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  Watch here or at YouTube.com as Fridley High School and Augsburg College combine concert bands for a March 3, 2013 concert at Augsburg's Hoversten Chapel: On a Southern Hymnsong Alleluia! Laudamus Te Paradiso Ave Verum Corpus
Fridley Just for Kix did very well in a dance competition held recently at Eastview High School in Apple Valley. See them in action in the video above or at YouTube.com, in a clip posted by Skip Price. Did you know you can share videos like this with your neighbors, using Patch? Just use the Local Voices section.
Watch kids playing basketball outdoors in a Fridley driveway above or at YouTube.com in a video posted by Chad Erickson.
The latest Fridley Harlem Shake video to hit YouTube looks downright chilly. See it above or at YouTube.com where Vin Parmessar posted it Saturday. Other Fridley Harlem Shake videos include: Fridley on YouTube: Another 'Harlem Shake' Fridley on YouTube: Harlem Shake (Snow Dance Version) Fridley Boys Basketball Possibly what these folks were doing: 'People on the Ice Skating Rink, Taking off Their Clothes As They Dance' Do you know of another local Harlem Shake or other video with a Fridley connection? Leave a link in comments below or share a video yourself by uploading to this post.
This could be cute or it could be hard to watch, depending on your point of view. Tony Austinson documented a solid four minutes of a red fox in a picturesque snowy scene in Fridley, gnawing, chewing and tearing into—what is it? a squirrel? a rabbit? It may not be viewing that meets everyone's taste, but it's a well shot, unblinking view of nature taking its course in the city of Fridley. What wildlife have you seen around Fridley lately? Leave a comment below or upload a photo or video to this post. Related: VIDEO: Mink Versus Opossum at Springbrook Nature Center PHOTOS: Frisky Foxes in …
Watch the Spring Lake Park High School Pantherettes perform in the Minnesota State High School League State Dance Tournament jazz dance competition on Feb. 15, 2013. See it above or at YouTube as posted by umn2016. Related (2013): VIDEO: Totino-Grace High Kick Dance at State VIDEO: Fridley High Kick Dance at State VIDEO: Spring Lake Park Jazz Dance at State VIDEO: Totino-Grace Jazz Dance at State HIGH KICK: Spring Lake Park, Fridley and Totino-Grace at State Dance 'Standing and Screaming': Fridley, Spring Lake Park, Totino-Grace Jazz Dance Fridley Dance Team Heads to State Championships …
Watch the Fridley High School dance team perform in the Minnesota State High School League State Dance Tournament high kick dance competition on Feb. 16, 2013. See it above or at YouTube posted by Dance Full Out. Related (2013): VIDEO: Spring Lake Park Jazz Dance at State VIDEO: Totino-Grace Jazz Dance at State Totino-Grace Third in AA High Kick Dance at State HIGH KICK: Spring Lake Park, Fridley and Totino-Grace at State Dance 'Standing and Screaming': Fridley, Spring Lake Park, Totino-Grace Jazz Dance Fridley Dance Team Heads to State Championships Fridley, Totino-Grace, Spring Lake Park …
Watch the Totino-Grace High School E'Gals perform in the Minnesota State High School League State Dance Tournament jazz dance competition on Feb. 15, 2013. The E'Gals took third place in Class AA. See it above or at YouTube. Related (2013): HIGH KICK: Spring Lake Park, Fridley and Totino-Grace at State Dance 'Standing and Screaming': Fridley, Spring Lake Park, Totino-Grace Jazz Dance Fridley Dance Team Heads to State Championships Fridley, Totino-Grace, Spring Lake Park Dance Teams Headed to State Related (2012): Fridley, Spring Lake Park and Totino-Grace at MN Jazz Dance Competition VIDEO: …
Watch the Spring Lake Park High School Pantherettes perform in the Minnesota State High School League State Dance Tournament jazz dance competition on Feb. 15, 2013. See it above or at YouTube. Related (2013): HIGH KICK: Spring Lake Park, Fridley and Totino-Grace at State Dance 'Standing and Screaming': Fridley, Spring Lake Park, Totino-Grace Jazz Dance Fridley Dance Team Heads to State Championships Fridley, Totino-Grace, Spring Lake Park Dance Teams Headed to State Related (2012): Fridley, Spring Lake Park and Totino-Grace at MN Jazz Dance Competition VIDEO: Fridley, Spring Lake Park, …
Hayes Elementary School Principal John Piotraschke and Counselor Leena Callan launch a 10-part video series with a discussion of humility. Watch it here or on the Fridley School District's YouTube channel.
