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Holy Basil
If this really is the same as Holy Basil, then Tulsi and Holy Basil should be combined into one page. (I think they are the same, judging by various sources on the net.) Singkong2005 07:37, 13 October 2005 (UTC)

Perhaps we should add a short summary in the Holy Basil page and link to Tulsi, as we may not be able to dominate it with religious info. (The scientific name is the same but Krishna tulsi does have purple stems - something the holy basil page denies?) --Pranathi 20:50, 13 October 2005 (UTC)

Botanically they are the same species (at least as of now), but different cultivars. See also Ocimum Shyamal 04:55, 14 October 2005 (UTC)

 * I updated the botanical name to Ocimum tenuiflorum with the synonym (O. sanctum) in the taxobox.

 * I removed Thai Holy Basil is a different cultivar of the same species.  because there appears to be no such thing as Thai holy basil. There is Thai basil (different species, no relevance to this article), and there is Holy basil (tulsi). Details of taxonomy on the Talk:Holy Basil page. Mark Nesbitt 12:40, 14 January 2006 (UTC)

 * Tulsi is the Indian word; Thai Holy Hasil might have been poor wording - it's not the common name, but it was meant to identify the one used in Thailand. The question is whether the Holy Basil used in Thailand is a different cultivar of the same species. I would assume so (different populations, after all, bound to be genetically different). --Singkong2005 13:11, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

As Tulsi has such a rich traditional background in India, I don't think it would be a good idea to merge this page into the Holy Basil one, which is pretty sparse in comparison. Better just to mention both in each article--GourangaUK 14:34, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

 * They're merged now, which is fair enough if the terms refer to the same plant. I suggest moving it to Holy Basil though - I think tulsi is the Indian term isn't it? It's a bit confusing when talking about the Thai context. --Singkong2005 13:16, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

 * I'm very confused now. I've grown Thai Basil, the popular sweet basil, and the different varieties of Tulsi. The commonly grown 'Thai Basil' is definitely different from Tulsi in flavor and look, and more like a distinctive sweet basil (with slightly more intense flavor). I can't imagine Tulsi being used for cooking because of it's strong pungent flavor, and have never noticed it's distinct flavor at Thai restaurants. Some sources that I've seen on the internet indicate that Thai 'holy basil' is different, others mix them all together with Tulsi, but not very reliably. Photos that I've seen make them seem slightly different. But I haven't seen any authoratative taxonomy that gives latin names for the differences (thai 'holy' vs. tulsi). Having latin names for each from a reliable authority would help determine this. That's why that system was constructed, just to resolve language and cultural differences with plants. I'll do more research, but any taxonomy references would help, especially from scientific sources - not just from cookbooks. ॐ Priyanath 15:26, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

 * But is it true they cook pork with tulasi leaves? The combination of Tulasi with meat in food preparations is considered to be extremely offensive and disrespectful to Tulasi. The Thais should take note of this because ancient Indian culture is still respected in Thailand, I  believe. -59.95.12.93 (talk) 17:39, 21 July 2013 (UTC)

As it stands, this page says Thai Basil has a green stem and Holy Basil has a purple stem, but the Thai Basil page says Thai Basil has a purple stem. We need a citable reference to solve this problem. Pjrich 04:50, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

 * Tulsi (Holy Basil) definitely has a purple stem, I can't say for sure on the Thai Basil? Regards, GourangaUK 15:46, 10 September 2006 (UTC)

 * I've grown Tulsi with green stem, and with purple stem. Both were definitely Tulsi (Ocimum tenuiflorum), just different cultivars. ॐ Priyanath 14:49, 11 September 2006 (UTC)

 * Now you say that I can remember coming across green stemed Tulsi's as well. Should we change the line in the article - if Thai Basil is purple and green also then it doesn't bear any relevance in telling them apart? Rgds, GourangaUK 09:17, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

Copyright Violation?
Much of the text from the Tulsi page appears to have come from the following copyrighted page: Tulsi: The Holy Power Plant

Specifically:

1. The first paragraph of both articles are nearly identical

2. The 'Tulsi as a Deity' section is word for word the same

3. The 'Tulsi in Legends' section is derived from the article

Even if it's not a copyright violation, the WP version could/should be rewritten or modified. However, it's possible that about.com copied the article from Wikipedia. Any thoughts? ॐ Priyanath 01:39, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

 * Hello Priyanath - I agree with you, somewhat of the text on the about.com page is similar to the current article. It could be that about.com copied it from here as I've seen a number of other webistes recently copying from Wikipedia also. I've made a few minor structural changes today, I guess as long as it's less than 90% identical there shouldn't really be a problem? GourangaUK 11:13, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

 * Hi GourangaUK, I think your changes help to make it appear different from the other article. It's probably still questionably a copyright violation (if it did come from there) but at least it looks less like a cut-and-paste job. I also made some minor changes to the overall organization of the article, since that was even more identical to the about.com version, all the way down to the main headings and their order. I moved up the introduction of Tulsi as an Ayurvedic treatment, because of its popularity and widespread use as such. Also added a few more references to scientific studies of this wonderful, blessed, and holy plant. ॐ Priyanath 00:51, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
 * P.S. I've confirmed from the edit history that this WP article was copied from about.com, not the other way around.... ॐ Priyanath 03:17, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

 * Hi Priyanatha, following your recent edits it looks more like it's own article now. I may try and add some extra information at some stage in future if I come along any more research. GourangaUK 09:45, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

 * Hi GuourangaUK, sounds good - I'll be adding to the Ayurvedic medicine section over time as I find more good research that can be cited on the Lord's sacred plant. ॐ Priyanath 15:14, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

Religious significance in Buddhism (Thailand)?
I think it's called Holy Basil in Thailand - this would imply it has religious significance in Buddhism also...?

btw, can a Thai speaker please confirm that Krapow refers to Holy Basil, and not to the regular Thai Basil? Is Holy Basil the literal meaning of Krapow? Thanks. --Singkong2005 13:13, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

 * Hello Singkong, the Thai_Basil is listed on another page, as it is a slightly different form of basil, with a different tradition behind it. Maybe you could add more information to the other page, as it's very sparse at the moment? Best Wishes, GourangaUK 14:18, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

 * How did the Thais dare to cook Tulasi along with pork? Does tulasi have no religious significance in Thailand? -59.95.12.93 (talk) 17:42, 21 July 2013 (UTC)

See my post above, since it also relates to this. ॐ Priyanath 15:37, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

Requested move
This should be moved to Tulasi, which would be more neutral and less Hindi-centric. --Grammatical error 05:37, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Perhaps even Thulasi ? Shyamal 06:09, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

 * Tulsi is the general spelling, or Tulasi - I don't see much of a difference in the spellings personally, although the first is more correct in terms of pronunciation and in Google Tulsi gives 932,000 hits compared to only 358,000 hits on Tulasi, so of the two I would prefer to keep with the more popular variation. Best Wishes, ys GourangaUK 10:00, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

 * Tulsi is correct in terms of Hindi pronunciation, but Tulasi is the more classical version and it is pronounced like that by most South Indians. Thulasi would be equally incorrect (it would just be catering to Tamils). --Grammatical error 16:04, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

 * What are everyone's current thoughts on this? Tulsi, Tulasi, or Holy Basil? Regards, Gouranga(UK) 09:46, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

This article has been renamed as the result of a move request. WP:TOL states that where ther is "no reasonably unique" common name, the scientific name should be used, and WP:PLANTS recommends the scientific name in almost all cases anyway. --Stemonitis 11:51, 30 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Why is the TOL guideline not being used ? It now reads Tulasi (Ocimum tenuiflorum). Most plants that have multiple regional names are best treated under the scientific name with redirects from the other names, like all other botanical articles. Shyamal 03:45, 1 July 2007 (UTC)
 * I moved it back to the scientific name. User:GourangaUK had moved it to the title with the common and scientific names, but that user probably wasn't aware of the flora naming convention. Cheers, --Rkitko (talk) 15:12, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

 * I saw that Basil and Rose were not titled scientifically, and assumed there would not be a problem in including both versions in the title. If that's not the case, then okay, but most people would refer to the common name (either Tulasi or Holy Basil) in discussion. Regards, Gouranga(UK) 19:42, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

 * That's ok if you weren't aware of the naming convention. WP:NC (flora) has information regarding the use of scientific names vs. common names. Common names are used only if the plant is "economically or culturally significant enough", and even then it is preferred to have two articles--one under the scientific name to describe the botanical aspects of the plant and one under the common name to describe other aspects. In this case, I would say the article isn't developed enough to require a split and since there is more than one common name, it is best to have it at the scientific name. Cheers, --Rkitko (talk) 12:07, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

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Thai holy basil
I have tried to clear up the confusion over the use of the phrase holy basil in reference to Thai food. The confusion stems from the fact that there are actually three types of basil used in Thai food. There is horapa (โหระพา), which is generally referred to in English as Thai basil - this is a type of O. basilicum. Then there is krapao (กะเพรา), which is also generally referred to in English as holy basil, and which is a variety or form of O. tenuiflorum, and then there in maenglak (แมงลัก), which is referred to in English as lemon basil. Unfortunately, to add to the confusion, a lot of people mistakenly refer to horapa as holy basil.

