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Review Of Dance All Night: Those Other Southwestern Swing Bands, Past And Present By Jean A. Boyd, John Mark Dempsey

Great Plains Quarterly (through 2013)

The patrons of Saturday-night Texas dance halls still two-step to the music of Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys, more than thirty-five years after Wills's death. Jean Boyd is one of the Texas music authors who has mythologized Wills in her previous "We're the Light Crust Doughboys from Burrus Mills": An Oral History (2003) and The Jazz of the Southwest: An Oral History of Western Swing (1998). In her newest book, Dance All Night: Those Other Southwestern Swing Bands, Past and Present, Boyd puts the spotlight on less well known practitioners of the music that Wills pioneered along with …

Fluid Borders, Concrete Locations: Epicenters Of Cross-Cultural Interaction In The Eighteenth Century Borderland Of The Great Lakes, John W. Nelson

Student Publications

In a recent article on the advent of borderlands history as a prominent field of historical scholarship, Pekka Hämäläinen and Samuel Truett described borderlands as “realms where boundaries are also crossroads, peripheries are also central places, homelands are also passing-through places, and the end points of empire are also forks in the road.” One such region that certainly fits this definition of a borderland and unquestionably hosts such specific crossroads and cultural junctions is the maritime region of the Great Lakes of North America. [excerpt]

The Grizzly, September 26, 2013, Sabrina Mcgettigan, Mary Deliberti, Briana Mullan, Deana Harley, Amanda Frekot, Vivek Reddy, Shawn Hartigan, Olivia Z. Schultz, Jordan Ostrum, Adebayo Adeyemo, Briana Keane, Atticus Graven, Bethany Mitchell, Austin Fox, David Rogers

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

Courtyard Pilot Program Extended • "Much Ado" About UC Drama • Extern Program • Marks Discusses Online Education • Live Music at Reimert • Community Yard Sale This Weekend • New Film Professor Joins the Campus • Enactus Prepares for a New Year • Opinion: Make the Most of Your Ursinus Years; School Spirit Should Extend Beyond Campus • Senior Spotlight: Jenna Stover • Topic of Injuries Overshadowing Football Season • Family Day Roundup

The Grizzly, September 12, 2013, Sabrina Mcgettigan, Olivia Z. Schultz, Briana Keane, Amanda Frekot, Derrick Falletta, Dana Feigenbaum, Vivek Reddy, Briana Mullan, Dave Muoio, Bethany Mitchell, Mary Deliberti, Brian A. Kennedy, Jordan Breslow, James Wilson, Kevin Medina, Adebayo Adeyemo, Shawn Hartigan

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

Reimert Arrest • USGA Leadership Retreat • Construction in Thomas and Pfahler • Ursinus Site Undergoes Update • 14th Annual Fringe Festival • New Pitch Program Rewards Creativity • Policy Changes a Result of Student Demand • Opinion: Chemical Attacks Need International Response; We Should Stay Out of Syria • UC's Open Laptops • Volleyball Counting on Newcomers This Season • Athletic Training Room Source of Aid and Knowledge • Men's Soccer Looking to Improve • More Shots a Priority for Bears

William Beer: An Englishman's Role In Libraries, Literature And Society In New Orleans, 1891-1927, Remesia Shields

LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

In 1891, an Englishman named William Beer arrived in New Orleans, Louisiana, to take up the position as librarian of Tulane University's Howard Library. Beer quickly gained a reputation as a competent and knowledgeable librarian by bolstering the Louisiana collection at the Howard Library with maps, rare books and Louisiana historical documents. In 1896, Beer played a central role in the organization and opening of the first free and public library in New Orleans, the Fisk Free and Public Library. Beer befriended many well-known authors of New Orleans literature including George Washington Cable, Grace King, Mollie Moore Davis and Mary …

"Listen To The Wild Discord": Jazz In The Chicago Defender And The Louisiana Weekly, 1925-1929, Sarah A. Waits

LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

This essay will use the views of two African American newspaper columnists, E. Belfield Spriggins of the Louisiana Weekly and Dave Peyton of the Chicago Defender, to argue that though New Orleans and Chicago both occupied a primary place in the history of jazz, in many ways jazz was initially met with ambivalence and suspicion. The struggle between the desire to highlight black achievement in music and the effort to adhere to tenets of middle class respectability play out in their columns. Despite historiographical writings to the contrary, these issues of the influence of jazz music on society were …

