Serrah's Get Away

Funk music started in 1960s. it was created to be more of a rhythmic and danceable format mixing of soul jazz, and R&B. Funk was absorbed and reconstituted in New Orleans. It was during and after the Civil Rights Movement. It favored the message like the blues and used what was going on around them to relay the message to the world. It was to challenge the daily struggles and hardships fought by the lower an hard-working class communities. Some examples of these songs are, " Say It Loud- I'm Black and I'm Proud," "Superfly," "Soul Power" and "Who's Gonna Take the Weight." Funk can be easily tracked back to one simple man.  This man is known as James Brown, he was a very successful soul singer before he joined the bandwagon of Funk. Mr. Brown developed his own signature groove which had emphasized the downbeat. It was heavily emphasis the first beat of the measure to etch his distinctive sound that he wanted instead of having the b

When it came to the Native American section, I found it very intriguing on their dances. One thing I wanted to look further into is how many different dances they have, and the origin on the dances. With the Grass Dance first, and it is the oldest traditional dance that the Native Americans do. This dance was to flatten the grass in the arena before other celebrations. It was considered a man’s dance, but there has been woman to perform it as well. If there were woman performers, they worn men regalia though. When it came to the Native American section, I found it very intriguing on their dances. One thing I wanted to look further into is how many different dances they have, and the origin on the dances. With the Grass Dance first, and it is the oldest traditional dance that the Native Americans do. This dance was to flatten the grass in the arena before other celebrations. It was considered a man’s dance, but there has been woman to perform it as well. If there were woman performers,