and 70s‚ a series of disasters struck the nation and those in charge realized that America was poorly suited to help. In 1964‚ the second most powerful earthquake ever recorded hit Alaska‚ killing 139 (Taylor). The Midwest was plagued with lethal tornados‚ the Pacific Northwest experienced record-breaking snowstorms‚ and hurricanes killed thousands along the Atlantic coast. Over 100 different federal agencies were involved in relief for these tragedies‚ but their efforts
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The event was held at its corporate headquarters in New Hampshire. Volunteers worked with Habitat for Humanity and framed houses in its corporate parking lot to be shipped for final assembly in Missouri to assist the suffering families in tornado- devastated Joplin‚ Missouri. They also created a new outdoor community gathering and performance space‚ built an outdoor classroom at a local elementary school‚ and improved the high school athletic facilities in Newmarket‚ New Hampshire. Lastly‚ volunteers
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the U.S. The music was more a result of experimentation and informal learning by example‚ often by self-taught musicians who played in streets and bars. This relaxed folk music became formalized into Ragtime by composers like Ben Harney and Scott Joplin who played the music to large audiences and published it so that its popularity spread across the country. Missouri was the heartland of ragtime. The word ‘Ragtime’ is a musical meter to show a style of playing piano. In Joplin’s “ Elite Syncopations”
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Sedalia‚ a booming railroad town that almost became the state capital‚ Scott Joplin gathered a cadre of promising rag composers around him‚ including his students Scott Hayden and Arthur Marshall. Sedalia music publisher John Stark‚ a major advocate for ragtime in general and Joplin in particular‚ proved to be an important catalyst in bringing the work of these local composers to the attention of the broader public. Stark‚ Joplin‚ and Hayden eventually moved to St. Louis‚ another major center of rag activity
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TOPIC The Magic of Music (the Storyline of Sara and Coalhouse Walker) TOPIC The Phenomenon of Ragtime Everyone knows the word ’music’. We repeat it almost daily in this or that context. But are there many people who can give a clear definition of this term on the spot?. If you ask 10 different people‚ you will get 10 different answers. In general‚ music is regarded as an art form that involves organized sounds and silence. It is expressed in terms of pitch (melody and harmony)‚ rhythm
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business. The decision for Ailey to call his company AAADT illustrates his belief that black Americans should be acknowledged to the USA’s heritage. In 1971 Alvin created the dance work Flowers which was based on rise and fall of famous singer Janice Joplin who died aged 27 caused by an uncontrolled drug addiction. The dance work has duration of 28 minutes‚ beginning with a female dancer standing with her right arm stretched in the air and left on hip showing her looking proud and aloof. The female
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Ability grouping is a widely spread practice used among many educators today. Between-class grouping is by far one of the most commonly used types of ability grouping. "The goal of this grouping is for each class to be made up of students who are homogeneous in standardized intelligence or achievement test scores" (Snowman‚ Biehler). In this type of grouping‚ the schools separate their students into different classes or courses. "Between-class ability grouping is where students spend most of the
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between notes. In other words‚ when a musician incorporates syncopation into a piece‚ it simply means that he is playing “off the beat.” In the piece‚ “Solace: A Mexican Serenade”‚ musician Scott Joplin makes great use of syncopation. However‚ although the technique is evidently present‚ the way that Joplin makes use of it is quite unique for the ragtime genre. Typically what is seen in ragtime pianists is that the right hand plays the chords and the melody‚ while the left hand serves as a bass and
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Sex‚ Drugs‚ and Rock and Roll Rock and Roll is a genre of music that is known for its earsplitting music and people of the partying atmosphere. During the 1950’s and 1960’s these partying people were better known as "hippies‚" easy going‚ laid back‚ just here to have a good time. Thinking back to 1951‚ Alan Freed discovered Rock and Roll; Freed was a disc jockey that obviously loved music. Nowadays we look at rock and roll as a past era that dominated the musical world at one time. Families
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