Word: performances
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...homeless characters in the audience (several audience members drew close their valuables or else took out change to give the actors, assuming they were authentic), the sum effect is one of deranged imbalance. This is especially true when a jazz band takes the stage and the homeless pair perform a choreographed dance and pretend to be playing along on tubes shaped like saxophones and guitars. The scene is perplexing, pointless, and childishly extreme...
Soon afterward, Health Net's Ossorio telephoned Glaspy's boss, Dr. Dennis Slamon, the division chief of oncology at UCLA, in what the deMeurerses say was an effort to influence whether the center would perform Christy's transplant. Health Net's Lyle Swallow disputes this charge: "The idea that Health Net could somehow muscle UCLA into doing anything, given their size, given their reputation, given their budget, is really kind of laughable...
...musicians, this means using rock and rap as vehicles to carry religious messages to young audiences. Of course, this isn't a new strategy, since musicians have been combining popular music and religious themes for decades. Gospel, with its roots in the blues, was once considered too earthy to perform in church; the rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar came out way back in 1970; and Christian diva Amy Grant has been racking up Grammys and gold records for years with her lite-FM pop. But younger Christian performers are now borrowing from a wider, more modern array of musical styles...
...time off didn't really effect my performance," Koerckel says. "I ran and walked during my time off to stay in shape, but I didn't swim. After the time off, I found that I really wanted to be back. I had no expectations for my performance, and that relaxed me and allowed me to perform at a high level...
...Kuumba Singers, which perform African-American music, sang several gospel hymns including "I've Been 'Buked" and "Come Out the Wilderness." The audience also sang two Christian hymns...