Tickle The Ivories
Valley Players
Irish Step Dancers
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What's In A Name
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American singer-songwriter and pianist, she is a classically trained musician. She won a full scholarship to the Peabody Institute at five, expelled at eleven for "musical insubordination." Lead singer of the 1980s pop group Y Kant Tori Read before achieving her breakthrough as a solo artist in the early 1990s.

Tori Amos

100

In 2003, the Players limped through Dorothy's broken ankle and were able to bring those dancing feet to this avenue.

42nd

100

An Irish step dancing interval act in the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest, it later became a hugely successful theatrical production.

Riverdance

100

In 2000, Shutterfly partnered with this company to offer their customers film developing and scanning services. In 2012, the Shutterfly acquired the Gallery division of that soon to be bankrupt company for $23.8 million.

Kodak

100

Understood in certain areas as 'Pad Brat', which refers to a son/daughter of a serving armed forces member. This is most commonly used in the UK, but is also noted in Ireland and Germany.

Aimee

200

Around 1,000 grand pianos and 250 upright pianos are produced per year in their New York Factory.

Steinway & Sons

200

Charlie Day, who acted in It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Horrible Bosses, Monsters University, Pacific Rim and The Lego Movie attended this prestigious university Valley namesake.

Merrimack College

200

At Irish dance festivals or shows some dancers wear these or their hair down, depending on the age and level of the dancer.

Wigs

200

The New Year in 709 AUC began on 1 January and ran over 365 days until 31 December. This further adjustments was made under Augustus, who introduced this concept in 737 AUC (AD 4). The resultant Julian calendar remained in almost universal use in Europe until 1582.

Leap Year

200

The meaning of the name Aimee in French.

Beloved

300

The United Airlines Theme Song

Rhapsody In Blue

300

The second largest city on the Merrimack River, this city owes its existence to the water power the river provided to run her mills.

Lowell

300

This Irish-American known for his involvement with River Dance, he later became a Lord.

Michael Flatley

300

During 2018 what member of family has ShutterFly focused some of their new products on?

Pets

300

The first canonized American Saint, she established the first Catholic girls' school in the nation and founded the first American congregation of religious sisters, the Sisters of Charity. 

Elizabeth Ann Seton

400

Ranked by Variety Magazine as the most popular Disney Song composed for a cartoon princess and her men in 1937.

Someday My Prince Will Come

400

Merrimack Valley Players proudly presented this composer, who created one of the first pieces of 'serious music' to contain jazz.

George Gershwin

400

This Grand Dame of Irish Dancing in the Boston area has taught thousands over her 60 year career

Rita O'Shea

400

The world credits him with the first official calendar introduced in 45 B.C.E..

Julius Caesar

400

His best known roles had him dressing up as a woman to gain acting work, an autistic savant and a one handed pirate.

Dustin Hoffman

500

Made of this solid material, the piano was played for the first time at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. It features a gorgeous transparent design. It was later sold at an auction for $3.22 million, making it the most expensive piano in the world.

Crystal

500

Often the Valley Players were backed by this 'Great Organ' purchased at auction for $1,500, originally coming to America after production in this country

Germany

500

Slow Dance is a song written for Willie Nelson by this Irish-band

U2 of course

500

Pope Gregory XIII dedicated his papacy to implementing the recommendations of this historic Council. By the time he reformed the Julian calendar in 1582, it had drifted 10 days off course! To this day, most of the world uses his Gregorian calendar.

Council of Trent

500

An iconic figure in the history of New France. Arriving in the colony in 1658, he was appointed the position of garrison commander of the fort of Ville-Marie (now Montreal).

Adam Dollard des Ormeaux