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Gemini V Prime Crew, Astronauts Gordon Cooper and Pete Conrad, receive a standing ovation during their visit to the United States House of Representatives. A standing ovation is a form of applause where members of a seated audience stand up while applauding, often after extraordinary performances of particularly high acclaim.
The performance ended with 25 minutes of applause and the singer's photograph on the front page of the local edition of The New York Times. The paper's critic Donal Henahan wrote that the "57-year-old soprano took an act or two to warm to her work, but what she delivered in the Nile Scene turned out to be well worth the wait."
Along with New Zealander Don Purdon, Galpin commenced an attempt at the longest hand-shake at 8 pm EST on Friday 14 January 2011 in New York Times Square. After 33 hours, three minutes, they had smashed the existing record by more than 17 hours [ 8 ] [ 9 ] [ 10 ] and shared the record with Nepalese brothers Rohit and Santosh Timilsina.
Stephane Cardinale – Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images The overindulgent — but undoubtedly significant — tradition of the standing ovation at the Cannes Film Festival has sparked polarizing ...
Professor Ben Cosh read out Mr Oladele's 38-syllable name to huge applause at Canterbury Cathedral. A student with a name his university says was the “longest ever” read out a graduation ...
However, a few movies that flopped financially and critically received long ovations too. The Neon Demon’s ovation went on for 17 minutes, The Paperboy’s lasted for 15 minutes and The Beaver ...
The New York Philharmonic concert of April 6, 1962, is widely regarded as one of the most controversial in the orchestra's history. Featuring a performance by Glenn Gould of the First Piano Concerto of Johannes Brahms, conducted by its music director, Leonard Bernstein, the concert became famous because of Bernstein's remarks from the podium prior to the concerto.
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