Peninsula Women’s Chorus: The chorus presents “A Winter Prelude,” a program featuring Diemer’s “O Viridissima Virga,” Debussy’s “Noël des enfants qui n’ont pas plus de maisons,” Carter’s “Maria Walks Amid the Thorn” and the Finnish song “Hanget Soi (Singing Snow).” A sing-along set is also on the bill. Dec. 12, 2:30 p.m. St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 600 Colorado Ave., Palo Alto. Dec. 18, 8 p.m. Mission Santa Clara 500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara. $30 general/$35 premium/$10 student. pwchorus.org, 650-327-3095.

The BBC reports that scientists at the University of Oslo recently determined that weather conditions in Europe in the 14th century were wrong for a rat-related outbreak of the Black Death — too much precipitation, whatever that’s like — while at the same time, super-moist conditions in Asia may have enabled the Asian great gerbil to ballet shoes by noel streatfeild go nuts, and carry the plague along the Silk Road to Europe, This remains a mere theory, but I’m saying it’s right, As we know from yet another Disney docudrama, rats are gourmet chefs and only carry trays of ratatouille..

Monroe, who has been dancing professionally in the Bay Area for 10 years, also co-directs Requisitedance, a modern dance company in San Francisco, sponsored by SSPA. Monroe is additionally Artist in Residence at Oceana High School. Through the Oceana Dance Project, Oceana students interested in dance are offered a weekly course in either beginning or intermediate dance. In May, Monroe’s Oceana students are part of the SDC production. Other SDC May productions have included: “Above and Beyond,” “Turning Pointe,” “Star Crossed,” and “Emotion in Motion.”.

She also played the foul-mouthed homophobic grandma in “Wedding Crashers.”, Go ahead ballet shoes by noel streatfeild — jump on YouTube and watch the dinner scene, We’ll wait, Her last roles were on “Family Guy” and “New Girl” in 2013, when she was a spry 99, according to TMZ, At the age of 5, Dow was studying piano and dance, She later got her B.A, and M.A, in theater from Cornell University, She moved to New York and later worked and studied with the likes of Hanya Holm, Martha Graham and Marcel Marceau in Paris, according to IMDB.com, She became an acting coach and made her film debut in 1985’s “American Drive-In.”..

The White House has said nothing about the guest list or about how many people are expected or about who’s providing the entertainment. But word has spread that President Barack Obama has told guests to come prepared to dance. White House senior adviser Valerie Jarrett is only saying that “people will move” at the party. The buzz is that Beyonce, who’s friendly with the Obamas, will sing. Beyonce’s husband, rapper Jay Z, performed in Washington on Thursday night. The first lady spent her birthday largely out of sight, though there was a Twitter post in which she showed off her new AARP card.