SPICE GIRLS FACTSLate 1. Emma, Geri, Mel B. Melanie C and Victoria, meet on the auditions circuit. TV extras. Friday 4 March 1. Late 1992 Emma, Geri, Mel B, Melanie C and Victoria, meet on the auditions circuit while chasing work in shows and as TV extras. Friday 4 March 1993. XL.jpg' alt='The Circuit 2: The Final Punch Full Movie' title='The Circuit 2: The Final Punch Full Movie' />Danceworks studios in Balderton Street, near Selfridges in London. They had all seen an ad in The Stage newspaper, placed by father and son management team Bob Chris Herbert, which said WANTEDR. U. 1. 8 2. 3 with the ability to singdance R U streetwise, outgoing, ambitious, and dedicated Heart Management Ltd are a widely successful music industry management consortium currently forming a choreographed, singingdancing, all female pop act for a recording deal. Watch Final Fantasy Unlimited episodes online free. Stream full Final Fantasy Unlimited episodes and movies with english subs. 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I/51d3A7voeAL._SR600%2C315_PIWhiteStrip%2CBottomLeft%2C0%2C35_PIStarRatingTHREEANDHALF%2CBottomLeft%2C360%2C-6_SR600%2C315_ZA(8%20Reviews)%2C445%2C286%2C400%2C400%2Carial%2C12%2C4%2C0%2C0%2C5_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg' alt='The Circuit 2: The Final Punch Full Movie' title='The Circuit 2: The Final Punch Full Movie' />Open audition. Danceworks, 1. Balderton Street. Friday 4 March. 11am 5. Please bring sheet music or backing cassette. Melanie C sings Im So Excited by the Pointer Sisters. Mel B sings The Greatest Love Of All by Whitney Houston. Victoria Adams sings Mein Herr from Cabaret. May 1. 99. 3Second and final auditions are held at Nomis Studios, Sanctuary Road, W1. Geri misses the first audition because she was working that day. She begs Chris Herbert to give her a try. At the second audition, Geri looks older than the others and when asked her age she replies Im as old as you want me to be. Ill be ten with big boobs if you want. She won the panel over with her charm. From the auditions, girl group Touch is formed. The original line up is Victoria Adams, Melanie. Brown, Melanie Chisholm, Geri Halliwell and Michelle Stephenson. June 1. 99. 3The girls meet for the first time at Trinity Studios in Woking, Surrey. Chris rents a house for them 5. Boyn Hill Road, near Maidenhead and the girls move in living frugally because they have no wages. They are given minimal pocket money. Every day the girls go to the studio to work on their singing dancing. Geri has to put in the most work because she isnt as good as the others. She often says Time is running out. This is my last chance and I am going to make it. It soon becomes clear that Michelle doesnt fit in, so she leaves to care for her sick mum and to then go on to university. She is replaced by Emma Bunton. It was quite funny coming into the band late because the others had all known each other for a bit. I had to meet them at a train station the first time and there were quite a few girls hanging around. But as soon as I saw them I knew. We just clicked straight away. Emma. Emmas first night with the girls is her first night away from home. I got a bit homesick, so I went and had a cry on Geris shoulder. That linked us and its been the same with all the other girls, she says. July 1. 99. 3 March 1. The girls live in the house in Maidenhead, rehearsing dance routines, going to the studio and eating. August 1. 99. 3Geri comes up with the name Spice during an aerobics class. It seems to fit because Because were. Emma. And theyve already recorded a song called Sugar and Spice. December 1. 99. 3The girls perform a showcase at Nomis Studios in West London, and meet industry figures, producers and. March 1. 99. 4The girls officially take control of the band. They dont agree with Chris Herberts idea to dress them all. They retrieve the backing tracks of the songs they had been working on at Trinity Studios and left. October 1. 99. 4With a catalogue of songs, demos and dance routines, the girls set out to find a manager. Travelling around in Geris car with a Filofax and a phone, they go to meetings around the country. After a couple of months of not getting anywhere they meet Simon Fuller of 1. Management. I remember them coming into my office for the first time very well says Simon later. They had so much energy and determination, all of them were talking at once and they were very funny. They were very different. I knew that we could achieve great things together. March 1. 99. 5The girls sign with Simon Fuller 1. Management and immediately go into the recording studio to start recording the songs that would make them famous. March August 1. Simon Fullers first job is to arrange a record deal, and several record labels start to make. Virgin Records throws a surprise party for them before they fly off to explore record deals in LA club class. September 1. 99. 5Simon Fuller signs the Spice Girls to Virgin Records and immediately arranges for the girls to. The name Spice is already in use by a US rapper. So, the group name is changed to Spice Girls. October 1. 99. 