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Charles Ombongi Masese Completes SMR Africa’s First Scholarship Program

January 14, 2011 By Guy St. Clair

SMR International has announced that the winner of SMR Africa’s first training program has completed his courses. Inaugurated in 2010 with funding from SMR Africa – SMR’s African affiliate – the program enables African students to learn ICT and KM skills. Charles Ombongi Masese of Nairobi and Nyanguru Village, Kisii was the first SMR Africa scholarship …

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Filed Under: Personal History Tagged With: Kenya - Hansons' College of Professional Studies, Masese (Charles Ombongi), SMR Africa, SMR International, St. Clair (Guy)

Wow! What a Fantastic Way to Celebrate the Season!

December 30, 2010 By Guy St. Clair

Apparently everyone else in the world has seen this, but as I’ve not been near a computer for a while and my e-mail has not been accessed, it just showed up in my e-mails (from several colleagues both from America and from several different countries, including a note from one international friend who commented: “This …

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Filed Under: Music, Personal History

Thanksgiving Day – Mr. Guy’s Thanksgiving Project

November 25, 2010 By Guy St. Clair

Last Sunday, a brief post on this blog introduced Mr. Guy’s Thanksgiving Project, asking people to share any particular parts of their lives that bring special meaning, things they are thankful for. Surprisingly, since Thanksgiving Day is an American holiday and Americans are generally thought of as religious people (at least in terms of public or …

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Filed Under: Personal History Tagged With: Families, Family Relationships, Friends, Health, Kenya - Friends, Thanksgiving Project, U.S. - Religion, U.S. - Thanksgiving

The Thanksgiving Project

November 21, 2010 By Guy St. Clair

People in other countries are often impressed with the American holiday of Thanksgiving, to be observed this year on Thursday, November 25. This annual tribute, in gratitude for the bounty of the land, is one of America’s great traditions. This sort of grateful acknowledgement of  the “good things in life,” so to speak, began for …

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Filed Under: Personal History Tagged With: Gratitude Project (WQXR), Thanksgiving Project, U.S. - Holidays, U.S. - Thanksgiving

Opera: Dame Joan Sutherland: Grieve, Heart, and Rejoice in Happy Memories

October 13, 2010 By Guy St. Clair

Dame Joan Sutherland (Credit: Noosa Federation of the Arts) Dame Joan has died, and many of us are very sad. Our lives were so enriched – made so beautiful and so much happier – by that glorious sound, and while none of us is surprised about the aging process, true fans keep wanting the inevitable …

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Filed Under: Music, Personal History Tagged With: Beautiful Singing, Bel Canto, Dame Joan Sutherland, Joan Sutherland, Metropolitan Opera Association, Opera, singing

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