Jazz legend Louis Armstrong, also known as Satchmo, was born into poverty in 1901 in New Orleans. He had a rough childhood and was sent to "James Home for Colored Waifs," an institution dedicated to reforming troublesome youth, after he fired a pistol into the air on New Years Eve; he was only 11 years old. While there, Armstrong started playing the cornet in the home's brass band. After about 18 months, Armstrong was released, and he started playing at clubs with his mentor Joe "King" Oliver, one of the first jazz musicians.
The Blair Indoor Track team competed amongst its toughest competition at the Western Regional Indoor Track Championships today. Blair placed highly in several events, with three athletes qualifying for State Championships before a power outage ended the meet prematurely.
A Thai restaurant near the Farragut North station.
Virginia Square-GMU station
Darth Malak stands no chance against the fury of my force lightning in KOTOR.
Skating never looked so evil before THPS 3 came along and introduced Darth Maul to the sport.
The 47th Grammy Awards concluded with a few twists. Ray Charles, who died earlier this year, won eight awards; Kanye West and Usher both won three awards each, but were eclipsed by Alicia Keys, who won four Grammys.
After renovation, the Old Blair Auditorium will seat 1,200 people and feature a rising pit orchestra area.
My character, Lecis Lightfoot, easily parries Lord Malak's onslaught in KOTOR.
A cheap Chinese food restaurant located across the street from the Ballston MU station.
Several issues ago, we asked our readers for nominations to make our list for the best teachers at Blair. We received over 30 nominations for teachers, and excited at our newfound power, we set off to root out the unworthy to find out who would crack our list. We decided upon three tough questions to test our teachers' mettle: Why do you think you deserve to be on the Ask Chips list of best teachers, why do you think you are better than all other teachers, and what are your best two qualities? We started with Mr. Honigsberg, of the foreign language department. Mr. Honigsberg jumped right into the top spot on our list with an unabashed proclamation.
John F. Kennedy, former president and black civil rights activist.
Seniors Rebecca Widmayer and Katie Schlebecker read the informational packet distributed to all seniors as part of the senior motivational assembly.
The inside of the Court House Metro station.
This AMC movie therater is located at the Courthouse station
Freedom Park near Rosslyn Station.
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Fighting in Freelancer sure is a bunch of fun.
This California Toritilla restaurants is within a block from the Court House metro station,
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