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I consider my ethnic and musical background to be not just African by blood; but American by birth. When I visited Africa, I noticed a great deal of differences; on top of various similarities, between the Western culture and African tribal culture. No matter where I go or the type of music I listen to, I have always been entertained and pleased by the sound of music; but I have always felt a deeper comprehension and connection through the power of music. The most rarest and extraordinary…

“The best for their career” Lance Armstrong spent years vehemently denying his use of performance enhancing drugs, while literally dominating the world of cycling, amazing cash winnings, media attention and a worldwide following. After seven consecutive wins at the Tour de France, he was outed for his long-time doping use and in 2012 was stripped of all titles, and banned for life from competitive cycling. (Emily Kendy). Doping was the reason Mr. Armstrong had all of his success in competitive…

Lunar 8 was a lunar probe part of the lunar program as you know it was launched on December 3, 1965 with the objective of achieving a soft landing on the Moon but it really wasn’t soft at all. Actually the retrorocket was launched too late and suffered a hard impact on the lunar surface on the “Oceanus Procellarum” (Ocean of storms) the spacecraft spun , losing altitude control and preventing the hard impact. The mission only lasted for only three days not so long , but the mission did…

important scientific breakthroughs in history was landing on the moon, or the mission known as Apollo 11. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were the two of the three people on this mission it took three days from lift off to landing on the moon. It was the first mission that put a man on the moon but was not the last. There has been twelve people who have landed on the moon including Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin. All astronauts who have been on a lunar landing mission have been men. The only…

Neil Armstrong was first getting interested in flying when he was five years old thats when he started to make models of airplanes. When he was six years old that is when he first got to fly in a airplane. When he was 15 years old he had his pilot license before he got his drivers license. The rocket x-5 was the fastest airplane in the world and Neil Armstrong got to fly it as a test pilot. After he was in the Korean war that is when he got to fly the x-5 rocket. Neil Armstrong went…

the no stars. The reason there were no stars in the picture taken on the moon didn't have stars was because the cameras didn't have enough resolution to see any stars. the flag was waving in outer space where there was no oxygen was because Neil Armstrong had to twist the flag into the layer of the moon to make sure the flag would stay. Newton's first law is what goes in motion stays in motion unless an outside force stops it. Which there was no outside force to stop it because there is no…

For this Quarter, I viewed the Deerfield Honors Band Recital on the eleventh of this month. It was a great concert that featured many soloists and groups that played some jazz pieces and marches. I heard a lot of great music and I learned a lot at the recital. The first piece I enjoyed was Fly Me to the Moon. It was performed by Zachary Klein on drums who was accompanied by Alexander Ambrose. It was written by Bart Howard in 1954 but was made famous by Frank Sinatra a decade later. Frank…

Louis Armstrong was born on August 4, 1901, in New Orleans, Louisiana. Armstrong's childhood was extremely hard. His father was a factory worker and abandoned the family after his birth. His mother left him with his maternal grandmother. Armstrong was forced to leave school in the fifth grade to begin working to help provide for his family. He was then sent to the Colored Waif's Home for Boys after an accident occurred on New Year's Eve. He got music lessons on the corners of New Orleans and…

Scat singing is a technique used by singers in vocal jazz music. Scat is a form of vocal improvisation that consists of nonsense syllables or no words at all. It requires the singer to improvise melodies and syllables from the top of their head, this is a very difficult technique to master as it uses the voice as an instrument rather than using it to speak. Though scat singing is improvised, the melodies are usually based around common musical themes, such as scales, arpeggios, or the chorus…

Do you know who Neil Armstrong is? Or what he did? And if you do why should we care? Neil Armstrong was the first man too walk on the moon and the pilot too land on the moon. This all happened in 1996 July 20 he was not the first man in space however but that doesn’t matter right now. Why should you care about him? It’s a good chance that you weren't alive or were too young too remember when he landed. He opened up a whole new world too explore and thanks too him we beat russia too the moon.…