Jitterbug

The BBC film documentary The Swing Thing, discusses the history of the Swing era and its process of inspiration among the music industry, American culture, and the revolution of the youth culture; along with stories of how this style of jazz became the first and most globally popular form of music in history. The film also depicts the overall development Swing had towards dance and the elements of music, such as creating a compelling rhythmic feel to the melody, for instance, “The riffs starts…

Batting up, pitch the ball! Did you heard that noise? It acclaims to be the Rockford Peaches playing a game. They will take you on their adventure of being the first all women's baseball league. The Rockford Peaches work as a team and never gave up even though money was low during good years, and bad years. The Peaches start was difficult to get the team together. Professional Chicago Cubs P.K. wants women to play baseball (Randle, 1992). Having 120 games a year, and be first girls in the…

I. Introduction Thomas Edison once claimed that “great ideas originate in the muscles.” If great ideas indeed were originated in the muscles, could the use of movement and activity, that stimulate muscles, potentially help elicit our thoughts, while also untapping our potential to learn? To that end, could the use of movement offer a more effective means of learning and be applied in arduous subjects, such as mathematics, rather than passive forms of learning, such as sitting at a desk or…

plaintiff, defendant and audience. Within a blue collar work place such as the construction industry the language used would be more informal and colloquial, there would still be technical jargon used for specific purposes such as the name of tools (jitterbug) and marital such as beams and…

“Jazz Age”. Some older adults objected to “vulgarity” and “depravity” of jazz music, but the majority of young Americans loved the freedom they felt on the dance floor. Along with new music came provocative new dances such as the Charleston and the Jitterbug. Jazz became a national phenomenon thanks to the invention of the radio. The radio created a new bond within American homes by bringing the family together like never before. Electricity become more readily available throughout the decade,…

The 1920s was a period of major growth and social change in the United States. Expression through music and dance became popular, sports and nightclubs were where most young adults spent their time. People started moving from rural farm areas to big cities, and the nation’s total wealth doubled between 1920 and 1920. Jazz music became very popular during this time period and the twenties was known as the “Jazz Age”. Originating in New Orleans, Jazz music was a form of expression through music.…

1. Introduction Adolf Hitler was appointed chancellor of Germany on January 30, 1933, bringing an end to German democracy. Guided by racist and authoritarian ideas, the Nazis abolished basic freedoms(3)The Third Reich quickly became a police state, where individuals were subject to arbitrary arrest and imprisonment. By mid-July 1933, the Nazi party was the only political party permitted in Germany German resistance to Nazism (“Widerstand”) was the opposition by individuals and groups in…

Discover, Extract Two Nurse Kimbell loved to gossip. It didn’t matter who or what the information was about, but if Nurse Kimbell heard it then the rest of the occupants were sure as shit going to hear about it too. “Greg wouldn’t stop huffing about it all morning. I thought he’d be used to it by now, that daughter of his hasn’t listen to a work he said since she was ten apparently.” The towel pulled at what was left of his hair, shifting his skin all over his skull. “Though I understand why.…