I've changed the 'holy basil' redirect page so that it's now a disambiguation page which points both to 'Ocimum tenuiflorum' and to 'Thai holy basil'. Even though they're just different varieties of the same species, I think it's a good idea to keep the two things separate since the 'Ocimum tenuiflorum' page in its current form is essentially an article on an aspect of religion and it would seem rather confusing then to have sections of the same page referring to cooking.

I don't know a great deal about Thai holy basil myself, other than how to cook it. This is rather why I would like there to be a separate page on it, so that I can find out a little bit more about it. If there is at least a stub then people can contribute and add to it.

Jowiltshire (talk) 18:47, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

 * Since Thai Holy Basil is Ocimum Tenuiflorum (which these much more reliable sources seem to confirm ,), then it should probably be included here. Plants on Wikipedia usually have one article per species/variety. I think you should undo all those redirects and move the information about Thai Holy Basil back here. There should be a separate section in this article about Thai Holy Basil and how it's used for cooking. ~ priyanath talk 01:19, 4 September 2008 (UTC)

 * I've cleared up the confusion by redirecting the various pages on Ocimum tenuiflorum to this article. It's not even clear that the thai holy basil is a different variety of O. tenuiflorum - no reliable taxonomic sources make that statement, only one or two online personal cooking sites do so. Even if it is a different variety, it should still redirect here, since they are all: Ocimum tenuiflorum. See other Category:Redirects to scientific names for examples. ~ priyanath talk 16:53, 6 September 2008 (UTC)

There is currently no separate Thai Holy Basil page, and there is no mention of the use of Holy Basil in Thai cooking on this page. There needs to be either a section on culinary uses or a separate page that contains this information.Sgrandpre (talk) 15:34, 22 February 2022 (UTC)

Material moved to talk page
As per the edit I made previously, I deleted the material below from the article. My justification was as follows: (1) the tone was not encyclopedic, (2) it was disorganized, (3) it made medical claims (e.g. "They are also good antidotes for poison") that appeared to be dubious in nature and were not backed up with references. There's probably something that can be gleaned from what was written, but it seemed to be mainly an unsourced expansion of the Ayurvedic medicine section, which is significantly more concise and which contains references. I apologize in advance if I have caused any inconvenience. Sepia officinalis (talk) 01:01, 21 December 2010 (UTC)

Various appellations of the dark and light varieties of Tulsi — Tulasi, surasa, gramya, sulabha, bahumanjari, apetaraakshasi, gauri, shoolaghni and devadundubhi are some of the Sanskrit appellations of Tulsi, each one of which is significant.

One that has no equal, bears or tolerates no comparison, and so is beyond comparison - Tulasi The rasa or juice of which is best— Suras.

One that flourishes in open land especially in village areas — Gramya.

One that can be obtained easily — Sulabha.

One that bears many clusters of flowers, or inflorescences - Bahumanjari.

One from whose sight rakshasas and sins (which share the evil nature of rakshasas) flee - Apetaraakshasi.

The fair one, the light-coloured one (describing 1ighter coloured variety of Tulsi) — Gauri.

One that destroys (kills) pain—Shoolaghni.

One that gives pleasure to the gods, and so is pleasure-giving as the dundubhi drums — Devadundubhi.

The appellations and qualities of the Barbari variety of Tulsi : Barbari, Tuvari, Tungi, Kharapushpa, Ajagandhika and Parnsa are the Sanskrit appellations of Barbari Tulsi. But the darker variety of Barbari Tulsi is known as Kathinjar or Kutherak. The lighter-coloured variety of Barbari Tulsi is known as Arjak. There is a third variety, of Barbari Tulsi, which is known as Vatapatra. All the three varieties are dry, cool in effect and bitter in taste, cause a burning sensation, are sharp, stimulate appetite are beneficial to the heart, increase the powers of digestion, are easy to digest and stimulate the production of pitta. These varieties of Tulsi are therefore effective in curing excess of kapha, vata, toxaemia, itching and worms. They are also good antidotes for poisons.

The significance of the various names of the Barbari varieties of Tulsi is explained below :

One that accepts a large variety of different kinds of virtues - Barbari.

One whose juice is somewhat bitter, or one that destroys kapha, vayu and toxins - Tuvari.

One that destroys poisons, or one that grows to a great height - Tungi.

One that bears rough, hard flower clusters - Kharapushp.

One that possesses a smell resembling that of goats - Ajagandhika.

One that sheds leaves, or that has a beauteous appearance because of leaves - Parnasa.

One that helps the digestion of even hard materials because of its sharpness and capacity to stimulate digestion - kathinjar, the darker variety of Barbari Tulsi.

One that destroys kapha, vayu, etc. - Kutherak, the darker variety of Barbari Tulsi.

One that confers or acquires a fair complexion - Arjak, the lighter-coloured variety of Barbari Tulsi.

One whose leaves resemble the leaves of the banyan tree - VataPatra, the third variety of Barbari Tulsi.

In Hinduism
On 17 Jan 2011 the section In Hinduism was removed by an IP address making his second-ever edit. I propose it be reinstated. Whatever its inadequacies (and in fact it was relatively well-referenced) it treats a very important area. The plant is most widely known as holy basil, and the holy aspect should be covered. Spicemix (talk) 12:25, 26 February 2011 (UTC)

Missing African connection?
The article gives an impression that it is available only n Asia. I have seen bundles of Basil stalks with leaves and flower being sold in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. I am given to understand that it is used in the food. I am not a botanist and hence is not sure whether it is the same plant or a related one. It has the same smell and the leaves and flowers look the same. I have also seen dried and crushed basil leaves being sold in the supermarket in Addis Ababa.

May be someone can add information about these. --K N Unni (talk) 19:05, 17 May 2013 (UTC)

It is widely grown in Africa and Asia. Thewritegirl (talk) 11:07, 26 June 2020 (UTC)

Correction
Im new to wiki, but this line: " balancing different processes in the body, and helpful for adapting to stress" has the source(footnote) number 16. I just like you to know that that source is invalid, try click it. Also, there is in this article no mention of the negative effect on rats ability to reproduce. It hasnt been tested on humans, but it seems worrying and should be mentioned.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12099405 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1506071 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.130.66.155 (talk) 23:18, 3 December 2014 (UTC)

Flavor?
1000 words on a spice and not one mention of what it tastes like? Surely we can do better. Amber388 (talk)

There are two flavors of which I know. Most varieties smell strongly like Juicy Fruit gum, very sweet and unique. There is also a variety that smells of camphor. The flower stalk bud is pinched off and the aroma breathed. It is known to help stop perspiration odors. My Flatley (talk) 01:44, 1 June 2020 (UTC)

O. tenuiflorum genomics
Hello I am troubled by your pattern of removal of relevant, referenced, and neutrally phrased material on a large number of organism articles. In this case (https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ocimum_tenuiflorum&diff=1067716801&oldid=1066885919) you should be aware that genomics information is interesting in any organism article and if available should not be removed. Invasive Spices (talk) 24 January 2022 (UTC)
 * a) The genomics statement is/was already sourced, b) the sequence appears to be an unconfirmed draft from 2015, and c) the URL inside [...] leads to a database, which I removed as not of general concern per WP:NOTGUIDE. "My pattern" is to challenge unsourced or poorly sourced content, which is a good characteristic in science editing, and so I intend to continue with that pattern. For example, - which appears to contain useful genomic information - diverts from science to call tulsi "medicinal", a derivation from Ayurveda nonsense, so is a candidate for removal if a better source is  available. Zefr (talk) 21:18, 24 January 2022 (UTC)

Synonym
Hello I agree with removing that source however I think Ocimum sanctum should remain because it's the most commonly used synonym. I don't have a source for that however. Invasive Spices (talk) 2 October 2022 (UTC)
 * , yeah the source had little to do with anything. I appreciate your point that the synonym may be very widely used and is therefore notable. YorkshireExpat (talk) 17:24, 2 October 2022 (UTC)

Surasa?
If Tulsi's other name is the Surasa, aka. the daughter of Daksha, that would conflict with her having being the chaste wife of Shankhachuda. So, what does Surasa refer to and why have you listed it here? Stjohn1970 (talk) 09:50, 15 December 2022 (UTC)

Wiki Education assignment: Applied Microbiology
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Genetic studies provide no useful conclusions
The section highlighted below was removed because a) the first paper supposes medicinal properties of tulsi - which do not exist (no WP:MEDRS sources support such a claim) - and b) there are no supportive reviews or conclusions from either study that inform the general user about significant biology of this plant. "The genome of the tulsi plant has been sequenced and reported as a draft, estimated to be 612 mega bases, with results showing genes for biosynthesis of anthocyanins in Shyama Tulsi, ursolic acid and eugenol in Rama Tulsi. and . The predicted proteins and other annotations are available." Zefr (talk) 14:38, 21 April 2023 (UTC)

RS
Hello This is not medical information Special:Diff/1151035883. I added that so I'm quite certain, quite certain that Chen is a SECONDARY and quite certain that biosynthesis is relevant to the article. Additionally Special:Diff/1151039850 are RS, including Yamani which is cited by Mahfooz. Publication by Frontiers doesn't make a source unreliable. Invasive Spices (talk) 20:02, 9 May 2023 (UTC)

