to Gilbert and Sullivan's Patience.Advertisement, The Pall Mall Gazette, 11 October 1881, p. 13; "Lyceum Theatre", The Morning Post , 11 October 1881, p. 4; advertisement, The Standard, 11 October 1881, p.
In 2016, the Cronulla- Sutherland Sharks and St. George Illawarra Dragons contested a Women's Nine's match, which served as a curtain-raiser to the NRL match between the Sharks and Sydney Roosters, at Southern Cross Group Stadium. The Sharks won the match 16–12. In March 2017, the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks played another Women's Nine's match, this time defeating the Canberra Raiders by 28–10.
The 2005 tournament is the only one that has not been run alongside the men's tournament, all of the others taking place at the same time and using some of the same stadiums. The 2017 final was significant in that it was the first final to be played as a curtain-raiser to the men's final, this final taking place at Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane.
Kenny-Dowall played 19 matches and scored 15 tries for the Roosters in the 2008 NRL season. Kenny-Dowall was named in the New Zealand training squad for the 2008 World Cup but was not selected. Instead, Kenny-Dowall played for the New Zealand Māori which met the Indigenous Dreamtime team in a curtain-raiser to the World Cup, scoring a try in the 34–26 loss.
Hare made his London debut in September 1865, playing Short, the landlord, in Naval Engagements, an old comedy by Charles Dance, given as a curtain raiser to H. J. Byron's extravaganza Lucia di Lammermoor.Pemberton, p. 29; and "The London Theatres", The Era, 8 October 1865, p. 11 Two months later Hare came to wide public and critical attention for his performance in T. W. Robertson's comedy Society.
Lee Bernard. "Swash-buckling Savoy curtain- raiser", Sheffield Telegraph, 1 August 2008 W. J. MacQueen-Pope commented, concerning such curtain raisers: :This was a one-act play, seen only by the early comers. It would play to empty boxes, half-empty upper circle, to a gradually filling stalls and dress circle, but to an attentive, grateful and appreciative pit and gallery. Often these plays were little gems.
Graham Belbin, long serving coach at Elmbridge was involved in that first curtain raiser game for Ambleside. However, when the boys transferred to the local senior school, the PE teacher there wouldn't allow them to play. Undeterred, they carried on, surreptitiously using the school's facilities until they were found out. When they reached the age of 16 they became an Open Age club under the name Ambleside.
Clio Cup curtain- raiser thrills Brands Hatch crowds automotoportal.com (April 3, 2007) This was replaced partway through the 2009 season with the latest Clio Renaultsport 200, which is currently used. However, from the 2014 season, the new Clio Renaultsport 200 Turbo race car will be used for the British championship. Historically, the championship has been run using the tires from the French manufacturer Michelin.
Lee Bernard. "Swash- buckling Savoy curtain-raiser", Sheffield Telegraph, 1 August 2008 W. J. MacQueen-Pope commented, concerning such curtain raisers: :This was a one-act play, seen only by the early comers. It would play to empty boxes, half-empty upper circle, to a gradually filling stalls and dress circle, but to an attentive, grateful and appreciative pit and gallery. Often these plays were little gems.
To create the piece, Carte had selected a composer that he knew could get the job done: Ford had studied under Arthur Sullivan and written several operas up to that point. Greenbank was also a known quantity, having supplied the theatre with another curtain raiser, Captain Billy. Greenbank also collaborated on A Gaiety Girl in 1893, a piece that would become a hit and establish his reputation.
The six teams that did not make the semi-finals played in a Nines tournament at Jack Colvin Park on 29 October. The final was played as a curtain raiser to the Pacific Cup Final and won by Tokelau who defeated Fiji. Tonga was captained by loose forward Mark Roiall The match went into triple overtime after Tonga had led 12-4 after 55 minutes.
The evening of the opening included a new one-act play by Austin Strong called The Drums of Oudh and an already-successful play called Toddles, a translation of a work by Tristan Bernard and Andre Godferneaux. Shaw's sketch was performed as a curtain raiser for the main piece Toddles (pastiched as "Pickles").Burton, Richard, Bernard Shaw, the Man and the Mask, H. Holt, 1916, p.140.
Lee Bernard. "Swash-buckling Savoy curtain-raiser", Sheffield Telegraph, 1 August 2008 W. J. MacQueen-Pope commented, concerning such curtain raisers: :This was a one-act play, seen only by the early comers. It would play to empty boxes, half-empty upper circle, to a gradually filling stalls and dress circle, but to an attentive, grateful and appreciative pit and gallery. Often these plays were little gems.
The 2001 Iraqi Perseverance Cup () was the 6th edition of the Iraqi Super Cup. The match was contested between Baghdad rivals Al-Zawraa and Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya at Al-Shaab Stadium in Baghdad. It was played on 18 September 2001 as a curtain-raiser to the 2001–02 season. Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya won their second Super Cup title, winning the match 1–0.
It remains their only championship meeting at this level. Castlegar were hoping to win their second ever All-Ireland title, while St. Martin's were hoping to claim their first title. Played as part of a triple-header as the curtain-raiser to the respective Railway Cup deciders, the All-Ireland final set the tone of the rest of the programme. St Martin’s were slow out of traps.
8 The Observer commented that the music was "of a far higher stamp than that generally expended on such lever de rideau"."Opera Comique Theatre", The Observer, 1 January 1882, p. 3 Between those two productions, Bendall's vaudeville Quid Pro Quo (words by Bridgeman and Rutland Barrington) played as a curtain-raiser at the Opera Comique for Princess Toto by Frederic Clay and W. S. Gilbert.
The 2015 NRL State Championship was a rugby league match held between the winners of the 2015 New South Wales Cup and the 2015 Queensland Cup. It was the second edition of the State Championship, following the inaugural 2014 edition, and was played on 4 October 2015, as a curtain raiser to the 2015 NRL Grand Final. The Ipswich Jets won the match, defeating the Newcastle Knights 26-12.
In the French Supercup, Benzema converted a penalty which drew the match at 1–1. Lyon later won the league curtain-raiser 5–4 on penalties. Benzema opened the league campaign on a quick note scoring in the team's first match of the season against Nantes. Three weeks later, on 26 August 2006, Benzema appeared as a substitute and scored two goals in a 4–1 away win over Nice.
A curtain raiser is a performance, stage act, show, actor or performer that opens a show for the main attraction. The term is derived from the act of raising the stage curtain. The first person on stage has "raised the curtain". The fashion in the late Victorian era and Edwardian era was to present long evenings in the theatre, and so full-length pieces were often presented together with companion pieces.
The play was first performed in 1941 at the Lobero Theatre in Santa Barbara, California as the curtain raiser to a revival of George Bernard Shaw's The Devil's Disciple, and was first performed on Broadway in 1942. The Broadway production starred Eddie Dowling and Julie Haydon. Al Pacino played the Young Man in a performance in 1963 that marked his first appearance on stage in New York City.
Vernon Trounced Kimberley. The Kimberley Dynamiters were no match for the Vernon Canadians in the hunt for the Savage Cup, and only managed one win in their best-of-seven series. Vernon won the curtain raiser in a game played at Kelowna, 6-1. The Canadians handled the Dynamiters easily in the second fixture at Vernon 9-2, with the Dynamiters taking the third contest 4-2, also in Vernon.
St. Paul's College won the National Secondary Schools Cup after they defeated Wainuiomata College 33–10 in the final. 23 Schools took part in the inaugural national competition with Huntly College and Aranui High School also making the semi finals. The final was played as a curtain-raiser to the Lion Red Cup grand final. St. Paul's included Stacey Jones in their side and also won the Auckland Rugby League title.
From 1988 to 2002 (15 seasons) they competed in Victorian State League Division 1. In 2002 Wesgate finished 10th, and had to go into a play-off to remain in the division. The club also made an appearance in the final of the Harry Armstrong (Reserves) Cup in 1993. The game was played as a curtain raiser to the Dockerty Cup final between Heidelberg United and South Melbourne at Olympic Park.
The Canterbury Bulls competed in the 2008 and 2009 Bartercard Premiership, winning the 2009 competition. The Canterbury side was again be coached by Brent Stuart and Dave Perkins. Former Kiwis assistant coach and Bartercard cup winning Phil Prescott returned as the director of coaching.Bulls score Prescott The Press, 13 May 2008 The Canterbury U16s and U18s sides were involved in curtain raiser matches before the Senior home games.
The 2010–11 Coupe Gambardella was the 56th edition of the French youth cup competition reserved for male under-19 football players. The competition was organized by the French Football Federation. The final was contested on 14 May 2011 and served as a curtain raiser for the 2011 Coupe de France Final. The defending champions were Metz, who defeated Sochaux 4–3 on penalties in last year's final.
A leading referee, Albert Dobson, suggested that Clay try refereeing. Aged 25, he began in the Leeds and District League in 1947. It was while refereeing a reserve match as a curtain-raiser to the 1952 Challenge Cup semi-final that Clay's "authoritative presence" was noted. After that he was elevated quickly from Grade 5 to Grade 2, and took charge of his first senior games in 1953–54.
Moorabbin attacked hard throughout the final five minutes, and Ron Kee goaled to bring the margin back to one point, before time expired. It was a particularly bad day for Moorabbin, as its seconds team also lost its Grand Final by one point in the curtain-raiser, after leading by as much as 20 points, and after Coburg kicked two goals during time-on in the final quarter.
The reserves team currently splits home games between Olympic Park Oval and Victoria Park, although they do occasionally play at the MCG as a curtain raiser to Collingwood home matches, and uses the AFL team's clash guernsey as its primary guernsey. The Collingwood VFL team is composed of both reserves players from the club's primary and rookie AFL lists, and a separately maintained list of players eligible only for VFL matches.
The New South Wales Residents rugby league team is a representative rugby league team consisting of players who compete in the Intrust Super Premiership (NSW Cup) competition. They currently play an annual fixture against QLD Cup Representative team, often as a curtain raiser to a State of Origin game. The team is administered by the New South Wales Rugby League and regularly played its home matches at ANZ Stadium.
In 1994, Mundine represented the Junior Kangaroos, the team that beat Great Britain's under-19s in the curtain-raiser to the Australia v. France Test at Parramatta Stadium. In 1996, he played in a losing grand final, against the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles. That year, he was the victim of racial vilification when Rugby League player Barry Ward called Mundine a "black cunt". Ward was fined $10,000 for the offense.
The curtain raiser saw Bill Devine lead South Canterbury to a 15–11 win over Canterbury B. Canterbury Combined then lost 10–58 to Queensland in Timaru. Queensland also defeated Auckland Province 54–14. Auckland Province included George Raynor, B Johnston, George Gardiner, A Jackson, Frank Delgrosso, Brian Riley, Bill Peckham, Jim O'Brien, Alf Townsend, Ernie Herring, Joe Menzies, Arthur Singe and Bert Avery. Replacements; Bill Te Whata and Len Mason.
10; and The Manchester Guardian, 18 July 1908, p. 8 The piece was presented at the Savoy Theatre on 15 July 1908 as a curtain raiser to H.M.S. Pinafore and later to The Pirates of Penzance, for a total of 85 performances.Walters and Lowe Faraday's next stage piece was a musical comedy, The Islander, staged at the Apollo Theatre, with a libretto by Major Marshall.The Playgoer and Society Illustrated, Vol.
73 before returning to the Savoy to complete the run of The Gondoliers. Brandram had no role in The Nautch Girl at the Savoy, but she appeared as Widow Jackson in the curtain-raiser, Captain Billy (1891–92).The Observer, 27 September 1891, p. 6 She played Widow Merton in the revival of Grundy and Solomon's The Vicar of Bray at the Savoy (1892).The Observer, 31 January 1892, p.
Padur Vela, usually celebrated on 23 or 24 February every year is the curtain raiser for Vela Poorams in Palakkad. The festival is celebrated as birthday of Lord Sree Panickanar, an incarnation of Lord Ayyappa. The culture, belief, and prosperity of this village is bound to Sree Panickanar. This temple is one of the rarest of its kind as the idol is formed on its own (swayam bhoo :സ്വയം ഭൂ).
The Queensland Women's Under-18 rugby league team, also known as Queensland Women's Under-18s or Queensland U18 Women's, represents Queensland in the sport of rugby league at an under-18 age level. Established in 2019, the team played their first fixture against the New South Wales Women's Under-18 team as a curtain raiser to the Women's State of Origin game. They are administered by the Queensland Rugby League.
6 in Jan-Feb 1880. The fashion in the late Victorian era was to present long evenings in the theatre, and the producer Richard D'Oyly Carte preceded his Savoy operas with curtain raisers such as In the Sulks.Lee Bernard. "Swash-buckling Savoy curtain- raiser", Sheffield Telegraph, 1 August 2008 W. J. MacQueen-Pope commented, concerning such curtain raisers: :This was a one-act play, seen only by the early comers.
The first resulted in an 11–10 win to the Mangere Māori team 11–10 in Tuakau on 4 May. Tuakau returned the favour by beating the Auckland side 12–11 in a match played as curtain-raiser to the Auckland v Taranaki representative match. Mangere Māori also played a Lower Waikato side. Later in the season the Mt Albert side travelled to Tuakau to play a match.
Teams were ranked by log points, then points difference (points scored less points conceded). The top four teams in the pool stage qualified for the semi-finals, where the top-placed team hosted the fourth-placed team, and the second-placed team hosted the third-placed team. The two semi-final winners played in the final, played as a curtain-raiser for the 2019 Currie Cup Premier Division final.
The Interlude at the Playhouse (1907) is a short comic sketch written by George Bernard Shaw to be delivered by Cyril Maude and his wife Winifred Emery as a curtain raiser at the opening of The Playhouse, a newly renovated theatre managed by Maude. The sketch was performed on Monday, 28 January, 1907.Archibald Henderson, George Bernard Shaw: Man of the Century, Appleton- Century-Crofts, New York, 1956, p.567.
"The London Theatres", The Era, 8 April 1893, p. 8 The piece was preceded by a curtain-raiser, billed as an "Entertainment", given by Le Hay."Adelphi Theatre", The Morning Post, 29 April 1893, p. 4 He rejoined D'Oyly Carte for the last time in late 1893, creating the part of Phantis in Utopia, Limited at the Savoy Theatre, and playing it until the end of the run in June 1894.
The 2019 Iraqi Super Cup was the 9th edition of the Iraqi Super Cup. The match was contested between the Baghdad rivals, Al-Shorta and Al-Zawraa, at Al-Kut Olympic Stadium in Kut. It was played on 14 September 2019 as a curtain-raiser to the 2019–20 season. Al-Shorta made their 2nd appearance in the Super Cup while Al-Zawraa extended their record to 7 appearances.
But the Giraffe was about a young girl who was faced with the difficult decision of taking her beloved stuffed giraffe or her uncle's Brundibár score. It served as a curtain raiser for Brundibár. In 2005 and 2011, the children's opera was performed at the Victory Theatre in Evansville, Indiana. In 2006, Brundibár and Comedy on the Bridge were staged by the Yale Repertory Theater in New Haven, CT.
From 2012 to 2014, the under-20 Origin fixture was held in April, on the Representative Weekend. In 2015, the game was moved to July as a curtain-raiser to State of Origin. As of 2017, the New South Wales under-20 team have for every fixture, winning six consecutive games since 2012. In 2018, they recorded their first lose, losing to Queensland 30-12 at Suncorp Stadium.
Teams were ranked by log points, then points difference (points scored less points conceded). The top four teams qualified for the title play-off semi-finals. The team that finished first had home advantage against the team that finished fourth, while the team that finished second had home advantage against the team that finished third. The final was played as a curtain raiser for the 2016 Currie Cup First Division final.
The 2002 Iraqi Perseverance Cup () was the 7th edition of the Iraqi Super Cup. The match was contested between Baghdad rivals Al-Talaba and Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya at Al-Shaab Stadium in Baghdad. It was played on 30 August 2002 as a curtain- raiser to the 2002–03 season. Al-Talaba won their first Super Cup title, winning the match 2–1 after golden goal extra time.
Davis gave England the lead against Italy in the third place match, but Carolina Morace and Betty Vignotto replied to ensure England finished fourth. As a curtain–raiser to the 1990 FA Charity Shield, England played Italy at Wembley Stadium. Davis netted a consolation in England's 4–1 defeat, while Carolina Morace scored all four Italian goals and featured on the front page of the following day's La Gazzetta dello Sport.
This article incorporates content from the South Australian Rugby League article. In 1994 and 1995 the then West End XIII played Victoria at the Melbourne Cricket Ground as the curtain raiser game for the State of Origin games in those years. In 1994 the South Australian side had the privilege of being one of the first Rugby League sides to play at that venue in nearly 80 years.
A curtain raiser ceremony was held in Mumbai on 2 February 2020, which honoured the winners of technical and short film awards. In the same function, the nominations for popular awards were also announced. Actress Neha Dhupia was the host of this ceremony. Gully Boy led the ceremony with 19 nominations, followed by Uri: The Surgical Strike with 13 nominations and Article 15 and Sonchiriya with 11 nominations each.
For many years, the traditional curtain-raiser to the English international cricket season was a match between Lavinia, Duchess of Norfolk's XI and the visitors, played at Arundel Castle. It played on in the Duchess' name after the Duke's death in 1975, reverting to its original name after her own death in 1995. The Duchess was an owner of racehorses: her best winners included Moon Madness, Sheriff's Star and Lucky Moon (Goodwood Cup).
An afterpiece is a short, usually humorous one-act playlet or musical work following the main attraction, the full-length play, and concluding the theatrical evening.p24 "The Chambers Dictionary"Edinburgh, Chambers,2003 This short comedy, farce, opera or pantomime was a popular theatrical form in the 18th and 19th centuries. It was presented to lighten the five-act tragedy that was commonly performed. A similar piece preceding the main attraction is a curtain raiser.
Waddell then moved to Auckland in 1908. He joined the City club in the Auckland Rugby competition and played for them in 1908 and 1909. Rugby league in Auckland was in its absolute infancy in 1908 with just a handful of exhibition games being played. In 1908 he was selected to play for the Auckland B rugby team against Waikato which was a curtain raiser to the Auckland v British Lions match.
Gustav Ciamaga (April 10, 1930 – June 11, 2011) was a Canadian composer, music educator, and writer. An associate of the Canadian Music Centre and a member of the Canadian League of Composers, he was best known for his compositions of electronic music, although he produced several non-electronic works. His compositions have been performed throughout North America and Europe. His work Curtain Raiser was commissioned for the opening of the National Arts Centre in 1969.
The 2008 Libyan Super Cup was a match that took place on Wednesday, 15 October 2008 between the Libyan Premier League winners Al Ittihad and Libyan Cup winners Khaleej Sirte. The Super Cup is always the curtain raiser prior to the LPL season. Al Ittihad ran out 4-0 winners at the 11 June Stadium. After this win, Al Ittihad have now won the last six Super Cup titles, from 2002 onwards.
The 2009–10 Coupe Gambardella was the 55th edition of the French cup competition reserved for male under-19 football players. The competition is organized by the French Football Federation. The final was contested on 1 May 2010 at the Stade de France and served as a curtain raiser for the 2009–10 Coupe de France final. The defending champions were Montpellier, who defeated Nantes 2–0 in the 2008–09 edition of the competition.
Rollins and Witts, p. 115 and the title role in Princess Ida. In 1903, she continued to play most of these roles in repertory and added the role of Minnie Hill in Bob, a curtain raiser that accompanied Pirates. She also briefly appeared as Pitti-Sing in The Mikado.Rollins and Witts, p. 118 In May 1903 her husband abandoned her and their two small children and went to South Africa. The couple divorced in 1908.
Josh Jordan-Roberts was born in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. He is the son of the rugby league footballer; Rob Roberts (known by the nickname of "Two Bobs"). He was a pupil at Temple Moor High School, Halton, Leeds, he played rugby league for Temple Moor High School in the curtain raiser before the 2010 Challenge Cup Final between the Warrington Wolves and the Leeds Rhinos at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 28 August 2010.
In 1973–74 Swindon Spitfires reached the semi-final of the national FA Women's Cup (then known as the Mitre Challenge Trophy). In the quarter-final the Spitfires beat Brighton GPO 1–0. They lost the semi-final 2–0 to eventual Cup winners Foden's. In the third place play- off, staged as a curtain raiser to the final at Bedford Town, Swindon Spitfires faced a Westthorn United team containing Rose Reilly and Edna Neillis.
The Supercopa Ecuador (Ecuador Supercup) is an annual one-match football official competition in Ecuador organised by the Ecuadorian Football Federation (FEF) to be played by the champions of the Ecuadorian Serie A and the Copa Ecuador of the previous season, starting from 2020. This competition serves as the season curtain-raiser and is scheduled to be played in late January or early February each year, one week before the start of the season.
In 1997, PNG successfully defended their Arafura Games title again defeating New Zealand. In 1999 won the gold medal again at the games, once again defeating New Zealand in the final. In 2000, the Mosquitoes were invited to play New Zealand in a curtain raiser to a pre-season AFL match in Wellington, but were unable to raise the funds required. In 2002, Papua New Guinea competed in the International Cup in Melbourne.
The first documented American production opened on 14 April 1879 at the Standard Theatre, in New York, as a curtain raiser to a "pirated" production of H.M.S. Pinafore.Harris, p. XIV In an 1884 production at the Court Theatre, the piece played together with Gilbert's Dan'l Druce, Blacksmith (but later in the year with other pieces), with Richard Temple as Cox, Cecil as Box, and Furneaux Cook as Bouncer."Theatres", The Times, 15 April 1884, p.
The Supercopa Uruguaya (Uruguayan Supercup) is an annual one-match football official competition in Uruguay organised by the Uruguayan Football Association (AUF) which is played between the Primera División champions and the Torneo Intermedio winners of the previous season, starting from 2018. This competition serves as the season curtain-raiser and is scheduled to be played in late January or early February each year, one week before the start of the season.
He made his debut on 17 July against Werder Bremen in a friendly. He was due to play in the first round of the Barclays Asia Trophy 2007 but had a delay in the granting of international clearance. This was sorted out in time for the final against Portsmouth. He made his Premier League debut in the 2007–08 Premier League curtain raiser against Aston Villa away after coming on off the bench.
The 10th PTC Punjabi Film Awards ceremony, presented by PTC Punjabi, honored the best Punjabi films of 2019, and will be held online. It is the first time the award is being held online due to coronavirus pandemic. The curtain raiser for the awards was held on 29 May 2020 on PTC Punjabi. The award ceremony was online on 3 July 2020, and was hosted by Gurpreet Ghuggi, Divya Dutta, Harish Verma, and Gurnam Bhullar.
