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Sharon Ryer Davis (born 1954) is the wife of former California Governor Gray Davis. She is also a former Miss Santee and the author of the children's book, The Adventures of Capitol Kitty.
Davis attended Santana High School in Santee, California. While there, she entered the Miss Santee contest and won. Shortly after high school she began working at Pacific Southwest Airlines as a flight attendant.
Sharon met Gray Davis in 1979 while he was Chief of Staff for then Governor Jerry Brown. She was not happy that her plane was being held up to wait for Davis. She scolded him when he arrived.
As First Lady, Davis was active in children's health and education, especially literacy, creating the Governor's Book Fund, which provided funds for school libraries. She wrote a children's book titled The Adventures of Capitol Kitty to help pay for the fund. She eventually helped raise 750,000 dollars. During the United States presidential election, 2000, her husband was rumored to be a potential vice presidential running mate for Al Gore, but Davis turned it down, eventually going to Joe Lieberman. Davis was also rumored to be a potential presidential candidate in 2004. She left the office of First Lady in November 2003, after her husband's recall.
Sharon (Hebrew: שָׁרוֹן, Tiberian Hebrew: Šārôn) is a female name that can be spelled with one "r" or two (Sharron).
In some countries (like Israel), Sharon is a unisex name. It derives from the name the Israelite place name Sharon plain, referring to a fertile plain near the coast of Israel. This gives its name to a type of flowering shrub, the rose of Sharon. Sharon is one of many names that could formerly be applied to males (as in the 19th-century historian Sharon Turner), but is now nearly always used of females (cf. Vivian, Ashley, Beverly, etc.).
It began being used as a female name sometime in the early part of the 20th century, first being listed as one of the 1000 most popular names for females born in the United States in 1925. By the mid-1940s, it had become an extremely popular name for newborn American girls, remaining a top 10 name for most of the decade, peaking at #8 in both 1943 and 1945. Its popularity began to steadily decline thereafter; the name fell out of the top 100 after 1977, and out of the top 500 after 2001.
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Genres: Comedy, Short,Actors: Lynda La Plante (writer), James D'Arcy (actor), Anthony Valentine (actor), Anne Dudley (composer), Mark Lewis Jones (actor), Al Murray (actor), Dilys Laye (actress), Claire Skinner (actress), Gillies MacKinnon (director), Paul Brightwell (actor), Amanda Burton (actress), Crissy Rock (actress), Caroline Blakiston (actress), Helen Revington (miscellaneous crew), Richard Godfrey (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: Did Brian kill his own mother in an alcoholic haze? Who stole Doug and Zoe's baby? Clare feels the heat of two high-profile cases with personal connections. Brian remembers nothing of the night his mother died--until an attack in prison jars his memory.
Genres: Drama,Actors: Malcolm Stewart (actor), Gillian Barber (actress), John Novak (actor), Kevin McNulty (actor), Michele Greene (actress), Stephen Macht (actor), Jorge Montesi (director), Roman Podhora (actor), Andrew Wheeler (actor), Lawrence Horowitz (producer), Jennifer Clement (actress), Rebecca Toolan (actress), Conor O'Farrell (actor), Colleen Winton (actress), Nancy Stafford (actress),
Plot: Patty Nowakowski already has three children, but decides to be a surrogate mother. Fully confident of being able to give up her baby, she is nonetheless stunned when she discovers that she is expecting twins, and the couple for whom she is pregnant will only accept one child, provided it is female.
Keywords: adoption, based-on-true-story, child-custody, childbirth, childless-couple, court, court-case, family-relationships, fraternal-twins, husband-wife-relationshipTony Jackson & Sharon Davis from London, performing a Lindy Hop & Jazz routine to the song "Buck Fever" at Swing Train Festival in Torino, 2016. Thank you to @DustyJazz for the video. Swing Train Festival is an annual event held in Torino, with live swing bands, dance workshops and parties. For more information visit: www.swingtrainfestival.com To learn from Sharon & Tony in London, visit their school JazzMAD at: www.jazzmad.co.uk
ILHC 2013 - Pro Classic - Juan Villafane & Sharon Davis
Recap video for one of the classes taught to the Jazz Beginner-Intermediate track in week 1 of Herrang Dance Camp 2016, by teacher Sharon Davis. Sharon Davis is based in London and teaches regularly with JazzMAD: www.jazzmad.co.uk
Sharon Davis teaching an original jazz routine at Swing Train 2017 in Torino, Italy. The song is Janelle Monae's Tightrope. Learn jazz dance with Sharon Davis at JazzMAD London: www.jazzmad.co.uk
Max + Sharon impro at Swinging Airforce in Paris, 2015
Swing Train Festival 2017 - III Edition 10-11-12 March 2017 Dancers: Sharon Davis www.swingtrainfestival.com www.dustyjazz.com Video Recording & Editing: Luca Rabelino Assistant: Aldo Baima www.lucarabellino.it
www.LindyFocus.com As seen at Lindy Focus XI! Lindy Focus takes place in Asheville, NC, December 26th - January 1st.