 * The genome content and source removed was this with the farcical title phrase, "...genes behind its strong medicinal properties" which are then addressed numerous times in the article. Tulsi has no scientifically confirmed medicinal properties. See WP:MEDRS, which represents what the medical community would conclude.
 * Concerning my removal of the chemistry edit, Frontiers media are mentioned on the first page of WP:CITEWATCH - we should provide more reliable sources than Frontiers, especially when biological or medical effects are implied, as those two Frontiers sources falsely state from in vitro studies only. Zefr (talk) 22:18, 9 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Your personal opinions do not withstand WP:RS or WP:MEDRS. WP:CITEWATCH is not a list of sources to be removed. If it were a bot would do so automatically. Invasive Spices (talk) 22:18, 10 May 2023 (UTC)

Unreliable sources for phytochemical contents
This revert was justified because a) Molecules is a MDPI journal suspected of predatory publishing - see disclaimer on WP:CITEWATCH #1, and b) the Nepalese source in CPB has a low impact factor (1.9), i.e., it does not have sufficient publishing history or peer review to be trusted. Zefr (talk) 22:36, 7 August 2023 (UTC)

 * MDPI is no longer included on Beall's list of predatory journals. Additionally, a recent article alleging that MDPI is predatory has been retracted.  See the link below:
 * https://retractionwatch.com/2023/05/08/article-that-assessed-mdpi-journals-as-predatory-retracted-and-replaced/
 * While i understand the concern about a low impact factor journal, three things should be noted. First, this particular article has been cited 42 times according to google scholar.  That alone is a good indication that experts in the field (natural products chemistry) respect that particular article.  Second, many articles published in high impact journals have later been retracted, so impact factor is hardly a good measuring stick for publication quality.  Third, these molecules have been reported by multiple studies (citations available in the edit history).  It is highly unlikely that multiple teams of researchers across the world all made the same mistake in their analysis.  There is even an additional citation to support the existence of tulsinols:
 * https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7448914/ Jeremyseidel (talk) 23:50, 7 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Noticed this on the watchlist before checking out for the day. Jeremyseidel, you should not be adding edits that cite your own publications. It is a form of WP:COI. Otherwise, the WP:ONUS is on you to get consensus to include this content. Acceptance of MDPI has been waxing and waning a bit in recent years for some, but at least when you get into subjects that touch about medical areas, we generally require secondary WP:MEDRS sources, not primary studies like your own. My userpage gives some guidance for scientist editors, but the main thing right now is not to edit war your content in. KoA (talk) 01:59, 8 August 2023 (UTC)

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Co-Freemasonry

Co-Freemasonry is a form of Freemasonry which admits both men and women. It began in France in the 1890s with the forming of Le Droit Humain, and is now an international movement represented by several Co-Freemasonic administrations throughout the world. Most male-only Masonic Lodges do not recognise Co-Freemasonry, holding it to be irregular.

Le Droit Humain
The International Order of Freemasonry for Men and Women Le Droit Humain was founded in France in the late nineteenth century, during a period of strong feminist and women's suffrage campaigning. It was the first Co-Masonic Order, and also the first truly international Masonic Order. Today it has approximately 32,000 members from over 60 countries worldwide on all 5 continents. Geographically it is organized into 41 federations, 8 jurisdictions and 20 pioneer lodges.

French Masonry had long attempted to include women, the Grand Orient de France having allowed Rites of Adoption as early as 1774, by which Lodges could "adopt" sisters, wives and daughters of Freemasons, imparting to them the mysteries of several degrees.

In 1879, following differences among members of the Supreme Council of France, twelve lodges withdrew from it and founded the Grande Loge Symbolique Ecossaise (GLSE). One of these Lodges, Les Libres Penseurs (The Free Thinkers) in Le Pecq, reserved in its charter the right to initiate women as Freemasons, proclaiming the essential equality of man and woman.

On January 14, 1882, Maria Deraismes, a well-known humanitarian, feminist author and lecturer, was initiated into Les Libres Penseurs, after the lodge withdrew from its Grand Lodge. The Worshipful Master, Bro. Houbron, justified this act as having the highest interests of humanity at heart, and as being a perfectly logical application of the principle of "A Free Mason in a Free Lodge".

In 1890 the Lodge La Jérusalem Écossaise, also of the Grande Loge Symbolique Ecossaise, petitioned other Lodges for the establishment of a new order of Freemasonry that would accept both men and women. This time La Jérusalem Lodge did not propose to initiate women itself, but to create a new order working in parallel. The main proponent of this was Dr. Georges Martin, a French senator, advocate of equal rights for women, and also a member of Les Libres Penseurs.

On March 14, 1893, Deraismes, Martin and several other male Freemasons founded La Respectable Loge, Le Droit Humain, Maçonnerie Mixte (Worshipful Lodge, Human Rights, Co-Masonry) in Paris. They initiated, passed and raised sixteen prominent French women.

Shortly after, on April 4 of the same year, the first Grand Lodge of Co-Freemasonry was established, the Grande Loge Symbolique Écossaise Mixte de France (Grand Lodge of Mixed Scottish Rite Freemasonry of France), which would later become known as the International Order of Co-Freemasonry "Le Droit Humain". This was a radical departure from most other forms of Freemasonry, for not only did the new order not require belief in a Supreme Being (the Grand Orient de France had discarded this requirement in 1877)—it opened its doors to all of humanity who were "... just, upright and free, of mature age, sound judgment and strict morals."

As early as 1895 the Lodge Le Droit Humain (with no number) was travelling around—to Vernon, Blois, Rouen and Havre, in what were called selections—it gave conference and started to hold initiations in the presence, every time, of a large audience Lodge Nr.1 was thus created in Blois in 1895, but, permanently excluded in 1902, this lodge re-awoke only recently. Its Mother Lodge Le Droit Humain now took over the position of Lodge Nr.1 whilst splitting up again in Paris to form Lodge Nr.4. Three lodges were founded in the provinces:

Lodge Nr.1 in Lyon (1896) Lodge Nr.3 in Rouen (1896) and Lodge Nr.5 in Havre (1902)

The first News-sheet of co-masonry appeared in January, 1895. It contained an article by Georges Martin enunciating the principles of LE DROIT HUMAIN as well as various rules regarding to membership lists, subscription fees (11 francs for an initiation, and 20–31 francs for an increase of wages), the price of diplomas (5 francs), the annual subscription rate (18 francs) and the price of subscription to the Newssheet (2 francs per year).

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The Eastern Federation
Several prominent members of the Theosophical Society joined Co-Freemasonry, including Annie Besant, George Arundale, Charles W. Leadbeater and C. Jinarajadasa. Henceforth, wherever they took Theosophy, they also introduced Co-Freemasonry.

The Order of Universal Co-Freemasonry in Great Britain and the British Dependencies was founded by Annie Besant and officers of the Supreme Council of the French Maçonnerie Mixte (known today as The International Order of Freemasonry for Men and Women, Le Droit Humain) on September 26, 1902, with the consecration of Lodge Human Duty No. 6 in London. Besant remained head of the Order until her death in 1933. The English working, influenced by the Theosophy of its leading members, restored certain Masonic practices not required in the French working, notably that its members hold a belief in God or a Supreme Being. The permission received from France to reinstate this in the English workings is known as the "Annie Besant Concord", and in 1904 a new English ritual was printed, which firmly established this requirement as central to the work. The revised ritual was called the "Dharma Ritual", also known as the "Besant-Leadbeater" and more recently as the "Lauderdale" working. The Dharma Ritual also attempted to restore prominence to esoteric and mystical aspects that its Theosophically-minded authors felt were the heart of Freemasonry, so that it became foremostly a spiritual organisation; Co-Freemasonry of this Order was therefore sometimes called "Occult Freemasonry". Leadbeater served of the presiding officer of the Sydney Lodge #404 and various lodges and chapters of the York and Scottish Rites.

Defection of Lodges from Le Droit Humain
Le Droit Humain's Grand Commander, Brian Roberts, in 2002 said:

"Article 8 of the International Constitution of our Order states that our lodges throughout the world 'work to the Great Architect of the Universe [GAOTU] and/or to the Perfection of Humanity'. In other words, lodges may choose to work to either or both. The British Federation has always worked to both. ... It is correct that some Federations within our Order, particularly but not exclusively those in Europe, work to the perfection of humanity and not to the GAOTU. As you will have seen from the above, Federations may work to either or to both, as the International Constitution permits them to do. The International Order of Co-Freemasonry Le Droit Humain has its own Supreme Council and does not derive its authority from the Grand Orient of France or any other body. The International Order of Co-Freemasonry is not French."

The defection of the British Lodges was the latest in the past two decades. In 2001 the Grand Lodge of Freemasonry for Men and Women was formed by expelled and suspended members of the Consistory Council of the "Le Droit Humain" British Federation for refusing to drop the requirement for a belief in a Supreme Being. The Eastern Order of International Co-Freemasonry formed later, as did a few other smaller orders.

Other lodges, including those in Australia and South Africa and United States lodges, opted to remain affiliated with the Supreme Council of the International Order of Freemasonry for Men and Women, LE DROIT HUMAIN, and continue to exist as the British, Australian, South African and American Federations of the Order, governed by the Representative of the Supreme Council, known as the Most Puissant Grand Commander, who holds the 33rd and highest degree of the Order. Those remaining in LE DROIT HUMAIN permit each Lodge to decide its own invocation, respecting the liberty of individuals to practice Freemasonry, in the pursuit of Truth, without the imposition of Dogma. Thus within different Federations and Jurisdictions of DROIT HUMAN significant variation in method of work will be seen.

