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Classical Music With Bob Christiansen
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Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 9 (Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra)
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Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier: 1st Waltz Sequence (BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra)
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Isaac Albeniz: Spanish Suite: Cadiz (Pepe Romero, guitar)
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Hector Berlioz: Trojan March (Baltimore Symphony Orchestra)
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Arcangelo Corelli: Violin Sonata No. 4 (Chiara Banchini, violin)
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Arts and Entertainment Monday, November 23, 2009 Paige Palmer, the first lady of fitness, has died. The Paige Palmer Show aired on WEWS-TV for 25 years and was the first fitness show for women. by WKSU's VIVIAN GOODMAN |
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| Northeast Ohio's first lady of fitness, Paige Palmer, was 93 when she died over the weekend. Chronological age was something she didn't talk about. But fitness and pride in appearance were lessons the Akron native delivered over three decades on TV. Five days a week for 25 years, women and their daughters tuned into the Paige Palmer show, laid on the living room floor and followed her through leg lifts and scissor kicks.
Born Dorothy Rohrer, Palmer opened her own dance studio by the age of 14 and started her TV career in New York City in 1943. By 1948, she had returned to Northeast Ohio to host the first show of its kind in the nation.
She also wrote more than 20 books, travelled the world, and collected art. WKSU's Vivian Goodman spoke with Palmer in October of 2000, when she donated her collection of Ohio-made pottery to the Kent State Museum. She was 84 and still worked out every day:
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