This year once again i did another performance. Me and my pairs did this year performance on Bessie smith. We came across her by doing a class assignment in American History studies. Bessie smith was a famous African American singer born into a time of sexism, racism, and segregation. She was acknowledged for her singing but not for her courage. Bessie transcended all these obstacles to pursue a successful singing career and open doors.
Honestly i would have to say this year NHD was very stressful, people were missing days, some people didn't care, and there was a lot of arguing between us. We actually had one person that didn't come to school the week of the play and the day of the play.
Luckily, we had someone that has been practicing with us who actually knew the lines of the person that did not come.
We'll out of all that we made it to city wide and hoping to make it to states and the Nationals, but there has to be a lot of practicing that need to be done in order for us to go on to States.We have to make a few changes during the process of going to city and states but i think we can get away with it. We have to make changes to the script and just make more props.
Monday, January 26, 2009
Thursday, December 4, 2008
14th annotation
"Bessie Smith fron NPR." nrp.org. 4 Dec 2008 .
Bessie Smith influenced alot of people for example from Mahalia Jackson to Mary J. Blige. She gave the music its raw, regal poignancy and marketability. Her feverish growls and testifying delivery has informed nearly every facet of African-American music. Incorporating a full arsenal of talent singing, dancing, and slapstick comedy Bessie was a consummate entertainer.
Bessie Smith influenced alot of people for example from Mahalia Jackson to Mary J. Blige. She gave the music its raw, regal poignancy and marketability. Her feverish growls and testifying delivery has informed nearly every facet of African-American music. Incorporating a full arsenal of talent singing, dancing, and slapstick comedy Bessie was a consummate entertainer.
13th Annotation
Hemsworth, Joan. "Bessie Smith Empress of the Blues." 14 Dec 1998. 4 Dec 2008
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When Bessie was a bit younger, she was once removed from a job as chorus
girl-because her skin was too black. Years later she dealt with a similar
situation at the famous Apollo in New York by demanding that a very dark chorus
girl be kept-though she accepted a dimming of the lights. Bessie also despised
blacks that attempted to become like whites.
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When Bessie was a bit younger, she was once removed from a job as chorus
girl-because her skin was too black. Years later she dealt with a similar
situation at the famous Apollo in New York by demanding that a very dark chorus
girl be kept-though she accepted a dimming of the lights. Bessie also despised
blacks that attempted to become like whites.
Preview: Taking Notes- Using a Famous Quote
Summarize what Frederick Douglass thinks about the fourth of July and then choose a quote to support your statement.
Answer: Douglass believes that the fourth of July represents nothing to the Slaves of the American ideal of liberty. He said," There is not a nation on the earth guilty of practices more shocking and bloody than are the people of the United States, at this very".
Answer: Douglass believes that the fourth of July represents nothing to the Slaves of the American ideal of liberty. He said," There is not a nation on the earth guilty of practices more shocking and bloody than are the people of the United States, at this very".
Thursday, November 20, 2008
12th Annotation
"American Decades." enotes.com. 20 Nov 2008 .
During her lifetime the blues was regarded as a form of black expression; she performed for mostly black audiences and recorded for what were classified as race records that were not stocked in record shops catering to whites. Unlike Louis Armstrong, who reached all audiences, Smith was unknown or unavailable to most white Americans during her career. She was a black artist working with traditional black material for a black public nevertheless, Smith gave special performances for white audiences in some large cities.
During her lifetime the blues was regarded as a form of black expression; she performed for mostly black audiences and recorded for what were classified as race records that were not stocked in record shops catering to whites. Unlike Louis Armstrong, who reached all audiences, Smith was unknown or unavailable to most white Americans during her career. She was a black artist working with traditional black material for a black public nevertheless, Smith gave special performances for white audiences in some large cities.
11th Annotation
Forman, Roanna. "ENCYCLOPEDIA OF JAZZ MUSICIANS." Jazz.com. 20 Nov 2008 .
When Bessie's mother and father died she was left to take care of her three brothers and sisters by taking in laundry. This strong work ethic made a lasting impression on Bessie. She was determined to leave the poverty and inequality of Blue Goose Hollow, and show business was her ticket. She started street corner singing and dancing with her brother Andrew to boost the family’s income. She did an audition Stokes and later hired Bessie as a dancer, since he already had a singer Ma Rainey. During this time, she developed a reputation as a performer at black theaters across the South and along the Eastern Seaboard. Bessie was decidedly an original, and a natural singer. Bessie Smith is a soprano with a more urban, polished style. In any case Bessie undoubtedly learned how to handle herself on stage from Rainey, even though their styles were different. Things began to change after the 1920s, in 1923, Smith, then living in Philadelphia, auditioned successfully for a recording contract with Columbia and that's where her success begun.
When Bessie's mother and father died she was left to take care of her three brothers and sisters by taking in laundry. This strong work ethic made a lasting impression on Bessie. She was determined to leave the poverty and inequality of Blue Goose Hollow, and show business was her ticket. She started street corner singing and dancing with her brother Andrew to boost the family’s income. She did an audition Stokes and later hired Bessie as a dancer, since he already had a singer Ma Rainey. During this time, she developed a reputation as a performer at black theaters across the South and along the Eastern Seaboard. Bessie was decidedly an original, and a natural singer. Bessie Smith is a soprano with a more urban, polished style. In any case Bessie undoubtedly learned how to handle herself on stage from Rainey, even though their styles were different. Things began to change after the 1920s, in 1923, Smith, then living in Philadelphia, auditioned successfully for a recording contract with Columbia and that's where her success begun.
Friday, November 14, 2008
10th Annotation
Noble, Barnes. "Bessie Smith ." Sparknotes. 2008. 14 Nov 2008 .
This website i have to say was the important of them all it tells me about Bessie Smiths Beginning, becoming the empress, the blues diva, wild women , love on the road, her death and the controversy afterwards. As stated " Jack Gee collected all the money that was due to Smith for the sales of her records. Gee refused to buy his ex-wife a headstone, and her family, for unknown reasons, did too. In 1948, Smith's friends held a Bessie Smith Memorial Concert in New York to raise funds for the headstone. The concert was a success, but Gee pocketed the proceeds and disappeared."
This website i have to say was the important of them all it tells me about Bessie Smiths Beginning, becoming the empress, the blues diva, wild women , love on the road, her death and the controversy afterwards. As stated " Jack Gee collected all the money that was due to Smith for the sales of her records. Gee refused to buy his ex-wife a headstone, and her family, for unknown reasons, did too. In 1948, Smith's friends held a Bessie Smith Memorial Concert in New York to raise funds for the headstone. The concert was a success, but Gee pocketed the proceeds and disappeared."
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