The 2017 International Convention ratified the past invocations found in the constitution and Lodges and Masonic bodies of LE DROIT HUMAIN may still work to the glory of The Great Architect of the Universe [TGAOTU] and/or to the Perfection of Humanity' as they have always done.

Netherlands and the Dutch East Indies
The first co-masonic Dutch lodge was solemnly installed in Amsterdam on Saturday, 10 June 1905, by the Grand Mistress Marie-Georges Martin and the Grand Orator Georges Martin, with distinctive name Cazotte Nr. 13.

Various lodges were subsequently founded in The Hague (Nr.41 in 1911), in Hilversum (Nr.43 in 1913), in Rotterdam (Nr.92 in 1915), in Arnhem (nr.74 in 1916) and again in Amsterdam (Nr. 53).

Co-Freemasonry was also introduced to the Dutch East Indies when W.B. Fricke founded on the island of Java, Lodge Lux Orientis Nr.402 followed in Surabaya in 1913, Lodge Nr. 421 in Semarang and Lodge Nr.422 in Bandung in 1915. (Lodges Nrs. 402 and 422 still active). One lodge was even installed on the island of Sumatra in Medan.

The Supreme Council designated its Representative for the Dutch lodges and for those in the Dutch colonies who formed one complete Jurisdiction. (It was not until 1919 that the lodges in the Dutch East Indies became independent of the Dutch Jurisdiction). Van Ginkei was designated as representative of the Supreme Council for the Dutch Jurisdiction.

Belgium
The first lodge of Le Droit Humain was founded in Brussels in 1911, after a long period of incubation during which eminent members of the Maçonnerie Mixte Ecossaise de France worked patiently to convince the Progressives to accept a masonry working in a world without frontiers.

At the Congress on Free Thought of 1895, Louise Barberousse, Senior Deacon of the Lodge Nr.1 Le Droit Humain introduced co-masonry to Brussels and showed its Bulletin.

Switzerland
After the permanent exclusion of the Zürich Lodge in 1905, founding of a new lodge was concentrated in Geneva which became the centre of many worldwide organisations.

Having worked as a Triangle for three years, Lodge Nr.44 in the Order of Geneva was solemnly installed by Georges Martin on 6 April 1913 in the presence of about twenty Brethren from the Grand Lodge of Switzerland Alpina and the ceremony was followed with the initiation of a candidate.

The first worshipful master was brother Reelfs—a remarkable personality—who was born in Amsterdam in 1888, and who had lived in Switzerland since 1906, after completed his studies in The Hague; multi-lingual, speaking Dutch, English, German, Greek and French, he became Professor of Literature at Madame Rollier's school (she would later on be a pioneer of Le Droit Humain in Switzerland, and became worshipful master of the lodge in Lausanne).

Having been a member of Lodge Nr.13 Cazotte in Amsterdam, Bro Reelfs was, at that time of the consecration of Lodge Nr.44, a member of both Grand Lodge of Switzerland Alpina and of the Grant Orient de France, and was invested with the 18th Degree. He could not prevent the closure of the lodge during the war because members of foreign nationalities were obliged to return home where some were called up for military service. As to Reelfs ha was to prove his worth after the war.

Australia
The Australian Federation consists of four Craft Lodges working the Lauderdale Ritual and one Symbolic Lodge working the A.:.A.:.S.:.R.:. Georges Martin ritual, meeting in New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia. An itinerant Lodge will be opened in 2024 under the Charter of the Mother Lodge of Australia (formerly Victorian Lodge) to cater for travelling, distant and retiring members. In addition to the craft/symbolic degrees, Sovereign Chapters Rose-Croix, Areopagi of the 30th degree, a Tribunal and Consistory also operate. Several degrees of the York Rite are worked in Australia.

Possibly the best known Australian Freemason of the Order, was Sister Edith D. Cowan, the first woman elected to an Australian parliament (WA) who was an active member of the former St Cuthbert's Lodge No.416. One of her most interesting retorts in parliament, possibly with veiled Masonic import was in response to Member Latham, who tried to scold Sister Edith when he demanded "Surely, Mrs Cowan, you do not intend to lower women to the level of men?"to which she replied "No, Mr Latham, I intend to raise men to the level of women!".

The Sydney Lodge #404 was once headed by Charles Leadbeater who co-authored the Lauderdale ritual used by many gender inclusive Lodges today.

United States
The origins and development of Le Droit Humain in the USA cannot be separated from the life and activity of one of its primary founders, the Frenchman Louis Goaziou.

Born in Brittany, France in 1864, he emigrated to the US in 1881, where he worked in the coal mines of Houtsdale, Pennsylvania. Three years later he married Marie Bourgeois, born in Namur in 1866. Goaziou wanted to improve the appalling working conditions of miners and set up, in 1866, the Association of United Miners, as well as two Associations for mutual help, whose aims he defended in a weekly French speaking magazine. Through this he attracted the attention of a professor of French at Columbia University in New York, Antoine Muzarelli, founding member of the New York Lodge La'Atlantide laboring under the Grand Orient de France. It was Muzzarelli who contacted Le Droit Humain's then Grand Master and Co-Founder George Martin, offering to found Lodges in North American for Le Droit Humain. In this way, Muzzarelli became the founder of Co-Freemasonry in North America.

The humanitarian ideal of the new Masonic order struck him as absolutely compatible with the Socialist ideas of Louis Goaziou. Muzzarelli contacted Goaziou in 1903 with the idea of creating in Charleroi (Pennsylvania) either a Lodge under the Grand Orient. He did not inform Goaziou of the option to form the Lodge of under Le Droit Humain, into which their wives also could be admitted, until he arrived in Charleroi in October 1903 to institute the Lodge. The charter members decided they would found the Lodge under Le Droit Humain. The first three degrees were conferred on them by Antoine Muzarelli, and over two days, October 18 and 19, 1903, the first Co-masonic American lodge, Alpha No 301 was born in Charleroi, Pennsylvania. Louis Goaziou became the first Worshipful Master.

This French speaking Lodge continued until 1973. Six other Lodges were founded in 1904, three working in French, one in Slav, one in Italian and one in English (under the direction of John Goaziou, a brother of Louis). Soon Lodges were founded in Chicago, St. Louis and in California. The Rose-Croix degrees were given to Louis Goaziou by communication in November, 1904 (please note, Goaziou's Grand Lodge Eternal record in Larkspur, CO, indicates he received this degree from Muzzarelli September 1, 1905) and he became a member of Chapter Nr.1 in the valley of Paris. The first American Chapter (Nr.?) was formed in Charleroi with six charter members.

It was Muzzarelli who conferred upon Goaziou the Degrees of the Scottish Rite up to the 30th. Muzzarelli named Goaziou his deputy in early 1907. Unfortunately, the two men fell out over mutual charges of financial irregularity combined with personal dislike. The Order also was in disarray because too many Lodges had been founded too quickly. The new Order also experienced external pressures, including persecution by the existing Male-Only Orders in the US. In the fall of 1908, Muzzarelli was pressured to call what remained of the Lodges he founded, just less than half, to a convention in St. Louis, Missouri. Tragically, Muzzarelli, who in addition to pressures in the Order also had many personal problems, committed suicide October 15, 1908. Though Goaziou made it plain he would prefer the presidency go to another Co-Mason, it was Goaziou who took charge of the financial and administrative affairs of the lodges, and who was elected President at the convention in St. Louis.

The American Federation of Human Rights had received charter from the US Government in 1907 but it was at the 1908 convention that the American Federation was officially constituted. The 31st, 32nd and the 33rd degrees of the Scottish Rite were conferred on him on 21 November 1909, and he was designated by the Supreme Council as its Representative for the American Federation.

The same year Annie Besant was staying in the USA where she installed an English speaking lodge in Chicago and granted the degree of Installed Master to certain members- a degree which did not exist either in the Grand Orient or the Scottish Rite (a version of this degree exists in Muzzarelli's journal, apparently around 1905, so it's not universally agreed that Besant introduced this degree into the AFHR). A new trend began in American Co-masonry. Whilst some members of French and Italian origin, mainly recruited in the mining industry, had concentrated on social problems, other Masons entered the AFHR to try to bring the Order under Theosophic influence, seeing in the Ancient Mysteries the origins of masonry. So long as Goaziou was alive and Grand Commander of the Order, the AFHR followed a middle path between these two extremes

When the 1914-1918 war ended, operative work started by Louis Goaziou recommenced. Headquarters in Larkspur Colorado was established in 1916. Within a few years, the mortgage of the property was paid off. The administrative building in Larkspur was built between 1921–1924 in order to replace the first building, which had become too small; this building was later listed on the National Register of Historic Places. In 1922 the potash mines in Colorado went bankrupt and this led to about 100 Italian members of Le Droit Humain losing their jobs. Despite their real interest for the building of Larkspur, many of these miners felt they had no option but to leave Masonry. In addition to these departures, an economic downturn have taken hold in North American. It was no longer possible, through lack of funds, to realize the initial project to construct, next door to the administrative offices at Larkspur, an orphanage and a home for the elderly. However Louis Goaziou's hard effort to achieve these goals were not successful. With the coming of the Great Depression, membership went into steep decline, which did not recover until after World War II, in the time of his successor, Edith Armour.

