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Thijs Van Leer ( pronounced: ; born 31 March 1948 ) is a Dutch musician, singer and composer, best known for heading the Dutch progressive rock band, Focus, as primary vocalist, Hammond organ player, and flautist.
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Dutch band Focus, containing Thijs van Leer and Jan Akkerman, began to assert symphonic prog with their second album Focus II ( Moving Waves ) ( 1971 ) despite their hit song " Hocus Pocus " ( which is noted for lead singer Thijs van Leer's yodeling ).
Focus is a Dutch rock band which was founded by classically trained organist / flautist Thijs van Leer in 1969, and is most famous for the instrumental pieces " Hocus Pocus " and " Sylvia ".
At the release of their first album Focus Plays Focus ( aka In and Out of Focus ) ( 1970 ), Focus comprised keyboardist and flutist Thijs van Leer, guitarist Jan Akkerman, bassist Martin Dresden, and drummer Hans Cleuver.
In 2001, Thijs van Leer re-formed Focus with himself, stepson Bobby Jacobs on bass, guitarist Jan Dumée, and drummer Ruben van Roon ( all are former members of the band CONXI ).
* Thijs van Leer – keyboards, flute, vocals
On 31 March – 1 April 2006 Ian Paice joined Don Airey, Thomas Blug and Thijs van Leer at impromptu performances held during the ProLight + Sound fair in Frankfurt, Germany.
* 31 March & 1 April – Germany, Frankfurt, ProLight + Sound – two concerts with Don Airey, Thijs van Leer, and others
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Thijs Berman ( born September 26, 1957 in Coevorden ) is a Dutch politician and a Member of the European Parliament.
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One scholar, Ad Thijs, has even suggested that Ramesses XI reigned as long as 33 years — such is the degree of uncertainty surrounding the end of his long reign.
Ad Thijs, in a GM 173 paper, notes that the House-list Papyrus, which is anonymously dated to Year 12 of Ramesses XI ( i. e., the document was compiled in either Year 12 of the pre-Renaissance period or during the Whm Mswt era itself ), mentions two officials: the Chief Doorkeeper Pnufer, and the Chief Warehouseman Dhutemhab.
Thijs is also a member of the AWEPA Governing Council.
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* Camping ( 1978 film ), a Dutch film by Thijs Chanowski
He was employed as interpreter in trade negotiations with the Hudson River Indians by Dutch captain Thijs Volckenz Mossel.
In the 1990s, Doderer finally succeeded in shedding his comedian image, and he played serious roles in Dutch theaters, under the direction of Ivo van Hove and Ger Thijs.
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While at Feyenoord Gullit became the focus of a race row as manager Thijs Libregts was alleged to have referred to Gullit as " blackie " and criticised him for being lazy, though Libregts defended himself by claiming that it was merely a nickname.
In 1966, they reached the second division for the first time, and, led by future national manager Guy Thijs, were surprise winners of the league.
Hence, Thijs ' case for a Year 33 proper for Ramesses XI should be treated with caution.
Immense sums were spent in the acquisition of paintings for the archduke, including paintings by Frans Snyders, Pieter Snayers, Daniel Seghers, Peter Franchoys, Frans Wouters, Jan van den Hoecke, Pieter Thijs, and others.
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Since 2010 Thijs Sandman, one of Olivier Latry's former students, also plays the organ regulary.
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The first satellites bear the names of eleven-year-old Thijs from Belgium and nine-year-old Natalia from Bulgaria who are the first winners of the European Commission's Galileo children's drawing competition.
Well-known players like Kees Akerboom Jr .( EiffelTowers Den Bosch ), Thijs Vermeulen and Rob van Mil ( both Matrixx Magixx ) demonstrate the success of the club in developing talented players.
* Postma, Thijs.
* Thijs VMJ.
He was to marry Rita Thijs in 1977.
* Netherland Thijs Libregts ( 29. 9. 2001 – 12. 8. 2002 )
At present, only Thijs ' proposal that Papyrus BM 10054 dates to Year 10 of the Whm-Mswt ( or Year 28 proper of Ramesses XI ) has been confirmed by other scholars such as Von Beckerath and Annie Gasse — the latter in a JEA 87 ( 2001 ) paper which studied several newly discovered fragments belonging to this document.
Theo Bovens succeeded Thijs Wöltgens, who retired in 2005.
Chief European Union ( EU ) observer Thijs Berman reported that the elections were " peaceful and well organised ", but noted an " uneven playing field " and criticized the use of state resources in the EPRDF campaign.
* Thijs Maasen.
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When Cleuver and Dresden left Focus shortly after, Van Leer joined Akkerman, Van der Linden, and Havermans as the new lineup of Focus.
Van Leer and Akkerman were still producing much of their most seminal work, but critics claimed that the album was not as cohesive as Focus II / Moving Waves and the material did not support the length of a double album.
In 1985, Van Leer and Akkerman reunited for a joint project ( because of contractual obligation ) which resulted in the commercially unsuccessful album Focus.
In 1990, the " classic " lineup of Akkerman, Van Leer, Ruiter, and Van der Linden performed old and new compositions on the Dutch TV shows Veronika and Goud van Oud.
Van Leer and Akkerman shared the stage and performed Focus compositions at the North Sea Jazz Festival in 1993.
Six years later, Van Leer attempted to reform Focus with original drummer Hans Cleuver, bassist Bert Ruiter, and new guitarist Menno Gootjes.
* Blake Ragsdale Van Leer, former president of Georgia Institute of Technology
The town is named for Anthony Van Leer, onetime operator of the iron works in nearby Cumberland Furnace.
In response to the growing demand, the president of the Georgia Institute of Technology, Colonel Blake R. Van Leer, sought to establish a technical institute program within Georgia.
In 1945 he was approached by the Associated Industries of Georgia ( AIG ) who shared their common desire to have such a program established and offered Van Leer their support.
It took years for Van Leer to convince the Board of Regents to give Georgia Tech authorization to establish a technical institute, but finally on October 8, 1947 the authorization was granted.
The ( Original ) Church of God owns a campground in Van Leer, Tennessee and publishes a bi-monthly magazine called The Messenger.
WREK first signed on the air on March 25, 1968, broadcasting at 10 Watts from a donated tower atop the Van Leer Electrical Engineering building on Georgia Tech's campus.
Jerusalem: Van Leer Jerusalem Institute ; Urim Publications, 2004
* Won – Wim Van Leer In Spirit for Freedom Award – Best Feature – Bombay – Mani Ratnam
Thomas Anderson, Joshie Armstead, Robert Dunn, Jay Van Leer, Esther Rolle, Mabel King, George Ooppee McCurn, Frank Carey, Nate Barnett, Rhetta Hughes and Avon Long recreated their stage roles in a film production by Melvin Van Peebles, in 1973.
In his later years, Van Leer went on to release many solo albums which were also classical music and jazz-based.
Van Leer was born in Amsterdam, and received his first flute at the age of eleven from his father, a classical flautist.
Van Leer headed Focus through several line-up changes, and by early 1976 he was the only remaining original member ; the group disbanded in 1978.
Van Leer has also experimented with sacred vocal music.
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