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An umbrella or parasol is a folding canopy supported by wooden or metal ribs, which is mounted on a wooden, metal or plastic pole. It is designed to protect a person against rain or sunlight. The word "umbrella" typically refers to a device used for protection from rain. The word parasol usually refers to an item designed to protect from the sun. Often the difference is the material used for the canopy; some parasols are not waterproof. Umbrella canopies may be made of fabric or flexible plastic.
Umbrellas and parasols are primarily hand-held portable devices sized for personal use. The largest hand-portable umbrellas are golf umbrellas. Umbrellas can be divided into two categories: fully collapsible umbrellas, in which the metal pole supporting the canopy retracts, making the umbrella small enough to fit in a handbag, and non-collapsible umbrellas in which the support pole cannot retract; only the canopy can be collapsed. Another distinction can be made between manually operated umbrellas and spring-loaded automatic umbrellas which spring open at the press of a button.
New Zealand (/njuːˈziːlənd/ new-ZEE-lənd, Māori: Aotearoa [aɔˈtɛaɾɔa]) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. The country geographically comprises two main landmasses – that of the North Island, or Te Ika-a-Māui, and the South Island, or Te Waipounamu – and numerous smaller islands. New Zealand is situated some 1,500 kilometres (900 mi) east of Australia across the Tasman Sea and roughly 1,000 kilometres (600 mi) south of the Pacific island areas of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga. Because of its remoteness, it was one of the last lands to be settled by humans. During its long isolation, New Zealand developed a distinctive biodiversity of animal, fungal and plant life. The country's varied topography and its sharp mountain peaks, such as the Southern Alps, owe much to the tectonic uplift of land and volcanic eruptions. New Zealand's capital city is Wellington, while its most populous city is Auckland.
Somewhere between 1250 and 1300 CE, Polynesians settled in the islands that were to become New Zealand, and developed a distinctive Māori culture. In 1642, Abel Tasman, a Dutch explorer, became the first European to sight New Zealand. In 1840, representatives of the British Crown and Māori Chiefs signed the Treaty of Waitangi, making New Zealand a British colony. Today, the majority of New Zealand's population of 4.5 million is of European descent; the indigenous Māori are the largest minority, followed by Asians and Pacific Islanders. Reflecting this, New Zealand's culture is mainly derived from Māori and early British settlers, with recent broadening arising from increased immigration. The official languages are English, Māori and New Zealand Sign Language, with English predominant.
Performing arts are art forms in which artists use their voices and/or the movements of their bodies, often in relation to other objects, to convey artistic expression—as opposed to, for example, purely visual arts, in which artists use paint/canvas or various materials to create physical or static art objects. Performing arts include a variety of disciplines but all are intended to be performed in front of a live audience.
Artists who participate in performing arts in front of an audience are called performers. Example of this include actors, comedians, dancers, magicians, circus artists, musicians, and singers. Performing arts are also supported by workers in related fields, such as songwriting, choreography and stagecraft.
A performer who excels in acting, singing, and dancing is commonly referred to as a "triple threat". Well-known examples of historical triple threat artists include Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire, and Judy Garland.
Performers often adapt their appearance, such as with costumes and stage makeup, stage lighting, and sound.
Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage. The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture, speech, song, music, and dance. Elements of art and stagecraft are used to enhance the physicality, presence and immediacy of the experience. The specific place of the performance is also named by the word "theatre" as derived from the Ancient Greek θέατρον (théatron, "a place for viewing"), itself from θεάομαι (theáomai, "to see", "to watch", "to observe").
Modern Western theatre comes, in large measure, from ancient Greek drama, from which it borrows technical terminology, classification into genres, and many of its themes, stock characters, and plot elements. Theatre artist Patrice Pavis defines theatricality, theatrical language, stage writing, and the specificity of theatre as synonymous expressions that differentiate theatre from the other performing arts, literature, and the arts in general.
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Casey Abrams (born February 12, 1991) is an American musician and multi-instrumentalist from Idyllwild, California, who finished in sixth place in the tenth season of American Idol, five weeks after being saved from elimination by the judges. A self-titled debut album was released in 2012 through Concord Records. Tales from the Gingerbread House was released on January 29, 2016.
Abrams was born on February 12, 1991 in Austin, Texas, to Pam Pierce and Ira Abrams. His father is Jewish and his mother is from a Catholic background, and Abrams grew up in an interfaith family. He spent his early years in the Chicago area, first in Evanston, Illinois, then in Wilmette, where he attended McKenzie Elementary School.
Abrams later moved to California and attended middle school and high school there. He was a student at Idyllwild Arts Academy in Idyllwild, California, where his father teaches film production. At Idyllwild Arts, he studied classical bass instruction and improvisation, and participated in the jazz ensembles, gaining a foundation in music history, piano, and jazz piano, and learning to write musical scores for films.
