NEWS: Livestream of Fukushima, Japan Following Powerful Earthquake

Livestream of Fukushima, Japan following a powerful magnitude-7.3 earthquake. Region is under tsunami warning. // Broadcast: NHK WORLD // Info: bzfd.it/2gegxhV

NEWS: A 6.9 Magnitude Earthquake Japan Triggers Tsunami

LIVE: A 6.9 magnitude earthquake off the pacific coast of Japan has triggered a tsunami. An evacuation order is now in effect.

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ARTS: Updated Biography

Sandy Bigara is a Creative & Performing Artist living on the Central Coast, NSW.

Sandy focusses on four core areas:

1)      8-week Bel Canto and Restorative Vocal Coaching Classes & Music School:  Sandy runs 8-week ongoing Vocal Coaching classes each school term at The Rhythm Hut. Alongside her Sandy Bigara Music School, based off Mann street, providing Vocal, Adult Piano, Adult Keyboard, Guitar and Ukelele lessons. Having run a successful Music School since 1999 Sandy provides a warm and safe environment for beginner or pro musicians to sharpen their skill. www.sandybigara.com/vocal-training-central-coast

2)      Providing Entertainment at Weddings: Having performed at weddings since 1994, Sandy provides a full range of services, making sure that each wedding is special and memorable for all the right reasons! www.bigaraweddingmusic.com

3)      Entertaining and Compering at Events: Sandy was one of the MC/Comperes and the “Singing Chef” at The Good Food & Wine Show South Africa, flying between Durban, Capetown and Johannesburg to run and MC the Brilliant Baking Theatre. She worked alongside TV stars like Kate Ashworth from Ceebeebies I Can Cook, Paul Hollywood of The Great British Bake Off, MasterChef Australia and South Africa, among others. Working under extreme pressure and to a very tight time schedule, Sandy perfected her ability to entertain the crowds, while keeping staff and Internationally acclaimed Chef’s on time, and happy.

4)      Performing Fantasy Electronica Music, Poetry & Art Collaborations: Sandy connects with artists on the Central Coast, teaming up to create new and inspired performance art sensations. Combining multiple genre’s and showcasing a cross section of young developing artists. Sandy also performs her unusual Electronica DubstepFusion Opera Pop Jazz at events and showcases. www.sandybigara.com www.reverbnation.com/sandybigara

Sandy is a classically trained singer with a reputation for control and focus. With average scores of A+ in singing competitions Sandy brings a level of grace & solid training to each song she performs. Her quirky self-deprecating humour appeals to all ages, gained from her experience as a Master of Ceremonies / Compere of Events, as she shares tidbits of her life story, adventures, and the mayhem that is associated with ‘Us Arty Types’

After 9 years as a Natal Representative for singing, and after touring Europe as Assistant Conductor of the Kwa-Zulu Natal Youth Choir, Sandy enrolled at the Marc Poupard School of Music where she was fully trained as a Bella Canto singer specializing in Aria Antiche, Art Song and Folk Song. She received an award from the Italian Consulate for her efforts in the Aria Category of the Queensburgh Eisteddfod and was the title holder of the Aria Antiche Trophy awarded by the Societa Dante Alighieri in Durban. She was invited as a special guest to a Master Class with Emma Rienzi at UKZN Opera Studio. For a short time she studied under Senior Lecturer, Coleen Philp, of the Opera Studio and Choral Academy at UKZN. Sandy also had the honour of teaching a voice class at the Choral Academy; she has a passion for vocal and musical growth and has performed multiple genres, Jazz, RnB, Hip Hop, Pop, and Gospel...only a select few have heard her Yodel! She is available to perform, with over 300 contemporary and classical hits under her belt, as well as a set of her own compositions for theatre, corporate or restaurant functions.

ARTS: Vocal Coaching Course at The Rhythm Hut TERM 4

It's Student In-take time again!

Our last 8 week Vocal Coaching Course of 2016 starts next MONDAY 17th October in Gosford :)

We have 6 spaces left for term 4's class at The Rhythm Hut in Gosford, taught by Sandy Bigara a fully trained Bel Canto singer, who sings across many styles (including pop, opera, jazz) Sandy has trained vocalists for the touring show of High School Musical (which toured South Africa and Europe), the Phantom / Raoul for Phantom of the Opera - Montecasino.

Sandy has taught music since 1998/1999 and has been a professional performance artist since the age of 14 (1994) www.sandybigara.com

After a major vocal injury, which crushed her airways and vocal folds, Sandy rehabilitated her voice using the Bel Cano techniques, as well as techniques learnt while touring for 9 years with her Provincial/State choir nationally and internationally. Using these techniques, Sandy has helped people find their voice, working on confidence, skill and understanding in each new student. https://www.facebook.com/SingWellVSI/posts/1642538562649628

Anyone is welcome, lessons are kept affordable, price upon request.

To find out more, or to sign up, there is more information available at:

https://www.facebook.com/events/1763841717206287/

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THOUGHTS: Extended - The Names of God and Cultural Appropriation

"Budda" as far as my limited knowledge goes, was and is called Budda, the Dalai Lama retains the name in all cultures, The Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) remains the same...

But Mr Jesus is a different story:
The name corresponds to the Greek spelling Iesous, from which, through the Latin Iesus, comes the English spelling Jesus. The Hebrew spelling Yeshua (ישוע) appears in some later books of the Hebrew Bible.

It means "Yahweh [the Lord] is Salvation." The English spelling of Yeshua is "Joshua." However, when translated from Hebrew into the Greek language, in which the New Testament was written, the name Yeshua becomes Iēsous. The English spelling for Iēsous is "Jesus."

Why not just keep his name as it was. My name doesn't change to something else in another language?

"Whoever calls on my name" and people are fervently praying "in the name of" the wrong name.

And as far as the Christian "God" is concerned, the same thing has happened. His name is "I Am" and he also has other names which are now not used. I find that they beautifully explain the attributes of "God" but are lost in return for a bland and generic "God"

Elohim = God -- Creator, Preserver, Keeper of His Covenant

Jehovah = LORD -- holiness (Truth revealer), righteousness, redemption

El-Shaddai = Almighty God -- Our all-sufficient supply, Bestower of power, gifts, blessings, and the one who makes us fruitful

Adonai = Lord - Our Sovereign God, Owner of all.

Jehovah-jireh = The LORD will provide - He will see our needs and meet them.

Jehovah-Rophe = Jehovah Heals - He will heal the bitter waters of this life.

Jehovah-Nissi = Jehovah Our Banner - We are brought together under Him and He brings victory.

*sigh* cultural appropriation to the max, people.

THOUGHTS: Cultural Appropriation and Names

"Budda" as far as my limited knowledge goes, was and is called Budda, the Dalai Lama retains the name in all cultures, The Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) remains the same...

But Mr Jesus is a different story:
The name corresponds to the Greek spelling Iesous, from which, through the Latin Iesus, comes the English spelling Jesus. The Hebrew spelling Yeshua (ישוע) appears in some later books of the Hebrew Bible.

It means "Yahweh [the Lord] is Salvation." The English spelling of Yeshua is "Joshua." However, when translated from Hebrew into the Greek language, in which the New Testament was written, the name Yeshua becomes Iēsous. The English spelling for Iēsous is "Jesus."

Why not just keep his name as it was. My name doesn't change to something else in another language?

"Whoever calls on my name" and people are fervently praying "in the name of" the wrong name.

*sigh* cultural appropriation to the max people.