Before her chore was finished she was rescuing wind-blown sheets of music, trundling microphones about the stage, helping to move the piano and otherwise joining in the informal atmosphere.

Before joining NASA as a member of the first group of scientist-astronauts in June 1965, he worked at the U. S. Geological Survey's Astrogeology Center at Flagstaff, Arizona, developing geological field techniques that would be used by the Apollo crews.

Before the parliamentary decision to join the EU, a consultative referendum was held on April 16, 1994 in which 56. 9 % of the votes were in favour of joining.

Before joining Hawkwind, he recalled Dik Mik, a former Hawkwind sound technician, visiting his squat in the middle of the night and taking speed with him.

Before joining the Grateful Dead, Hart and his father, Leonard Hart, a champion rudimental drummer, owned and operated Hart Music, selling drums and musical instruments in San Carlos, California.

Before joining Pakistan's nuclear energy programme, Mahmood was trained at the Nuclear Engineering Division of the Pakistan Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology ( PINSTECH ).

Before joining Queen, Brian May and Roger Taylor had been playing together in a band named Smile with bassist Tim Staffell.

Before joining The Spectator as editor, Johnson had worked for The Times, the Wolverhampton Express & Star, and The Daily Telegraph.

Before joining with Taylor to become the Riverside School District, many of these geographic sections housed their own elementary schools.

Before joining the Libertarian Party in 2000, Irv Rubin was an active Republican, and served as a page at the 1964 Republican National Convention, at which Barry Goldwater was nominated to run for the presidency.

Before starting his professional life in entertainment, he explored a number of possible careers, such as medicine and professional boxing, before joining the entertainment world as a dancer.

Before marching to Tadcaster and then to Marston Moor, the Parliamentarians spent two days in Wetherby while joining forces with the Scots.

Before joining The Groundlings, Ferrell's attempts at standup comedy had little success.

Before joining Duran Duran, he performed with several school ( Park Hall School in Castle Bromwich, Warwickshire ) and local club bands.

Before joining The Offspring, Noodles played in a local band called Clowns of Death ( there's been a rumor that Dexter Holland and Greg Kriesel were involved in that band ).

Before joining the Soviet army, Demjanjuk worked as a tractor driver on a Soviet collective farm.

Before becoming a university in 1992, Middlesex expanded further by joining three more colleges in north London.

Before joining NASA at Johnson Space Center ( JSC ) in 1977, Ron Dittemore worked as a turboprop / turbofan engine development engineer in Arizona.

Jim Fairchild of Grandaddy and All Smiles replaced Marr as guitarist, when Marr left the band after joining The Cribs, beginning with the support of No One's First and You're Next, which was released on August 4, 2009, composed of unreleased tracks from the recording sessions of Good News for People Who Love Bad News and We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank.

Before joining the cast of Holby City, her best-known role had been as the character Judi Jeffreys in the children's television series Grange Hill from 1997 to 1999.

Before joining The Runaways, Laurie played with Baby Roulette and the Rave Ons, who had one song released on a Kim Fowley compilation LP called Vampires From Outer Space.

Before joining Steps, he worked as a redcoat for Butlins holiday parks.

Before joining the Cowboys, Schramm was part of the Los Angeles Rams from 1947 to 1956.

Before joining the University of Guelph, she taught for many years at the University of Victoria where she was Director of the English graduate program and the first Associate Dean — Research.

Before the last ice age the River Frome continued to flow east through what is now the Solent, joining the Stour, Beaulieu, Test, Itchen and Hamble, before flowing into the English Channel to the east of the present day Isle of Wight.

Before becoming the studio host for The NFL on NBC in 1984, Costas did play-by-play of NFL games with analyst Bob Trumpy.

Before the series aired, NBC tracked her down ( by this time, she was married to a lawyer in Connecticut and named Peyton Rutledge ) and secured her permission to use her name for the lead character.

Before Gleason's initial three-year contract with CBS expired, he was offered a much larger one by CBS and General Motors ' Buick division ( the carmaker having dropped their sponsorship of Milton Berle's Buick-Berle Show after two seasons on NBC ).

Before Van Helsing even premiered, Sommers and Ducsay began developing a spin-off TV series for NBC called Transylvania.

NBC preferred " Where No Man Has Gone Before " as a pilot.

Before his time at the national news networks, Brown was a Seattle broadcasting staple, spending more than 15 years at television stations there, first at the NBC affiliate and then the CBS affiliate.

Before its abrupt cancellation, he had a starring role in the NBC drama The Book of Daniel.

Before 1964, ABC programming came to Dayton by way of off-hours clearances on NBC affiliate WLWD ( now WDTN ).

Before the cancellation of the Goodson-Todman game show Snap Judgment on NBC in 1969, they changed their set in order to make it resemble the look of the CBS Password.

Before his career as a game show host, Mandel was best known for his role as rowdy ER intern Dr. Wayne Fiscus on the NBC medical drama St.

Before NBC officially decided to part ways with Major League Baseball ( for the second time in about 12 years ) on September 26, 2000, Fox's payment would've been $ 345 million while NBC would've paid $ 240 million.

Before 1990, NBC had carried Major League Baseball since 1947.

Before taking the helm of NBC in 1986, Wright was president of GE Financial Services, and before that, president of Cox Cable Communications.

Before the advent of television, the station broadcast long-form radio ( both local and NBC network ) programs in addition to music.

At the top end of the scale, in 1966 Desilu Studios spent almost US $ 1 million on the two pilot episodes for the renowned science fiction series Star Trek – the first pilot " The Cage " ( which was rejected by NBC ) cost more than US $ 600, 000 and the set for the bridge of the Enterprise alone reportedly cost US $ 60, 000 ; the second pilot, " Where No Man Has Gone Before " cost around US $ 300, 000.

In July 1998, National Geographic Channel Asia was launched in partnership and distribution with STAR TV ( Before replacing NBC Asia Channel.

Before being elected to the Council Compton was best known for his career in journalism, working for NBC News out of Cairo and London from 1977 to 1984.

Before the deal was announced, O ' Brien initially had reservations about the move, as it would place comedian George Lopez's show, Lopez Tonight, one hour later to midnight, effectively doing to Lopez what NBC had wanted to do with O ' Brien.

Before the 2004 – 05 lockout, the NHL had reached two separate deals with NBC and ESPN.

Before landing the role of Cassie, Koffman played the short-term role of Lindsay on the NBC soap opera Another World in 1991.

Before WCKT signed on, NBC had been carried on WFTL-TV ( channel 23 ) in Fort Lauderdale ( later known as WGBS-TV after it had been acquired by Storer Broadcasting ) along with some DuMont programming.

Before striking it on the big screen, Leon amassed numerous small screen credits, notably in a 1989 episode of the NBC series Midnight Caller, in which he played an athlete who falls victim to crack cocaine.

Before then, ABC had been relegated to off-hours clearances on then-CBS affiliate WJXT and NBC affiliate WTLV.

Before this, WFAA-TV served as the NBC affiliate for the eastern half of the market.