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Pinkney who performed a dramatic, almost sermonistic style reading of a section from God’s Trombones: Seven Negro Sermons in Verse by James Weldon Johnson. It opened up with the drummers playing and after a few minutes Dr. Pinkney found his way onto the stage. He observed the drummers for a moment before he began the speech, letting the drummers set the pace for him. This moved smoothly into the first dance piece, Soboninkun. It was very high energy and fast paced from the beginning to end. The…

Mockingbirds are beautiful, singing many songs. Showing up in many ways. They do nothing other than amuse and sing for listeners enjoyment, but why hurt them? Jeremy Finch, son of Atticus Finch, brother of Scout and a citizen of Maycomb. In the beginning Jem is 10 years old and through the book ages 3 years and becomes 13. After growing up, Jem becomes courageous, protective, loving and caring. He is like a mockingbird once he grows up a bit he becomes really nice but he still gets insulted and…

This afternoon I attended a Sunday matinee for the production of This Random World written by Steven Dietz and directed by Paul Steger put on by the Johnny Carson School of Theatre & Film. I thought that the play tied all of the characters together extremely well and it was incredibly well preformed. Although I usually find plays of this genre of no interest to me, this play changed my opinion. I thought that it was really well done. First I would like to discuss the character of Scottie Ward,…

When My Great Grandma Died The school day had just ended and I was on the pick up list, so when the bell rang I went to the main lobby. I saw my mom and she saw me too and then she came up to me and said,”your Great Grandma had just died.” When she said those words they made me speechless. I was thinking of all the fun times we had had together, then her death happened so sudden. All that I could think of is that the fact that my Great Grandma is dead…

Russell A. Potter in “Tupac’s Posthumous Live Tour,” makes copious claims leading to his argument: that holographic concerts by dead artists such as, Tupac Shakur isn’t a bright idea due to the fact that their presentation on the platform wouldn’t be genuine and overall it wouldn’t “have the complexity, or the humanity, to really compel our interests.” I disagree with Potter’s argument because a holographic concert by Tupac Shakur could potentially raise money for charity. For example, there was…

1”Awareness of Differences, Confronting the Differences, Power Struggles, Fight or Flight, and Intractable.” As I offer the following explanation, I’ll attempt to do so parallel to Prochaska and DiClemente’s six stage transtheoretical model of change. This model consists of the following levels or stages of change, pre-contemplation, contemplation, preparation, action, maintenance and relapse. Kale describes the Awareness of Differences level as when people first become aware that there…

The crowd hushed as a voice sounded from behind the dark stage. “Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to welcome you to witness…” the announcer started. The once noisy, chattering room was now silent with anticipation. No one in the audience knew what they were going to witness, all they knew was that Step Afrika was a dance group. The room was electrified from the audience's curiosity. While the voice announced Step Afrika, the room became dark, and when the lights came back up a group of…

tap dancer as a young boy. Getting down and dirty to the soul of this performance, there is no doubt that Tap Dogs Beams is far from the more traditional style of tap dancing. With a contemporary influence, Tap Dogs is known for transforming their stages into garage style, industrial themed dance spaces like nothing you have seen before. This inspiration comes from Perry’s history as a tap dancer. Starting out dancing in the garage behind his…

highlight of everyone's year and thousands look forward to it. It is the one, the only, Awestruck Pageant. “Hello everybody, and welcome to this year's famous and fabulous, pageant!”, squeaked Mr. Person, who was actually a worm, as he wiggled onto the stage. “Today you will see the most graceful beings in the whole world, and be awestruck by their beauty. Today is a special day. It could change your life forever in ways that are unknown to me. Everyone should know the importance of seeing a…

Summer ended and school was about to start up again. I had to sign up for new classes this year. Trying to wisely dovetail “just right” classes into my schedule was complex. It was important for me to choose classes that met my graduating requirements, fit into my weekly schedule and complemented my homeschool studies. After scrutinizing the class selection, I selected drama for the last two class periods on Wednesday. Previously, I had been in drama for 2 years at North Star. Pleasant memories…