fighting abroad and also lifted the spirits of their loved ones back at home. Many jazz musicians were soldiers‚ and several others traveled overseas or across the country to entertain U.S. troops. Among these performers were Bing Crosby‚ Artie Shaw‚ and Benny Carter. Jazz music was not only evident in American culture‚ but also in European countries‚ particularly in Nazi-occupied areas where it was a sign of rebellion. I want to further explore how the war affected the accessibility of jazz during the time
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Jasmine Henry 25 October 2012 THEA 101 Perticone RENT Performance Response The lobby display was designed to look like the streets of New York. There were girls dressed like prostitutes‚ a girl was portrayed as a homeless person living inside of a box and a brick wall-like bulletin boards giving dramaturgical information. The information included the production history like how RENT had its first staged reading at New York Theatre Workshop in 1993. The show opened in January 1996. This
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‘Christianity in Britain is almost dead.’ Religion in Britain has suffered an immense decline since the 1950s. In a census done in 2005‚ results show that over 50% say they’re not religious. Yet for some reason about 72% told the 2001 census that they were Christian. 66% of the population have no actual connection to any religion or church‚ despite what they tend to write on official forms. Between 1979 and 2005‚ half of all Christians stopped going to church on a Sunday. That only seemed
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Cited: Page Maroon 5. Payphone Benny Blanco. 2012. CD. Maroon 5-Payphone (Explicit) ft Wiz Khalifa. Screenplay by Maroon 5. Octone Records 2012 download date 2012 http://smarturl.it/maroon5amst
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Elizabeth Smith (Bessie Smith) Elizabeth Smith was born on April 15‚ 1894 in Chattanooga‚ Tennessee. Her parents were Laura and William Smith. She was one of the second children. She was born into a poverty stricken black family in the segregated south. Her father was a Baptist minister he died soon after her birth leaving her mother to raise her and her siblings. She was about nine when she lost her mother and two brothers. Bessie and the remaining siblings were raised by their
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Bobby Polidan. Playing the trombones were Kevin Hicks‚ Nick Arnheim‚ Brandon Allen‚ Adren Hance‚ Corbin Robeck and Mark Doerffel. In the rhythm section‚ Harrison Barron played guitar. Lincoln Antonio‚ Mitchell Morlock and Jason Bontrager played piano. Benny Cannon‚ Ethan Harman and Jonathon Foster played drums. Keegan Musser and Nate Garland played bass. The show wasn’t just the jazz band performing‚ the University of Florida Jazz Choir also performed two songs during the jazz band break. Jean Hickman
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On Sunday I attended a Chicago Bears football game for the first time. They played against the Tennessee Titans‚ and it turned into an absolute thriller that came down to the very last play. Although they didn’t win‚ I left the stadium with a smile on my face and a very sore throat. For three hours or so‚ I stood screaming‚ chanting‚ booing‚ laughing‚ and cheering as I watched my favorite team. Seeing the game in person is far different‚ and better‚ then watching it on t.v. The breeze coming off
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had an affinity for woodwinds; and although I do not have a history with this specific instrument‚ I did study and play the clarinet for three years in high school. My love for woodwinds‚ particularly the clarinet‚ was nurtured through old LPS of Benny Goodman‚ Henry Mancini‚ The Glenn Miller Orchestra and the big band sounds of the 1940’s. The warm round tones of the clarinet intro in George Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue” still gives me goosebumps to this day. I found this assignment a great opportunity
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How did the Great Depression influence the evolution of American vernacular dance? In the Great Depression‚ the American dream had become a nightmare. What was once the land of opportunity was now the land of desperation. The Great Depression was an economic slump in North America‚ Europe‚ and other industrialized areas of the world that began in 1929 and lasted until about 1939. It was the longest and most severe depression ever experienced by the industrialized Western world. Nevertheless‚ it
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chronicle of one family coping with violence‚ teenage pregnancy‚ and school failure mirrors the struggles of families in embattled urban communities all over the country. In that movie‚ family members are Cisco Santiago‚ his sister Rosa Cruz‚ her husband Benny Cruz‚ her daughter Elena Castro and son Luis Castro from her previous marriage. I could not see any bond with Rosa and her children Elena and Luis. They were not following rules like us. They lived independently and they did not want any suggestion
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