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    Elvis Festival

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    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Officially Sanctioned Elvis Festival Coming To Niagara Falls In 2017 NIAGARA FALLS, Ontario. (September 8th, 2016) – If you have a 'hunk o' burning love' for Elvis Presley, then you're about to be 'all shook up'. The Greg Frewin Theatre is partnering with ARB Productions to host the 1st Annual Niagara Falls Elvis Festival on Friday May 19th, through Sunday May 21st, 2017 at the Greg Frewin Theatre in Niagara Falls, ON. Due to the overwhelming interest and continued…

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    “Of Mice and Men” is a story based around George Milton and Lennie Small’s quest for work in the hard times of the Great Depression. Together they work on a farm doing hard manual labor trying to save enough money to buy a ranch and start anew. John Steinbeck uses his diverse characters, gloomy setting, and plot to develop the central idea of “trust is both a precious and dangerous thing.” The characters are used throughout the story to show the theme of “trust” when all of the workers think…

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    Mizz Mouse Monologue

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    “She said they wished they could, but they didn’t have any spare room.” “You already asked?” he shouted. Jeanne blinked, and shook her head. “The preacher told me before I asked, that they had no room.” “Maybe they was figuring that smelly husband of yours would be moving in too, or else they didn’t like crying babies.” For a moment Jeanne could not think of a retort, she was…

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    Bring Bilingual by Veronica Marian and Anthony Shook I realized that being bilingual is more that making more money it actually makes your brain activity increase. “For instance, when bilingual people have to switch between naming pictures in Spanish and naming them in English, they show increased activation in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC), a brain region associated with cognitive skills like attention and inhibition”(Marian and Shook). For people that are bilingual their brains…

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    eyes met hers. “Mom do you see those men?” Charlotte curiously asked. Her mother glanced up and shook her head. “Where?” Her Mother replied in her usual raspy voice. Before Charlotte could point them out she blinked and they were gone. Something about their eyes set an unusual feeling in her stomach. Charlotte was jolted out of her thoughts by the screaming police sirens. Suddenly the Earth shook as one of the men dressed from head to toe in black released a bomb causing the people of Boston…

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    center and her twins were five months old. John was also thinking about opening his own business. “Baby I am getting sick of my job, and I was thinking that after next month, I will quit and maybe open up my own restaurant,” said John. Vivica was shook. She said, “You want to open up a restaurant?” “Yes. I know that most restaurants fail, but I know that my restaurant will succeed.” “And how do you know that?” “Because I am a great cook and the taste of my food will make people fall in love…

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    The Blue Monologue

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    Prologue: "Hey sweetheart, can you open your eyes for me, please?" His deep, husky voice asked. Quickly remembering my warning, I shook my head, making his arms tighten around my body. His arms got tighter and tighter around my waist. When it became too much, I let out a squeal. Even though I was in a lot of pain, I still kept my eyes shut for dear life. I couldn’t—No, I wouldn’t open my eyes for this monster of a being. I would either burn or drawn to death than give into him. "Playing…

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    Fredy: A Short Story

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    There once was a lake, where every animal lived in harmony. One summer afternoon, a thunder storm rolled in. “Lets hide!” shouted Fredy Frog, over a loud rumble of thunder. Tiny Turtle, his best friend, shook his head and hid inside his shell. The thunder sounded so scary and the flashes of lightning blinded him. “Tiny, move!” urged Fredy, pushing on his friend’s shell. But the shell was too heavy. Fredy slipped and flew over it, landing on his head. Suddenly, a volt of lightning arched out of…

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    seemed to be coming out at a much larger increase. She squinted as she fought against the winds that seemed to come out of nowhere. As she reached the scene, she saw no one. She blinked. She was sure someone had been there.. Where had they gone! She shook her head, thinking that she had just made up the whole scenario. She let out a nervous chuckle to herself, before she headed back to…

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    sale items, so I got off later than usual. I used the same street to walk home that day that I have always used. I developed a distinct feeling that someone lurked behind me, but I ignored the feeling.” He stopped to clear his throat. His shoulders shook slightly from the overspill of momentum that came from his pulsing foot under the desk. “Just two blocks away from my home, I heard someone calling my name. I turned around then all of a sudden I was hit.” “Where exactly?” “In the face.” He…

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