Nile Rodgers Essays

The three poems I chose are “Family Rite” by Howard Starks, “Night Rider” by Ron Wallace, and “The Ride” By Sony Tillis and Sam Weedman. I chose these poems, because I thought that they all had an excellent lesson about life. This is what I have taken away and interpreted from these works, In “Family Rite” by Howard Starks memories have been locked away and forgotten in the form of pictures, but are brought up and remembered at family gatherings. They bring out the old hat box of pictures that were

Have you ever thought to yourself, ‘Am I a good person?’ ‘Have I ever made mistakes that hurt others or myself?’ This is the Josh Gordon story - a person who has great talents, but poor judgment that led him to a big downfall. Josh Gordon is a wide receiver for the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Browns in 2012 as a junior from the University of Baylor, but then transferred to the University of Utah. He immediately got off to a sizzling start. In 2013

she didn’t have her epuimemt, her backup singers of condo made for this. She rushed through “Modern Girl.” Okay close enough, Tabitha said and heaved her box of bars, water and the swatch of the dress. She went back down to the lobby, checking for Fisher. The lobby was human-free. Tabitha set on the battered and crushed box but sat next to it. She watched the street eagerly but was rewarded with only the occasional bot. She munched on several more bars, but they weren’t as good. Now that

In 1943 Rodgers & Hammerstein joined forces to create the most successful partnership in American musical theatre. Both men were very well- established and successful Broadway writers, Hammerstein mainly associated writings musicals with Jerome Kern and Rodger’s doing the same with Lorenz Hart. The two joined together and were the perfect combination; Hammerstein wrote the lyrics and sent it to Rodger’s for him to set it to music. The first Rodgers & Hammerstein musical was Oklahoma! this was a first

Sondheim is one of the most respected American composers in the history of musical theater because of his vast contribution of over a dozen musicals, some that are staples in the history of American musical theater, to the ever-growing genre. Sondheim composed and wrote lyrics for nine Broadway shows from 1962 to 1984. According to IBDB.com those shows are: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1962), Anyone Can Whistle (1964), Company (1970), Follies (1971), A Little Night Music (1973)

There’s an unexplainable joy in hearing an applause go from polite clapping, to a full throttled roar of appreciation; especially when the roar is directed towards you. The specific tidal wave of clapping that I’m talking about is from the time I starred in my school's production of Oklahoma, I was Curly McClain, chap wearing, cattle wrangling, hero of the west. The applause isn’t what made the show for me though, the standing ovation at the end was just the cherry on the top of the star studded

Brett Favre is a hall of fame quarterback from Mississippi. Mississippi is in the Appalachian area. Favre came from a smaller town setting and went to a small college and still made his way up to hall of famer status. Favre is one of the best athletes from the Appalachian area. When Brett Favre was still in school he started playing baseball and football, he could play quarterback, lineman, strong safety, and place kicker. His father was the head coach of the football team and encouraged Brett

The 2013 reboot of the Rogers and Hammerstein classic, Cinderella, has captured audiences with its beautiful costumes, classic score, and a revised book with a couple of twists. Their performance at the Tennessee Theatre went spectacularly well. Their amazing cast brought the timeless tale to life and left the audience in awe of the amazing spectacle. Cinderella begins by showing two characters, Cinderella, (Tatyana Lubov), the orphan who is enslaved to her cruel stepmother, and Prince Topher, (Hayden

In 1943, Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein’s first collaborative musical production, Oklahoma! grabbed the audience’s attention from its first premiere, making the front page of PM Newspaper: “New Musical Plays Up Homespun U.S.A.” In lieu of World War I and the Depression, the theater-writing team of Rodgers and Hammerstein believed it was the perfect time to revitalize American morale through song, dance, and an entertaining plot. How did Rodgers and Hammerstein’s collaboration on their first

Introduction The Great Pyramids of Giza are some of the most fascinating and magnificent structures known to man today. The Great Pyramids of Giza were built during the Age of the Pyramids, approximately 2660 BC. These pyramids were among the first ever built and are the most famous throughout the world. It is accepted that the pyramids served as tombs for great pharaohs and royalty of the time. Although it is constantly questioned how the pyramids were built, another vital factor to consider is

