holidays or festivals. Credibility Statement: I feel confident in discussing one of the many festivals celebrated by my relatives. I have researched many articles and read biographies on the founders of this unique festival of flowers. Purpose Statement/Position Statement/Preview of Main Points: My purpose here today is to inform you of a Dutch festival held throughout the United States and other countries but most specifically of the one closest to my heart…the Tulip Time Festival held annually
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Getting Better My theme song is "Getting Better" by The Beatles. The Beatles were an English rock band formed in 1960. John Lennon‚ Paul McCartney‚ George Harrison and Ringo Starr‚ members of The Beatles‚ became widely regarded as the foremost and most influential act of the rock era. Rooted in skiffle‚ beat and 1950s rock and roll‚ the Beatles later experimented with several musical styles‚ ranging from pop ballads and Indian music to psychedelia and hard rock‚ often incorporating classical elements
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HUNG TEMPLE FESTIVAL IN VIETNAM Vietnam is a country with long and rich cultures. Festivals are important facts of the year which vary from different ethnic groups. There are so many festivals held through a year: Do Son Buffalo Fighting‚ Mid Autumn‚ and Lunar New Year‚ etc. As for me‚ one of the most important sacred is Hung Temple Festival. The festival begins with a palanquin procession performed by three villages of Co Tich‚ Vi Cuong and Trieu Phu. The procession carries bamboo elephants
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Sta. Cruz Festival (April 26) -Barangay Isla -The Santa Cruzan was a novena procession commemorating St. Helena’s mythical finding of the cross. St. Helena was the mother of Constantine the Great. According to legends‚ 300 years after the death of Christ‚ at the age of 75‚ she went to Calvary to conduct a search for the Cross. After some archeological diggings at the site of the Crucifixion‚ she unearthed three crosses. She tested each one by making a sick servant lie on all three.
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Music is a way of life‚ it is all around us. It can influence who you are and how you go about your daily lives. Music can manipulate the emotions in a powerful way‚ which can sometimes determine your mood and your conscience. Sometimes different cultures adapt different music into their lifestyle. Example‚ Reggae is usually listened to by the Black Caribbean Community. Their music is relaxed and optimistic‚ as is their lifestyle. The style of music quite often reflects the culture. Music in the
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Music has much more to offer than what we just hear on the radio‚ whether it be its genre or the experience it can give us. There are four performances which exemplify this: the “Arabian Waltz” by the Silkroad Ensemble; “Believe” by John Pascuzzi‚ Steve Sklar‚ and Dr. Richard Grossman; "Quarter Chicken Dark‚" "Attaboy‚" and "Here And Heaven" by Yo-Yo Ma‚ Edgar Meyer‚ Chris Thile‚ Stuart Duncan‚ and Aoife O’Donovan; and “One Love” by the JJI Exile Brothers. The “Arabian Waltz” by the Silkroad Ensemble
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Unit 3 – Music of the Baroque 1. Name two important visual artists (such as painters) and also two important writers of literature (such as poets) from the Baroque Period. Do not name musicians. (Visual Artists) - Peter Paul Rubens & Artemisia Gentileschi / (Writers)- John Fletcher and Francis Beaumont 2. Write a paragraph about “The Baroque Style”. The baroque style was very well suited to the wishes of the aristocracy‚ who were enormously rich and powerful during the seventeenth and eighteenth
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My Favorite Chinese Festival The Mid-autumn is my favorite Chinese festival. It always falls on the 15th day of August‚ but this year is on 29th September. “This wonderful tale is a depiction of a Chinese family coming together and preparing to celebrate the moon with a nighttime picnic that embraces their Chinese customs with glowing lanterns and includes traditional dishes‚ such as the moon cakes‚ pomelos‚ and tea.”(LIN 94) A few days before the festival‚ everyone in the family will help to
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Music is an important part of my life because; music consoles the human spirit and soul and brings peace and comfort to my personal being. A Reason why music is important to me is because i feel music calms be down and take me to another world. It elevates me to another dimension where I just feel that I am living what life is all about. Music elevates because it takes my mind to think about those words that are being singed. Another reason why music is important to my life is because music inspires
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Genres are different depending or countries‚ culture‚ and tradition. When I feel depressed or excited‚ I listen to music which matches my feeling. I joined the English Club; members of the club introduced different kinds of music and described them. Genres that I often listen to are rock‚ country folk‚ and R&B/Soul. Rock music is a popular music which uses an electric guitar. Rock usually makes people excited with hard sounds. Everybody knows that The Beatles were a famous rock band in the United
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