One mile from the town center is Singing Beach, so named because the sand comprising the beach squeaks when walked upon ( see Singing sand ).

Singing sand dune in Altyn-Emel National Park, Almaty Province, Kazakhstan

Singing sand, whistling sand or barking sand is sand that produces sound.

Singing sand dunes, an example of the phenomenon of singing sand, produce a sound described as roaring, booming, squeaking, or the " Song of Dunes ".

Examples of singing sand dunes include California's Kelso Dunes and Eureka Dunes ; sugar sand beaches and Warren Dunes in southwestern Michigan ; Sand Mountain in Nevada ; the Booming Dunes in the Namib Desert, Africa ; Porth Oer ( also known as Whistling Sands ) near Aberdaron in Wales ; Indiana Dunes in Indiana ; Barking Sands in Hawaiʻi ; Mingsha Shan in Dunhuang, China ; Singing Beach in Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts ; near the Al Udeid Air Base west of Doha, in Qatar ; and Gebel Naqous, near el-Tor, South Sinai, Egypt.

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He has recorded duets with noted Scottish fiddler Alasdair Fraser as well as recently releasing an album with bassist Alain Genty, entitled Singing Sands.

It has been used in many nonviolent resistance movements in India ( Gandhi's campaigns for independence from the British Empire ), in Czechoslovakia's Velvet Revolution and in East Germany to oust their communist governments, in South Africa in the fight against apartheid, in the American Civil Rights Movement, in the Singing Revolution to bring independence to the Baltic countries from the Soviet Union, recently with the 2003 Rose Revolution in Georgia and the 2004 Orange Revolution in Ukraine, among other various movements worldwide.

When a musician hears Bix's solo on ' Singing the Blues ', he becomes aware after two bars that the soloist knows exactly what he is doing and that he has an exquisite sense of discord and resolution.

Composer Baird Hersey and his group Prana with Krishna Das ( overtone singing and Hindu mantra ), Canadian songwriter Nathan Rogers has become an adept throat singer and teaches Tuvan Throat Singing in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

The council has two camps: Camp Togowoods in Wasilla near Anchorage and Camp Singing Hills in Peters Creek whose only building burned down in July 2009.

* Contemporaneous with the Arts and Crafts Show weekend, The Barbershop Harmony Society, legally and historically named the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America, Inc. ( SPEBSQSA ), has a large regional contest and meeting.

Redwood has also been an active writer of books, including: Stars and Strife, Superpower Struggles, Singing the Blues, The Death of Britain, Our Currency Our Country and Just Say No: 100 Arguments Against The Euro.

Robert Downey Jr. has sung on several soundtracks in his films such as Chaplin, Too Much Sun, Two Girls and a Guy, Friends and Lovers, The Singing Detective and Kiss Kiss Bang Bang.

Aldred has presented and sung in several BBC Schools Radio series, including Singing Together, Music Workshop, Time and Tune and Music Box.

The oldest is the all-male Carleton Singing Knights, which has toured and recorded extensively over its more than 50-year history.

He is also a music historian and has written a book, Singing in the Saddle " the first comprehensive look at the singing cowboy phenomenon that swept the United States in the 1930s ".

Singing or chanting has been done to accompany labor on sea-going vessels among various cultural groups at various times and in various places.

Singing has always been a tradition for both men and women.

Singing in Catalan has received a boost in the 21st due to the success of lots of Catalan indie bands that are springing up in many genres, such as pop ( Antònia Font, Manel, Els Amics de les Arts, Mishima, Sanjosex ), hip-hop ( At Versaris, Guillamino ), and so on.

Smax has experience using weaponry, including his Singing Sword, but he most often prefers using his fist, or his Strong Light energy ( which emanates from his solar plexus ).

As a result of his musical endeavours, he has been nicknamed " The Singing Nun.

Her new grey gravestone has the image of a steam locomotive prominently engraved on the front and the epitaph reads: " Singing with the Angels ".

