Tazmin Barnes, Di Xiao and Jiaxin Cheng Music lovers have the chance to attend a special online concert from the University of Birmingham marking the Chinese New Year with a magical fusion of East and West. World-class pianist Di Xiao will be joined by renowned cellist Jiaxin Cheng and 18-year-old singer-songwriter to help the University’s China Institute to celebrate the arrival of the Year of the Metal Ox with a mix of traditional Chinese and Western pieces. The event streams on YouTube from Monday, 8 February. It will also premiere on the University’s page at 13.00 GMT on Wednesday 10 February.
Not even the COVID-19 pandemic, nor snow, could keep Punxsutawney Phil from getting his job done on Groundhog Day on Tuesday.
The great weather-predicting groundhog could not be stopped, forecasting six more weeks of winter after seeing his shadow during the annual spectacle at Gobbler s Knob in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania.
Over the 135 year-tradition, it is the 106th time Phil has seen his shadow.
While the event usually draws thousands to the borough in Jefferson County northeast of Pittsburgh, this year s festivities were all virtual.
The exception: About a dozen members of Phil s Inner Circle, a group of men in top hats who organize the event each year. Some cardboard cutouts of some previous attendees were placed around the tiny hill just outside Punxsutawney.
Groundhog Day: Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow. It s six more weeks of winter Anthony DiMattia, York Daily Record
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Not even the COVID-19 pandemic, nor snow, could keep Punxsutawney Phil from getting his job done on Groundhog Day on Tuesday.
The great weather-predicting groundhog could not be stopped, forecasting six more weeks of winter after seeing his shadow during the annual spectacle at Gobbler s Knob in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania.
Over the 135 year-tradition, it is the 106th time Phil has seen his shadow.
While the event usually draws thousands to the borough in Jefferson County northeast of Pittsburgh, this year s festivities were all virtual.
York Daily Record
Not even the COVID-19 pandemic, nor snow, could keep Punxsutawney Phil from getting his job done on Groundhog Day on Tuesday.
The great weather-predicting groundhog could not be stopped, forecasting six more weeks of winter after seeing his shadow during the annual spectacle at Gobbler s Knob in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania.
While the event usually draws thousands to the borough in Jefferson County some 65 miles northeast of Pittsburgh this year s festivities were all virtual.
The exception: About a dozen members of Phil s Inner Circle, a group of men in top hats who organize the event each year. Along with the Inner Circle, some cardboard cutouts of some previous attendees were placed around the tiny hill just outside Punxsutawney.
It wasn’t until 1886, when a newspaper editor for the Punxsutawney Spirit came up with the idea of Punxsutawney Phil, proclaiming him the official weather-forecasting groundhog. The first official Groundhog Day was held the following year in 1887. This year, 2021, marks the 134th year of the tradition.
While the record keeping was spotty in the early years, Phil has seen his shadow more times than not during the more than century-old event.
Phil s first official shadow sighting came in 1887, followed by several years of no official recordings.
The first front page coverage came in 1908, when Phil saw his shadow. In 1913, John Frampton was the first to grab photo for the newspaper of Phil spotting his shadow.