Sample Concert Report- APA

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                    On November 11^th 2012 at the Lollapalooza concert, expectations were high as electrifying performances were expected from the likes of Black Angels, the Black Sabbath, Sharon, Afghan Whigs among other star performances. The festival of Lollapalooza at the downtown of Chicago is a festival that is well administered and offers perfect entertainment for the fans. The Lollapalooza concert offered a variety of foods and stuffs. The festival is always situated in the interesting town of Chow which always offers a variety of foods at its vendors. Most interestingly, I like the Gibson’s vendor for there are foods that are always made available to all the people going to the festival and at cheap prices. The pizzas at the vendor are always affordable and delicious.

                    At the festival, I was surprised for I saw a group of people try to jump the gate. They did this in order to avoid passing through the required check points which are always at the main festival’s entrance gate. The festival patrons were a good number and were dressed in their popular American Native head dress and some people who were attending the concert were carrying with them animals which were stuffed, a fact difficult to understand.

                    The first performance was by the Black Angels. The performance was interesting to me and I do like their performance. At the show, I was surprised to see teenage boy holding a whisky bottle in his hand and urinating in it. I thought it was very embarrassing though it seemed normal to him. This year, the main fashion for the teens was jeans trousers and t shirts for the males and the ladies opted to have casual trousers. Some were in cowboy hats and to add to the glamour, some had scuffs and colorful ‘bandanas’.

The Black Angels’ performance

                    The festival had a domination of the blacks, with the Black Keys, Black Angels, Black Sabbath among others. The Black Angels took to the floor in a magnificent touch. The singers from Texas were not to disappoint as they has a series of thrilling performances. The present crowd was charged and ready to receive the songs and performance from the artists. High levels of acumen of music were exhibited by the Zach Galifinakis band members who were perfectly assembled by the talented Alex Maas as its front man. The instruments were swapping and were fairly arranged, the moment that I enjoyed most was the drumming of the drum set and the ever bright guitar man who was exciting all along. The solo voices of the Feedbackladen filled the podium to the marvel of the audience.

Performance by Afghan Whigs.

                    The group took the better part of the afternoon with Dulli Greg being busy alongside the Afghan Whigs. It was great to have him back with the group. The guitar’s buzzing seemed ok especially in the presentation of ‘Gentleman’ and the band ensured it was to the beat.

                    The Black Sabbath never disappointed with Tommy Clufetos leading the band with his terrific drumming skills, standing in for Ward Bill. Wakeman Adam effectively blended in to create the rhythm with his keyboard. This rocking by the Black Sabbath went on for close to two hours without tiring the audience.

                    There were a series of other performances from the wizard of harmonica, Ozzy, Snow-blind and Butler. The flop at the festival was the Sweet Leaf who dented the good musical atmosphere of the festival. The festival was generally exciting and the new fans were glamorous that night. The festival at Lollapalooza came to a close successfully, with a lot of excitement and content. I was absolutely satisfied with the festival. (Buckley, 2003)

Reference

Peter Buckley (2003). The Rough guide to rock: the definitive guide to more than 1200 artists and bands. London: Rough Guides

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Transition Theory- Schlossberg's

According to Dr. Nancy Schlossberg, transition is a process that takes place in three main aspects. These aspects include moving in, moving through and moving out. According to her, while someone is in the process of moving in, there are a lot of things that the individual has to learn. There are the norms, regulations, expectations and the individual has to be familiar with the situation around him or her. At the moving through stage, an individual is acquainted with the various processes and can be said to be applying the ‘hang on’ motto. While at the stage of moving out, a feeling of grief engulfs the individual despite the fact that the individual may perceive the transition to be a positive one and that it was self initiated. Dr. Schlossberg observes that as a result of transition, an individual may either grow or decline and the individuals experiencing the transitions have ambivalence views on the transitions. ( Schlossberg, 2005)

Nurses transition from RN to FNP

This transition theory best applies to the movement of nurses from RN to FNP. The registered nurses do undergo transition especially those who return to school into the program of nurse practitioner. Through an educational process, the nurses undergo transition in terms of their roles and into the period of postgraduate. For the nurses to move into the family nurse practitioner (FNP), the application of Dr. Nancy Schlossberg’s transitional theory is seen to play. This is basically because during the transition, the nurses undergo various obstacles which may be extrinsic, intrinsic, turbulence and the role development. The nurses seem to be growing through the move in, move through and move out stages of transition as outlined by Dr. Schlossberg. (Aktan, 2010)

References

 Aktan, N. (2010). Fast Facts for the New Nurse Practitioner: What You Really Need to Know in a Nutshell. New York: Springer Publishing Company.

 Schlossberg, N. (2005). Counseling Adults in Transition: Linking Practice With Theory. New York: Springer Publishing Company.

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