... nowhere else a person can go to see this magic ten feet in front of them and forget it is not real. When I walk into the undersized theater I see approximately two hundred seats. Straight ahead of me I see the old, wooden stage that creeks when I walk upon it. Every board is a different hue ... rearranging of the sets and lighting portraying different scenes. The cool concrete floor surrounds it. The concrete is splattered with stains telling of past misfortunes. The stage itself is only about ten feet long by eight feet deep. I sit down in my red, broke in chair. The material feels like...

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... stage. My friends and I approached the front of the stage, since there happened to be open seating that night. As soon as they started playing, the crowd went crazy. The lights were down low and all that was illuminating the venue were the embers on the stage. People of all kinds filled the empty space before the stage ... it caused my body to move. With hands in the air, we became a part of something that was bigger than ourselves. I was located towards the front of the stage, which my being 5'2" and 115 pounds isn't the smartest thing to do at a concert of this magnitude. Nonetheless, t...

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... the theatre containing seats covered by a roof. If someone were able to afford it, he would sometimes pay up to five pennies to sit next to the stage. Although women attended theatre in Elizabethan times it was often considered inappropriate, and therefore, when wealthier women attended plays, they would wear masks to conceal their ... yard so that the audience were able to view the performance from three different sides of the stage. The stage in the BPAC however, is only three to four feet high and is only viewable from the front. The BPAC boasts two chorus change rooms, as well as two...

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... concert revolved around. The clarinet was the glorified instrument played Paul Votapek and in conjunction with the clarinet on stage was a piano played by Michael Baron. Although there were only two instruments being played on stage both musicians performed exceptionally producing an orchestral type sound. I chose a seat directly in front the stage a couple rows from the first. I had a clear view of the musicians, the ... stage, and the instruments. Upon initial observation of my surroundings I can see that the audience is quiet and well mannered, patiently ... ...

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... of screaming, out of control fans. As soon as the music started, lights flashed out of control and the crowd swarmed towards the stage. Grabbing my friend's hand, I began pushing my way through the crowd towards the front of the stage. Stuck in the middle of screaming, jumping bodies, I was tossed around like a rag doll. There were bodies on every side of me ... . As quickly as the song had started, it was finished and I came back to reality. With only a short intermission, the music was non stop. The coliseum was black but the stage lights seem to fill the floor with different colors of...

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... out that it was nothing of the such. Even the audience at this concert was a lot more responding to what the musicians were doing on stage, they actually wanted to really clap hard to show that they liked the music. The audience also seemed a lot more exuberant after the show ... Stanislaus. The instruments included saxophones, trumpets, trombones, the drums, a piano, guitar, and a bass. All the horns were on the right side of the stage while the rest of the instruments were on the left part. The ensemble played excellent and sounded excellent. All the aspects of a great performance were...

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... view of the performers and hear the music clearly. The venue was the perfect place for the concert, small and intimate with a seating capacity for eighty-five ticket holders and a stage that was only large enough to accommodate the instrumentalists, their instruments and their equipment. Moreover, the concert hall is designed to provide equally-distributed sound from the ... front row to the back of the theater. When attending a jazz concert, it's important to have the right mindset before it begins. I was ready to appreciate the jazz music, having an ... , but one could barely hear he...

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... upper level right by the aisle. This seat was perfect to view the play from because there were not any big heads or different obscenities in front of me to block my view of the stage The three most captivating aspects of the play was the brilliant light design, costumes, and music. The light designer, John Napier, did an excellent job on ... lights for the play. He captured the sadness and emotional environment of the play by using dull and dim lighting. Even though he used dull lighting to light up the stage you could still see all the characters actions and facial expressions clearly....

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... language it may not be interesting to watch or see, so this assumption holds back a lot of the people. But what I found appealing was that on the top of the stage English translation was being given to make it easier for people to understand what the characters were saying or singing. In the beginning I felt the same way that I would not ... various approaches to meet the tenor, such as acting as a drunken soldier and later advises him to pretend to be the musical instructor. The orchestra was being played off stage actually in front of it and was presented with the act and the mood of ...

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... started to smile with excitement and hope of doing well filled our hearts. All I can remember is thinking back to elementary school and how I felt the first time I sang in front of an audience and how that it dwindled in comparison to this. Although I knew exactly what I was doing down to the last breath, I still feared that I did not know enough ... I landed the steps, and hit the notes. Just as I grabbed a bottle of water the two-minuet call was sounded and my heart stared to race so I ran up to the stage a got into position just in time for the start. As I sang the last note and took...

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... and white tuxedos and the women in black dresses. Before the performance began, each performer tuned his or her instrument, together with the entire orchestra. After the conductor came on stage, he turned around and bowed. I almost expected that he was going to introduce himself and announce what piece was about to be performed, but instead they just started playing. The ... . Overall the concert was very well done. It was very formal, professional and had a huge impact on me that I didn't realize until after I bought the keyboard and sat down in front of it. I guess deep down inside I l...

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... of late fall, I enjoying hearing the sweet sounds of the band echoing through the campus. During a performance, the members of the band also have to overcome "stage fright". They must learn to perform in front of hundreds of shouting fans at football games and for a quiet audience at formal concerts. Adding to the work the band members must complete, all the music ... ...

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