Festival

weekend and the chance to run the course on both Saturday and Sunday. • Festival / Spectator Area: I have participated in four other different events at this specific Englishtown venue and all but one have used the same section/area to setup the festival area. Rugged Maniac used the area much like the two previous OCR’s that setup in the same area and created a well-balanced area with two obstacles setup just next to the festival. The DJ/MC also did a…

nation is too often associated exclusively with Americans. During the Festival of Nations, an international event held in Tower Grove Park in St. Louis, MO, my peers and I were able to see the pride foreign nationals and naturalized American citizens take in their home nations, while at the same time realizing the great degree to which other cultures’ staples are “Americanized.” I believe the most enriching parts of the Festival of Nations came from simply observing the different visitors,…

Rituals and Festivals in Europe: What’s the point?- DBQ Essay The anxiety and eagerness with which the people of traditional Europe awaited rituals and festivals leads to the interesting question of what their true purpose in society was. Communities and members of various groups would gather to hold ceremonies covering multiple aspects of society that affected their everyday lives. Rituals can be traced back to the early churches and their original practices, but evolved over time to become…

Kathy McCurry Kathy McCurry is a recent polymer convert. Her journey started a couple of years ago when a job loss left her with some free time as she gathered and researched other opportunities. As it happened, she had relocated for the job she lost, so she was alone in a strange town. She did, however, have a long-forgotten box of beads. In that box were some glass pendants she purchased while in China. Those pendants got her interested in making jewelry, which sent her onto a hunt on the…

The Festival of Dionysus was an ancient festival held in Athens, Greece in which three poets wrote three tragedies and one satyr play that were to be judged in a competition (“Great Dionysia”). All the plays by one poet were witnessed in one day, so the competition was held over a span of three days (Gaines and Westersund). The festival was held in honor of Dionysus, the god of wine and revelry (“Great Dionysia”). 2. What is the role of the chorus? The chorus was a group that generally…

... Man. Soma and Kuga really are the same. This over-optimistic plan sounds a lot like the plan Soma made against Kuga in the moon festival. I'm already seeing the pitfall. For one, Hayama is introduced as an "interim" ninth seat, we don't know if Hayama was given the seat or it is temporary - pending on Hayama completing some nebulous goal. Two, Hayama would need to agree to the…

During the Medieval ages, they had festivals and holidays like in present times. These festivals were extremely lavish because of the high social status you receive and holidays were mainly religious, unlike current observed holidays . Festivals and holidays in the Medieval age were used as forms as amusement, entertainment, and acts of religious practice. Holidays were a necessity to Medieval life. The word holiday was derived from the word “holy days.” (Salisbury, 2004) This would be a…

Eid is a religious holiday celebrated by Muslims. The holiday celebrates the end of Ramadan. In Ramadan, Muslims fast for the whole month. Before I went to the mosque for eid prayer I had to do many preparations. According to Erving Goffman, preparations are done in the backstage. Backstage is where there was no audience and I was able to be my true self. (22) When I was in the backstage I asked myself questions about the way I would look and act at the event. I decided to wear salwar kameez…

Victor Hugo once said, “Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent” (Hugo). Music is not simply an art form, for music can be seen as a basic function in human existence, providing the necessities needed to survive (Yagelski & Miller). For instance, music is recommended to promote quality health and entertainment. According to Brenda Griffin, music is truly remarkable in that it unites all people; when one listens to music, he or she shares a connection…

It really started on the day of the Pumpkin Festival; the day Perry Fiddler first came to my attention. It would have been an uneventful contest with Marcy, Wilber, and I, Otis Burrow, doing the judging honors for the annual festival. We had all bases covered; Marcy Winks was president of the Blushing Blooms garden club, Wilber Shuttle the State-U agricultural expert, and I, of course, owner of the Burrow Hardware and Feed. Everything was under control, that is until Wilber showed up with his…