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"Topanga Banjo•Fiddle Contest is a music festival and competition, held annually at Paramount Ranch, a unit of the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, in Agoura Hills, California. It began in 1961 in Topanga Canyon, California. The main genre of music is bluegrass, but other acoustic music, folk singing and folk dancing are presented. The contest includes a random mix of beginning, intermediate and advanced players, professional players, string bands and dancers. History The first competition the "Banjo Pickers and Open Fiddling Contest", created jointly by Margot Slocum and Margaret Jean "Peg" Engwall Benepe, was a music-only event held in 1961. Twenty-six Five-String Banjo Pickers, five Fiddlers, four Judges and five hundred fans attended that first gathering amid the California Scrub Oak of the Santa Monica Mountains. For the next eight years it was held on the grounds of the 1920s-era "Camp Wildwood" until a 1969 city ordinance forced a move to large venues. The next nineteen years saw the festival move around Southern California until finally landing at its current location at the Paramount Ranch near Agoura Hills, California, near its origins. The Topanga Banjo•Fiddle Contest was the forerunner of many folk art festivals. Many of Topanga's contestants have gone on to become professional musicians. Numerous stars and musicians have participated, including Jackson Browne, David Lindley, Taj Mahal, John Hartford, Byron Berline, Dan Crary, Frank Hamilton, The Show Ponies, Erik Darling, John Hickman, Stuart Duncan, Peter Tork, and Steve Martin.History of the Topanga Banjo and Fiddle contest, retrieved 2013-08-27 A virtual contest was held in 2020. See also *Kerrville Folk Festival *Newport Folk Festival *Philadelphia Folk Festival References External links * Official Topanga Banjo/Fiddle Contest website Category:Music festivals in California Category:Topanga, California Category:Annual events in Los Angeles County, California Category:Folk festivals in the United States Category:Music of Los Angeles Category:Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area Category:Tourist attractions in Los Angeles County, California Category:Music festivals established in 1961 Category:1961 establishments in California "
"The Segunda División de Nicaragua is the second football level of Nicaraguan football. It is organized by FENIFUT. Joshy le va al Estelí Allan le gusta mamar penes Torneo de Apertura (Opening tournament) and Torneo de Clausura (Closure Tournament). The Apertura champion each year will play the champion of the respective Clausura tournament, in order to determine who will ascend to the Primera Division, or if occasion arises, the team that manages to win two tournaments in a year, amount direct without having to play a game round. while the loser or the team with the best position on the table will face the 9th placed team in the primera division in a playoff to determine who will be promoted. 2016–17 teams {border="0" cellpadding="2" - valign="top" *Real Estelí B *FC Esteli *Atlético Somotillo *La Concha FC *ART Municipal Jalapa *Lianziur Masatepelt *San Juan de Oriente FC *Bóer FC *San Francisco Masachapa FC *Real Xolotlan *CS Municipal *América JDE *FC Brumas Jinotega *La Paz Carazo *Cachorros FC *Bravos del Primavera *Deportivo Ocotal *FC San Marcos } Champions * ART Municipal Jalapa 2012 Apertura * ART Municipal Jalapa 2013 Clausura * UNAN Managua 2013 Apertura * Real Esteli F.C. B 2014 Clausura * Chinandega FC 2014 Apertura External links * http://www.futbolnica.net/i.php?i=arranca-liga-de-ascenso-el-xilotepelt-no- va#futbolnica 2 Nicaragua "
"{ + } SS George W. Elder (1874–1935) was a passenger/cargo ship. Originally a U.S. east coast steamer, she was built by John Roach & Sons in Chester, Pennsylvania. The George W. Elder became a west coast steamer in 1876 and served with the Oregon Steamship Company, Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company, San Francisco and Portland Steamship Company and the North Pacific Steamship Company. In 1907, the George W. Elder helped to rescue the survivors of her former running mate Columbia. The last owners of the George W. Elder were a Chilean firm which operated her under the name America. She operated the Chilean Coast under this guise until 1935, when she was finally scrapped. The location of her scrapping remains unknown. History The George W. Elder was launched in 1874 at the Delaware River Iron Ship Building and Engine Works of John Roach & Sons in Chester, Pennsylvania and first served as a nightboat for the Old Dominion Steamship Company on the New York City to Chesapeake Bay route. She was equipped with brigantine-rig sail configuration and a triple- expansion steam engine rated between and . The George W. Elder drew of water, was long, had a beam of and measured 1,709 gross tons. Due to her design, the George W. Elder was able to visit several different ports. In 1876, the George W. Elder was sold to the Oregon Steamship Company, which brought the ship around Cape Horn and placed her on the San Francisco, California