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The term hexagonal chess designates a group of chess variants played on hexagonal boards. The most popular one is Gli?ski's hexagonal chess which was invented in 1936 by W?adys?aw Gli?ski of Poland.
Contents
1 Gli?ski's hexagonal chess
2 McCooey's hexagonal chess
3 Shafran's hexagonal chess
4 Other hexagonal chess variants
5 See also
6 References
7 External links
//
Gli?ski's hexagonal chess
This is the most popular game of hexagonal chess variants. At one point of time there were more than half-a-million players of this game, and more than 130,000 board sets have been sold. The game was very popular in Eastern Europe, especially in Poland, Gli?ski's native country.

Gli?ski's hexagonal chess. Starting position.
The game is played on a hexagonal board with three colors (light, dark and gray), with the middle cell (or hex) usually gray. The usual set of chess pieces is extended with a bishop and a pawn. Initial setup is shown on the diagram at right. The board has 11 files, marked with letters a, b, c, ..., k, l (letter j is not used) and 11 ranks. Ranks 1-6 have 11 squares. They bend at 120 on file f. The rank 7 (it is filled with black pawns in initial setup) has 9 squares, rank 8 has 7, rank 11 has only one square, f11.
The diagrams below show how the pieces move. As in chess, knight can jump over other pieces. Three bishops on different colors can never meet. Queen moves as rook and bishop. There is no castling in this game.

