On Sunday August, 21st, The River Valley Singers will perform the music of Robert Lowry in a program entitled “ Robert Lowry (1826-1899), Popular Hymnwriter of the 19th Century.” They concert will be held at the Thomas T. Taber Museum at the Lycoming County Historical Society. It will start at 2 p.m. And last until around 3:30. Robert Lowry was a minister at the First Baptist Church in Lewisburg back in the 1800s. He is best known for the hymn “Shall We Gather at the River?” He was also an early
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Known for its grand introduction to sin,seduction, and suspense, Shakespearean plays deem to the reputation of leaving readers balancing on the tip of their toes. Throughout Shakespeare's several works , one can not tell whether his pieces became very famous in literature for its clever wordplay, or its endearing dramatic irony. In Hamlet, by no other than Shakespeare himself, a glimpse into the suspenseful world is given to readers right from the first line of the play. Having the ability to truly
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paid much attention to the passing of time in the play. When I saw the baby in the final scene, I then realized Jo’s pregnancy had been progressing throughout the play. After the final scene, all the cast member performed a choreographed dance performance. I could tell some actors were not as good at dancing as others. Each actor had a spotlight moment in this routine. The actors also used this routine to be more interactive with the crowd by dancing up and down the aisles. After the final dance
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little butterflies in my stomach began to fade because I realized I wasn’t actually performing in front of an audience, I was performing with my friends. I felt confident performing and loved making people feel any kind of emotion if I could with my performance and that’s what honestly allowed me to become a better actor comparing my previous self to my nowadays
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Hoang-Ngan Dang Lame Deer The United States to many people around the world is known for freedom and opportunities. But is that really what was going on when it comes to many groups of people here? After reading Lame Deer, it broaden my view on his life as an Indian living in the U.S. Things were not always easy for him and many Indians around him. Many rights were not given to them on their reservations. Lame Deer experienced many situation that were unfair, because the rights that they all have
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I feel that not only my application, but my life would be incomplete without dance. I have been dancing at Kaiser School of Dance since I was three years old and it is something I am extremely passionate about. Dance has taught me so much over the years. I have learned from teachers, fellow dancers, and even from myself. One of the most important things dance has taught me is the effect of hard work. I am aware that this sounds cliché, but hard work and determination can achieve nearly anything
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within a fictional piece. This unconventional playwriting is maintained throughout, and is particularly notable in the last act. When Peter Quince and his cohort are performing their play, other characters make artistic criticisms about their performance, noting how Quince ‘does not stand upon his points’, a reference to persistent malapropism -‘points’ being a euphemism for punctuation- and sloppy syntax within his delivery. This serves as another example of how Shakespeare breaks conventional
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The Good Person of Szechwan Evaluation Rehearsals: I believe that our rehearsals for our performance of The Good Person of Szechwan went very well. I always turned up on time to the rehearsals and gave them my undivided attention; however, I was slighting disappointed with some of the other actress’s approach to the rehearsals. This is because I felt that they did not concentrate as much as they should have been doing. I admit there may have been a few rehearsals where I was not at 100% motivated
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Raw: in its true state; not made to seem better or more palatable than it actually is. In this theatrical piece performed by the Theatre Arts Department of California State University, Long Beach, actors and actresses perform Macbeth in the raw using minimal production equipment to direct audiences focus on the playwrights dialogue, and acting to better understand the story line of Macbeth. It can be difficult to comprehend the context of literature during the Elizabethan era, especially for the
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Otello Margary Goodwin I have seen a few operas and many musicals. I expected to see an elaborate set and costuming. The Met set the entire opera around glass rectangles that moved throughout the performance. The costumes for the chorus remained dull and gray, which works for the sadness of this opera, but there were parts that I felt the costumes should have been colorful. The costumes for the main characters flowed beautifully with the music and story. The costume designer’s use of colors
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