Essay: A Memorial Day Concert

For concert essay 2, I have went with an online concert. I have chosen the concert at Alpine Valley, where the Grateful Dead performed July 7, 1989. This is a historic venue for the Grateful Dead and the Deadheads, because this was an atmosphere that always seemed to be far more electric than most. Although the Grateful Dead was a great live act throughout the entire existence of the band, many of the band members admit during the 89 & 90 tours, they were at their best.

On Tuesday February 8th, thirteen high school band members represented our school at the Trailways South Conference Honors Band. It was held at Edgerton Performing Arts Center. The students who participated were Brett Miller, Josh Kupsche, Sierra Wirth, Chris Yezzi, Madison Graf, Tori Nizzi, Madeline Wenzel, Megan Karczewski, Noah Argus, Katie Woodward, Allison Reichert, Summer Manzke, and Arianna Wichman. The students rehearsed all day as a full band with Rick Kirby and performed later that night. It was a day filled with great music, collaborating, and lots of fun. The student performed four songs, “Three Colonial Moments”, “The Willows of the Winter,” “Call of The Wild,” and ‘Crown Imperial March.” The director of the honors band was

For this concert report I chose to go to a performance of student composers held at the Kimball Recital Hall. I chose this one because I wanted to see some of the talent that my peers have in the music realm, and also it was one of the only concerts I have been able to attend because I usually work at night. It was impressive to hear pieces composed by students. I cannot imagine creating something as complex as a musical composition, much less actually performing it, so this aspect of the concert was particularly awe-inspiring. There was a large attendance, and I think that much of the audience consisted of friends of the composers and/or performers. I went with three friends, who I convinced by telling it would be interesting to see

The movie, And the Band Played On, discusses the origin of the AIDS virus and how it spontaneously spread across the world. It used the Ebola disease to foreshadow the forth coming of another serious disease. The world was not prepared to handle such a contagious plague. Doctors around the world assumed that the first cases of the HIV virus to be just an abnormality of a certain disease, their carelessness of this matter was the start to the spread of this disease. Throughout this movie, it illustrates different points, such as the beginning of HIV, the misconceptions it gave, and the panic it aroused amongst doctors and the common people.

Beginning the event Blank posted the colors, followed by West Delaware´s Concert Choir singing the national anthem. Larry Beeman gave a speech to honor veterans and their families. In addition, veterans gave a demonstration of the flag folding ceremony and a presentation of America's White Table honoring the men and women who have served in America's armed forces.

The Grateful Dead, the most popular so called underground band of all time. This band has underwent many changes, some good and others bad throughout their thirty or so years of performing. I plan to prove that a band that has remained together for thirty plus years isn’t as easy as many would assume. In fact I would have to say the “down” times in the band almost equal the outrageously great time they had. Despite all the down times the amazing music of the Grateful Dead always made it possible to bring smiles to empty faces anytime anywhere. Even now that the bands figure head (Jerry Garcia) has passed on, the family that he created (Deadheads) and left behind will never forget him or his music.

The Grateful Dead was a band that toured continuously for 30 years until the death of lead man Jerry Garcia. They were known for free flowing jams and bluegrass roots. Phish is a band that has toured consistently for the last 17 years and has in time made themselves into stealth multi-millionaires. Both are very talented bands, who have and in the Dead's case, had, created big names for themselves. Many people make wrongful association with these two groups of musicians. It is said that Phish is trying to be the Dead of this generation. This statement is very untrue. Phish is not a Grateful Dead take-off. Phish and the Dead have much more differences than similarities. There are of course a few similarities between

This is a song that I believe will always make you feel patriotic and think of the military. I can’t imagine thinking of anything else while you listen to this song. It catches your attention with the snare drum fanfare and then the trumpet sounding. You can’t help but to stop and listen.

On June 12, the King Band will begin their summer season with the annual Flag Day Concert. Many patriotic selections will be featured, including “Let Freedom Ring!” by Kenny Bierschenk.

The emergence of Rock and Roll was one of the most pivotal moments of our nation’s history. The impact that this genre of music made is still evident in our culture. However, before this genre was able to gain momentum, it faced many cultural conflicts. The book, All Shook Up: How Rock ‘N’ Roll Changed America by Glenn C. Altschuler analyzes the impact that rock and roll music has made on American culture. It explores how the Rock and Roll culture was able to roughly integrate and later conflict with preceding cultural values. This is especially apparent in chapters regarding race and sexuality. Overall, Rock and Roll was extremely controversial amongst parents and educators. This new music genre was condemned by the previous generation as

Throughout history there have been many musical "influences". One extremely important influence to modern music is The Grateful Dead.

Throughout history, music has always played a large part in military actions. Sometime the music was pro-war directed, but most of the time, it was directed to the ending of war. It is also interesting to note, that until the early 1960’s, most of the wartime music was up-beat and offered encouragement to our troops. Enter the Vietnam War, or conflict as it has been called, and everything changed Starting as early as the Civil War, music was used to influence the war. In fact, one of Abraham Lincoln’s favorite pro-war songs was “The Battle Hymn of the Republic”, which would be countered by “Dixie” from the confederate states.

Every year, June 16-19, the whole town gets together to celebrate an event called “Sheridan Days.” The large field beside the white, blue, and gold gymnasium is full of carnival rides and fun games that children can win stuffed animals from. In front of the high school, many vendors set up booths where people register to vote, buy food, and even get fake tattoos. At 6pm on June 18, hundreds of people gather on the sidewalks around Bridge Street, the main road that starts at the cemetery and goes all the way to the other side of town to the recently constructed veteran memorial, to watch the annual Sheridan Days parade. I would argue that the parade is nothing spectacular. Actually, I don't think it is any different from what it was 10 years ago: Firetrucks, police vehicles, horses, and school buses all make way from one end of the town to the

     I chose to do my first concert report on Pearl Jam. The concert took place at Deer Creek the weekend after class started, so it was perfect timing to do this assignment. This was the first time I have seen Pearl, and I thought it was worthy of writing a report on.

My three friends and I decided on a road trip to Baltimore, Maryland as kind of a Doors wake.