ILHC 2013 - Pro Classic - Juan Villafane & Sharon Davis
Recap video for one of the classes taught to the Jazz Beginner-Intermediate track in week 1 of Herrang Dance Camp 2016, by teacher Sharon Davis. Sharon Davis is based in London and teaches regularly with JazzMAD: www.jazzmad.co.uk
Max + Sharon impro at Swinging Airforce in Paris, 2015
The elite swimmer and TV presenter takes a spin in the All-New Kia Niro and tells us why her car needs to be as versatile as her lifestyle. Read the article: http://www.driving.co.uk/the-power-to-surprise/driving-with-sharron-davies/
Swing Train Festival 2017 - III Edition 10-11-12 March 2017 Dancers: Sharon Davis www.swingtrainfestival.com www.dustyjazz.com Video Recording & Editing: Luca Rabelino Assistant: Aldo Baima www.lucarabellino.it
Class recap video for Jazz Level 2 dance class with Sharon Davis at JazzMAD London on Wednesday 16th November 2016. A solo jazz routine to Sam Cook’s “Twisting The Night Away”, by Sharon Davis. Learn authentic vintage jazz dances at JazzMAD London: www.jazzmad.co.uk
Tony Jackson & Sharon Davis from London, performing a Lindy Hop & Jazz routine to the song "Buck Fever" at Swing Train Festival in Torino, 2016. Thank you to @DustyJazz for the video. Swing Train Festival is an annual event held in Torino, with live swing bands, dance workshops and parties. For more information visit: www.swingtrainfestival.com To learn from Sharon & Tony in London, visit their school JazzMAD at: www.jazzmad.co.uk
ILHC 2013 - Pro Classic - Juan Villafane & Sharon Davis
Recap video for one of the classes taught to the Jazz Beginner-Intermediate track in week 1 of Herrang Dance Camp 2016, by teacher Sharon Davis. Sharon Davis is based in London and teaches regularly with JazzMAD: www.jazzmad.co.uk
Sharon Davis teaching an original jazz routine at Swing Train 2017 in Torino, Italy. The song is Janelle Monae's Tightrope. Learn jazz dance with Sharon Davis at JazzMAD London: www.jazzmad.co.uk
Max + Sharon impro at Swinging Airforce in Paris, 2015
Swing Train Festival 2017 - III Edition 10-11-12 March 2017 Dancers: Sharon Davis www.swingtrainfestival.com www.dustyjazz.com Video Recording & Editing: Luca Rabelino Assistant: Aldo Baima www.lucarabellino.it
www.LindyFocus.com As seen at Lindy Focus XI! Lindy Focus takes place in Asheville, NC, December 26th - January 1st.
(Guest Speaker) Sharon Davis Brown Mount Carmel Baptist Church Kansas City, Kansas
July 13th 1985 introduced by Mike Smith & Mark Ellen
Presentations and discussion of community-based design and public service architecture with Sharon Davis '06 M.Arch and Louise Braverman in conversation with Dean Amale Andraos. Organized by Columbia GSAPP.
Ordinary people discuss the methods they use in dealing with serious and terminal illnesses. Some heal by traditional methods and some by non-traditional methods.
"All Circles Day" at Greater Faith Missionary Baptist Church, KCK, Rev Robert Milan Jr-senior pastor. Guest speaker: Sister Sharon Davis-Brown of Mt Carmel Baptist Church, KCK. "ON A MISSION FOR THE MISSION: INTERGRATING CIRCLES - ONE GOSPEL FOR THE WHOLE WORLD". MATTHEW 28:19-20 & ACTS 1:8.
Sharon E. Davis, a long-time advocate for racial healing, discusses her book on that subject with Jim Schaefer, Executive Producer and Host of Riprap: The Academic Book Television Program.