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Cultural Event Assignment

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Exploring one of the most talked about teams in South Florida
Sheldon L. Lloyd
Prof. Henry
Hum1020
Tuesdays/Thursdays 9:50-11:30 AM
Miami Dade College
Abstract
This essay will be about me attending an Miami Heat game for my cultural event assignment. This essay will have two different forms of art, which is the two team’s uniforms and the music that were played in the area. My expectations and my actual experience of the game will be told in full detail. The purpose for this essay is to explain my cultural event and use multiple concepts, that was taught in class, into my paper.
Exploring one of the most talked about teams in South Florida
A team built with a championship mentality, a desire to win, and a team destined to make South Florida …show more content…

The first piece of art that I saw was the two team’s uniforms. The Miami Heat were their brand-new Miami Vice uniforms. The Miami Vice uniforms were created this season to represent Miami’s culture. The jersey is mostly white with baby blue and pink stripes, and bold letters that spells out ‘Miami’. The jersey numbers and the Nike logo were baby blue. The shorts are white, and have blue and pink stripes on them. The Phoenix Suns wore their annual ‘LOS SUNS’ uniforms. Every March during Hispanic heritage month, majority of the teams will wear their Hispanic heritage uniforms. The Phoenix Suns uniforms were all purple with the Nike logo on the jersey and …show more content…

The second art that I saw was the music that was played. For the halftime entertainment show, they had a D.J play for fifteen minutes. He played mostly hip hop and R&B songs. Examples of the songs played are “New Freezer” by Rich The Kid and Kendrick Lamar, “Mask Off “by Future, “Location” by Khalid, and other popular hits. The songs that were played allowed the attendees to dance and sing along to their favorite songs. Before the fourth quarter started, in an attempt to get the crowd pump up, the D.J played “Swag Surfin’” by F.L.Y.- Fast Life Yungstaz. When the song came on, the whole arena would do “crowd surfin”, or dance moves for that particular

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