Sockdologizing: Finally Laughing At The Lincoln Assassination, John M. Rudy

Interpreting the Civil War: Connecting the Civil War to the American Public

I've taken solace in the fact that Abraham Lincoln died laughing. Sarah Vowell, in her riveting and powerful Assassination Vacation, speaks about how, "it is a comfort of sorts to know that the bullet hit Lincoln mid-guffaw. Considering how the war had weighed on him, at least his last conscious moment was a hoot." [excerpt]

The Effects Of Totalitarian Regimes And The Individual On Russian And Soviet Music, Tyler Christian Mills

Renée Crown University Honors Thesis Projects - All

This paper addresses the development of Russian and Soviet music from the 1860’s through Stalin’s terror in the late 1930’s. It focuses on the constraints placed on the composers by the totalitarian regime and how these individual composers were able to not only survive, but leave a greater impact on the development and style of music than the state that was constraining them. The paper focuses on how individual composers were able to use their innovation and talent to create unique material that captivated audiences both at home and abroad.

Preserving Dance Forms In India Through Education And Performance: A Curriculum For Bollywood Dance, Kimberly Martin

Masters Theses

This project is a practical curriculum of Bollywood dance that can be used to assist in the preservation of dance forms in India through education and performance. The goal of this curriculum is to systematically equip dancers of all ages with the basic knowledge and experiences needed to excel as dancers and choreographers of Bollywood dance. This will be achieved through practical experience that is built from the basics of Bollywood dance and founded in classical tradition and theory as presented in Bharat Natyam. This curriculum is broken up into four sixteen-week semesters and covers a series of steps, basics …

Community, Power, And Memory In Díaz Ordaz's Mexico: The 1968 Lynching In San Miguel Canoa, Puebla, Kevin M. Chrisman

Department of History: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

On September 14th, 1968, approximately 1,000 enraged inhabitants wielding assorted makeshift weapons formed a lynch mob that brutally murdered four people and injured three others in San Miguel Canoa, Mexico. According to the generally accepted account, Canoa’s inhabitants feared that recently-arrived Universidad Autónoma de Puebla employees, in town on a weekend mountain-climbing expedition, were in actuality communist agitators threatening the town’s social order. The lynching in Canoa received limited press coverage and was subsequently overshadowed by the much larger government orchestrated Tlatelolco massacre that occurred in Mexico City, on October 2, 1968. While Tlatelolco remains an important historic event from …

The Grizzly, April 4, 2013, Jessica Orbon, Sara Sherr, Alyse Reid, Caroline Sandberg, Shane English, Carly Siegler, Rosemary Clark, Vivek Reddy, Austin Fox, Sara Hourwitz, Sabrina Mcgettigan, John Parry, Megan Maccaroni, Jalel Guesmi, Allen Weaver

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

AFAC to Fund ESPN • No Tolerance for Open Containers • Staff Form Assembly • Transfer Students Offer Perspective on UC • Airband Event • Devoted Yet Battered Players • Blogging has Educational Benefits • Ursinus Students Celebrate World Water Month • Opinion: Seniors, Don't Freak Out About the Future; Extra-Curriculars an Important Part of Education • Ursinus Athletics Struggles • Concussions Affecting UC Athletics

From A Northern Home To A Southern School: Cultural Imperialists Or Just Stubborn Yankees, Janel Janiczek Smith

College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations

The purpose of this dissertation is to explore the cultural influences on the lives of northern teachers in southern schools. During the 1860s, white, northern, middle-class women traveled to southern homes to begin and maintain schools for the recently freed slaves. Each woman carried with her an independent set of cultural systems that predetermined her perspective for educating the African American students. Furthermore, the northern relief agencies, Freedmen's Bureau agents, southern white citizens, and southern freedmen all had their own opinions for the education of the students. Although much time has elapsed between the 1860s and 2013, the same topics …

The Grizzly, March 28, 2013, Jessica Orbon, Sara Sherr, Rosemary Clark, Alyse Reid, Heidi Jensen, Vivek Reddy, John Parry, Megan Maccaroni, Rachel Brown, Jacquelyn Heikel, Sofia Gallicchio, Jordan Demcher, Misha Fausto, Allen Weaver