5The Spice Girls are guests of honour at a race meeting at Kempton Park in Surrey. While posing for a photo call with a statue of Desert Orchid, the girls take control and begin to climb on the statue. Race goers look on in disgust and it causes uproar, and it gives them their first publicity receiving tabloid and local television coverage. Simon arranged a day out at the races to introduce us to everybody all the media type. We thought it was funny because it was all stiff upper lip and we were just our normal selves and being really quite mad. Anyway, we jumped on the statue of that old horse, Desert Storm. Ive got a great photo of us on it, and you can see the security guards in the background running towards us. There were a few journalists there and I remember we took one into the girls toilet where the acoustics were good and then sang Wannabe, a capella. Geri. November 1. Simon Fuller signs the Girls to music publishers Windswept Pacific, and then takes them to the States to undertake a promotional tour in LA. April 1. 99. 6The girls shoot their first video, for Wannabe, at St Pancras Station, London. Geri on the video I remember the chaos and the cold. It wasnt very controlled we. We wanted the camera to capture the madness of Spice. I had very big shoes on and fell over many times. I watched it again recently and thought it was like a comedy, really. All the other girls gave me the award for being the biggest prat in it Its the most spontaneous of our videos. May 1. The video for Wannabe gets a trial airing on The Box music channel. Its an instant hit, and is played. The first music press interview appears in Music Week. June 1. 99. 6Quarter page mini article appears in Smash Hits, titled Introducing Spice GirlsJuly 1. A feature in Top of the Pops magazine gives the Spice Girls their nicknames, Posh, Baby, Scary, Sporty and Ginger. Editor Peter Loraine suggests the names during lunch with the girls in Notting Hill. I simply said it would be a good idea if they had some nicknames. The girls liked the idea, so I had. Posh was the first one to be thought up because Victoria looks pretty sophisticated. The rest were pretty easy really because the girls characters were already really strong. The names jumped out at us. We laughed the most when we came up with Scary. Jennifer Cawthron, who was also from Leeds, came up with that one because Mel B was so loud and had tried to take over our whole photo shoot. We ran the names for a couple of issues and the first time the girls saw them they thought it was. Then the newspapers started picking up on the names and they cropped up everywhere until they were fully accepted by everyone. July 1. A full page advertisement appears in Smash Hits, saying Wanted Anyone with a sense of fun, freedom and adventure. Hold tight, get ready Girl Power is comin at you. July 1. Debut single Wannabe is released. On the single, Mel C says It was recorded in under an. Whereas, a lot of the other songs on the album took two or three days at least. July 1. 99. 6Wannabe enters the chart at number 3. July 1. 99. 6The first national newspaper interview appears in the Daily Star. July 1. 99. 6Wannabe climbs to number one where it stays for seven weeks the Spice Girls are the first. Wannabe stays at number one for seven weeks and goes on to sell four million copies. It reaches the top spot in 3. Wannabe steals the limelight from two ex Take That stars. The single knocks Gary Barlows debut solo. Forever Love off the top spot, and it forces Robbie Williams to settle for a number two with his debut single, Freedom. Harry Houdini Wikipedia. Harry Houdini. Houdini in 1. Born. Erik Weisz1. March 2. 4, 1. 87. Budapest, Austria Hungary. Died. October 3. 1, 1. Detroit, Michigan, U. S. Cause of death. Peritonitis1Occupation. Stage magician, escapologist, stunt performer, actor, historian, film producer, pilot, debunker. Heartland Season 7 Episode 10. Years active. 18. SpousesWilhelmina Beatrice Bess Rahnerm. Relatives. Theodore HardeenbrotherSignature. Harry Houdini born Erik Weisz, later Ehrich Weiss or Harry Weiss March 2. October 3. 1, 1. 92. Austro Hungarian born American stage magician and stunt performer, noted for his sensational escape acts. He first attracted notice in vaudeville in the US and then as Harry Handcuff Houdini on a tour of Europe, where he challenged police forces to keep him locked up. Soon he extended his repertoire to include chains, ropes slung from skyscrapers, straitjackets under water, and having to escape from and hold his breath inside a sealed milk can with water in it. In 1. 90. 4, thousands watched as he tried to escape from special handcuffs commissioned by Londons Daily Mirror, keeping them in suspense for an hour. Another stunt saw him buried alive and only just able to claw himself to the surface, emerging in a state of near breakdown. While many suspected that these escapes were faked, Houdini presented himself as the scourge of fake spiritualists. Watch Absolute Power Online on this page. As President of the Society of American Magicians, he was keen to uphold professional standards and expose fraudulent artists. He was also quick to sue anyone who imitated his escape stunts. Houdini made several movies, but quit acting when it failed to bring in money. He was also a keen aviator, and aimed to become the first man to fly a plane in Australia. Early life. Erik Weisz was born in Budapest to a Jewish family. His parents were Rabbi Mayer Smuel Weisz 1. Ceclia Steiner 1. Houdini was one of seven children Herman M. Houdinis half brother, by Rabbi Weiszs first marriage Nathan J. Gottfried William 1. Theodore 1. 87. 61. Leopold D. 1. 87. Carrie Gladys 1. Weisz arrived in the United States on July 3, 1. Watch Westminster Bridge Online more. SS Fresia with his mother who was pregnant and his four brothers. The family changed their name to the German spelling Weiss, and Erik became Ehrich. The family lived in Appleton, Wisconsin, where his father served as Rabbi of the Zion Reform Jewish Congregation. According to the 1. Appleton Street. 