104 In the Company she met her future husband, Laurence Irving.The Sketch, 1 May 1901, p. 53 She was in Irving's The London Lyceum Company during its 1901–02 tour of North America,UK and Ireland, Outward Passenger Lists, 1890–1960 for Mabel Hackney: London, 1901, October – Ancestry.com {[subscription}} among other roles playing Sarah Oldfield in the curtain-raiser Nance Oldfield opposite Ellen Terry on a bill which featured Irving as Mathias in The Bells.
13Nellie Briercliffe on the Philipson Family Tree, Ancestry.com, accessed 9 August 2015 (pay to view) She had an older brother, Norman (1887–1925). Nellie Briercliffe performed extensively in the British provinces before making her debut in London.Stone, David. "Nellie Briercliffe", Who Was Who in the D'Oyly Carte Company, 27 August 2001, accessed 2 January 2009 In December 1913, she appeared at the Haymarket Theatre in a curtain-raiser, A Dear Little Wife.
In 2004 and 2005, Filipo played for the Junior Kiwis. In 2008, while in Newcastle, Filipo represented Newcastle at regional rugby league championships and made the Country Firsts Team in 2009. In 2012, Filipo was selected at second-row for the NSW Residents team to play the QLD Residents at Suncorp Stadium as a curtain raiser to the Game 3, State of Origin decider. After the game he was voted Players' Player.
He finished that break-out year by playing in an under-17s All-Star match as a curtain raiser to that year's AFL grand final. Higgins had to that point attended high school at both De La Salle College and later Caufield Grammar School, but left at the end of year 11 in 2016. Instead he focused on his football, committing to a rigorous weights program and extensive external sprints, skills and kicking coaching.
As part of the program she played in a curtain-raiser exhibition match ahead of the round 12, 2010 AFL match between and . She has represented Victoria at the AFL Women's National Championships on six occasions and been selected three times as an All-Australian. Arnell was drafted by the with the twelfth overall pick in the 2013 exhibition series draft. She played for the club in exhibition series matches through the end of 2016.
"Notices", The Times, 17 October 1881, p. 8 Another collaboration with Bridgeman, He Stoops to Win, a one-act operetta, was presented in 1891, with a cast including Decima Moore, Rosina Brandram and Courtice Pounds."Opera at the Lyric Club", The Era, 19 December 1891, p. 7 In 1892 Bendall's operetta Beef Tea (words by Harry Greenbank) was presented as the curtain-raiser to Lecocq's Le coeur et la main at the Lyric Theatre.
Murphy was listed with TAC Cup club Sandringham Dragons, averaging 16 disposals in eight games playing as a midfielder and a forward. He suffered an ankle injury late in his season. In September, Murphy played in the Under-18 All Stars curtain raiser for the 2017 AFL Grand Final. He tested at the 2017 AFL Draft Combine in October and ran the eighth-best time trial with a time of 6.21 minutes.
Australian football has a long association with the ground. The Queensland Football League, a precursor to AFL Queensland played matches at the Gabba from 1905 to 1914, 1959 to 1971, and in the late 1970s and early 1980s. AFLQ matches resumed in 1993 as curtain-raiser events to AFL games, along with occasional AFLQ Grand Finals. Interstate games, including the 1961 national carnival have also been played there, as was a demonstration game during the 1982 Commonwealth Games.
The new season's curtain raiser - the President's Cup - was played on 28 February in Oriel Park between Dundalk and St Patrick's Athletic - the winners of the FAI Cup the previous year. Dundalk won on a 2-1 scoreline - their first success in the competition. The 33 round League programme commenced on 6 March 2015, and was completed on 30 October 2015. Dundalk retained the title for the first time in their history, sealing it with three games to spare.
The national club competition, called the Lion Red League Nationals for sponsorship reasons, was won by the Te Atatu Roosters who defeated the Glenora Bears 18-8 in the final. The final was held at Eden Park as the curtain raiser to the World Cup final.Lion Red 1988 Rugby League Annual, New Zealand Rugby Football League, 1988. p.88 Northland Rugby League's Moerewa was eliminated before playing a match due to not having the required number of junior teams.
In addition, in 1921 Norris, in collaboration with J. M. Gordon, cut Cox and Box from its original one-hour running time to play in about half an hour, so that it became suitable as a curtain raiser for The Sorcerer or other shorter full-length pieces. This version remained in the company's repertoire until 1977 and continues to be used in many productions.Walters, Michael. "A Brief Overview of the Life of Rutland Barrington", The Gilbert & Sullivan News, vol.
Packer was born in Foxton, New Zealand. Educated at Foxton Beach School and Manawatu College, Packer originally played rugby union from a young age for the junior Foxton rugby club and also for a junior Marist club in Nelson. Packer also played in the Foxton Rugby League Under 14s side at the age of nine years in a curtain raiser between the Manawatu Mustangs and Auckland Warriors reserve-grade side in 1998. Packer then played for the Levin Lions.
He was born in Harley Street, London, the son of a clergyman. He was educated at Eton and the London Academy of Music. In 1877 he was appointed to a civil service post in the Lord Chancellor's office, composing music in his spare time."Mr Percy Reeve", Lute magazine, December 1899, pp. 849-50 Reeve's operetta A Private Wire (1883) ran for more than nine months at the Savoy Theatre as a Curtain raiser to Iolanthe.
Outside view of the Parc des Princes in July 2010. Paris Saint- Germain played their first game at their current home stadium, the 47,929-seater Parc des Princes, against Ligue 2 promotion rivals Red Star on November 10, 1973. It was the curtain-raiser for that season's opening Ligue 1 match between Paris FC (PFC) and Sochaux. PSG moved into the ground upon its return to Ligue 1 in 1974, ironically the same year that PFC were relegated.
Born in Gżira, Malta to Martin and Irene De Battista, he is the oldest of three brothers. He married Simone De Battista in 2000 and they have two sons. His studies in acting include ATCL Performing – Trinity College, London, Performer's Certificate in Acting – Trinity College London and an intensive Pinnacle Film Acting Course, Curtain Raiser Theatre Group and Bronk Productions Acting Course. He was awarded a Masters in Marketing by the University of Wales in 2015.
The Association played one interleague match, against the Victorian Country Football League, during the 1992 season. The match was played as a curtain-raiser to the state-of-origin match between Victoria and Western Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Leon Harris (Werribee) was coach of the Association team and Tony Pastore (Williamstown) was captain; the VCFL was coached by Gerard FitzGerald, who two decades later became the all-time record holder for VFA/VFL premiership games coached.
Shaw said that the piece was not intended as a 'serious play' but was rather 'what is called a variety turn for two musicians.'Broad, C Lewis and Broad, Violet, Dictionary to the Plays and Novels of Bernard Shaw, A. & C. Black, London, 1929, pp.67. It was first performed at the Little Theatre in London as curtain raiser to G. K. Chesterton's first play, Magic, on 28 January 1914. Shaw had pushed Chesterton into writing a play.
"Theatrical Gossip", The Era, 26 October 1889, p. 8 She reopened the house on 24 February, playing Rosalind in a production of As You Like It attended by the Prince and Princess of Wales."The London Theatres", The Era,1 March 1890, p. 16 She followed this with a melodramatic new play, Esther Sandraz, adapted from the French by Grundy, which played with a curtain- raiser, a musical farce by Burnand and Edward Solomon, The Tiger.
The 2002 cup was contested by eleven teams from around the world, made up exclusively of non- Australians. Ireland won, defeating Papua New Guinea in the final. In the interim years, Japan and New Zealand played an annual game as a curtain raiser to the AFL games. The New Zealand national team were victorious by 100 points in 2003, and so, in 2004, a club side from Auckland played the game, which Japan lost by two points.
Cohen, Steve. "Concert Operetta’s ‘Carp’ and ‘Galatea’", Broad Street Review, 4 April 2011 The fashion in the late Victorian era was to present long evenings in the theatre, and so producer Richard D'Oyly Carte preceded his Savoy operas with curtain raisers such as The Carp.Lee Bernard. "Swash-buckling Savoy curtain-raiser", Sheffield Telegraph, 1 August 2008 W. J. MacQueen-Pope commented, concerning such curtain raisers: :This was a one-act play, seen only by the early comers.
Ponsonby donated £150 and it was hoped at the annual meeting that other clubs would also contribute £50 each towards the costs. On 21 April the league arranged practice matches at Carlaw Park with the main match being between Marist and Ponsonby with those teams reserve grade sides playing the curtain- raiser. A charge of sixpence admission would go towards the grandstand funds which was expected to be completed by the following week. Ponsonby defeated Marist by 13–0.
After this she played several supporting roles in West End debut productions, including Rosie in Effie Bancroft's curtain-raiser My Daughter"Our Play-Box", The Theatre, 1 February 1892, p. 99 and Lucy Lorimer in Sydney Grundy's A Pair of Spectacles with John Hare."Theatres", The Times, 1 July 1892, p. 10 In April 1892 she married the actor and manager George Rose Foss (1859–1938), with whom she had a daughter, born in the following year.
The match was drawn and so South Auckland retained the cup. Auckland later played an Auckland provincial team and won comfortably in front of 7,000 spectators on Carlaw Park. A curtain-raiser was played between the Referees Association and the Junior Advisory Board, and was won by the former by 10 points to 6. In the final full league fixture of the season Auckland played South Auckland again and were this time victorious 25 to 11.
The Grand Final was played between New Zealand and Papua New Guinea. Papua New Guinea were victorious by 8 points with a goal kicked after the siren. Like the Grand Final in previous years, the match was played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground as a curtain raiser to the 2008 AFL Season finals match between Hawthorn Hawks and Western Bulldogs which attracted a crowd of 76,703 spectators. However unlike previous tournaments, the final was not televised.
The Cup Winners' Cup was a peripheral cup competition of the British Basketball League. It was a pre-season tournament competed over two legs, one home and one away, between the winners of BBL Cup and BBL Trophy from the previous season. Each leg was staged prior to the beginning of the regular season and was considered the curtain-raiser for the new BBL campaign. The winner was decided over a total aggregate score over the two game series.
The 2001 Isle of Man TT was cancelled as a precaution against the Foot and Mouth Outbreak reaching the Island. Racing resumed in 2002, with Anstey being entered in five races. He retired in the week's curtain raiser, the Formula 1 TT, however his fortunes improved as race week progressed. In the Ultra-Lightweight TT Anstey took his DTR 125cc Yamaha to 10th place and then followed this with 3rd place in the Production 1000cc class.
The Africa T20 Cup was a Twenty20 cricket tournament organised by Cricket South Africa. It featured a combination of South African provincial teams and teams representing other African countries, including Kenya, Namibia, and Zimbabwe. It ran for four editions before being scrapped, with the CSA Provincial T20 Cup taking over as the only provincial T20 tournament. The first edition of the tournament was played in September and October 2015, as a curtain-raiser to the 2015–16 South African domestic season.
On 27 August, Helandar played in the Auckland Rugby championship final for Grafton against Grammar. The match was drawn 3–3 and was curtain raiser to the second test match between New Zealand and the Springboks, won by the Springboks in front of 35,000 spectators at Eden Park. Three weeks later, the championship final was replayed at Eden Park and this time Grafton won the match 13–8 and were crowned champions. Helander scored the winning try after a “dribbling rush”.
In August 1995 Ireland beat Scotland at the RDS Arena in Dublin as a curtain raiser to the charity shield match between Leeds Rhinos and Wigan Warriors. The matches were played before an attendance of 5716, a record for an international rugby league match on Irish soil. Former Great Britain player Des Foy played for Ireland. Following their appearance at the 1995 Emerging Nations Tournament they were invited to the Super League World Nines in Fiji where they finished 8th.
On 30 July 2011, it was confirmed that Juventus had signed Vučinić for €15 million from Roma, with a 4-year deal worth a reported €3.5 million [in net] per year. He scored his first goal for the club on 21 August 2011 in the 2–1 defeat to AC Milan in the annual Trofeo Luigi Berlusconi curtain raiser to the Italian season.AC Milan 2–1 Juventus: Boateng & Seedorf belters earn victory for Serie A champions Goal.com. Retrieved 21 August 2011.
When Pirates received its London premiere in April 1880, Gwynne created the role of Edith there. Bond returned in July to play Edith, and Gwynne switched to the smaller role of Kate and also played the role of Mrs. Liverby in the new curtain raiser, In the Sulks, by Desprez and Cellier.Gwynne at the Whowaswho website Gwynne created the part of Lady Saphir in the next Gilbert and Sullivan opera, Patience, which opened in April 1881, and she played Mrs.
Rumbalara at the Melbourne Cricket Ground as a curtain raiser to the "Dreamtime at the 'G" game. The Bombers defeated their Victorian opponents by a massive margin, posting a near ground record score. The club won six out of seven "trial" games in its inaugural restricted season, many of the six wins by significant margins displaying a trademark play-on at all costs fast- paced style. Their only defeat was to the eventual NTFL premiers, Southern Districts Football Club, by a small margin.
In May 1989 Kalte made her national team debut at Wembley Stadium, as Sweden beat England 2–0 in a curtain raiser for the Rous Cup. Down 0-1 to China in the Quarter-Finals of the 1995 World Cup, Ulrika scored an equalizer in the 3rd minute of second half stoppage time to draw level and keep the hosts alive. Her team kept the match tied through extra time, but were eliminated from the tournament in a penalty kick shootout.
In the main curtain raiser an invitational A team was beaten 52-47 by a B team that included Mike Catt, who later represented England in their Rugby World Cup Final victory in 2003. Louw served as manager of South Africa's Sevens rugby team at the Commonwealth Games in Manchester in July 2002. Earlier that year he was one of the co-presenters on four training programs in Gauteng that was co-sponsored by rugby ball manufacturer Gilbert and the Afrikaans newspaper Beeld.
They played an exhibition rugby league sevens game against the Northern Raiders, which ended with an 18-10 loss for the Stockyarders. Dan Hoskin scored their first ever points with a debut try in a Man of the Match (MVP) performance. They played a second exhibition sevens game as a curtain raiser to the AMNRL Grand Final at A. A. Garthwaite Stadium in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania. Visiting Australian Kangaroo player Daniel Wagon guested for the Stockyarders in a game against the Philadelphia Fight.
"Swash- buckling Savoy curtain-raiser", Sheffield Telegraph, 1 August 2008 W. J. MacQueen-Pope commented, concerning such curtain raisers: :This was a one-act play, seen only by the early comers. It would play to empty boxes, half-empty upper circle, to a gradually filling stalls and dress circle, but to an attentive, grateful and appreciative pit and gallery. Often these plays were little gems. They deserved much better treatment than they got, but those who saw them delighted in them.
The Queensland Under-18 rugby league team, also known as Queensland Under-18s or Queensland U18, represents Queensland in the sport of rugby league at an under-18 age level. Since 2008, the team has played an annual fixture against the New South Wales Under-18 team as a curtain raiser to a State of Origin game. The team features players selected from Queensland's premier under-18 rugby league competition, the Mal Meninga Cup. They are administered by the Queensland Rugby League.
The Queensland Under-16 rugby league team, also known as Queensland Under-16s or Queensland U16, represents Queensland in the sport of rugby league at an under-16 age level. Since 2008, the team has played an annual fixture against the New South Wales Under-16s team as a curtain raiser to a State of Origin game. The team features players selected from Queensland's premier under-16 rugby league competition, the Cyril Connell Cup. They are administered by the Queensland Rugby League.
In 1882 Chambers moved to England; he had no friends there and had to try various occupations in order to make a living. Chambers wrote letters from London for The Bulletin. In 1884 his first story was accepted, and other work appeared in popular magazines of the time like Society and Truth. In 1886 a one-act play, One of Them, was acted in London and another curtain-raiser, The Open Gate, was played at the Comedy Theatre in 1887.
The aptly-titled Curtain Raiser is set in the bar of a dance hall where a grim woman and an overweight former dance instructor connect. The grim woman attempts to deflect any advances by the man, telling him that when dancing she can only lead. In response, he teaches her how to improve her technique as she leads. Giving Up Smoking introduces us to Joanne, a lonely, middle-aged woman waiting to hear from Mel, her date for that evening.
It would play to empty boxes, half-empty upper circle, to a gradually filling stalls and dress circle, but to an attentive, grateful and appreciative pit and gallery. Often these plays were little gems. They deserved much better treatment than they got, but those who saw them delighted in them. ... [They] served to give young actors and actresses a chance to win their spurs ... the stalls and the boxes lost much by missing the curtain-raiser, but to them dinner was more important.
It would play to empty boxes, half-empty upper circle, to a gradually filling stalls and dress circle, but to an attentive, grateful and appreciative pit and gallery. Often these plays were little gems. They deserved much better treatment than they got, but those who saw them delighted in them. ... [They] served to give young actors and actresses a chance to win their spurs ... the stalls and the boxes lost much by missing the curtain- raiser, but to them dinner was more important.
It would play to empty boxes, half-empty upper circle, to a gradually filling stalls and dress circle, but to an attentive, grateful and appreciative pit and gallery. Often these plays were little gems. They deserved much better treatment than they got, but those who saw them delighted in them. ... [They] served to give young actors and actresses a chance to win their spurs ... the stalls and the boxes lost much by missing the curtain-raiser, but to them dinner was more important.
The draw is open with no restrictions on geography. The Minor Grade 1 Football Championship final is traditionally played as a curtain raiser to the Senior Football Championship Final. Minor competitions usually start in late March, normally with a break in June for exams by which time league games pre- quarter final will normally have been completed. Games played in Grades 1 and 2 are with 15-a-side teams while those in Grade 3 are played 13-a-side.
It would play to empty boxes, half-empty upper circle, to a gradually filling stalls and dress circle, but to an attentive, grateful and appreciative pit and gallery. Often these plays were little gems. They deserved much better treatment than they got, but those who saw them delighted in them. ... [They] served to give young actors and actresses a chance to win their spurs ... the stalls and the boxes lost much by missing the curtain- raiser, but to them dinner was more important.
PNG Rules Football Council officials were advised to draw up a three-year development plan to qualify for football development assistance. The plan was to include a summary of the current state of Rules Football in PNG, a management structure, facilities improvement, development proposals and financial estimates. In August 1996 the Mosquitoes travelled to Perth as part of the AFL Centenary Celebrations. They played a match against the Central Desert Eagles as a curtain-raiser to a West Coast Eagles v.
Day hated the idea of performing on television, but felt obligated to do it. The first episode of The Doris Day Show aired on September 24, 1968, and, from 1968 to 1973, employed "Que Sera, Sera" as its theme song. Day persevered (she needed the work to help pay off her debts), but only after CBS ceded creative control to her and her son. The successful show enjoyed a five-year run, and functioned as a curtain raiser for the Carol Burnett Show.
An outstanding footballer as a schoolboy,State School Football, The Age, (Monday, 5 June 1911), p.10. who had represented Melbourne State Schools in a match against Sydney State Schools that served as a curtain-raiser for the 1912 VFL Preliminary Final match between Essendon and Carlton, at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 21 September 1912,Interstate Boys' Match: Sydney Boys Win, The Argus, (Monday, 23 September 1912), p.6.Schoolboys' Match: Melbourne v. Sydney, The Age, (Monday, 23 September 1912), p.10.
Sullivan wrote this piece five years before his first opera with W. S. Gilbert, Thespis. The piece premiered in 1866 and was seen a few times at charity benefits in 1867. Once given a professional production in 1869, it became popular, running for 264 performances and enjoying many revivals and further charity performances. During the 20th century, it was frequently played by the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company in an abridged version, as a curtain raiser for the shorter Gilbert and Sullivan operas.
Round 10 featured two rarities. The Newton v North Shore match was played as a curtain-raiser to the Ponsonby v Maritime match on Auckland Domain 1. When matches were normally played at the same venue they all were played at the same time of 3pm on adjacent fields. In the 3rd match due to be played on the Domain the referee, F Thompson failed to turn up and after waiting for 40 minutes the decision was made to abandon the game.
It would play to empty boxes, half-empty upper circle, to a gradually filling stalls and dress circle, but to an attentive, grateful and appreciative pit and gallery. Often these plays were little gems. They deserved much better treatment than they got, but those who saw them delighted in them. ... [They] served to give young actors and actresses a chance to win their spurs ... the stalls and the boxes lost much by missing the curtain- raiser, but to them dinner was more important.
"Swash-buckling Savoy curtain-raiser", Sheffield Telegraph, 1 August 2008 W. J. MacQueen-Pope commented, concerning such curtain raisers: :This was a one-act play, seen only by the early comers. It would play to empty boxes, half-empty upper circle, to a gradually filling stalls and dress circle, but to an attentive, grateful and appreciative pit and gallery. Often these plays were little gems. They deserved much better treatment than they got, but those who saw them delighted in them.
It would play to empty boxes, half-empty upper circle, to a gradually filling stalls and dress circle, but to an attentive, grateful and appreciative pit and gallery. Often these plays were little gems. They deserved much better treatment than they got, but those who saw them delighted in them. ... [They] served to give young actors and actresses a chance to win their spurs ... the stalls and the boxes lost much by missing the curtain-raiser, but to them dinner was more important.
"Swash-buckling Savoy curtain- raiser", Sheffield Telegraph, 1 August 2008 W. J. MacQueen-Pope commented, concerning such curtain raisers: :This was a one-act play, seen only by the early comers. It would play to empty boxes, half-empty upper circle, to a gradually filling stalls and dress circle, but to an attentive, grateful and appreciative pit and gallery. Often these plays were little gems. They deserved much better treatment than they got, but those who saw them delighted in them.
"Swash-buckling Savoy curtain-raiser", Sheffield Telegraph, 1 August 2008 W. J. MacQueen-Pope commented, concerning such curtain raisers: :This was a one-act play, seen only by the early comers. It would play to empty boxes, half-empty upper circle, to a gradually filling stalls and dress circle, but to an attentive, grateful and appreciative pit and gallery. Often these plays were little gems. They deserved much better treatment than they got, but those who saw them delighted in them.
"Swash-buckling Savoy curtain-raiser", Sheffield Telegraph, 1 August 2008 W. J. MacQueen-Pope commented, concerning such curtain raisers: :This was a one- act play, seen only by the early comers. It would play to empty boxes, half- empty upper circle, to a gradually filling stalls and dress circle, but to an attentive, grateful and appreciative pit and gallery. Often these plays were little gems. They deserved much better treatment than they got, but those who saw them delighted in them.
