The local landmark offers three unique ballrooms and an assortment of packages to make any wedding perfect. Lennox Ballroom. The 1600-square foot ballroom features a large fireplace‚ bronze walls‚ crystal chandeliers‚ a 200-square foot wooden dance floor‚ and decorative French doors that open to a beautiful‚ 200-square foot terrace. Couples can use the exquisite Lennox Ballroom to accommodate up to 80 guests for a full‚ sit-down reception. Majestic Ballroom. A premier banquet room at the
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Good Morning/Afternoon Mr. Strathdee and fellow English scholars‚ today we take a journey into the world of ballroom dancing. Ballroom dancing‚ although not a dance of individualism‚ it also rebels against the label of conformity often thrown at it. Our task was to compare the documentary Absolutely Ballroom’‚ and the movie Strictly Ballroom’. To properly undertake our task we were compelled to lose ourselves in the plots‚ music and techniques used in both films. Both show us the highs and
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The book I read for the this class is Uglies. Uglies is about a girl named Tally. In this dystopian world when you turn sixteen‚ there is a operation done to make everyone stunningly beautiful. When Tally sneaks into New Pretty Town to see her friend Piris. When she sees him she notices that his personality has changed along with his face. When she gets back to Uglevill she meets Shay. Shay is a rebellious girl who doesn’t want to be pretty. She talks about a place called the smoke. When she runs
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Catcher in the Rye The Catcher in the Rye is set around the 1950s and is narrated by a young man named Holden Caulfield. Holden is not specific about his location while he’s telling the story‚ but he makes it clear that he is undergoing treatment in a mental hospital or sanatorium. The events he narrates take place in the few days between the end of the fall school term and Christmas‚ when Holden is sixteen years old. Alienation as a Form of Self-Protection: Throughout the novel‚ Holden seems
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you ever wondered what would it be liked if where you live and what you do was based on your looks? Well in the book Uglies‚ by Scott Westerfeld which has 425 pages you can find out how it would be. In the book‚ Uglyville is where all the people who are under 16 live and Pretty Town is the place where everyone older and who has the operation live. Tally Youngblood is your average Ugly who can’t wait to be a pretty where the only thing you have to do is party all night. Her friend‚ Peris is already
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Belonging‚ What is it? Why do we need it? Belonging is to be a part of society. It’s the ability to make a conscious decision to be a part of a group of people. A sense of belonging gives a person a sense of strength and security so that they can make the right choices for themselves. Though belonging does have a positive aspect on any person’s life‚ there are some circumstances where people have to give up what they once were to belong to a group. So in the process of trying to belong you lose
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Leslie an Ugly Caterpillar Once upon a time‚ there was a little caterpillar called Leslie. She was an ugly caterpillar. She was fat and couldn’t walk quickly. The only beautiful thing about her was she had agleam eyes. It was like two shining jewels. Leslie didn’t live alone in Neverland‚ she lived with Bufo the bee‚ Pincher the locust and Binks the bumblebee. But no one wanted to be her friend. They always derided her as an ugly and fat insect. One day as usual in the morning she started
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There is no doubt that this book won’t be read 100 years from now. The book‚ “Uglies” By: Scott Westerfled is truly a great novel. This book determines that beauty is not all that proves you as a person. Beauty belongs to everyone‚ everywhere. In a world of extreme beauty‚ anyone normal is ugly. Tally must figure herself out before she undergoes surgery at the age of sixteen to become “pretty”: or what is so called pretty. Tally and Peris are the best of friends‚ but when Peris becomes pretty‚ Tally
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Ugly‚ Pretty‚ or Reality? Imagine a society of extreme beauty that anyone normal is considered ugly. Although the two classifications of‚ ugly and pretty are viewed as immensely different‚ they have one thing in common. Being in either one these categories causes not only domination of physical appearance‚ but also steals the identity of an individual. The only way out is sacrifice. Westerfield’s dystopian fiction novel‚ Uglies tells the story of an adolescent girl‚ Tally Youngblood‚ who is trapped
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Within the riveting science-fiction book “Uglies”‚ Scott Westerfeld not only keeps the reader entertained‚ but also reveals the negative aspects of conformity. He relays this information while using events and actions throughout the storyline. Tally‚ the protagonist‚ rebels against the submissive tradition’s of her customs. Although many other themes are also conveyed in this book‚ the main message is clear: Fear of alienation in society causes one to suppress to conformity. Being just like
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