Edited by Azizi PowellThis post showcases the viral video of Kenyan high school high jumpers & a video of the song that was used as that video's soundtrack.The content of this post is presented for cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.All copyrights remain with their owners.****FEATURED VIDEOSKenyan High School High Jump (OFFICIAL) Michael Stewart, Published on May 23, 2013 To donate / get involved visit: https://www.facebook.com/KenyanHighJump.This is at a high school track meet in the Rift Valley of Kenya in the town of Mosoriot....
Friday, May 31, 2013
Kenyan High School High Jump Video & Its Soundtrack (Mr Israel -Young Man)
Posted on 4:31 PM by Unknown
Thursday, May 30, 2013
Arrow - Hot Hot Hot (sound file, video, lyrics)
Posted on 4:34 PM by Unknown
Edited by Azizi PowellThis post showcases Arrow's 1980s Soca hit song "Hot Hot Hot".Information about Arrow is also provided in this post.The content of this post is presented for cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.All copyrights remain with their owners.****INFORMATION ABOUT ARROWFrom http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrow_%28musician%29"Alphonsus Celestine Edmund Cassell MBE (16 November 1949[1] – 15 September 2010) was a calypso and soca musician who performed under the stage name Arrow, and is regarded as the first superstar of soca...
Examples Of The Children's Cheer "Rock The Boat"
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Edited by Azizi PowellThis is Part II of a two part series on the 1974 Disco song "Rock The Boat" and children's "Rock The Boat" cheers.This post features video & text examples of "Rock The Boat" cheers and also provides some comments about the structure of those cheers.Part I showcases the song "Rock The Boat" as recorded by The Hues Corporation (1973).Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2013/05/the-hues-corporation-rock-boat-video.html for Part I.The content of this post is presented for cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.All...
Wednesday, May 29, 2013
The Hues Corporation- Rock The Boat (video & information)
Posted on 7:50 AM by Unknown
Edited by Azizi PowellThis is Part I of a two part series on the 1974 Disco song "Rock The Boat" and children's "Rock The Boat" cheers.This posts showcases the song "Rock The Boat" as recorded by The Hues Corporation (1973).Part II features examples of "Rock The Boat" cheers. Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2013/05/examples-of-childrens-cheer-rock-boat.html for Part II of this series.The content of this post is presented for cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.All copyrights remain with their owners.****SHOWCASE VIDEO - Rock The...
Tuesday, May 28, 2013
New Orleans Buck Jumping (information & videos)
Posted on 8:44 AM by Unknown
Edited by Azizi PowellTBC Brass Band performing Donny Hathaway's 'This Christmas' at the Big Nine 2009 Second Line Parade BigRedCotton, Uploaded on Dec 24, 2009 ****This is Part II of a two part series on the 19th century dance known as the "buck & wing", and the "buck jumping" dances that derived from it. This post features information about & several videos of buck jumping.Part I provides information & video demonstrations of buck & wing, buck dancing, and several wing movements in tap dancing.Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2013/05/the-pigeon-wing-buck-wing-and-buck.html...
The Pigeon Wing, The Buck & Wing, and Buck Dancing (information & videos)
Posted on 7:40 AM by Unknown
Edited by Azizi PowellThis is Part I of a two part series on the 19th century dance known as the "buck & wing", and "buck jumping" dances that derived from it. Part I provides information about & video demonstrations of buck & wing, buck dancing, and several wing movements in tap dancing.Part II of this series features information & comments about "buck jumping", a style of dancing that is closely associated with members of New Orleans Social Aid & Pleasure Clubs & New Orleans second line paraders. Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2013/05/new-orleans-buck-jumping-information.html...
Monday, May 27, 2013
Deconstructing The Stereotype Of Black People As Apes & Monkeys
Posted on 9:19 PM by Unknown
Edited by Azizi PowellI was motivated to publish this post as a result of reading about the Australian football (soccer) player Adam Goodes who was called "monkey" by a 13 year old girl during a game during that nation's week dedicated to honoring indigenous athletes.Here's a video of an interview of that player in which he talks about that incident: Adam Goodes response to a racist taunt, unedited. Published on May 25, 2013 20 years after Nicky Winmar took a historic stand against racist taunts from the crowd, a spectator again hurled racist...
