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There is no better authority on jazz than the creators, educators, and writers who have made this enigmatic musical style a major force internationally as well as in American history. The answer to the question what is jazz? is as complex and diverse as those involved in it. This book takes the question to noted musicians, scholars, and composers, creating a documentary style of oral history that makes you feel as if you are actually in the room as...
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Con la llegada de Internet y las herramientas web 2. O la gestión cultural está experimentando una transformación profunda que repercute en los modelos de negocio, en uno nueva forma de entender la participación ciudadana y en nuevas tendencias de análisis y modelos de gestión. El presente libro aborda, desde una perspectiva multidisciplinar, por diferentes especialistas que imparten docencia en gestión cultural, aspectos relacionados con las...
63) The Eisteddfod
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The Eisteddfod, first published in 1990 as part of the University of Wales Press's Writers of Wales series, presents the history of the National Eisteddfod to an English-speaking audience. Hywel Teifi Edwards (1934–2010), author, historian and broadcaster, was a leading authority on the history of the National Eisteddfod, which is Wales's annual cultural event and one of Europe's largest and oldest festivals. This concise, engaging and witty volume...
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The voices on these pages have a direct connection to my being influenced by worship and Spirit. They came to me during my moments of both quiet reflection time with God and through my engagement with the lives of other believers of Christ. This is a celebration and a proclamation! It is an endeavor to recognize who the Savior is in our lives and how our belief in Him can be transformative in our world. You may use these voices as standalone pieces...
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"Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar" graced the airways of America from 1949 until the end of the "Golden Age of Radio" in 1962. Six Actors portrayed Johnny Dollar, supported by the best radio actors available.
Volume I contains a character profile of "America's fabulous insurance investigator, the man with the action-packed expense account" based on over all available programs and scripts. Also included is an original program, "The Final Chapter Matter",...
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Masada Revisited III gives a different view of what happened at Masada in 73 ce when the Jewish defenders, according to the only historical account, given by the historian Josephus in his book The Jewish War, essentially committed mass suicide. Many Jewish people are disconcerted by this. Since Josephus wrote under the constraint of trying to please the Romans, his accuracy is suspect. The version given in this play is hopefully more palatable.
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At the 2007 American Choral Directors Association Southwestern Convention, I presented an Interest Session lecture titled John Finley Williamsons influence on America's choral singing. The session was well attended and the question-and-answer period was spirited. The participants were most interested in the recordings, photographs and articles that I presented, and wished there had been more. Subsequently, I began enlarge my lecture into a PowerPoint...
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Pese a estar catalogada como una película de ciencia-ficción, "Blade Runner" -obra maestra que se ha convertido merecidamente en un icono cultural de nuestro tiempo- tiene poco que ver con las utopías futuristas propias del género, al contrario, plantea problemas eternos -la vida y la muerte, el fatídico discurrir del tiempo, la rebelión contra nuestro infausto destino, la extrañeza ante el otro- protagonizados por hombres que habitan en el...
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Perhaps more than any other time of life, the teen years are a period associated with distinct social norms, and language patterns are especially important to the social dynamics of teenagers. Their characteristic communication style is their trademark; its one of the things that give this time of life such a unique flavor. For teenagers, their vernacular literally gives them entrance into the various subgroups of a culture that depends greatly on...
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For over two decades, the art of the interview was very nearly the sole province of Rex Reed, the Master of the Celebrity Profile. While still in his twenties Rex Reed became the widely-syndicated film critic for The New York Observer and from that vantage point began to interview everyone in the film and theater worlds who mattered. In Do You Sleep in the Nude?, the first of his four best-selling celebrity profile collections, he captures the ego...
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Twelve one-act plays ranging in emotion from wartime fears and desires to social and political commentary. And a new theater. You found a trenchant, driving rhythm for the verse, something that is all your own. It wasn't imposed on the characters: it spoke for them. Christopher Fry I consider Robert Manns one of the most talented... playwrights in the generation not yet recognized by the commercial theater... His choice of style is unique; his imagination...
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I've written this book to give you a sound engineer's perspective on your career as a voiceover talent.
In this book I've tried to provide you with basic information about audio and equipment that is taught in recording schools. Hopefully, this information will provide a foundation for you to get to know your equipment better and understand how it works. Understanding your audio equipment is critical to helping you sound your best as well as helping...
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Octogenarian author, SIDNEY EDEN, has acted with, directed, and, as a producer, presented some of the biggest stars in stage, film and television. He created a class called ACTING FOR NON-ACTORS, in NYC in 1982 and the title has been swiped throughout the world. But, no book has ever been written with such a title, though there is an existing platform for such a name online. The book, through means of a romantic fable told in six chapters and involving...
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An expanded glossary of movie clichés from the Pulitzer Prize—winning film critic.
The popular film critic offers a compilation of witty and wise observations about the film lexicon, including "Fruit Cart," a chase scene through an ethnic or foreign locale, or "The Non-Answering Pet," referring to a dead pet in a horror movie.
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This is a collection of Blake Parkers songs. Blake was a spoken word artist, performance poet, writer, lecturer, graphic designer, multi media artist and collaborator, known for his improvisation and evocative voice. As a teenager in the 50s, Blake was strongly influenced by the Beat poets who came before him. His lively, experimental spoken word projects reflect a mature yet quirky genre that is one of the predecessors of todays rap and hip hop....
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Your hands are a little sweaty, and your stomach is feeling somewhat nauseous. You wanted to be in this, but now. You're not so sure. All those people will be looking at you,... judging you. You want to show them what you've got, but right now, it's hard to remember what that was. There are so many of them. and up on the stage, you don't feel part of them. You feel isolated and alone, and using up concentration, trying to control what you think must...
78) Thank You
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BBC Radio 4's Saturday Live, the network's flagship Saturday morning programme, has been on the air since 2006 and is hugely popular, with 1.8 million weekly listeners. Since 2013 it has featured a slot called 'Thank You', for which members of the public phone in to thank people for kind acts they have done for them in the past—sometimes decades and decades ago—and who they didn't get a chance to thank at the time. It's a lovely, heartwarming...
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Join Anna as she goes to dance and learn all about the dances she loves; jazz, tap, ballet, hip-hop, and acro. See her favourite dance steps and acro moves, fun costumes, and friends. Anna will show you her special dance shoes and how it is very important to stretch before you begin. Have a fun adventure at the dance studiodont delay, go to dance with Anna today!
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