2 February 2012 Woodstock Woodstock was the largest music and art festival ever recorded in history. Over a half a million people from all around the country organized on a small dairy farm in New York to support their favorite artists and stand against the mainstream. These three days changed the lives of the concert goers and society forever. Woodstock was an outlet for counter culture, a group whose ideals rivaled those of the mainstream. Woodstock was the most influential music festival of its time; it was three days of peace and music that represented the counter culture as it stood against the mainstream and its political views.
NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 14, 2012 MEDIA CONTACTS: Neil Willenson, VP Community Relations Kapco, Inc. Producer & Creator, The Grand Slam Charity Jam (262) 377-6500 ext. 215 willenson@kapcoinc.com Second Annual Star-Studded Red Carpet Event “The Grand Slam Charity Jam” Aims to Raise $125,000 to Benefit Wisconsin Charities. Sponsored by Kapco, Inc., event will be held on March 10 at Potawatomi Bingo Casino and features Smash Mouth, Debbie Gibson, Milwaukee’s own Naima Adedapo of American Idol, Trista & Ryan of The Bachelorette (ABC), LeRoy Butler and other “Green & Gold” favorites and many others. Tickets and Tables on sale now at www.grandslamcharityjam.com Media invited to cover the celebrity red carpet from 5:30 pm
Claim the Mic On Friday February 27th, the Armenian Community Center played host to the Claim the Mic event, which showcased talented bands, and performances. Numerous bands and performers lit up the stage battling for some great prizes and a great opportunity to show the Armenian community there talent. Prizes included a Logo Design for there band to use on there MySpaces and websites, a photo shoot, Studio Time to record a single, and a song mix. Judges based there results on crowd response, potential of the artists, and the quality of there performances. The night started off with Armen Bazarian as the opening act, performing solo on the guitar and vocals.
The article Alt. Everything was about how advertising, and we as a generation, have made a drastic shift over the last fifty years. Naomi Klein starts off with Woodstock 94’ and how evident the drastic change in commercialization is from the first days of the festival in the 1960’s to the one in 1994. For instance the original Woodstock was basically free of advertisements and was kept so that it was more or less just a concert. The 1994 version however was heavily commercialized and was full of ads from companies trying to see their products.
Native sons of Tulsa, Oklahoma, HANSON has been making music together for nearly two decades. Thirteen years ago, their out-of-the-blue, soul-inspired brand of American pop-rock‘n’roll was introduced to the world. Unaffected by charts or fads, they’ve spent more than a decade building a community of fans connected to one another and fueled by the energy and craftsmanship of three brothers and their music. Their fifth studio album, Shout It Out, is set to be released on June 8th 2010 on their label 3CG Records. They deliver a powerful group of soulful, melodic tunes that will leave you with a contagious sense of optimism for the future and welcomed reminiscence for American rock ‘n’ roll.
Barriers were broken, people were brought together and prejudices were forgotten at this event that would soon be talked about worldwide as that music festival that changed the world for the better. Woodstock was put together by 4 men: Joel Rosenman, Artie Kornfeld, Mike Lang, and John Roberts in order to raise enough money to build a recording studio. The men had a venue, musicians, food and security and were selling tickets for $7 for one day, $13 for two days, and $18 for three days. The original
Since it’s debut it started a national touring production cast that travels all over the continental United States. It has standstill productions in Chicago, Illinois and Los Angeles, California. After Wicked had such a great success in the United States it went international opening a production on the West End in London, United Kingdom. By the year 2010, Wicked will be open in Stuttgart, Germany, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Melbourne, Australia, and Tokyo, Japan. Wicked has had countless nights of sold out shows viewed all across the globe.
Executive Summary Jungle Zone Paintball will officially open its doors April 1. Located just off Interstate Highway 5 in Raphael, WA, it is a great location serving over 750,000 people in the greater Richmond area. Nationwide, paintball is growing as a recreational activity and sport. The popularity has lead to regional and national competitions with cash prizes of over $100,000 to the winners. Jungle Zone Paintball will have both indoor and outdoor playing facilities, as well as a concession stand and rental shop.
The railroads also brought the riches of the West, thousands of tons of ore and cattle by the millions could now flow east to be processed and consumed. Migration to the west had its difficulties, and newly arrived Americans on the frontier clamored for a solution to what they called "the Indian problem." Sometimes the federal government led the way by making treaties or sending troops, but westerners also took matters into their own hands. They would burn villages and kill Cheyenne Indians wherever and whenever found. However, this action only led to war between the Indians and the whites.
New Orleans has a “gumbo”, if you will, of different races. The culture is like no other. To some, it is considered a place of voodoo and rituals. This is not entirely true. Mardi Gras occurs every year and is considered the “biggest free party” on earth.