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

Students Fight Prisons • St. Paddy's Day Cleanup Trouble • Science Plans Change • Town, Gown Growth • 9th Annual Edible Books Festival April 2 • "Ricochet," New CIE Event • WeCAN Raises Awareness • UC Tech Support • Opinion: Campus Safety Isn't Customer Service; Dorm Security Shouldn't be Compromised • Coach Profile: Sam Campo, Softball • Senior Spotlight: Allison Pfrommer • Warren Named All-American

Loading Chekhov’S Gun In 9-Times: The Fundamental Disconnect In Historical Interpretation, John M. Rudy

Interpreting the Civil War: Connecting the Civil War to the American Public

Thursday night brings into Gettysburg an avalanche of historians (both public and academic) to discuss the Future of Civil War History for a whole weekend. That means I'll be taking some annual leave from work and participating in a working-group investigating "Training Seasonal Historians in the Age of Holding the High Ground." It's still unclear who will be able to attend our panel thanks to sequestration and a moratorium on NPS travel. Still, those of us who can make it will soldier on. [excerpt]

Institutional Repositories Supporting Community Engagement: Campus And Community Partnerships At Linfield College, Kathleen Spring, Brenda Devore Marshall

Faculty & Staff Presentations

Building partnerships with community-oriented research centers and departments is one of the best ways to develop an institutional repository into a valued community resource. This presentation examines partnerships with the Linfield Center for the Northwest (LCN) and the Department of Theatre and Communication Arts to demonstrate how Linfield’s institutional repository supports faculty research, student internships, multimedia exhibits, oral histories, and original theatrical productions.

Bibliography For Work In Digital Humanities And (Inter)Mediality Studies, Steven Tötösy De Zepetnek

CLCWeb Library

No abstract provided.

The Grizzly, February 28, 2013, Jessica Orbon, Sara Sherr, Alyse Reid, Misha Fausto, Caroline Sandberg, Vivek Reddy, Megan Maccaroni, Amanda Frekot, Rachel Brown, Cecelia Marquez, Jordan Demcher, Allen Weaver

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

UC Employment • Anti-Vandalism Campaign • Student Trip to Haiti • Dean Calls for Faculty Award Nominations • Ninth-Semester Seniors Have Financing Options • Recycling Competition • Oscars Summary • Alum Dance Show • UC Facebook Compliments • Opinion: Strong Performances Sell "Silver Linings"; Religion's Influence Too Strong in US Politics • Baseball Looks to Win Under Exeter • Softball Begins Season with Championship Mindset • Wrestling Takes Home CC Team Title

The Grizzly, February 21, 2013, Jessica Orbon, Sara Sherr, John Parry, Alyse Reid, Vivek Reddy, John Robinson, Megan Maccaroni, Sara Hourwitz, Sabrina Mcgettigan, James Wilson, Rachel Brown, Jalel Guesmi, Jordan Demcher, Allen Weaver

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

Wismer Cited for Health Violations • UC Does the Harlem Shake • Fewer Choose Graduate School • Crigler Reconsiders Admissions Policies • Free Piloxing Classes • Music and Haircuts • Harlem Shake Craze Takes Over Ursinus • Escape Velocity Prepares for Spring Performance • Opinion: Main Street Crosswalk Still Dangerous; Academic Writing a Challenge for International Students • Behind the Scenes: Jim Wagner, Sports Information Director • Bears Lose, Miss Playoffs

The Grizzly, February 14, 2013, Jessica Orbon, Sara Sherr, Chris Fox, Jillian Goldstein, Rachel Brown, John Parry, Vivek Reddy, Amanda Frekot, Sara Hourwitz, Caroline Sandberg, Alyse Reid, Allen Weaver, Dana Feigenbaum

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

Career Fair Filled with Opportunities • Shreiner Parties Shut Down • TLI Reflects on Race in the Classroom • Ursinus Continues Diversity Initiatives • New Stores in Providence Town Center • Film Program Aims to Expand • On Campus Housing Options • On the Ball • Opinion: "Raging Feminist" is a Positive Title; Ursinus Should Keep ESPN in the Budget • Ursinus Considers Axing Pricey ESPN • UC Athlete Profile: Chris Donaldson, Wrestling • Senior Day Spurs Results

Public Dining In Dublin: The History And Evolution Of Gastronomy And Commercial Dining 1700-1900, Máirtín Mac Con Iomaire

Articles

Purpose: This paper provides an overview of the changing food culture ofIreland focusing particularly on the evolution of commercial public dining inDublin 1700-1900, from taverns, coffeehouses and clubs to the proliferation of hotels and restaurants particularly during the latter half of the nineteenth century.

