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The KOM League
Flash Report
For
Father’s Day 2019
To view this report go to: www.flickr.com/photos/60428361@N07/38144681264/
This edition is long and varied in content. The photo for this issue is that of Warren Liston (right) and his teammate at Iola and Enid, Oklahoma, Howie Hunt. It was taken at the KOM league reunion in 2003 at Carthage, Mo. Be not misled by the reunion shirt Hunt was wearing. It was the one from the 54th anniversary reunion held in 2000 at Chanute, Kansas.
Making amends for incomplete reporting: A hole was left in the last Flash Report big enough to drive a couple of dump trucks. In referring to the umpires of the KOM league, in 1950, the information was insufficient. A whole lot of time was spent digging into the background of both Paul Orr and James Cecil Johnson and the results are feature of this report
Stories in these Flash Reports are never planned—which is intuitively obvious, even to the most casual observer upon first glance. This issue just happened to boil down to former players for the 1950 Iola Indians and umpires in that league the same year.
In the last issue, Joe Gilbert was mentioned and he too was a member of the 1950 Iola club for one game.
This report commences with an Iola Indian who saw action in just one game.
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Bruce Millan—A long career
Some ballplayers appeared in a league for more than one team, in the same year, and very little is known about them. One such player was Bruce Millan. He was the property of the Chicago Cubs and was sent to Carthage in May of 1950. There wasn’t much chance of him playing with Carthage and the Chicago Cubs worked out an arrangement, in late May, for him to play for the Iola Indians.
In the May 31, 1950 edition of the Iola Register the proof of Millan showing up in Iola is contained in this manner. “Ed Simmons, new catcher on option from the Cubs, has been in four road games but has not appeared here. Bruce Millon (sp), a third baseman belonging to the Cubs, who reported with Simmons, became peeved over a personal matter after playing one game at Independence and left the Indians.”
Many years later Millan was finally tracked down. After explaining the reason for the contact, Millan confessed being with Carthage for a short time but had no recollection of ever being at Iola. Maybe, as the news article from May 31, 1950 stated, he was really peeved and wanted to forget the entire affair.
Here is the latest on a former, short-term, KOM league infielder.
Bruce Millan steps down a head of Detroit Repertory Theatre
www.broadwayworld.com/detroit/article/Bruce-Millan-Steps-...
The foregoing link contains a photo of the former Carthage and Iola shortstop during the 1950 season. The following two links are videos of him in recent years. www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoZEIKjrmiE
www.facebook.com/DetroitRepertoryTheatre/videos/bruce-mil...
Detroit Repertory Theatre - a progressive, one-of-a-kind institution - is preparing for its first new director in its 61 years with a $500,000 fundraising campaign to support the transition and the theater's ongoing operations.
The Kresge Foundation Detroit Program has granted $50,000 to kick off the effort. Theater officials hope to complete the fundraising campaign over the next three years as artistic director Bruce Millan hands over the reins to current marketing and development director Leah Smith.
"The $500,000 in bridge funding is intended to stabilize finances over the next three years and ramp up staffing to sustain the theater well into the future," said Smith. "The current staff of five - two of which are unpaid positions - would expand to seven paid positions."
Smith, who has been with the theater since 2003, is now director-in-training and will take the helm when the transition team is fully ramped up.
"The goal is to make the transition as smooth and visionary as possible to ensure the existence of 'the Rep' for the generations ahead," said Smith, citing the theater's mandates, which include producing quality theater with indigenous professional artists, providing training, fostering neighborhood revitalization, bringing cultural enrichment to the uninitiated, and demonstrating the power of diversity acting in unity.
"As a native Detroiter it had always perplexed me that there wasn't theater that looked like and spoke to the people who live here, to the issues that are important to the people in this city. Then I found the Detroit Repertory Theatre and I knew instantly I had found my theater home. The founders of the Rep have created a unique Detroit cultural institution. I look forward to ensuring that the Repertory's important mission of producing indigenous, union, socially relevant and diversity-centered theater lives to celebrate its 100th anniversary season!"
"Detroit Repertory is a unique institution in Detroit, a rare institution in the country," says Kresge Detroit Program Managing Director Wendy Lewis Jackson. "This is a theater that committed itself to consistent onstage diversity long, long before it was fashionable. It's a theater that is in the community, engaged with the community and programming with the community in mind."
Detroit Repertory's commitment to diverse casting goes back to its beginnings as a children's theater, Millan recalled recently. This approach to casting was "unheard of back then," he said.
"It's about the belief that we're all human beings. If two people are sisters in a play and one happens to be black - as Martin Luther King said, it's the content of the character not the color of the skin. We've been a symbol not only in Detroit but nationally for our orientation, for fighting racism and the power of diversity," Millan said.
At 88, he is believed to be the longest-serving artistic director of a professional theater company in America, and the theater he heads is the oldest professional nonprofit theater in Michigan.
The theater has also made a notable commitment to remain in the west side Detroit neighborhood it has called home since the early 1960s. The 194-seat jewel is inside a former dry goods shop on Woodrow Wilson Street in the shadow of the Lodge Freeway (M-10).
In that location, it has remained committed to high-quality production values, new playwrights, interracial casting and moderate ticket prices meant to keep the theater accessible to a broad public.
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A late arriving note about another member of the 1950 Iola Indians.
Leo Albert Kedzierski—A guy who never bunted
www.legacy.com/obituaries/app/obituary.aspx?n=leo-kedzier...
Old Bridge - Leo Kedzierski, age 89 of Old Bridge (New Jersey) passed away Monday June 10, 2019 at the Venetian Care Center. Born in South Amboy Leo had resided in the state his whole life. Before his retirement Leo was employed as a marketing specialist with Ace Wire and Cable Marketing in Rahway. Leo was a proud veteran serving his country in the US Army as well as serving his community as a councilman for 2 years on Sayreville's Borough Council. Mr. Kedzierski will be best remembered for his time spent playing minor league baseball for Kansas City. He was an avid tennis player, bike rider, jogger and reader. Leo will be truly missed by all who knew him.
He is predeceased by his wife Trudy Kedzierski. Surviving are his daughter and son in-law Jill and David Zacek, his grandchildren Derek and Courtney Kwiatkowski, his daughter and son-in-law Kim and Jack Hulsart and their sons Jack and Christopher Hulsart, , his sister Jane Wortley, his cousin Joan Murphy as well as many loving nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.
Calling hours at The Carmen F Spezzi Funeral Home, 15 Cherry Lane, Parlin, NJ 08859 will be Thursday from 3pm to 7pm. Funeral services will take place Friday 9:45am from the funeral home with a 10:30am Funeral Mass being offered at St. Mary's, South Amboy, burial to follow at St Mary's Cemetery, South Amboy. Letters of condolence, complete funeral details and directions may be found on spezzifuneralhome.com
Published in Home News Tribune on June 12, 2019
Comments about Kedzierski
Upon receiving a tip from baseball necrologist, Jack Morris, the obituary was read and my immediate reaction was to contact Warren Liston. Kedzierski and Liston were teammates with both the Iola, Kansas Indians and the Enid, Oklahoma Buffaloes.
