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    school band. There‚ I was able to capture the joy I had of performing for others. I thrived so much through performing‚ so I continued to play percussion up to my senior year of high school. However‚ during this time‚ I was going through a year long abusive relationship that took a major toll on my skill. Eventually‚ I hit a low and considered quitting band due to lacking the skill I used to have. I couldn’t properly play music‚ and even chose to not participate in auditioning for All-Region band. My

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    products are disposable‚ but just for that extra one song that changes your direction in life‚ the importance of popular music cannot be stressed enough’ – Steven Patrick Morrisey (Goddard‚ 2004 – p271) Why The Smiths are a culturally significant band. Introduction 80’s Britain can easily be considered one of the most controversial social/political decades of the latter half of the 20th century. The years leading up to this decade manifested the ‘troubles’ in Ireland‚ Communist threats

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    Al Jolson and Bing Crosby came together and recorded the song “Alexander`s Ragtime Band”. Together they made Ivring Berlin`s song a hit. Ragtime music was generally associated with African Americans‚ but many people enjoyed this type of music. At the beginning of the song‚ Jolson and Crosby talk back and forth and they both continue this pattern while singing. I initially had a hard time hearing the difference between the voices until I heard Jolson and Crosby say each other’s name. They are talking

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    concert in the Staples center the famous band Stephanie and the big stars will be there and reunite. The members of this band are Stephanie‚ Demi Lovato‚ Troye Sivan‚ and J Cole. Stephanie will be playing the guitar‚ Demi will be lead singer‚ Troy will be background singer‚ and J cole will be the drummer. The charity that we will be supporting is the St. Jude children’s research hospital. People should not just comer to this concert to see their favorite band but‚ to comer and help support this concert

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    1921 was a spectacular year thanks to the inventor of the Band-Aid‚ Earle Dickson. That’s what most people think‚ but his clumsy wife was the true reason. It is actually not so bad being accident-prone. It the kitchen‚ Dickson’s wife used to always cut herself‚ and the original bandages weren’t working too well. The brilliant idea by Dickson was to put tape on the bandage to make it stay on your wound much better. Even though the Band-Aid doesn’t seem important‚ it has solved many of the world’s

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    When someone bands a book they take from each and everyone of us knowledge that books contains. One of the many reasons Books get band is because people are worried about a younger audience reading something inappropriate‚ but a better way to deal with this is to challenge the book instead of banding it‚ that way the library still has the book but younger audience can’t get too it. Another bad thing about a band is that some books that get band are older books that have language that many today

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    freshman drumline banging out a rough cadence three months and counting after marching season and I stepped in a puddle of spit. And my new black converses just made contact with the remnants of the trombones’ spit valves. The brown tiled floor of the band room was disgusting‚ especially near the low brass section where the instrumentalists felt the need to pour their spit out everywhere. I lucked out with having my instrument stored in the cages behind the low brass section’s saliva ocean. Today‚

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    the marching band. The Turpin Marching Band is one of‚ if not the biggest team in the school‚ with 150 members. These people train just as hard as the football team. I can tell you with experience‚ with how many times I’ve pushed a heavy synth cart through the mud‚ or up the hill to the stadium like King Sisyphus’ boulder in the underworld. I’ve marched so hard I

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    Nowadays‚ animal testing is a subject that often occurs. Some people think it is needed in research‚ meanwhile others think it is not allowed to sacrifice animals for sciences because they are treated badly during their lifetime. Although some opponents do not consider the fact that animals are also used in food industry. Basically‚ laboratory animals are breed for sciences and will guarantee improvements in this field‚ so everyone would benefit from it. In particular‚ pharmaceutical‚ medical and

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    Analyze the roles that women played in Progressive Era reforms from the 1880s through 1920. Focus your essay on TWO of the following. • PoliticsAnalyze the roles that women played in Progressive Era reforms from the 1880s through 1920. Focus your essay on TWO of the following. • PoliticsAnalyze the roles that women playedAnalyze the roles that women played in Progressive Era reforms from the 1880s through 1920. Focus your essay on TWO of the folAnalyze the roles that women played in Progressive Era reforms

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