The Honorable Order of Universal Co-Masonry
On April 11, 1994, The American Federation of Human Rights formed The Honorable Order of American Co-Masonry under the authority of 11 members of the Sovereign Grand Inspector General (S.G.I.G.) of the Thirty-Third Degree. Formerly known as American Co-Masonry, this now-independent obedience, which has its headquarters in Larkspur, Colorado, has since become a Co-Masonic organization in the United States and has established Lodges in Brazil, Chile, and Argentina. In 2017, the Order elected to rename itself to Universal Co-Masonry due to its expansion into countries outside of the United States.

Recognition of Co-Freemasonry
Co-Freemasonry is not formally recognised by any of the larger male-only Masonic Grand Lodges in the US in as much as intervisitation or other Masonic interaction is not permitted.

A Landmark of Freemasonry agreed by the 51 mainstream Grand Lodges in the US is that the initiation of women is forbidden and members take a binding obligation not to countenance the initiation of women. There are many other regular Grand Lodges outside the US that maintain both as a "Landmark", including the United Grand Lodge of England, the Grand Lodge of Scotland,  the Grand Lodge of Ireland, the Grand East of the Netherlands and the Grand Lodge of South Africa who all consider each other to be "Regular" (abiding by the same rules) and so allow their members to visit freely between these constitutions.

Certain Grand Lodges of Co-Freemasonry, those under Le Droit Humain, also follow the lead of the Grand Orient de France in removing references to the Supreme Being from their rituals and initiating atheists; this is a further point of separation from typical Masonic Lodges which hold belief in a Supreme Being to be a Landmark requirement.

Notwithstanding the prohibition of interaction in a ritual context, the United Grand Lodge of England (UGLE), the oldest of the Grand Lodges, whilst not recognising Co-Freemasonry, states that it does hold informal discussions from time to time with Women's and Co-Masonic Grand Lodges on issues of mutual concern, and that

"Brethren are therefore free to explain to non-Masons, if asked, that Freemasonry is not confined to men (even though this Grand Lodge does not itself admit women)."

The Grand Orient de France did not initiate women for many years, but it does now and it recognizes Masonic bodies that do. Thus, it allows visitation by women from those bodies.

Co-Masonic Organisations

 * The International Order of Freemasonry for Men and Women Le Droit Humain
 * The International Order of Freemasonry for Men and Women Le Droit Humain — French Federation
 * The International Order of Freemasonry for Men and Women Le Droit Humain — Italian Federation
 * The International Order of Freemasonry for Men and Women Le Droit Humain — British Federation
 * The International Order of Freemasonry for Men and Women Le Droit Humain — American Federation
 * The International Order of Freemasonry for Men and Women Le Droit Humain — Australian Federation
 * The International Order of Freemasonry for Men and Women Le Droit Humain — South African Federation
 * Women In Freemasonry: Co-Masonry & More

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Sentosa Luge

Skyline Luge Sentosa is a luge and skyride system located in Sentosa, Singapore. The attraction opened on 26 August 2005. The luge, situated on the Imbiah Lookout cluster opposite the Tiger Sky Tower, has four tracks. The tracks are called the Jungle Trail (628 m), the Dragon Trail (688 m), the Kupu Kupu Trail (638 meters (2,093 ft)) and the Expedition Trail (658 meters (2159 ft). The Jungle Trail is the oldest, followed by the Dragon Trail and the Kupu Kupu and Expedition trails. The luge is a self-driving car system in which riders control the speed by pushing a pair of handlebars back and forth. The luge ride goes downhill, relying on gravitational pull to move. After the ride, the 315 meter long Skyride, using chairlifts, brings riders, luge carts, and the helmets back to the starting point. The Skyride is similar to a ski lift. There are two Skyride systems available for use.

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Elvillar/Bilar

Elvillar in Spanish or Bilar in Basque is a town and municipality located in the province of Álava, in the Basque Country, northern Spain.

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Erentxun

Erentxun (Erenchun) is a hamlet and concejo in the municipality of Iruraiz-Gauna, in Álava province, Basque Country, Spain. Its parish church, dedicated to Saint Andrew, dates from the 13th century.

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Estarrona

Estarrona (, Eztarroa ) is a hamlet and concejo located in the municipality of Vitoria-Gasteiz, in Álava province, Basque Country, Spain.

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Estavillo

Estavillo is a village and concejo in the municipality of Armiñón, in Álava province, Basque Country, Spain.

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Talk:Jewish Institute for National Security of America

Is JINSA neoconservative?
From looking at their website, it is unclear whether JINSA is a truly neoconservative organization. Their organization does boast prominent neocons as members and occupying high positions in it, but there are also prominent liberal Democrats involved in JINSA. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 4.231.176.125 (talk • contribs) 07:43, 13 October 2005

 * In this context, I think the label "neoconservative" means supportive of the right wing in Israel, particularly the Likud opposition to any accomodation with the Palestinians and Israel's neighbors. The problem is that "neoconservative" has a history that isn't as restrictive as that usage. Who are the liberal Democrats you found? Al-mustaqbal 01:52, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

 * the article links to American neoconservatism and considering that it has not declared itself as such I would argue that this characterization of an organization is in violation of Wikipedia's neutrality policy. If youd rather, feel free to include it in allegations but it should not be in the lead. I will most likely be removing this unnecessary attribution unless a valid argument can be produced as to how this is pertinent. Bgrus22 (talk) 07:25, 23 July 2020 (UTC)

the "Frontline" magazine info is clearly incorrect and should be removed
The quotation attributed to "Frontline, an Indian current affairs magazine" is factually incorrect almost in its entirety. The date given for JINSA's founding is 1997. The website of the organization lists 1976. The list of names as those who serve on JINSA's board of directors is all wrong. Perhaps the magazine reporter meant the group's board of advisors. Still, according to JINSA's own website, only one of those listed does serve on that board - Richard Perle, which the magazine spelled incorrectly. Feith and Cheney were advisory board members in the past.

Also, I have never heard of any links between this organization and Israel's Likud Party. They certainly seem to meet with Labor Party officials as much as Likud Party officials. What about the ruling party in Israel, Kadima? Do they meet with them?

This entire entry really needs to be cleaned up.

Chronos1966 04:44, 19 May 2007 (UTC)

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This article is self-promotional
and almost certainly was written by someone with a conflict of interest (WP:PROMO, WP:COI). It desperately requires an overhaul using independent secondary sources of quality.Nishidani (talk) 16:24, 19 June 2020 (UTC)
 * agreed, I would be happy to assist you if youre working on a draft. Bgrus22 (talk) 06:43, 26 July 2020 (UTC)
 * That's very kind of you. Unfortunately I don't have much time, even for contributing to articles that interest me.Nishidani (talk) 08:09, 26 July 2020 (UTC)

Remove "other policy recommendations" that have not been cited
Claims should either be fixed or removed in this section, I will give it some time and if it is not fixed when I return I will be removing these unverified claims in accordance with wikiguidelines. Bgrus22 (talk) 07:54, 23 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Also the page references the primary source material, ie an unacceptable practice. Bgrus22 (talk) 08:13, 29 July 2020 (UTC)

$$$$$$$$$ ?
Who funds this organization? This is key information, currently missing from our article. Nomoskedasticity (talk) 15:20, 29 June 2021 (UTC)

 * Thomas Neumann, JINSA's former executive director, once boasted: "We receive 99.9, no, 100% of our funding from private donations." He added, "We receive no money from Israel or any defense contractors." At the time of his comments in 1991, donors included Ronald Lauder (of Estee Lauder cosmetics), DC lobbyist Donald Agger, the Atlantic Research Corporation (a defense contractor), the Smith-Kogod family, the Air Force Association, the Armed Services Foundation, and Friends of the Israeli Defense Forces.[27 According to data collected by MediaTransparency.org, between 1998 and 2005, JINSA received nearly $200,000 from several major rightist donors, including the Smith Richardson Foundation, which gave a $100,000 grant to JINSA in 2003 aimed at facilitating exchanges between U.S. and Israeli law enforcement officials involved in combating terrorism threats. Another regular JINSA donor was Irving Moskowitz, a California magnate whose controversial donating activities included aiding right-wing settler groups in the Occupied Territories. According to the 2005 Form 990 of the Irving I. Moskowitz Foundation, the bingo magnate donated $20,000 to JINSA in 2005 for "work against Islamic funded terrorism." Former JINSA president Norman Hascoe was also a substantial donor, having given hundreds of thousands to JINSA through his Hascoe Family Foundation, which remains active today.[28]]

This would fail RS but has lots of leads.

 * (2) Jason Vest The Men From JINSA and CSP They want not just a US invasion of Iraq but "total war" against Arab regimes. The Nation August 15, 2002

has quite a bit and is RS. Note also that the long shadow of their influence even extended to the Trump administration with its suggestion back in the early 2000s that the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge be mined to make the USA independent of Arab oil. The diff is, that the Trump admin went along with this when the US had already become self-sufficient.Nishidani (talk) 21:42, 29 June 2021 (UTC)

First paragraph of lead is self-sourced
Better to have a description that isn't from the source. Doug Weller talk 07:18, 14 May 2024 (UTC)


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Harana/Valle de Arana

Harana or Valle de Arana  is a municipality located in the province of Álava, in the Basque Country, northern Spain. Its capital is the village of Alda.

Administrative subdivisions
The municipality is divided into 4 villages, all of them organized as concejos.