This section is going to attempt to major on Kedzierski with a lot of input received over the past 25 years from Liston and others being interspersed.
Upon his birth June 20, 1929 Kedzierski and his mother were living with her parents, Viola and Michale Baczynksi in South Amboy, New Jersey. At first glance it appeared that Leo’s father was not on the scene but in the 1940 Census it showed him, his father, mother and seven year old sister living in the same house.
Kedzierski was an all-around athlete and by 1946 he was listed as a second team all-county basketball player at St. Mary’s, high school in South Amboy. He also excelled in baseball and by 1948 he was on a semi-pro team that included Johnny and Eddie O’Brien, Ray Stockton and Jack McKeon. The O’Brien’s were All-American class basketball stars and took their talent to the west coast where they performed for Seattle University. After finishing college both signed bonus contacts with the Pittsburgh Pirates. Links to O’Brien’s --https://www.google.com/search?q=johnny+and+eddie+o%27brien&oq=Johnny+and+Eddi&aqs=chrome.0.0j69i57j0l4.8007j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
Here are some links to Jack McKeon. www.google.com/search?q=jack+mckeon&oq=Jack+mckeon&am...
One name that probably doesn’t stand out to baseball experts is Ray Stockton. After performing for the 1948 amateur team, in South Amboy, he was signed to a Class C contract by the Topeka, Kansas Owls and immediately sent to the Miami, Oklahoma Owls. One of the great things he accomplished, in 1949, was throwing a no-hitter and the greatest thing that happened was he donated the game ball to the KOM League “Hall of Fame,” when he found out someone was remembering an old league that went out of existence when Harry Truman exited the White House. The no-hit game ball resides very close to the spot where this report is being prepared.
An article in the South Amboy-Sayerville Times of April 25, 1998 paid tribute to the 50th anniversary of some of the accomplishments of St. Mary’s High School “Sister Mary Loretta was principal and some of the favorite teachers were; Sr. Helene, Sr. Celeste, Sr. Cleophas, Sr. Paula, Sr. Norine, Sr. Virginia, Father Coan, Fr. Gunner, and Fr. Toomey...The basketball team was one of the finest in the school's history, as was the baseball nine. Jack & Ed
O'Brien, Ray Stockton, and Jack McKeon were big guns on both clubs, and all went on
to become professional baseball players”
Playing third base for the South Amboy All-Stars in 1948 was Leo Kedzierski. The All-Stars entered the All-American Amateur Baseball Association tournament in Johnstown, Penn.. That tournament drew baseball scouts from many major league organizations and the New York Giants tendered a contract offer to Kedzierski. In 1949 he was the property of Erie, Penn. of the Class C Middle Atlantic league. Erie, decided to send him to Lawton, Okla. of the Sooner State league and after a short spell, in Oklahoma, Kedzierski was off to Rehoboth Beach, Maryland.
1949 ended Kedzierski’s time with the Giants. Not having any prospects he most likely had a conversation with Ray Stockton who had been the property of the Topeka Owls at the same time he had been in the Giants chain.
During the spring of 1950 Kedzierski made the trek to Topeka and made the team. He played for the Owls for about three weeks and on May 13 a KOM star was born. He hit most everything that was thrown his way except for the offerings of Carthage’s big right-hander, Paul Hoffmeister. Kedzierski told the Iola Register sportswriter that he couldn’t hit they guy and in attempting to do so broke two bats and grounded into a double play in a recent trip to Carthage.
Aside from Hoffmeister, Kedzierski hit most others pitchers and his batting average soared to league leading levels. It was as high as .355 when disaster struck He was hit in the head by a pitched ball and it was reported he had a “slight skull fracture.” That may have been akin to a “little garlic” or a “little bit pregnant.” The blow to the head kept him out of the lineup for nearly three weeks and upon his return to the lineup he suffered a sprained ankle which affected his overall ability to perform at a peak level. On top of that he received word that a coastal storm had damaged his home back in New Jersey.
However, Kedzierski kept going for a team that went through 56 roster players. For teams like that if you didn’t give an all-out effort it meant that anyone was expendable. He wound up with hitting .313 just .006 percentage points behind Stan Gwinn of Ponca City and .0061 behind Independence, Kansas player/manager Bunny Mick. His batting average was nearly a mirror image of what Mickey Mantle had hit the previous year at Independence.
When the 1950 season concluded it was believed by league statisticians that he was the league’s batting champion. However, in going through the final statistics it was found he was third among those playing in 100 or more games. It didn’t matter much at that time for he had told the Iola press that he was going to continue his education at Seton Hall Univ. and that he had attended Fordham prior to playing in the KOM league.
What Kedzierski accomplished at Iola was getting the attention of another major league organization In the winter meetings at Miami, Florida in December of 1950 he was drafted by a Pittsburgh Pirate affiliate, Waco, Texas of the Big State league. He was so great a prospect at the time that he brought $800 on the draft market.
When the 1951 spring drills rolled around he was a member of the Hutchinson, Kansas Elks another Western Association club, like the one he was with at Topeka to start the 1950 season. In a repeat of 1950 Kedzierski was sent to a KOM league team. He and Robert “Brandon” Davis left a team that included future big leaguers; Bobby Del Greco and Tony Bartirome and wound up in Bartlesville, Oklahoma with future big leaguer, Ronnie Kline.
Before the 1951 season concluded Kline and Davis were on their way to the big leagues via New Orleans and Kedzierski was on his way a bit west to Enid, Oklahoma, another Western Association outfit, where he wound up with some of his 1950 Iola teammates—Warren Liston and Howard Hunt. During at least one game the Enid outfield consisted of three former Iola players—Liston, Kedzierski and Jerry Whalen from the 1949 team.
During the winter of 1951 the Great Falls, Montana club of the Pioneer league drafted Kedzierski, for $300, from the Enid club and he reported to that team’s minor league training site at Columbia, South Carolina on April 16, 1952. Great Falls was an affiliate of the Brooklyn Dodgers managed by Lou Rochelli. That spring ended the professional baseball career of Kedzierski. But…the memories lived on.
The rest of the Leo Kedzierski story---or part of it, anyway.
Some 20 years ago Yours truly spent many hours traveling to the Kansas City area to speak at public libraries about the KOM league. The following is an excerpt from a KOM League Flash Report from March 25, 1999. It is lengthy so don’t stop until the narrative states that is has ended
That is a segue into a synopsis of the first two legs of the "KOM League I-70 Tour." The Kansas City Star with Rich Sambol got the tour off on the right foot. Rich ran a second page story a week ago Monday which most of you were advised about by my faithful secretary, me. On Thursday the 18th of March, 1999 Don Fortune of KMBZ radio in Kansas City gave me about 15 minutes of airtime and the tour publicity campaign was in full swing.
Publicizing these events is very important to the players. They want to know when the events are to be held so that they can hone their excuses and be sure and be out of town or otherwise occupied on those days.
