Marching band is my life‚ or at the very least‚ it’s the majority of my free time. In marching band‚ we have been trying to push ourselves physically to be in shape for this competitive season. We run laps every practice‚ rotate between different muscular exercises‚ and practice breathing fully – which is harder than it seems. At the beginning of the season‚ I began to struggle by about halfway into the first lap. I’d become light-headed a few sets into breathing exercises. I couldn’t seem to keep
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Week 3 LOM Assignment Gastric Bypass vs. Lap-band Angela Overton 4/4/2015 BC1020 Dr. Pennington The difference between the gastric bypass and the Lap-band are that they both restrict the amount of food intake but the gastric bypass reroutes where the stomach and part of the intestines connect causing temporary malabsorption. The lap-band only restricts the amount of food intake. With any surgery or alteration to the body system there introduces the possibilities of complications and all surgeries
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“The Adventures of the Speckled Band” Essay In the story‚ “The Adventures of the Speckled Band‚” by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle‚ fearful and timid Helen Stoner seeks Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson for assistance. During the early 1883‚ in London‚ England‚ specifically in the Stoke Moran residence‚ Helen’s sister‚ Julia mysteriously died. Helen‚ Helen’s stepfather Dr. Roylott‚ and the doctors could not figure out how Julia died. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are put up to the challenging test to solve
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in a different way. Well‚ in my case‚ band has been the one thing I would look forward doing since I first witnessed my sister pick up her own flute and play her first tune. Band‚ in middle school‚ was a hobby that I truly treasured because it wasn’t your typical core class. This class‚ notably‚ enhanced the need to utilize my analytical skills‚ engage my mind‚ and run free with my covert musical self. After graduating middle school‚ starting marching band over the summer before my freshman year
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West Mighty Wolf Band. I am also proud to be a member of this organization because it has connected me to many friends at Plano West. But what a majority of those friends do not know is that I‚ a flutist‚ had never even been remotely associated with such a tradition until the second semester of sophomore year. I had played the flute individually since seventh grade‚ but I had never thought of joining a school band until my counselor informed me that I needed
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the music represented on the Your Eyes CD and the Big Band music. The most noticeable is the is the way the vocals are represented. On the Your Eyes the vocal are song‚ while on the other hand the Big Band vocalization is done instrumentally. For example‚ Duke Ellington employed the technique of wordless vocals. This technique‚ sometimes referred to as instrumentalized voice‚ became synonymous with Ellington. The instrumental vocals of the Big Band music are spontaneous and improvisation ring through
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Rock. Seeing those words on my calendar made me dread the weeks to come. My parents had signed me up for an activity‚ once again‚ without asking my opinion first. My friends would be going‚ but that didn’t make it sound better. I would be put in a band with people I didn’t know. I’d always left being outgoing and meeting new people for my friends to take care of‚ but this week it seemed to be on my to-do list. My idea of the next two weeks was a monotonous‚ dreary prison. I would be trapped
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Band Concert Make-Up Assignment I listened to two recordings in the process of completing this assignment. The first recording was of a performance of the Wayne State University Wind Symphony‚ and the second recording was a performance of a band at the 2004 Midwest Music Conference. As soon as I listened to the beginning of both pieces‚ I noticed that the first recording started the piece at the tempo marked in the piece (144 beats per minute). When the second band began playing the second movement
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I was a part of the Newnan High School Marching Band my tenth‚ eleventh‚ and twelfth grade year. It was a great experience. The Newnan High School Band became like a second family‚ and the band room was my home away from home. As it got closer to my senior year‚ I started wondering who was going to get the title of clarinet section leader my last year of marching band. I felt like I would be the one for the job. When they finally informed us that leadership applications were available‚ I was excited
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The Adventure of the Speckled Band “Remember the unkindness‚ dishonesty‚ and deception you display towards others‚ don’t be shocked when it comes back to bite you” (Moores). Dr. Grimesby Roylott‚ a heinous and sadistic character‚ from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s story‚ “The Adventure of the Speckled Band”‚ comes face to face with his criminal serpent and dies from being injected with its venom. He had planned to execute Helen by sending his snake compatriot to instill its venom into her body‚ but his
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