Besides this goal, the UTPA also invites some Tejano singer to perform on that day. This year Bobby Pulido and Grupo Duelo were invited to perform in the HESTEC concert. The HESTEC event started on Saturday morning but the concert started until seven late afternoon. The first one to perform was Bobby Pulido who started with some of his greatest hits such as “Desvelado,” “Llevame Contigo,”and “Algun Dia.” The audiences at the HESTEC were very exited taking pictures, singing, and dancing with Bobby Pulido’s music. I like Bobby Pulido’s rhythm and beats since the combinations of the instruments was magnificent giving a unique sound to each of his melodies.
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Today on the fifth of May, Cinco de Mayo is celebrated by native Mexican (and American) people everywhere. In Mexico, several towns elaborately reenact the Battle of Puebla in a day-long dramatization that includes acting and speeches. In America, Cinco de Mayo is an opportunity to celebrate Chicano culture in general, and is celebrated with huge fairs that include Mexican singing, dancing, feasting, costumes, sports activities, fireworks, and entertainment. Mariachi bands play while dancers perform native Mexican dances such as the Mexican Hat Dance and the Raspa. Speeches and parades encompass a large part of the celebration too.
December twelve is the day Aztec dancer’s worship our Lady of Guadalupe, on this day Aztec dancers from all over the country perform since early in the morning on their local church in front of multitudes. To be an Aztec dancer you don’t need to be a certain age as long as you have the physical ability to move to the beat of the music and the will you are good enough, many dancer begin at an early age. The uniform they utilize consists of a big peacock like feather hat and handmade bead vest with peculiar designs and handmade leather sandals referred to as “guaraches” and they also have a maraca like ankle bracelet. They use drums flutes and maraca like instruments. The attire utilized by the Pow-wow culture and by the Aztec dancers is very similar because they could both make music with their uniform.
At the family party, there was great food and drinks, and we even had a band come play traditional music. It was an amazing experience and so much
Aadil Patel Sue Shu-Hsien Lee English 1099 S13 Tuesday, October 10, 2012 American Values The video “Land of Dreams”, captivates the audience to visit America by showing that any dream, big or small can come true in America. In this video, there are two ways that show how dreams can come true in America. First, Americans believe in multiculturalism. How this is shown in the video is that the people Rosanne Cash is surrounded by are musicians’ representing different cultures and styles, playing all different kinds of instruments such as the African man to Rosanne’s left playing the lute and the East Indian man to her right playing the tabla. It also shows multiculturalism in this video is by showing all the cultures
What a song! As a big Stevie Wonder fan, I was excited to hear this piece as a closing. The ensemble plays the piece gracefully from beginning to the end. I really enjoyed myself at this sponsored event as the music, the ambiance; the liveliness was a great combination. Music being played live should always be appreciated because the future is going downhill as far as appreciating true and live music.
Rituals and festivals played a crucial role in traditional European life throughout the modern period. Rituals, such as charivari (“riding the stang”) allowed for the community to join together and have fun, teach lessons, and even make political statements. Festivals such as carnival, and that on midsummer night’s eve allowed for the community to relax, release their burdens, join together, learn from one another and, to the dismay of some, also served as a medium of spreading vices. Despite their disorderly nature, these ritualized activities actually served to reinforce traditional social values by building a sense of community, by imposing mechanisms of social control, and providing outlets for political discontent. Many rituals and festivals built community spirit and unity.
We have supported each other out in various wars, such as World War ll. Did you know the honoring of Cinco de Mayo began in the U.S. by Mexicans in California who wanted to express ownership to their mother country? In 1863 a Mexican business person initiated a Cinco de Mayo dance and this idea traveled around with the performance of private Mexican and Spanish dances. The honoring contained speeches about the significance of the day and parades primarily in the Mexican communities, as well as custom foods that later became regular Cinco de Mayo recipes. Cinco de Mayo represents “the right of the people to self-determination and national sovereignty, and the ability of non-Europeans to defend those rights against modern military organizations."
“This is the business of the future (Seabrook 34)” --- and in that moment you become nothing more than a has been a memory of what you use to be. However, society, the fans, the kids and the “experience” live each day in the moment of the lives of entertainment taking themselves outside of who they are for a moment to be someone they aren’t. They live for as John Seabrook states the “experience” which is apparent when stated “it was the music, the artist, and the community of fans – instant cousinship as Graham call it (Seabrook 34).The promotion of live music has become the main source of revenue for the popular music industry because “the experience” is what’s bringing in revenue and record sales have decreased due to records being stolen and reproduced by outside sources.I believe what John Seabrook meant is that money can’t buy everything. With that being said Bill Graham as stated in the article died before living to see “the future” but the future in his eyes wasn’t marketing strategies or a way to maximize earnings or heightened ticketed prices. It’s a way of expressing what live performances are about, yes they are ways to maximize revenue but it’s also a way