For most of my adult life I believed that I just wasn’t meant to be a happy person. While I was successful in my career as a grant writer and columnist and worked hard to be a good mom to my three kids‚ I often had to drag myself out of bed and then force myself to do basic daily tasks like making dinner or getting the children ready for bed. I once read a poll that said 52 percent of people describe themselves as extremely happy‚ and my reaction was to sit back and think‚ Really? My low point
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High School Musical is a jock and captain of the basketball team. Both the girls‚ Sandy is in Grease and Gabriella in High School Musical are sweet and studious. It is a discovered shared interest in music that brings Troy and Gabriella together in High School Musical; throughout the film they have to contend with the desire of their respective groups‚ the basketball team and the academic decathlon team as well as the ambitions of peers wanting the lead roles in the high school musical that try to
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For the Solo Theater project I have chosen Harold Prince and his theory on Concept musicals. After research on the life of Prince from his book “Contradictions” and biographies‚ I have learned about his major influence within the world of theater. Creating an entire new genre of musicals. To understand this theory I had to understand the the man behind it. Prince (born in 1928) adopted by Milton A. Prince. Rightful upbringing led him to finish school and serve in the military post WWII Germany
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conventional standards. This particular subculture had its own style‚ ideology‚ music‚ dance‚ film etc. Hebdige in his essay Subculture: The Meaning of Style says‚ “Musical-based subcultures in general‚ and punks in particular‚ are engaged in a constant struggle for identity with mainstream culture
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Experience outside of the classroom can contribute to the advancement of literacy learning. The same can also be said that literacy is experienced only inside the classroom. I have had the luxury of experiencing both. The literacy I have gained in past courses and work experience is characterized by attending class‚ completing tasks in the work place‚ peer and instructor critique‚ personal habits‚ and literacy acculturation. Although I have taken an English 101 course‚ I can’t recall if the learning
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the company started to realize that they needed to find out what customers really want and value the market. They swiftly assimilated into the pop culture that most people in our society would accept‚ their new game soundtracks appealed to a border musical audience and even musicians. Their success started with the game Karaoki Revolution‚ its marketability and mainstream music made it much more successful than their previous “hi-tech” games. [1] They cooperated with companies that made peripherals
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“I feel pretty. Oh‚ so pretty‚ I feel pretty and witty and gay. And I pity any girl who isn’t me tonight”. One of the most popular songs from the world wide successful musical West Side Story. The book was written by Arthur Laurents. Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and Music by Leonard Bernstein. The star Maria who moved from Puerto Rico to live in New York wasn’t feeling pretty all the time. It was a temporary joy when she decided to love the American sharks gang member Tony. Her love lead to many major
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High School Musical‚ or the modern Romeo and Juliet depicts a love story between two rival groups in high school. Troy Bolton‚ the star and captain of the basketball team ends up falling for Gabriella Montez a transfer student‚ who prefers science and math. The two meet at a New Year’s Eve party where they are chosen to sing together. The next time they see each other is at school where they are pressured by their peers to stay within their cliques. Troy with his team and Gabriella with the decathlons
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sit down to write it needs to be quite and I need to be calm and not stressing out about something. 2. It takes me a little longer to write because I’m the type of person that can’t just sit down and stay focused for a couple hours and finish an essay. Instead I get a better grade when I take breaks in between and get my mind off of it and then start writing again. This method really helps me because it improves my ideas by helping me think of more creative. 3. The stages I follow are
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advanced music rapidly changes‚ the public seemingly fails to posses the musical knowledge necessary to appreciate modern works of contemporary music. In 1958‚ Milton Babbitt examined this relationship in a piece entitled “Who Cares if You Listen?” In the article‚ Babbitt asses the public’s feelings on “advanced” music and concludes that it should not concern composers if their work doesn’t get an audience beyond a few colleagues. Musical masterpieces including Babbitt’s Semi Simple Variations and Stockhausen’s
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