King

Knight

Bishop

Rook

Queen

Pawn
Pawns move straight forward and capture orthogonally to an adjacent square (shown as red circles on the diagram above); the pawn's capturing move direction does not correspond to the bishop's move, as is the case in square chess. All pawns can make a double step from their starting hexes. If a pawn captures from its starting hex in such a way that it now occupies a starting hex of another pawn, it can still make a double move. For example, if the pawn on e4 would capture a black piece on f5, it still has the option to move to f7. , The Pawn in the middle file (hex f5 for White) cannot make a double step on initial setup as the hex is occupied (a black Pawn is placed on f7), but the double step move could be done later, as long as the hex is empty. En passant captures are also possible: for example, if the black pawn on c7 on the diagram above moves to c5, the white pawn on b5 can capture it: bxc6. Pawns promote on the last hex of a file; the hexes where white pawns promote are marked with stars.
Stalemate is not a draw in this chess variant, but is still counted less than checkmate. In tournament games, the stalemated player (the one who cannot make any legal moves) earns 0.25 points and the player who delivers stalemate 0.75 points.
A numeric (or international) notation exists, the details of which is in the diagram here. Every other detail is exactly as in ICCF numeric notation, except that there is no castling.
1976 June: First Hexagonal Chess Congress at Bloomsbury Centre Hotel, London, which included the inauguration of the British Hexagonal Chess Federation and the first British Hexagonal Chess Championship. David Springgay took the title.
December: First issue of "Hex Press" (Hexagonal Chess News) published.
1977 Hexagonal Chess was topic for many newspapers and magazines in Poland and other Eastern European countries.
December: Second British Championship held at Clifton-Ford Hotel, London. Brian Rippon took the title.
1978 January: Inventor visited Poland. Successful Hexagonal Chess event staged. Wide publicity in Eastern Europe. `Wspolna Sprawa' produced and distributed over 90,000 inexpensive sets in 18 months. September: First International Team Match - Poland v. G.V. at Central Hall, Westminster, London. Event shown on BBC and Australian TV, reported in press at home and abroad - including Japan. 1979 July: Third British Championship held at Polish Cultural Institute, London. Title taken by Simon Triggs, nearly 16 years old. August: Return International Team Match - Poland v G.B. in Warsaw. Sponsored by magazine "Horyzonty Technikili" (which includes a regular column on Hexagonal Chess).
Whilst in Poland, Simon Triggs played the first mixed (6 square and 6 hexagonal boards) simultaneous display.
Hexagonal Chess clubs formed in Poland, Czechoslovakia and USSR.
1980 August: International Congress at Polish Cultural Institute, London, which included: Inauguration of Internatienal Hexagonal Chess Federation First European Championship Team Match: Poland v G.B. Countries taking part: Austria, Great Britain, Hungary and Poland. Event covered by BBC TV and newspapers at home and abroad, including USSR ("Komsomolskaya Pravda" - 10,500,000 circulation), Austria and Hungary. Also radio in USA. First four places: 1: Marek Mackowiak (Poland), 2: Laszlo Rudolf (Hungary), 3: Jan Borawski (Poland), 4: Piers Shepperson (G.B.).
1981 September: First Hungarian Hexagonal Chess Championship in Szekszard. Title taken by Laszlo Sziraki. Forth Britisch Championship held at Woodford Bridge, Essex. Local and National press coverage, including picture in "The Times". Four players tied for first place. Final play-off arranged for October.
October: Play-off held in association with the North London (square-board) Congress, when Simon Triggs retained his title.
1982 April: Second Hungarian Championship held in Miscolc. Laszlo Rudolf became the Hungarian Champion for 1982. June: Final agreement and arrangements completed with "Bohemia" in West Germany regarding production of a new complete Hexagonal Chess boxed game with roll-up double-sided board (hexagonal/square) and wooden pieces to be distributed in the West European market. July: An open Hexagonal Chess Tournament was held on 10th and llth July in the famous "Sokolnikili" Park in Moscow. Players from Moscow and elsewhere in t in the USSR took part in the competition. First place and the "Moscow Trophy" were taken by F. Goncharov. Second was S. Seryubin and Third V. Goltyapin. Judging from the reports received, this tournament has considerably accelerated the development and popularity of Hex Chess in the USSR. Further tournaments, including international team matches (over-the-board and corresoondenee) are being organized.
Open International Tournament held in Pecs, Hungary, 24 - 31 July. This tournament was organized by the President of the Hungarian Hexagonal Chess Association, Mihaly Gelencser, and sponsored by the Zsolnay porcelain factory in Pecs, which also donated the "Zsolnay Cup" as well as other prizes of porcelain figures. The winner of the Tournament was Laszlo Rudolf (Hungary). Second place was taken by Simon Triggs (Great Britain).
September: Fifth British Championship held in London. Simon Triggs (19) of Garston, Hertfordshire, won the title of British Hexagaonal Chess Champion for the third time in succession. Press Association attended and wrote lengthy background. All the "quality newspapers" took photographs. LBC Radio and BBC Radio London broadcast interviews.
McCooey's hexagonal chess

McCooey's hexagonal chess, starting position.

The pawn's move
Dave McCooey and Richard Honeycutt developed another variation of hexagonal chess. It is very similar to Glinski's version, but there are four differences: the starting array, the pawn's capturing moves, the Pawns on f file cannot make a double step, and that stalemate is a draw, each player gets half a point. See the diagram on the left for the pawn's move in McCooey's variant. Note that the capturing move corresponds to the bishop's move. The white pawn on d5 can capture the black pawn on e8 en passant in case the black pawn advances to e6. The pawn on the f...

