Word: spirits
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...mail concluded by requesting that members "take seriously the challenge to represent the black musical tradition AS SUCH at the concert on Saturday. Make it your priority to show that you have rhythm, that you have soul, that you have spirit, that you love one another, that Kuumba is your family...
...When we roll up in a church we should not beconcerned with whether or not we look `Black'enough," wrote Sheldon K. X. Reid '96, who is aKuumba member and a student at the Graduate Schoolof Education. "If we are true to the meaning andthe spirit of the music then we ARE Blackenough...Yes, as the racial and culturalcomposition of a group changes, the focus of itsexpression may shift. But let us remember that weare all 'students of life,' and that skin-colorneither inherently implies an understanding ofhistory or culture, nor a lack thereof...
...part of the spirit of the festival that the participants were all eager to explain aspects of the festival...
...early Hawaii, it was custom to celebrate auspicious occasions with a feast. Whether the birth of a child or the completion of a new home or canoe, Hawaiians traditionally took time to honor their many Gods and to share their bounty with friends and family. So, in the spirit of luaus past, the Hawaiian community on the east coast converged, donning their best aloha attire (mo'u mo'u's, floral shirts, surf shorts) to leave behind mid-term studies and celebrate Hawaii's unique culture. Most of the students came from MIT, but the luau also lured students from...
...What happens is, people sense myentrpreneurial spirit, you know, I'm writing abook and stuff like that, and they get threatenedby that, and they don't hire me," Kerr explains."Because I'm not like a lot of other people, I'mnot going to lie in an interview and call myself acompany man. So I didn't get a job this winterbecause in my interviews I let them know what elseI do for income, and they were like this guy's notgoing to work for us, he's got too much else goingon. So they didn't hire...