March 18th was the site of the KOM League Program at Liberty, MO. The prospects of drawing a crowd weren’t good since no one signed up prior to the event. However, I convinced the library to let me attend anyway and two former KOM Leaguers showed up bringing with them some former Ban Johnson players from the Kansas City area. Lee Goodpasture of the 1947 Independence Yankees was there as was Warren Liston. Warren favored the crowd with his
vocal rendition of "Leo Kedzierski Never Bunts."
The March 23rd tour was hosted by the Blue Springs, MO Branch of the Mid-Continent Library System. The battery for the 1949 Independence Yankees showed up. Bob Newbill and Al Long sat on the front row and paid attention for over an hour. Another former KOM Leaguer showed up wearing a Dakota Rattler baseball team insignia on his shirt. He shook hands and said, "You know me." I shook back and said, "No I don't." He said, "I played at Iola in 1950." I retorted, "Are you Bill Hahn?" I said that for Hahn lives a short distance from that library. He said, "Guess again." I said, "Willie Sharp."
So during this session we talked about a lot of people and Willie Sharp was called upon to sing his version of "Leo Kedzierski Never Bunts." You know what? I now know that Warren Liston, Ray Khoury, Howie Hunt and Willie Sharp all knew Leo and that they must have worn the poor guy out singing that song. If you have never heard the Leo Kedzierski stories let me know and I will put you in touch with his 1950 teammates at Iola.
It just so happened that at the same time I was speaking with all of Leo's Iola teammates on my "I-70 Tour" the following e-mail came in from South Amboy, New Jersey. "John, Today I discovered another one of our locals, Leo Kedzierski played for your league in 1950, on the Topeka team.
According to my 1951 Sporting News Official Baseball Guide, he went only 8 for 40, a .200
avg. He went to the same high school as Ray Stockton, and was a cross-town rival with Rudy Neumann as you well know both alumni of KOM league battles. He remembers playing against Mantle, and said Mick batted righty against Topeka's American lefty pitcher, and blasted a double off the wall in rightfield, and in his next at bat with a righty on the hill, batted lefty
and blasted another ball to the exact same spot off the wall. Did Leo also play in KOM in '49 or '51? Do you have any other info on Kedzierski? Thank You, & Be Well, Tom Burkard
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I felt compelled to respond to the e-mail from Mr. Burkard and penned the following which maybe some of you guys can add your memories. Do I have any information on Leo Kedzierski?
"I wouldn't know where to start. I have had two programs at libraries in Kansas City in the past five days and four of his former teammates showed up.
Without a moment’s hesitation they can all sing, word for word and on key the hit tune, "Leo Kedzierski Never Bunts."
Never was there ever a more intense young hitter than Leo. He hated making an out worse than any hitter in KOM League lore. Ask Leo if he remembers Warren Liston, Howie Hunt, Dave Newkirk, Pudge Coulter and Willie Sharp. From that juncture Leo will become lucid when in days of yore he would have become livid. Willie Sharp told me last night that they all expected Leo to be the first man in space and that without benefit of a launch vehicle.
Leo was a .300 hitter if there ever was one. His temper, however, was uncontrollable. If a teammate would get a bloop single or some hit like that they would look back into the dugout and he would pick up anything he could find and start making kindling out of those wooden dugouts. I can't tell you all the Leo stories, but to say he loved to hit is an understatement.
Willie Sharp lives in Kansas City and he also told me last night that he roomed with Leo because no one else would. Leo was hitting over .300 in 1950 until he got hurt. His average fell afterwards.
This is Leo's playing career.
• Leo Kedzierski-(OF-3B) South Amboy, NJ Reported 5/13/50
1949 Lawton, OK Sooner State League and Rehoboth, DE Eastern Shore League.
1950 Topeka, KS Western Association and Iola, Kansas KOM League.. 1951
Bartlesville, OK KOM League and Hutchinson, KS-Enid, OK Western
Association. 1956 South Amboy, NJ Athletics State Championship Semi-Pro
team.
If you talk with Leo asked him how he liked the music in Iola. He called all the music in the Midwest "hillbilly" and all the cities, including Kansas City, hick towns.
Leo was a very bright guy and I have spoken with him in recent years and he is the calmest guy you ever heard. In fact, he will deny that he ever displayed all those antics like breaking up dugouts when he struck out. However, I have about 30 guys who could tell you stories that would fill a book.
The guys have been trying to get Leo to come to one of our reunions. I can assure him of one thing that if he does, Ray Khoury, Warren Liston, Dave Newkirk and Howard Hunt will sing that song about him."
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Okay, that 1999 Flash Report just concluded.
In my recent contact with Warren Liston I learned what has happened in his life since we had the final KOM league league reunion over a decade ago. For those of you who attended the reunions I learned that his wife Delores passed away in July of 2018. Everyone loved Delores. For those who knew Delores this is a link to her obituary.. www.marybutlermeyers.com/notices/Delores-Liston
Liston spends most of his time reading which he does in a profuse manner. He reads six to seven books a week and they are not of the “light” variety. He is a student of WWII and also enjoys spy thrillers. He claims the only two places he goes these days is to Wal-Mart on Saturday’s and to the library once a week. In our conversation he remarked he had to go to Wal-Mart later in the day. I reminded him it was Wednesday. He replied “What did you say your name is?” Yep, he hasn’t lost his sense of humor.
Had it not been for so much material on Leo Kedzierski there would have been more stories shared of my conversation with Liston. Early readers of my seldom read works will recognize Liston for some of the funny letters he used to pen to this forum on old yellow sheets of typing paper that he used when he was a police beat reporter for the Kansas City Star.
In upcoming issues some of the stories shared by Liston in our conversation will be featured if there is any interest. He verified at his young age of 92 what most people have known since Abner Doubleday first saw the light of a baseball field. Baseball players like two things, playing the game and girls and not necessarily in that order.
One riddle Liston shared concerned jelly beans. He and his teammates, on a KOM league club, were always baffled by their manager purchasing a large amount of those sugary treats just before the team headed home from a road trip. Finally, Liston asked his skipper why he did so. The answer he received was funny but logical. The jelly beans were for his children but how they were distributed and why is the clever aspect of the story. Anyone have a guess as to what happened? I may share the “official” answer next time.
Well, this has gone on long enough. However, I know that someone must have wondered how the song “Leo Kedzierski Never Bunts” went. Not daring to try it on my own, contact was made with Liston’s daughter who told me when I called her dad that she remembered Leo Kedzierski and she had a 29 –year old nephew who did by virtue of stories Liston, his grandfather, had shared with him.
Thus, I made a request to Jennifer to have her dad sing that song and here is her reply.
“Well, he sang it for me this afternoon. As far as I can tell, it was pretty much to the tune of, "In the Good Old Summertime," and the words were, "Leo Kedzierski never bunts, oh, Kedzierski never bunts, he swings and swings and swings all day, but Kedzierski never bunts."
