their home. His father died in 1945‚ which forced his mother to leave Merle and his siblings for work. After these events happened‚ Haggard became a rebellious teen and had a criminal record. Around that same time‚ Merle became aware that he had a musical talent: he was teaching himself to play guitar. He had inherited it from his father who was a fiddle player and guitarist in his younger age. When Merle wasn’t in jail‚ he worked in the oil fields‚ and would play music when he got home. When Merle
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I am currently in my fourth year of Musical Theater. I have participated in a total of 13 productions thus far‚ 6 of which I have had a leading role in. I have also been cast as nI have received numerous awards for my work in this program. Most notably‚ I won Best Actress in the state of Georgia‚ Region 8AAAAAA for my work as Rosemary in the show How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. I have also auditioned for and participated in The Schuler Awards opening and closing numbers for two
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Opera Term Paper The Development of The Rock Musical In the Late 20th Century Rock opera in its narrow definition seems to be a purely British phenomenon‚ possibly because at the time of its arrival England‚ as opposed to the United States‚ had not found its musical theater voice yet: while musical theater was booming in the United States from the early twentieth century onwards‚ England didn’t develop a popular musical tradition until the late 1960s‚ when Andrew Lloyd
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When marching band season rolls around‚ the taste of competition and the smell of hard work are always nearby. Entering my junior year of high school‚ I remember very clearly how excited I was for a new year of marching band. I had played percussion in the pit‚ which includes the mallets‚ timpani‚ and other non-marching percussion toys and instruments in the front of the field‚ for my entire high school career. Since then‚ I had fallen in love with those “bizarre” mallet instruments that I remember
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The report explains the organization of a Non-Profit organization‚ focused on The Boy Scouts of America. Current business literature and personal communication were used to gather information. The Boy Scouts of America is a very large organization that has roots all over the world and in many businesses. For almost 100 years‚ Scouting programs have instilled in youth the values found in the Scout Oath and Scout Law‚ Today‚ these values are just as relevant in helping youth grow to their full potential
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Andrew Lloyd Webber: Man of the Modern Musical With over forty-five awards and honors‚ the musicals of Andrew Lloyd Webber have had a magical effect on people around the world. Still‚ the question remains: how exactly did Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musicals affect the modern theater we see today? Well‚ the modern musical wouldn’t exist if not for Andrew Lloyd Webber. Even as a child‚ Lloyd Webber was bound to be involved with the world of music. His parents‚ William Lloyd and Jean Hermione‚ were
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MARILYN MANSON “If someone listens to [our] music‚ and it makes them creative‚ that makes me happier than anything”. These are the words of Marilyn Manson‚ a controversial musical artist from the ‘90s. His messages and live performances have earned him both praise and great hostility. Marilyn Manson is one of the most important figures of the ‘90s and early 21st century because he artistically exercises his freedom of speech and expression whilst inspiring others to do so as well. Marilyn
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GHENT UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF ARTS AND PHILOSOPHY Master‘s Dissertation: Musical Elements in Edgar Allan Poe‘s ―The Raven‖: A Literary Study EVIE HEMERIJCKX MASTER OF COMPARATIVE MODERN LITERATURE PROMOTOR: PROF. DR. Vander Motten DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH LITERATURE ACADEMIC YEAR 2008 - 2009 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS Preface ....................................................................................................................................... 3 1. Introduction .......
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Sommers present her article “The War Against Boys” arguing that boys are facing a crisis that is directly affecting their scores in school‚ their propensity to violence and crime and their lack of motivation to go to college. According to her‚ the ones to blame are the feminist efforts to promote girls and create programs to boost their academic careers. These efforts are doing more than just improve girls’ performance in school; they are harming boys by diverting the attention from them. As a direct
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point they are trying to make and also giving the hands on and visual aspects of the art. When taking the Z boys and Dog-town genesis into consideration and what would be the best way to get the point across you first have to know what the the Dog-town and the who where the z boys and there history to understand what medium who best explains the purpose as well as the intent. With the Z-Boys being as unique and what some people consider “lazy” and “bummish” had a motive and a purpose to why they skated
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