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Winsome is a given name, and may refer to: * Winsome Andante (born 1993), English eventing horse * Winsome Brown (born 1973), Obie-award-winning NYC-based actress and writer * Winsome Evans (born 1941), Australian early music specialist * Winsome McCaughey, Lord Mayor of Melbourne from 1988 to 1989 * Winsome Pinnock (born 1961), British playwright * Winsome Sears (born 1964), American politician * Winsome Witch, fictional title character of an animated cartoon series See also * Winsome (song), "Winsome" (song), a 1984 reggae song by Half Pint covered in 1986 by the Rolling Stones as "Too Rude" {{given name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winsome Andante
Winsome Andante (April 6, 1993 - September 25, 2019) was an English imported crossbred eventer (84.5% Thoroughbred, 9.5% Arabian (horse), Arabian, and 6% Irish) who competed successfully to the highest levels of the sport of eventing. His rider, Kimberly Severson, rode him in many well-known events, and he won the Rolex Concours Complet International, CCI**** a record three times. He also competed at the Burghley Horse Trials, as well as in the Olympic Games, Olympics and the World Equestrian Games. "Dan" was strong in all three phases. He usually won or placed among the top horses in the dressage, followed by a fast, clean cross-country run and a good show jumping round. He stood {{hands, 16.1. In November 2006, Dan rose to the top of the United States Eventing Association, USEA Leader Board, ahead of retired Giltedge, with a total of 1,184 career points. Dan was retired in November 2007 due to a hind limb lameness. Top Placings * Winner of the 2001 Blenheim Hors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winsome Brown
Winsome is a given name, and may refer to: * Winsome Andante (born 1993), English eventing horse * Winsome Brown (born 1973), Obie-award-winning NYC-based actress and writer * Winsome Evans (born 1941), Australian early music specialist * Winsome McCaughey, Lord Mayor of Melbourne from 1988 to 1989 * Winsome Pinnock (born 1961), British playwright * Winsome Sears (born 1964), American politician * Winsome Witch ''Winsome Witch'' is an animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions which aired as a segment on '' The Atom Ant/Secret Squirrel Show'' from October 2, 1965 to September 7, 1967. The main character, Winsome "Winnie" W. Witch, ..., fictional title character of an animated cartoon series See also * "Winsome" (song), a 1984 reggae song by Half Pint covered in 1986 by the Rolling Stones as "Too Rude" {{given name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winsome Evans
Winsome Joan Evans OAM BEM (born 26 October 1941), is one of Australia's premier early music specialists. Biography She received a Bachelor of Music (Honours) degree in composition from the University of Sydney, where her lecturers included Peter Sculthorpe. In addition to her activities as a professional harpsichordist, composer, and arranger, she is perhaps best known for her role as director of the Renaissance Players, one of Australia's best known early music ensembles. She was until recently an Associate Professor of music at the University of Sydney. Evans has "re-composed" all of Johann Sebastian Bach's works for solo violin as works for clavicembalo, adding accompaniments as she believes Bach must have had in mind. Her recording of her recomposition of the 6 Sonatas and Partitas, BWV 1001–1006, was released in 2009. Awards and honours In 1980, she was awarded the British Empire Medal (BEM) in the Queen's Birthday Honours List and the NSW Jaycees' Award for servic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winsome McCaughey
Winsome McPherson McCaughey (; born 23 October 1943), was Lord Mayor of Melbourne from 1988 to 1989. She was the second woman to hold that position after succeeding Alexis Ord. Early life Winsome Howell was born and raised on a property at Baddaginnie, in north-east Victoria, where her great-grandparents had settled in 1870. After primary school she was sent to board at Morongo Girls' College in Geelong. She was married to Patrick McCaughey. She studied philosophy during her Bachelor of Arts at the University of Melbourne, and resided at University College from 1962 to 1964. Career Alongside Ruth Crow, McCaughey helped found the community-based childcare movement and was founder and Director of the Community Child Care Association from 1972 to 1979. She drafted Australia's first Children's Services Policy for the Australian Social Welfare Commission. McCaughey was executive officer of the Reichstein Foundation from 1986 to 1988. McCaughey was the spokesperson for the resi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winsome Pinnock
Winsome Pinnock FRSL (born 1961) is a British playwright of Jamaican heritage, who is "probably Britain's most well known black female playwright". She was described in ''The Guardian'' as "the godmother of black British playwrights". Life Winsome Pinnock was born in Islington, North London, to parents who were both migrants from Smithville, Jamaica. Her mother was a cleaner, and her father a checker at Smithfield Meat Market. Pinnock attended Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Comprehensive Girls' School (formerly Starcross School) in Islington, and graduated from Goldsmiths' College, University of London (1979–82) with a BA (Joint Honours) degree in English and Drama, and in 1983 from Birkbeck College, University of London, with an MA degree in Modern Literature in English.Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winsome Sears
Winsome Sears (née Earle; born March 11, 1964) is a Jamaican-born American politician serving as the 42nd lieutenant governor of Virginia. A member of the Republican Party, Sears served in the Virginia House of Delegates from 2002 to 2004. She also served on the Virginia Board of Education, and she ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. House of Representatives in Virginia's 3rd congressional district in 2004 and for U.S. Senate in 2018. In 2021, Sears was elected lieutenant governor of Virginia. Sears is the first woman to serve as lieutenant governor of Virginia, and is the first woman of color and first Jamaican-born American citizen elected to statewide office in Virginia. Early life, education, and career before politics Sears was born in Kingston, Jamaica on March 11, 1964, and she immigrated to the United States at the age of six. She grew up in the Bronx, New York City. Sears earned an A.A. from Tidewater Community College, a B.A. in English with a minor in economics from O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winsome Witch
''Winsome Witch'' is an animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions which aired as a segment on '' The Atom Ant/Secret Squirrel Show'' from October 2, 1965 to September 7, 1967. The main character, Winsome "Winnie" W. Witch, has various adventures and casts spells on people; her travels on her magical broom take her all over the world. Plot Winnie (voiced by Jean Vander Pyl) is a friendly, yet somewhat inept witch. Her catch phrase when casting a spell is "Ippity-pippity-pow." When the magic spell is cast, the "Jet Screamer" entrance cue from ''The Jetsons'' is heard. List of episodes Season 1 (1965–66) Season 2 (1966-67) Voices * Jean Vander Pyl - Winsome Witch Other voices include Dick Beals, Mel Blanc, Henry Corden, Allan Melvin, John Stephenson, and Janet Waldo. Home video Worldvision Home Video released ''Winsome Witch'' on VHS tape in the 1980s. It featured eight episodes from the series. It was later re-released by GoodTimes Home Video (under t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