However, when he sang it again later, it was a slightly different tune. I'm trying to get his grandson Josh to record it for posterity. I hope his family has as sense of humor! You sure brightened Dad's day, he talked all afternoon!
Parting shot:
It is great talking with someone and making their day brighter. It doesn’t happen that I do that very often. Liston also recalled Bruce Millan’s short stay with the Iola Indians in 1950. If you didn’t read the first article in this report you will have to return there to understand what was just referenced.
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A fan letter from Shawnee, Kansas
Hi John: Hope things are well these days with you and Noel. Surely too hot, too early, for me though. Sure never used to bother me in those "good YOUNGER days" but just don’t tolerate it well anymore. Think OLD has any bearing on that?
Seems like a good day to hit the old keyboard and reminisce a bit, especially after reading your great June 4 Milestone Edition last night. Must say I believe I enjoyed that one perhaps more than any previous. In fact I have put it in my Archives of laptop to save so just hope I did it correctly as have never used that feature before.
There were obviously several topics and entries of interest in that edition but the one which really attracted my attention was the reference to Billy Jack Cornsilk. With that comment, let me digress a bit. You might remember way back shortly after we met at the Red Bridge Library on that fateful Saturday afternoon, I learned about your "bible," Majoring In The Minors. You made reference to it and I was immediately fascinated by your description of the subject matter.
For my lifetime I have always been an avid reader of books.(No Kindle or other electronic media for me either---I want a real book in my hands, no preference of paperback over hardcover!).
Not sure exactly how I proceeded but do know I went online and must have been eBay as I know I ordered a used copy. (I have shared this with you previously I am sure.) It was located in Illinois. Not sure what I paid but it was a bargain for sure. When it arrived, it is in MINT condition. Paperback. But then when opened it I was shocked to find a copy of a lead pencil image of BJC, whom I had never heard of at that time. It is literally "perfect and beautiful". Then I looked further in the front of the book and discovered more. You yourself had autographed the copy (487/500) and sent it to one Don Bigelow in New Castle, Ohio. (Is he still living?) There was also a one-page letter from you typed on KOM League Remembered letterhead and dated September 3, 1997. And you enclosed a copy of a KOM League newsletter.
NOTE: I am not sure now how the book got from Don in Ohio to the seller in Illinois, although I seem to recollect contacting the seller for that info and seems he told me perhaps had purchased at an estate sale or something similar. Also included in that book was a copy of your letter of September 26, 1997 with the correct picture of BJC to place on page 289 of the book. (Actually when I looked that up right now I find it was actually page 280. And when I went there, that picture had in fact already been placed there over the original of another, Wayne Wiley.
I suddenly realized today I have never sat down and fully read the book cover to cover. So, in your honor (that has a nice ring to it!) it shall be my next "read.".
Just finished the latest one last evening, a thriller by Ken Follett, one of my favs. So now a thriller from John G Hall!!!
When I pulled the book from my bookcase this morning and opened it I also found two other "keepsakes" from my archives. One is a clipping from the Chanute Tribune 50 Years Ago column from April 15, 2000. The short blurb from 4-15-1950 reads as follows: "Sponsors of local baseball and softball teams met last night to begin a search for ways to alleviate the crowding at the town's one ball diamond, located at City Park. Not only is the diamond subject to occasional flooding, it also is expected to provide space for games of the Sunday School league, the merchants league, the junior college teams, the Chanute Athletics of the KOM professional league, and the American Legion teams."
Of course this is the current Katy Park and the ball diamond is now Paul Lindblad Stadium. Concrete grandstands and storage areas underneath are still original. Today it is under several feet of water from that mean and nasty old Neosho River. In the great flood of 1951, my family had 7 FEET of water IN our home, which was located about 4 blocks northwest of the park. My grandfather, Mr. Rollo Usher, longtime blacksmith in Chanute, lived directly across Main Street north of the entrance to the park and had more water than that. Terrible memories.
The other item in the book was a handwritten note from "The Coach", the wonderful and great Sam Dixon. He had heard about you and me connecting and was hoping he and wife "Babs" would be seeing me soon.
There were also several emails written by Don Bigelow to berlin@cwnet.com, which I think was BJC? Very interesting reading.
I note in last night's edition you mention that Cornsilk is still living in Calif? I think I did contact him one time just to let him know I had that pencil drawing and believe he even replied but not sure.
Now one more thing before you shut this thing down from boredom. You might remember I have told you of a Chanute high school classmate who moved to Albuquerque at the end of our sophomore years. Rodney Siever---his father was the John Deere dealer in Chanute back in late 50's, early 60's. He was an avid St Louis Cards fan and overall baseball fan as was I. For all these years we have maintained constant contact mainly regarding the sports part of life. Both of us are soured on baseball in today's age but the old days still enthrall us. He is a retired history prof at Humboldt State University in Arcata, Cal (Redwood country near Oregon line). At one time, many years ago he offered a non-credit course at HSU entitled "Baseball History 101". Only one class per semester and ALWAYS full!! He sent me a copy of the final exam one year---I flunked it flat out!!
Anyway, I have talked to Rod many, many times about you and the KOM, which he vaguely remembers being in Chanute. I have also sent him occasional copies of Flash Reports. He has been fascinated. Well, John, today I rewarded him----after last night’s edition I decided to go on Amazon. Unbelievable, I found a USED copy of M in the M In EXCELLENT condition for the absolute bargain price of $11.69 plus postage. I purchased it and am having it shipped to him as a surprise. He will spend weeks and months delving on every sentence, page and picture I assure you. There were others on there also but out of my budget---Retired Budget.
Think that is it for now John. When you awake from your boredom nap, maybe you can finish reading this diatribe.
Thanks for all you do and have done for so many OLD ball players, who enjoyed the game for what it meant to them, and that was not $$$$.
Your fan in Shawnee, KS (transplanted from Chanute, KS) by way of detour to Pittsburg, KS and Kansas State College (now my alma mater Pittsburg State University!) Go Gorillas!! Casey Casebolt
Ed comment:
About the only thing that was replied to regarding that e-mail was the fact that the original owner of the KOM book, Don Bigelow, died shortly after receiving it. Bigelow and Billy Jack Cornsilk served in the US Air Force during the Korean War.
Casebolt got back in touch regarding some sightings of the first book written about the KOM league and sent along the following “asking prices.”
John---a correction and some interesting info. I found this cheaper copy on Amazon this morning, not EBay. I looked under "paperback" only. Here are some figures as just looked again and wrote down.
9 USED
$60.73 to $150.00
3 NEW
$154.00 to $1294.00
1 COLLECTIBLE
$40.00
Ed comment:
To that listing a note was sent to Casebolt that I’d sure like to see the $1294 issue. That thing must have been dipped in gold after it left my basement. Also, it was pointed out that there isn’t a “New” issue of that book anywhere, so, if anyone makes such a claim they are fibbing.
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Updating last report
In the previous issue of this report the umpires from 1950 were recognized. To my chagrin I wasn’t very kind to the memories of Paul Zane Orr and James Cecil “Zeke” Johnson who was referenced as Carl instead of Cecil.
