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    concert report

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    Bang Kieu – Lam Anh‚ and Ve Day Nghe Em by Khanh Ly – Nguyen Ngoc Ngan. The concert began with the piece of songs about family. The song Vong Co Thieng Lieng Tinh Me was written by Vien Chau and performed by Huong Giang – Huong Thuy is a wonderful folk song about the love of mother to her daughter. The song tell a story about a single mother in the countryside. She is really poor but she raises her daughter with all of her love. She may don’t eat anything for whole day to save money to buy milk for

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    All around the world‚ people use music to express themselves‚ have fun‚ tell stories and tell of historical events. Likewise‚ the song The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald‚ was written by Gordon Lightfoot to not only tell the historical story of the night it sank‚ but also to show commemoration to those who lost their lives. According to Lightfoot‚ out of all his songs‚ this is the one he is most proud of‚ and for a good reason. (McCall‚ 2000) Through a unique combination of song characteristics such

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    Crisis developed a few weeks after Dylan began performing it These popular songs ("Blowin’ in the Wind"‚ "A Hard Rain’s a-Gonna Fall") marked a new direction in songwriting‚ blending a stream-of-consciousness‚ imagist-lyrical attack with traditional folk form‚ something Bob Dylan was renowned for. These labelled ‘protest songs’ became anthems for the American civil-right anti-war movements. His songs‚ and lyrics‚ have incorporated various political‚ social‚ and philosophical influences and appealed

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    instruments that don’t use people’s hands.. Ancient musicians made their living travelling around and playing their instruments. They asked for money or food from the people they composed for‚ instead of just money. They would tell stories and sing folk songs. They had no permanent homes. The people that used to be bards are now what we call musicians‚ but musicians in this day and age would rather have money than anything else. In the Middle ages mainly Christian Church that dominated in Europe

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    The Latin American culture‚ including music bands‚ has been always representing a lifestyle of a party‚ a festival of human emotions‚ passionate movements expressing intensity‚ rhythms of joy‚ and endless flow of energy. The Fondo Blanco Latin Band is a representative of this culture. It is interesting to figure out which musical‚ emotional‚ behavioral‚ rhythmical aspects help to involve the non-Latin American visitors to this culture and dive into this world of endless fun for many years. The background

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    Release of rare‚ awe-inspiring John Denver song coincides with his 70th birthday (1888 PressRelease) In honor of the 70th birthday of the late and legendary singer/songwriter John Denver on Dec. 31‚ acclaimed Indie recording artist Luanne Hunt releases what may have been his greatest musical work‚ "The Wandering Soul (Love is the Answer)." Denver did not record the tune. Hunt brings forth an emotional production‚ passionately delivering the song’s timely and awe-inspiring message. Denver

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    old folks home

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    Sharks are a group of fish characterized by a cartilaginous skeleton‚ five to seven gill slits on the sides of the head‚ andpectoral fins that are not fused to the head. Modern sharks are classified within the clade Selachimorpha (or Selachii) and are the sister group to the rays. However‚ the term "shark" has also been used for extinct members of the subclassElasmobranchii outside the Selachimorpha‚ such as Cladoselache and Xenacanthus. Under this broader definition‚ the earliest known sharks

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    Cabrera‚Adrian Mr.Brown English P.4 4/26/17 What is Wrestling Wrestling is an man to man sport that needs strength‚mobility‚skill‚and passion for the sport to defeat your opponent and to win the round.Wrestling is a sport that is all over the world and is done professionally and is in the Olympics for many of years.I believe that wrestling is one of the toughest sports in the world because of its harsh training and skill you’ll need to prosper in the sport. Wrestling was founded by ancient Sumerians

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    Types of Music

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    There are many different types of music in the world today. Why do we need music? Is the traditional music of a country more important than the international music that is heard everywhere nowadays? Thesis statement: Music is a part of our life‚ no matter it is traditional or international. Music is an inevitable part of our life. We do not even know when and where people first started to listen for music. It is obvious that music is as old as the human being in this world. We were listening to

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    philippine folkdance

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    PHILIPPINES (FILIPINO) CULTURAL AND FOLK DANCES PHILIPPINES (FILIPINO) CULTURAL AND FOLK DANCES INTRODUCTION AND DANCES Countries in the world have their own cultures made more colorful‚ beautiful and vibrant because of Folk Dances that are reflection of who they are. In the east‚ the Chinese have their symbolic Dragon Dance‚ the Japanese have the ancestral dance Bon Odori. In the west the Americans have their Square Dance. On the other hand‚ the Philippines will not be left behind. "The Pearl

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