And little Zeme North, a Dora with real spirit and verve, was fascinating whether she was singing of her love for Floyd, the cop who becomes sewer commissioner and then is promoted into garbage, or just dancing to display her exuberant feelings.

Robert Morse, singing with comically plaintive earnestness, carries most of the burden and is responsible for the high spots in Frank Loesser's score.

Sentenced to prison for murder, Alex gets a job at the Wing chapel playing religious music on the stereo before and after services as well as during the singing of hymns.

Communities would come together for an entire day of singing in a large building where they sat in four distinct areas surrounding an open space, one member directing the group as a whole.

There are for example fragments in ' Sapphic ' meter praising the Dioscuri, Hermes and the river Hebrus ( a river significant in Lesbian mythology since it was down its waters that the head of Orpheus was believed to have floated singing, eventually crossing the sea to Lesbos and ending up in a temple of Apollo, as a symbol of Lesbian supremacy in song ).

Actors and actresses will often have many instructors and teachers for a full range of training involving, but not limited to, singing, scene-work, monologue techniques, audition techniques and partner work.

As with those who engage other activities such as singing or running, the term may apply broadly to anyone who engages in it even briefly, or be more narrowly limited to those for whom it is a vocation, habit or characteristic practice.

A cappella ( Italian for " in the manner of the church " or " in the manner of the chapel ", also see gospel music and choir ) music is specifically solo or group singing without instrumental sound, or a piece intended to be performed in this way.

Arrangements of popular music for small a cappella ensembles typically include one voice singing the lead melody, one singing a rhythmic bass line, and the remaining voices contributing chordal or polyphonic accompaniment.

The Barbershop Harmony Society provides a highly organized competition structure for a cappella quartets and choruses singing in the barbershop style.

Another famous example of emulating instrumentation instead of singing the words is the theme song for The New Addams Family series on Fox Family Channel ( now ABC Family ).

Flatt and Scruggs subsequently cut their own version of the theme ( with Flatt singing ) for Columbia Records ; released as a single, it reached # 44 on Billboard Hot 100 pop music chart and # 1 on the Billboard Hot Country chart ( the lone country chart-topper for the duo ).

The throne scene at the opening of chapter 6 is noteworthy for its depiction of an idealised temple with singing seraphs.

He then found temporary work until 1942 — first as a salesman for Marshall Fields, and then as a singing waiter in various restaurants.

This oral literature is mainly tradited by the " Griots " ( Jɛliw in Bambara ) who are a mixture of storytellers, praise singers and human history books who have studied the trade of singing and reciting for many years.

He sticks to no musical conventions, varying his riffs and rhythm and singing complex and expressive lyrics in a manner exceptional at the time for a " simple country blues singer.

* Honey Cone, an American R & B and soul singing girl group who was most famous for the # 1 hit " Want Ads "

Charles was involved in the Liverpool music scene, writing and singing lyrics for a number of local rock bands.

During this era, the Cottage was used for choir singing and marching bands along with other performances, and Mass.

When a funeral procession passes by the two girls and Laura begins singing a hymn, Carmilla bursts out in rage and scolds Laura for singing a Christian song.

Jonathan Pieslak's research shows, that some contemporary military units use loud group singing and dancing in order to prepare themselves for the dangerous combat missions.

Acting is the work of an actor or actress, which is a person in theatre, television, film, or any other storytelling medium who tells the story by portraying a character and, usually, speaking or singing the written text or play.

After a week of singing the psalms without the usual antiphons, Ceolfrith " could not bear it any longer ", and the two managed to restore the usual service, " with no little labour ".

Because no one in the house paid attention to her singing she never got the feeling that any of them thought she had a good voice but after an initial rush of stage fright before her first solo, Gaynor's confidence in her singing grew.

Although crowds singing anthems during matches was common place, there was no precedent for the anthem to be sung before a game commenced in any sport.

As the ship approaches their planet, the Martians begin to adopt aspects of human culture such as playing and singing American songs, without any idea where the inspirations are coming from.

This tradition has not been held in recent years, although every year after the inter house song competition, Galpin's House and School House have a similar, non adjudicated shouting match, with more emphasis on volume than anything else, often including the chant " you're not singing any more ".

Similar to singing without instrumental accompaniment, tap dancers are not dancing to any music but creating a rhythm by using different steps at the same time.

*: The Liturgy of the Word, consists of the clergy and assisting ministers entering in complete silence, without any singing.

It was therefore well suited to the tiny casts permitted under the prevailing licensing laws: Offenbach was limited to three speaking ( or singing ) characters in any piece.

Meanwhile, back in the Netherlands, the Dutch State church had also been transformed by the Enlightenment, a change represented in the minds of those opposed it, by the loss of any meaningful profession of faith as requisite for adult church members, and the singing of hymns ( in addition to psalms ) and other innovations in worship and doctrine.

This gives rise to the general term ' antiphony ', which may be used for any call and response style of singing such as the kirtan and the sea shanty.

Particularly, any piece of music performed by two semi-independent choirs in interaction, often singing alternate musical phrases, is known as ' antiphonal '.

During the 2000 explosion of Latin pop music, Martika re-emerged into the music world, singing backing vocals on various projects and contributing lyrics to releases by other artists, although she failed to grab any major-label attention for herself.

Thousands heard the preaching and were led in the singing without any amplification of sound that exists today.

Despite being known for his powerful singing voice, Dio claimed never to have taken any vocal training.

Several subsequent singles included Summer performing with the group, but she often denied singing on any of the Marvos releases.

Neither had any experience of singing or dancing professionally.

* 17 Hollywood films ( more than any other singing group in motion picture history )

Since singing is a coordinated act, it is difficult to discuss any of the individual technical areas and processes without relating them to the others.

A music hall star ( Maggie Smith ) then enters a lone spotlight, and lures the still doubtful young men in the audience into " taking the King's Shilling " by singing about how every day she ' walks out ' with different men in uniform, and that " On Saturday I'm willing, if you'll only take the shilling, to make a man of any one of you.

The squeaky voice, the embarrassed giggle, the brassy naivete, the dimples, the teeter-totter walk fortunately remain unimpaired ... Miss Holliday now adds a trunk-full of song-and-dance routines ... Without losing any of that doll-like personality, she is now singing music by Jule Styne and dancing numbers composed by Jerome Robbins and Bob Fosse.

In keeping with the stereotypes of the minstrel shows, Bosko is a natural at singing, dancing, and playing any instrument he encounters.

The New Orleans Picayune wrote that a singing New Orleans street vendor called Old Corn Meal would bring " a fortune to any man who would start on a professional tour with him ".