So, for those who have any interest this is a bit of background on two umpires from 1950
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Paul Zane Orr
In the last issue, Orr was said to have been born in Missouri. Indeed he was. He first saw the light of day on December, 1, 1916 at Weaubleau, Missouri which is located in Hickory County, Mo. Yours truly has passed through there many times and always called it “Way below.”
Upon announcing the umpires for the 1950 season all the newspaper accounts stated that Orr was from Buffalo, New York. That is the way it appeared in my database for 25 years until research was undertaken last week. As a young boy Orr’s father died and he, his mother and much older sister moved to Buffalo, Mo. some 43 miles from Weaubleau. There he stayed until the start of WW II. (Joe Gilbert, mentioned in the last report was also from Buffalo. I’m guessing Orr and Gilbert didn’t know each other but will find out when Gilbert reads this issue.)
By 1943 Paul Zane Orr’s name showed up on ship manifests. Some of these ships were troop ships—USAT’s- for the U. S. Army-- such as the George Washington. From 1943-to the end of WW II, Orr’s name was also on the manifest of U. S. Wisteria. After the War he was on the Alexander M. Patch and the Marine Jumper. The Marine Jumper sailed from Naples, Italy on Nov. 21, 1949 to New York City.
It appears that Orr was ready to get off the high seas and at the age of 34 he decided to embark on an umpiring career. Someone may be able to locate the exact place but he either attended and graduated from the George Barr or Bill McGowan school of umpiring.
Whether Orr decided to go back to the big ships or Uncle Sam determined that for him, at the onset of the Korean War, he was on the manifest of the U. S. General George Callan by November 5, 1951. Through 1956 Orr’s name is found on the manifests of: U. S. General Simon Buckner, General R. M. Blatchford, U. S. General W. F. Hase, U. S. General Harry Taylor and the General Edmund B. Alexander.
During a thirteen year span it isn’t difficult to ascertain what Orr did aside from one year as a KOM league umpire. He first served as a waiter on the George Washington and then was an oiler, fireman, evaporator utility man and a water tender while on board ship.
From 1956 until August 20, 1991 confession is made that Yours truly has no idea what occupied Paul Zane Orr’s waking hours. However, on the last date mentioned he passed away in Los Angeles, California.
A bit of trivia: Another former KOM leaguer was from Weaubleau, Missouri. His name was John Hartley Williams born March 9, 1925. He was a catcher for the 1950 Iola Indians. During the games he caught and Orr called the balls and strikes, the town of Weaubleau was “behind every batter.” It would have been great to speak with Williams to learn if he and Orr knew of their mutual connection but he passed away on August 23, 1985 in Kansas City.
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James Cecil “Zeke” Johnson
On March 4, 1893 James Cecil “Zeke” Johnson entered the world at Webb City, Mo. His father was a lead and zinc miner and thus the family moved wherever the ore was in most abundance. Thus “Zeke” lived in Purcell (1910) and Neosho, MO along with Commerce, Oklahoma. (Know anyone by that name who ever lived there?)
On June 15, 1917 Zeke registered for the draft and listed his birth place as Webb City, MO on March 4, 1892. At the that time he listed his residence as Commerce, OK and lived on River Street. His place of employment was the Sullivan Mining Company and his occupation was “job engineer.” Three years later, 1920, he had moved to a boarding house on South Vine St. in Commerce and he was listed as being a Hoisterman at the zinc mine.
It is pretty obvious Zeke worked around the mining communities most of his life with a few breaks in the action to spend time both playing and umpiring in professional baseball. The Coffeyville, Kansas Daily Dawn in a September 20, 1924 edition mentioned that he had been signed by the Enid, Oklahoma Harvesters, of the Southwestern league as a catcher. The article stated that he had earlier been an umpire in the old Southeastern league which would have placed him there between 1910-12.
By 1930 Zeke was a patient at the Bone and Joint Hospital in Tulsa. When the Census was taken his occupation was listed as a painter. By 1940 he was listed as being a laborer foreman in Bonneau, South Carolina. However, he was back in the Midwest by 1942 and residing at 822 Byers St. in Joplin. He commuted to Neosho, MO where he worked for Tarleton-McDonald Construction company. When signing up for the WW II draft his age was listed as 49 but his birthdate was listed as March 4, 1893 compared to the WW I draft card where he had placed his year of birth as 1892. At this time he was 5’ 10 ½” tall, weighing 200 pound with gray hair. ruddy complexion and have a scar on his left ankle. That scar was most likely the reason he was in the Tulsa Bone Hospital in 1930.
Johnson was an umpire not only in the Southeastern league around 1912 but he also worked Western Association games in 1928 when he was still residing in Commerce, Okla. In 1948 and 1949 he worked in the Western Association. He started the 1950 season in the Cotton States league but was there a short time. He returned to Joplin also worked one series in May of 1950 on an emergency basis during an Iola/Independence series.
When the Cardinal Junior league was formed, in 1946, Zeke was one of the first umpires selected. That league featured the Baxter Springs Whiz Kids, Alba Aces et. al., and if I have to tell people who played in that league as aspiring ballplayers I have failed horribly over the years in writing about the Mantle and Boyer families.
Over the years Zeke kept up with baseball while working in other areas such as stone crushing. He was affiliated with Harold Youngman who operated the Baxter Springs, Kansas Chat Company. Youngman was the gentleman who befriended Merlyn and Mickey Mantle and built the Holiday Inn, in Joplin and placed Mantle’s name on the marquee as the owner.
When Joe Dean “Red “ Crowder, baseball legend from Seneca, Missouri drowned in 1953 a large tribute was planned. A baseball game was planned to raise money for Crowder, a Mantle teammate with Independence and Joplin and opponent with the Seneca, Mo. Indians from 1946 through 1948 in Gabby Street and Cardinal Junior league baseball. The game was scheduled when Mantle could both manage and play in the games. He returned from the 1953 World Series that ended on Thursday and headed for Joplin arriving in time for the game on Sunday.
Baseball stars from the Arkansas-Missouri-Kansas-Oklahoma area were all invited to play and it was sort of a “Who’s Who.” affair. However, one thing that the organizers of the event demanded was excellence in umpiring. This is a quote from the Oct. 15, 1953 edition of the Joplin Globe. “Zeke Johnson, colorful and veteran umpire of the KOM and Western Association told (Joe) Becker, in a telephone conversation earlier this week that ‘If it’s the last bit of umpiring I do, I want to work the Joe Crowder benefit game. I worked behind Joe in both the KOM and Western Association and he never griped about one of my calls.’ Johnson formerly lived in Joplin. He now lives in Fayetteville, Arkansas and is a powder explosions expert at a plant near Fayetteville.”
On November 5, 1964 the Joplin Globe carried the news that James Cecil “Zeke” Johnson died November 2 and that the Rev. Thurman D. Kelley would officiate and burial would be in Ozark Memorial Park Cemetery. In a twist of fate Johnson and Barney Barnett of the Baxter Springs Whiz Kids, who were friends in life, died twelve years to the date apart. Rev. Kelley officiated hundreds of funerals during his tenure at the Forest Park Baptist Church. He had officiated at the Joe Crowder funeral eleven years previous to the death of Zeke.