Three junior competitions were held, First Grade, Second Grade and Third Grade. Matches began on May 13, although Third Grade may have started one week later. Whilst results of some junior matches were published in the newspapers most weeks, reporting on these matches was inconsistent. Venues used for junior matches included the Brisbane Cricket Ground (as a curtain- raiser to a senior game), Albert Park, Albion Flats, Balmoral, Bulimba, Kelvin Grove, Land's Paddock, Paddington Reserve, Toombul, Toowong and West End Reserve.
Adelaide United WFC used to play their home games at Hindmarsh Stadium where they sometimes play a curtain-raiser to A-League games. As of the 2017/18 season, they play their home games at Marden Sports Complex. In the 2016/17 season, Hindmarsh Stadium was questioned about having portable change rooms for the women’s team when there is a double header with the A-League side. This resulted in Adelaide WFC having no matches scheduled during the next season.
Jacobson was born in Los Angeles, to a Jewish family.Jewish Journal: "Hollywood’s visit to the Holy Land proves curtain raiser" By Brad A. Greenberg December 13, 2007Jewish Journal: "The Jew behind ‘The Hunger Games’: Nina Jacobson gets up close and personal [VIDEO]" BY Danielle Berrin November 24, 2013 In 1987, she graduated from Brown University. She began her film career as a documentary researcher. She joined Disney in 1987 as a story analyst but was dismissed in a management change.
The Super Cup was a traditional curtain-raiser to the Korean football season since its inception in 1999. Played between the K League champions and Korean FA Cup holders, Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors are the only non-champions to have lifted the Super Cup trophy. The tournament was dropped from the Korean football calendar in 2007. After that, the defending Champions of K League 1 and Korean FA Cup are often scheduled to play at the Round 1 of K League 1 each year.
In 2008 McKendry played for the New Zealand Māori in a curtain raiser to the 2008 World Cup. In 2010 he was named in the New Zealand national rugby league team squad for the Four Nations tournament after Fuifui Moimoi withdrew due to injury. McKendry again played for the New Zealand Māori in 2010 against England as part of the build up to the Four Nations. He made his Test debut for the Kiwis in their match against Papua New Guinea.
They won the first ever Schwaben Cup in 1947, and on 13 June 1948 played their final game at their longtime home ground Am Pflanzengarten before moving to a new facility. FCG won its second cup in 1949 before 20,000 spectators in Augsburg in a curtain raiser match played before the BC Augsburg versus VfB Stuttgart Oberliga Süd contest. Now part of the 2. Amateurliga Schwaben, they won a third Schwaben Cup title in 1955, and in 1963, opened the Schwaben Stadion.
The first documented women's football match in New Zealand was played in 1921 at the Basin Reserve in Wellington, as a curtain-raiser to a Brown Shield match. The uniforms worn were dresses, bloomers, black long stockings and hats. Women's soccer was limited for years after because some girls went on and played rugby, causing such an uproar that it became hard to recruit new soccer players due to the bad publicity.Taranaki Soccer News Issue 1 March 25, 1982 pg.
MFB continued to contest the Jamapur seat, however.Ganashakti. জনস্রোতে ভেসে মনোনয়ন জমা দিলেন বাম, গণতান্ত্রিক ও ধর্মনিরপেক্ষ শক্তির ১৬প্রার্থী গণতান্ত্রিক ও ধর্মনিরপেক্ষ শক্তির ১৬প্রার্থী As per the Left-Congress electoral understanding, RCPI was requested to withdraw its candidate from the Hansan seat.newkerala.com. Bengal polls second phase crucial for Left-Congress combine (Curtain Raiser) The candidate did however contest anyway, against the wishes of the Left Front. He got 751 votes. CPI(M) contested 147 seats, CPI 11, AIFB 25, RSP 19, DSP 2 and MFB 1.
The new season's curtain raiser - the President's Cup - was played on 9 February in Turners Cross (stadium) between Dundalk and Cork City, the runners-up in both league and cup the previous year. Dundalk won on a 2-1 scoreline. The 36 round League programme commenced on 15 February 2019, and was completed on 25 October 2019. Dundalk retained their title with four games to spare, sealing the title in Oriel Park with a 3-2 victory over Shamrock Rovers on 23 September 2019.
Kidner, Walter J, "Hornpipe Harry at Bristol", School Music Review, September 1898, p. 70 One of his last compositions was the one-act operetta The Outpost, first produced by the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company at the Savoy Theatre in July 1900. It was produced as a curtain raiser to The Pirates of Penzance and Patience until December 1900 and also ran on tour in 1901–02. In 1888 Clarke published his Manual of Orchestration described by The Musical Times as an excellent little book.
The new season's curtain raiser - the President's Cup - was played on 11 February in Oriel Park between Dundalk and Cork City - the winners of both league and cup the previous year. Cork City won on a 4-2 scoreline. The 36 round League programme commenced on 16 February 2018, and was completed on 26 October 2018. Dundalk regained their title with three games to spare, sealing the title in Oriel Park in a 1-1 draw with St Patrick's Athletic on 5 October 2018.
Baseball at Benalla. The Argus, 17 September 1947 The Essendon was the last Baseball Club to play Baseball Victorian Football League curtain raiser games, by 1948 the trend had moved towards reserve Football to be played before all VFL matches,VFL To Discuss Essendon Dispute. The Argus, 10 April 1948 The Essendon Football Club had been trying to get exclusive use of the ground with an attempt in 1935 to have School Boy Football played before their games.School Boy Curtain Raisers, Condemned at Essendon.
In 1989, Young Ireland became the first Gaelic football team to have a sponsor's name on its jerseys, when Mike Hughes Finance became sponsors. In 1990, the club was invited to take part in an exhibition game against Wolfetones of Melbourne as the curtain-raiser to the Ireland v's Australia International Rules match. The New South Wales Gaelic Athletic Association has named its three main trophy's in honour of deceased club members. Namely: Seamus Dowling (Championship), Tom Kearney (League) and James McGirr (Inter Provincial).
As an attempt to give something back to the society, Aarohi donates the proceedings from Cult Nite (curtain raiser and charity event of Aarohi) as a charity. Aarohi has donated to various NGOs such as Baba Amte's Anandvan, Amhi Amchya Arogyasathi, Shraddhananda Anathalaya, Sweekar, CAFEThe Hitavada Article and Kritadnyata and continues this practice of social responsibility.. Cycle rally is organized every year in an attempt to promote cycling as a means to curb the menace of global warming as well to create awareness about various tempting issues.
In 1974, Kirsten played flyhalf for Western Province under-20 in a curtain raiser to the first test between the Springboks and the British and Irish Lions at Newlands Stadium in Cape Town. In wet conditions his ball handling abilities so impressed journalist John Reason, that special mention of this was made in his book, The Unbeaten Lions. Kirsten, aged 19, was selected to play for the Quaggas against the touring Lions. He scored 12 points as his team was defeated by 16 – 20.
After a series of very wet matches played at Carlaw Park and many requests for improved changing and washing conditions the Auckland Rugby League met to discuss the matter. They planned to “increase the showers and add hot water installations”. The Devonport delegate said “his club now shared the expense of a bus, and the team went to the Tepid Baths after each match. Another delegate said that hot water provision was required for curtain-raiser and other teams, which did not desire to leave the ground”.
As at La Scala, the reception was mixed. The New York Times critic pronounced the music as "sonorous, mellifluous, and melodious" and praised the performances of Bianchini-Cappelli and Mantelli, but concluded that "outside of Italy, Zanetto can never become more than a mild curtain-raiser". Premieres in other major Italian opera houses came rather sporadically: 1905 at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome, 1913 at La Fenice in Venice, 1920 at the Teatro Regio in Turin, and 1940 at the Teatro Comunale in Florence.
You had to get statutory declarations and other evidence before you could go back to rugby union. With some deft paper work, these two very good footballers played with our team and we nearly won the main curtain raiser against Merewether Carlton. In the 1950s and early 1960s, Tamworth Rugby hosted games at Tamworth's No. 1 Oval between combined NSW Country and Fiji, the Springboks, the British Lions, the NZ Services side and later the New Zealand All Blacks. 1955 saw the club build its first clubhouse.
In 2007, he was the Sydney Roosters Jersey Flegg Cup Player of the Year and was selected to play for the Junior Kiwis. Tamou played for the Roosters' NYC team in 2008 and was one of the club's best performers, before signing for the North Queensland Cowboys for the 2009 season. In 2008, he represented New Zealand Maori, when they played Indigenous Dreamtime team in the 2008 World Cup curtain raiser, playing off the interchange bench in the 34–26 loss at Sydney Football Stadium.
The Singapore Community Shield (also known as the AIA Community Shield due to sponsorship reasons; formerly the Charity Shield) is the curtain-raiser to the football season in Singapore. The match is contested between the champions of the previous Singapore Premier League season and the Singapore Cup winners. In a situation when the same team wins both competition, then it is contested between the Singapore Premier League's champions and runners-up. The Community Shield (known then as the Charity Shield) was first contested in 2008.
Programme for the London premiere, 1881 Quite an Adventure is a one-act comic opera by Edward Solomon with a libretto by Frank Desprez. The farcical plot concerns a house-guest who mistakes his hostess's husband for an intruder. The opera's first run in London was under the management of Michael Gunn, but the piece was played by the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company in the 1880s and 1890s as a curtain raiser to full-length Savoy operas, both on tour and later in London.
On 1 February 1991, Ablett, aged 29, stunned most football fans when he announced his retirement, citing personal reasons and a loss of enjoyment for the game. His previous season in 1990 was marred by injury, dipping motivation, and personal issues, including a separation from his wife. He was eventually encouraged to reverse his decision and he made his return in Round 12 for the Geelong reserves team. This generated enormous media interest and drew an abnormally large crowd for the curtain-raiser game at Princes Park.
One listen to the album's opening track, the breathtaking curtain-raiser "Tool Of The Devil," and the chorus' gargantuan hook will capture you as it did Thunderstone's fellow Finns, who sent the song straight to No. 3 on the Finnish Singles Chart. Gigs in Finland and the first headlining European tour with label mates Crystal Ball followed. The band returned yet again to the studio to record their fourth album in the fall of 2006. The same year also witnessed Thunderstone’s first appearance in the USA.
The Connacht Minor Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition organised by the Connacht Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association since 1928 for the youngest competitors (under-18) in the province of Connacht in Ireland. It is currently sponsored by Electric Ireland and therefore officially known as the Electric Ireland Connacht GAA Football Minor Championship. The series of games are played during the summer months with the Connacht final currently being played in July. The minor final provides the curtain-raiser to the senior final.
Hull City hosted Ian Holloway's men in a Friday-night curtain-raiser for the 2011–12 Football League season. Six of the players that started against Manchester United in the club's final Premier League fixture 75 days earlier were featured in the starting line-up. They were Matt Gilks, Stephen Crainey, Ian Evatt, Alex Baptiste, Keith Southern and Gary Taylor-Fletcher. Meanwhile, starting debuts were given to Barry Ferguson and Kevin Phillips, while fellow new boy Craig Sutherland came on as a late substitute for Taylor-Fletcher.
The cup final curtain raiser, a match contesting the Year 7 boys Champion Schools was between Outwood Grange College of Wakefield and Castleford High School. Classical soprano Hayley Westenra was the headline pre-match entertainment, performing the cup final anthem, "Abide with Me", and the British national anthem. Supporting Westenra were the Black Dyke Band and the ACM Gospel Choir. Players from the 1975 final, played by Warrington and Widnes and including Mike Nicholas, 'Big' Jim Mills and Doug Laughton, were re-united before kick-off.
Coombabah High is affiliated with NRL club the Canberra Raiders and the program is extremely strong at Coombabah. The Rugby league excellence cohort is coached by Rod Pryor, Scott Marlow, Brett Timmis and former first grade Penrith Panthers winger, Rod Wright. In 2007 the Year 9 team participated in the South-East QLD competition the Michael Hancock cup and reached the Grand Final, which was played at Suncorp Stadium as a curtain-raiser to a Brisbane Broncos match. Coombabah lost to Palm Beach Currumbin High School.
While Brisbane opted to host the game at their traditional home ground, the Gabba, the issue of damage to its pitch as a result of the Adele Live 2017 concert held three weeks prior, and its management by ground curator Kevin Mitchell, became the subject of public controversy and tension between the club, the AFL and Gabba management. Due to the venue's condition, the match was moved to Metricon Stadium, to act as a curtain-raiser to the round one "QClash" of the 2017 AFL season.
Also in 1866, he adapted the popular farce Box and Cox as a comic opera, Cox and Box, with music by Sullivan. The piece became a popular favourite and was later frequently used by the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company as a curtain raiser; it remains regularly performed today. By the 1870s, Burnand was generating a prodigious output of plays as well as comic pieces and illustrations for the humour magazine Punch. Among his 55-stage works during the decade was another frequently revived hit, Betsy (1879).
The championship was organised on the traditional provincial system used in Gaelic Games since the 1880s, with Portglenone and University College Cork winning the championships of the other two provinces. Angela Downey scored 4–3 for St Paul’s, who had 11 of the Kilkenny senior panel to select from, in the semi-final against Portglenone at Nowlan Park. The UCC- Oranmore semi-final was played a s curtain raiser to the All-Ireland club football semi-final between Nemo Rangers and Lurgan’s Clanna Gael.
Claude Newcastle in the curtain raiser Old Sarah, another role that he repeated in revivals. In The Grand Duchess of Gerolstein (1897–98), he played Captain Hochheimer (and sometimes Baron Grog). He appeared at the benefit performance of Trial by Jury held for Nellie Farren in March 1898. Later that year at the Savoy, he played Luiz in the first Savoy revival of The Gondoliers, created the role of Nicholas Dircks in The Beauty Stone and played Sir Marmaduke Pointdextre in a revival of The Sorcerer.
Moving to the Knights' New South Wales Cup team Central Coast Centurions, Naiqama played for the New South Wales Residents against the Queensland Residents at ANZ Stadium as a curtain raiser to Game three of the State of Origin series. In Round 26, Naiqama made his NRL debut for the Knights against the Melbourne Storm on the wing in the 34-4 loss at AAMI Park. At the end of 2010, Naiqama was named on the wing in the New South Wales Cup Team of the Year.
After Patience moved to the new Savoy Theatre in November 1881, Grey also played the non-singing role of Jane in the curtain raiser Mock Turtles by Frank Desprez and Eaton Faning.Stone, David. Sybil Grey at Who Was Who in the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, 27 August 2001, accessed 20 November 2009 Braham and Bond in The Mikado Gilbert and Sullivan's Iolanthe followed at the Savoy in November 1882. Grey created the non-singing role of Fleta, while continuing as Jane in Mock Turtles.
Gary Divorty is the son of the rugby league footballer for York Schools, Heworth A.R.L.F.C. (Under-17s), Green Tree ARLFC, York Albion ARLFC, Heworth A.R.L.F.C. and York (A-Team), coach for York Under-11s (1977–78 Challenge Cup final curtain-raiser), Heworth A.R.L.F.C., British Amateur Rugby League Association (BARLA), Great Britain (Youth), Yorkshire (Under-18s), York and North Yorkshire Service Area, New Earswick All Blacks ARLC (Under-15s) and administrator for Heworth A.R.L.F.C. (Committee); Robin Divorty ( – 2003 (aged 59)), and he is father of the rugby league footballer; Ross Divorty.
The match was played as a curtain-raiser to the Australia vs France 3rd Test and was arranged in order to boost the attendance due to France's poor form on tour. The team was made up of foreign players from the NSWRL competition that year plus two Frenchmen that missed selection in France's 3rd Test team. In 1965, Other Nationalities also played New Zealand in a Kiwi tour match at Crystal Palace, London. In 1974 and 1975 the team competed in the County Championship, facing Lancashire, Yorkshire, and Cumbria, twice each over both years.
Ten years later she made her 50th appearance in a 2-0 home friendly defeat to Sweden. The match was held at Wembley Stadium to mark the 20th anniversary of the Women's Football Association (WFA), played as a curtain-raiser to the male national team's Rous Cup game against Chile. She had played in the penalty shootout defeat to Sweden in the 1984 European Competition for Women's Football final. At club level she played for Tottenham Hotspur's women's section and represented Friends of Fulham in the WFA Cup final.
The soundtrack album consisting of five songs, were composed by A. R. Rahman. The album of the original version was released on 5 November 2014, at a promotional event held at Chennai, with Rajinikanth, K. S. Ravikumar and the cast and crew attending the event, except Rahman where he spoke in a video about the making of the film. The Telugu version was released on 8 November 2014, at a curtain raiser, event held at Hyderabad, where Chiranjeevi and Kasinadhuni Vishwanath attended as the chief guest. The Hindi version was released on 26 November 2014.
The backers of a Manly club were convinced only a President's Cup premiership would give them an opportunity to successfully apply for the senior competition. During 1946, two meetings involving the North Sydney club which would seal Manly's future. Their first encounter was played out on 17 June 1946 when the two districts met in the final of the President's Cup; played in front of 64,527 spectators as the curtain raiser for the First Test against the touring British Lions. Manly maintained an early lead to claim the match, 12–8.
The company continued to add more shows: Patience in August 1892, Pirates in May 1893, Pinafore and Trial in January 1894, The Sorcerer in April 1895, the curtain raiser Cox and Box in May, and Princess Ida in December 1895. The repertoire was now eleven, and the tour continued through 1896. In late November 1896, Halton sailed for South Africa for an ambitious tour through June 1897. It embraced all the Gilbert and Sullivan operas Halton had been conducting, except Princess Ida, and also included Utopia, Limited and The Grand Duke.
The Munster Minor Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition organised by the Munster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association since 1928 for the youngest competitors (under-18) in the province of Munster in Ireland. It is currently sponsored by Electric Ireland and therefore officially known as the Electric Ireland Munster GAA Football Minor Championship. The series of games are played during the summer months with the Munster final currently being played on the second Sunday in July. The minor final provides the curtain-raiser to the senior final.
According to Howell, "It lacks the manic love of the ridiculous that runs through other sketches", and Puig affirmed it "borders on melodrama." Rooney further considered it and "Bombita" had "a more sober tone that lets the air out of the balloon of delirious mayhem created by the opening three episodes." In fact, the first segment was said to be "a perfect starter" by Puig, and Horton said "the rest of this anthology feature doesn't live up to the wicked curtain-raiser". Also, Rea considered it to the best segment along with the last one.
Teams were ranked by log points, then points difference (points scored less points conceded). The top four teams in the pool stage — the three section winners, plus the runner-up with the best record — qualified for the semi-finals, where the section winner with the best record hosted the best runner-up, and the section winner with the second-best record hosted the section winner with the third-best record. The two semi- final winners played in the final, played as a curtain-raiser for the 2019 Currie Cup First Division final.
The Indian Super Cup was Indian football's annual match contested between the champions of the previous I-League season and the holders of the Federation Cup, usually held at a neutral venue. If the I-League champions also won the Federation Cup then the league runners-up would provide the opposition. The fixture was usually considered the curtain raiser to the Indian football domestic season. The fixture was last contested in 2011 when East Bengal won the cup for the third time, defeating Salgaocar 9–8 on penalties.
In 2014, Apps returned to rugby league, joining the Helensburgh Tigers women's side. Later that year, she made her debut for New South Wales in the annual Women's Interstate Challenge against Queensland and Australia in their Four Nations curtain-raiser against New Zealand. At the end of the season, she was named the Illawarra Women's Player of the Year and the NSWRL Women's Player of the Year. In 2015, she made her debut for the Women's All Star side in their annual fixture against the Indigenous All Stars.
Wallace was elevated into the Broncos' first grade squad and played in two pre-season trials. He started the 2012 season playing for the Broncos' feeder side the Norths Devils in the Intrust Super Cup. He was named in the 2012 Queensland Residents side to take on their New South Wales counterparts in the curtain raiser to Game 3 of the 2012 State of Origin series at Suncorp Stadium. Wallace made his National Rugby League debut in the Broncos' 40–22 round 14 win against the Sydney Roosters at the Sydney Football Stadium.
He also played in 7 of Surrey's 10 games in the Royal London Cup, including all the knock-out games, scoring 364 runs. His good form in the previous season saw him selected to represent the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) against the champions Yorkshire in the traditional curtain-raiser to the 2016 English cricket season. In July 2017, he made his highest score of 219 not-out versus Hampshire – this game was his first game as captain of Surrey. In the 2018 season, Burns led Surrey to their first County Championship title since 2002.
With Morphettville Park she won three premierships in a row. While playing for Morphettville Park, she represented South Australia in an exhibition match against NSW/ACT, which was played at Adelaide Oval as a curtain-raiser to an regular season match between Adelaide and St Kilda. She was named among South Australia's best, leading them to a two point victory while topping the disposal tally with 20 kicks and 5 handballs. Varnhagen has been playing in the VFL Women's (VFL) with NT Thunder since 2018, playing 5 matches in 2018 and 2019.
7 His other works include incidental music to Helena in Troas, a drama by John Todhunter and E. W. Godwin (London, 1886). He also wrote three operas: The Ring (1886) and Adela (produced in Nottingham in 1888), and a one- act comic opera for two characters, Weather or No, first produced at the Savoy Theatre in 1896 as a curtain-raiser for The Mikado. Both The Observer and The Times praised the music and the libretto of Weather or No and advised readers not to miss it.The Observer, 16 August 1896, p.
In the curtain raiser, VFL wooden spooners 19.16 (130) defeated NSWAFA runners-up Newtown 8.11 (59) by 71 points. Essendon won the toss and kicked to the Punt Road end of the ground in the first quarter. Essendon started well, with Tommy Jenkins kicking the first goal inside the first minute of play, and kicking another shortly afterwards. Thereafter, Footscray did most of the attacking for the quarter, but finished with only two goals, and were repeatedly repelled by the Essendon defenders, particularly Watt, Fitzmaurice, Donaldson and Maher.
In addition to developments at the site of the Reichsbauernstand ("Reich farmers"), which amounted to little more than providing a curtain-raiser to the Heinrich Himmler cult at the Reich's farmers' conferences, the region became increasingly industrialized and mining was advanced with the introduction of new technology. During the Nazi era the town was also the centre for enterprises and institutions connected with Germany's rearmament. The largest employers were the chemical factory of Borchers A.G./H.C. Starck, the Lower Harz Mining and Smelting Company and Goslar air base.