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The Museum of Everything
Genre
Comedy
Running time
28 minutes
Country
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Home station
BBC Radio 4
Starring
Marcus BrigstockeDanny RobinsDan TetsellLucy Montgomery
Writers
Marcus BrigstockeDanny RobinsDan Tetsell
Air dates
18 March, 2004 to 13 January, 2009 (BBC 7)
No. of series
3
No. of episodes
18
Website
Official website
The Museum of Everything is a BBC Radio 4 comedy sketch show, written and performed by Marcus Brigstocke, Danny Robins and Dan Tetsell with Lucy Montgomery. The show generally occupies the 18:30 comedy slot on BBC Radio 4, with repeats several times a year on BBC7. The first series was broadcast in 2003, a second series in 2005 and a third series in mid summer 2006 which makes continued use of favourite characters from past episodes as well as creating new ones. It is set in the fabled "Museum of Everything", an apparently infinite space housing exhibitions on everything from the history of stairs to the Greek buttock gallery.
Contents
1 Series List
1.1 First Series
1.2 Second Series
1.3 Third Series
1.4 Other Appearances
1.5 Television
2 Frequently recurring characters and themes
2.1 The Guides
2.2 The Announcer
2.3 The Gift Shop
2.4 The Rollercoasters
2.5 The Idiots
2.6 Randy and Travis
2.7 The Fillum Institute
2.8 Badgerland
2.9 Partwork magazine
2.10 Bagshot Grange
2.11 Brawley Safari Park
2.12 The Giant
2.13 The Re-enactors
2.14 Mistress Bess the Herbalist
3 External links
//
Series List
First Series
18 March 2004 - Welcome to the Museum of Everything
25 March 2004 - A Very Important Visitor
1 April 2004 - School Parties Welcome
8 April 2004 - To Infinity and Beyond
15 April 2004 - Ancient Worlds: The History of Everything
22 April 2004 - The History of the Future
Second Series
24 March 2005 - The Museum Re-opens
31 March 2005 - The Dig
7 April 2005 - Under New Management
14 April 2005 - The Coach Trip
21 April 2005 - By Royal Appointment
28 April 2005 - Behind the Magic
Third Series
27 July 2006 - The William Shakespearance
3 August 2006 - The Human Body Experience
10 August 2006 - The Museum's Most Precious Object
17 August 2006 - The Museum of the Year Awards
24 August 2006 - The Expo
31 August 2006 - How Things Work
Other Appearances
A short one minute sketch for the BBC Radio 4 28 Acts in 28 Minutes broadcast on 5 July 2006.
Television
According to Marcus Brigstocke's official website, as of 2007, The Museum of Everything is being developed for TV.
Frequently recurring characters and themes
The Guides
The show always opens with John and George, two Bristolian tour guides, and their catchphrase of "cheers then, thanks then, cheers then, thanks then...". They pop up throughout each episode reminding customers of museum attractions and rules, etc. Often the rules are twisted to their favour, one example of which is: "Remember: Please do not leave unattended bags anywhere in the museum. They will be stolen. By us."
In the third series there is a temp/trainee tour guide called Debbie, who is a bit clumsy and dim. George falls victim to a "swath of redundancies", which in fact only affects him. His replacement is a Mr Thomas, headhunted from the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, and therefore more eager than his colleague John to educate the general public.
The Announcer
This is intended as a parody of the announcements often found in museums advertising the most mundane and ridiculous features, as it is taken to such extremes. As well as staff announcements, e.g. ill Mr FIRE please come to the flammable items gallery, Jane the Announcer also informs the public about new attractions. he history of stairs exhibit is located between floors one and two. By the end of the first series, the monotony of the job is starting to show in the announcements: um, can we go now? I bored.
