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Title Black Dancer
art limited Featured on May 31, 2010 at 17:03 by Denis Olivier
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Title Black Dancer
art limited Featured on May 31, 2010 at 17:03 by Denis Olivier
Category Study / Art / Classic / Photography / film 24x36, 35mm / People / Portrait / Female
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Published May 29, 2010 at 13:30
Title Black Dancer
art limited Featured on May 31, 2010 at 17:03 by Denis Olivier
Category Study / Art / Classic / Photography / film 24x36, 35mm / People / Portrait / Female
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Published May 29, 2010 at 13:30
Thursday, February 11, 2010
The Search for Anne Bradstreet
http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5766
Poetry Landmark: The Search for Anne Bradstreet in Essex County, MA
Though there are numerous documents and portraits of her husband and father, Anne Bradstreet left only her poems behind. There is no tattered journal, no marble bust, not even a headstone. Yet, the search for locations relating to one of America's first poets is a sacred one, tracing not only the beginnings of American poetry, but the history of the country itself.
Born as Anne Dudley in 1612 to a well-educated family in England, she married Simon Bradstreet at age 16. Two years later, in 1630, Bradstreet immigrated to New England with her husband and family on the Arabella, in one of the earliest groups of Puritans. They initially lived in Salem and Cambridge, and then settled in Ipswich, Massachusetts. Her husband and father quickly became involved in the local governance of the Boston settlement--Dudley became Deputy-Governor and Bradstreet took the role of Chief-Administrator.
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Bradstreet's work was secretly compiled by her brother-in-law and published in England in 1650 under the title The Tenth Muse, Lately Sprung Up in America. She was distressed by the publication, and updated it a few years later, with a poem of apology for its original publication: "The Author to Her Book." Bradstreet let no more of her work be published; only circulating later work among friends and family. Her most highly regarded work was written later in life, and published posthumously.
{Please go to this site and read the complete story about her, and see a few other works.}(G)
Poetry Landmark: The Search for Anne Bradstreet in Essex County, MA
Though there are numerous documents and portraits of her husband and father, Anne Bradstreet left only her poems behind. There is no tattered journal, no marble bust, not even a headstone. Yet, the search for locations relating to one of America's first poets is a sacred one, tracing not only the beginnings of American poetry, but the history of the country itself.
Born as Anne Dudley in 1612 to a well-educated family in England, she married Simon Bradstreet at age 16. Two years later, in 1630, Bradstreet immigrated to New England with her husband and family on the Arabella, in one of the earliest groups of Puritans. They initially lived in Salem and Cambridge, and then settled in Ipswich, Massachusetts. Her husband and father quickly became involved in the local governance of the Boston settlement--Dudley became Deputy-Governor and Bradstreet took the role of Chief-Administrator.
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Bradstreet's work was secretly compiled by her brother-in-law and published in England in 1650 under the title The Tenth Muse, Lately Sprung Up in America. She was distressed by the publication, and updated it a few years later, with a poem of apology for its original publication: "The Author to Her Book." Bradstreet let no more of her work be published; only circulating later work among friends and family. Her most highly regarded work was written later in life, and published posthumously.
{Please go to this site and read the complete story about her, and see a few other works.}(G)
Sunday, January 17, 2010
Hang On Sloopy--Ohio's State Rock Song
http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=1878
Ohio's State Rock Song - Hang On Sloopy Home State Symbols Ohio's State Rock Song - Hang On Sloopy
In 1985, the Ohio General Assembly approved "Hang on Sloopy" as Ohio's official rock song. The Ohio General Assembly adopted an official rock song after Joe Dirck, a columnist for the Columbus Citizen-Journal, wrote a column about the State of Washington considering the adoption of its own rock song.
The Ohio General Assembly responded by making "Hang on Sloopy" Ohio's rock song. Ohio is the only state to have an official rock song. Bert Berns and Wes Farrell co-wrote the song, and "Hang on Sloopy" became a major hit for the band The McCoys in 1965. The McCoys were originally from Dayton, Ohio. The song was about Dorothy Sloop of Steubenville, Ohio. A singer, Sloop sometimes used the stage name Sloopy. The resolution establishing "Hang on Sloopy" as Ohio's rock song had a number of references to the song's lyrics and to the song's importance to Ohioans.