I write this not as an Egyptian citizen, but rather as an individual that is worried about his homeland country’s future. Egypt is a nation that has many communities and therefore different cultures, beliefs and opinions. These different cultures form the final Egyptian culture with its traditions and customs. The citizens of Egypt are very proud of their culture and are trying to protect it from external modifications. Nevertheless, Egypt needs to integrate itself with diverse cultures as it is

Mankind has seen the rise and fall of many prominent civilizations throughout human history, but the most influential civilization to all of human history were the Ancient Egyptians. The civilization of Ancient Egypt thrived throughout the Nile River from 3300 BC to around 300 B.C. when Alexander the Great conquered it. Throughout these 3000 years, the Ancient Egyptians contributed various inventions and knowledge that is still used today. Ancient Egyptians contributed mathematics, astronomy, medicine

Before the embalming process, the Egyptians took the body to a tent called Ibu, the "Place of Purification." There an embalmer, a person who treats dead bodies with preservatives, washes the body with a palm wine and rinses it with water from the Nile. "Special priests worked as embalmers, treating and wrapping the body. Beyond knowing the correct rituals and prayers to be performed at various stages, the priests also needed a detailed knowledge of human anatomy" ("Encyclopedia Smithsonian: Egyptian

is also used in architecture, as the lotus- form capitals were used from the Old Kingdom. The lotus was important to the ancient Egyptians to the extent that it could be described as a national symbol, which referred as the vegetation power of the Nile. Scenes showing individuals holding the lotus to their noses or sniffing the lotus are numerous. It appeared from the Old Kingdom through to the Late Period. It also appears in one of the creation myths; Horus shuts up the sun’s disk inside a lotus

The Taj Mahal and the Pyramids of Giza are two of the great seven manmade wonders of the world. They are astounding achievements that mark the legacy of the vast empires that built them. Both these architectural achievements were built near rivers, surrounded by exceptional features, and constructed to honor the deaths of historical figures in the empires. However, they differ in stylistic backgrounds, artists, subjects, artistic periods and symbolic reasons of creation. The Taj Mahal and the Pyramids

The Ancient Egyptian civilization is one of the earliest, most glorious and influential civilizations the world has ever seen. It lasted for thousands of years starting from the nomadic farmers in the Nile Valley in 5000 BC all the way to the end of the Ptolemaic period, which marked the onset of Roman occupation in 30 BC. In order to make better sense of these 5000 long years, historians divided Egyptian history into alternating eras of unity and stability, called Kingdoms, which were in turn divided

The Mesopotamian and Egyptian cultures had many influences on all the different cultures and traditions during the Bronze Age. Archeologists discovered the evidence of the Mesopotamian and Egyptian civilizations when they found several papyrus and parchments that were discovered from various excavations and surveys. Among these traditions at this time, Sports were recognized and practiced for the purpose of ceremonial and training devotions. However during the Greek times, sports mainly aimed for

Sudan is located in Africa next to Egypt, and it lays on the red sea. It was ruled at the time between 1896-1956. Sudan was at the time a backward, non-technological, simple life before imperialism. It had a lot of rich resources such as oil, natural gas, gold, silver, copper, nickel and agriculture which were the number one goal of any imperialist country. Sudan like any colonized country suffered from a lot of good effects and bad side effects some of them were short term impact and some are long

The ancient Thebes (the present city of Luxor) is located on the western bank of the Nile River (about 650 km south of Cairo). The Egyptian temple domains of Ptolemaic and Roman times formed the center stage for the dramatic performance of various cultic ceremonies, processions, and rituals throughout the year [17]. The Ptolemaic temple

Zoser, Khufu, and Ramses the Second where considered to be the Mightiest Pharaohs. Starting with zoser and the step pyramid, which for at the time was a gigantic achievement. No other structure at the time could surpass it. Next was Khufu, and the great pyramid of Giza. Giza was so grand it was said that it was a staircase to the sun. Finally Ramses temple, which surpassed all of the other Pharaohs temples. All of these Pharaohs changed Egypt in the way that they lived, but these three were the ones