The Gift Shop
The gift shop is regarded by the staff with such reverence that a choral effect always plays whenever it is mentioned. It stocks novelties, pencils and many kinds of fudge in the shape of historical figures (more often than not, Jane Austen). In the recent renovations of the Museum of Everything, the gift shop was the major (if not only) recipient of funds. In the final episode of the first series, "concession stands" are regarded with such contempt that a warped version of the gift shop noise is played.
On the one occasion that the gift shop features in a sketch, two visitors stumble upon it by accident when looking for another gallery, and are mysteriously unable to escape through any of the doors they all lead straight back to the gift shop.
The Rollercoasters
During the third series, a short advertisement for a new rollercoaster features a performance spin-off of "I'm So Excited" by the Pointer Sisters and disclaimer notes at the end.
The Widowmaker
Certain Death
Negligence
Captain Bubbles Butterfly Teacups... Of Death
Designed By A Blue Peter Competition Winner
London Underground
The Idiots
These are two Upper-Class gentlemen who seem to revel in snobbery, drinking games, sexism, xenophobia and spoonerism. When asked if they went to Oxford: uilty! hich college? rookes! Their favourite game involves placement of their penis into another's drink, and they enjoy puerile rhymes and songs. Whilst being continuously jovial, they are self admittedly very lonely and detest each other's company. They have a tendency to turn up everywhere, irritating all kinds of people, from lottery fund personnel to tourists in Italy. Their finest hour was when they met two German people of much the same nature when attending a celebration of a twinning of two towns.
Randy and Travis
These two appear to be Falconers, or something close. They have a casual attitude to animal cruelty. Randy (or Wandy) has an incredible speech impediment, and Travis is a Geordie who has a habit of saying "Nightmare" every so often.
The Fillum Institute
The Museum of Everything Fillum Institute. On occasion the institute will give a public interview of someone who works in the film industry. Previous highlights have included: the bloke who does the CGI on films; a film director so bad that he specialises in straight to video releases; and one occasion when the presenter, Tom Commode, interviews "the most important figure working in fillum today" himself.
Badgerland
Badgerland is intended as a parody of major theme parks such as Disney World. This is evident when the series refers to another park, Euro Badger (in France). The original park is located ust off the M3 between Patrick Moore and Ted Heath.
A staple of the first series, Badgerland became the most popular section of the show. Its theme tune parodied Toys "R" Us:
"There's dozens of badgers, all under one roof, it's called Badgerland, Badgerland, Badgerland..."
Its advertisement in the Museum of Everything usually went along the lines of;
"That's right, come to Badgerland, Britain's only badger themed amusement park! Attractions include the Badgerquarium, the restaurant with new badgertarian option, the bouncy badger, the badgercuzzi, and of course, the park mascot - Badgey the Badger (I've got fleas, kids!)."
However, at the beginning of the second series, it was announced that Badgerland has been closed. The reasons for this are to do with various infractions of the health and safety code, particularly the numerous...