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Aloysius John Wycislo
I have had to chop out most of the content of the above article because they:
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Variations on the theme of Bishop David Allen Zubik
Hi there. I noticed you created the Bishop David Allen Zubik article and also put the same information in articles named Bishop Zubik and David A. Zubik. If you go to these two articles now you will notice that I have changed them to redirect to the main Bishop David Allen Zubik article. This is the standard Wikipedia way of dealing with subjects which have several possible variations of the name so that there is just one article to add information to rather than three or four different ones - e.g. whether you search for Byron, Lord Byron or George Gordon Byron you should end up at the same page.

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Plançon à picot

The plançon à picot, or simply plançon (also spelled planson), was a medieval infantry weapon designed for smashing and thrusting. It consisted of a stout iron-shod baseball-bat-like shaft (1-1.5 m in length) with a steel spike attached on top. It was cheap and easy to make plus it was extremely efficient against heavily armoured opponents. The weapon was a relative of the goedendag, a popular weapon of Flemish militias of the 14th century. Given that the plançon à picot was recorded at several times as being carried alongside the goedendag, they may not be identical.

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Iruña Oka/Iruña de Oca

Iruña de Oca in Spanish or Iruña Oka in Basque is a municipality located in the province of Álava, in the Basque Country, northern Spain. Iruña de Oca is the most populated municipality of the Cuadrilla de Añana, one of the seven comarcas of the province, more than 35% of the people of Añana live there.

Geography
The municipality was created in 1976 from the merger of the following municipalities, administratively denominated consejos:
 * Nanclares de la Oca/Langraiz Oka (capital of the municipality)
 * Montevite/Mandaita
 * Ollávarre/Olabarri
 * Víllodas/Billoda
 * Trespuentes/Trasponde

Iruña de Oca is located in the central part of the Álava province, just 14 km far from Vitoria, the capital city of the Basque Country.

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Iruraiz-Gauna

Iruraiz-Gauna is a municipality located in the province of Álava, in the Basque Country, northern Spain.

Administrative subdivisions
Iruraiz-Gauna is divided into 11 villages, all of which are organized as concejos. Two parts of the municipality aren't integrated in any concejo: the Comunal de Ilarra and Orgazi.

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Kripan

Kripan (Cripán) is a town and municipality located in the province of Álava, in the Basque Country, northern Spain.

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Labastida

Labastida in Spanish or Bastida in Basque is a town and municipality of the Rioja Alavesa, in the province of Álava in the Basque Country, northern Spain. It is located between the River Ebro and the Sierra de Toloño mountain range, 4 km east of the city of Haro and 30 km south of the Basque capital Vitoria-Gasteiz.

History
The presence of dolmens and neolithic cemeteries indicate the long human history of this region. An archeological site in Salinillas de Buradón shows evidence of a pre-Roman Celtic settlement of Berones, who migrated to the region in the 4th century BC.

The hermitage of Santa Lucia dates to the 9th century, while the necropolis of Remelluri, where some 300 tombs are carved out of bare rock, is thought to date to the 10th century. While the majority are Christian, Islamic burials also took place here, when the region was part of Moorish Al-Andalus. This Muslim presence diminished after the reconquista, when the village became part of the Kingdom of Navarre. From this period, during the so-called repoblación (repopulation), settlers arrived from the Christian kingdoms of Navarra and Castile, speaking Basque and Spanish respectively, while a Jewish community also continued living in the village, giving the name of the Jewish Quarter to the part of the town around Plaza del Olmo. Today wine cellars under this neighbourhood occupy the tunnels and caves where the Jewish community conducted their ceremonies privately.

In the medieval period, Labastida was a substantial fortified town. It occupied an important position close to the River Ebro and at a junction on routes between Burgos, Pamplona and the Basque coast, and as a result the town changed hands constantly between Navarra and Castile from the tenth to thirteenth centuries. Finally and definitively it became part of Álava in the 16th century. It was in this period that the town found great wealth and prosperity. A large number of palaces were constructed in the Calle Mayor, where 29 stone coats of arms are still visible carved into their façades, as well as the new classical church, Our Lady of the Assumption, built in the 16th and 17th centuries and decorated in an opulent Baroque style.

Manuel Quintano (1756-1818), winemaker and resident of the town, is credited with bringing the Bordeaux winemaking style to La Rioja after studying in France. In 1808, Napoleon Bonaparte passed through Labastida, where he stayed at the Paternina Palace.

Geography
The town is at 529m altitude, and is positioned between the River Ebro and the Sierra de Toloño mountain range.

While Labastida falls within the specifications of a temperate oceanic climate, there are strong continental and Mediterranean influences. Annual rainfall of 733mm is low for the Basque Country and there is notably higher rainfall in spring and autumn. Winters are cool, though snowfalls are rare, while summers are hot and dry.

Economy
Located in the Rioja Alavesa wine region, the principal industry of the town is winemaking. Lagares or stone wine presses dating back to at least the tenth century have been found in the town and the surrounding countryside, showing that this has been the mainstay of the region for over a thousand years. Today there are still a large number of wineries in and around the town. Associated industries include tourism and other agricultural products.

Facilities
The town council maintains a sports centre, fronton and public swimming pools. In the Quintano Palace by the town hall can be found the cultural centre, which contains the tourism office, library, games and music rooms and other community facilities.

The town has a school, a walk-in health clinic, various shops, hotels and guesthouses and a wide range of bars and restaurants.

Localities
The walled village of Salinillas de Buradón (Buradon Gatzaga) is located 6 km north west of Labastida and was absorbed into the municipality of Labastida in the 1970s.

Other locations within the municipality include the hamlet of Remelluri, today a winery, as well as the long-abandoned villages of Tabuérniga, Torrontejo and Buradón.

Places of interest

 * The church of Our Lady of the Assumption: built in the 16th century, with Baroque interior, overlooking the main square, Plaza de la Paz. The Baroque sacristy was added in the 18th century. The tower is 54m tall.
 * The hermitage of Santo Cristo the oldest church in the town located at its highest point. Dates from the 12th century.
 * Casa Consistorial, this palace is today the town hall, built between 1730 and 1745.
 * Town walls
 * Palaces in the Calle Mayor
 * Arco del Toloño and Arco de Larrazuría, the two surviving gateways into the town.
 * Park of San Ginés, and from here many walking trails in the Sierra de Toloño including the track to the summit and the abandoned Monastery of Santa María de Toloño
 * San Andrés de Muga aquaduct

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Lagrán

Lagrán (Lagran) is a town and municipality located in the province of Álava, in the Basque Country, northern Spain. Its name comes from: larra-gran which in Spanish means sobre el prado. Its main webpage is: www.lagran.org It is located in the south part of Álava in a valley where the river Ega is born. It has an altitude of 756 m above the sea level and near the village, at only 3 km from there, are mountains with a heigh of 1,400 m. There is a huge variety of species of animals or either plants. In this valley potatoes and different types of cereals are grown, for commercial purpose or even for its direct consumption. In the border of this valley there are several forests. There can be frequently seen hunters around this area, either major or minor hunting, because of its variety of fauna. It actually has 126 inhabitants, and it is considered to be the oldest village in Alava, its age average is around 70 years old.

The mayor also controls another 2 towns, called Villaverde (1 km away of Lagrán) and Pipaón (7 km away of Lagrán) being Lagrán the town with most population of the 3. Villaverde became more famous after Eva Garcia Saenz de Urturi published the books of the white city (The silence of the White City, Water Rituals, "Los señores del Tiempo" and "El libro negro de las horas") because it's the town of the grandfather of the author and the main character of the books.

History
There is little early evidence of this village, but the first documents using the name are from 1165. It was not considered a village then. In 1515, it started to be considered as a village. In the 15th century, Lagrán was no longer an independent village when it became part of the kingdom of the Conde de Salinas and later became part of the kingdom of the Duques de Híjar.

Demography
When we speak about the demography of this village we can say that it has become to be a small village from being a big or normal village.

Interesting places
Actually the town of Lagrán has 1 café opened next to the fronton. Also there's a zone next to the Saint Bartolomew hermitage (1.6 km (1 mille) away of the town centre) in which people can camp and in summer is very used by groups of teenagers. Also it has a church called in Spanish "Iglesia de la Natividad" placed in the highest point of the town.

Hiking
There are few activities, but it is possible to play bowl or play vasque fronton, cestapunta, frontennis, futsal and basketball. There are many mountains to climb or places to walk. It was able to play golf on a 9 holes course that was 1 km away from the town but it closed on 28 February 2013, so since then the nearest course to play golf is placed in Urturi, 12 km away.

Senda De Las Carboneras A-PR-50 - This path goes from Lagrán to Cruz del Castillo, before it served to communicate the Cantabrian Sea ports with the people of the Rioja and to trade with oil, bread, and wool in exchange for coal, lime, potatoes, pickled fish etc. On this path you can see three representations that explain the process of making charcoal, one of the greatest cultural treasures of the valley, and some tree species that contribute to enjoy of this walk.

Senda Del Lavadero A-PR-51 - The path which goes from the laundry of Lagrán illustrates the walker a variety of flora and fauna posters, and explanations of the valley. Can also be seen an old site where lime was fabricated and the remains of a sawmill in the mountains.

Senda Del Monte Jaundel A-PR-52 - Along the way we will know some aspects of the landscape, artificial lakes which some farmers made for their animals and a mountain which is between to villages and in the past was used for commercial purposes. We also find some animals and plants species, and a curious machine called "El Burro" which in the past was used to carry thin woods to where the charcoal was made.