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Genres: Drama, Romance, Short,Actors: Vadivelu (actor), Mani Sharma (composer), Vijay (actor), Riyaz Khan (actor), Radha Ravi (actor), Madan Bob (actor), Tamannaah Bhatia (actress), Illavarasu (actor), Sriman (actor), Don Max (editor), Vennira Aadai Murthy (actor), Alwa Vasu (actor), Balaji (actor), Sujatha (actress), Dev Gill (actor),
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Genres: Comedy,Actors: Swoosie Kurtz (actress), Mark Moore (miscellaneous crew), Joan Van Ark (actress), Harvey Atkin (actor), Joseph Campanella (actor), Craig Safan (composer), Robert Iscove (director), Stephen McHattie (actor), Henry Ramer (actor), Ving Rhames (actor), August Schellenberg (actor), Richard Crenna (actor), Philip Akin (actor), Geoffrey Rowland (editor), Lawrence Bayne (actor),
Genres: Thriller,Get Rihanna’s eighth studio album ANTI now: Download on TIDAL: http://smarturl.it/downloadANTI Stream on TIDAL: http://smarturl.it/streamANTIdlx Download on iTunes: http://smarturl.it/dlxANTI Download on Google Play: http://smarturl.it/ANTIdlxgp Download on Amazon: http://geni.us/amzANTI Music video by Rihanna performing Umbrella. (C) 2007 The Island Def Jam Music Group
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Yesterday's Vlog - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QitelJwFlfg SUBSCRIBE: https://www.youtube.com/KidBehindacamera?sub_confirmation=1 Vlog #1063 - Today, Grandpa flips out and destroys an umbrella because I opened it in his house, then we discuss the passing of Adam West.. Pickleboy on Twitter - https://twitter.com/Lyricoldrap Grandpa on Twitter - https://twitter.com/TheAngryGrandpa Bridgette on Twitter - https://twitter.com/BridgetteWest ----------- Pickleboy's Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/kidbehindacamera Bridgette's Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/princessbridgettewest/ Angry Grandpa Store: http://www.theangrygrandpa.com/ Send Mail To: Charles Green PO Box 51734 Summerville, SC 29485 This is the daily life of a sometimes happy, sometimes miserable family fr...
Get Rihanna’s eighth studio album ANTI now: Download on TIDAL: http://smarturl.it/downloadANTI Stream on TIDAL: http://smarturl.it/streamANTIdlx Download on iTunes: http://smarturl.it/dlxANTI Download on Google Play: http://smarturl.it/ANTIdlxgp Download on Amazon: http://geni.us/amzANTI Music video by Rihanna performing Umbrella. (C) 2007 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Get the new PMJ album, "Top Hat On Fleek": http://smarturl.it/pmjonfleek Get tix to see PMJ on tour: http://www.pmjlive.com PMJ Merch Store: http://postmodernjukebox.gomerch.com How would Rihanna's "Umbrella" look and sound as a production number from the 1952 film classic, "Singin' in the Rain?" Check out the Postmodern Jukebox version, featuring the inimitable Casey Abrams on vocals and introducing the Sole Sisters on tap dance (you've already met tap dance sensation Sarah Reich- now meet Melinda Sullivan!) Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox: http://postmodernjukebox.com/ https://www.facebook.com/postmodernjukebox The Band: Casey Abrams - vocals The Sole Sisters - tap dance Sarah Reich - https://www.facebook.com/sarahreichofficial http://www.instagram.com/sourtaps Melinda Sullivan - ht...
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[Chorus:]
When the sun shines, we'll shine together
Told you I'll be here forever
That you'll always be my friend
Took an oath I'm a stick it out till the end
You have my heart
We'll never be worlds apart
May be in magazines
But you'll still be my star
Baby cause in the dark
You can't see shiny cars
And that's when you need me there
With you I'll always share
Because
[Chorus:]
When the sun shines, we'll shine together
Told you I'll be here forever
Said I'll always be a friend
Took an oath I'm a stick it out till the end
Now that it's raining more than ever
Know that we'll still have each other
You can stand under my umbrella
You can stand under my umbrella
I said you can stand...
These fancy things, will never come in between
You're part of my entity, here for Infinity
When the war has took it's part
When the world has dealt it's cards
If the hand is hard, together we'll mend the heart
Because
[Chorus:]
When the sun shines, we'll shine together
Told you I'll be here forever
Said I'll always be a friend
Took an oath I'm a stick it out till the end
Now that it's raining more than ever
Know that we'll still have each other
You can stand under my umbrella
You can stand under my umbrella
I said you can stand
[Bridge:]
You can run into my arms
It's okay don't be alarmed
Come into me
No distance in between our love
Gonna let the rain pour
I'll be all you need and more
Ohhhh because
[Chorus:]
When the sun shines, we'll shine together
Told you I'll be here forever
That you'll always be my friend
Took an oath I'm a stick it out till the end
Now that it's raining more than ever
Know that we'll still have each other
You can stand under my umbrella
You can stand under my umbrella
I said you can stand
Under my, under my