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A sphere manufactured by NASA out of fused quartz for use in a gyroscope in the Gravity Probe B experiment. It is one of the most accurate spheres ever created by humans, differing in shape from a perfect sphere by no more than 40 atoms of thickness. It is thought that only neutron stars are smoother.
Fused quartz and fused silica are types of glass containing primarily silica in amorphous (non-crystalline) form. They are manufactured using several different processes. Note that glasses formed by the traditional 'melt-quench' methods (heating the material to melting temperatures, then rapidly cooling to the solid glass phase), are often referred to as 'vitreous', as in 'vitreous silica'. The term 'vitreous' is synonymous with 'glass', when used in the melt-quench context.
Fused quartz is manufactured by melting naturally occurring quartz crystals of high purity at approximately 2000, using either an electrically heated furnace (electrically fused) or a gas/oxygen-fuelled furnace (flame fused). Fused quartz is normally transparent.
Fused quartz can also form naturally. The naturally occurring form is usually referred to as Metaquartzite and is formed under metamorphic conditions. An increase in heat causes the crystals within the quartz to become fused together.
Fused silica is produced using high purity silica sand as the feedstock, and is normally melted using an electric furnace, resulting in a material that is translucent or opaque. (This opacity is caused by very small air bubbles trapped within the material.)
Synthetic fused silica is made from a silicon-rich chemical precursor usually using a continuous flame hydrolysis process which involves chemical gasification of silicon, oxidation of this gas to silicon dioxide, and thermal fusion of the resulting dust (although there are alternative processes). This results in a transparent glass with an ultra-high purity and improved optical transmission in the deep ultraviolet. One common method involves adding silicon tetrachloride to a hydrogen-oxygen flame, however use of this precursor results in environmentally unfriendly by-products including chlorine and hydrochloric acid. To eliminate these by-products, new processes have been developed using an alternative feedstock, which has also resulted in a higher purity fused silica with further improved deep ultraviolet transmission.
Fumed silica is manufactured by a similar flame hydrolysis process to synthetic fused silica, however it is in the form of a fine powder/dust and is typically used in applications such as fillers for rubbers and plastics, coatings, adhesives, cements, sealants, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, inks and abrasives.
The optical and thermal properties are superior to those of other types of glass due to its purity (or rather, its lack of impurities). For these reasons, it finds use in situations such as semiconductor fabrication and laboratory equipment. It has better ultraviolet transmission than most other glasses, and so is used to make lenses and other optics for the ultraviolet spectrum. Its low coefficient of thermal expansion also makes it a useful material for precision mirror substrates.
Contents
1 Chemistry
2 Applications
3 Physical properties
4 Optical properties
5 Typical properties of clear fused silica
6 See also
7 External links
8 References
//
Chemistry
Fused quartz is a noncrystalline form of silicon dioxide (SiO2), which is also called silica. (The crystalline form of this material is quartz).
Applications
Specially prepared fused silica is also the key starting material used to make optical fiber for telecommunications.
Because of its strength and high melting point (compared to ordinary glass), fused silica is used as the envelope of halogen lamps, which must operate at a high envelope temperature to achieve their combination of high brightness and long life.
The combination of strength, thermal stability, and UV transparency makes it an excellent substrate for projection masks for photolithography.
Due to the thermal stability and composition it is used in the semiconductor fabrication furnaces.
Fused quartz has nearly ideal properties for fabricating first surface mirrors such as those used in telescopes. The material behaves in a predictable way and allows the optical fabricator to put a very smooth polish onto the surface and produce the desired figure with fewer testing iterations. In some instances, fused quartz has been used to make the individual elements of special purpose lens, such as the Zeiss 105mm f/4.3 UV Sonnar lens for the Hasselblad camera. This lens is used for UV photography, as the quartz has a lower extinction rate than lens made with more common flint or crown formulas.
Fused silica as an industrial raw material is used to make various refractory shapes such as crucibles, trays, shrouds, and rollers for many high temperature thermal processes including steelmaking, investment casting, and glass manufacture. Refractory shapes made from fused silica have excellent thermal shock resistance and are chemically inert to most elements and compounds including virtually all acids, regardless of concentration. Translucent fused silica tubes are commonly used to sheathe electric elements in room heaters, industrial furnaces and other similar applications.
Physical properties
The extremely low coefficient of thermal expansion, about 0.55 ppm/ (20-320), accounts for its remarkable ability to undergo large, rapid temperature changes without cracking (see thermal shock).
"UV grade" synthetic fused silica (sold under various tradenames including "HPFS", "Spectrosil" and "Suprasil") has a very low metallic impurity content making it transparent deeper into the ultraviolet. An optic with a thickness of 1 cm will have a transmittance of about 50% at a wavelength of 170 nm, which drops to only a few percent at 160 nm. However, its infrared transmission is limited by strong water absorptions at 2.2 ?m and 2.7 ?m.
"IR grade" fused quartz (tradenames "Infrasil", "Vitreosil IR" and others) which is electrically fused, has a greater presence of metallic impurities, limiting its UV transmittance wavelength to around 250 nm, but a much lower water content, leading to excellent infrared transmission up to 3.6 ?m wavelength. All grades of transparent fused quartz/fused silica have near-identical physical properties.
The water content (and therefore infrared transmission of fused quartz and fused silica) is determined by the manufacturing process. Flame fused material always has a higher water content due to the combination of the hydrocarbons and oxygen fuelling the furnace forming hydroxyl [OH] within the material. An IR grade material typically has an [OH] content of <10 parts per million.
Optical properties
Dispersion of fused silica can be approximated by the following Sellmeier equation (Malitson 1965):

