Ella Enchanted

Doreen Ketchens is the leader of the group called Doreen's Jazz New Orleans. Their reason for having a band is to spread the culture and the traditional music of New Orleans all over the world. This is what music should be all about. Doreen has a special way to express emotions in her music which touches the hearts of her fans. She is called many things such as "Clarinet Queen", "The female Louis Armstrong", and “Lady Louie”. She has performed with many other jazz players. Ellis Marsalis, Jon…

Sarah Vaughan was surrounded by music at birth. She was born in Newark, New Jersey to a father who played guitar and a mother who played organ for her church. Her interest in music began at an early age. Sarah started talking piano and organ lessons when she was seven years old; she also sang in her church’s choir. At age 12 she began subbing in to play organ for the church when her mother couldn’t. When she was eighteen years old Sarah was dared by her friends to enter an amateur singing…

There have been many events that have unfolded that have opened the world’s eyes to the possibility that a person of color, a certain gender, or religion could offer something valuable to the world. People craved a change in society. For instance, Ella Fitzgerald was the “First Lady of Song.” (Rivera, Laury)That her rise to fame made her equal to men, therefore she must have been treated with respect…

Judy Garland (born Frances Ethel Gumm; June 10, 1922 – June 22, 1969) was an American singer, actress, and vaudevillian. She was renowned for her contralto vocals[1][2] and attained international stardom that continued throughout a career spanning more than 40 years as an actress in musical and dramatic roles, as a recording artist, and on concert stages.[1] Garland began performing in vaudeville with her two older sisters and was signed to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer as a teenager. There, she made…

She would perform jazz standards by Ella Fitzgerald as well as pop tunes by Connie Francis. She would always sway after hitting the right notes and occasionally throwing a glance at the leader of her band after he finished playing, as he went down on his knee with the saxophone raised to…

her newly found happiness. She was able to explore the world free from control and expectations. Cimorene enjoyed living an adventurous life with Kazul the dragon. She was free from everything that made her ache with disgust. “ ‘Kazul has not enchanted me, and I do not want to be rescued by anybody,’ Cimorene said… ‘This place suits me very well. I like polishing swords and cooking cherries jubilee and reading Latin scrolls.” Cimorene’s life had found new meaning. She had an abundance of…

In the satirical novel, “ Dealing with Dragons” by Patricia C. Wrede, the disobedient and self-reliant Cimorene refuses the typical expectations of her family and the rest of civilization. Due to the pressure and constant reminder of how “it’s simply not done” Cimorene flees her dilemma and finds shelter with the dangerous and ferocious dragon, Kazul. Cimorene was justified in ignoring the expected social norms of Medieval society because Cimorene could overlook her life, create an impact on…

In the novel, Dealing with Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede, the main character Cimorene is a princess that wants to do different things a normal person would do. She refuses to be proper, she is bored because she can’t do anything normal person would be able to do because of her parents saying it not princess like. Cimorene goes to the dragon’s cave and meets Kazul then they are best friends kind of because Cimorene helped Kazul when she was poisoned with dragonsbane that Cimorene brought home to…

Beauty and the Beast is one of the most well-known Disney movies in history. With the main protagonists being a beautiful girl and an ugly beast, the storyline is truly one that anyone of any age can enjoy. But this story is not a simple love story, there is a deeper meaning to the movie than what we think. The beginning of the movie starts off with a song called “Little Town”. Belle, one of the main protagonists, is singing along with the rest of the town. The song does not seem like much, but…

covered the back of the leather couches. A brown coffee table standing tall and still with a shining sparkling turquoise crystal hovering in circles above. I turned to the left only to find a guy lying there with blood covering most of his face. “Ella is he dead!?!” screeched Hailey standing in front of my favorite purple vase but, this time the vase was purple dust. Hailey was just staring at the vase hoping that it could be fixed. Then in the corner of my eye I saw the guy began…