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    Do you like music? How about country music? Patsy Cline was a country singer whom loved the stage and loved to perform. Patsy Cline was a talented and gifted singer who had a bad start, but went into a good career to a tragic death, but she still has music that people listen to and enjoy. Patsy Cline became a very known country singer, but was always not so lucky at the start of her life. Cline was born September 8, 1932 in Winchester, Virginia (Source one). Her mother was sixteen when she married and Cline’s father was twenty-five years older than her mother. At age eight Cline taught herself how to play the piano and at sixteen Cline dropped out of school to work so she could help her family with money (source 1). She had worked in a number of places, including a poultry plant and a soda shop. In her free time she started singing and performing. Eventually with her blooming talent she started performing on local radio stations and entered numerous singing contest (source 1). Patsy Cline had a rough start to life but came to an amazing beginning .…

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    I choose the songs “Walkin’ After Midnight” by Patsy Cline (1957), “Darkest Valley” by Group 1 Crew (2012), and “Who I Am Hates Who I’ve Been” by Relient K (2004). I choose these three pieces because they are all something that I listen to regularly and they demonstrate a variety of styles in music. Patsy Cline was an iconic female country singer that won awards at the Deejay Convention, won Billboard’s “Most Promising Country & Western Female Artist,” and Music Vendor’s “Greatest Achievement…

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    1. How do the young boys of South Park define the term “fag”? Who they compare “fags” to? How do the young boys’ view and use of the term “fag” resemble that of the boys at River High School? a. The young boys of South Park define the term fag as an extremely annoying, inconsiderate person most commonly associated with Harley riders who feel the need for attentions. They compare fags to sixteen-year-old girls. They view the term fag based off of a person’s behavior. They distinguished gay and…

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    “Isaac’s Storm”, by Erik Larson, is a non-fiction historical narrative about the 1900 Galveston, Texas hurricane, “the most lethal hurricane this country has ever known. So far.” (www.washingtonpost.com) 1 In the book, Larson tells the story of Isaac Cline, the chief weather observer assigned to the Galveston, Texas weather station from 1891 to 1901. Mr. Larson, is a former “staff writer for The Wall Street Journal, and later a contributing writer for Time Magazine [who] has written articles…

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    Wyomissing, Pennsylvania, she attended Wyomissing Area Junior/Senior High School. [13][14] As a child, she performed in Berks Youth Theatre Academy productions[15] and traveled regularly to New York City for vocal and acting lessons. Her early love for country music was influenced by Shania Twain, Patsy Cline, LeAnn Rimes, and the Dixie Chicks,[12] and she spent weekends performing at local festivals and events. [17][18] After watching a documentary about Faith Hill, she became determined to…

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