In response to a commission by Božena Neběská and to a scenario by Jarmila Kröschlová, Martinů wrote a witty curtain-raiser called Pokušení svatoušká hrnec (Temptation of the Saintly Pot) and with it scored his first popular success under the revised title La Revue de cuisine. Here the dancers play a variety of cooking utensils which swagger their way through a naïve episode of kitchen life. The marriage of Pot and Lid is in danger of being broken up by the suave Twirling Stick. Pot succumbs to his flattery.
The Ulster Hurling Minor Championship is an annual hurling competition organised by the Ulster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association since 1930 for the youngest competitors (under-18) in the province of Ulster in Ireland. It is sponsored by the Electricity Supply Board and therefore officially known as the ESB Ulster GAA Hurling Minor Championship. The series of games are played during the summer months with the Ulster final currently being played on the last Sunday of June. The minor final provides the curtain-raiser to the senior final.
For the 2017 season, Ellis returned to Cork City. In the season’s curtain-raiser, the President's Cup final, he played in a 3-0 win over 2016 double-winners Dundalk. Due to the scintillating form of future Republic of Ireland and Preston North End striker Sean Maguire, then 19-year-old Ellis was used mainly as a substitute – totalling 17 league appearances from the bench. He was part of the matchday squad for all four of Cork’s UEFA Europa League games, in ties against Levadia Tallinn (Estonia) and AEK Larnaca (Cyprus).
The couple had a son named Hamilton Patrick John Holland Law (born 1879). Some of Law's plays for the German Reeds include A Night Surprise in 1877 (under the pseudonym, "West Cromer"), A Happy Bungalow (1877), with music by Charles King Hall; Cherry Tree Farm (1881)The Times, 2 June 1881, p. 8 and Nobody’s Fault (1882), both with music by Hamilton Clarke.Review of Nobody’s Fault In 1881, he wrote Uncle Samuel, a curtain raiser for the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company played at the Opera Comique, with music by George Grossmith.
Barnes also played for Queensland U-19 against NSW U-19 in curtain-raiser matches to State of Origin in 2004 and 2005. Barnes made his NRL debut for Brisbane in 2005 at the age of 18, coming off the bench in round 8 against the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles. He went on to make 9 NRL appearances for the Broncos, scoring one try. However, shortly after his first run-on start with the Broncos, Barnes signed a two-year-deal with the Queensland Reds to switch codes and play rugby union.
The 19th Annual Helpmann Awards for live performance in Australia was held across two nights; the Curtain Raiser Ceremony on 14 July 2019 and the Awards Ceremony on 15 July 2019 at the Arts Centre Melbourne. Nominations were announced on 12 June 2019. Major winners of the awards included cross-cultural play Counting & Cracking (seven awards including Best Play and Best New Australian Work), Indigenous musical Barbara and the Camp Dogs (four awards including Best Musical and Best Original Score) and opera The Magic Flute from Komische Oper Berlin (three awards including Best Opera).
The trophy from this cancelled game has been repurposed for the restored National Division One. This ancient rivalry is still continued with the clubs' first teams usually playing each year for the MacDonald Cup and second teams for the Ali Bhan Cup as a curtain raiser to the new season. Shinty Pitch at Cannich The club won the Strathdearn Cup in 1929, 1967 and 1983. They became the first North area team to win the Balliemore Cup in 1986 and went on to win this trophy on two further occasions in 2003 and 2009.
The 2017 Africa T20 Cup was the third edition of the Africa T20 Cup, a Twenty20 cricket tournament. It was held in South Africa from 25 August to 25 September 2017, as a curtain-raiser to the 2017–18 South African domestic season. Organised by Cricket South Africa, it featured thirteen South African provincial teams, as well as national representative sides of Kenya, Namibia and Zimbabwe. The sixteen participating teams were split into four pools of four, with the teams from each pool playing all of their matches at one ground across a single weekend.
After All revival STA Catalogue - Event Details, accessed 18 October 2009 The piece contains only four songs, all of which were separately published (by Metzler) and are in the British Library. The fashion in the late Victorian era was to present long evenings in the theatre, and so producer Richard D'Oyly Carte preceded his Savoy operas with curtain raisers.Lee Bernard. "Swash-buckling Savoy curtain-raiser", Sheffield Telegraph, 1 August 2008 W. J. MacQueen-Pope commented, concerning such curtain raisers: :This was a one-act play, seen only by the early comers.
The fashion in the late Victorian era was to present long evenings in the theatre, and so producer Richard D'Oyly Carte preceded his Savoy operas with curtain raisers such as Quite an Adventure.Lee Bernard. "Swash-buckling Savoy curtain-raiser", Sheffield Telegraph, 1 August 2008 W. J. MacQueen-Pope commented, concerning such curtain raisers: :This was a one-act play, seen only by the early comers. It would play to empty boxes, half-empty upper circle, to a gradually filling stalls and dress circle, but to an attentive, grateful and appreciative pit and gallery.
The side competed in the Pacific Cup in 1990, 1992 and 1994. During this period the team contained New South Wales Rugby League first grade players such as Ricky Walford, Graham Lyons, Ron Gibbs, Darrell Trindall, Paul Davis, Wayne Alberts, George Longbottom and Will Robinson. In the post-1999 NRL season an Aboriginal side managed by Arthur Beetson defeated the Papua New Guinea Kumuls and the future rugby league Immortal was pushing for an Australia Day match against the Australian national team. In 2008 World Cup curtain raiser to the Australia vs.
The pageant was to be the first major event of the Diamond Jubilee celebrations for Queen Elizabeth II taking place in 2012. It was to act as a curtain raiser for a programme of Spring and Summer celebrations in the UK which will culminate in an extended bank holiday weekend in June. The pageant was a four-day event held in a 3,000-seat arena the grounds of Windsor Castle in Berkshire, England, taking place on the 10th, 11th, 12th and 13 May 2012. The Queen herself is to attend the final day's show.
The Turkish Super Cup (Turkish: TFF Süper Kupa), as it is currently known, is the annual super cup football match contested between the previous season's Süper Lig champions and the Turkish Cup winners in Turkey. It was originally known as the Cumhurbaşkanlığı Kupası (Presidential Cup) from 1966 to 1998. No competition was held between 1999 and 2005, although there was a substitute competition played under the name of Atatürk Cup in 2000. The rebranded TFF Süper Kupa is a curtain raiser for the upcoming footballing season, usually taking place in August.
Following the suspension of the Australian Rugby Shield after nine seasons at the end of 2008, the focus of the Queensland Country Heelers returned to annual City-Country fixtures and, in particular, to the "Battle of the Borders" Cup. The Heelers won the cup in 2013 for only the second time in seven years, defeating NSW Country 21–20 in the match played as the curtain raiser for the Combined Country versus British and Irish Lions tour match at Hunter Stadium in Newcastle. From 2019, the team plays on National Rugby Championship Division 2.
15px Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles – Manly have, since 1970, purchased many of Souths' star players including John O'Neill, Ray Branighan, Ian Roberts, and more recently Luke Burgess and Dylan Walker. 15px Wests Tigers – The rivalry with Wests continues from the historical rivalry between Souths and one of the teams that merged to form Wests, Balmain. The rivalry with Balmain began in 1909 when both teams agreed to boycott the final which was being held as curtain raiser to a Kangaroos v Wallabies match. As agreed, Balmain did not turn up.
In 1978, schoolboys at Ambleside Middle School in Walton-on- Thames, Surrey were introduced to the game by a teacher. The boys really took to it and began to play matches against other schools in 1979. An early claim to fame came in September 1980 when the boys were invited to take part in a curtain raiser at Craven Cottage when Fulham RLFC took on Wigan in their first ever fixture. They also became the first school team from the South of England to win a game in Yorkshire.
The subsequent decline in the sport in PNG and growth of the sport in Australia did not see the Mosquitos compete again until 1995, when Aussie Rules was first played at the Arafura Games in Darwin, Northern Territory. That year PNG won the gold medal of the International division defeating New Zealand. In the same competition, PNG also competed against sides from Nauru, Japan, Singapore and Hong Kong. In 1996 the Mosquitoes played a curtain raiser to an Australian Football League match in Perth overwhelmingly defeating the Central Desert Eagles.
From 1877 programme Dora's Dream is a one-act operetta, with music composed by Alfred Cellier and a libretto by Arthur Cecil. The piece was first performed at the Royal Gallery of Illustration on 3 July 1873, with Fanny Holland and Arthur Cecil starring in the two roles. It was performed again with the same cast on 5 May 1876 at the Princess's Theatre in London for Pauline Rita's benefit. The opera was revived on 17 November 1877 at the Opera Comique as a curtain raiser to The Sorcerer, which opened on the same night.
The fashion in the late Victorian era was to present long evenings in the theatre, and so producer Richard D'Oyly Carte preceded his Savoy operas with curtain raisers such as Dora's Dream.Lee Bernard. "Swash-buckling Savoy curtain-raiser", Sheffield Telegraph, 1 August 2008 W. J. MacQueen-Pope commented, concerning these curtain raisers: :This was a one- act play, seen only by the early comers. It would play to empty boxes, half- empty upper circle, to a gradually filling stalls and dress circle, but to an attentive, grateful and appreciative pit and gallery.
The 2019–20 CSA Provincial T20 Cup was a domestic Twenty cricket tournament that took place in South Africa in September 2019, as a curtain-raiser to the 2019–20 South African domestic season. It was played between the thirteen South African provincial teams, along with Limpopo and Mpumalanga. This was the sixth edition of the CSA Provincial T20 Cup, which was last played in the 2015–16 season. With only domestic teams from South Africa taking part, the tournament returned in place of the Africa T20 Cup, which had been held since 2015.
The fashion in the late Victorian era was to present long evenings in the theatre, and so producer Richard D'Oyly Carte preceded his Savoy operas with curtain raisers such as The Spectre Knight.Lee Bernard. "Swash-buckling Savoy curtain-raiser", Sheffield Telegraph, 1 August 2008 W. J. MacQueen-Pope commented, concerning such curtain raisers: :This was a one- act play, seen only by the early comers. It would play to empty boxes, half- empty upper circle, to a gradually filling stalls and dress circle, but to an attentive, grateful and appreciative pit and gallery.
The fashion in the late Victorian era was to present long evenings in the theatre, and so producer Richard D'Oyly Carte preceded his Savoy operas with curtain raisers such as Uncle Samuel.Lee Bernard. "Swash-buckling Savoy curtain-raiser", Sheffield Telegraph, 1 August 2008 W. J. MacQueen-Pope commented, concerning such curtain raisers: :This was a one-act play, seen only by the early comers. It would play to empty boxes, half-empty upper circle, to a gradually filling stalls and dress circle, but to an attentive, grateful and appreciative pit and gallery.
Jarramie's Genie (another curtain raiser), when it accompanied The Yeomen of the Guard (1888).Stone, David. J.M. Gordon, Who Was Who in the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, 17 July 2014, accessed 21 April 2015 He was in the chorus in the original runs of Princess Ida (1884), The Mikado (1885), Ruddigore, The Yeomen of the Guard and The Gondoliers (1889), and the 1885 revival of Trial by Jury and The Sorcerer at the Savoy. In the 1890s, Gordon managed, and acted in, his own touring company, "The Gordon 'At Home' Party".
Since 2014, The QLD Cup Grand Final Match has been played on the same day as the NSW Cup Grand Final, the weekend prior to the NRL Grand Final, allowing for the creation of the NRL State Championship which saw the QLD Cup premiers face off against the NSW Cup Premiers as a curtain raiser to the NRL Grand Final, originally following the National Youth Competition Grand Final from 2014 to 2017 and following the NRL Women's Grand Final since 2018. In 2019 the NRL State Championship was played prior the NRL Women's Grand Final.
The Indonesian Community Shield is a pre-season football competition held the week before the season begins in Indonesia every year. It is contested by the winners of the Indonesia Super League/Indonesian Premier League and Piala Indonesia in the previous season, as a curtain raiser to the new season. If the same team wins both Indonesian League and Piala Indonesia, then the Community Shield is contested by the League winners and the Piala Indonesia runners-up. The current holders are Semen Padang, who defeated Persibo Bojonegoro 4–1 in the 2013 edition.
The fashion in the late Victorian era was to present long evenings in the theatre, and so producer Richard D'Oyly Carte preceded his Savoy operas with curtain raisers such as A Private Wire.Lee Bernard. "Swash-buckling Savoy curtain-raiser", Sheffield Telegraph, 1 August 2008 W. J. MacQueen-Pope commented, concerning such curtain raisers: :This was a one-act play, seen only by the early comers. It would play to empty boxes, half-empty upper circle, to a gradually filling stalls and dress circle, but to an attentive, grateful and appreciative pit and gallery.
The name 'Lokomotiv' was formally used at the supporters Charity match a week later; When Christian Thompson was asked by the ground announcer at the Cove vs. Marinators charity match what the Sydney FC supporters team would be called. Christian, remembering the conversation the week before, said "We're called Lokomotiv Cove", and since that moment the name has remained. Later in that season a Lokomotiv Cove team played a match against Den United, a Queensland Roar supporter team in a curtain-raiser to a Queensland Roar-Sydney FC match at Suncorp Stadium.
In August 1874 she appeared in Richard D'Oyly Carte's presentation of Gaston Serpette's operetta, La branche cassée at the Opera Comique."Opera Comique", The Era, 30 August 1874, p. 12 Later that year, she made a success in Ten of 'Em, by Franz von Suppé, at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane: "Miss Burville sings a charming song (which she gave with such freshness and effect as to secure an enthusiastic encore.)""Public Amusements", Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper, 6 December 1874, p. 5 This was a curtain raiser for the pantomime Aladdin, in which she also appeared.
A bill opened with an overture by the house orchestra and comprised a full-length play plus a curtain-raiser or afterpiece, and perhaps another musical, dance, or specialty act, as well. Sometimes the main piece was an opera or ballet by a guest troupe. Summers the company was off, and the house was rented to touring acts. The performers who played the Broadway were the same as those who played the city's other theaters, such as the Park, the Bowery, Niblo's Garden, and the Academy of Music.
Dimond was selected at age 14 in a New South Wales schoolboy side in a curtain raiser to the 1952 Australia and New Zealand Test match. While still a teenager, Dimond was selected to represent Australia in three test matches against Great Britain. Peter Dimond joined Western Suburbs in 1958. He played in all four of the club's grand final losses to the great St. George side. They lost 20–9 in 1958 with Dimond playing , 22–0 in 1961, 9–6 in 1962 and 8–3 in 1963.
The top four teams qualified for the title play-off semi-finals. The team that finished first had home advantage against the team that finished fourth, while the team that finished second had home advantage against the team that finished third. The final would be played as a curtain raiser for the 2010 Currie Cup First Division final. The team that finished top of Group B had to play in a promotion play-off against the bottom team of Group A for a place in the 2011 Under-21 Provincial Championship Group A.
Overseas Playing Experience to be put to use in League final The Press, 8 August 2009 Lawrie was named in a West Coast XIII to play in a curtain raiser match against Canterbury on 4 February 2011. The match is before the New Zealand Warriors v Newcastle Knights preseason charity match that will raise money for the Pike River Mine disaster trust. He became the player-coach of the Panthers for the 2011 season.Halswell tipped to challenge Hornby The Press, 2 April 2011 Lawrie represented the Canterbury Bulls in the National Competition in 2014.
The top four teams qualified for the title play-off semi-finals. The team that finished first had home advantage against the team that finished fourth, while the team that finished second had home advantage against the team that finished third. The final would be played as a curtain raiser for the 2010 Currie Cup Premier Division final. The team that finished bottom of Group A had to play in a promotion/relegation play-off against the champion of Group B for a place in the 2011 Under-21 Provincial Championship Group A.
The second was against the West Australian Football League in Perth, and was played as a curtain- raiser to a state-of-origin match between Western Australia (which was composed of VFL and WAFL players of Western Australian origin) and Victoria. The VFA team also played a match against the Victorian Amateur Football Association on the evening of Wednesday 1 June at Skinner Reserve. This was not an official representative match, as both associations treated it as a practice match for their other representative fixtures. The VFA won the practice match by three goals.
Tragedy and Epilogue were never written. Also in 1960, the New Haven Symphony Orchestra, under the auspices of the American Symphony Orchestra League, Inc. (now the League of American Orchestras), recorded Comedy. The conductor was Frank Brieff, who wrote as follows for The League 1959–1960 Recording Project for Contemporary Music catalogue: > The Comedy Overture of Emanuel Leplin is a jolly, spirited work, ideal for a > curtain-raiser on most symphonic programs and which more likely than not > would put the audience in a very gay and receptive mood.
The New South Wales Under-18's rugby league team, also known as New South Wales Under-18's or New South Wales U18, represents New South Wales in the sport of rugby league at an under-18 age level. Since 2008, the team has played an annual fixture against the Queensland Under-18's team as a curtain raiser to a State of Origin game. The team features players selected from New South Wales's premier under-18 rugby league competition, the S.G. Ball Cup. They are administered by the New South Wales Rugby League.
Despite having played for the Australian Schoolboys, Queensland Schoolboys and New South Wales Under 19s in his junior career, Perrett swore his allegiance to New Zealand. Perrett got his first taste of senior international football playing for New Zealand A against an Australian Invitational team in a curtain raiser to a 2006 Tri- Nations match.Clydesdales Butt Heads In Trans Tasman Duel QRL.com.au. Retrieved 11 May 2008 In October 2006 he was announced in the Kiwis Tri- Nations squad but did not go on to play any games in the series.
Alongside the national championship final, the 2nd Bundesliga final was played as a curtain raiser for the game.Société Générale Endspieltag: Ermäßigung für Gruppentickets Rugby Journal - Information on the finals Last placed RK Heusenstamm would have been relegated but the league was expanded to nine teams for 2008-09 and no team had to drop down to the 2nd Bundesliga. This was decided on 19 July 2008 at the annual meeting of the German rugby association. The decision was made to expand the league to ten teams for the 2009-10 season.
The 1993–94 season would see a managerial shift in the autumn as Gould resigned and was succeeded by his assistant Phil Neal - but not before the legendary curtain raiser to the second Premier League season. Bobby Gould's first day gamble would be to play without traditional full backs. This novel formation gave Ndlovu full licence to play a large part in a memorable opening day triumph in the capital. The 3–0 victory at Highbury over Arsenal saw Micky Quinn score a hat-trick in front of the newly refurbished North Bank.
She again competed at the 2018 AFL Women's Under 18 Championships; she shared the competition's most valuable player award with Morrison on 16 votes apiece, won Vic Metro's most valuable player award and was named in the All-Australian side. She played in an exhibition game for Victoria, acting as a curtain raiser for the E. J. Whitten Legends Game. Prespakis amassed 21 disposals in Victoria's win, the most of any player. Aside from under-18 competitions, she also played six matches for in the VFL Women's (VFLW).
After some pre- season testing with the Tyco BMW squad, Dunlop made his way to the curtain raiser to the Irish Road Racing season, the Cookstown 100. Qualifying third fastest in the Superbike category Dunlop opened his 2018 campaign by taking victory aboard his MD Racing Honda in the Supersport Invitation race. Dunlop's first competitive outing on the S-1000RR saw him competing in the Open A race. Starting in the lead group he crossed the line at the head of the field only to be awarded second place behind Derek Shiels, losing by 5 seconds on corrected time.
The Test instead took place on May 3, along with a Women's rugby league match between the Australian Jillaroos and New Zealand Kiwi Ferns which served as the curtain-raiser for the main game, won 22-14 by the Jillaroos. New Zealand's win was their first Anzac Test win in 17 years, and the first time New Zealand had won three consecutive test matches over Australia since 1953.Kiwis defeat Kangaroos for third time in a row to win Anzac test 26-12 in Brisbane stuff.co.nz, 3 May 2015 As man of the match, Manu Vatuvei was awarded the Charles Savory medal.
The operations against the Palaus, however, turned out to be only a curtain-raiser for the show to come — the recapture of the Philippines. Vincennes left the Palau group astern on 8 September for the southern Philippines. American carrier planes hit targets on the island of Mindanao on 9–10 September; the cruiser then screened the fast carriers as they conducted air strikes in the central Philippine Archipelago, hitting Negros, Leyte, Cebu, and the Bohol Islands from 12–14 September. Vincennes then proceeded to the operating areas off Luzon where carrier air strikes were launched against Japanese sites ashore on 21–22 September.
Matthews played for the Glenora Bears in the Auckland Rugby League competition and in 1998 he toured the Cook Islands and Papua New Guinea with the New Zealand Māori side. He was one of only five players that toured both countries. In 1999 he again toured Papua New Guinea with the New Zealand Māori before being selected to play against the Great Britain Lions in a curtain raiser to the final of the Rugby League Tri-Nations. He was selected in the Aotearoa Māori squad for the 2000 Rugby League World Cup and played in one match, against Samoa.
The Supercoppa Italiana () is an annual football competition usually held the week before the season begins in Italy, or more recently in other countries during the winter. It is contested by the winners of the Serie A and the Coppa Italia in the previous season, as a curtain-raiser to the new season. If the same team wins both the Serie A and Coppa Italia titles in the previous season, the Supercoppa is contested by the Serie A winner and the Coppa Italia runner-up, in essence becoming a rematch of the previous year's Coppa Italia final.
The youngest son and second youngest child of a motor mechanic, Tutty was raised in the inner-western suburbs of Sydney. His secondary education was at Ibrox Park Boys High School and he left school after obtaining his Intermediate Certificate at the end of Year 9. At school he played a number of sports including Rugby League representing the school and the school's sports zone at various levels including a curtain raiser to an international match in 1962. After leaving school he joined the Leichhardt Wanderers Junior League Football Club in 1963, a junior team affiliated with the Balmain Tigers club.
The Séamus Ó Riain Cup (known for sponsorship reasons as the Tipperary Water Séamus Ó Riain Cup) is an annual hurling competition organised by the Tipperary County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association since 2017 for the second tier senior hurling teams in the county of Tipperary in Ireland. The series of games are played during the spring, summer and autumn months with the cup final currently being played at Semple Stadium in October. It is sometimes played as the curtain-raiser to the senior final. The prize for the winning team is the Séamus Ó Riain Cup.
170 The full orchestral score was never published. However, the autograph manuscript is held in the Bibliothèque nationale de France and a copy in the library of the Paris Opera. Franz Liszt's version of the score reduced for piano and voice was published by Troupenas in 1837 and republished in 2009 by Lucie Gallande. The first act, revised to include the principal arias from the rest of the opera, continued to be performed sporadically between 1837 and 1839 as a curtain-raiser for ballet productions, and excerpts from the work were played in a concert in 1865.