On February 19, 2006, Machado debuted on a Mexican reality show named Cantando Por Un Sueño (" Singing For A Dream "), a program in the line of the previous Bailando Por Un Sueño (" Dancing For A Dream "), in which the winner has the chance for a dream to come true.

Steven Bochco has credited the serial as the chief inspiration for Cop Rock ( 1990 ), although unlike The Singing Detective, Bochco's drama features specially recorded musical numbers rather than pre-existing work.

Nick has been announced as the host of new variety / talent show " The Singing Office " starting on Fox 8 in September ' 07.

Chinese singer Sammi Cheng has released and performed covers of several of her hits such as Bakkwo ( became Mei Fei Se Wu in Mandarin / Sat For 煞科-Finale in Cantonese ), Wa became " Duk Ga See Chung-Exclusive Trial Singing " and Nuh ( 너, You ), which became Tian Yi Wu Feng.

Singing or reading the Psalms has a special role in the Jewish liturgy, in particular they are used in the daily services of Shacharit, Mincha, and Arvit.

She has appeared on the game show The Singing Bee.

It has also appeared in numerous music videos by local singer Enya, most notably in the video for " How Can I Keep From Singing?

Singing Grass is said to have been popular at the rendezvous and also to have caught the attention of a French-Canadian trapper, Joseph Chouinard.

Some dog breeds ( such as Saluki or New Guinea Singing Dogs ) have been bred for thousands of years.

* Allan Smethurst ( 1927 – 2000 ), aka " The Singing Postman ", raised in Sheringham although he may have been born in Lancashire

Downey was able to return to the big screen only after Mel Gibson, who had been a close friend to Downey since both had co-starred in Air America, paid Downey's insurance bond for the 2003 film The Singing Detective.

His first documented commission, the Cantoria (" Singing Gallery "; 1431 – 1438 ) for the Cathedral of Florence proves that he must have been an accomplished artist long before joining the Sculptors Guild in 1432.

Aspects of the program have been cited as outstanding by U. S. News and World Report and the program in voice as exceptional by the National Association of Teachers of Singing.

Long sections of former CGW rights-of-way have been preserved as rail trails, such as the Great Western Trail between Villa Park and Sycamore, Illinois, the Cannon Valley Trail between Red Wing and Cannon Falls, Minnesota, the Sakatah Singing Hills State Trail between Faribault and Mankato, Minnesota, and the Heritage Trail between Dubuque and Dyersville, Iowa.

The UNESCO Pacha Prize has been awarded in 2001 to the Rustavi State Academic Ensemble of Singing and Dancing for the safeguarding and promotion of Georgian polyphonic singing in the Republic of Georgia.

One of the longest running print magazines for Southern Gospel music has been the Singing News.

*" The Singing Statues " returns to sound sculpture ( which may have been why it was removed from the American Berkley Medallion edition of 1971 ).

Singing River Island ( 437-acre ( 1. 8-km² )) is man-made, having been created over the years as dredge materials from the Pascagoula federal channel and nearby Ingalls Shipbuilding shipyard were deposited in the area.

Singing bowl researcher Joseph Feinstein and Oxford University recently conducted a joint study and concluded that singing bowls have been made in the Himalayan region for at least 600 – 800 years, and are likely related to bronze bowls produced in Central and Western Asia.

2005's Talking Voice vs. Singing Voice saw the band change their sound yet again, to a style that seemed a more natural follow-up to Old than I Am the Portuguese Blues had been.

Singing Dogs have been reclassified several times and have variously been called Canis lupus hallstromi or Canis familiaris hallstromi.

Several unique behaviors have been exhibited by New Guinea Singing Dogs.

For the majority of movie audiences, The Singing Fool became their first experience with a talking film, since few movie theaters had been equipped with a sound system in 1927.

One trade paper commentator stated that The Singing Fool " will be to talking pictures what The Birth of a Nation has been to silent pictures ".