Culture Event #5

For my final culture event of the semester, I went to the Primal Wrestling Match at the KOA Arena in Harpers Ferry, WV.  This was the first time I attended a live pro-wrestling match.  I had seats in the third row from the ring.  Seeing a live wrestling match was more exciting than watching it on television.  These are the results of each fight:

Doug Delicious and Fenix Fury defeated Punk Rock All-Stars
Logan LaRoux defeated Jack Cicero
The tag-team of The Forgiven defeated Country Strong.  Female wrestler, Mandy Leon was there to support them.
Drolix defeated T.K Stark
Dirty Money defeated G-Fed
PCW Champion,
Bobby Shields defeated Chuck Lennox

As proof of attending the event, I had my picture taken with the wrestlers at half-time.  One of those wrestling stars I had my picture with was The Sandman.  He was there to fill in for Maria Kannellis, who was unable to attend the event due to personal reasons.  I also had each wrestler sign a free poster that was given to everyone who showed up early for the meet and greet.  It was exciting to see a live wrestling match and I would see the next Primal Wrestling event coming up.

My Game Plan for Presentations

After working on my radio drama all semester long, I am glad to say that my work is ready for presentation.  My instructor, Monica Larson, helped me design the cover poster.  I had the poster printed twice at Staples. One copy is for the presentation and one is for home.  For the slides on the poster, I decided to add an extra two slides to the six I already made out.  Along with the story, main character, other characters, production, influences, and why I did the project; I added a short biography of myself and credits to thank everyone that helped me put everything together.  The cover page and all eight slides were taped to a black poster board.

Everyone will be able to listen to my work on my Ipad.  My original idea was to borrow a tablet from the Comm Department and play my work from Soundcloud.  The Radio Drama will be playing from my Ipad in case the internet doesn't work on the day of presentations.  I already have more than one pair of headphones for multiple listeners. The radio station manager at Shepherd let me borrow the headphones for the day.   If anyone likes my radio drama, I have business cards saying that my work can be found on Soundcloud and YouTube.  I am very nervous about how my presentation will turn out.  It always happens when I present my work to my peers and teachers.  I'm hoping that my presentation will be a success.

Culture Event #4

On March 14th, I attended the Wayne Brady concert at Hollywood Casino in Charles Town, WV.  Wayne Brady is one of the cast members of Whose Line Is It Anyway and the host of Let's Make a Deal.  His act specializes in improvisation, which is where the performers make everything up in the moment with the help of the audience.  Jonathan Mangum joins Brady on the show.  He is Brady's sidekick on Let's Make a Deal and a recurring cast member of Whose Line Is It Anyway.

Mangum opens up the show by explaining how improvisation works and has the audience give him long words. The words are for a rap song that Wayne makes up.  Wayne uses the words to rap about unicorn sex.  The audience were laughing hard during each game. The other games that they played were Sound Effects, One-Word Story, First Date, Questions From The Audience, and Song Styles. All of the games were from Whose Line Is It Anyway. It was a great show and I would see him again.  I got to see the other cast members of Whose Line like Collin Mochrie, Brad Sherwood, Ryan Stiles,  Greg Proops, Chip Esten, and Jeff Davis at other venues. The show was everything I thought it was going to be.

As proof of me attending the event, I had my picture taken with Wayne Brady himself. My friend Drew, who works as a manager at the casino, helped me get into the Meet and Greet.  It was great meeting Wayne Brady before the show. He was very nice to everyone. I shook his hand and a photographer took the picture,  which I later downloaded off the casino's website. It was great meeting and seeing one of my favorite comedians in person.  I would see him again if he came back to the casino.

Culture Event #3

On February 27th, I went to the Hollywood Casino in Charles Town, WV to see the Eli Young Band. They are currently one of the most popular bands in country music. The lead singer of the group is Mike Eli. Other of the group were James Young on the guitar, Jon Jones on bass guitar, and Chris Thompson on the drums.  The concert was a sold out show and I was lucky to purchase my ticket when I was able to.

During the show, they performed some of their best known songs like Drunk Last Night, Crazy Girl, and Even If It Breaks Your Heart. They also performed their own covers of other well-known country songs like Dust On The Bottle by David Lee Murphy and Sweet Home Alabama by Lynard Skynard. The Eli Young Band  was able to introduce one of their newest songs called Turn It On. Sometimes the audience got close to the stage and danced to some of their most popular songs like drunk Last Night.  I personally got close to the stage to dance and get some good pictures.  The venue doesn't allow flash photography during shows.  As long as I had the flash off, I figured that I wouldn't get in trouble.  They received huge applause after each song.  It was a great show all together.

I enjoyed the show at the casino. This was my second trip to the new Event Center. I was there last October to see Travis Tritt, another country singer.  As proof that I have attended the concert, I took several pictures of the band performing their songs. I wasn't able to get into the Meet and Greet, but I had my picture taken with a girl I met in the crowd of people around the stage. In order to get ready for the show, I got dressed up in my western shirt and hat.  My saying is that "if you go to a country show, you should look the part". I also bought one their album of 10,000 Towns at the souvenir stand.  The Eli Young Band put on a great show and I would see them again if they came back to Charles Town.

Presentations.

For April 13th 2015, The Comm Department will put on a presentation for all of the capstone projects in the Rams Den at Shepherd University.  My poster board project is coming along alright.  I already have the Powerpoint slides finished.  The slides are the story, biography of myself, list of cast/characters, influences, production, and why I chose the subject.  The one thing that I am having some trouble with is designing the cover page for the poster.  Capstone students are required to use Illustrator to design the poster.  I have never used that particular program before. In order to learn how to use the program,I plan to ask my instructor for a one on one session for how to use the program.  I already have the picture ready for use.  It will be of a picture of a woman standing in an alley pointing a gun.  I need to know how to make that picture part of a creative poster board idea.

Culture Event #2

My second culture event this semester was a girls basketball game at Shepherd University.  The girls of Shepherd played against Urbana on February 12th.  This was the first basketball that I have attended during my entire time as a student on Shepherd.

It was a close game all to the end. Both teams were evenly matched and they played a strong defense in order to maintain the lead. The end of the first half of the game was a tie of 36 to 36.  The cheerleaders were off to side during their routines to get the crowd excited.  Shepherd was able to win the game with a score of 78 to 72.

I also stayed to watch the first half of the men's basketball game.  The crowd for that game got bigger for that game.  The team from Urbana played a very aggressive game against Shepherd.  Once Urbana got the lead, they kept it throughout the rest of the game.  I left the game early because I made plans to meet a friend for dinner.  The score then was 41 to 59 with Urbana winning.  The next day, I learned that Urbana won the game 79 to 55.  The men's game for Shepherd was very brutal to them.

As proof for attending the event, I had my picture taken with my friend,  Mrs. Lueck, from Jefferson High School. I also kept the program for the game. It was an exciting game and I would go see another one if I find time in my schedule.