Our Island Home is a one-act musical entertainment with a libretto by W. S. Gilbert and music by Thomas German Reed that premiered on 20 June 1870 at the Royal Gallery of Illustration. The piece has five characters and is "biographical", in that the characters in the original production played themselves, except that they were given personalities opposite to their actual personalities.
Background
This work is the third in a series of six one-act musical plays written by Gilbert for Thomas German Reed and his wife Priscilla between 1869 and 1875. The German Reeds presented respectable, family-friendly musical entertainments at their Gallery of Illustration beginning in 1855, at a time when the theatre in Britain had gained a poor reputation as an unsavory institution and was not attended by much of the middle class. Shakespeare was played, but most of the entertainments consisted of poorly translated French operettas, risque Victorian burlesques and incomprehensible broad farces. The Gallery of Illustration was a 500-seat theatre with a small stage that only allowed for four or five characters with accompaniment by a piano, harmonium and sometimes a harp.
Knight was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, the son of George and Ann née Halley. Knight arrived in the Port Phillip District 1847 and briefly worked in his brother's (A. H.) grain and milling business.
Knight moved to Belfast (later known as Port Fairy in 1848. He became a partner in the auctioneering firm Macgregor & Knight.
On 15 November 1855, Knight was elected to the unicameral Victorian Legislative Council for Villiers and Heytesbury, a position he held until the original Council was abolished in March 1856.
Knight died in Port Fairy, Victoria on 21 August 1876, he had married Matilda Bennett in 1853.
Knight was born in Ottumwa, Iowa in November 1875. His father, Henry B. Knight, was an Ohio native and Presbyterian minister. His mother, Jane, was born in Pennsylvania. At the time of the 1880 United States Census, Knight was living with his parents and two older brothers (Louis and Harry) in Ottumwa. At the time of the 1885 Iowa State Census, Knight was living in Fairfield, Iowa where his father was employed as a professor at Parsons College.
Parsons College and Princeton
Knight began his college education at Parsons College, the liberal arts college where his father was a professor. He enrolled at Princeton University in approximately 1893. As a senior in 1895, Knight played college football as an end for the Princeton Tigers football team. While attending Princeton, Knight listed Chicago as his home city and was the vice president of Princeton's Chicago Club. He also lettered in gymnastics and rowing. He graduated from Princeton as part of the Class of 1896.
James Knight & Daniel Farrant feat. Peter Grant - Don't Give Up On Love (Male Vocals)
Peter Grant - Male vocal version
Crooners & Swooners
Genres: Jazz, Music
Released: Nov 09, 2014
℗ 2014 Poke 028
published: 12 Oct 2015
A Miracle Moment with Hanna Somatics and James Knight, E-RYT: Exercise: Celtic Cross
Do you believe that your physical limitations can be conquered? (Have faith and watch this to the very end!) Instead of doing mindless exercises or following a PT script... try this Somatic exploration exercise and reconnect your mind with your body. Enjoy this Miracle Shoulder-Opening Movement guided by James Knight, Senior Instructor at the Yoga Vista Academy and the Creator of Gentle Somatic Yoga(TM).
For more information on James Knight's Gentle Somatic Yoga(TM) teacher training, workshops, classes, international yoga retreats, DVD's and Workbook of exercises, please visit his websites: www.GentleSomaticYoga.com and www.Energyflowing.com. In partnership with www.YogaJP.com.
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Do you believe that your physical limitations can be conquered? (Have faith and watch this to the very end!) Instead of doing mindless exercises or following a ...
Do you believe that your physical limitations can be conquered? (Have faith and watch this to the very end!) Instead of doing mindless exercises or following a PT script... try this Somatic exploration exercise and reconnect your mind with your body. Enjoy this Miracle Shoulder-Opening Movement guided by James Knight, Senior Instructor at the Yoga Vista Academy and the Creator of Gentle Somatic Yoga(TM).
For more information on James Knight's Gentle Somatic Yoga(TM) teacher training, workshops, classes, international yoga retreats, DVD's and Workbook of exercises, please visit his websites: www.GentleSomaticYoga.com and www.Energyflowing.com. In partnership with www.YogaJP.com.
Do you believe that your physical limitations can be conquered? (Have faith and watch this to the very end!) Instead of doing mindless exercises or following a PT script... try this Somatic exploration exercise and reconnect your mind with your body. Enjoy this Miracle Shoulder-Opening Movement guided by James Knight, Senior Instructor at the Yoga Vista Academy and the Creator of Gentle Somatic Yoga(TM).
For more information on James Knight's Gentle Somatic Yoga(TM) teacher training, workshops, classes, international yoga retreats, DVD's and Workbook of exercises, please visit his websites: www.GentleSomaticYoga.com and www.Energyflowing.com. In partnership with www.YogaJP.com.
Do you believe that your physical limitations can be conquered? (Have faith and watch this to the very end!) Instead of doing mindless exercises or following a PT script... try this Somatic exploration exercise and reconnect your mind with your body. Enjoy this Miracle Shoulder-Opening Movement guided by James Knight, Senior Instructor at the Yoga Vista Academy and the Creator of Gentle Somatic Yoga(TM).
For more information on James Knight's Gentle Somatic Yoga(TM) teacher training, workshops, classes, international yoga retreats, DVD's and Workbook of exercises, please visit his websites: www.GentleSomaticYoga.com and www.Energyflowing.com. In partnership with www.YogaJP.com.
Our Island Home is a one-act musical entertainment with a libretto by W. S. Gilbert and music by Thomas German Reed that premiered on 20 June 1870 at the Royal Gallery of Illustration. The piece has five characters and is "biographical", in that the characters in the original production played themselves, except that they were given personalities opposite to their actual personalities.
Background
This work is the third in a series of six one-act musical plays written by Gilbert for Thomas German Reed and his wife Priscilla between 1869 and 1875. The German Reeds presented respectable, family-friendly musical entertainments at their Gallery of Illustration beginning in 1855, at a time when the theatre in Britain had gained a poor reputation as an unsavory institution and was not attended by much of the middle class. Shakespeare was played, but most of the entertainments consisted of poorly translated French operettas, risque Victorian burlesques and incomprehensible broad farces. The Gallery of Illustration was a 500-seat theatre with a small stage that only allowed for four or five characters with accompaniment by a piano, harmonium and sometimes a harp.
Six years ive been in the city and everynight, i dream of the sea they say home is where you find it will this place ever satisfy me for i come from the salt water people we always live by the sea now im down here living in the city with my man, and a family My island home, my island home My island home, is waiting for me x 1 in the evening the dry wind blows from the hills, and across the plains i close my eyes and im standing ina boat on the sea again and im holding that long turtle spear and i feel im close now to whereit must be my island home is waiting for me {music} My island home is waiting for me My island home, my island home My island home, is waiting for me x 2 My island, my island home My island home is surrounded by sea My island home, my island home My island home is waiting for me