One of the premier festivals of Yamagata Prefecture, Shinjō Matsuri ( or Shinjō Festival ) is a Summertime celebration held on August 24 – 26 annually.

It was called The Summertime Car Show and Sound Off Competition, which at its height drew upwards of 300 contestants and continued into the 1990s.

The theme music originally started off as a vocal song called " Summertime Guy ".

Her standout performance during the course of the show was a heartfelt staging of the Porgy and Bess standard " Summertime " that left her in tears from " feeling the song " and earned praise from the judges-Randy Jackson has called it the best performance in the show's history-and was named amongst the AOL's 2004 list of greatest television moments.

Painted in 1884 and called " Summertime ", it depicts two local boys, John Wesley Kitching and John Cotton in a punt called " Little Argo ".

On 4 August 2012, a new episode was broadcast called TOTP2 Summertime Special and was shown at 9. 40 pm, which included past and present summer hits.

Numerous other musicians have recorded " Summertime " in varying styles, including both instrumental and vocal recordings.

Sports jerseys have always been popular in hip-hop fashion, as evidenced by Will Smith's early 90s video " Summertime ", and Spike Lee wearing a throwback Brooklyn Dodgers jersey in the film " Do the Right Thing.

Since 2004, Thirsty Merc have released a string of hits in the Australian Music Charts including " Wasting Time ," " My Completeness ", " Someday, Someday ", " In The Summertime ", " When The Weather Is Fine ", " 20 Good Reasons ", " The Hard Way ", " Those Eyes ", " Homesick ", " Mousetrap Heart ", " Tommy And Krista " and " All My Life ".

Summertime brings visitors drawn by its natural beauty and wildlife, including Rousay's seals and otters, and by its archaeological remains, especially the cluster of important sites connected by a footpath near the western shore.

* Other events the station-have promoted and ran competitions for tickets including the originated Capital London's Summertime Ball and Jingle Bell Ball in 2009, 2010 and from 2011 as part of the Capital network held at The O2 Arena ( London ) in early June and December, respectively.

" Summertime " was part of Knowles ' set list during the Dangerously in Love Tour ( 2003 ), and the Verizon Ladies First Tour ( 2004 ).

Summertime high temperatures are around while average wintertime lows are in the high thirties and low forties.

Music videos for songs such as " Summertime Girls ," " Mean Streak ," " Lipstick & Leather ," " Don't Stop Runnin '," " Don't Be Afraid of the Dark ," and " Contagious " are still featured videos on VH1 Classic.

Summertime weather patterns are generally slower to change than in winter.

Among his other film credits are: Summertime ( 1955 ) with Katharine Hepburn ; Tension at Table Rock ( 1956 ); The Harder They Fall ( 1956 ) with Humphrey Bogart ; Tea and Sympathy ( 1956 ); Three Brave Men ( 1957 ); The Young Doctors ( 1961 ); Youngblood Hawke ( 1964 ); Good Neighbor Sam ( 1964 ); The Glass Bottom Boat ( 1966 ); " The Trouble with Girls with Elvis Presley ( 1969 )" Tora!

They are remembered above all for their hit " In the Summertime ".

Summertime thunderstorms are common, though often do not bring much rainfall.

There are over 25, 000 recordings of " Summertime ".

Three takes of " In the Summertime " are circulating, as are two full takes of " Freedom for the Stallion " and also a brief take.

Summertime average high temperatures are in the 70s ° F ( 20s ° C ), but the winter can be very cold, especially in the more exposed eastern sections and snow can linger for up to 10 months of the year along the Continental divide.

Chickens are raised on several properties with Summertime Chickens being one of the largest businesses in the area.

Summertime beach operations are coordinated by Seasonal Beach Lifeguard Supervisors at each park unit.

One of the concerts by the Capella inspired George Gershwin to write " Summertime ", based on the lullaby Oi Khodyt Son Kolo Vikon ( The dream passes by the Windows ) All three musicians later emigrated to the United States.