The resolution read: HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 16 WHEREAS, The members of the 116th General Assembly of Ohio wish to recognize the rock song "Hang On Sloopy" as the official rock song of the great State of Ohio; and WHEREAS, In 1965, an Ohio-based rock group known as the McCoys reached the top of the national record charts with "Hang On Sloopy," composed by Bert Russell and Wes Farrell, and that same year, John Tagenhorst, then an arranger for the Ohio State University Marching Band, created the band's now-famous arrangement of "Sloopy," first performed at the Ohio State-Illinois football game on October 9, 1965; and WHEREAS, Rock music has become an integral part of American culture, having attained a degree of acceptance no one would have thought possible twenty years ago; and WHEREAS, Adoption of "Hang On Sloopy" as the official rock song of Ohio is in no way intended to supplant "Beautiful Ohio" as the official state song, but would serve as a companion piece to that old chestnut; and WHEREAS, If fans of jazz, country-and-western, classical, Hawaiian and polka music think those styles also should be recognized by the state, then by golly, they can push their own resolution just like we're doing; and WHEREAS, "Hang On Sloopy" is of particular relevance to members of the Baby Boom Generation, who were once dismissed as a bunch of long-haired, crazy kids, but who now are old enough and vote in sufficient numbers to be taken quite seriously; and WHEREAS, Adoption of this resolution will not take too long, cost the state anything, or affect the quality of life in this state to any appreciable degree, and if we in the legislature just go ahead and pass the darn thing, we can get on with more important stuff; and WHEREAS, Sloopy lives in a very bad part of town, and everybody, yeah, tries to put my Sloopy down; and WHEREAS, Sloopy, I don't care what your daddy do, 'cause you know, Sloopy girl, I'm in love with you; therefore be it Resolved, That we, the members of the 116th General Assembly of Ohio, in adopting this Resolution, name "Hang On Sloopy" as the official rock song of the State of Ohio; and be it further Resolved, That the Legislative Clerk of the House of Representatives transmit duly authenticated copies of this Resolution to the news media of Ohio.
Ohio's State Rock Song - Hang On Sloopy Home State Symbols Ohio's State Rock Song - Hang On Sloopy
In 1985, the Ohio General Assembly approved "Hang on Sloopy" as Ohio's official rock song. The Ohio General Assembly adopted an official rock song after Joe Dirck, a columnist for the Columbus Citizen-Journal, wrote a column about the State of Washington considering the adoption of its own rock song.
The Ohio General Assembly responded by making "Hang on Sloopy" Ohio's rock song. Ohio is the only state to have an official rock song. Bert Berns and Wes Farrell co-wrote the song, and "Hang on Sloopy" became a major hit for the band The McCoys in 1965. The McCoys were originally from Dayton, Ohio. The song was about Dorothy Sloop of Steubenville, Ohio. A singer, Sloop sometimes used the stage name Sloopy. The resolution establishing "Hang on Sloopy" as Ohio's rock song had a number of references to the song's lyrics and to the song's importance to Ohioans.
The resolution read: HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 16 WHEREAS, The members of the 116th General Assembly of Ohio wish to recognize the rock song "Hang On Sloopy" as the official rock song of the great State of Ohio; and WHEREAS, In 1965, an Ohio-based rock group known as the McCoys reached the top of the national record charts with "Hang On Sloopy," composed by Bert Russell and Wes Farrell, and that same year, John Tagenhorst, then an arranger for the Ohio State University Marching Band, created the band's now-famous arrangement of "Sloopy," first performed at the Ohio State-Illinois football game on October 9, 1965; and WHEREAS, Rock music has become an integral part of American culture, having attained a degree of acceptance no one would have thought possible twenty years ago; and WHEREAS, Adoption of "Hang On Sloopy" as the official rock song of Ohio is in no way intended to supplant "Beautiful Ohio" as the official state song, but would serve as a companion piece to that old chestnut; and WHEREAS, If fans of jazz, country-and-western, classical, Hawaiian and polka music think those styles also should be recognized by the state, then by golly, they can push their own resolution just like we're doing; and WHEREAS, "Hang On Sloopy" is of particular relevance to members of the Baby Boom Generation, who were once dismissed as a bunch of long-haired, crazy kids, but who now are old enough and vote in sufficient numbers to be taken quite seriously; and WHEREAS, Adoption of this resolution will not take too long, cost the state anything, or affect the quality of life in this state to any appreciable degree, and if we in the legislature just go ahead and pass the darn thing, we can get on with more important stuff; and WHEREAS, Sloopy lives in a very bad part of town, and everybody, yeah, tries to put my Sloopy down; and WHEREAS, Sloopy, I don't care what your daddy do, 'cause you know, Sloopy girl, I'm in love with you; therefore be it Resolved, That we, the members of the 116th General Assembly of Ohio, in adopting this Resolution, name "Hang On Sloopy" as the official rock song of the State of Ohio; and be it further Resolved, That the Legislative Clerk of the House of Representatives transmit duly authenticated copies of this Resolution to the news media of Ohio.
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