where



and wavelength is measured in micrometers.
This equation is valid between 0.21 micrometres and 3.71 micrometres (see ref)
Typical properties of clear fused silica
Density: 2.203 g/cm3
Hardness: 5.36.5 (Mohs Scale)
Tensile strength: 48.3 MPa
Compressive strength: >1.1 GPa
Bulk modulus: ~37 GPa
Rigidity modulus: 31 GPa
Young's modulus: 71.7 GPa
Poisson's ratio: 0.16
Lame elastic constants: ?=15.872 GPa, ?=31.261 GPa
Coefficient of thermal expansion: 5.510-7/ (average from 20 to 320 )
Thermal conductivity: 1.3 W/(m)
Specific heat capacity: 45.3 J/(mol)
Softening point: c. 1665
Annealing point: c. 1140
Strain point: 1070
Electrical resistivity: >1018 ?
Dielectric constant: 3.75 at 20 1 MHz
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moe.
moe. tuning their instruments between songs on March 3, 2007. Left to right: Jim Loughlin, Chuck Garvey, Rob Derhak, Vinnie Amico, Al Schnier.
Background information
Origin
Utica, New York, USA
Genre(s)
Rock, progressive rock, jam, roots rock, psychedelic rock
Years active
1989 present
Label(s)
Fatboy Records
Associated acts
Al and the TransamericansBefore CowboysHa Ha the MooseLynch
Website
http://www.moe.org
Members
Rob DerhakChuck GarveyAl Schnier (1990 present)Jim Loughlin (1992 1995; 1999 present)Vinnie Amico (1996 present)
Formermembers
Ray Schwartz (1989 1992)Steve Hunter (1990)Dave Kessler (1990 1992)Mike Strazza (1995)Chris Mazur (1995 1996)
moe. is an American jam band, formed at the University at Buffalo in 1990. The band members are: Rob Derhak (bass, Vocals), Al Schnier (guitar, Vocals, keyboard), Chuck Garvey (guitar, Vocals), Vinnie Amico (drums), and Jim Loughlin (percussion).
The band's first record, Fatboy (1992), established the band as a favorite of the 1990s jam band and improvisational rock scene that grew in popularity with bands such as Phish, the Dave Matthews Band, and Widespread Panic. Just as Grateful Dead followers were coined "Dead Heads", avid moe. fans embrace the term "moe.rons." moe. toured with the 1997 Furthur Festival, appeared at Woodstock '99, played Summerstage at the Rumsey Playfield in Central Park, opened for The Allman Brothers and The Who, performed at Radio City Music Hall on New Year's Eve 2006 and returned there for New Year's Eve 2007.
During an interview, guitarist Al Schnier was asked to describe moe. for those who have never heard their music: "It's an amalgamation of a wide variety of the history of rock, all regurgitated and recycled through the eyes, ears, hands, whatever of the guys in our band and all of that with a sense of adventure, a sense of humor, also a constant desire to push the envelope. All in this arena of taking chances, improvising live, and making things up on the spot."
Contents
1 The 1990s
2 Fundraising
3 Festivals
3.1 moe.lennium
3.2 moe.down
3.3 snoe.down
3.4 moe. Cruise
3.5 Other Festivals
4 Discography
4.1 Official Albums
4.2 Warts and All series:
4.3 Dr. Stan's Prescription Album Series
4.4 Video and DVD releases:
4.5 Singles:
4.6 Self-releases:
5 Audio
6 See also
7 External links
7.1 Articles
8 References
//
The 1990s
The origin of the band goes back as far as 1989, when Chuck Garvey, Rob Derhak, and Ray Schwartz got together to play a Halloween show at a friend's behest. The band's first true form began in the Winter of 1990. Chuck was joined by Dave Kessler on guitar and Steve Hunter joined on saxophone and vocals. They called themselves Five Guys named Moe, the name of a Louis Jordan song. They opened for a band named Monkey Wrench at Broadway Joe's in Buffalo, NY. Monkey Wrench would later be mentioned in moe.'s song Y.O.Y., where Garvey sings "I wish I could suck like Monkey Wrench."
In the Fall of 1990, Hunter exited. Also, the bands name evolved first into Haggis (for one week) before settling to be simply moe, noticeably without the period. Derhak pushed for the "m" to be capitalized, but a Brooklyn band had that name already. Al Schnier sat in with the band for a show in 1991 in Buffalo when Kessler was absent. After this show, Schnier was a frequent guest. They became known as the moe guitar army because of the three guitarists. The band also officially adopted the period at the end of moe. Schnier joined the band full-time in early 1992 and in the Spring, Kessler left due to a lack of interest.
