![]() ![]() Definitions include synonyms and antonyms which allows the dictionary to also serve as a thesaurus. Wildcard characters can be used to help with word games like crosswords and scrabble where only some of the letters are known, or you have to find an anagram, or with spelling. Then you can follow the links in the definition page to get more word definitions. As you type, Dictionary homes in on the word you are looking for. The home page contains a randomly selected word cloud which will pique your curiosity and help you improve your vocabulary, while the search box allows you to find specific words easily. The dictionary definitions are stored locally, and because it's ad-free there's no need for a network connection. Dictionary is ideal for both native English speakers and English learners or people studying the English language. The Bicycle Orchestra steals the show at street theatre festivals, parades, open air parties, at official openings of roads and cycle paths and in shopping centres all over the world.Dictionary is a free offline English dictionary containing over 200,000 words and definitions and no ads. The repertoire includes circus and film muziek (Nino Rota, Laurel & Hardy), Klezmer, ragtime and jazz. ![]() The Dutch Bicycle Orchestra "Fietsorkest" from Eindhoven, the Netherlands (founded in 2002) plays in the following line up: trumpet, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, accordion, bass tuba, bass drum, cymbals and bicycle bell. When the tandem finally leaves amid a whirl of commotion, the audience is in no doubt they have witnessed a unique spectacle. They don't hesitate to flummox the spectators and making fun of themselves is one of the ingredients. Suddenly the colossus stops, the musicians get off amid a lot of fuss and bother and they start on an unparalled tattoo, a hilarious ballet act or an absurd slapstick act with acrobatic feats. Mouths fall open in astonishment and there is laughter in the air.Ĭatchy, cheerful music emanates from the six figures on the enormous bicycle. Wherever this surprising and very humorous orchestra appears on their 4 meter long tandem, they steal the hearts of the audience. They will literally blow the roof off any venue. It's natural habitat ranges from city streetlife to festival fields, to stages big and small. People find themselves suddenly sing-shouting along, dancing the polka and screaming saxophone solos to sick summits which dwarf the originals.īlaas of Glory is wild. The public is tempted to awkward proximity - the boundaries are fluid - and invited to close interaction. These Glamrock Legends pop out of nowhere to create extravaganze extraordinaire. KISS is klezmerized, Thin Lizzy rubled by rumba, Alice Cooper waltzes around, Queen turns into country and Van Halen into Dixieland, AC/DC never sounded so spiritual.īlaas of Glory guarantees a guerilla surprise. They will move you to smiles,tears, shreds or flabbergasts. Armed with sousaphone, piccolo, glockenspiel, banjo, accordion and multi-voiced background harmonies they transform every song into an unexpected experience. Hardrock evergreens bloom once again when this colourful Napoleontic brass band comes marching in, dressed in sexy spandex straight from the eighties. These eight rockers-in-tights have not encountered musical or theatrical equals on their ten year long march along Europe's finest festivals of every size and sort, be it street theatre, pop, rock or metal. Blaas of Glory is a hilarious mobile act like you've never seen before.
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