Senda De Lagrán A Pipaón A-PR-53 - This path connects the two rural villages covering part of the old existing road and crossing the old lake for watering "La Salmuera" and then returning to the forest where many beeches can be found. Here are explanatory signs of different animals and plants species. You can see the remains of a clay quarry. There also will be explained by some signs how the beeches were used for commercial purposes and also an old hydroelectric generator, and at the same time you will be able to use an observatory of birds. In the village you can visit the Pipaón " Ethnographic Museum " by the Usatxi Cultural Association of Dallas.

Senda De San Bartolomé A-PR-54 - A camping area for groups, with tables, benches, barbecues and a shelter with berths, electricity, toilets, showers etc. But for its use the Lagrán hall must be consulted. This may be the most appropriate point for exploring all the paths. This route, although it can provide all kind of interesting aspects, it is designed for young people, because it is an unknown route, with many posters located around the area, and which may come from different places.

Senda De Lagrán A Villaverde A-PR-55 - This route shares its beginning with the Senda Del Lavadero A-PR-51, going through the Escuela de Golf (closed in February 2013) and comes to Villaverde. In it you can see posters of the vegetation in the area (beech, oak forest, oak), microfauna (rodents), raptors and other wildlife are explained.

Feasts of Lagrán

 * New year (1st January)
 * Semana Santa
 * San Bartolomé (Around the 24th of August which is the major day of this major feast)
 * Day of the march (7 December)
 * Christmas Eve (24 December)
 * Christmas (25 December)
 * New Year's Eve (31 December)

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Lanciego/Lantziego

Lanciego in Spanish or Lantziego in Basque is a town and municipality located in the province of Álava, in the Basque Country, northern Spain. The municipality of Lanciego in Rioja Alavesa consists of three towns: Lanciego, Assa and Viñaspre. Lanciego has a total population of approximately 650. Its name derives from Lantzeaga (place of culture) and Lantze = cultivate.

Religious Monuments

 * The church of San Acisclo y Santa Victoria.
 * The Hermitage of La Virgen del Campo.

Recreational Facilities

 * The public open air swimming pools.
 * The municipal leisure centre.
 * The old Frontón.

History
Lanciego (in Basque Lantziego), located in Rioja Alavesa, settles on a relatively flat area, in a small vale at the feet of the Cantabrian Sierra. It is watered by several creeks and is surrounded by lush vineyards from which the majority of local income is made. From its origin until the year 1630 it was a part of the jurisdiction of Laguardia, and in 1630 it obtained the title of town. The first documented appearance of the municipality is in the year 1257 and in 1366 its demographic information is first documented, being a part of the kingdom of Navarre.

Notable people

 * Sebastián Iradier (1809–1865), Spanish Basque composer who wrote the song La Paloma

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Plano Senior High School

Plano Senior High School (commonly Plano, Plano Senior High, or PSHS) is a public secondary school in Plano, Texas, serving students in grades 11–12. The school is part of the Plano Independent School District, with admission based primarily on the locations of students' homes. Plano is a two-time Blue Ribbon School and a Texas Exemplary School. Students at Plano Senior typically attended one of two feeder high schools: Clark or Vines.

Founded in 1891 as Plano Public School, serving both primary and secondary students, the school was, by the mid-1910s, sending a majority of its graduating students on to college. Plano High School, created in 1952 by separating the primary students into Mendenhall Elementary School, was immediately accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, allowing its graduates to enter college without taking an entrance exam. In 1964, Plano High School integrated with the Frederick Douglass School (formerly Plano Colored School), and the integrated football team won the first of the school's seven state championships in 1965. In 1975, the school moved to a new 96 acre campus with five buildings, very similar to the layout of a junior college, where it has remained since. The old building is now the T. H. Williams High School, serving 9th and 10th grade. During the first year only at the new campus, PSHS served 10th – 12th grade, making the Class of 1978 the only class to attend school at this campus for three years.

Plano administers more Advanced Placement tests each year than any other school west of the Mississippi River and all but one school in the United States. The school is accredited by the Texas Education Agency as well as the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Plano was ranked in the top 2,000 high schools in the United States in 2013. Plano's mascot is the Wildcat. In 2013 Plano was ranked 117th in Newsweek's review of America's Best High Schools.

As of the 2012–2013 school year, the school had an enrollment of 2,627 students and 149.54 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 17.57:1.

Plano Public School
In the 19th century, various private institutions existed within Plano for the education of children. One of these, the Plano Institute, was a private school founded in 1882 that offered an Artium Baccalaureatus degree. On June 9, 1891, the people of Plano determined by a vote that the city should assume control of the schools. In July of that same year, the citizens approved a fifty cent tax for school purposes and for the purchase of the Plano Institute's land and building. The building was used for the new Plano Public School, from which Plano Senior High School would develop. Thus, 1891 is generally considered the school's foundation year. The original school grounds would later become the Cox Administration Building. In 1892, Plano graduated its first class of five people.

In 1899, the Plano Independent School District became a separate entity from the city. Because of this separation, 1899 is cited by the district as the establishment date for Plano Senior High School. Starting in 1901, the school was affiliated with the University of Texas, Baylor, Texas A&M, and Southwestern in order to ensure that graduates could secure entrance to college. Unfortunately for students, official affiliations eventually ended due to budget restrictions. However, the affiliations, coupled with the high standards of Plano schools, led to a large number of graduating students going on to attend college. By the mid-1910s, a majority of the graduating class (as much as eighty percent) matriculated to an institute of higher learning, such as the University of Texas at Austin or Baylor University. According to the 1915 Plano Review, "The University of Texas probably draws more students from Plano than any one other institution." The Review goes on to state that "no town in Texas, in proportion to its size, has more students in higher institutions of learning than Plano."

The original building burned down in 1894 and was reconstructed on the same site. The rebuilt Plano Public School again burned down in the spring of 1903, leading to the construction of yet another new building. The students went to classes in the local Opera House until the completion of the new building, often called the "Spanish School" because of its Moorish architecture. Following its construction, the district built various new facilities to support its students, including a new band hall, gymnasium, and auditorium. In 1922, the Texas Department of Education informed the district that the Spanish School was "inadequate ... for high school work." By 1924, the district had constructed a new building to house the Plano Public School. In 1935, while the country was in the midst of the Great Depression, the WPA offered to build the district a much-needed new gym. The US$125,000 ($ according to inflation) building, completed in 1938, was used as a gym, auditorium, classroom, and laboratory, allowing new subjects to be taught, including agriculture, business, and home economics. At the time, Texas required that students complete 16 credits, or full semester courses, to graduate. This expansion allowed Plano students a choice of 30 credits with which to fulfill the requirement.

Plano High School
In September 1952, Mendenhall Elementary School was created, allowing primary students to be separated from secondary students. That same year, the newly created Plano High School was accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, allowing its graduates to enter college without taking an entrance exam. In 1961, Plano High School moved to a new location on the east side of town, now the site of Williams High School, and the new building was constructed at a cost of $993,590 (6.2 million 2005 dollars).

Following the 1954 U.S. Supreme Court decision Brown v. Board of Education, the Plano school board considered the issue of integrating Plano High School with Plano Colored High School. The school board formed a committee of "colored citizens" to address the concern. Twice, in 1955 and 1957, when asked if they favored integration, the citizens on the committee stated they "were perfectly happy with their school and would like to be left alone." In 1964, the issue was raised again when the school board voted to let students of the Plano Colored School, by then renamed the Frederick Douglass School, decide if they wanted to integrate with Plano High School. The students voted to integrate, and Douglass School became a primary facility. The 1964–1965 football team, the first integrated team for the school, won the first state championship in school history, helping to ease racial tensions. By 1968, Douglass School was closed. The Texas Education Agency later praised the district for its handling of integration, calling it "an exceptional job."

Plano Senior High School
In the 1970s, in response to massive growth and with a desire to lower dropout rates and increase college readiness, then Superintendent H. Wayne Hendrick began a search for a new way to organize the school system. After touring several successful systems across the country, including those in Flint, Michigan; Cherry Creek, Colorado; Evanston, Illinois; and Hillsboro, Oregon, Hendrick found none of their systems suitable for Plano's needs. He instead decided to create a new senior high system. While the majority of American high schools serve students from grades nine through twelve, Plano's high schools serve only ninth and tenth graders, while senior high schools serve eleventh and twelfth graders. Two high schools feed into each senior high school, such as Plano Senior High. This system allows students to complete most of their required credits in high school and specialize with vocational classes at the senior high.

Campus
The current campus dates from 1975. The plan created a 96 acre site with five buildings, very similar to the layout of a junior college. The campus now contains six buildings with the addition in 2002 of an indoor workout facility. The buildings are interconnected by greenspace, which features a man-made pond as the central element. The campus was constructed at a cost of 10.3 million U.S. dollars (42.7 million 2010 dollars). The school opened for the 1975–1976 school year with only two buildings completed. By Christmas of 1975, all five buildings were completed, and the school was dedicated on March 7, 1975. The new senior high school offered a broad variety of studies previously unseen in the district. The new facility offered courses in social studies, drama, art, and journalism as well as vocational studies in clothing design, professional childcare, air conditioning repair, and metalworking.

Due to high population growth rates in Plano, Plano East Senior High School opened to juniors in 1981 to alleviate overcrowding. And in 1999, Plano West Senior High School opened to juniors for the same purpose.

Plano Senior High students currently feed from Vines and Clark High Schools. In 2002, Plano completed an $18 million renovation, making ADA compliance upgrades, and renovations to the science department, HVAC, fire sprinkler, and security systems, and site lighting.

