The Holiday

Dr. Maulana Karenga had a solution to the challenges in the African American community. His solution involved researching African harvest celebrations. Dr. Maulana combined the Zulu and Ashanti harvest celebrations to form the African American Holiday celebration called Kwanza which means the first fruits. He originally formed Kwanza in 1966 to bring all African American communities together for one week and celebrate its culture. Kwanza begins on the day after Christmas which is December…

On December 3, 2016 I attended a Holiday Concert at Temple College’s Mary Alice Marshall Performing Arts Center. This concert was performed by the Temple Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Thomas Fairlie. The Temple Symphony Orchestra’s 23rd Holiday Concert featured Grammy award winning tenor, Dann Coakwell, and soprano, Teri Johnson. Temple College’s voice instructor, Teri Johnson, soprano, performs all over the south and east. “Ms. Johnson is a versatile lyric coloratura soprano achieving…

(EID). The Eid al-Fitr (the Feast of Fast-Breaking) is also known as the Eid as-Saghir (the Lesser Eid), and comes first in the Islamic calendar. Eid falls on the first three days after Ramadan (Noakes, Greg). Eid-ul-fitr “One of the most important holidays of the Muslim calendar lasts for three days. It is a festival of victory and faith, time for relaxation, of hope renewed, of strengthened resolution to do what is right, and of good will toward all”( El-Bakry, Fathia). The festival begins…

Analytical response In “Shoemaker’s Holiday” the play is written based on a love, comedy, and class. This story includes a man named Lacy nephew of Lincoln and a lady named Rose daughter of Oatley who desire to be together, because of the love they feel for each other. In this play family members tend to make it difficult for them to stand for what they want. Despite the obstacles they find different ways to keep contact with one another despite the obstacles they face in the play. In this play,…

Holiday Concert Evaluation After a long summer vacation and a few months that seemed to go by fast, but felt like a lifetime, Concert Band finally had its first formal winter concert. List three positive musical aspects about the concert: I have to admit, since playing in Concert Band for two years now, this winter concert felt different than the rest. (In a total good way.) Maybe it's because I’m an 8th grader this year, and I know the rest of the 8th graders in this class so that way…

Regardless if my family is celebrating a holiday, or just meeting up for a quick ten minutes, nothing can surpass the lively enjoyment we have together. As my siblings and I grow older, it is challenging for all of us to gather at the same time, but we can usually rely on our mom to round us up. She is the glue that keeps our little clan together. Never will I let slip from my mind a particularly special day in August 2012, when my mom sent out a group message to my siblings and me. She asked…

Psychology Unit 3 Holiday Homework Why do psychologists make inferences?
Because they assist in drawing conclusions in particular situations. List and briefly outline the steps in psychological research. Identification of the research topic: Finding a topic or problem to be researched. Development of Hypothesis: Developing a testable prediction for what you think will happen. Determining the Method: Determining how the research will be carried out Data collection:…

Hindus celebrate many various holidays throughout the year in honor of their many Hindu gods. One of the holidays celebrated is called Navratri, also known as Sharad Navratri. The holiday is dedicated to the Hindu goddess Maa Durga and honors feminine divine power. It is celebrated in the Hindu month of Ashvin which can be either in September or October in the commonly known Gregorian calendar. There are many legends and stories concerning how the holiday, Navratri, originated and why…

Both of these chapters were hilarious, just like the rest of the book. It got serious at some parts and strange at others, but most of the book was hilarious. In the Unnecessary Holiday Traditions chapter Tyler says not to pinch people on St. Patrick’s Day because their not wearing green, “That is assault, and green is not slimming, and I need you to respect that.” He also does not understand Groundhog Day. “If on a day in February…

For my book report I choose to read Trust me I’m Lying; Confessions of a Media Manipulator by Ryan Holiday due to its catchy title and relevance to the public relations profession. Holiday mainly works as the Director of marketing at American Apparel, while also working for many other clients in the entertainment industry and during his career he was able to figure out the way media works and use that to his advantage. This book is spilt into two parts the first is about how he has figured out…