In this new YouTube, see Minnesota Brass Indoor perform Dandelion at Totino-Grace High School in Fridley on Feb. 10, 2013.
Were you on board for the Central Avenue Restaurant Tour? Community Education in Fridley and Columbia Heights offered this bus tour of the avenue's eateries on Feb. 6, 2013. Here's a great five-minute YouTube documentary about it. See the Fridley Community Education course catalog here by clicking on the PDF thumbnail, or visit the Fridley Community Education website and read it on their viewer. Here's the course description: NEW! Central Avenue Restaurant TourCheck Out and Taste the Fare of 6 Local Eateries! Central Avenue offers an incredible array of diverse and interesting culinary …
A biology lecture, gym class and lonely lunch period all are improved "100 million percent" by school band in this 2013 Fridley High School band recruitment video on YouTube. If you don't see the video above, find it at YouTube. Related: PHOTOS: Fridley High Band Marches at Minnesota State Fair Videos: Fridley High School Concert Band Also new on YouTube: Stevenson Scoop for Feb. 4, 2013
If you haven't seen an English-speaking French TV news host go live to Fridley, MN, to talk about politics in Egypt with a prominent Egyptian lawmaker before, check out these two YouTube videos. Abdel Mawgoud Dardery, spokesman for the foreign relations committee of the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party, is visiting Minnesota, according to KFAI-FM in Minneapolis. The local community radio station aired its own interview with Dardery along with Hamdy Makky of the Egyptian American Society of Minnesota. Links: (VIDEO) France 24's The Debate: "Egypt's endless revolution, how to …
North Metro TV has posted YouTube videos of Spring Lake Park High School's wrestling team competing with Irondale and Centennial on Jan. 24, 2013 at Centennial.
North Metro TV has posted video reports on YouTube from the varsity girls and boys basketball games on Jan. 18, 2013 between Spring Lake Park High School and St. Louis Park High School.
On Friday, William Lere posted this two-minute narrated YouTube tour of nighttime activity at the Burlington Northern Santa Fe rail yard in Fridley.
YouTube user roachcliff1 posted this feature-length video from 1989 of epic boot hockey competition at Summit Square Park in Fridley. Warning: There's a bit of salty language right in the first couple seconds and there could well be more during the remaining 96 minutes. If you're wondering if you recognize someone in the video, roachcliff1 listed a few of the participants in the comments at YouTube. Related: 11 Places to Skate in Fridley Photos/Video: On the Ice for the First Day of Winter at Fridley's Commons Park 'Crashed Ice' Qualifiers: Anyone You Know? Fridley on YouTube: Mippey5 Dreams …
  Nicole31693 posted this short clip on YouTube on Tuesday with the message: Fridley firefighter Scott Allard passed away unexpectedly on April 10, 2012. RIP Dad. I love you and miss you. Read Fridley Patch posts about Scott Allard.
A student-made short movie from a 1974 Grace High School film studies class appeared on YouTube in December—restored with new credits and Maynard Ferguson soundtrack.  The 15-minute film's plot revolves around a pair of hit men doing their job. It's called Slaughter 5. So, fair warning: There is gun violence and gore. The description at YouTube: 1974 Grace High School (Fridley Minnesota) Film Studies Class Movie filmed with a Bell & Howell Super 8 movie camera There's more information, including a full cast list and other credits, scrolling at the opening and ending of the video. Timothy D. …

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