Fry gave up his school career in 1932 to found the Tunbridge Wells Repertory Players, which he ran for three years, directing and starring in the English premiere of George Bernard Shaw’s A Village Wooing in 1934. As a curtain-raiser, he put on a revised version of a show he wrote when he was a schoolboy called The Peregrines. He also wrote the music for She Shall Have Music in 1935. His play about Dr. Thomas John Barnardo, the founder of children's homes, toured in a fund-raising amateur production in 1935 and 1936, including Deborah Kerr in its cast.
He was selected to represent the under 17 AFL academy team in the 2015 AFL Grand Final curtain raiser and shone in a sixteen possession performance. He also completed his schooling in 2015 at All Saints Anglican School. Bowes entered the final year of his junior football in 2016 and was predicted by many analysts to be selected with the first pick in the 2016 AFL draft. Bowes was named captain of the Queensland team that would compete in the 2016 division two AFL Under 18 Championships and led the team to several victories, the best being against Northern Territory.
In 1893, she alo appeared in another small part, Winifred, in Mr. Jericho, by Harry Greenbank and Ernest Ford, a curtain raiser to Haddon Hall and Jane Annie, also at the Savoy Theatre.Stone, David. Florence Easton, Who Was Who in The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, 18 June 2002, accessed 20 October 2015 In 1893, she was supposed to create the small role of Phylla in the original production of Gilbert and Sullivan's Utopia, Limited, but her understudy, Miss Howell-Hersee, sang the role from 7 October until 7 November 1893, when Easton took over the part. Introduction to programmes section, p.
Zillman's strong performances with the magpies saw him offered a junior contract with the Canberra Raiders to play in the Jersey Flegg Cup and Premier League with an opportunity to move up into the National Rugby League. Zillman performed well in Canberra and was rewarded with the significant starting role of five-eight in the Queensland under-19s squad in a 2005 State of Origin curtain-raiser. More representative honours came Zillman's way as he was a vital member of Canberra’s finals campaign in Premier League, earning him selection in the 2005 Junior Kangaroos and the Australian Invitational XIII as a fullback.
On 2 August 2012, O'Donnell signed a 2-year contract with the Penrith Panthers starting in 2013. In 2012, O'Donnell was selected on the bench for the NSW Residents team to play the QLD Residents at Suncorp Stadium as a curtain raiser to the Game 3, State of Origin decider. On 18 November 2013, O'Donnell signed a 1-year contract with the Canberra Raiders starting in 2014 after not being able to break into the Panthers' NRL team. While at Canberra, O'Donnell played for the Mount Pritchard Mounties in the NSW Cup before retiring at the end of the 2015 season.
Fitzroy FC Ltd improved its relationship with the Brisbane Lions in the ten years from 1999–2009. In that time Brisbane acknowledged the two parent clubs for the merger with the letters BBFFC printed below the back of the neck of the club's guernseys from 2002. The Fitzroy Reds played the curtain-raiser at the MCG when the Brisbane Lions met the Collingwood Magpies in the AFL Heritage Round of 2003. Brisbane also now wears a version of Fitzroy's AFL guernsey with red instead of maroon in most matches played in Victoria, consistent with Fitzroy's most recent colours.
The first of these matches was a curtain- raiser to the match between the Australia and West Indies men teams, and was the first match to be shown live on free-to-air television in Australia. New Zealand batted first and Australian fast bowler Ellyse Perry extracted an outside edge from captain Aimee Watkins from the first ball of the match. The ball flew straight to Healy's mid-riff and she dropped it. Watkins went on to score 44 from 36 balls as New Zealand made 7/117 and Healy's only dismissal was to catch Nicola Browne from Sthalekar's off spin.
The open-air "fire escape" stunt, which should have been held at the Chandrasekharan Nair Stadium, was a curtain raiser for the four-day "Vismayam 2008", an international convention in which nearly 1,000 magicians from across the world took part. The meet started on 1 May. In the stunt, he was to be handcuffed and the whole body wrapped in chains with the keys in the hands of dignitaries watching the show. The actor would then be put inside a box, which would be then thrown into a ball of fire from where he had to escape.
She had made professional appearances on the concert stage but had not acted before she joined D'Oyly Carte at the age of 19 in 1906 as Kate in The Pirates of Penzance. She soon was touring with the company as Kate, Lady Saphir in Patience, Leila in Iolanthe, Ada in Princess Ida, Vittoria in The Gondoliers, and First Bridesmaid in Trial by Jury. In 1908, at the Savoy Theatre, she played the part of Gwenny Davis in Fenn and Faraday's A Welsh Sunset, a curtain raiser to H.M.S. Pinafore. She soon added to her repertoire Leila in Iolanthe and Inez in The Gondoliers.
A Super Cup is a competition, usually but not exclusively in association football, which often forms the ’curtain-raiser’ to a season. It is typically contested on a national level by two competition winners of the previous season: the knock-out cup winner and the league winner. There are also continental super cups, like the UEFA Super Cup in football, which puts together winners of the top- and second-tier UEFA competitions. Sometimes these are two-legged ties, with a match played at each side's stadium, but increasingly they are one-off fixtures at a neutral venue, such as a national stadium.
The last part of the ceremony involved a performance of the Rugby League World Cup anthem "Hero" by Natalie Bassingthwaighte. A curtain raiser to the Australia vs. New Zealand match included an Indigenous Australian squad playing against New Zealand Māori which featured several prominent NRL players and rising stars, including Chris Sandow, Wairangi Koopu, Preston Campbell, Sam Thaiday, Shaun Kenny-Dowall and Carl Webb. Welcome to the Country Match As part of the official opening of the World Cup on 26 October, an exhibition game was played between an Aboriginal selection and a New Zealand Māori side.
Trial by Jury is an 1875 curtain-raiser and comic opera that enacts a satirical trial for breach of promise. The successful musical is credited with launching the careers of librettist W.S. Gilbert and composer Arthur Sullivan. In the 1935 film We're in the Money, Joan Blondell and Glenda Farrell play two process servers trying to serve a rich playboy, Ross Alexander, with a 'Breach of Promise' suit. The episode "A Woman's Privilege" of the featurette series The Scales of Justice recounts the unusual case of a man who sues a woman for breach of promise following a cruise ship romance engagement.
An increasingly competitive New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and the United States of America finished ahead of Ireland and the team suffered from injury and the Gaelic Athletic Association discouraging the use of Gaelic players. The Green Machine's best and fairest player (from the 2005 International Cup) is Mike Finn. Recently the national team played a curtain raiser at the West Coast Eagles vs Fremantle exhibition match at the Oval in London where they beat the British Bulldogs. The Warriors finished 4th again at the 2008 Australian Football International Cup and the best and fairest player was once again Mike Finn.
The Great Britain Bulldogs played their first international on 2 October 1993 against Canada in Toronto. They competed at the 2001 Atlantic Alliance Cup, recording wins over Canada and eventual runners-up Denmark. Great Britain's Best and Fairest player was Tyrone Hallam. In 2002, the Great Britain Bulldogs competed at the first ever Australian Football International Cup in Australia, finishing sixth. Three years later they also finished sixth at the 2005 tournament. In October 2005, the Bulldogs played against Ireland in a curtain raiser at the West Coast Eagles vs Fremantle exhibition match at the Oval in London.
Previously, the grand finals of the VFL/AFL reserves (1919–1999), VFL/AFL under-19s (from 1962–1991), and the Victorian statewide under-18s (from 1992 until 2007) were usually scheduled as one or two curtain raisers – although sometimes a drawn final and replay meant that a minor grade preliminary final, or no final at all, would be available as curtain raiser. After the teams enter the arena, each team lines up for a team photograph on the ground. The national anthem is performed live when the teams and umpires are lined up on the wing.
2017 Confederations Cup On 4 November 2016, Henrichs was called up to the German national side for the first time by manager Joachim Löw for the nation's World Cup qualifier against San Marino and a friendly match against Italy. Seven days later, he made his debut against the former in an 8–0 victory for Germany. The following year, he was named in Löw's squad for the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup – the curtain raiser for the 2018 FIFA World Cup – and made two appearances as Germany went on to lift the title. He was later excluded from Germany's World Cup squad.
Sufian Anuar and Khairul Amri were recalled to join LionsXII following the exit of Baihakki Khaizan, Hariss Harun, and Shahril Ishak to Malaysian clubs. On 7 December 2013, former Johor Darul Takzim coach and ex- Singapore international Fandi Ahmad was offered a three-year contract at the helm of the LionsXII, despite initial denials by the FAS. Fandi took the role ahead of former Warriors FC coach Richard Bok and Liverpool F.C. stalwart Steve McMahon. The LionsXII opened their league season with a 1–0 defeat against Pahang FA in the Charity Cup Match Curtain Raiser on 17 January 2014.
When the Gilbert and Sullivan partnership disbanded after the production of The Gondoliers in 1889, impresario Richard D'Oyly Carte filled the Savoy Theatre with a combination of new works and revivals of the Gilbert and Sullivan operas. The fashion in the late Victorian era was to present long evenings in the theatre, and so producer Richard D'Oyly Carte preceded his Savoy operas with curtain raisers.Lee Bernard. "Swash-buckling Savoy curtain- raiser", Sheffield Telegraph, 1 August 2008 W. J. MacQueen-Pope commented, concerning such curtain raisers: :This was a one-act play, seen only by the early comers.
When the Gilbert and Sullivan partnership disbanded after the production of The Gondoliers in 1889, the impresario Richard D'Oyly Carte filled the Savoy Theatre with a combination of new works and revivals of the Gilbert and Sullivan operas. The fashion in the late Victorian era was to present long evenings in the theatre, and so producer Richard D'Oyly Carte preceded his Savoy operas with curtain raisers.Lee Bernard. "Swash-buckling Savoy curtain-raiser" , Sheffield Telegraph, 1 August 2008 W. J. MacQueen-Pope commented, concerning such curtain raisers: :This was a one-act play, seen only by the early comers.
Horace Charles Terry (27 July 1887 – 15 April 1957)"Terry, Horace C" , Wyandotte Death Index, Downriver Genealogical Society, retrieved 28 December 2014 was the son of Charles Terry. As a child actor he made his debut in Arthur à Beckett's Faded Flowers at the Garrick in 1895. The piece was a curtain-raiser to Sydney Grundy's A Pair of Spectacles, in which Terry's cousin, Mabel Terry-Lewis made her first stage appearance."Garrick Theatre", The Times, 18 January 1895, p. 7 The London correspondent of The Boston Evening Transcript wrote that the boy played "very brightly indeed".
O'Neill was one of 22 forwards called up into the 2017 Chiefs 41-man development squad for their second consecutive visit of Hong Kong. He also made two appearances against the Blues development team in March, the first taking place at FMG Stadium Waikato serving as a curtain raiser and the rematch taking place two weeks later at Pakuranga Rugby Football Club in Auckland. O'Neill returned for his third Mitre 10 Cup season with Taranaki after injuries sustained by fellow prop Mike Kainga. He was a part of Taranaki's historic Ranfurly Shield victory over Canterbury and their impressive top of the table finish.
Duanfang and students In 1906, Duanfang, the Viceroy of Liangjiang, submitted a memorandum to the Guangxu Emperor, proposing that an overseas Chinese school be set up for the purpose of spreading far and wide the enlightening influence of education and strengthening the emotional ties with compatriots overseas. The Guangxu Emperor approved of his proposal and thus Duanfang was honored as the founder of Jinan University. On March 23, 1907. Jinan Academy was founded in Nanjing, becoming the first of its kind in Chinese history and serving as a curtain-raiser for the later development of overseas Chinese education.
In February 2008, the first AFL match in the United Arab Emirates was held at the Ghantoot Polo and Racing Club in Abu Dhabi between the Adelaide Crows and the Collingwood Magpies. It was one of few official NAB Cup matches played outside of Australia and the game attracted a sell-out crowd of 6,102 using a makeshift field and grandstand and was televised free-to-air in Australia. The curtain raiser for the AFL match was played between the Dubai Dingos and Dubai Heat. The Abu Dhabi Falcons and Dubai Dragons were formed in 2008 as the UAE's third and fourth clubs.
Although the piece was greeted warmly, as were most Savoy operas, audiences did not sustain enthusiasm for the work, and there were numerous revisions, particularly in the first act. The team also rushed an abridged version of the still-popular Cox and Box into production as a curtain-raiser. Nevertheless, The Chieftain closed after just three months. The fault lay partly in Burnand's weak and pun-filled libretto, but also was a result of changing audience tastes, as musical comedy, such as those produced at the Gaiety Theatre by George Edwardes, was supplanting light opera on the London stage.
The 18th Annual Helpmann Awards for live performance in Australia was held across two nights; the Curtain Raiser Ceremony on 15 July 2018 at the Sydney Town Hall and the Awards Ceremony on 16 July 2018 at the Capitol Theatre, Sydney. Nominations were announced on 18 June 2018. Major recipients included dance work Bennelong (six awards including Best New Australian Work and Best Dance Production), musicals Beautiful (five awards including Best Musical) and Muriel's Wedding (five awards including Best Original Score), opera Hamlet (four awards including Best Opera), and play The Children (three awards including Best Play).
In September 2018, Greece began their qualification path for the 2021 Rugby League World Cup by winning the European Championship C South conference. They defeated Ukraine 28–26 at Dynamo Stadium (Kharkiv) and Malta Rugby League 60–4 at Glyka Stadium, Athens. In May 2019, Greece faced European Championship C North conference winners Norway at New River Stadium, London, in the European Championship C decider. The match served as a curtain raiser to the League 1 round 9 fixture between London Skolars and Doncaster, Greece defeated Norway 56–26 to progress to the final stages of World Cup qualifiers.
Wilfred Lucas eventually made a name for himself performing in light and grand opera in America and abroad. He made his Broadway debut on April 4, 1904, at the Savoy Theater playing in both the curtain raiser "The Blue Grass Handicap" and The Superstition of Sue in which he played Sue's brother, Percy Flage. Following his 1906 role in the highly successful play The Chorus Lady,Wilfred Lucas – Internet Broadway Database Lucas was recruited to the fledgling Biograph Studios by D. W. Griffith. At the time, the film business was still looked down upon by many members of the theatrical community.
Not wanted by the Bulldogs for 1999, Mears moved into the bush and played for the Ourimbah Magpies in the Country Rugby League Central Coast Division. His form was good enough to make the Country Firsts team for the curtain raiser to the ANZAC Test, where his performance got him noticed by several NRL clubs. He was signed by the Auckland Warriors after injuries to both Syd Eru and Jason Death, and made his début for the club in Round 11. He went on to play 40 first grade games for the club over the next two seasons and was a fan favourite.
In 2009 Hackney RFC won the Guinness Club Together competition, a free programme aimed at supporting grassroots rugby clubs across the UK. Hackney was awarded the title having doubled its playing membership over the previous year despite its lack of facilities. Hackney travelled to Twickenham on May 16, 2009. Starting with a training session with legendary coach Shaun Edwards (of London Wasps, Wales and The British and Irish Lions) the teams were driven to HQ and ran out onto the hallowed turf as a curtain raiser for the Guinness Premiership final. The Griffins beat the Gargoyles by 12 - 5.
12 She followed this by playing the Duchess of Parthenay in Carte's production of Lecocq's Le Petit Duc in 1878."Drama", The Daily News, 29 April 1878, p. 2; and "The Little Duke", The Pall Mall Gazette, 25 June 1878, p. 11 At the end of June 1878, Burville joined Carte's Comedy-Opera Company at the Opera Comique playing Lady Viola in the curtain raiser The Spectre Knight,The Morning Post, 31 July 1878, p. 4 while singing in the chorus and covering the role of Josephine in H.M.S. Pinafore, playing that part periodically in 1878 and 1879.
Senior Classic Race;- Alan Oversby 500 cc MV Agusta at Church Bends. The traditional curtain-raiser since 1988 to the Isle of Man TT Festival has been the Pre-TT Classic Races held on the Billown Circuit in Castletown. The first evening practice session for the 2010 Pre-TT Classic Races were held on Friday 28 May 2010 in cold and blustery conditions. The fastest time in the first Friday practice session was set by the Isle of Man TT competitor Guy Martin in the Post Classic class in 2 minutes and 37.890 seconds at an average speed of 96.903 mph.
Antonini was drafted into the Italy women's national football team in 1990, following good form for title- winning Reggiana and the suspension of Eva Russo. She made her debut in August 1990 in a 4–1 win over England, played at Wembley Stadium as a curtain raiser for the 1990 FA Charity Shield. At the 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup, Antonini was ever-present as Italy reached the quarter-final and lost 3–2 to Norway after extra time. At UEFA Women's Euro 1993 hosts Italy reached the final and suffered another defeat by Norway, 1–0 this time.
The New South Wales Under-16's rugby league team, also known as New South Wales Under-16s or New South Wales U16, represents New South Wales in the sport of rugby league at an under-16 age level. Since 2008, the team has played an annual fixture against the Queensland Under-16s team as a curtain raiser to a State of Origin game. The team features players selected from New South Wales's premier under-16 rugby league competition, the Harold Matthews Cup and Andrew Johns Cup. They are administered by the New South Wales Rugby League.
Immediately after her Idols departure, Heerman was scouted by Mnet television producers and began presenting for SuperSport. She presented inserts for Let's Play – a show focusing on promoting sports in underprivileged communities and SuperSport's corporate social investment initiative. During her time with Let's Play she covered events such as Nelson Mandela's birthday. In 2009, Heerman co-presented Sports Illustrated magazine's Ruff Stuff with Daren Scott at Sun City. In June 2009, Heerman and Daniel Baron were the curtain raiser performers for the Lions vs British Lions rugby game played at Ellis Park's 62 000-seat stadium.
In May 1989 Videkull scored in a women's international match at Wembley Stadium, adding to Pia Sundhage's opening goal as Sweden beat England 2–0 in a curtain-raiser for the Rous Cup. In 1991, Videkull helped Sweden to a third-place finish at the inaugural FIFA Women's World Cup. Videkull was Sweden's top scorer at that tournament, and tallied her country's first ever World Cup goal in a 2–3 loss to the USA on match day one. She also scored the fastest goal in a women's World Cup after 30 seconds in an 8–0 win against Japan.
Details of the Munster Under-25 Hurling Championship were announced on 18 January 2017 in response to the withdrawal of four of the five teams from the Munster Intermediate Hurling Championship. The absence of an intermediate championship meant that the senior games were left without a curtain-raiser, a role traditionally filled by the intermediate series of games. In spite of withdrawing from the intermediate grade, there was widespread support for the under-25 hurling concept among the Munster counties. This was the sixth championship to be created after the senior, junior, minor, intermediate and under-21 grades.
The Australian Rugby Shield was first contested in 2000, with six teams playing a single round robin over five weekends and the top two teams playing in the final. The teams in the inaugural season were the Adelaide Black Falcons, Darwin Mosquitoes, Melbourne Axemen, New South Wales Country Cockatoos, Perth Gold, and Queensland Country Heelers. The New South Wales and Queensland Country teams met in the final, played as the curtain-raiser to the Bledisloe Cup match held at Stadium Australia in front of a record rugby crowd of 109,874. Queensland Country won in an upset, 23-17.
IETE-SAKEC is the student chapter of the Institute of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers. The IETE SAKEC has been instrumental in bringing all the students of the college in the Electronics and telecommunication branch closer and making shah and anchor a closely knit family. It is a new organization and was made famous for its classy opening ceremony, wherein the inauguration of the organization's name (IETE-SAKEC) was done by the chairman with the help of a remote controlled curtain raiser. This is just the beginning of the many more events that would be conducted successfully by the newly christened student organisation.
"Ernest Ford", Who Was Who in the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, The Gilbert and Sullivan Archive, 11 January 2013, accessed 25 March 2015 Ford became the assistant musical director for the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company at the Savoy Theatre in 1888, serving in this position for five years. In 1891, Ford and François Cellier conducted Sullivan's grand opera, Ivanhoe, which opened Richard D'Oyly Carte's Royal English Opera House. Ford also arranged the piano score for Ivanhoe. While serving as music director at the Savoy, Ford wrote the music for the one-act operetta Mr. Jericho, first performed there in March 1893 as a curtain-raiser for Sullivan's Haddon Hall.
Stanley made his international rugby league debut for the New Zealand Kiwis in their third Test against the Great Britain national rugby league team in November, 2007. Although the Kiwis lost to Great Britain, Stanley had a personally successful debut, scoring two tries. Stanley is eligible to represent Samoa, and was named in the Samoa training squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup as well as the New Zealand training squad, but missed out on final selection for both. He did, however, represent the New Zealand Māori in the curtain-raiser to the Australia v New Zealand World Cup match, kicking one goal and scoring a long- range intercept try.
W. J. MacQueen-Pope commented, concerning the curtain raisers: :This was a one-act play, seen only by the early comers. It would play to empty boxes, half-empty upper circle, to a gradually filling stalls and dress circle, but to an attentive, grateful and appreciative pit and gallery. Often these plays were little gems. They deserved much better treatment than they got, but those who saw them delighted in them ... they served to give young actors and actresses a chance to win their spurs ... the stalls and the boxes lost much by missing the curtain-raiser, but to them dinner was more important.
1961 After winning the Hurley Shield first division championship the previous eight seasons, Western's domination of Christchurch soccer ended with a whimper in 1961, when it finished second from bottom. 1962 Western bounced back to win the championship in 1962 in the closest and most exciting finish in its history. Western, Nomads, and Shamrock were all level on points before the final round, in which Western met Nomads in the feature match at English Park. Shamrock beat City 4–2 in the curtain- raiser, and Western's hopes looked dashed when Nomads took a 2–1 lead five minutes from the finish of the main match.
The Australian Club Championship is a rugby union challenge match between the Brisbane and Sydney club premiers. The fixture was played on a regular basis from 1982 to 1991 (inclusive) and again since 2007, and also on an ad-hoc basis in various other years. The regular scheduling was initially abandoned in 1993 when the NSWRU insisted on playing each match at Concord Oval in Sydney, rather than on a rotating basis. The championship was revived when it was agreed that the winners of the 2006 premierships would play the challenge match as a curtain raiser to the following year's Queensland Reds and NSW Waratahs match in the Super 14 competition.
