Gordan Case Write-Up #2 February 17th‚ 2016 Drum Flipping This sport may seem like a simple task‚ yet it has a large impact on the human body. It is called drum flipping. The rules are simple. A team compiled of 5-6 people‚ versus another team of the same amount. This sport is played on a beach or in a sand pit particularly because it is harder to run and keep your balance than it would be on gravel or asphalt. Each team will have a total of six large snare drums in the middle of a twenty yard boundary
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Joseph‚ Jay‚ Reese‚ and Stewie‚ I don’t think I would be anywhere near prepared enough to be a drum major. Today‚ however‚ I am ready‚ and now I just have to prove it to you. To explain where my inspiration for being drum major came from‚ I have to tell a story. I told this story in short during my section leader audition‚ but it is an honest reason (amongst multiple) I am so interested in being a drum major today. It goes back to my sixth grade‚ when I met Joshua Parmley. Josh was immediately friendly
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The poem I chose to analysis is Walt Whitman‚ "Beat! Beat! Drums!” The poet uses the drums and bugles as symbols of the war itself. In this poem the poet shows that the instruments play so loudly that they disrupt everyone’s lives‚ just like war changes a society. The sounds of certain words can contribute to the meaning of the poem because if the sound of the words come off as “kind and quiet” it can change the whole theme of aggression and war. The word choice of the poet makes you feel like everything
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Honorable Chief Guest‚ Worthy President‚ Respected Teachers‚ And My Dear Fellow Students Assalamoalaikum! The topic of my speech for today is “Distant Drums Sound Sweeter”. Dear Audience‚ it was Francis Bacon who famously said that if you take all the vain opinions‚ flattering hopes and false valuations from the minds of the people‚ nothing will be left behind except melancholy and indisposition. Let’s have a look into our own lives‚ as our lives are full of desires‚ wishes
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In the novel Time Enough For Drums there is a person name John Reid. During the novel john fighting through the civil war and trying to keep his secret from getting out that he is a spy. So it was a good idea for picking him. Throughout the novel John was brave‚ ambitious‚ and confident. In the novel john was brave. He was brave in because the fought in the civil war and if you wasn’t brave than you would not be fighting in the civil war. In the novel it states that “ My superior knew I was sick
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of Imagery "Beat! Beat! Drums!" The Civil War had a major impact on the people of America through the years of 1861 to 1865. Walt Whitman‚ a poet and Northerner of this time‚ wanted to capture the people’s reactions of the war after finding out it was not going to end as quickly as they had anticipated. Whitman illustrated how the people‚ especially Northerners‚ changed throughout this conflict; he achieved this by using countless images in his poem‚ "Beat! Beat! Drums!" The main focus of the piece
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‘Though you might say that the way you speak is a very personal thing‚ and that you have your own ‘idiolect’‚ the way you speak is actually more determined by other people than by yourself.’ How has you idiolect been affected? Everyone’s idiolect is influenced by many factors throughout their life‚ school‚ media‚ peers and many more. An idiolect is the way one speaks the vocabulary they use; the accent they have‚ the dialect they adopted. An idiolect is for one individual‚ it is unique‚ and no
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Being a Drum Major Over my high school years‚ I have held more than one tangible leadership role. However‚ nothing has taught me more than my tenure as one of the drum majors for my marching band. My junior year‚ I decided to audition for the role of drum major‚ which is the main leadership component of the band. A few months later‚ it was announced that I and two others had been chosen as drum majors for the next year. I was ecstatic and ready to begin working towards the next season. As the
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Drums along the Mohawk In “Drums along the Mohawk‚” John Ford demonstrates the actuality of life for women in the frontier during the Revolutionary war. The character of Lana Martin exemplifies the experience women during this time period. Prior to the revolutionary war‚ the American colonies admired and attempted to imitate the lifestyle of the British crown. Similarly‚ Lana Martin came from a wealthy family and enjoyed all the luxurious of life such as silk clothes‚ imported china and leisure
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makes absolutely no sense. The book‚ Drums‚ Girls‚ and Dangerous Pie by Jordan Sonnenblick is about a thirteen-year old boy named Steven‚ who is a percussionist in band and the high school jazz band. His life changes when his annoying little brother is diagnosed with leukemia. The meaning of the novel’s name‚ Drums‚ Girls‚ and Dangerous Pie represents Steven’s life. For example‚ the event in the book that connects to the title is that Steven had been taking drum lessons from percussion teacher‚ Mr
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