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Coachella and The Hangout festival are two of the most popular music festivals in the United States. The two festivals happen annually in the spring and the immense crowds they draw out are from all over the world. The two festivals have their variances, but overall, they are more similar than one may realize. Despite the two festivals being held in different months and several states apart they remain alike in quite a few ways. Coachella and The Hangout do have some minor variations and this…

Multicultural Club A lot of us have a discourse community that we feel like we belong in. Before reading John Swales essay, I thought a discourse community is a group of people that have shared goals and purposes. But after reading John Swales essay he have made me realize that there is more to a discourse community than only having common goals and purposes but also has its own mechanism that is used mostly for communication and to provide valuable information or a feedback, using a genre(s)…

Throughout the play of Macbeth written by William Shakespeare, things always have a twist to them. Deception, which is defined as “the act of tricking someone by telling them something that is not true”, can be seen in the play through the main characters of deception, which are Macbeth, Lady Macbeth and the witches. Women characters are portrayed as manipulative and deceiving characters throughout the play. In the very first scene, it begins with the witches saying “Fair is foul, and foul is…

the many fantastic music festivals. They bring us back to the 1960s when rock and roll transformed regular live shows into community building events. Some of history’s most definitive moments of music have closely related with music festivals. Back in the 1960s Woodstock changed rock and roll. With an attendance of over 400,000 in three days, Rolling Stone lists it as “50 Moments That Changed the History of Rock and Roll”. Woodstock was the defining moment in music festivals. It brought together…

Legal Name and Form Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival is a premier 3-day music festival, which occurs once a year in April. It is held by the AEG-owned concert promoter, Goldenvoice. (Martens & Pham, 2012) History Paul Tollett (head of Goldenvoice) held the first Coachella event in October of 1999. He is famous for saying “For Southern California, this could be the start of something really special.” (Staff, 2015). Paul was right, but it was not an easy journey to the top. The first…

transitions into summer, the warm weather signifies the start of music festivals all across the United States, and even the world. Over time, these festivals have developed their own forms of culture and expression, generally displayed with extravagant clothing and a tendency for some drug use. Within the stylistic displays, a trend has emerged that causes a stir every time a person decides to place this item onto their body, whether at a festival or a part of a fashion photo shoot. Native…

drug abuse at Australian music festivals is educating the music festival volunteers/staff members as well as the attendees on the different types of drugs that is out there, how to properly consume it and its effect on the human body. Major organizations that aid in providing public health include the environmental health practitioners (EHP), local government authorities (LGA) as well as volunteer organizations which provide volunteering staff members at music festivals. Their aim is providing…

Many people find themselves misinformed regarding what exactly happened to the hippies of the late 60’s and 70’s. The belief that the psyconautical, tie-dye sporting, van-driving, happy-go-lucky counterculture has hence been disbanded is a common misconception. All that has occurred is the divergent evolution of a community. More clearly, for the predecessor breed, some did stay loyal to the soft, spacey, feel-good rock of the era like “The Grateful Dead,” and Jimi Hendrix. Then with the turn…

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…

Thesis Statement: The Woodstock music festival in 1969 had made a mark in America history about sex, drugs, and the impressed amounts of people who came to the event as well as the debt the creators got afterwards in three days. Time went by, an other big music festival was born in 1999 and named Coachella which is about live music of famous bands and artworks. People nowadays still affirm that Coachella is an event that was original from Woodstock and represents the same values. However, some…