The annual Vic Country vs Vic Metro match has been now played as a curtain raiser to a home and away Australian Football League match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. VWFL players have participated in charity matches against senior male players in both the AFL Legends Game (which is broadcast on television in multiple states and live in Victoria) and Community Cup. The VWFL is an open age Women's Footy competition which began in 1981 with four teams. In the following decades it has grown substantially and now features 3 division structure and as well as many clubs fielding teams in the reserve grades for the first and second division.
London Griffins line up against Wigan in their first full contact game The 13-a-side season opened with a semi contact game against Sheffield Forgers on 21 May 2006. The game was played at the New River Stadium as a curtain raiser to the National League Two clash between London Skolars and Sheffield Eagles. Griffins led 22–12 at half time and with 15 minutes remaining had extended this lead to 38–18. Three quick tries in a late fightback from the Forgers put the home side under pressure but the Griffins were able to hang on during a nervy finish to claim a 38–32 victory.
The 2015 Africa T20 Cup was a Twenty20 cricket tournament held in South Africa from 4 September to 4 October 2015, as a curtain-raiser to the 2015–16 South African domestic season. Organised by Cricket South Africa, it featured thirteen South African provincial teams, as well as a Zimbabwean development XI and the national sides of Kenya and Namibia. The sixteen participating teams were split into four pools of four, with the teams from each pool playing all of their matches at one ground across a single weekend. Benoni, Potchefstroom, Kimberley, and Bloemfontein hosted matches, as other venues were unavailable at that point in the season.
Foley represented the Northern Territory for the first time in 2015 when the territory faced South Australia in May. She was selected as part of the inaugural NT Thunder talent program in 2016 and represented the territory in April against Victoria and Tasmania. She was selected by the Melbourne Football Club for an exhibition match against the Brisbane Lions at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in May, with the NT News reporter, Marc McGowan, stating her two matches against Victoria and Tasmania were key to her selection for Melbourne. In June, she represented the Northern Territory against South Australia in a curtain raiser before the AFL versus match at Adelaide Oval.
Ramsey created a strong side based on a resolute defence and two strikers, Ray Crawford and Ted Phillips who between them scored more than 60 goals. The key to the side was considered to be left-winger, Jimmy Leadbetter whom Ramsey moved into a deep-lying, left of centre midfielder. The following season started poorly for the league champions: Ramsey's former teammate Bill Nicholson changed the formation of his Spurs team to counter Ipswich in the 1962 FA Charity Shield curtain-raiser to the 1962–63 season, a game which Tottenham won 5–1. The same season, Ramsey oversaw Ipswich's short-lived inaugural European campaign in the 1962–63 European Cup.
The 2013 mid-year women's rugby union tests were a series of women's rugby union matches played through June and July around the world. United States looked to avenge two losses suffered to France during last year's European tour in Orléans and Paris. As a part of a three-year test series agreement between New Zealand Rugby Union and Rugby Football Union, New Zealand will play against England its first match at home since 2007, when the team challenged Australia. The first test will be the curtain-raiser to the Blues – Chiefs Investec Super Rugby match and will be broadcast live on Sky in New Zealand.
Points are used to rank the teams within a group with three points awarded for each win, one point awarded for each draw and zero points for all losses. The group winners and runners-up progress to the knockout stage. The knockout games are played in one day, normally on New Year's Day with the winner of each group playing against the runner-up from the other group in the morning followed by losers' final game in the afternoon. The losers' final game determines the tournament's third and fourth positions winners and also doubles up as a curtain raiser match for the final game which determines the tournament champions.
" Grogan also compared it to "Pure Shores" saying that it "has the same mellow, glossy haziness to it, as if they recorded it lying down." Similarly, Eva Simpson of the Daily Mirror wrote that the track "brought the same high- gloss sheen" as "Pure Shores" and cited it as a curtain raiser for Saints & Sinners. A Western Mail reviewer viewed the two songs as "equally tremendous", while The Guardians Caroline Sullivan found "Black Coffee" superior, describing it as "beguiling treatment of a domestic scenario" and "easily the most alluring depiction of a bleary-eyed morning routine ever recorded." Sullivan also said All Saints "lend radiance to [Orbit's] twinkling fairy lights.
With Decima Moore as Luiz and Casilda in The Gondoliers Brownlow continued in the chorus at the Savoy Theatre during the first London revivals of H.M.S. Pinafore, The Pirates of Penzance, and The Mikado. A one-act comic opera, Mrs. Jarramie's Genie, written by Frank Desprez and composed by Alfred Cellier and his brother Francois was the curtain raiser for these revivals, beginning in February 1888, and Brownlow created the role of the retired upholsterer, Harrington Jarramie. Brownlow created the role of Sir Richard Cholmondeley, the Lieutenant of the Tower of London in the next Savoy opera, The Yeomen of the Guard, in 1888 at the Savoy Theatre.
In October 2008, she participated in Himesh Reshammiya's comeback concert Karzzzz Musical Curtain Raiser joined by Neha Dhupia, Riya Sen and Amrita Arora. In December 2008, she took part in Akshay Kumar's Christmas Eve show Chandni Chowk to Hong along with Bipasha Basu, Priyanka Chopra, Riya Sen, Aarti Chhabria, Himesh Reshammiya and Punjabi rapper Bohemia as part of a promotional campaign for Kumar's film Chandni Chowk to China (2009). In response to 26/11, many New Year's Eve concerts for 2009 were cancelled, but Patel and Country Club India decided to go ahead with their show because they thought it would be against the terrorists' will.
Goldfields Titans Rugby League Football Club is part of the Western Australian Rugby League Tooheys Cup Competition. Playing out of the Goldfields, situated 595 km east of Perth, we believe that this is the only team in Australia who travel 17 hrs to participate in the WARL Tooheys Cup Competition in Perth. On 18 August 1995, the Goldfields clashed with the best players from W.A's iron ore region as a curtain raiser to the ARL fixture between the Western Reds and Newcastle. During the past five years, Goldfields has taken on Pilbara, Newman, New South Wales Country and several leading metropolitan sides in similar challenge matches and emerged victorious in each.
When the Gilbert and Sullivan partnership disbanded after the production of The Gondoliers in 1889, impresario Richard D'Oyly Carte filled the Savoy Theatre with a combination of new works (several of which were composed by Arthur Sullivan) and revivals of the Gilbert and Sullivan operas. The fashion in the late Victorian era was to present long evenings in the theatre, and so producer Richard D'Oyly Carte preceded his Savoy operas with curtain raisers.Lee Bernard. "Swash-buckling Savoy curtain- raiser" , Sheffield Telegraph, 1 August 2008 W. J. MacQueen-Pope commented, concerning such curtain raisers: :This was a one-act play, seen only by the early comers.
The 1975 BRDC International Trophy, formally known as the 27th Daily Express International Trophy, was a non-championship Formula One race held at Silverstone Circuit on 13 April 1975. It was organised by the circuit owners, the British Racing Drivers' Club, as a "curtain raiser" for the European portion of the 1975 Formula One season. James Hunt, driving for the small Hesketh Racing team, set the fastest lap time in practice and took pole position for the start. In the race he continued to run at the front, heading the leading pack for many laps and setting fastest lap of the race on lap 14.
Anderson started the season curtain-raiser, the 2011 FA Community Shield, which resulted in a 3–2 win over Manchester City. He also started the first three games, a 2–1 win against West Bromwich Albion, a 3–0 win against Tottenham Hotspur at home, where he scored his first goal of the season, and the 8–2 win against Arsenal, where he assisted on Danny Welbeck's opening goal. Anderson scored his second goal of the season in a 2–0 home win against Norwich City in the Premier League. He broke the deadlock on 68 minutes, heading in from six yards after a corner had been knocked back across goal.
The Elgon cup has now been subsumed into the recently instituted Victoria Cup; just as the Bledisloe Cup (Australia and New Zealand), Freedom Cup (New Zealand and South Africa) and Mandela Challenge Plate (Australia and South Africa) have been subsumed into the Tri Nations and as the Calcutta Cup (England and Scotland) is now part of the Six Nations. The countries that play in the Elgon Cup Home matches for Kenya are usually played at the RFUEA Ground, Nairobi, Kenya, whilst Uganda usually play their home matches at the Kyadondo Grounds, Kampala, Uganda. The women's games generally serve as a curtain raiser to the men's games.
Gabelich, then aged 18, first came to Collingwood’s attention when he was one of the best players afield for the Mt. Hawthorn team that beat South Fremantle Ex-Scholars team (each were premiers in their respective amateur competitions that year) on 20 October 1951,"Good Junior Material", The West Australian, (Friday, 19 October 1951), p.12; "Class Teams at Fremantle: Novel Ceremony", The West Australian, (Saturday, 20 October 1951), p.10; "Mt. Hawthorn's Success", The West Australian, (Monday, 22 October 1951), p.11. in the curtain raiser for the match in which the visiting Collingwood team lost 22.9 (141) to South Fremantle 15.12 (102).
A week prior to the inauguration, in a curtain-raiser interview to The Hindu, Khan emphasised the need for social commitment in films. Following the inauguration, in an open stage interaction with Suhasini, Haasan underlined the importance of script writing and was quoted saying "There are books, but books will not make cinema. Even Shakespeare will have to learn script-writing." In response to a question raised by singer S. P. Balasubrahmanyam on the need for qualified critics in censor board, Haasan also called for the film industry to take the responsibility of censoring films as he felt that those on the Censor Board were not qualified enough to do so.
1878 programme cover Cups and Saucers is a one-act "satirical musical sketch" written and composed by George Grossmith. The piece pokes fun at the china collecting craze of the later Victorian era, which was part of the Aesthetic movement later satirised in Patience and The Colonel. The story of the sketch involves an engaged man and woman who each schemes to sell off the other's purportedly valuable china. Cups and Saucers premiered in 1876 as part of an evening of piano sketches by Grossmith and was adopted by the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company in 1878 as a curtain raiser to H.M.S. Pinafore and, later, other operas.
The 2014 National Rugby League State Championship is a rugby league match contested by 2014 NSW Cup premiers Penrith Panthers and 2014 Queensland Cup premiers the Northern Pride. The match is the inaugural edition of the NRL State Championship, an annual championship game staged to determine the title of NRL State Champions, and challenged by the premiers of the New South Wales Cup and the Queensland Cup. The Northern Pride won the match by 8 points, winning their first NRL State Championship title. The match was played at ANZ Stadium as a curtain raiser match for the 2014 NRL Grand Final on 5 October 2014.
As the match was played as a curtain raiser to the 2013 FAI Cup Final between Drogheda United and Sligo Rovers, it began with a "small crowd" of around 200 which expanded to a reported attendance of 17,573 in time for the men's final. Raheny took control of possession in the early exchanges and forced Castlebar's 16-year-old goalkeeper Caoimhe O'Reilly into action. Raheny took the lead after 37 minutes when Ciara Grant hit a half volley over O'Reilly and into the net. Castlebar continued to yield the territorial advantage but tried to hit Raheny on the break, usually through their skilful playmaker Emma Hansberry.
Emerald Square, October 2008. Originally opened in 1989 as a joint venture of New England Development and The Pyramid Companies, Emerald Square's original anchors included JCPenney, Sears, and G. Fox.,The Boston Globe, August 10, 1989, page 53, "CURTAIN-RAISER SET IN N. ATTLEBOROUGH" with Lechmere added in 1992. The G. Fox store was renamed Filene's in 1993,The Boston Globe, September 12, 1992, Business Section, page 8, "MAY MERGES N.E. OPERATIONS IN BOSTON G. FOX STORES WILL BE MELDED INTO FILENE'S" while Lechmere was closed in 1997 as a result of chain liquidation. Lord & Taylor bought the vacant location in 1998 and doubled the space before its 1999 opening.
The inaugural season of the AFL Women's competition, which featured eight teams, made use of a best-two qualification system straight through to the grand final, instead of a finals series system similar to the Australian Football League (AFL). The top two teams on the premiership ladder at the end of a seven-round home-and-away season would compete for the premiership in the grand final. The team that wins the minor premiership also wins the rights to host the match. The date of the match was set for 25 March, serving as a curtain-raiser match for the first round of the 2017 AFL season.
On 23 May 1989, 22-year-old Murray made a debut England appearance in a 2-0 home friendly defeat to Sweden. The match was held at Wembley Stadium to mark the 20th anniversary of the Women's Football Association (WFA) and was played as a curtain-raiser to the male national team's Rous Cup game against Chile. When The Football Association (FA) took over running the national team in 1993, Murray started the first game that September, a 10-0 win over Slovenia in Ljubljana. Manager Ted Copeland selected Murray in the next three 1995 UEFA Women's Championship qualifiers, before she retired from international duty along with club teammate Tracey Davidson.
On 13 June, Rosell was elected president of Barcelona with more than 60% of the vote of club members. Barcelona begin start off the season with the traditional curtain raiser, the Supercopa de España, against Sevilla, losing the first leg 3–1 at the Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium. In the return leg at the Camp Nou, however, the team would win 4–0, thus claiming the Supercopa 5–3 on aggregate. In the 2010–11 season, Barcelona would endure a slow start to the campaign, despite a victory over Racing de Santander (3–0) on the opening day of the season; they would go on to be defeated 2–0 at the Camp Nou by newly promoted minnows Hércules.
The 2016 Africa T20 Cup was the second edition of the Africa T20 Cup, a Twenty20 cricket tournament that was held in South Africa from 2 September to 1 October 2016, as a curtain-raiser to the 2016–17 South African domestic season. Organised by Cricket South Africa, it featured thirteen South African provincial teams, as well as the national sides of Kenya, Namibia and Zimbabwe. The sixteen participating teams were split into four pools of four, with the teams from each pool playing all of their matches at one ground across a single weekend. Defending champions Northerns were drawn in Pool B. In Pool C four of the six matches were abandoned due to rain.
During his senior playing career, Hillman was hooker for Bridgend RFC but also played for the Barbarians, Wales Sevens, Swansea RFC, South Wales Police RFC, Bridgend Sports and Merthyr rugby clubs. Colin Hillman was a part of rugby history when he played for the Wales Youth team which defeated South Africa Youth 30 - 25 at the Newlands ground, Cape Town on May 31, 1980 in a curtain raiser match before the British and Irish Lions played the Springboks. Two of his team mates that day included future internationals Bleddyn Bowen and Ray Giles. The game remains as the only Welsh international win again a South African international team on South African soil.
The Singapore Olympic Foundation – Peter Lim Charity Cup, also known as the Peter Lim Charity Cup in short, was an exhibition fundraising match between the Singapore Selection and 2013 Copa del Rey winners, Atlético Madrid. The match was held at the Jalan Besar Stadium on 22 May 2013 and Atlético Madrid prevailed with a 2-0 scoreline with goals coming from Raúl García and Diego Costa. All ticket proceeds from the match went towards the Singapore Olympic Foundation, whose aim is to help promising young athletes from humble backgrounds realise their dreams of achieving sporting excellence. A curtain raiser was also played prior to the match, with ex-Singapore internationals taking on a team of local celebrities.
On the morning of the game, the panel attended Mass in Lucan (said by Bishop of Raphoe Séamus Hegarty, who had opted to forgo a planned trip to Rome that coincided with the day). Brian McEniff was Donegal manager that day; his backroom team included Michael Lafferty, Seamus Bonner and Naul McCole, trainer Anthony Harkin, team doctor Austin O'Kennedy, "man in the stand" Pauric McShea, and "man in Dublin" Sean Ferriter.McEniff, Lafferty, Bonner, Harkin and McCole referred to in the following: Pauric McShea referred to and seen in the following: Tommy Sugrue from Kerry was named as 1992 All-Ireland SFC final referee. The minor match took place as the traditional curtain raiser.
Florence Easton (not to be confused with the better known soprano Florence Easton) was a British singer and actress who sang with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company in the early 1890s. Easton appeared with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company in Savoy Operas from May 1892 to June 1894. In Captain Billy, a one- act curtain raiser that accompanied The Vicar of Bray, she played the small role of Polly in May and June 1892. She originated another small role, Deborah, in Haddon Hall in September 1892, and in April 1893 she had the opportunity to play the leading role of Dorothy Vernon in that opera for several nights until the end of that opera's run.
Rugby union in Hawaii was effectively established with the founding of the Hawaii Harlequins Club in 1964, although occasional games had been played earlier in Hawaiian history as far back as 1884. The Harlequins staged annual invitational tournaments in the 1980s at Kapiolani Park, that attracted teams from the around the Asia-Pacific, Australasia and North America which promoted the development of rugby in Hawaii. The original Hawaii Rugby Football Union was founded in 1975, and they selected teams from 1976 onwards to make tours to the United States mainland as well as other rugby destinations including Australia and New Zealand. Hawaii also played in the curtain raiser for the 1987 World Cup in New Zealand, defeating Rotorua.
43 Commando went to Italy in January 1945 and, two months later, as part of the last major offensive of the Italian campaign, it moved up to its new front on the river Reno, north of Ravenna. In the first few days of April, as part of 2nd Commando Brigade, it launched "Operation Roast", a curtain-raiser for the Eighth Army's spring offensive (in which the British 78th Infantry Division, supported by armour, attacked towards Argenta from the east, while, to the west of the town, 10th Indian Division was poised for a thrust north of Bologna). As reported in Jenkins’ obituary: He was awarded the Distinguished Service Order for his actions.
Morand as José (left) and Walter Passmore as Peter Grigg in The Chieftain at the Savoy Theatre (1894) Morand was engaged by the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company in December 1894 to create the role of José in Burnand and Sullivans's The Chieftain at the Savoy Theatre. When Cox and Box was added to the bill later that month as a curtain-raiser Morand played Cox. When these runs ended in March 1895 he remained with the principal Company in a tour of those works in the London suburbs. In April 1895 Morand moved to a D'Oyly Carte touring company with which he played José in The Chieftain and Phantis in Gilbert and Sullivan's Utopia, Limited.
The concept came about in 2005, and the team played their first ever match against the South African Students on July 23 at Ellis Park as a curtain raiser to the second Mandela Challenge Plate match between the Springboks and Australia. The team for the inaugural match was represented by Botswana, Cameroon, Kenya, Madagascar, Morocco, Namibia, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda and Zambia. Zimbabwe and Côte d'Ivoire were not included as they were playing a 2007 World Cup qualifying match. The students ran out to a 12 to nil lead after five minutes, the Leopards lost the match but clawed their way back to reach a 15 to 30 final score.
This was the forerunner to the modern day Agong Cup that is currently organised by the Malaysian Rugby Union. This side was made up predominantly of expatriates from the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand. 1971 saw the birth of the Under-23 national team when it played against Malaysia in the Anchor Cup curtain raiser match to the England game. The Under-23 team was made up of all national local boys from the Armed forces, Police force, local clubs and schools. In 1972 the SRU under the presidency of ASP Niaz Mohd Shah from the Police Force decided to brave the challenge and form the new all citizens local national rugby team.
In January 2012, he announced that he would be retiring from professional football at the end of the 2011–12 season, having turned 34 the previous month and being named Rudi Vata's assistant coach in November. He officially retired prior to the 2012–13 Albanian Superliga curtain-raiser between Vllaznia and the reigning champions Skënderbeu Korçë at the Loro Boriçi Stadium on 25 August 2012. A farewell ceremony was heldto celebrate his career, which was organised by Vllaznia and the Albanian Football Association. The president of the FA awarded Sinani with a 'plaque of appreciation' for his services to Albanian football and Vllaznia announced that the number 9 shirt would be temporarily retired for the 2012–13 season.
The 2005 Nicky Rackard Cup final was a hurling match played at Croke Park on 21 August 2005 to determine the winners of the 2005 Nicky Rackard Cup, the inaugural season of the Nicky Rackard Cup, a tournament organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association for the third tier hurling teams. The final was contested by London of Britain and Louth of Leinster, with London winning by 5-8 to 1-5. The Nicky Rackard Cup final between London and Louth was a unique occasion as it was the very first championship meeting between the two teams. The final was played as a curtain-raiser to the All-Ireland semi-final between Galway and Kilkenny.
In 1950, the Oxford University Men's Basketball Team was selected by the A.B.B.A. to play the London Latter Day Saints in a "curtain-raiser" match ahead of a Harlem Globetrotters fixture at the Empire Pool and Sports Arena, Wembley. Oxford's association with the Harlem Globetrotters would continue the following three years in 1951, 1952, and 1953 when the Oxford-Cambridge Inter-varsity Basketball Match was one of a series of rivalry games played ahead of the Harlem Globetrotters games during their London tour. Oxford won each of those contests with as many as 10,000 fans in attendance. Basketball earned the distinction of being a half-blue sport at the University of Oxford in 1951.
Rob Stanton took over the reins as head coach due to the heavily increased workload of the new competition. In the new National Youth League format with a shortened season, Sydney FC Youth started out of the block early recording three consecutive wins. Through the ten round campaign, the team lost only two games, both against Newcastle Jets Youth. The team sat two points clear of Newcastle to end the regular season in first place for Conference B. As Conference B winners, Sydney FC Youth played Adelaide United Youth for the premiership in a curtain raiser to A-League Round 16 match between Central Coast Mariners and Western Sydney Wanderers on 23 January 2016.
In December 2017, the Queensland Rugby League (QRL) announced an under-18 women's Emerging Origin development squad and camp after running an under-15 camp earlier that year. The squad, coached by current under-18 women's coach Ben Jeffries, was held over three days in January 2018. In January 2019, a second under-18 squad was selected, which he featured a number of players who would go onto be selected in the inaugural Queensland women's under-18 side. On 11 April 2019, it was announced that the first every under-18 women's State of Origin game would be held as a curtain raiser to the Women's State of Origin fixture at North Sydney Oval.
The first Women's Boat Race took place in 1927, but did not become an annual fixture until the 1960s. Until 2014, the contest was conducted as part of the Henley Boat Races, but as of the 2015 race, it is held on the River Thames, on the same day as the men's main and reserve races. It was the first year of the reserve race, contested between Oxford's Isis boat and Cambridge's Goldie boat. According to author and journalist Christopher Dodd, allowing the reserves to race on the Tideway was "a curtain-raiser to the battle of the blues and to give the up-and-coming men some experience of the Putney razzle-dazzle".
Programme, 1893 Mr. Jericho is a comic opera in one act with words by Harry Greenbank and music by Ernest Ford. The work was first performed at the Savoy Theatre, London, on 18 March 1893 as a curtain raiser to Arthur Sullivan's Haddon Hall in March and April 1893, and to Ford's Jane Annie in June and July 1893, for a total of 45 performances. A production of the work was given by Glimmerglass Opera in 1989.Glimmerglass listing showing the production of Mr. Jericho in 1989 A recording (omitting the spoken dialogue) was issued by Dutton Epoch in 2020Arthur Sullivan, Haddon Hall; Ernest Ford, Mr Jericho and Francois Cellier, Captain Billy.
