I 'm Performing There Today

“The dream was gone. Something had been taken from him. In a sort of panic he pushed the palms of his hands into his eyes and tried to bring up a picture of her mouth damp to his kisses and her eyes plaintive with melancholy and her freshness like new fine linen in the morning. Why, these things were no longer in the world! They had existed and they existed no longer.”

The way she uses description in this essay and the flow of events is very similar to the way that memories rush in when one returns to a familiar place from one’s past. To someone that may not of experienced this phenomena the details described may seem to be disconnected and random.

The short story, The Sound Of The Singing, deals with conflicts and how they effect the people in them and around them. Vanessa McLeod is a dynamic character who changes her perception of herself in the course of the story. Through her changed perception, Margaret Laurence is suggesting that a person’s identity is change by their surroundings and the conflicts they fight through in there lives.

There’s no better feeling than being at a concert and jamming along to songs that you love while surrounded by people who share the same love for the music. Music concerts are majestic environments where a variety of different people come together in order to share their love of music. A few weeks ago I attended a Zac Brown Band concert for the first time and I was truly inspired by the band’s artistry and skill. The band was fully able to captivate their audience with their soulful tunes and obvious passion for performing. One moment of the concert that particularly stood out to me was when the band performed a cover of The Beatles hit song “Let it Be.” Zac Brown Band was able to stay true to the original song while bringing a whole different level of soul to the music through the addition of a gospel choir. The audience immediately related to the song and came together to sing along to a song by one of the biggest bands in music history. Zac Brown Band was able to successfully deliver such a powerful song as “Let it Be” which was off of The Beatles final studio album.

The Harp in the South written by Ruth Park tells the narrative of a Catholic Irish Australian family living in the Sydney suburb of Surry Hills during the 1940s. Through the characterization of Roie, Miss. Sheily and Tommy Mendel, Park positions the reader to feel a range of emotions from admiration to anger, as they endure the love, poverty and deception in a place where many fall a victim to circumstances beyond their control.

"I had to wait for that guy David to finish helping me with that stupid assignment. I had no idea what Carlisle was asking for!" Emelie complained. Georgina laughed, brown ringlets bouncing.

Part of the beauty of living in a Dallas highrise is the lock and leave lifestyle and convenience of having everything at your fingertips. And that includes the nearby cultural venues that enhance your quality of life. The AT&T Performing Arts Center, also known as the Dallas Center for the Performing Arts, is just one of the many such sites that bring you a wide variety of cultural, educational and other entertainment opportunities.

Right now, she is trying to soothe the kids. She does this every night, and every night, the children go to bed with the promise that tomorrow would be a better day. I can hear her walk back into the room, but my eyes remain fixated on the fire, hypnotized by their dance; a fiery consumption that sends up sparks and ash. She silently begins to clean up the shattered mess, sweeping up the shards of glass, and soaking up the whiskey and gin. Her face is a ghostly white, completely devoid of emotion. The soft tinkling of the glass is? accompanied by the low crackling coming from the hungry flames.

I can say I’m a multi-instrumentalist. I can play the harmonica, the trombone, the ukulele, the bass, the piano, the electric and acoustic guitar, and I’m probably forgetting one. But really I wouldn’t be where I am today if it wasn’t for her” (Montes). “One of the big things I teach my kids is how through hard work, you can accomplish anything. Whenever a kid shows up to a lesson, I always ask them if they practiced, and sometimes they say no because they don’t have a piano at home. It reminds me of the days when I couldn’t even afford a piano, but I push those thoughts away and work towards helping these kids fulfill their dreams as I’ve fulfilled mine. Music teaches the kids how to work through a tough song, and through time and practice, they always get it at the end” (LaBeau). Ronnie’s School of Music has performed annually for several of the city’s prominent events: the Arroyo Lighting at Christmas, Saint Anthony’s Fall Festival, Winter Texan festivals, and many more. LaBeau teaches students of all ages, from three to ninety seven. The majority of her students, however, come from Saint Anthony Catholic

Constance Squire’s Running Out Of Music portrays Major Collins as a minor character, but in reality his misunderstanding of music and the importance of it plays in Lucinda’s development of identity plays an integral role in the short story through the theme of the unknown importance of music.

On November 7, I attended the concert called “ArtPower! Presents: St. Lawrence String Quartet” at 8pm in CPMC, UCSD. Four artists performed it: Geoff Nuttall, Mark Fewer for violin, Lesley Robertson for viola, and Christopher Constanza for cello. They performed three String quartets, composed in different eras. The first one is “ String Quartet in C major, Op.76, No.3 ‘Emperor’,” composed by Franz Josef Haydn, 1732-1809. The second one is ”Five Pieces for Spring Quartet,” composed by Erwin Schulhoff, in 1923.The third one is “String Quartet in C-Major, Op.61,” composed by Antonin Dvorak, 1841-1904. This String Quartet with four musicians impressed me a lot, not only for the concert full of audiences, of whom half were on the lower floor

Authors realize the importance of overcoming in life and use it in their stories as themes. In fact, the theme of overcoming in the short stories “Gwilan’s Harp,” “The Washwoman,” and “The Last Leaf” encourages the readers to prevail even in times of loss. In the short story “Gwilan’s Harp” By Ursula K. Le Guin, Gwilan, a young traveling harpist, overcomes losses by moving on with her life. Playing her harp, a valuable family heirloom that she cherished more than her life, Gwilan travels from town to town to participate in festivals and funerals.

He simply followed the road and hoped he could find a city with a harp-maker. Sometimes he would catch a ride with some farmer, or obtain directions to the nearest city from an amazed farmwife. Still, he struggled on until he found a little harp shop on the outskirts of small town name Athy. But as soon as the master of the shop, a middle aged man with serious eyes, saw the description of the harp, he sent Glendon on with directions to another shop, for he knew that he was not skilled enough to make such a work of

wind. It was as if it was crying, almost howling for its voice to be

Around and round she flung and whirled. Entangled and knitted by the bobs and jerks of her head, the strings became defined, dimensional, and fell from her hands. Something splattered sparks from the fire when it landed there and hid from sight among the coals. Startled, she stopped and peered into the small flames but seeing nothing unusual, began to dance again. The shadows bounced off each other and joined her, until winded, she threw herself down on the grass and fell asleep.