Methods: Using a historical research approach, the paper draws principally on documentary and archival sources, but also uses material culture. Data is analysed using a combination of hermeneutics (Denzin and Lincoln, 2000, O'Gorman, 2010) and textual analysis (Howell and Prevenier, 2001).

Findings: The paper traces the various locations of public dining inDublin 1700-1900 and reveals thatDublin …

The Grizzly, January 24, 2013, Jessica Orbon, Sara Sherr, Rosemary Clark, Olivia Z. Schultz, Matthew Johnston, Courtney Scott, John Robinson, Samantha Salomon, Larissa Coyne, Eilish Bennett, Sara Hourwitz, Allen Weaver, Alyse Reid, Jordan Demcher

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

Distinguished Retirees Leave Ursinus • New Deans Take Office • Plans for Library's Future • Resident Adviser Recruitment Continues • UC Welcomes New RD • Intervarsity Christian Fellowship Strives for Change • Students Create Their Own Wismer Masterpieces • How to Form a New Student Club on Campus • Opinion: Sexual Assault Absent in Media Coverage; Birthright Trip to Israel Provides New Insights • Senior Abitz Attends FFCA Academy • Senior Spotlight: Amber Yacenda, Basketball • Draper Drops 33, Swarthmore in OT

Ronald Stevenson, Composer-Pianist : An Exegetical Critique From A Pianistic Perspective, Mark Gasser

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

This exegetical critique makes a conceptual summation of Ronald Stevenson’s life’s work for the piano and his contributions as a composer‐pianist. Chapters one and two provide a profile of Stevenson as a pianist, examining the aesthetic and musical concerns that defined his long career, as well as precedents and antecedents of his pianism. Of particular interest are the ways that Stevenson coalesces aspects of the ‘grand manner’ and his obsession with a pianistic bel canto style. Chapter three examines Stevenson’s remarkable output in terms of piano transcriptions. His conceptualization of this as ‘capturing the essence’ of the original composer is …

Vaudeville, Popular Entertainment And Cultural Division In The Inland Empire, 1880-1914, Mark Hauser

CGU Theses & Dissertations

This paper discusses the emergence of vaudeville in California’s Inland Empire region of San Bernardino and Riverside counties. It will consider the social changes underway in late nineteenth-century America and their impact on attitudes towards popular entertainment. This paper will draw on Lawrence Levine’s observations of cultural hierarchies that emerged during the late nineteenth century and shaped American understandings of culture. Entertainment of the nineteenth century will be examined for the ways it was unable to match urban trends, and contrasted with vaudeville’s appeal to a diverse urban populace. The cities of San Bernardino, Redlands and Riverside were home to …

The Armendárizes: A Transnational Family In New Mexico And Mexico, Samuel E. Sisneros

University Libraries & Learning Sciences Faculty and Staff Publications

Although the Armendáriz surname is uncommon in New Mexico today, the Armendáriz family was important in New Mexico during the early to mid-1800s, with key political, diplomatic, and social links to Texas; California; Washington, D.C.; and Mexico. The lives of the Armendárizes attest to the long and constant movement of people, trade, and politics along El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro (the Royal Road of the Interior) and to theformation of a binational region. From Santa Fe, New Mexico, to the El Paso/Ciudad Juárez border and Chihuahua City to Mexico City, the Armendáriz family legacy demonstrates that New Mexico has …

The Winding Stair Pre-Theatre Menu, January 2nd.-6th., 2013, Winding Stair Restaurant

Menus of the 21st Century

The Winding Stair Restaurant is located at 40, Lower Ormond Quay Dublin on the north side of the river Liffey beside the Ha’penny Bridge. The proprietor is Elaine Murphy. The Winding Stair started life as a bookshop and café which was a popular meeting spot in Dublin during the 1970s and 1980s. The café closed in 2005 and in 2006 the current proprietor re-opened it as a restaurant.