Burville as Arabella in Billee Taylor Alice Julia Burville (11 July 1856 – 4 July 1944) was an English soprano and actress, best known for her performances in Gilbert and Sullivan operas and other operettas in the 1870s and 1880s. Beginning her West End career by 1874, Burville played leading roles in a variety of operettas. She also toured in Britain and America, appearing there with Lydia Thompson's troupe in 1877. She performed frequently with Richard D'Oyly Carte's companies, joining his Comedy-Opera Company at the Opera Comique in 1878–79 where she played a role in a curtain raiser to H.M.S. Pinafore, while covering the role of Josephine in that opera and playing the role occasionally.
On 7 July, Starling signed a three-year contract with the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles starting in 2014. Later on that month, Starling, whilst playing for the North Sydney Bears in the second-tier New South Wales Cup competition, was selected in the annual New South Wales Residents clash against the Queensland Residents, playing in the curtain-raiser to the State of Origin decider. In September, he was named at prop in the 2013 New South Wales Cup Team of the Year. Finishing up with South Sydney at the end of 2013, he made a total of 40 appearances and scored 3 tries for their New South Wales Cup side North Sydney.
Rollins and Witts, pp. 16–19 In operas not by Gilbert and Sullivan he created nine roles: Prince Paul in The Grand Duchess of Gerolstein (1897), Simon Limal in The Beauty Stone (1898), Baron Tabasco in The Lucky Star (1899), Sultan Mahmoud in The Rose of Persia (1899), Charlie Brown in the curtain raiser Pretty Polly (1899), Ib's Father in Ib and Little Christina (1901), Pat Murphy in The Emerald Isle (1901), the Earl of Essex in Merrie England (1902), and William Jelf in A Princess of Kensington (1903).Rollins and Witts, pp. 16–20; and Lytton (1922), p. 85 While appearing at the Savoy, Lytton made a brief and unsuccessful attempt at theatrical production.
J M Gordon at Who Was Who in the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, accessed 21 December 2009 Except for Ruddigore, which underwent some cuts and received a new overture,Cox and Box was cut and arranged into a short curtain raiser very few changes were made to the text and music of the operas as Gilbert and Sullivan had produced them, and the company stayed true to Gilbert's period settings. Even after Gordon's death, many of Gilbert's directorial concepts survived, both in the stage directions printed in the libretti and as preserved in company prompt books. Original choreography was also maintained.See, for instance, 1882 images of the Act II trio in Iolanthe in Mander and Michenson, p.
To Keegan, with the 100,000 inside the ground, the non-stop chanting of both sets of fans, and then the millions watching on TV, this game was as close to a non drug-induced psychedelic experience as he could ever get. He noted how after this final Shankly, he and the other Liverpool players were sympathetic to the devastated Newcastle players and tried to not rub it in with their victory. Keegan's next visit to Wembley was three months later in the Charity Shield game, the traditional curtain-raiser to a new season, between the League champions and the FA Cup winners. Leeds had decided to niggle at Liverpool, and in particular Keegan, in the match.
The Scarborough and District Primary Schools under-11s rugby league team, along with Glasgow Schools, was selected to play the curtain-raiser to the 2000 Challenge Cup Final at Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh on 29 April 2000. For several years, under-11s teams from non- traditional rugby league areas were selected by the RFL with the purpose of supporting the promotion of the sport. Enthused parents of the team decided to form the Scarborough Pirates junior rugby league club soon afterwards, becoming the town's second junior rugby league club following Scarborough Sovereigns. Originally based at Pindar School the club formed a link with the Aberdeen Pub with Landlord Nick Smart, a former professional rugby league footballer.
The publicity for the festival is held in a unique manner by employing folk artists and other troupes who perform on the roads of Bangalore, which publicise the event and also act as a curtain-raiser for the festival. The event is organised with the help of volunteers who belong to the colleges in the city. Many like-minded people also contribute to the event by sponsoring food stalls at the venue, organising food for the artists and also providing cars and other automobiles for ferrying musicians and artists to the venue. The amphitheatre can accommodate about 3,000 people and large screens are provided outside the venue for people who could not get a seat in time.
How He Lied to Her Husband is a one-act comedy play by George Bernard Shaw, who wrote it, at the request of actor Arnold Daly, over a period of four days while he was vacationing in Scotland in 1904. In its preface he described it as "a sample of what can be done with even the most hackneyed stage framework by filling it in with an observed touch of actual humanity instead of with doctrinaire romanticism." The play has often been interpreted as a kind of satirical commentary on Shaw's own highly successful earlier play Candida (which one of the characters gets tickets to see). It was first performed by Daly in New York as a curtain raiser for The Man of Destiny.
It was decided by Auckland Rugby League after the 3rd round that they would no longer play curtain-raiser matches by Senior A Grade teams at 1:30pm. This was due to players having difficulty getting to the ground on time as they often worked on Saturdays and had to travel from the outer suburbs. A recent example had been the Newton Rangers v Devonport match where several Newton players had arrived late and the match was so late kicking off that the second half lasted only 25 minutes instead of 40. L Letton, a well known rugby player transferred from rugby union where he had been playing for Marist, and scored 2 tries for Ponsonby on debut in their 18–14 loss to Marist.
He joined the Ponsonby side and scored a try on debut and also set up their second try for W Skelton (no relation). Their match was originally scheduled to be played on the number one field aa a curtain-raiser but was transferred to the number two field as the former was in a poor condition however the number two ground “soon became a sea of mud”. The Marist and Ellerslie match at the Auckland Domain was postponed as the field was deemed unfit for play. The condition of Carlaw Park was so bad that it was discussed at the management committee meeting later in the week and it was decided that conditions needed to be improved for players immediately.
A production mounted at St. George's Hall in London in 1873 appears to have been the first to use this "Elliott" score, and a revival took place at St. George's Hall in 1902.No Cards at The Gilbert and Sullivan Archive, 13 July 2013 The Royal Victorian Opera Company of Boston, Massachusetts made a video of the piece in 1996 using the Elliott score.Shepherd, Marc and Donald Smith. "No Cards (1869)", A Gilbert and Sullivan Discography, 7 November 2001, accessed 14 November 2009 The first British revival in over a century is being produced by the Centenary Company at the Greenwich Theatre from 18 to 21 November 2009 (as a curtain raiser to The Pirates of Penzance) using Elliott's score retrieved from the British Library.
The alt=The FA Community Shield on display The Football Association Community Shield (formerly the Charity Shield) is an annual association football match organised by the Football Association and presently contested between the champions of the Premier League and the winners of the FA Cup. In the event where a club achieves the domestic double, it will go on to face the league runners-up instead. The match is played every August as the "traditional curtain-raiser" and first trophy of the new English domestic football season. Since 1974, all but seven of the matches have been held at either the original or new Wembley stadiums. Stamford Bridge, which was where the inaugural Charity Shield was played in 1908, has hosted the second-most finals with 11.
A newcomer to the stage, he joined the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company in 1894 as Calynx in a provincial tour of Utopia, Limited. In 1895, he also played the roles of Pedrillo in The Chieftain, Mr. Bunthorne's Solicitor in Patience and Pennyfather in After All!, the curtain raiser for a revival of The Mikado. Workman then created the small part of Ben Hashbaz in The Grand Duke (1896). He later created the part of Adam in F. C. Burnand and R. C. Lehmann's His Majesty (1897; appearing briefly as King Ferdinand when George Grossmith abandoned the part, until Henry Lytton took over). Workman was Simon in Old Sarah, the companion piece for the first revival of The Yeomen of the Guard (1897).
In 1908, Blackmore rejoined the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company at the Savoy Theatre for the company's second London repertory season, as a member of the chorus. He played Griffin David in several performances of A Welsh Sunset, which was a curtain-raiser for Pinafore that season. Later that year, Blackmore resumed touring with D'Oyly Carte, taking on the small roles of Leonard Meryll in The Yeomen of the Guard and Francesco in The Gondoliers, as well as singing in the chorus of the other shows on tour.Rollins and Witts, pp.125–40 In 1910, he gave up playing the character of Francesco but continued to play Leonard until July, after which date he played only chorus roles for the next two years.
West Coast Eagles and Sydney Swans players lining up for the national anthem at the 2005 AFL Grand Final. The pre-match entertainment frequently features traditional football and Australian songs performed live, including "Up There Cazaly", "One Day in September", "That's the Thing About Football", "Holy Grail", "Waltzing Matilda" and the competing teams' club songs. Each year, a motorcade is staged, in which players who have retired since the previous grand final are given a lap of honour in open top cars. Curtain raiser matches are played on the main arena prior to the musical entertainment. Since 2008, this has been an under-16s or under-17s match, presently an exhibition match among the country's top under-17s players known as the All-Stars Futures match.
During March, Dandenong and Werribee contested the Premiers Cup, a new (but ultimately once-off) sixteen-team knock-out competition featuring 1991 grand finalists from the VFA and the Victorian Amateur Football Association, and the premiers from twelve other suburban and major country football leagues in Victoria. The two Association teams faced each other in their semi-final, with Werribee victorious. Werribee then defeated future VFL club North Ballarat in the Grand Final, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 28 March as a curtain-raiser to an Australian Football League match between and ; notably, it was the first football game played in front of the ground's newly constructed Great Southern Stand. The results of games featuring Association teams are given below.
The murder of Nicholas Radford, says R. L. Storey, was only "the curtain raiser" for further military activities. Devon proceeded to raise a force and occupy Exeter – "as if they were the city's lawful garrison" – until just before Christmas, seizing the keys of the city;Radford, G.H., 'The Fight at Clyst in 1455', The Devonshire Association, 44 (1912), 257 various houses in the city belonging to Bonville and his supporters were ransacked, and members of the Cathedral were arrested and forced to buy their freedom. In one case, a man was bodily removed from the choir whilst celebrating Mass. Both Bonville and Courtenay had 'extensive relations' with the Cathedral, dating back to the 1430s, but the Courtenays had greatly contributed to its expansion in the previous century.
They arrived on board the Mariposa Ship on 22 September before commencing a light training run. Four regular first grade players were unable to make the trip but the manager Mr. J. J. White said the side was strengthened by four substitutes "who, in the opinion of State selectors, with the ten regular, brought the tourists well up to full strength". Just prior to the fourth match with Ponsonby a fire broke out at the Nicholls Brothers Limited premise on Stanley Street with the building being extensively damaged. The boys who played in the curtain-raiser ran from the field to collect their clothes from the dressing shed as they feared the fire may spread to the sheds and offices of Auckland Rugby League.
18 He appeared in a full costume production of The Mikado at Royal Albert Hall. As part of the 1975 centennial season, before the first of the four performances of Trial by Jury, a specially-written curtain raiser by William Douglas-Home, called Dramatic Licence, was played by Pratt as Richard D'Oyly Carte, Kenneth Sandford as Gilbert and John Ayldon as Sullivan, in which Gilbert, Sullivan and Carte plan the birth of Trial in 1875.Forbes, Elizabeth. Kenneth Sandford obituary, The Independent, 23 September 2004 In 1976, Pratt appeared in the serial The Deadly Assassin from the BBC's long-running science fiction television series Doctor Who, replacing the late Roger Delgado to become the second actor to play the Master.
After Brisbane qualified to the grand final, the club pushed for the match to be held at their home ground, the Gabba. After a higher-than-anticipated turnout to games in the first round of the season, capacity became an issue to AFL Women's organisers, who considered holding the grand final at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in the event that a Melbourne team became minor premiers. The match would then serve as a curtain- raiser match for the AFL round one match between and , to be held at the ground at 7:25 pm. Docklands Stadium was ruled out due to an AFL clash between and at the stadium occurring at 4:35 pm—considered by organisers as not enough time between matches.
The executive of the Taranaki Football Association decided to protest to the New Zealand Football Association because the minor associations had not been given an opportunity to be represented in the New Zealand team to play the visiting Springboks. The New Zealand association was to be asked if the Taranaki and Wanganui senior elevens could play their first match for the Lawrence Trophy as a curtain- raiser to the first of the two matches against the Springboks to be played at Wellington. The request arose from criticism by Mr J. Hill of the method of the New Zealand selection. He said the method was unfair with the exception of Kidd from Wanganui who was in "because he played for Wanganui against Wellington the previous season".
The orchestral preludes to Acts I and III are also frequently performed separately as concert pieces. Many consider the Act I prelude Wagner's greatest single composition, an inspiring free-variation curtain-raiser on one soaring theme starting and ending softly on divided violins in high register, then building to a mighty climax with full brass and two climactic cymbal crashes in a classic orchestral crescendo-diminuendo, gradually approaching the one climax and then just as gradually receding, to end as ethereally as it started in the high divided violins, and representing the descent of the Holy Grail (the cup out of which Christ legendarily drank out of in the Last Supper the night before his crucifixion) from Heaven back down to Earth.
Since 2014, The NSW Cup Grand Final Match has been played on the same day as the QLD Cup Grand Final, the weekend prior to the NRL Grand Final, allowing for the creation of the NRL State Championship which saw the NSW Cup premiers face off against the QLD Cup Premiers as a curtain raiser to the NRL Grand Final, originally following the National Youth Competition Grand Final from 2014 to 2017 and following the NRL Women's Grand Final in their inaugural premiership year in 2018. In 2019 however, the State Championship was the first of three grand finals played on the day, preceding both the NRL Women’s premiership and NRL premiership. Newtown became the fourth NSWRL team to win in as many years after the first two championships were won by the QRL.
Mark Burns won 4-caps for Scotland while at the Lindley Swifts, against Ireland as a curtain raiser to the Leeds versus Wigan Rugby League Charity Shield match as precursor to the 1995–96 season at the Royal Dublin Society Showground, Dublin on Sunday 13 August 1995, and three appearances in the 1995 Rugby League Emerging Nations Tournament the 34-9 victory over Russia at Post Office Road, Featherstone on Monday 16 October 1995, the 38-16 victory over USA at Sixfields Stadium, Northampton on Wednesday 18 October 1995, and the 10-21 defeat by Cook Islands at Wheldon Road, Castleford on Friday 20 October 1995. In addition, while studying at university in Lancashire, England, he was captain of Scotland Students RL for the 1996 University Rugby League World Cup.
The 2008 FA Community Shield (also known as The FA Community Shield sponsored by McDonald's for sponsorship reasons) was the 86th staging of the FA Community Shield, an annual football match played between the reigning Premier League champions and FA Cup winners. The match was played on 10 August 2008 between 2007–08 Premier League champions Manchester United and 2007–08 FA Cup winners Portsmouth as the "curtain-raiser" to the 2008–09 English football season. The match marked the 100th year since the first Charity Shield, also won by Manchester United after a replay in August 1908. Manchester United won the game 3–1 on penalties, after the match finished 0–0 after 90 minutes; the Community Shield no longer plays extra time if the teams are level at the end of normal time.
With D'Oyly Carte, Ayldon gave up to 350 performances a year. His obituary in The Telegraph commented, "Blessed with a wide schoolboy grin and a spark of mischief, Ayldon tended towards roles which demonstrated a degree of villainy." For the 1975 D'Oyly Carte Centenary Celebration, Ayldon played all his principal bass-baritone roles as well as Phantis in Utopia Limited and the Prince of Monte Carlo in The Grand Duke (in concert). As part of the 1975 centennial season, before the first of the four performances of Trial by Jury, a specially-written curtain raiser by William Douglas-Home, called Dramatic Licence, was played by Peter Pratt as Richard D'Oyly Carte, Kenneth Sandford as Gilbert and Ayldon as Sullivan, in which Gilbert, Sullivan and Carte plan the premiere of Trial in 1875.
Savoy Theatre programme for Mock Turtles Mock Turtles is a one-act comic opera with a libretto by Frank Desprez and music by Eaton Faning. It was first produced at the Savoy Theatre on 11 October 1881 as a curtain raiser to Patience,Advertisement, The Pall Mall Gazette, 11 October 1881, p. 13; "Lyceum Theatre", The Morning Post, 11 October 1881, p. 4; advertisement, The Standard, 11 October 1881, p. 4 then from 26 November 1882 to 30 March 1883 with Iolanthe. The piece also toured from December 1881 throughout 1882. It also toured in 1883 and 1884"Provincial", The Era, 6 May 1882, p. 9; "Patience at the Royal Opera House", Leicester Chronicle, 17 June 1882, p. 6; and The Sheffield & Rotherham Independent, 20 March 1883, p.
After being incorporated in November 2006, Lokomotiv played its first match as an official club in the Don Parkes Trophy at Mingara Recreation Centre on the Central Coast. Following an enthralling encounter played over 80 minutes due to the extreme summer temperatures the game was locked at 2–2. A penalty shootout followed with Lokomotiv missing the final penalty and losing 5–4. On 20 January 2007, the club played its second charity match this time in the 52,000 seat Suncorp Stadium as a curtain raiser to the Queensland Roar vs Sydney FC A-League encounter. Played over 35 minutes Lokomotiv conceded a goal with less than 5 minutes remaining giving it little chance of defending the trophy won in the previous year. Under the guidance of the assistant manager the result ended 1–0.
The 2006 event started in Veracruz on the Gulf of Mexico coast, pulling in at Mexico City's CP circuit as a curtain raiser for the Champ Car race, and stayed nights at the old colonial cities of Puebla, Querétaro, Morelia, Aguascalientes and Zacatecas, with the finish at Monterrey. It was won by Gabriel Perez and Angelica Fuentes in a yellow 1959 Ford Coupe, the first win for a woman and a first for the 'Turismo Production' class. Though competed mostly by amateurs, Jo Ramírez of the McLaren F1 team competed a Volvo P1800 amongst other star drivers. In a retro step, Cadillac entered a replica of the 1954 Series 62 coupe that a Colorado Springs dealer loaned to "five ordinary guys from Chicago", in order to revive a half-century old duel with Lincoln.
William Ernest "Ernie" Campbell (born 20 October 1949) is a former association football forward. He was a member of the Australian 1974 World Cup squad in West Germany and represented Australia 24 times between 1971 and 1975 and scored 3 goals. Born in Sydney, Australia,Match report, including date of birth Campbell started playing football as a junior in Sydney and was spotted by scouts from English club Chelsea in 1965 in an under 16 junior curtain raiser and accepted a one-season offer from Chelsea F.C.. He later returned to Sydney to join APIA and then Marconi Stallions, playing in the NSL with Marconi Stallions, Sydney City and St George, He won NSW honours in 1974 and made his international debut against Israel in November 1971 in Melbourne.
Ironically, Paris FC were relegated to Ligue 2 that same year and Paris Saint-Germain moved into Parc des Princes, which up until that point had been the home stadium of PFC. Before that, PSG had been playing at several grounds including Stade Municipal Georges Lefèvre, Stade Jean-Bouin, Stade Bauer, and even Parc des Princes a few times that season despite the reluctance of PFC. Indeed, PSG played their first game at Parc des Princes against Red Star on 10 November 1973, as a curtain-raiser for that season's opening Ligue 1 match between Paris FC and Sochaux. PSG won 3–1 as Othniel Dossevi scored the club's first goal at the stadium. PSG's tradition of brilliant Coupe de France runs also started in the 1973–74 edition.
The final took place in a downpour and resulted in a draw thanks to a late point by Sue Ward-Cashman.Report of final in Irish Press, September 18, 1967Report of final in Irish Independent, September 18, 1967Report of final in Irish Times, September 18, 1967Report of final in Irish Examiner, September 18, 1967Report of final in Irish News, September 18, 1967 The replay was staged as a curtain-raiser to the Oireachtas Hurling Final between Kilkenny and Clare at Croke Park on October 15th, which attracted an attendance of 15,879. Agnes Hourigan wrote in the Irish Press: > Giving a truly spectacular exhibition of the game that drew round after > round of applause from the appreciative Oireachtas crowd, Antrim deservedly > won. Only for a brief three-minute period in the second half did they lose > command of proceedings.
The final was played as a curtain raiser to the Tipperary v Kerry Munster hurling championship tie in Thurles and Cork ran up 2-10 without reply in the opening 20 minutes. By half time it was 5-13 to 0-3. When Dierdre Hughes pointed forty second after the start of the second half Cork replied with two goals within a minute.Report of final in Evening Echo, May 23, 1999Report of final in Irish Independent, May 23, 1999Report of final in Irish Times, May 23, 1999Report of final in Irish Examiner, May 23, 1999Report of final in Irish News, May 23, 1999 Gerry Slevin wrote in the Guardian: > The idea was good, playing a major camogie fixture before a hurling match, > now the ladies have upped their complement of players to fifteen a side, > using a full pitch.
Royalty Theatre programme, March 1875, with Cryptoconchoidsyphonostomata on the bill Cryptoconchoidsyphonostomata,The word Cryptoconchoidsyphonostomata does not appear in the Oxford English Dictionary and is presumed to have been a bit of scientific-sounding nonsense coined for this play; the four Greek- derived components of the word mean "hidden shell tubular pores". or While it's to be Had was a one-act play styled a "successful romantic Extravaganza", written by R. H. Edgar and Charles Collette, an actor who also starred in the leading role of Plantagenet Smith and wrote the words and music of the play's hit song. It is chiefly remembered today as the curtain-raiser at the Royalty Theatre on the night of 25 March 1875, the night of the premiere of Gilbert and Sullivan's first opera produced by Richard D'Oyly Carte, Trial by Jury.
152 and also Old Matthew in the curtain-raiser Breaking the Spell, by H. B. Farnie, based on Jacques Offenbach's Le Violoneau. From 1879 to 1880, he travelled to America with Gilbert, Sullivan and the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company to present the authorised version of H.M.S. Pinafore, in which he played Dick Deadeye, and The Pirates of Penzance, in which he created the role of Samuel first in New York and then in Philadelphia, where he moved up to the larger roles of Sergeant of Police in Pirates and Captain Corcoran in Pinafore. He also played Dr. Daly on this tour.Ainger, p. 176 On 23 April 1880, the company gave a benefit for Cook consisting of Pinafore and the second act of Pirates, in which Cook played Deadeye, Corcoran (apparently one in each act), and the Sergeant.
