In recent years Oklahoma has begun to take a new approach to the way music is presented by producing more opportunities for live shows and allowing a larger variety of genres. In 2008 Norman Music Festival was born, thus developing one of the first of many new venues and festivals that would eventually spread through the entire state. Norman Music Festival was originally one day but has since grown to spread out over 2 full days and three nights, popularity has generated an increasing number of attendees each year. News Ok did a review of the festival and had this to say, “Main stage act Horse Thief entertained a crowd of at least 250 patrons. The band’s pastoral pop performance was breezy, beautiful and only a taste of what the festival had to offer.” The most recent addition to the Oklahoma music scene was Mystic Sanctuary, a two day EDM (Electronic Dance Music) rave where 25,000 people from across Oklahoma and neighboring states came to join in the festivities.
The AFL Grand Final is classified as hallmark event and is held a yearly at the MCG in Melbourne on last Saturday of September or the first Saturday of October. This event has been held at the MCG since 1902. Not only is there the main event on Saturday afternoon but leading up to the game is the Brownlow medal award night and the grand final parade both of these contribute to the success of the event as a whole. With an average attendance of 110,000 spectators and being televised to around 4 million people all over Australia, this is Australia’s biggest annual sporting event and a day that is marked in the calendar for all lovers of Australian Rules football Community significance and cultural impacts The AFL Grand Final benefits the
Every year on Dr. Seuss’ birthday, the members of Kappa Kappa Gamma, of Whitman College in Washington, host the Annual Dr. Seuss Day festival (Diaz). Over 300 people show up every year for this huge festival, and even if they do not go, Dr. Seuss Day is still celebrated all over America
This is a very festive time for this country. January is a very busy month wrought with festivities as Carnevale comes in and proceeds up until Ash Wednesday. Carnevale as you can imagine just like in New Orleans is filled willed colorful pageants, masquerades, singing and dancing and so much more. Although this is celebrated throughout Italy, Each little village and town has their own unique way of celebrating. The celebrations usually continue for many hours into the night and usually end with the sounds of fireworks permeating the air.
The Gathering of Nations is one of the largest Pow-wows in the United States. It is held annually the fourth weekend in April, in New Mexico. Over 500 tribes from around the United States and Canada participate. This event is competitive with 32 dance categories, as well as other competitions for singers and drumming, and a pageant for Miss Indian World. The event also features a Traders Market where Native Americans display their arts and
A: Category of event The Annual Bryon bay blues festival or bluesfest is a Major Music event held in the town of Byron nay Nsw. It showcase over two hundred performances over 5 12 hour days and includes food and market stalls, camping grounds for up 6000 people and entertainment for all ages. Blues fest website B: community signifigance and impact: Bluesfest Contributes over twenty Million Dollars to the Northern Rivers region and forty million dollars to NSW state ecomonmy annually. Bluesfest also provides opportunities for local musicians artists and business to build platforms and networks that may be otherwise unavailable. 49% of bluesfest patrontron come from interstate making bluesfest a destination event injecting boosts into
The hippie legacy can be observed in contemporary culture in myriad forms — from health food, to music festivals, to contemporary sexual mores, and even to the cyberspace revolution. On January 14, 1967, the outdoor Human Be-In organized by Michael Bowen helped to popularize hippie culture across the United States, with 20,000 hippies gathering in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park. On March 26, Lou Reed, Edie Sedgwick and 10,000 hippies came together in Manhattan for the Central Park Be-In on Easter Sunday. The Monterey Pop Festival from June 16 to June 18 introduced the rock music of the counterculture to a wide audience and marked the start of the "Summer of Love. "[46] Scott McKenzie's rendition of John Phillips' song, "San Francisco", became a hit in the United States and Europe.
150 years, 144 different winners, it is the race that stops the nation. No doubt, I am referring to the Melbourne cup, one of the greatest annual sporting events in Australian history. Held on the first Tuesday of November at 3pm (AEST), the Melbourne Cup is seen as the most prestigious ‘two-mile’ (3200 metres) handicap horse race in the world. This year celebrating its 150th running, the Melbourne Cup welcomes approximately 100,000 people, dressed in either traditional formal race day wear or more exotic and amusing outfits, to Flemington Racecourse to witness this historic event. The Melbourne Cup has such a rich history, significant and everlasting memories as well as holding strong celebrations across the Country.
* Dramatics Team. Oct 2009 – present, 10 hours per week. Lead Actor in the international mime presentation for peace with students from India and Pakistan and director from Austria, Mr. Andreas Ceska for contributing to the cause of world peace through "Children for Peace" at SAANJH 2009, a South Asia Foundation. In 2010, I wrote, directed and played the lead role in the street play –‘AIDS awareness’ which was enacted at various places in the city. In 2011, I formed the school’s first Dramatics Team which has performed 2 mime and circus presentations, 4 plays and 7 street plays till date.
Mardi Gras occurs every year and is considered the “biggest free party” on earth. You can dress in costumes and be who you desire to be all day long. It is amazing how different cultures come together and celebrate the entire day with