The ConTempus concert took place in White Auditorium on January 17‚ 2016. The musicians were dressed in black formal and the audience was wearing whatever they felt fit their mood. The audience was composed entirely of Spring Arbor University students and faculty. At 7:05 the group came on stage to perform and got right into it‚ playing their first song with no introduction. After their first piece they paused to explain what they were doing and where they were from. The group consisted of four string
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Final Write 1500 words describing the Arab Spring‚ and what the conditions are today in the Arab countries; that were part of it. 1) Egypt‚ Tunisia 2) Yemen‚ Bahrain 3) Syria 4) Libya Introduction; The Arab world has been a scene of uprisings and revolts for its entire modern history. Arabs have revolted against colonial and local tyranny every decade before and after the World War I. During the French occupation the people of Cairo revolted repeatedly‚ briefly liberating the city from
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Gabriela Corona SOA1310.20 Nelly van Bommel October 1‚ 2012 Le Sacre du Printemps Today The Rite of Spring is regarded as a revolutionary piece of music and choreograph. Its choreographer‚ Vaslav Nijinsky‚ was born in 1889. He started his dance career after he joined the Imperial Ballet School in 1900‚ in which he studied under Enrico Cecchetti and Nicholas Legat. He took many lead roles until his dance career took a turning point‚ and met Sergei Diaghilev. He danced with famous Anna
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The Arab Spring The Arab Spring is an uprising in the Arab world against their government. The uprising started in Tunisia by a man named Mohamed Bouazizi who set himself on fire in protest for the harassment and repression from the Tunisian government. Rebel groups throughout the Arab world in countries such as Tunisia‚ Egypt‚ Libya‚ Syria and Bahrain‚ were formed with the intent of overthrowing their government and/or changing their regime. This came as a shock to many political scientists because
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Spring Festivities “If you prick us‚ do we not bleed? If you tickle us‚ do we not laugh? If you poison us‚ do we not die?” -William Shakespeare‚ A Merchant in Venice (Act III‚ scene I) After the long barren months‚ Easter and Holi crack the lifeless grip of winter; although one is Roman Catholic (Easter) and the other Hindu (Holi) both holidays demonstrate the same delight in different manners. Easter is a Roman Catholic holiday commemorating the rising of Jesus Christ from the dead‚ proving
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Micaela Quiroga Silent Spring Rough Draft Ms. Evans‚ AP Lang‚ pd. 3 September 2012 In America today‚ many people do not realize the impact they have on the environment. We come from a more educated generation‚ yes‚ but many people do not realize‚ that even just recycling can led to less deforestation‚ and ensuring that the environment of many animals is still there and safe. Much like how deforestation can negatively affect animals‚ it negatively affects us‚ less trees means less oxygen
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The Rite of Spring The Rite of Spring is a ballet/orchestral piece composed by Igor Stravinsky and choreographed by Vaslav Nijinsky. Premiering on May 29th‚ 1913‚ at the Théatre des Champs-Elysées‚ The Rite of Spring was one of the most controversial and scandalous scores in the history of music and dance. Featuring elements of pagan sacrifice‚ outrageous costumes‚ and strange choreography‚ the performance started a riot in the audience and as a result‚ the choreography was never played along with
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The Poet Gerald Manley Hopkins was a Jesuit Priest. The Poem was written in 1880.He was an English man. He was a 19th century Poet. He got Fame after his death. According to Poet Spring is a sign of fresh life or new birth and Fall means biblical fall of man from grace which led to his mortality. In “Spring and Fall‚" Hopkins explains to a child that we all age and die. That Margaret‚ like all of us‚ must deal with this fact and not let the knowledge of it hold her back from life. This is a message
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Spring Awakening Review Naomi Neal October 14‚ 2011 The show Spring Awakening in a nutshell‚ is about a bunch of kids discovering who they are and what they’re bodies are going through. The children all experience sexual fantasies‚ question life‚ rebel‚ and have loads of angst. The play set in a provincial German town in the 1890s‚ deals with incest‚ suicide‚ sex‚ abuse‚ pregnancy‚ and first loves. A really inspiring play that shocked audiences with its audacity when first performed in 1917
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Jazz concert On Friday April 30 at 8 pm‚ I attended the Spring Instrumental jazz concert at Yuba College. This was the first time I have been in the school auditorium. There was a count off and the music began with nearly a full house. The first song played was "Won’t you be my neighbor" from Mister Rogers’ neighborhood by Fred Rogers and Mike Tomato. I liked the intro it started with Ron Hake tapping on the symbols then the trumpets‚ and trombones cut in and the music begins. This song made me
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