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    Musicassignment6

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    program was in the following order: An “Overture and Finale” originally by Ronald Lo Presti; Concerto for Trumpet‚ 1. allegro (sonata) and Concerto for Trumpet‚ 3. allegro (rondo) by Joseph Haydn; Concert Etude by Alexander Goedicke and finally‚ “The Debutante” by Herbert L. Clarke. Unfortunately‚ the third composition had been cancelled on that day‚ so we could only hear 4 pieces out of the 5 songs. The structure of the instrument was different. In the first piece there were just trumpets next to each

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    housekeeping” (12). After her eighteenth birthday‚ Jackie was presented as a Debutante. Not long after‚ she was named “Queen Deb” by Igor Cassini‚ a columnist for Hearst newspapers (14). His reasoning for choosing her over any of the other girls was she had “a knack of compelling attention” (14). With the debutantes‚ Jackie was given the chance to travel to Europe where she met Winston Churchill (15). In 1949‚ at the end of her debutante years‚ Jackie traveled back to Europe and lived in France for a year

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    She’s the man uses codes and conventions such as the audio and symbolic code to present societies issue of gender quality. Through dialogue and the different characters‚ this issue and its ideas can be reinforced. The movie shows the main character‚ Viola dress up as her brother‚ Sebastian and attend his new school in attempt to prove that she is as good as boys at playing soccer. The few weeks Viola spends at the school she develops friendships and eventually is allowed on the soccer team. Throughout

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    determined by an individual’s relation to the production and acquisition of goods.” * Ethnicities and skin colour of the upper class are predominantly white. * Socializing institutions (Private Prep Schools‚ Fraternities‚ Private Clubs‚ Debutante Balls) are established so from Birth to Death the upper class is separated from other classes. * The upper class creates‚ funds and supports the institutions and other arrangements that make it possible for a member to live with very little

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    are looked downed open. But in today sports‚ there are male coaches coaching women sports which teach them how to be masculine. Gender roles isn’t something a person is born with‚ it’s taught. In the movie when all the girls are together at the debutante lunch‚ it’s clear that the older women are teaching the younger girls ladylike manners and the older women were once taught too‚ almost like a tradition passed down to each generations. When talking about gender roles‚ there are also colors that

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    and events in phenomenal. One of the details being how they meet‚ and how things ended between them. Just like Daisy did‚ King left him for another‚ richer‚ man. Kings was part of the highest ranking in society‚ being part of Chicago’s Big Four debutantes; being part of some of the richest people in the area‚ a place where Fitzgerald and Gatsby‚ in the beginnings of their lives‚ did not understand. Later in their lives‚ King too goes on to marry a rich man just

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    I have ended up with a daughter who only wants to kick a muddy ball in a field all day.” Since Viola refuses to be a debutante‚ her mother presses her frustrations on Viola by insulting her sport and making her daughter feel odd or out of the ordinary for being a woman who enjoys playing soccer. Later‚ as part of Viola’s plan‚ she informs her mom that she wishes to be a debutante. Her mom reacts by saying “Oh my little girl‚ you’re finally going to be a lady!” In this context‚ it is implied that

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    and Reese’s kids will have money and so on and so on. As the daughter of a physician and a nurse‚ money was not a problem for the Witherspoons.“The daughter of a physician and a nurse‚ Witherspoon grew up in Nashville‚ Tennessee where she was a debutante and attended

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    of characters living in the fictional town of West Egg on prosperous Long Island in the summer of 1922. The story primarily concerns the young and mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby and his quixotic passion and obsession for the beautiful former debutante Daisy Buchanan. Considered to be Fitzgerald’s magnum opus‚ The Great Gatsby explores themes of decadence‚ idealism‚ resistance to change‚ social upheaval‚ and excess‚ creating a portrait of the Jazz Age or the Roaring Twenties that has been described

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    into town‚ accompanied by the nuns. Mirabella chased after them‚ and the girls would pedal faster away from her. Around then‚ they had all had 6 weeks of lessons‚ but no one could do the Sausalito but Jeanette. The nuns had given announcement of a Debutante Ball‚ and this angered Claudette‚ as she felt the pack wasn’t ready to see the

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