Sunday, May 26, 2013
Bless That Wonderful Name Of Jesus (videos & lyrics)
Posted on 4:12 PM by Unknown
Edited by Azizi PowellThis post presents two videos of the Gospel song "Bless That Wonderful Name Of Jesus". My transcriptions of bot of these songs are also included in this post. The content of this post is presented for religious, and aesthetic purposes.All copyrights remain with their owners.****FEATURED VIDEOSExample #1: Old fashioned, Hand Clapping, Foot Stomping, PRAISE Apostle Stacey Woods, Uploaded on Oct 21, 2008Apostle Stacey Woods leads the congregation in Praise and Worship-snip-LYRICS - BLESS THAT WONDERFUL NAME OF JESUS [Example...
"Roll And Tumble Blues" & "Rollin And Tumblin" (Sound Files & Lyrics)
Posted on 5:53 AM by Unknown
Edited by Azizi PowellThis post showcases a sound file of the Blues classic "Roll And Tumbled Blues" and two song files of the Blues classics "Rollin & Tumblin" which were adapted from that song. These songs are presented in the order of their recording & are by Hambone Willie Newbern, Muddy Waters, and Elmore James. The lyrics to these versions are also included in this post.The content of this post is presented for folkloric, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.All copyrights remain with their owners.****FEATURED EXAMPLES & THEIR...
Saturday, May 25, 2013
Videos Of The Cha Cha Slide (Casper Slide) & Mississippi Cha Cha Slide (Stomp)
Posted on 4:36 PM by Unknown
Edited by Azizi PowellThis post showcases videos of the line dances "Cha Cha Slide" (also known as "the Casper Slide") and the Mississippi Cha Cha Slide (also known as "Stomp", and the Mississippi Slide". The content of this post is presented for cultural, entertainment and aesthetic purposes.All copyrights remain with their owners.****COMMENT ABOUT THE TERMS "SLIDE" AND "STOMP"The word "slide" and the word "stomp" are often found in the title of dance songs. These terms refer to foot movements: "Slide" = to move smoothly across a surfaceand "Stomp"...
Friday, May 24, 2013
Overview of Stomp & Shake Cheerleading
Posted on 3:19 PM by Unknown
Edited by Azizi PowellThis is Part III of a three part series that compares three different but closely related African American originated performance movement arts: historically Black fraternities & sororities steppin (stepping); foot stomping [cheers]; and stomp & shake cheerleading. Part III of this series provides an overview of stomp & shake cheerleading.Part I provides an overview of historically Black (African American) Greek letted fraternities & sororities. Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2013/05/an-overview-of-black-greek-letter.html...
An Overview Of Foot Stomping & Foot Stomping Cheers
Posted on 12:41 PM by Unknown
Edited by Azizi PowellThis is Part II of a three part series that compares three different but closely related African American originated performance movement arts: historically Black fraternities & sororities steppin (stepping); foot stomping [cheers]; and stomp & shake cheerleading. Part II provides an overview of foot stomping cheers and also provides information about the syncopated, choreographed performance movement of "foot stomping". Part I provides an overview of historically Black (African American) Greek letted fraternities...
An Overview Of Black Greek Letter Organization Steppin & Step Cheers
Posted on 10:58 AM by Unknown
Edited by Azizi PowellThis is Part I of a three part series that compares three different but closely related African American originated performance movement arts: historically Black fraternities & sororities steppin (stepping); foot stomping [cheers]; and stomp & shake cheerleading. Part I provides an overview of historically Black (African American) Greek letted fraternities & sororities.Part II provides an overview of foot stomping cheers. Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2013/05/an-overview-of-foot-stomping-movement.html for...
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