Parade

Parade Critique Ball State University Department of Theatre and Dance’s production of Parade shows the story of the Trial of Leo Frank, a Jew convicted of murdering a thirteen-year old girl, Mary Phagan. The white southerners in the show convict him guilty of murdering Mary. They do not have any evidence of convicting him guilty though. The convict him because he is Jew. This trial shows how racial discrimination is the overall them of the story. Ball State University Department of Theatre and…

started a tradition of LGBT pride parades throughout the country, which NBC news mentions in the article “The Long March to Marriage Equality, From Stonewall to the Supreme Court.” NBC news reports that a year after the riot, in New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Chicago, the first gay pride parades were held (“The Long March to Marriage”). Another source says something similar, that “on the first anniversary of the Stonewall riot, the first major Gay Pride Parade took place in New York…

ten day event. The three parades I would recommend are The Battle of the Flowers, NIOSA (a night in old San Antonio), and San Antonio cactus and xerophyte show and sell. The Battle of the Flowers started in 1891 when the people of San Antonio wanted to honor the people that fought in The Battle of the Alamo and San Jacinto so they decorated and threw flowers at and in the alamo. The Battle of the flowers is the first parade to be run and set up by only woman. This parade has floats…

Within a painting, the watercolors and discrete stroke of the brush gives each element a diverse connotation. “Parade” by Abraham Rattner, painted in 1969, illustrates the protests of the United States’ involvement in the Vietnam War. This artwork exhibits the warm colors on the crowd and the fiery blazes shaded across the skies, emphasizing the widespread conflicts the nation fostered against this horrendous battle. The crowd in the foreground expresses human emotions and their diversity…

“Christians need to be loving… Christians should be living witnesses.” Those were two sentences I heard on the drive to the restaurant with a christian family friend. This family friend seemed to genuinely care about the lost people of this world, and more importantly the condition of their salvation. Or at least I thought so. Upon arriving to the restaurant, just as we were beginning to eat, a “gay looking” man simply minding his own business passed by our table to join his friends. Immediately…

Pride Parades nowadays are known for their colorful rainbow themes and vibrant theatricality with a dash of flamboyance. However, history of Pride Parades dates them back to 1969 to a more somber march with only signs and chants to indicate any social movement at all (Desta). They were held with the purpose to educate the masses regarding the LGBT agenda and to advocate for the rights of LGBT groups. The term LGBT primarily stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender which are sexual…

LBGTQ PRARADE Gezz! This must be one of the hottest days of the summer thus far and a beautiful day for a parade. I arrive at 10:00 am inquired from everyone where the speakers would be presenting, I was directed to the city water park. I sat down have way into my journey from Broad and High street to the water park. While sitting on a bench gathering my thoughts a young lady with a sheet of paper in her hands stop and asked me to sign a petition to outlaw gerrymandering in Ohio, after our last…

Oh no! I overslept! I jumped out of bed and began to run around getting ready for school. Not again, I thought as I looked around for my backpack. My nap last night messed up my sleep schedule. I was so excited last night that I had trouble getting to sleep at bedtime. Oh yea! I remember now, it’s Winter break, no school today… Oh no! I overslept! I got dressed and ran down stairs. Mom was in the living room playing with Albert. Albert loved to read books. I say read when I really mean look at…

Madelia--There are so many reasons to love a parade. There is the festiveness of the environment, the people, the music, the fire trucks, the floats, or the fact that it is the only place where it is socially acceptable to eat candy found on street. It is difficult to find somebody who dislikes parades. On an beautiful Friday night a parade was held in Madelia for the 41st annual Madelia Park Days. There was no raining on this parade. The event was planned to take place on Friday evening in…

is to imagine every person in the United States lining up for a parade similar to that of the famous Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade held annually in New York City. This parade would be a single file line of citizens arranged in accordance with their annual income. The parade would start with those making the least amount followed by those who make more, viz., the lowest earners in front, and the highest earners in back. The parade would be one hour in length. The income of each person is…