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St. Patrick's Day is quickly approaching. For seniors dealing with dementia, one of the most frustrating things they often experience is the inability to do things or celebrate the holidays like they use to. The following creative St. Patrick's Day activities will challenge not frustrate your senior loved with dementia while giving them the chance to have fun and feel successful: Singing Have a fun time belting out familiar Irish songs with your family and aging adult with dementia. Skip…

It is generally seen that most soldiers in the Rangers wanted to be there, even those that had no choice evidently found a home in the Corps. An example of this is Sergeant Jarvis, who eventually received a much wanted commission stating, “…I made up my mind, if possible, to change into the Regiment with my relations, lying along side of us, and the morning we were ordered for marching I left my tent for the purpose of making the application…” Jarvis clearly saw the advantage of joining the…

The Renaissance was the change that brought music into the daily lives of the European people. Music before the Renaissance was mainly kept in churches and the King’s court (History). Many musicians during the Renaissance period learned about music from past centuries and found it urgent that music begin a new age (Music). In 1477, Johannes Tinctoris, Renaissance composer and music theorist, said, “Music written more than 40 years previously was not worth hearing.”(Music). This led to a big…

bonfires and dressed up in attire to ward off roaming spirits and to recognize the dead. Accordingly, my group arrives at the gate first hearing the cannons go boom three times, followed up by a Scottish group called Tartanic playing the drums and bagpipes and wearing kilts as we receive passage through the front gate. However, when passing through the gate is…

When Americans tend to discuss South America, Brazil is usually the country that most people will think of first. However, this does not mean that we know that much about Brazil. Unfortunately, some of the topics that could interest people, such as the history of music in Brazil, are usually glossed over. This would be why most Americans can only name the Samba and the Bossa Nova when asked about Brazilian music. Brazil is an extremely diverse place, with ethnicities ranging from the people of…

Do you know the history of fire fighting and the history of the gear that they wear? FireFighting has been around ever since fire was first used. Some of our founding fathers were fire fighters. Many of the elements of firefighting have evolved throughout its history, including equipment, trucks, and gear. Buildings often burned to the ground because the firefighters did not have all of the tools and gear that they do now “(login). “Firefighting can be traced back to Jamestown, Virginia the…

More popular instruments were bagpipe, viol, lute, harp, gamba, organelle, sachet, cornett and much more. All of this instrument were the one that become those lyrics alive and enjoyable. The renaissance mass also took place in the renaissance era where catholic churches were more involve…

This song is starts off with overpowering bagpipes, and then switches to softer music and it is sang. This song plays a significant part in building emotion as the soldiers awake at dawn on the third day of battle. They awake knowing that the Vietnamese soldiers have moved in to attempt an ambush…

They say some food can make you live longer there are five cultures around the world with the highest proportion of centenarians globally. In communities of the Blue Zones -- places in Europe, South America, Asia and the United States where people live long and are largely free of chronic disease these hotspots of health and vitality are located in Ikaria, Greece; Okinawa, Japan; Ogliastra, Sardinia; Loma Linda, California; and the Nicoya peninsula, Costa Rica. Okinawa japan diet is a lot of…

The culture, music and history of the Celts in Ireland has influenced and created the modern era of Celtic rock and punk music. This paper will discuss the origins, development and instruments used in Celtic rock and punk music and give a view into how the culture, traditional Celtic music, and history has influenced them. Ireland has a long history and has been inhabited since about 500-300 BCE, but for this paper, the late 19th century and 20th century will be the focus (Hast, Scott, 20).…