“The bookshop, located on the ground floor, was retained as were many of the old bookshelves, photos and memories. The room retains its timeless charm with stripped wood tables and floors, and …

Thornton's Restaurant Pre-Theatre Menu, 2013, Thornton's Restaurant

Menus of the 21st Century

Thornton's Restaurant (proprietors Kevin and Murie Thornton) is located on the first floor of the Fitzwilliam Hotel, 128, St. Stephen's Green,Dublin 2. It is open Tuesday to Saturday for dinner from 6pm to 9.30pm (last orders) and for lunch Thursday to Saturaday 12.30p.m. to 1.30 p.m . (last orders)

Kevin and Muriel Thornton’s first establishment was the Wine Epergne located in Upper Rathmines from 1989 – 1992. Thornton’s opened in Portobello, Dublin in 1995 and moved to its present location on St. Stephen’s Green in 2002.

Kevin Thornton is the great philosopher of Irish food. His passion, understanding and drive …

The Grizzly, December 6, 2012, Jessica Orbon, Sara Sherr, Larissa Coyne, Keith Miles, John Parry, Olivia Z. Schultz, Rayleen Rivera-Harbach, Jordan Demcher, Michael D'Amico, Alexa Lamontagne, Austin Fox, Andrew Feick, Lea Marano, Allen Weaver, Joey Brodsky

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

Dean Addresses New Faculty Rumors • Main Street Accident Raises Crosswalk Safety Concerns • Infonet's Future Still Uncertain • New Director Plans Art Exhibits • UCARE Grants Kids' Wishes • The Ruby Tradition Continues • Best Buddies Gives Back to the Community • 75th Anniversary of the "Messiah" at Ursinus • Huang Wins a Prestigious Environmental Award • Opinion: Consider Others When Considering Vandalism; Recent Events an Opportunity to Grow • Behind the Scenes: Nienius and Peck • Basketball Teams Strong Start • Men's Basketball Falls to No. 9 F&M

The Grizzly, November 15, 2012, Jessica Orbon, Sara Sherr, Rosemary Clark, Rachel Brown, Marcus Foster, Chris Rountree, Samantha Salomon, Amanda Frekot, Austin Fox, Matthew Johnston, Michael D'Amico, Rayleen Rivera-Harbach, Allen Weaver

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

Website Sparks Campus Controversy • New Sculptures Share Connections with CIE Text • Underclassmen to Register on New Electronic System • Sandy Victims Still Need Aid • UCDC Fall Preview • Dr. Romano's Book • Radio City Christmas Spectacular • Commuters at UC • Opinion: Disputed Website Shows Ursinus' True Colors; It's Becoming More Popular to Follow Celebrities' Lives • Rough Time to be a Philadelphia Fan • Women's Basketball Looks to Youth for Victories • Men's Basketball Looks to Rebound

Kickin’ Sand And Tellin’ Lies Performance Program, Jenaveve Linabary

Kickin' Sand and Tellin' Lies: The Play

This document is the program created for the Linfield College Theatre’s November 2012 production of Kickin’ Sand and Tellin’ Lies by Jackson B. Miller and Christopher Forrer. The play was created as part of the Launching through the Surf: The Dory Fleet of Pacific City project, which focuses on the historical and contemporary role of dory fishers and dories in the life of the coastal village of Pacific City, Oregon. Inspired by stories from the project interviews, the play is a fictional work.

The program provides details related to the production, including a cast list and short actor biographies, listings …

Prompt Book: Kickin’ Sand And Tellin’ Lies, Jennifer Layton

Kickin' Sand and Tellin' Lies: The Play

This document is the prompt book created by stage manager Jennifer Layton for the Linfield College Theatre's November 2012 production of Kickin’ Sand and Tellin’ Lies by Jackson B. Miller and Christopher Forrer. The prompt book includes ground plans with blocking diagrams that depict the movements of the actors throughout the play, notations that indicate the timing for lighting, sound, and multimedia cues called by the stage manager during performances, and administrative materials such as rehearsal schedules, lists of stage properties and costume pieces, and other documents related to the process of creating the production.