It was during this time that touring drummer Scott Savage left the band's touring group to play for Jaci Velasquez and was replaced by Joe Porter.

Velasquez was born in Houston, Texas.

After that, Velasquez was able to achieve the crossover appeal she desired, building a fan base among Hispanics as well as other Americans.

On September 2008, Velasquez was chosen by the State Department's Bureau of International Information Programs as one of the 15 Prominent Hispanic-Americans in the Arts in America.

Between the 1980s and 1990s, OPM was led by artists such as Regine Velasquez, Sharon Cuneta, APO Hiking Society, José Mari Chan, Dingdong Avanzado, Rodel Naval, Janno Gibbs, Ogie Alcasid, Joey Albert, Lilet, Martin Nievera, Manilyn Reynes, Pops Fernandez, Lea Salonga, Vina Morales, Raymond Lauchengco, Francis Magalona, and Gary Valenciano among many others.

Along with Nydia Velasquez of New York City, she was the second Latina after Ileana Ros-Lehtinen of Miami, and with Velasquez, the first Democrat and the first elected to a full term.

" Almost Over You " was very popular in Asia ( especially the Philippines ) and was covered by the Filipino artists Sarah Geronimo, Regine Velasquez, Aiza Seguerra, Karylle, and Janno Gibbs and the Chinese singer Sandy Lam.

Soon afterwards McInnes held a successful show of his paintings at the Athenaeum gallery in conjunction with F. R. Crozier, which was followed in 1911 by a journey to Europe, where he did much landscape painting and made acquaintance with the masterpieces of Rembrandt, Velasquez and Raeburn.

Successful fighters in modern MMA who began their training in various forms of wrestling, include Jon Jones, Frank Edgar, Cain Velasquez and Brock Lesnar, a former UFC heavyweight champion who was a NCAA wrestling champion in 2000 and achieved 2nd place 1999,

* Sunday 25 September 1921 ( p. 294-5 )-And in the afternoon we drove to Tillyra, and Edward sent them and Catherine, Lady Gregory's granddaughters into the Castle with Owen, and let them play the organ in the hall and gave us tea and was very pleasant, thought Catherine very like Velasquez Prince on horseback ; approves of my keeping on Coole but thinks I have great courage.

In 2003, he was chosen as the lead character in the Latin comedy Chasing Papi, alongside Jaci Velasquez, Sofia Vergara, and Roselyn Sanchez.

However, he left his studies to take up painting, of which he was mainly self-taught-partly by copying the works of Velasquez and other masters-though he briefly spent time in the studio of Alexander Nasmyth.

Steve Mocco was brought in to the American Top Team to help Antonio " Bigfoot " Silva prepare for his fight with Cain Velasquez at UFC 146.

The song was covered on live television by Filipino singers Regine Velasquez and Charice Pempengco.

In 2003, Filipino singer Regine Velasquez, performed a live rendition of " Through the Rain " as part of an intimate concert that was later broadcast on Asian television.

Along with Lea Salonga and Regine Velasquez, Kyla was listed as Best Female Singer in a survey held by popular teen magazine Meg in her first full year in the music business alone.

Kyla was one of the guests of Ogie Alcasid and Regine Velasquez concert at Araneta Coliseum, Philippines on February 14, 2012 entitled " Mr. and Mrs. A ".

His first film was The Encounter which starred Bruce Marchiano, Jaci Velasquez, and pro wrestler Steve " Sting " Borden.

The program was hosted by Regine Velasquez.

In the 2006 Star Awards for Television, Velasquez was awarded the " Best Talent Search Program Host " for the show.

Mir was expected to face Cain Velasquez on May 25, 2012 at UFC 146.

In 2002, Geronimo competed in the Star for a Night competition, hosted by Filipino pop singer Regine Velasquez.

Only Velasquez and a few other clerics, to act as chaplains, remained in Calatrava with the knights, Velasquez becoming prior of the whole community.

In 1993 he recorded a duet with Philippine singer Regine Velasquez entitled " It's Hard to Say Goodbye ", included in her album, Reason Enough.

Velasquez released her national debut album Heavenly Place in 1996 and five of the songs on that CD became No. 1 hits ( she had two previous independent records ).

Velasquez has been distinguished as the fastest selling solo debut recording artist in her genre and the first solo artist in Christian music history to reach gold status with a debut album, prior to release of second project.

Velasquez has appeared in over 50 magazines — including the December 2003 issue of Right On !, wherein editor Cynthia Horner calls her a true role model to teens — and has sung for President George W. Bush multiple times.

On September 4, 2012 Velasquez released her first Spanish-language lullaby album, Buenas noches mi sol with Fisher-Price.

Parks partners Nick with Rosie Velasquez ; when Nick teasingly remarks how she's a " good girl ", Rosie angrily responds, saying before going straight and becoming a detective, she " ran with more than a few Latino gangs in her time.