to Portland, Oregon route. The George W. Elder became part of the Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company fleet after O.R. & N purchased the Oregon Steamship Company. In O.R. & N service, the George W. Elder served alongside the innovative Columbia, which was the first structure to use the incandescent light bulb outside Thomas Edison's laboratory in Menlo Park, New Jersey.Jehl, Francis Menlo Park reminiscences: written in Edison's restored Menlo Park laboratory, Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village, Whitefish, Mass, Kessinger Publishing, 1 July 2002, page 564Dalton, Anthony A Long, Dangerous Coastline: Shipwreck Tales from Alaska to California Heritage House Publishing Company, 1 Feb 2011 – 128 pages O.R. & N was bought out by the Union Pacific Railroad in 1898.Belyk, Robert C. Great Shipwrecks of the Pacific Coast. New York: Wiley, 2001. On May 31, 1899, the George W. Elder set out of Seattle, Washington on a scientific exploration voyage to Russia, via British Columbia and Alaska. Although her stopovers were brief, the actions and nature of research done on the George W. Elder followed tradition. The voyage, called the Harriman Expedition, was over long. The George W. Elder was captained by Peter A. Doran during this expedition. After the Harriman Expedition, the United States Army drafted the George W. Elder in November 1899 for use as a troopship in the Philippines during the Spanish–American War. Strangely during this time, the owners of the George W. Elder were listed as Goodall, Perkins & Company, the agents of the Pacific Coast Steamship Company who were the owners of the ill-fated Pacific back in 1875. In December of the same year, she was returned to O.R. & N. In 1904, the George W. Elder was transferred to the newly formed San Francisco and Portland Steamship Company along with the Columbia. During this time, the George W. Elder continued to build on its reputation for being a safe vessel. In 1905 however, this reputation vanished, when the George W. Elder, now 31 years old, struck a rock along the Columbia River and sank under of water. She was raised in May, 1906. After being salvaged, the San Francisco and Portland Steamship Company abandoned her and she was sold in Auction to Captain J.H. Peterson. In 1906, the George W. Elder was sold to the North Pacific Steamship Company, who would be her last American owners. In a chance of coincidence, the George W. Elder was paired the SS Roanoke, which had also been built as a nightboat for the Old Dominion Steamship Company. On July 21, 1907, the former running mate to the George W. Elder, the Columbia collided with the lumber schooner San Pedro off Shelter Cove, California, causing the Columbia to sink, killing 88 people. Among the dead was Captain Peter A. Doran, who had commanded the George W. Elder on her 1899 Harriman Expedition. Both the George W. Elder and Roanoke arrived at the site of the disaster and picked up Columbias survivors from the badly damaged San Pedro. The George W. Elder returned some of the survivors to Astoria, Oregon. The George W. Elder also towed the San Pedro to shore, following the disaster. By 1915, the North Pacific Steamship Company was struggling, due to the loss of their steamer Santa Clara on the bar of Coos Bay, Oregon, in 1914. The management considered closing the company's doors. Thankfully, relief came when the California South Seas Navigation Company chartered both Roanoke and George W. Elder. Neither were used for passenger service under this charter. Unfortunately, the Roanoke capsized and sank off the California coastline, on her second voyage under the charter. Only three people survived. During World War I, the George W. Elder was leased by the Pacific Mail Steamship Company, which was at the time owned by the Grace Line. The George W. Elder was used during this time as part of a four ship feeder service for Central American and Mexican ports. At war's end, now 44 years old, the George W. Elder was sold to Artigas Riolrio Compania, based in Valparaiso, Chile, they were to be her last operators. The George W. Elder was renamed America and served the Chilean coastline until 1935. On 7 December 1928, the Chilean cargo ship collided with America and sank. America survived the collision and was reported scrapped in 1935, but it remains uncertain whether the job was done in Japan or Valparaiso. Either way, America had reached an outstanding age of 61 years. See also * * References External links * Kelley House Museum Archives – Search results for George Elder – Includes many photographs of the George W. Elder. * Photograph of the George W. Elder – Dated circa 1898. This photograph however, shows the ship partially sunk, suggesting that this may be after her 1905 sinking. Category:Steamships of the United States Category:Maritime incidents in 1905 Category:Shipwrecks in rivers Category:Maritime incidents in 1928 Category:1874 ships Category:Passenger ships of the United States Category:Ships built by the Delaware River Iron Ship Building and Engine Works Category:Spanish–American War auxiliary ships of the United States "