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TIESTO also known as DJ Tiësto, Allure, Da Joker, Drumfire, Handover Circuit, Paradise In Dubs, Passenger, Roze, Steve Forte Rio, Stray Dog, Tom Ace, Wild Bunch
Tiësto OON (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈcɛstoː]; born Tijs Michiel Verwest [ˈtɛi̯s miˈxil vərˈʋɛst] on January 17, 1969) is a Dutch musician, DJ and record producer of electronic dance music. Although he has used many aliases in the past, he is best known for his work as DJ Tiësto. On his latest productions, however, he has dropped the "DJ" label and is now known simply as "Tiësto", an alias which is a twist of his childhood nickname.
In 1997, he founded the label Black Hole Recordings with Arny Bink, where he released the Magik and In Search of Sunrise CD series. In 1999 and 2000 he collaborated with Ferry Corsten to create Gouryella. His 2000 remix of Delerium's "Silence" featuring Sarah McLachlan exposed him to more mainstream audiences. In 2001 he released his first solo album In My Memory which gave him several major hits that launched his career. He was named "World’s No.1 DJ" 3 consecutive times by DJ Magazine from 2002 through 2004.
Just after releasing his second studio album Just Be in 2004 at the Summer Olympics, he performed live at the opening ceremony in Athens, Greece, becoming the first DJ to play live on stage at an Olympics. Tracks he made especially for the Olympics were mixed together and released as the mix compilation Parade of the Athletes later that year. In April 2007 Tiësto launched both his radio show Tiësto's Club Life on Radio 538 in the Netherlands and released his third studio album titled Elements of Life. The album reached number one on the Dutch album chart as well on "Billboard Top Electronic Albums" in the U.S. and received a nomination for a Grammy Award in 2008. Tiësto released his fourth studio album called Kaleidoscope in October 2009.
Early Life and Career
Tijs Michiel Verwest was born in Breda, North Brabant, Netherlands on January 17, 1969. He had an interest in music since the age of twelve. When he was fourteen he decided to dedicate more time to it and began DJing professionally at school parties. He then moved on to become a resident DJ between 1985 and 1994 at several clubs in the Netherlands after his manager and friend Wilfred encouraged him. However, it was at The Spock, a small club in Breda, where he was able to fine-tune his own style by playing in a separate room from 10 p.m. until 4 a.m. on weekends. In the beginning of his career, as a DJ he played mostly New Beat and acid house.
In 1994, he began releasing material on Noculan Records' sub-labels Chemo and Coolman. During these years, he produced hardcore/gabber tracks under aliases such as Da Joker and DJ Limited. He was later discovered by the general manager of Rotterdam-based Basic Beat Recordings. In late 1994, he signed to Basic Beat where he met Arny Bink, Tiësto released records on the sub-label Trashcan, founded by Arny, and later created the Guardian Angel sub-label with Arny in which they introduced the popular Forbidden Paradise series. Meanwhile from 1995 to 1996 he released four extended plays on Bonzai Jumps and XTC, sub-labels of Lightning Records. In 1997, Tiësto joined his friend Yves Vandichel on his sub-label, DJ Yves, a division of the now defunct Human Resource label XSV Music. In the fall of 1997, both Arny and Tiësto decided to leave Basic Beat and create their own parent label, now known as Black Hole Recordings, Trashcan was discontinued and Guardian Angel continued releasing music until 2002. Through Black Hole, Tiësto released the Magik series and also created two major sub-labels in 1998; In Trance We Trust and SongBird.
From 1998 to 1999, Tiësto released music on Planetary Consciousness were he met A&R Hardy Heller and invited him to release some records on Black Hole. Tiësto later included the In Search of Sunrise series on SongBird. In 1999, Tiësto joined forces with fellow Dutch deejay Ferry Corsten to create the trance based duo of Gouryella. He also collaborated with Benno de Goeij from 1998 to 2000 under the name Kamaya Painters. Since November 1999 he performed monthly as a resident at Gatecrasher in Sheffield, one of the most popular clubs in England. In 1999 he also played in a 12-hour set, being his longest lasting concert in Amsterdam.
Late in 2000, Tiësto decided to concentrate on his personal work and left Corsten by himself to write and produce Gouryella's next single with John Ewbank, the record company was demanding more tracks and neither Tiësto or Ferry could work together at the time. Tiësto introduced Armin van Buuren, Johan Gielen and Ferry Corsten to the mainstream with his first compilations and the In Trance We Trust series. Summerbreeze became Tiësto's debut DJ mix album in the US with the help of a contract signed to Nettwerk. Summerbreeze featured his remix of Delerium's "Silence", it spent four weeks in the UK's Top Ten chart, it reached number three in the Billboard dance chart. In Search of Sunrise 2 was released in 2000. Tiësto decided to create a sub-label, known as Magik Muzik. The label began releasing Tiësto’s own releases, but it has also released tracks for the Filterheadz, Oliver Lieb, Mark Norman, Mojado, Phynn and Jes Brieden. The label became a trademark which stands for high quality electronic dance music which was due to the release of Tiësto's classic dance anthem "Flight 643" in 2001.
In My Memory era (2001–2004)
Tiësto's fame started to rise in the early 2000s after his set at the first ID&T Innercity party (Live at Innercity: Amsterdam RAI), and the release of In My Memory, his first solo album released in 2001 which contained 10 singles and 5 major hits; The singles from the album were: "Lethal Industry" which was actually produced in 1999 and had only 3 copies released at that time, the track was officially released in 2001 which was remixed by Richard Durand in 2006 along with "Flight 643" which was another leading single that was later adapted with vocals by Suzanne Palmer and released as "643 (Love's on Fire)". Other tracks were "Obsession" in which Tiësto worked alongside Junkie XL, the instrumental tracks "Dallas 4PM" and "Suburban Train" with "Urban Train" as its B-Side which contained some vocals. The last singles to be released were "In My Memory" which is the title track for the album as it only received high ratings in the United States and the opening track "Magik Journey" which opened Tiësto in Concert (2003). On February 2, 2002 Tiësto played nine consecutive hours during the second edition of the Dutch Dimension festival. On February 27 he was awarded a Zilveren ('Silver') Harp music award. The same year he also received a Lucky Strike Dance Award in the category Best DJ Trance/Progressive. In August he became part of Moby's Area2 Tour. For eighteen days he travelled through the United States with artists such as Moby himself, but also David Bowie and Busta Rhymes. In January 2003 Tiësto received the annual Dutch Popprijs ('Pop Award') during the Noorderslag festival. After touring with Moby, Tiësto remixed two songs from him, "We Are All Made of Stars" and "Extreme Ways" in the same year, having "We Are All Made of Stars" reach #13 in the Hot Dance Club Play. In 2002 he released his first In Search of Sunrise mix to feature a place on its name, In Search of Sunrise 3: Panama. On March 28, 2003; Tiësto, Dieselboy, Bad Boy Bill, and Noel Sanger joined the PlayStation2 Dual Play tour. Tiësto and Noel's appearance began on April 13 and ended on June 6.
