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From the Ted Talk by Lear deBessonet with Brian Stokes Mitchell: What's possible when the arts belong to everybody

Unscramble the Blue Letters


In my wlord, pageantry was not just reserved for Mardi Gras. Every Sunday at church, voices lifted together, inviting the holy down into daily life. Our church staged epic annual Christmas pageants, complete with real, smelly sheep. And down the road at LSU football gemas on suradtays, the stomp of the roaring crowd, led by the marching band and the color gaurd, registered as an official eaqarthuke on the Richter scale when I was eight years old.

Big surprise, I became a theater director. I did so with the belief that these spectacles were more than just fun, that something pofounrd was happening when our community came together in the realm of the imagination. Pageantry and sectaclpe are in fact ancient, universal aspects of human exeerncipe. Going back as far as we can trace the presence of humans on this planet. rigeilous ritual and celebration, or carnival, provided our ancestors much needed joy, and the uinque kind of group bonding necessary for fnacig their dilay challenge of survival.

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In my _____, pageantry was not just reserved for Mardi Gras. Every Sunday at church, voices lifted together, inviting the holy down into daily life. Our church staged epic annual Christmas pageants, complete with real, smelly sheep. And down the road at LSU football _____ on _________, the stomp of the roaring crowd, led by the marching band and the color _____, registered as an official __________ on the Richter scale when I was eight years old.

Big surprise, I became a theater director. I did so with the belief that these spectacles were more than just fun, that something ________ was happening when our community came together in the realm of the imagination. Pageantry and _________ are in fact ancient, universal aspects of human __________. Going back as far as we can trace the presence of humans on this planet. _________ ritual and celebration, or carnival, provided our ancestors much needed joy, and the ______ kind of group bonding necessary for ______ their _____ challenge of survival.

Solution


  1. daily
  2. profound
  3. world
  4. games
  5. facing
  6. guard
  7. saturdays
  8. experience
  9. spectacle
  10. religious
  11. unique
  12. earthquake

Original Text


In my world, pageantry was not just reserved for Mardi Gras. Every Sunday at church, voices lifted together, inviting the holy down into daily life. Our church staged epic annual Christmas pageants, complete with real, smelly sheep. And down the road at LSU football games on Saturdays, the stomp of the roaring crowd, led by the marching band and the color guard, registered as an official earthquake on the Richter scale when I was eight years old.

Big surprise, I became a theater director. I did so with the belief that these spectacles were more than just fun, that something profound was happening when our community came together in the realm of the imagination. Pageantry and spectacle are in fact ancient, universal aspects of human experience. Going back as far as we can trace the presence of humans on this planet. Religious ritual and celebration, or carnival, provided our ancestors much needed joy, and the unique kind of group bonding necessary for facing their daily challenge of survival.

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Important Words


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  78. years