In June 1993, the band recorded Fatboy, after which Schwartz left the band to go to graduate school. Jim Loughlin joined the band in September on drums. During the Summer of 1993, Chuck left the band due to personal issues, but returned two months later and "beg[ged] for re-admittance and more abuse." In the Spring of 1994, the band recorded Headseed, officially quitting their day jobs, and all moved to Albany, NY. Loughlin left the band in June of 1995 to pursue another band named Yolk, from Binghamton, NY. After Loughlin left, Mike Strazza joined the band on drums, but only from July until the end of 1995, though he officially quit in September. During their two nights over Thanksgiving weekend at the Wetlands in New York City, the band recorded Loaf, their first official live release.
Chris Mazur joined the band on drums near the end of 1995 through November 1996. That same month, Vinnie Amico started playing for the band on drums and has continued in that position since. In early 1999, Loughlin returned to the lineup on percussion, flute, backup bass, acoustic guitar, and washboard. Since January 23, 1999, the band moe. has officially been Al Schnier, Chuck Garvey, Rob Derhak, Vinnie Amico, and Jim Loughlin.
Fundraising
The band has taken part in a number of fundraising efforts. moe. held a Tsunami Benefit concert at the Roseland Ballroom in New York City on February 10, 2005. Sharing the stage with moe. were Sam Bush, John Medeski of Medeski, Martin, and Wood, Trey Anastasio, and Anastasio collaborator Jennifer Hartswick. All proceeds from the event were matched by the Dave Matthews Band and his Bama Works Village Recovery Fund to assist rebuilding an east coast sea town in Sri Lanka. Bama Works, Dave's philanthropic brainchild, recorded a final tally of a whopping $155,000. Waves of Sound
The performance garnered moe. an award for Live Performance of the Year at the 6th Annual Jammy Awards.
On January 22, 2006, moe. performed at the Landmark Theatre in Syracuse, NY. This concert raised $35,000 in support of the Kelberman Center - a comprehensive community resource for individuals with autism spectrum disorder and their families. The evenings proceeds brought moe.'s charitable contributions to over $200,000 between January 2005 and January 2006.
Al Schnier on the Kelberman Center:
The Promise School is one of the leading resources for autistic preschoolers in the country. I was amazed, and grateful, to learn that one of the most highly regarded programs was right here in our community. As we learn more about autism, and as our kids grow older, we are finding that we as parents and our children need that same high quality and progressive resource beyond the Promise Program's objective. The Kelberman Center is fulfilling that need.
On April 11th, 2006, the band donated $38,000 to the Kelberman Center as part of The Face of Autism telethon.
Festivals
moe.lennium
moe. rang in the new millennium with three nights at The Chance in Poughkeepsie, NY, December 29-31, 1999.
moe.down
moe. host the annual festival moe.down at Snow Ridge Ski Area in Turin, NY. Started in 2000, festival runs for three days and occurs every Labor Day weekend. The festival has attracted a wide variety of musical talent. Acts range from newer bands just emerging onto the scene (such as Tea Leaf Green, Nellie McKay and Raq) to big name acts and jam rock staples, such as Les Claypool, Blues Traveler, and Mike Gordon (of Phish fame), to pop rock icons, such as Leo Kottke, The Flaming Lips, The Violent Femmes, and most recently, Perry Farrell. Each year, the amount of moe.down attendees has steadily increased. moe.down I attracted around 3,000 people while moe.down VI in 2005, had attracted close to 7,000.
snoe.down

Rob bundled up, the band playing outside during snoe.down II(Photos by Rob Clarke)
moe. hosted Snoe.down II March 17, 2006 through March 19, 2006. This event, which kicked off the week long Adirondack Almost Springfest celebration, took place at the Olympic...

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