His fame continued to skyrocket in the early 2000s, following his six-hour "Tiësto Solo" sets which he performed without other DJs or opening acts. This idea, of one DJ playing alone to a large crowd, was brought to its pinnacle when Tiësto was the first DJ to hold a solo concert in a stadium; on May 10, 2003, he performed for over 25,000 people in Arnhem's GelreDome. This concert was later called Tiësto in Concert, the event was an enormous success. He repeated the same type of concert the following year during two consecutive nights in late October. In addition to holding these two concerts for 35,000 of his fans, he held another concert for a crowd of 20,000 in Hasselt, Belgium the following week. DVDs of both his May 10, 2003 and October 30, 2004 concerts have been released, having the other DVD titled Tiësto in Concert 2. The DVD's show the journey from the first idea to the main event, it features live performances by Andain, Dinand Woesthoff, and Jan Johnston. The event includes live music and dancers performing at different times throughout the set. The theme of the event is a mystical, musical journey around the world based on the theme of Magik. It consists of 200+ minutes of performances with a second disc with special features, It includes a behind-the-scenes looking at The Making Of the event, the music video for his song "Traffic" and TV Commercials for the event. The second DVD has performances from Aqualung and violin player DJ Mason, Micha Klein and the Bulgarian Children of Orpheus choir. During this period, he was crowned as "No. 1. DJ in the World" by DJ Magazine (UK) in 2002, 2003, and 2004.
Just Be era (2004–2007)
In 2004, he released his second artist album Just Be, which featured his first single "Traffic" which is the first non-vocal track to reach number one spot in the Dutch national charts for 23 years. The track "Sweet Misery" was originally written for Evanescence but it did not meet the deadline for the release of their album. In support to his Just Be album, he played at Breda, Eindhoven, Utrecht, and Amsterdam; these stops were later named Just Be: Train Tour. On May 20, 2004 he was appointed Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau by Her Majesty Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands.
The Athens Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games (ATHOC) asked Tiësto to perform at the Olympic Games, making him the first DJ to play live on stage at an Olympic Games at the 2004 Summer Olympics opening ceremony in Athens, where he played for 90 minutes. Tiësto flew to Athens in January 2004 to have a meeting with the ATHOC. His Tiësto in Concert DVD caught their attention, after which he was asked to write more tracks based on his opening tune "Adagio for Strings" which could fit in with the Olympic spirit and combine the classical with the modern age; They also requested that he play his own produced music. The first rehearsal was on Saturday August, 7, for an empty stadium; the second rehearsal was on Sunday August 8 with 35,000 volunteers, a lot of the people recognised some tracks like "Traffic" and "Adagio for Strings". The last rehearsal included almost 60,000 people in the stadium which was on Tuesday August 10, there were some technical problems, the mixer broke down, the monitors dropped out a couple of times and the music in the stadium was not continuously on the right volume.
During the parade on Friday, August 13, 2004, all participating nations introduced their athletes—10,500 in total There were 80,000 spectators, only 75,000 knowing about dance music. During the course of his performance the Dutch athletes started dancing in front of the DJ booth and had to be moved on by officials. The performance included new tracks produced especially for the Opening Ceremony and songs that were created to complement the spirit and theme of the ceremony. A condensed studio-recorded album of the songs played on the Olympic set was later released, including new songs specially composed for the occasion, entitled Parade of the Athletes in October 2004. In the liner notes, he noted the IOC requested that the music not contain any lyrics as they could be inadvertently misinterpreted.
In late 2004, he began his touring across Latin America, with his release of In Search of Sunrise 3: Panama in which he gained influence from the sun and sand in summer 2002. The tour continued in 2005, and Tiësto performed live at Brazil, Argentina, Panama, Peru, Costa Rica, Uruguay, Paraguay, Ecuador and Colombia. Following the tours, In Search of Sunrise 4: Latin America was released in 2005, featuring a second CD for the first time in the In Search of Sunrise series.
In 2005, his Perfect Remixes Vol. 3 compilation was released through Warlock Records, containing ten tracks which were created during the beginning of his career, between those is Junkie XL, Mauro Picotto and The Roc Project. On August 20, 2005, Verwest took Tiësto in Concert to the US when he played to 16,000 at the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena with Cirque du Soleil dancers. For the second year in a row he performed live at a New Year's Eve/New Year's concert in Las Vegas, Nevada at the Orleans Arena to a sell-out crowd. Despite his four-city US tour being postponed due to the hurricane damage in New Orleans and Miami, playing such cities further expanded and cemented his popularity among mainstream audiences. This was surpassed later in summer 2007 when some 250,000 danced on Ipanema Beach, Brazil, becoming the second largest concert in history. BPM magazine has an annual poll in the US which is unveiled in the WMC, in 2005 Tiësto took the No. 1 spot. The influences of Los Angeles remained with him and would later influence his In Search of Sunrise compilation.
A wax sculpture of Tiësto was placed behind a turntable at Madame Tussauds in Amsterdam where visitors can mix Tiësto's music together. In the fall of 2005 he went on a very successful tour across Central and Eastern Europe where he played once in each country to crowds of 10,000 to 15,000 fans. Stops were made in Ukraine, Slovakia, Serbia, Macedonia, Romania, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Turkey, Croatia, Poland and South Africa. The United States tour that was part of Tiësto in Concert was dwarfed by his appearance at Sensation White in 2006 where he performed to over 45,000 people in the world's biggest dance event in Amsterdam, Holland.
In Search of Sunrise 5: Los Angeles was released in 2006 which was certified Gold in Canada for sales over 50,000 copies. It also charted, peaking #34 in Canada and #59 in Austria. The compilation was launched in the Winter Music Conference at Mansion in South Beach Miami to support his release, Tiësto went on his In Search of Sunrise 5 Asia Tour for more than 3 weeks.
In September 2006, Tiësto was admitted to hospital after experiencing pain in his chest. He was diagnosed with pericarditis and subsequently had to cancel a number of shows. With the diagnosis, he was invited to support Dance4Life to help teens who are not aware of the risks of HIV/AIDS. He was chosen as the official ambassador for the Dance4Life foundation in May 2006, and released the song "Dance4Life" with Maxi Jazz to help spread the awareness of HIV/AIDS.
On April 6, 2007 Tiësto began presenting a new weekly two-hour radio show called Tiësto's Club Life on Dutch radio station Radio 538. It is syndicated worldwide and later released as a Podcast.