8 On June 6, 1. Rabbi Weiss became an American citizen. Losing his tenure at Zion in 1. Rabbi Weiss moved with Ehrich to New York City, where they lived in a boarding house on East 7. Street. He was joined by the rest of the family once Rabbi Weiss found permanent housing. As a child, Ehrich Weiss took several jobs, making his public dbut as a 9 year old trapeze artist, calling himself Ehrich, the Prince of the Air. He was also a champion cross country runner in his youth. When Weiss became a professional magician he began calling himself Harry Houdini, after the French magician Jean Eugne Robert Houdin, after reading Robert Houdins autobiography in 1. Weiss incorrectly believed that an i at the end of a name meant like in French. In later life, Houdini claimed that the first part of his new name, Harry, was an homage to Harry Kellar, whom he also admired. When he was a teenager, Houdini was coached by the magician Joseph Rinn at the Pastime Athletic Club. Houdini became an active Freemason and was a member of St. Cecile Lodge 5. 68 in New York City. In 1. 91. 8, he registered for selective service as Harry Handcuff Houdini. Magic career. Houdini began his magic career in 1. He appeared in a tent act with strongman Emil Jarrow. He performed in dime museums and sideshows, and even doubled as The Wild Man at a circus. Houdini focused initially on traditional card tricks. At one point, he billed himself as the King of Cards. Other professional magicians would come to regard Houdini as a competent but not particularly skilled sleight of hand artist, lacking the grace and finesse required to achieve excellence in that craft. He soon began experimenting with escape acts. In 1. 89. 3, while performing with his brother Dash Theodore at Coney Island as The Brothers Houdini, Houdini met a fellow performer, Wilhelmina Beatrice Bess Rahner. Bess was initially courted by Dash, but she and Houdini married in 1. Bess replacing Dash in the act, which became known as The Houdinis. For the rest of Houdinis performing career, Bess worked as his stage assistant. Houdinis big break came in 1. Martin Beck in St. Paul, Minnesota. Impressed by Houdinis handcuffs act, Beck advised him to concentrate on escape acts and booked him on the Orpheumvaudeville circuit. Within months, he was performing at the top vaudeville houses in the country. In 1. 90. 0, Beck arranged for Houdini to tour Europe. After some days of unsuccessful interviews in London, Houdinis British agent Harry Day helped him to get an interview with C. Dundas Slater, then manager of the Alhambra Theatre. He was introduced to William Melville and gave a demonstration of escape from handcuffs at Scotland Yard. He succeeded in baffling the police so effectively that he was booked at the Alhambra for six months. His show was an immediate hit and his salary rose to 3. My Two SweetheartsHoudini with his mother and wife, c. Houdini became widely known as The Handcuff King. He toured England, Scotland, the Netherlands, Germany, France, and Russia. In each city, Houdini challenged local police to restrain him with shackles and lock him in their jails. In many of these challenge escapes, he was first stripped nude and searched. In Moscow, he escaped from a Siberian prison transport van, claiming that, had he been unable to free himself, he would have had to travel to Siberia, where the only key was kept. In Cologne, he sued a police officer, Werner Graff, who alleged that he made his escapes via bribery. Houdini won the case when he opened the judges safe he later said the judge had forgotten to lock it. With his new found wealth, Houdini purchased a dress said to have been made for Queen Victoria. He then arranged a grand reception where he presented his mother in the dress to all their relatives. Houdini said it was the happiest day of his life. In 1. 90. 4, Houdini returned to the U. S. and purchased a house for 2. W. 1. 13th Street in Harlem, New York City. Whilst on tour in Europe in 1. Houdini visited Blois with the aim of meeting the widow of Emile Houdin, the son of Jean Eugne Robert Houdin, for an interview and permission to visit his grave. He did not receive permission but still visited the grave. Houdini believed that he had been treated unfairly and later wrote a negative account of the incident in his magazine, claiming he was treated most discourteously by Madame W. Emile Robert Houdin. In 1. 90. 6, he sent a letter to the French magazine LIllusionniste stating You will certainly enjoy the article on Robert Houdin I am about to publish in my magazine. Yes, my dear friend, I think I can finally demolish your idol, who has so long been placed on a pedestal that he did not deserve. In 1. 90. 6, Houdini created his own publication, the Conjurers Monthly Magazine. It was a competitor to The Sphinx, but was short lived and only two volumes were released until August 1. Magic historian Jim Steinmeyer has noted that Houdini couldnt resist using the journal for his own crusades, attacking his rivals, praising his own appearances, and subtly rewriting history to favor his view of magic. From 1. 90. 7 and throughout the 1. Houdini performed with great success in the United States. He freed himself from jails, handcuffs, chains, ropes, and straitjackets, often while hanging from a rope in sight of street audiences. Because of imitators, Houdini put his handcuff act behind him on January 2. The possibility of failure and death thrilled his audiences.