Dr. Martin Luther King was an African American civil rights leader who was responsible for pushing for equal rights and equal justice. King wrote and presented many great speeches on the plight of the poor and disenfranchised black Americans. His speeches influenced many young and old black and white citizens across the United States to band together to change the segregation laws across the South. His oratory style of speaking blended southern black preaching with the truth and the writings of our
Words: 1138 - Pages: 5
Around the 1900s some American dancers started to rebel against the strict and confining style of Classical Ballet. Modern dance is very vivid, ever changing and full of expression. Dancer’s like Alvin Ailey helped upgrade modern dance as we now see it. Alvin Ailey was born January 5, 1931. He spent the first twelve years of his life in various Texas small towns with only his mother to provide for the family since his father abandoned them when Alvin was only six moths old. Ailey grew up in the
Words: 666 - Pages: 3
Michael Barber Instructor Yao Younge Japanese Music Video Project October 21, 2014 Japanese Culture and Music There are many different festivals in the Japanese culture that show people how unique their culture is. One of these festivals includes The Shinto Music and Dance Festival, which is a very popular festival in Japan. The festival is for anyone to enjoy, it’s a spiritual society where all religions are welcome. The festival’s purpose is to please the gods, which is known as kagura
Words: 1050 - Pages: 5
alternative, and Americana music. Guitars, mandolins, pianos, and drums were scattered around the house and any free time with the family entailed a jam session playing music from these genres. When I became a teenager, I enjoyed the rap and hip-hop that my older brother listened to, which I immediately immersed myself in since they were great for pumping me up for the sports I played. Left out of my years before college was the newer music genre known as EDM or Electronic Dance Music. Luckily for me, I
Words: 1062 - Pages: 5
at the Woodstock festival refused to show up because of the size the festival became. Woodstock was actually supposed to be a small event containing a few thousand people, but it ended up having over half a million people show up. “The community was not prepared for the crowds that began arriving. By Thursday, August 14th, much of the area had become an enormous traffic jam.” (“Woodstock Festival History: August 15-16-17-18. 1969”) The festival became large part of the American Pop Culture which
Words: 716 - Pages: 3
The music during the 1960s was about bringing people together. Woodstock was a huge three-day, non stop concert. It was one of the most memorable events that happened in the 1960s, but it all started because of some unknown wealthy college kids. “The most asked question was not “What was Woodstock” but “ What happened to Woodstock?” (Smith). Woodstock was this enormous concert that took part on a dairy farm in the small rural of Bethel, New York.” The owner of the small rural farm in Bethel, New
Words: 851 - Pages: 4
around by people all over America. The Woodstock Music Festival, taking place in 1969, had become the grooviest event in American history. Selling over 186,000 tickets, the festival became an extreme hit for young fans described as “hippies”, and gave famous artists and bands a way to express their opposition of the Vietnam War. The event was described by History as ,”three days of peace, love, and rock ‘n roll”, which extended from the festivals slogan. Many famous artist performed during the three
Words: 1283 - Pages: 6
Copland was a great American composer during the 20th century, the compositions often incorporated different aspects of popular American music. For example, he often utilized forms such as Jazz and folk music into the works that he created. Copland aimed to create and develope something that could be distinctively called American music so that American music and culture could free itself from European influence (pbs). Later on in his career he became known as a Dean of American Music , which is a testament
Words: 1461 - Pages: 6
MUS 101: IN-1 8 July 2013 Concert Review Form/Paper “First Time for Everything” Sunday, July 07, at seven thirty, I attended my first ever Orchestra in my thirty eight years alive on this planet. The Gateway Festival Orchestra of St. Louis “50 Years and Counting” at Brookings Quadrangle or known to students as "The Quad," located on Washington University Campus. The Quad has a grass recreation area surrounded by academic buildings and was very comfortable setting for the upcoming events
Words: 825 - Pages: 4
Appreciate Irish Heritage Introduction The Irish culture is rich in customs, beliefs, and practices with substantial significance in the current times. It also constitutes traditions, literature, music, art, language, legends, sport and cuisine associated with Irish people living in the United States. These aspects of the Irish heritage are not homogeneous among natives of Ireland because of cultural divides that exist between rural Irish and urban Irish, Protestants and Catholics, settled
Words: 1778 - Pages: 8