In 1970, Deep Purple released their single Black Night, whose riff was based on the bassline from Ricky Nelson's recording of " Summertime ".

A song based in wistful retrospection, " In The Summertime " is perhaps the most relaxed, upbeat song on the entire album.

Among other composers who set Housman songs were John Ireland ( song cycle, Land of Lost Content ), Michael Head ( e. g. ' Ludlow Fair '), Graham Peel ( a famous version of ' In Summertime on Bredon '), Ian Venables ( Songs of Eternity and Sorrow ), and the American Samuel Barber ( e. g. ' With rue my heart is laden ').

* " Summertime " ( New Kids on the Block song ), 2008

Her first performing experience on film was at age three where she appeared in the final scene of the 1949 musical In the Good Old Summertime.

Her first appearance on film is as the baby in the very last shot of her mother's film, In the Good Old Summertime ( 1949 ).

The Summertime Car Show and Sound Off Competition began as a promotional event for Cars on Camera, a magazine founded by owners Steve Silver and Scott Burud.

His first release " You Send Me ", ( the B-side of a reworking of George Gershwin's " Summertime ") spent six weeks at # 1 on the Billboard R & B chart.

) The album My Name Is Albert Ayler is a session of standards recorded for a Copenhagen radio station with local musicians including Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen and drummer Ronnie Gardiner, with Ayler playing tenor and soprano on tracks like " Summertime ".

* " I'll Wed You In The Golden Summertime " ( w. Alfred Bryan m. Stanley Crawford )-John H. Bieling & Harry Macdonough on Victor

His fourth album was titled Who I Am, and it contained four number one hits: a cover of the Eddie Cochran standard " Summertime Blues ", followed by " Livin ' on Love ", " Gone Country " and " I Don't Even Know Your Name ".

While some tracks (" Promised You a Miracle ", " Colours Fly and Catherine Wheel ") continued the formula perfected on Sons and Fascination, other tracks (" Someone Somewhere In Summertime ", " Glittering Prize ") were undisguised pop.

Summertime skiing on Matterhorn Glacier Paradise

A commercial and critical success, Vincebus Eruptum peaked at number 11 on the Billboard 200 albums chart and spawned the top-20 hit cover of Eddie Cochran's " Summertime Blues ".

The band's 1985 hit " Summertime Girls ", off their seventh studio album Down for the Count, became the band's highest charting hit to date, reaching No. 55 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 17 on the U. S. mainstream rock charts.

On December 1, 1935, during the Broadway run, Todd Duncan and Anne Brown performed " Summertime ", " I Got Plenty o ' Nuttin '" and " Bess, You Is My Woman Now " on NBC's The Magic Key of RCA radio program.

Summertime activities for snowmobile enthusiasts include drag racing on grass, asphalt strips, or even across water.

Coetzee was named on the longlist for the 2009 prize for Summertime and was an early favourite to win.

A cover of Mungo Jerry's " In the Summertime " on Liberty in 1970 finally got them into the top 10 — in Argentina.

After the elimination of the traditional felze — possibly in response to tourists complaining that it blocked the view — there survived for some decades a kind of vestigial summer awning, known as the " tendalin " ( these can be seen on gondolas as late as the mid-1950s, in the film Summertime ).

Spring, Summertime and Fall mark the highest amounts of anglers on the stream, but enough public water exists that one may always find solitude if he or she so desires it.

Unfazed by a torrential downpour for much of its first half, the band's set went on to feature thirty five songs, including all but two tracks from Evil Urges and several covers, such as Erykah Badu's " Tyrone ", Kool and the Gang's " Get Down on It ", Sly and the Family Stone's " Hot Fun in the Summertime ", James Brown's " Cold Sweat ", Bobby Womack's " Across 110th Street ", Funkadelic's " Hit It and Quit It ", Velvet Underground's " Oh!