Beginnings Ella Blake was born on May 4th, 2004 ( also known as Star Wars Day, May the Forth be with you.) in Rensselaer, Indiana. She first realized she had a gift for music when her sister, Ruby Blake, was in 6th grade and joined band. Ruby joined band and started playing the clarinet. Ella was only 7 or 8 at the time due to her sister being 4 years older, but Ruby introduced Ella to the instrumental world. She would ask Ella's opinion on how she was doing on a song and Ella would have to listen to her sister play and try to find sounds she didn't think we're supposed to be there. Around 3 years later Ruby entered high school and quit band, instead of doing marching band, but Ella's Older brother joined band that year. He plays …show more content…
Do to time restraints and many cuts she gained from her cat attacking her hand on her sleep( I know sounds like a wimp but try pressing your cut finger down on something for and hour everyday and then doing it again when get home, Ella said its a feeling similar to pressing a paper cut to a cut open lemon not exactly something you willingly do) she had very little chances to play her instrument. Even though Ella was set back due to unfortunate events, she still hadn't lost interest in her talent. But this only lasted are 3-4 weeks the cuts healed and the time restraints because of school project vanished after she finished …show more content…
The song Ella chose for her solo was complex for her playing level at the time, but that didn't stop her from trying. Ella achieved this accomplishment by practicing after school with her band instructor, at home, and during class when allowed. In around 7 or 8 years Ella wants to earn a musical scholarship to college so she can become a therapy dog trainer to give to funeral home, hospitals, and therapist. All so she can help others cope with fears changes, or a
Annie Turnbo Malone was an entrepreneur and was also a chemist. She became a millionaire by making some hair products for some black women. She gave most of her money away to charity and to promote the African American. She was born on august 9, 1869, and was the tenth child out of eleven children that where born by Robert and Isabella turnbo. Annie’s parents died when she was young so her older sister took care of her until she was old enough to take care of herself.
Ella was born in Newport News, Virginia on April 25, 1917. When alled “The First Lady of Song” by some fans. She was known for having beautiful tone, extended range, and great intonation, and famous for her improvisational scat singing. Ella sang during the her most famous song was “A-tiscket A-tasket”. Fitzgerald sang in the period of swing, ballads, and bebop; she made some great albums with other great jazz artists such as Duke Ellington, Count Basie, and Louis Armstrong. She influenced countless American popular singers of the post-swing period and also international performers such as the singer Miriam Makeba. She didn’t really write any of her own songs. Instead she sang songs by other people in a new and great way. The main exception
Her lasting career was not given to her easily, therefore, creating an inspiring story full of hardships and success. Ever since she was a little girl, her dream was to become a successful and famous dancer. In New York City, when she was trying to fulfill her dream, she was unable to find a job in the theatre department. Instead of being discouraged, she decided to make something good come from it. She choreographed her own routines, created her own costumes, and organized solo recitals for audiences to enjoy. This event led her to the biggest adventure in her life that would later impact the world. She was invited to return back to London to pursue her education in the performing arts, so that she could further improve her talents that would make up her entire career.
She was able to overcome many difficulties and was confident she would get where she wanted to go. Although Ella is no longer alive, her music is still alive in many people's hearts.
She has gained the trust of their parents by knowingly doing what is right for their children, while also instilling knowledge and life lessons as she watches over them with love. Another example would be her passion for dance. She has been dancing since she was three years old, and grew up dancing for a local dance company. Staying committed to the company, she never left, but stayed through her entire dance career. Ms. Baker competed in many competitions and won trophies for herself and also her dance company. She knew that if she performed at her best it would represent not only herself, but her family and who taught her. It attracted many young children who wished to dance when they saw that she performed in a graceful manner and was extremely poised. After reaching the age in which she was too old to compete, she returned to the dance facility as an instructor and teaching assistant. She could not break the bond in which she had built with the association. While doing many extracurricular activities, Ms. Baker attend Rockingham Early College High School where she has maintained excellent grades to represent herself not only well rounded, but academically. The rigor of the college level courses did not stop her from pursuing
Ella Josephine Baker was born in Virginia, and at the age of seven Ella Baker moved with her family to Littleton, South Carolina, where they settled on her grandparent's farmland her grandparents had worked as slaves. Ella Baker's early life was steeped in Southern black culture. Her most vivid childhood memories were of the strong traditions of self-help, mutual cooperation, and sharing of economic resources that encompassed her entire community. Because there was no local secondary school, in 1918, when Ella was fifteen years old, her parents sent her to Shaw boarding school in Raleigh, the high school academy of Shaw University. Ella excelled academically at Shaw, graduating as valedictorian of her college class from Shaw University in Raleigh in 1927.
The Bethany Hamilton story is about a girl that was attacked by a 14ft tiger shark and lost her left arm and was still able to surf. This all happened to her 13 years ago while surfing with her best friend. Bethany grew up in north shore Kauai and placed 2nd in NSSA national championship. She is 26 years old is well known for her surfing and her movie the Soul Surfer. She said that it is still hard for her adapt to the way people treat her. “In Bethany Hamilton’s mind, winning the ESPY award for best female athlete with a disability would have been like “rewinding back to square one”. “It’s funny,” she chuckled, “when I first heard I was going to be nominated for an ESPY the first thing I thought was: ‘Whoa, I’m going to be up for best female action sports athlete!’ It didn’t even occur to me that I was going to be placed in the disabled division … I don’t surf disabled or compete in a disabled category.” She is now doing a documentary called “Surfer like a girl.”
