Colin's First Speech At The Ardmore Concert

Although there were just the slightest things that could be changed and that is that when Molly's part to sing came her voice was barely heard from the middle seats and also the half time food could have been better but aside from that it was great, amazing, astonishing, expectations met! For the first show attending this year it was great that is why I definitely recommend people should go and have an amazing time like I

First, the overall tone in all three pieces was phenomenal, but there were a couple spots during the performance that were not as amazing as the rest of the performance. In the first song, Hamilton by Jerry Brubaker, it was hard to hear certain sections

pursuing his dream of becoming a musician, explained in a short story. The topics that we’ll be

1. During the graduation of Wesley high school's class of 2012, Mr. David McCullough Jr's speech had an odd, but very clever way of applying what it really means to be graduating and going onto a much bigger page in each of the students lives. He argued that you are in fact not special in the ways you see yourself to be because the center of the world does not revolve around you. The definition of special is to be better, greater, or otherwise different from what is usual, and quite frankly we are not that. Our minds dependence on thinking that we are special has only caused us to be less of that. If we all go around believing we're special then we can refer back to the definition, which states, "being special is different from what is usual",

Really high and loud all night long… including my self and my friends, the audience seemed really appreciating his hit medley at the end. It made us to believe that he plays over the top with excellent showmanship. Our waitress was little busy most of that night but the cocktail was good so it was okay and the lighting was perfect. Oh, one

As I watched him, I felt like the music was literally coming through him because he was so engrossed in the music and dancing. He actually stopped in the beginning of a song because he was “not feeling it enough.” He recently started performing so he has not perfected it, but he is definitely on his way. In addition, no one is perfect so I did not mind him stopping to fix that. You can tell it is very important to him to give his audience an exceptional show. Even though they did not have any special effects, it was still one of the most superlative concerts I have been to simply because of his enthusiasm and desire to give an amusing show. Most of the music was familiar and the songs that were not became my new treasured songs. One of the things that related to what I have learned in music appreciation was the use of instruments to enhance the music. Moreover, an interesting fact I learned about his music was that it was inspired from Elvis Presley. Elvis Presley played a big role in Frankie’s muse for making

This was followed by a performance of Amy Speace – she is a Folk/Americana singer-songwriter. She is using a guitar in order to provide music for her songs. She has an interesting voice that is complimented by the sound of the guitar.

The production is clean and understated, letting Womack's stunning vocal and the great lyric take center stage. Excellence deserves to be

Then the band came back with couple upbeat and fan compositions including original “Riley’s Thang” that I mentioned above. I think that was a great structured repertoire. Beauty of each instrument was perfectly defined letting the audience fully enjoy the

Music has always been a part of Mike’s life, at about five; he was entertaining the next door neighbors. His dad played the accordion and he imitated what he saw and heard. He said the accordion is not as difficult as people may think; all of the buttons are organized in a way that makes sense. Mike was a member of Capital University’s men’s glee club and toured with them, while in college. Do you recall his band, the “Sounds of Luv?”

They also provided small improvised solos for some of the students, with of course the saxophone being the main one. Although, I believe the person playing the bass lacked something. I can’t quite put my finger on it, but it felt like something was off with his playing. I’m thinking it was more issues with technical skills or maybe just a problem with sound. His improv skills could have used a little bit more polishing, but he did used a couple of different, simple scales repetitively. The group as a whole had great rhythm and appealing attitudes towards us, the audience. The audience then reflected that same attitude back to the performers. That made it a lot easier to analyze this performance in comparison to others I’ve been to. I particularity enjoyed the saxophone player’s solos. Something about the tone of it seemed more expressive than the other instruments. Those solos were definitely the most creative and had more complexity to them. This theme was kept through most of the first half of the concert. It was kind of hard to hear or at least catch things that weren’t quite so

After checking the location of the concert, Arlington Street Church Chapel, I expected the concert might have the organ music with a lot of nature reverb of the church room since they have a history introduction based on their beautiful organ, however, the sign of the concert post in a side room broke the unreal fantasy. A piercing violin sound runs through the hall way and merge with the freezing air. Feeling like walking inside some strangers family reunion, I sat beside the person with the instrument case, which appeared to be a friend of the performer. Bring the beautiful violin with her, Leventhal approach her friend and said " Cold!".

I always look forward to seeing Open Mic every year- it’s usually the only program I go to throughout the year. Each year has different talents, which is always fun to see, but there are also returning acts that keep people coming back. This year I think that the singers were definitely the stars of the show. Even though, in the period I saw it, three people sang the same song, each one was different and really cool to hear. This year in particular I think that the show was better put together than it has been for some of the other years: less talking in the audience, more respectful audience, and the transition between people was much quicker. While I love Open Mic, there are definitely improvements that can be made in order to make it more enjoyable for

Facing the bitter cold, we manage to stay a good half-hour outdoors, in the line, to get the free-pass wristband for the awaited marathon.

Cultures have been passing down belief for thousands of years. Violence of one race on another is as common and abundant as religion. Racism, judging an entire race or culture base on an individual or small group. Many of our wars in history have been stated bases solely on this concept. The lack of understanding one another, judging base on a skew presentation often lead to violence. Robert Kennedy speech is relevant even today as it resonates with what happening now. This speech does bring up many thoughts on the issue.