The Bluegrass region is a geographic region in the U. S. state of Kentucky. It makes up the northern part of the state bounded by the cities of Frankfort, Paris and Stanford; the Bluegrass region is characterized by underlying fossiliferous limestone and shale of the Ordovician geological age. Hills are rolling, the soil is fertile for growing pasture. Since the antebellum years, the region has been a center for breeding quality livestock thoroughbred race horses. Since the late 20th century, the area has become developed with residential and commercial properties around Lexington, the business center. Although Bluegrass music is popular throughout the region, the genre is indirectly named for the state rather than the region. Before European-American settlement, various cultures of Indigenous peoples of the Americas adapted to the region; the region had a savannah of wide grasslands, with interspersed enormous oak trees. The local indigenous peoples hunted its large herds of bison and other game near mineral licks.

The name "Kentucky" means "meadow lands" in several different Indigenous languages of the Americas, was applied to this region. Europeans adopted the name to apply to the state. "Bluegrass" is a common name given in the United States for grass of the Poa genus, the most famous being the Kentucky bluegrass. Americans settled in number in the region, during the decades which followed the American Revolutionary War, they migrated from Virginia. By 1800 these planters noticed that horses grazed in the Bluegrass region were more hardy than those from other regions. Within decades of increased settlement, the remaining herds of bison had moved west; the breeding of Thoroughbred horses was developed in the region, as well as of other quality livestock. Kentucky livestock was driven to other areas of the Ohio River valley for sale. Planters, supported by slave labor cultivated major commodity crops, such as tobacco and grapes; the first commercial winery in the United States was opened in the Bluegrass region in 1801, in present-day Jessamine County by a group of Swiss immigrants.

It was authorized by the Kentucky General Assembly. Since the late 20th century, the area has become developed with residential and commercial properties around Lexington, the business center. Farms are losing ground to development and disappearing. In 2006, The World Monuments Fund included the Bluegrass region on its global list of 100 most endangered sites; the Kentucky Bluegrass is bounded on the east by the Cumberland Plateau, with the Pottsville Escarpment forming the boundary. On the south and west, it borders the Pennyroyal Plateau, with Muldraugh Hill, another escarpment, forming the boundary. Much of the region is drained by its tributaries; the river cuts a deep canyon called the Kentucky River Palisades through the region, preserving meanders that indicate that the river was once a mature low valley, uplifted. Near the Kentucky River, the region exhibits Karst topography, with sinkholes and disappearing streams that drain underground to the river. Although Bluegrass music is popular throughout the region, the genre is indirectly named for the state rather than the region.

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Disco Nights is the debut album by American soul/disco group GQ, released in 1979 on the Arista label. The lead single "Disco Nights" was a major crossover hit, topping the R&B chart and peaking at #12 on the pop chart; the follow-up, a cover of Billy Stewart's 1965 classic "I Do Love You" made the R&B top 5 and the pop top 20. On the back of its hit singles, the album became a big seller, it reached #2 R&B and #13 pop and was certified Platinum by the RIAA. This album should not be confused with a GQ compilation of the same name, with a similar cover image. All songs written by Herb Lane, Keith Crier and Paul Service except where noted. "Disco Nights" - 5:51 "Make My Dreams a Reality" - 6:12 "It's Your Love" - 4:14 "Spirit" - 3:46 "This Happy Feeling" - 5:22 "Wonderful" - 5:08 "Boogie Oogie Oogie" - 4:14 "I Do Love You" - 4:45 Produced by: Larkin Arnold, Beau Ray Fleming, Jimmy Simpson Arranged by: GQ, Ray Chew Lead Guitar, Rhythm Guitar, Lead Vocals: Emmanuel Rahiem LeBlanc Bass, Backing Vocals: Keith Crier Keyboards, Backing Vocals: Herb Lane Drums, Backing Vocals: Paul Service Singles

Christopher William Hajt is a former Canadian-born American ice hockey defenceman and the son of former NHLer Bill Hajt. Born in Saskatoon and raised in Amherst, New York when his father, Bill Hajt was a member of the Buffalo Sabres, he attended Williamsville North High School and graduated in 1996. Hajt was drafted by the Edmonton Oilers in the second round, 32nd overall in the 1996 NHL Entry Draft after playing junior hockey with the Guelph Storm of the Ontario Hockey League, he became an excellent defenseman in his junior career with the Storm. Hajt spent time in the National Hockey League, playing in six games, one with the Oilers during the 2000–2001 season, the other five with the Washington Capitals in the 2003–2004 season, did not record a point in the NHL. Hajt was former a member of Hockey Club Bolzano-Bozen of the Serie A in 2007, before retiring in May 2008. Hajt worked as an Assistant Coach with the Guelph Storm of the OHL from 2008 to 2014, he spent three seasons with the Los Angeles Kings organization before accepting the position of Assistant Coach with the Buffalo Sabres on July 17, 2017.

Hajt returned to the Ontario Reign of the AHL on June 25, 2019. Hajt served as an assistant to Mike Stothers from 2015 to 2017. Chris Hajt career statistics at The Internet Hockey Database