Demographics
In the 2012–2013 school year, the demographic breakdown of the 2,627 students enrolled, was:
 * Male – 49.4%
 * Female – 50.6%
 * Native American/Alaskan – 0.2%
 * Asian/Pacific islander – 22.6%
 * Black – 6.9%
 * Hispanic – 13.3%
 * White – 53.5%
 * Multiracial – 3.5%

Academics
Plano offers 31 Advanced Placement courses, which is all of the 34 courses possible with the exception of Latin Literature, Italian Language and Culture, and Japanese Language and Culture. Yearly, the school administers more Advanced Placement tests than any other school west of the Mississippi River, and the second most tests in the United States (2,237 total exams in the year 2005). The school also offers many vocational courses, as was Superintendent Hendrick's intent when it was built. Plano currently offers vocational courses including those in agriculture, family and consumer science, journalism, fashion design, advertising design, drafting, automotive technology, automotive paint and body, clinical rotation, and criminal justice.

Plano was named a National Blue Ribbon School in the 1984–85 school year and again from 1994 to 1996. In the 2007 graduating class, 97% of graduates went on to college or university: 80% went on to four-year universities, while 17% went to two-year colleges. Students in the class achieved an average composite SAT score of 1163 out of 1600 and a mean composite ACT score of 24.7 out of 36. Many Plano students received National Merit Scholarship accolades in the 2007 school year, including 46 finalists, 54 semi-finalists, and 62 commended students. These individual class statistics are indicative of previous years' performances.

Extracurricular activities
The extracurricular activities offered at Plano Senior High School are many and varied due to the school's large size. There are chapters of national organizations, such as the National Honor Society, and clubs founded by Plano students, such as Acoustical Word, in which students play guitar and recite poetry. Service organizations such as Key Club coexist alongside clubs which have a primarily social or recreational purpose. The usual range of athletic and music organizations are there for students to join, in addition to Plano's other clubs.

Plano Senior High School teams currently compete in UIL competitions in District 6 of the 6A Class, the class designated for the largest schools. For the 2008–2010 school years, Plano competed in District 8-5A.

Plano's 2007 enrollment for competitive purposes is officially listed as 5240. This is the number used by the UIL when determining what other schools Plano competes against in all UIL-sponsored athletic and academic competitions. This number exceeds the on-site enrollment of Plano Senior High because the official enrollment of each senior high school also includes the enrollment of each of its feeder schools. Ninth and tenth graders who are good enough to compete at the varsity level of a sport may be bused to the senior high school to compete in varsity sports, therefore becoming part of the senior high's talent pool. The number can be fractional because Jasper High School, one of Plano's feeder schools, is also a feeder school for Plano West Senior High School, and therefore the enrollment is split.

Academic Decathlon
The 2006 state champion Plano Academic Decathlon team represented Texas at the national competition in San Antonio, Texas, placing second. The team won 30 medals in subject, overall, and team scores.

Speech and Debate
At the 2005 National Forensic League national tournament, the Plano Senior Speech Team received School of Excellence awards in both the Speech and Debate categories, one of only three schools that year to do so. The team also won the 2005 national title at the Princeton University tournament. At the 2007 National Speech Tournament, Plano students won the sixth place Sweepstakes Trophy. In 2006 and 2009, the school finished 2nd in the annual National Public Policy Forum (NPPF) debate tournament held in New York City and hosted by the Bickel & Brewer law firm and New York University. In 2011, the school finished 1st in the same competition gone international (the IPPF) hosted by Bickel & Brewer and NYU.

Basketball
The Plano boys' basketball team, which has existed as long as the football team, has taken only three trips to the state championships. After losses in the 1952 and 1980 championships against Dimmitt and Houston Kashmere, respectively, Plano did not return to the tournament again until 2006. On March 11, 2006, the boys' basketball team won the school's first state basketball championship in overtime against Humble Kingwood High School at the Frank Erwin Center in Austin. The game was broadcast across the southwest United States by regional carrier FSN Southwest, and in turn nationally by Fox's digital cable network, Fox College Sports Central.

The girls basketball team has played in one 5A championship, losing to Mansfield High School 69–43 in 2000.

Soccer
The boys' soccer team has played in seven state championship games and the girls' soccer team has played in six. The boys' team has emerged victorious six times, and the girls' four.

Other sports
Plano has also had state titles in boys' golf in 1989 and 1994. Plano lost in the team tennis state finals in 1994, 1995, 1996, and 1998. The Plano swim team has been very successful. The boys won state titles in 1991, 1992 and 1998. The girls won in 1988 and 1998. Since the 2000–2001 season there have been 2 national champions, 7 state champions, 1 Texas 5A State Record Holder, 4 Texas 5A Male Swimmers of the Year, and 63 All-Americans. The Plano boys' and girls' cross country teams have both seen success, including sending Scott McPherson to the 2004 Locker Championship. The 1991 and 1992 Men's teams finished 4th and 3rd in the state respectively.

Music
Plano Senior High was named by the Grammy Foundation as a 2005 Grammy Signature School Gold school for their achievement in the arts. In 2008, Plano Senior High School was once again one of two schools in the nation to be named a Grammy Signature School Gold.

Choir
The Plano Senior High School Varsity Women's Choir was named a TMEA Honor Choir in 2009. In 2012, the Plano Senior High School A Cappella Mixed Choir was announced to represent the state of Texas at ACDA. In 2016, it was announced that the Plano Senior High School Varsity Women's Choir would once again be named as a TMEA Honor Choir at the 2017 convention. In addition, the Plano Senior High School Varsity Men's Choir represented the state of Texas at ACDA in 2017.

Band
An unofficial band was first organized in 1935. In 1955, Plano hired University of Arkansas graduate Emmitt Clem, who led the band for twenty-one years and wrote the school song. The band performed pre-game for the first Dallas Cowboys season and at a nationally televised Cowboys game at the Cotton Bowl in 1962. In June 1976 the Plano band traveled to Washington DC and played on the steps of the US Capitol during national bicentennial events. The band performed in the 1977 State high school championship football game at Texas Stadium where Plano beat Port Neches Groves 13–10. Doc Severinsen, band leader of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, visited the high school annually to play with the band. The band has performed in Carnegie Hall and at The Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic. In 2007, The Plano Wind Ensemble was named a 5A National Wind Honor Band, ranking them fifth in the nation. The Jazz Band at Plano was chosen to attend the Essentially Ellington Competition in New York City in both 2005 and 2010.

Orchestra
The Plano Senior High Full Orchestra (composed of the best winds and strings at the school) was named Texas' Honor Full Orchestra in 2007, 2009, 2012, and 2015. Plano's String Orchestra was selected as the TMEA honor orchestra in 1993, 1995 and 1998. In 1995, the Orchestra played at Carnegie Hall.

Notable alumni

 * Steve Anderson – Disney animator, voice actor and director, most notable for direction and voice work in Meet the Robinsons
 * Aaron Aryanpur – stand-up comedian
 * Brandon Aubrey – NFL placekicker with the Dallas Cowboys and former USFL kicker and professional soccer player, 2022 USFL Champion.
 * Rex Burkhead – NFL running back with Houston Texans, Super Bowl LIII champion, formerly at University of Nebraska–Lincoln
 * Chad Deering – MLS midfielder who played for Dallas Burn and U.S. national team, appearing in 1998 FIFA World Cup
 * Rob Flanagan – contestant on reality television show The Apprentice
 * Karith Foster – comedian and national radio personality, Imus in the Morning
 * Fred E. Haynes Jr. – Major general in the Marine Corps; brother of actor Jerry Haynes
 * Rick Hearst – actor and winner of Daytime Emmy Awards for roles on General Hospital and Guiding Light
 * John B. Herrington – NASA astronaut; first Native American to fly in outer space
 * John Benjamin Hickey – actor, The Good Wife, ABC sitcom It's All Relative and films Infamous and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
 * Kristen Holt – host on G4TV and former Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader
 * Karen MacInerney – author of Gray Whale Inn mystery series
 * Missie McGeorge – state junior golf champion 1976, SMU, 19 years on LPGA Tour
 * Scott Mechlowicz – actor appearing in Eurotrip, Mean Creek and Peaceful Warrior
 * Katelyn Ohashi – UCLA gymnast
 * Hunter Parrish – actor, notable for Weeds, supporting role in 17 Again, lead role in Spring Awakening, role of Jesus in critically acclaimed Godspell
 * Malcolm Perry – first doctor to attend to John F. Kennedy at Parkland Hospital
 * Alan Reuber – NFL tackle with Arizona Cardinals, formerly at Texas A&M University
 * Bobby Roe – actor, writer, director of The Houses October Built series
 * Billy Ray Smith – former NFL linebacker and current Fox Sports personality
 * Brandon Stephens – football player for the Baltimore Ravens
 * Pat Thomas – former two-time All-Pro NFL defensive back
 * T. J. Thyne – actor, notable for Bones (TV series)
 * Alan Tudyk – actor, notable for Rogue One, Firefly, A Knight's Tale, Dodgeball, 3:10 To Yuma, Frozen, Wreck-It Ralph, Arrested Development, and Broadway musical, Spamalot
 * Michael Urie – actor, notable for Ugly Betty and Uptown Girls
 * Chris Valletta – former NFL offensive lineman, contestant on The Apprentice

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