She was Peep-Bo again in 1896, and she played the female role, "She" in the curtain raiser, Weather or No. In August she filled in briefly in the leading role of Yum-Yum in The Mikado. Owen left the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company to appear as Suzanne in the musical comedy Monte Carlo in the fall of 1896, but she re-joined the D'Oyly Carte to tour South Africa from December 1896 to June 1897, appearing in the leading soprano roles, including the title role in Patience, Phyllis in Iolanthe, Yum-Yum, Elsie Maynard in The Yeomen of the Guard, Gianetta and Nekaya. She returned to the Savoy in July and August 1897 to play Elsie during the first London revival of Yeomen, then left the company again to play Anita in a revival of La Périchole in late 1897.
The game itself was seen as a humiliation for the League of Ireland, as the FAI looked to have turned their back once again on Irish clubs in order to accommodate Premier League fans. After the Aviva Stadium curtain-raiser, the FAI announced that they had debts of €38 million, and had only sold 6,300 Vantage Club tickets from a projected 10,000. This was at a time when the Chief Executive, John Delaney, earned €430,000, double what 2010 League of Ireland Champions received in prize money. The figure of 6,300 was later questioned by an Irish Independent report which suggested in fact only 4,077 tickets had been sold, with as many as 1,000 of those 4,077 have been allocated to 10-year ticket holders, mainly taken by financial institutions who have not paid for the tickets since the project began.
She was named in the Victoria under-19 All-Australian team and applauded for her efforts during the week-long carnival, winning the award for joint-player of the tournament. Pearce led the team to a premiership with a 47-point win against South Australia. In May 2013, Pearce was selected by with the first selection in the inaugural national women's draft to play in the first women's exhibition game; among the other Melbourne draftees were future Melbourne AFLW teammates Melissa Hickey and Bianca Jakobsson. Pearce was one of fifty women to make history in June when Melbourne's women's team took on the ' women's team at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in the first of what would be several exhibition games between the two clubs, played as a curtain raiser to the men's match between the same two clubs.
While she was still a student, her tragic opera Nannan was showcased by the New York City Opera's VOX, Contemporary Opera Lab. Flown, a chamber opera meditation on two lovers who must separate, was produced by the Music Theatre Group,Music Theatre Group – Flown and the Emily Dickenson- inspired song cycle I Died for Beauty was featured at the opening ceremony of the Beijing Modern Music Festival. Her piano trio, Shadow, which dramatizes the inner life of an autistic child, was performed by the New Juilliard Ensemble as curtain-raiser for the Museum of Modern Art's Summergarden concert series.New York Times As the first composer awarded the Milton Rock Fellowship prize, she was commissioned to compose the environmentally aware ballet Five Phases of Spring for Philadelphia's The Rock School for Dance Education, and her Death of Socrates won the Northridge Composition Prize.
Monte Carlo Casino Monte Carlo is host to most of the Circuit de Monaco, on which the Formula One Monaco Grand Prix takes place. It also hosts world championship boxing bouts, the European Poker Tour Grand Final and the World Backgammon Championship as well as the Monaco International Auto Show (Fr: Salon International de l'Automobile de Monaco), fashion shows and other events. Although the Monte Carlo Masters tennis tournament is billed as taking place in the community, its actual location is in the adjacent French commune of Roquebrune-Cap-Martin. The Monte Carlo Rally is one of the longest running and most respected car rallies; from 1973 to 2008 and again from 2012, it marks the start of World Rally Championship season, having also served as the curtain-raiser for the Intercontinental Rally Challenge between 2009 and 2011.
1971 saw the launch of an all national U-23 team made up of locals from the police force, armed forces, schools and local clubs when it played a curtain raiser game against a Malaysia U-23 (which they won), to the main touring England vs Singapore Select game. 3 Locals were selected in the Singapore Select Squad to play England at Jalan Besar Stadium on 3 October 1971. Leow Kim Liat of Police Military was to captain the side, but was injured prior and was unable to play. The final score was 39 -9. The true local Singapore rugby story began in 1972 when the national team under the presidency of ASP Niaz Mohd Shah who led the charge to send a team made up of only of Singapore Citizens to partake in the 3rd Asian Rugby Football Tournament in Hong Kong.
In addition to this, he also had to deal with unpleasant taunts from crowds at matches, as he had throughout his footballing career, who often chanted "freak" at him due to his unusual height. He went on to score several goals that season, including the only goal in the fifth round of the FA Cup against Manchester United, Liverpool's first victory over them in the FA Cup post-Second World War. On 13 May, he helped Liverpool to win the 2006 FA Cup Final against West Ham United, providing an assist for Steven Gerrard to score the second Liverpool goal. Crouch warming up for Liverpool in 2007 Three months later, in the curtain-raiser to the 2006–07 season, he headed the winning goal for Liverpool in the club's 2–1 victory over Chelsea in the FA Community Shield.
Balta grew up in St Albans, a suburb 15 kilometres north-west of Melbourne. He was a passionate junior soccer player at St Albans Dinamo and the Melbourne Knights before he picked up Australian rules football at under 10 level with the Essendon Doutta Stars Football Club in the junior ranks of the Essendon District Football League. In 2014, Balta began training with the Calder Cannons junior development squad and in 2015 he played alongside fellow future AFL player Cam Rayner in an EDFL under 16s premiership with the Doutta Stars. In 2016 he played sporadically with the Calder Cannons in the TAC Cup and made a local football debut at age 16 with the Doutta Stars' senior EDFL team in July. At the end of that year, Balta participated in an under 17s All-Star match, played on the MCG as a curtain-raiser to that year's AFL grand final.
The play received moderately good reviews and had a modest run of four weeks before being taken off to make way for Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest, which Alexander thought would have better prospects for the coming season. After the stresses and disappointment of these efforts James insisted that he would write no more for the theatre, but within weeks had agreed to write a curtain-raiser for Ellen Terry. This became the one-act "Summersoft", which he later rewrote into a short story, "Covering End", and then expanded into a full-length play, The High Bid, which had a brief run in London in 1907, when James made another concerted effort to write for the stage. He wrote three new plays, two of which were in production when the death of Edward VII on 6 May 1910 plunged London into mourning and theatres closed.
Du Preez attended the Krugersdorp-based Hoërskool Monument, where he earned an inclusion into the squad at the foremost schools rugby union competition in South Africa, the Under-18 Craven Week, held in Kimberley in 2011. He made three appearances as the Golden Lions side qualified to play in the unofficial final match of the competition, there they lost to the Free State Cheetahs. He was also named in the South African Schools squad at the conclusion of the tournament and came on as a replacement in their match against France which was played in Port Elizabeth as a curtain-raiser to the versus match during the 2011 Tri Nations Series. After high school, Du Preez was included in the squad that participated in the 2012 Under-19 Provincial Championship, but he made just a single appearance in their 45–14 victory over the s in Bloemfontein.
A Wigan St Patrick's junior, Lydon played first schoolboy curtain-raiser to the Challenge Cup Final at Wembley Stadium in 1975 (the Final drew 85,098 fans). He then signed professional forms with Widnes (who had won the 1975 Challenge Cup Final over Warrington) from Wigan St Patrick's, making his début for the Doug Laughton coaches "Chemics" in a 9–10 defeat by Leigh in 1982. On 23 November 1982, Lydon would later get his first taste of international football when playing in the centres for Widnes at Naughton Park in their 19–6 loss to Australia who were on their undefeated 1982 Kangaroo tour. In 1983 he made the first of three appearances for the Great Britain Under-24 team against France in January and a month later makes his full Great Britain début, scoring a try and three goals in 20–5 win over France in Carcassonne.
Ironically, the 1934 Grand Final was played at neither Olympic Park, nor any of the suburban grounds. The match was originally scheduled for Olympic Park on 29 September, but was postponed due to inclement weather; however, Olympic Park was unavailable on the following Saturday afternoon. The Association made a request to the League to play its Grand Final as a curtain raiser to the VFL Firsts Preliminary Final at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, but the League Seconds were not prepared to move to another venue; all of the suburban Association grounds were unavailable as they had already been topdressed for the cricket season; and, a proposal to play the match at Olympic Park on the Saturday night was abandoned because the floodlights were too dim. As such, the match was moved to the only suitable venue remaining in Melbourne, the arena at the Royal Melbourne Showgrounds.
As champions of the 2009–10 Prva HNL Dinamo qualified for the 2010 Croatian Super Cup, a one-off match played between league champions and Croatian Cup winners which serves as a curtain raiser for the following football season. This was the ninth Supercup played since the formation of the Croatian football league in 1992 and the first since 2006, as it is never held when a club wins "The Double" (Dinamo had won three consecutive Doubles in 2006–07, 2007–08 and 2008–09). The match was decided in an Eternal Derby, as Dinamo played 2009–10 Croatian Cup winners and their greatest rivals Hajduk Split at Maksimir. It was their second competitive match led by the newly appointed manager Velimir Zajec and Dinamo won the game 1–0 through a second- half header by Igor Bišćan after Dodô delivered a corner kick.
Australian football legend Paul Roos coached the national side's inaugural game in 1999 at Chicago (Naperville, 8/1/99) to victory over Canada USA 10:15(75) CAN 8:12(60) before returning to Australia be appointed as coach of the Australian Football League side the Sydney Swans. Under 2006 head coach Tom Ellis, the Revolution lost in a lopsided score to the ex-patriate team (the All-comers) in a January 2006 match played as a curtain raiser to the AFL exhibition match held at UCLA. On November 2, 2006, it was announced that Australian Trevor Lovitt would be the new Revolution head coach. Lovitt had served as an Assistant Coach (1998-2001) with the Noble Park Football Club (a premier division Eastern Football League club), winning the premiership twice, and twice finishing runner-up. In 2002 and 2003, Trevor served as the Head Coach of Mulgrave Football Club’s (division 2 Eastern Football League) senior team which finished 3rd in 2002 and 2nd in 2003.
Stevenage Borough were formed in 1976 following the bankruptcy of Stevenage Athletic. Chairman Keith Berners, and "a number of like-minded volunteers" were tasked with arranging a team to play Hitchin Town Youth at Broadhall Way in November 1976, as a "curtain-raiser" for the new club. However, the Broadhall Way pitch was subsequently dug up for non-footballing purposes after Stevenage Borough Council sold the land to a local businessman, who dug a trench across the full length of the pitch to ensure no football was played. Consequently, the new club started out playing in the Chiltern Youth league on a roped-off pitch at the town's King George V playing fields, and moved up to intermediate status, joining the Wallspan Southern Combination shortly after. Stevenage Borough Council granted consent for the club to incorporate the name "Borough" in their title and to adopt the town’s civic emblem as the club badge.
After the war, all previously existing clubs and associations were outlawed in Berlin and the former Hertha existed under the name of SG Zehlendorf for a while. It entered the Amateurliga Berlin (II) in 1947, a league that was played in a number of regional groups. It however became the first club in Berlin to receive a license in 1948 to revert to its original name by the allied occupation authorities. On the field, the club qualified for the single-division Amateurliga in 1950 and immediately became a strong side in this league, winning the championship in 1953. The club's youth side took out its first Berlin championship in 1950, a game played as a curtain raiser for a Germany versus Turkey friendly, in front of 60,000, on 17 June 1951.kicker Almanach Yearbook of German football, publisher: kicker, published: 1989, page: 54, accessed: 16 November 2008 Germany lost 1–2, but Zehlendorf beat Hertha BSC 3–2.
In the absence of a finals series, the two teams who finished the highest on the ladder at the end of the home and away season played in the AFL Women's Grand Final. finished as the minor premiers and secured a spot in the grand final at the end of round six; 's round seven win over saw them secure the second spot in the grand final over due to a higher percentage. It was confirmed in February by AFL Chief Executive Officer, Gillon McLachlan, that the team finishing highest on the ladder at the end of the season would earn the right to host the grand final in their home state. The match was originally planned to be held at the Gabba, however due to its ground surface being in a dangerous state, the grand final was moved to Metricon Stadium on the Gold Coast as a curtain raiser to the versus AFL match.
EFA agree match-broadcasting deal with British company filgoal.com Before the Egyptian Super Cup, Egyptian FA president Samir Zaher said the local Super Cup between Al Ahly and Haras El Hodood, which is scheduled for 21 July, would not be televised as the row over broadcasting rights intensified, TV viewers will not be able to watch the season curtain-raiser after a seven- member committee failed to reach an agreement with the Egyptian Radio and Television Union (ERTU) over airing domestic games for next season, As the committee, which includes several clubs like Cairo duo Al Ahly and El Zamalek in addition to the FA, did not accept the Egyptian Radio and Television Union (ERTU)'s offer to broadcast league and cup matches for EGP90 million.Egyptian FA decide not to air Super Cup filgoal.com After 4 days the ERTU has acquired the broadcasting rights of the Super Cup match between Al Ahly and Haras El Hodood for EGP1.25 million,ERTU acquires Super Cup broadcasting rights filgoal.
Cole, p174Murray Rowlands, Aldershot in the Great War: The Home of the British Army, Pen & Sword Military (2015) - Google Books - p32 The English Opera Company appeared here in March 1914 in The Bohemian Girl, Il Trovatore, Don Giovanni and Cavalleria Rusticana, among other works.Playbill for the English Opera Company - March 1914 at the Theatre Royal, Aldershot - Glenn Christodoulou Collection In 1917 the curtain raiser Ida Collaborates by Noël Coward and Esmé Wynne-Tyson was performed at the theatre.Noël Coward (Ed. Barry Day), The Letters of Noël Coward, Bloomsbury (2007) - Google Books pg38Paul H. Vickers, Aldershot Through Time, Amberley Publishing (2013) - Google Books This new theatre was very small on a small site and could only seat 881 in total, with 197 in the stalls, 220 in the pit, 84 in the Dress Circle, and 350 in the gallery at the rear of the dress circle with its own entrance from Gordon Road.
The team spent eight seasons in the top flight, the most successful period in the club's short history. After finishing 8th in their first season, they came 7th in 1997–98, 5th in each of the following three seasons, 6th twice, before relegation back to the Northern Division with a 10th-placed finish in 2003–04. The team were also successful in the cup competitions during this period; they reached the FA Cup semi-final in 1998–99, losing 2–1 to Southampton Saints. They repeated this feat in 2001–02, but lost 3–1 to Doncaster Belles. In 1999, Tranmere won the Reebok Women's Football Festival in Mansfield, then the traditional curtain-raiser to the season, beating local rivals Everton 1–0 in the final. In 2000, the players featured in a television advert for Daz washing powder alongside Julian Clary. In 2000–01, Tranmere reached the final of the Premier League Cup – their first major cup final – against Arsenal at the Deva Stadium.
"The Late Mrs. D'Oyly Carte", The Era, 10 May 1913, p. 19 She became intensely involved in all of his business affairs and soon managed many of the company's responsibilities, especially concerning touring. She travelled to America numerous times over the years to arrange the details of the company's New York engagements and American tours.Stedman, Jane W. "Carte, Helen (1852–1913)" . Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, September 2004, accessed 12 September 2008 The first comic opera produced by the Comedy Opera Company was Gilbert and Sullivan's The Sorcerer, about a tradesmanlike London sorcerer. It opened in November 1877 together with Dora's Dream, a curtain-raiser with music by Sullivan's assistant Alfred Cellier and words by Arthur Cecil, a friend of both Gilbert and Sullivan.Ainger, p. 140 Instead of writing a piece for production by a theatre proprietor, as was usual in Victorian theatres, Gilbert, Sullivan and Carte produced the show with their own financial support.
In two weeks of negotiations, the council offered the Prahran Seconds the use of Como Park, and offered to provide temporary fencing to bring the venue to Association standards; and alternatively suggested that the Prahran Seconds could play a curtain-raiser to the successful bidder – but the Association rejected both suggestions. The Prahran Football Club also increased its own offer to the council from £60 to £175 to lease the ground for the entire winter. On 16 March, the Prahran Council formally agreed to lease Toorak Oval to the Victorian Rugby Union on alternate Saturdays, and the Association Board of Management unanimously agreed to expel Prahran. The Association made clear that it would welcome Prahran back as soon as it was able to secure a ground for the entire winter, and the club ultimately came to an agreement with the council in October 1959, with rent of £100 per year; as such, Prahran's expulsion lasted only for the 1959 season.
The inauguration of the Parc des Princes took place on 25 May 1972 on the occasion of the football match between France and USSR. The new stadium hosted the 1972 Coupe de France Final between Olympique de Marseille and Bastia on June 4, 1972. That same year, Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) – a fusion between Paris Football Club (PFC) and Stade Saint-Germain – went through a bitter divorce. Paris FC remained in Ligue 1, while PSG kept their name but were administratively demoted to Division 3. PSG played their first game at the Parc des Princes against Ligue 2 promotion rivals Red Star on 10 November 1973, as a curtain-raiser for that season's league season between PFC and Sochaux. PSG won 3–1 as Othniel Dossevi scored the club's first goal at the stadium. PSG returned to Ligue 1 in 1974, ironically the same year that Paris FC (PFC) were relegated. They immediately moved into the Parc des Princes, which up until that point had been the home stadium of PFC.
2014 saw Fahey training his first winner at the Dubai World Cup; Gabrial for owner Dr Marwan Koukash. He trained 192 winners and prize money was over £2.8 million. In the British Flat Turf Trainers Championship Fahey finished third numerically, and fourth over-all. Baccarat also won the Wokingham Stakes at Royal Ascot and Fahey trained another Group One winner when Garswood won the Prix Maurice de Gheest In 2015, Fahey equalled the record for most flat winners trained in a calendar year – 235. The season started with success for owner Dr Marwan Koukash and jockey Tony Hamilton to win the £100,000 Lincoln Handicap at Doncaster Racecourse with former Group 1 contender, Gabrial. The trio had previously enjoyed success in the 2012 renewal of the annual flat racing curtain raiser, with Brae Hill. Dr Koukash also owned Fahey's 2000th winner, Rene Mathis bought up the milestone at Goodwood in August. There was Group 2 success with Birchwood in the Superlative Stakes and Ribchester in the Mill Reef Stakes for Godolphin.
A used pink ball A day/night first-class game During the late 2000s, discussions regarding the possibility of playing day/night Test matches occurred. In the West Indies, the first floodlit first-class cricket match in which the teams used a pink ball, was played between Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago. The viability of using a pink ball was also tried out by Cricket Australia and some Indian Premier League and Bangladesh Cricket League franchises. The annual curtain-raiser to the English cricket season in 2010 was played under floodlights in Abu Dhabi, with a mixed but generally positive reception. A year later, in 2011, the first County Championship game to be played under lights was played, between Kent and Glamorgan at St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury. The 2013–14 Sheffield Shield season included three-day/night first-class matches with pink balls. The trials continued in 2014–15 as Cricket Australia looked to host the first day-night Test in 2015 against New Zealand. This match took place at the Adelaide Oval, Adelaide on 27 November 2015.
Pragyan 2013 was held from 1 to 4 March 2013. The festival included more than 50 events which were divided into different clusters like Brainwork, Chill Pill, Core Engineering, Code It, Innovation, Manigma and Robovigyan. The Pragyan Outreach events included ‘The Pragyan Open Quiz 2013’, which served as the curtain raiser event, ‘Pragyan Campus Connect’, an informal interactive session between the freshers and the final years on what lay in wait in the forthcoming years in college and how best to make use of this learning curve, ‘Srishti’, a mobile making workshop held at the Institute of Yoga and Consciousness, Yoga Village, Visakhapatnam, ‘Disha’, the career counselling event for school and college students, ‘A Guide To Trichy’, a booklet detailing the must see places in Trichy, Wishberry, a Pragyan Social Responsibility initiative was brought out to help improve the infrastructure in a rural government school and ‘Pragyan Smart Cards’, a state-of-the-art replacement for the coupon distribution system. The guest lectures featured prominent personalities like Anil Kakodkar, Tessy Thomas, Atul Gurtu, Rohan Dixit, David Christian and Richard Noble.
In fact, the 1999 and 2007 third-place matches were both held as the first half of a doubleheader that culminated in the final. The 2011 third-place match returned to the more traditional scheduling of the day before the final in a different stadium. Notably, the 1999 third-place match was the curtain-raiser to the most-attended women's sporting event in history, the 1999 final also held in the Rose Bowl. The third place match is generally a high-scoring affair, as no men's match has seen fewer than two goals scored since Poland's 1-0 win over Brazil in 1974, while all bronze-medal games since 1994 (except for 1998, 2014 and 2018) have seen four goals or more. For tournament top scorers, the third place match's tendency of attacking football is a great opportunity to win the Golden Shoe, with players such as Salvatore Schillaci (1990), Davor Šuker (1998), and Thomas Müller (2010) getting the goal they needed to take sole possession of the lead.
Rees worked as an actress in New Zealand before moving to England in about 1900 or 1901. In 1901 she joined Fanny Brough's theatre company becoming Brough's understudy after one month. Her first one act play 'The New Gun' was performed as a curtain raiser to 'Uncles and Aunts', by William Lestocq and Walter Everard, in 1902. She also toured with the companies of Mr and Mrs Lewis Waller, Fred Ash, Walter Melville and Mr Van Biene among others. She wrote articles and short stories for the magazines Madame, The King and M.A.P. Several of her one act plays were produced in this period: in 1907 'A Judicial Separation' in Manchester and 'Her Dearest Friend' in London; 'A Desperate Marriage' in Brighton in 1908; 'The Happiest Woman in the World' in Bournemouth in 1909. In 1908 she returned to New Zealand. In 1909 she presented, at His Majesty's Theatre in Gisborne, an evening's entertainment which included three of her own one act plays: the comedy A Judicial Separation', the drama 'The New Gun and the comedietta 'Her Dearest Friend'. Rees returned to England in 1911 where she continued to act, write and produce plays.
Hemel were London League champions in 1989–90 and 1990–91 and from there joined the Rugby League Alliance in 1991; the club played the reserve teams of professional clubs. At the same time, the club appointed Chris Tate as its first full-time development officer with the task of developing junior and youth players in Hemel. The first Stag logo appeared at this time. The club spent three seasons in the National Conference League Premier Division between 1993 and 1996. David Ellis coached at the club during the 1993–94 and the 1994–95 seasons. A move to the National Conference League saw the club narrowly miss promotion to the professional ranks in 1993. In 1994, Hemel played London Broncos in the Regal Trophy, leading 18–6 at half-time only to succumb in the final 10 minutes. The club's playing depth that day was emphasised when, in the curtain-raiser, its reserves won the Southern Counties Cup against the all- Kiwi South London Warriors. Hemel were the last winners of the Southern Cup in 1996, beating London Colonials at Roslyn Park RFC.

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