Lady Antebellum Performs for Edmonton by: Aden Cruz

Lady Antebellum greets their fans and signs autographs after their performance at West Edmonton Mall's Ice Palace on Friday, March 26, 2010. Photo by Aden Cruz

The chart-topping country band Lady Antebellum gave a thrilling performance for their fans and spectators at West Edmonton Mall’s Ice Palace on March 26.

Lady Antebellum’s latest album, Need You Now, is topping the music charts not only in the U.S. but here in Canada as well. Fans came to show their enthusiasm for the group and their music.

Sandia Abraham, one of the fans in attendance that day said she really enjoyed the band’s interaction with the crowd.

“I thought it was awesome. They’re really good live,” she said. “I like all off their music, I’ve been listening to them for a while and yah they’re a really talented band."

Abraham also said that she likes the overall good quality of music of the band.

“I like how they have good vocals and good lyrics, and my favorite song right now is love don’t live here anymore.”

The Event

Presented by CISN Country, The Edmonton Sun, and Whiskey Jacks, the performance drew in thousands of fans and spectators. To accommodate the event, the Ice Palace’s surface was covered up and a stage was built for the band’s performance.

Tough the free show started at 5 p.m., according to the event staff, fans started arriving in the morning to ensure that they’ll get a chance to meet the band and get their autographs.

The Band

The trio, comprised of Charles Kelley (lead and background vocals), Hillary Scott (lead and background vocals), and Dave Haywood (background vocals, guitar, piano, mandolin) received numerous awards and nominations:

• Top New Group award during the Academy of Country Music Awards (2009)
• Single of the Year award by Country Music Association for “Run to You” (2009)
• Vocal Group of the Year award by Country Music Association (2009)
• New Artist of the Year award by Country Music Association (2008)
• two nominations at the 51st Grammy Awards
• two nominations at the 52nd Grammy Awards
• Grammy Award for Best Country Performance by Duo or Group for their single “I Run to You”.

This American country music group first got together in Nashville, Tennessee back in 2006, and have found success ever since. The group made its debut in 2007 with the single “Never Alone”, then after releasing “Love Don’t Live Here” after joining Capitol Records. Their first album went on to be certified platinum in the US.

Their most recent album, “Need You Now”, was released in the middle of 2009, taking them to their second number one single.

Family Connections

The band’s family connections played a part in their journey to success as two of the three group members have family members that were already in the industry.

Hillary Scott is the daughter of country music singer Linda Davis and Charles Kelley is the brother of pop artist Josh Kelly.

An official after party was also held at Whiskey Jacks after the event where three pairs of tickets were won for the Tim McGraw and Lady Antebellum Concert happening the next day.


Related Links:
Lady Antebellum blog: ladyantebellum.blogspot.com
Official Website: ladyantebellum.com
West Edmonton Mall: wem.com

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Photo by: Aden Cruz

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FINAL EXAM, "Fast food banned in B.C.," Ricki Cundliffe

Fast food banned in B.C.
Premier closes nearly 2,000 fast food restaurants in British Columbia
By: Ricki Cundliffe (PLEASE NOTE: Story is fictitious.)

The province of British Columbia watched with disbelief Tuesday as Premier John Smith made a national television announcement that fast food would be banned across the entirety of B.C.

The announcement first appeared on the C.B.C. news station around 5 p.m. on Tuesday, April 13, followed by several other television station premiers shortly after.

“I am placing a ban on all fast food, as well as closing the fast food facilities, and the consumption of any and all fast food within the borders of this province will be prohibited from now on,” said Smith. “I believe this will save our health, our children’s health, and our wallets.”

Wendy's, McDonald's, and A & W restaurants across the province closed their doors just one day after the Premier's announcement. Additionally, an estimated 2,000 fast food chains had their licenses revoked on Wednesday, April 14.

PRIOR WARNING
Jane Doe, a member of Smith’s Liberal party, publicly made the statement several weeks before the ban was in place that Smith meant business.

“Our Premier has only our best interests at heart,” said Doe, “and if he feels that banning all fast food across this wonderful province will help us, then it’s bound to happen. It will happen.”

DISBELIEF
Conversely, many members of the province took Doe’s statement all but seriously.

“I was watching the news, and heard what [Doe] was saying about the ban, and just laughed and laughed,” said one British Columbian who wished to remain anonymous. “I thought it was a joke. I honestly thought they were trying to yank our chains!”

As humorous as the ban may have seemed to members of the province, Smith said he is taking this new fast food ban very seriously.

“There is nothing I would not do for this province, and members of this province. My only regret is that this ban was not in place sooner,” said Smith. "After all, it's not called 'Beautiful British Columbia' for nothing!"

NEWS CONFERENCE
A news conference will be held at Victoria’s Community Hall on Friday, April 16, at 2 p.m. to discuss all of the rules and regulations involved with British Columbia's fast food ban. Members of the public are strongly encouraged to attend, as well as voice any questions or concerns regarding the topic.

Photo Caption: This "Fast Food Kills" sign was seen plastered on the side of a number of buildings in Victoria on Tuesday, April 13, 2010, in support of Premier John Smith's recent fast food ban across the province.
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Final Exam

Today (Tuesday the 20th of April) is the final exam for PROW 135.

We'll be meeting in our usual room, 212.

You will have three hours to complete the exam: 1:00 - 4:00


Good luck everyone!





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Lecture 13: Exam Review

Today marks the first session of our exam review (with next week's class as our final review).

While next week we'll go over the actual format of the exam, this week, it's the class's turn to review.


In groups of 3-4 I would like you to create a Course Review Newspaper.

In groups you will need to sign in to Google Sites. Choose a template, name your *site,* and begin adding review information.


Site URL: should include Prow135 and initials of group members (example: http://sites.google.com/site/prow135knja) 


Site Name: Prow 135: Exam Review


Site Description: Final exam review for PROW 135 at Grant MacEwan University. Names of group members.

You can choose any template formate you prefer though I think the existing classroom and project wiki ones will work well.

 

When you create your various "articles" for review, remember to include headlines, ledes and images (with captions). Remember too, the tenets of writing for the web (bolding, typography, subheads, chunking etc...

Note: Your review articles should be short, containing just the most important information (about 250 words). You might want to include lists and/or bullets to help your readers. For more tips on writing for the web review our lectures and read this guide. 

Make sure you newspaper contains *articles* on:

• CP Style Guide (Lecture 1, 51 in CE)
• Importance of Copy Editing and Copy Editing Symbols (Lecture 2, 46 in CE)
• Grammar and Punctuation (Chapter 2 in CE)
• "Crap Detection 101" (Lecture 4)
• Ledes (Chapter 4 in CE, Lecture 5)
• Bias (Lecture 6)
• Writing Headlines (Chapter 9 in CE, lecture 7)

So, each *newspaper* front page should have seven sections (one devoted to each of the above points).

Additionally, somewhere on your front page, you should have a practise quiz with ten questions related to your seven sections.

When you have completed your review newspaper, and if time permits, complete another group's practise quiz and leave your answers (as a group) as a comment on today's lecture post. Also, don`t forget to include a link to your review newspaper in a comment.


Note: Groups - read through the comments and *mark* answers if a group has completed your practise quiz.





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