As the game's introduction explains, fourteen years earlier, Velasquez saw her father Ric killed by the Vultures while returning from garrison duty.

In describing the Velasquez genre painting ( illustration ), sometimes art historians not handy in the kitchen describe her as frying eggs in her earthenware dish.

Regine won Best Single Performance By An Actress for this episode at the 16th PMPC Star Award for Television The TV Series also serves as a memorable performance for Regine Velasquez as her first MMK Episode.

Although bulk of the officers were recruited from among volunteers from among U. S. commissioned and noncommissioned officers, two Filipinos qualified for appointment as 3rd Lieutenants during the first month of the PC ,-Jose Velasquez of Nueva Ecija and Felix Llorente of Manila.

Prominent players during the first four years included Clyde Best, Željko Bilecki, Jimmy Bone, Roberto Bettega, Drew Busby, David Byrne, Cliff Calvert, Tony Chursky, David Fairclough, Colin Franks, George Gibbs, Jimmy Greenhoff, Steve Harris-Byrne, Graham Hatley, Victor Kodelja, Sam Lenarduzzi, Peter Lorimer, Ivan Lukačević, Drago Vabec, Mike McLenaghen, Willie McVie, Alan Merrick, Charlie Mitchell, Juan Carlos Molina, Jan Möller, Francesco Morini, Ace Ntsoelengoe, Rob Prentice, Randy Ragan, Neill Roberts, Malcolm Robertson, Peter Roe, Jomo Sono, Gordon Sweetzer, Blagoje Tamindžić, Jose Velasquez, and Bruce Wilson.

Mir is now the first only one of two fighters ( the other being Cain Velasquez ) to have finished Nogueira via knock out, and the first and only one to finish him via submission.

The first mayor was Manuel Antonio Zelaya Meneses and the vice-mayor was Oscar Velasquez Gonzalez.

A migrant worker who had worked in the fields since he was six years old, Velasquez led his first strike at the age of 12.

As well as Velasquez, this movie featured Colombia's Sofia Vergara, Puerto Rico's Roselyn Sanchez, and Mexico's Eduardo Verastegui, as well as Nicole Scherzinger in a cameo role.

In 2003, she played the role of Lorena in the movie Chasing Papi, starring alongside Jaci Velasquez and Sofia Vergara.

In 2003, Bermudo had a small role playing herself in the film Chasing Papi ( Chasing Papi at IMDB ), starring Roselyn Sanchez, Jaci Velasquez, and Sofía Vergara.

the corner of it you could see in the photograph looked as though it ought to have Velasquez in it painting the royalty of Spain.

* Velasquez, Susan McNeal, " Beyond Intellect: Journey Into the Wisdom of Your Intuitive Mind ", Row Your Boat Press, 2007.

Its Mayor is Ed Murray, Mayor Pro Tempore is Esteban ( Steve ) Velasquez.

Seven elementary schools — Austin, Long, McNeill, Pink, Seguin, Smith, and Velasquez — are located in and serve Richmond.

The holdings, comprise some 250 paintings, including works by Rubens, Van Dyck, Canaletto and Velasquez.

He recorded more than one hundred albums with international musical stars ( spanning the genres of jazz, variety, and classical ) and worked with such diverse musicians as Phil Woods, Ray Charles, Claude Nougaro, Perry Como, Neil Diamond, Ella Fitzgerald, Aretha Franklin, Lena Horne, James Ingram, Jack Jones, Kiri te Kanawa, Tamara Gverdciteli, Frankie Laine, Tereza Kesovija, Johnny Mathis, Jessye Norman, Diana Ross, Frank Sinatra, Barbra Streisand, Sarah Vaughan, Shirley Bassey, Regine Velasquez, and Natalie Dessay.

Llorente retired as Colonel in 1921 while Velasquez retired as Major in 1927.

In 1997, he did a duet with Filipino singer Regine Velasquez.

Fighters exposed to the UFC audience — or who became prominent — in the post-Pride era include the likes of Anderson Silva, Jon Fitch, Lyoto Machida, Cain Velasquez and Jon Jones, among others.

After a dramatic fifth round, last minute victory by UFC Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva over Chael Sonnen at UFC 117, Lesnar finally surrendered his belt to the undefeated Cain Velasquez via 1st round TKO at UFC 121.

Jacquelyn " Jaci " Davette Velasquez ( Spanish Jaci Velásquez, born October 15, 1979 in Houston, Texas ) is an American Contemporary Christian and Latin pop singer — in both English and Spanish languages.

Velasquez has sold almost five million albums around the world, recorded three Platinum and three Gold albums, and recorded 16 singles that hit No. 1 plus six more that hit the top-10.

Velasquez has co-hosted a morning radio show since late 2010.