Elements of Life era (2007-2009)
On April 16, 2007, Tiësto released his third studio album Elements of Life, the album moved 73,000 units in its April release, according to Nielsen SoundScan. During the production of the album Tiësto in several cases sent a demo with the music to certain artists, and they replied back with the lyrics and vocals and other duration times. In the case of Christian Burns from BBMak, Tiësto met him through MySpace and got in contact with him and the production of the single "In the Dark". The album consists of rock, trance and experimental music, which shows the style Tiësto has grown throughout the years since his previous albums which contained lyrics, In My Memory and Just Be. Producer Brian Transeau collaborated with Tiësto in three tracks, he composed "Bright Morningstar" and "Sweet Things", he also performed the vocals in the single "Break My Fall". Together, they produced more tracks which were not released in the album, Tiësto has mentioned they would work again during the coming summer. In December 2007 it was announced that the album was nominated for a Grammy Award, in the category "Best Electronic/Dance Album." The album also received gold certifications in Belgium, Hungary, Netherlands, and Romania.[28] A special release party was held at the Heineken Music Hall in Amsterdam on November 3, 2007 for In Search of Sunrise 6: Ibiza.
His last three full-length releases broke the 70,000 mark, and the 2003 2CD compilation Nyana recently hit 87,000, according to Nielsen SoundScan. In support of the album, he embarked on his Elements of Life World Tour which had shows across the world. Tiësto's performance at Parken Stadium in Copenhagen, Denmark on November 10, 2007 was also sold out.[30] The Copenhagen: Elements of Life World Tour DVD was released in a party which was held on February 29, 2008 in London at the IndigO2 club.
Tiësto announced his residence at Privilege, officially recognised by the Guinness World Records as being the largest club in the world. He played in Ibiza every Monday, from July 7 until September 22. The gigs consisted of sets in the style of his In Search of Sunrise series. In 2007, he had released In Search of Sunrise 6: Ibiza which was inspired by the island. The residencies also featured the performance of guest deejays, all selected by Tiësto, such as Chris Lake, Andy Duguid, Mat Zo, Cosmic Gate, Alex Kunnari and Sander van Doorn as well as exclusive appearances by Fonzerelli and Airbase.
On April 28, Tiësto released Elements of Life: Remixed, a recompilation of the Elements of Life album with all songs being replaced by remixed versions. In mid-2008, Tiësto announced his In Search of Sunrise: Summer Tour 2008, which will be presented by Armani Exchange on May in support of his upcoming In Search of Sunrise 7: Asia compilation[34] and the previously released In Search of Sunrise 6: Ibiza. On August 8, 2008 Tiësto became the first DJ to perform at the famous O2 Arena in London as part of his In Search of Sunrise 7 summer tour, the event was sold out with a capacity of 20,000 people. Earlier that day, Tiësto had performed in-store at Armani Exchange on Regent Street in central London.
A sole production was prepared for Tiësto from June 8 to September 21 for his return at club Privilege for the second year in a row on Monday nights, after a successful year as a resident in 2008. During his time at Privilege he previewed tracks from his upcoming artist album. InTheBooth, the official members-only fansite of Tiësto launched July 17, 2009. On July 31, he was the first DJ to perform for 25,000 people at an exclusive outdoor concert in Victoria Park, London.
Kaleidoscope era (2009–present)
On October 6, 2009, Tiësto released his fourth studio album Kaleidoscope, which featured artists such as Priscilla Ahn, Calvin Harris, Tegan & Sara and Nelly Furtado. Unlike his earlier albums, which were all mostly trance, Kaleidoscope explores other electronic genres, and is considered Tiesto's most experimental album. The first single "I Will Be Here" featuring Sneaky Sound System being released in July 2009.[37][38][39] In its first week, the album reached the Top 10 chart on iTunes.
To release the album he has set up a new record label called Musical Freedom after parting ways with Black Hole Recordings. Tiësto felt that his music was evolving in a new direction and his focus as an artist was moving away from what Black Hole was set up to support. His new tour, sharing the name of his new album, called Kaleidoscope World Tour commenced in late September.
Tiësto contributed songs to both DJ Hero and DJ Hero 2 video games and is a playable character in the second game. He contributed two exclusive mixes to the second game, and used content from DJ Hero 2 to create the official video for his single 'Speed Rail' - the world's first music video to be created entirely using in-game footage.
Tiësto has produced a trance-flavoured song on Memphis rap duo Three 6 Mafia's upcoming album Laws of Power called "Feel It," which features Flo Rida and Sean Kingston.
On March 16, 2010, Tiësto released his greatest hits album called Magikal Journey: The Hits Collection 1998-2008, a two disc album focusing on his most famous songs and remixes of his songs.
On April 7, 2010, Tiësto announced that he would start a new compilation series called A New Dawn with his own label Musical Freedom. In his interview Tiësto furthermore confirmed that he will no longer have any more involvement with Black Hole Recordings.
On August 31, 2010 Kaleidoscope: Remixed was released, a remix album of his album Kaleidoscope.
On December 11, 2010, Tiësto was one of the headlining acts at ZoukOut 2010,[48] which was held in Singapore at Siloso Beach, Sentosa Island.
Philanthropy
On January 6, 2005, Tiësto performed in an outdoor fundraiser in De Dam, Amsterdam. The event was free, and many famous Dutch artists like Dinand Woesthoff, BLØF, Acda & De Munnik, Di-rect, Berget Lewis, Xander de Buisonjé and Trijntje Oosterhuis were involved in it to provide financial aid to the people who suffered from the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami in Southern and Southeastern Asia. All profits made of all TV commercials and live broadcast were given to the organisations collecting the relief funds.
In April 2006, Tiësto was named the official worldwide ambassador for the Dance4Life foundation promoting awareness of HIV/AIDS, as the foundation's ambassador he has helped the organisation with fundraising along with recording the track "Dance4life" that he recorded with Maxi Jazz from Faithless. The foundation consists on a better way of living with safe sex in exchange of entertainment to the young crowd.[50] The song was a huge success, peaking for five weeks in #3 and eleven consecutive weeks in the Top 10 of the Dutch Singles Chart, it also reached #5 in Belgium, #6 in Finland and also charting in the UK and Germany. With the successful release of Elements of Life, Tiësto and fashion designer Giorgio Armani collaborated together on a limited edition Tiësto T-shirt available at Armani Exchange stores. His single "Sweet Things" comes with the shirt including an exclusive "A|X Remix" by Tom Cloud which shows the great influence Tiësto has in fashion culture.[51] The charity raised over US$300,000.[34] On November 29, 2008 artists like Tiësto himself, Sied van Riel, Leon Bolier, Joop, and MC Gunner presented a concert at The Sand, Amsterdam promoted by Dance4Life, the sales from the event will go to the foundation to support next year's Schools4Life project.
Personal life
Until early 2006, Tiësto was in a relationship with Dutch model Monique Spronk. On January 10, 2008, Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf announced that Tiësto and his girlfriend Stacey Blokzijl were going to get married on October 10, 2008 in Cartagena, Colombia. He proposed to her in December 2007 while they were visiting Mauritius. Tiësto cancelled his wedding for October 10, because he claimed to have a busy schedule and too little time for the preparations. During Christmas 2008, Blokzijl broke off the engagement due to the constant delays to their wedding.
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