Daisy Lee Gatson was born on November 13, 1914 in Huttig, Arkansas. She never knew her birth parents, John Gatson and Millie Riley, according to a birth certificate that was located in 1962. Rumors about her natural parents explained that Daisy’s mother was murdered after being raped. Her natural father moved away from Huttig shortly after the incident. No formal charges were ever brought against the alleged attackers and no one sought to locate those who harmed her family. She was adopted and reared by her natural father’s best friends, Orlee Smith and his wife Susan Smith, who raised young Daisy until she reached her late teens.
It was a bright, cold day in March. Suzie dragged her feet as we marched along the crooked sidewalks to my music lesson. She was my best friend, and we had always done everything together, ever since we were little babies. But Suzie didn’t care about singing. She just came along to be with me. I wanted to be a great singer like Miss Marian Anderson.
Growing up in my generation, I have become very passionate about advocacy and peer education. I became passionate about these things as a result of always being the minority in a room of those who know little about different cultures and diversity. I was always surrounded by people who only expanded their minds to what they new and never considered the other sides. Angela Rye is an African American woman who serves on the Congressional Black Caucus Institute, Congressional Black Caucus Political Action Committee, and the Women in Entertainment Empowerment Network. On the 112th Congress, Rye served as the Executive Director and General Counsel to the Congressional Black Caucus and was tasked with developing the overall legislative and political
What is it like to live a life with Narcissistic personality disorder (NPD)? Narcissism is a pervasive pattern of grandiosity, need for admiration, and lack of empathy. People with this disorder can be vindictive, selfish, cunning person. They do not care who is harmed or hurt. Abigail was the leader of all of the girls that were seen dancing and calling on evil spirits. Abigail would threaten the girls by saying if they said anything, she would kill or harm them severely. She wanted what she couldn’t have, so that made her psychologically unstable. Abigail William’s would be convicted in today’s court because she gave many threats to kill the girls who were with her the night they were dancing if they spoke up in court, her behavior caused harm to many even though she may not have physically done damage herself and due to previous court cases, some people diagnosed with Narcissism were found innocent due to their mental instability but others were guilty because they were mentally unstable. As it is shown, Narcissistic Personality Disorder causes her to be selfish, arrogant, dangerous, and obsess over the man she could not have, because Abigail threatened the girls she was with the night they were dancing, to not confess to anything in court.
After all of the madness and drama, that was happening day, after day, everyone was not in the right place. Numerous amounts of people did not know how to feel about Palmer or just everyone around them. For Anna, things were different. Her life is just a swirl of pastels on the floor. However, throughout the problems Anna goes through,we can somewhat see glimpses of the importance of art to her. “There is a reason why paintings are better than photos. It’s because they are closer to true human vision… A painters brush can actually come closer to that truth…” (Blake, 25). From the beginning of the book, we see that Anna has already developed a liking for art, specially panting. We later find out that art really
Nora was walking down the street she lived on, just outside of Marshalltown Iowa, not able to think of what instrument she wanted to play in her music class. She just moved into Marshalltown about 9 days ago because her family thought they needed a change in scenery. They were fairly wealthy compared to most that lived in Marshalltown. She already got to see her school and her classes and one of them was music, which had 1 variable that the other classes didn’t. She had to choose what instrument she wanted to learn to play.
Going to the University of Shaffer top rank music school, who started in the lowest part of the band group wasn’t stopping Andrew from achieving his goals. One major goal was to be known as the best drummer, and be playing in the JVC jazz musical, and getting spotted by Fletcher the teacher who was also a great musician himself. Andrew would practice on the daily basis in his dorm were he would make sure he would hit every note as it read. Sweat, tears would go into the drum during his practices just to be notice by Fletcher, who finally notices him playing well on the drums. Fletcher tells Andrew to show him how to play a couple swings, so he can know what his about. After teasing Andrew, fletcher goes to the lower band class to give the students a chance to move up to his jazz band, which he shows his ego. Andrew gets invited to go to practice next morning at 6am when class usually at a later time, he waited to show his skills on the drums, Andrew waited for the class to begin for more than 6 hours to have the opportunity to show his skills on the drums. Fletcher would test Andrews skills by yelling at him seeing if he was patient enough to take responsibilities, and see how he can handle being yelled at while playing drums testing his focus. This would make Andrew cry, only push himself more to learn all the songs, memorize all the songs so he wouldn’t have to look at the music notes. After days of breaking sweats in the dorm, skin on his fingers, and almost giving up he manages to learn every song. After showing up to practice they had a performance and fletcher was very hard on never to lose your music folder, because you will never play and you would be disrespecting him. Andrew being a backup drummer who would turn the pages would carry the folder, and while grabbing
Feminism. It seems to be the only “f” word that adolescent boys won’t say nowadays. For many self-proclaimed feminists, action begins and ends with sharing a post on Facebook or donating to a local charity. However, Emma Watson, who managed to bring together the seemingly incompatible E! Online and UN Women with her powerful words, has rejected this notion and used her illustrious name and personality to illuminate the issue of gender equality and change the way feminists are viewed on an international level. Between capturing the world with her witty portrayal of Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter series and graduating from Brown University with a major in english literature, Emma Watson has relabeled what it means to be a feminist and fought for gender equality, while maintaining her reputation as one of Hollywood’s most respected actresses and models.