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Tentative Schedule [
3 November, 2011
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8 Sep |
Introduction (course requirements, essays, participation, team selection, etc.)
Skidmore Beatlemania: timetable, assignments, goals (donation recipients) |
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12 Sep |
Video: Anthology 1 |
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13 Sep |
Skidmore Beatlemania Symposium. Discussion with guests about recruitment, auditions, program, marketing, ticket prices, merchandise, etc. |
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15 Sep |
Team 1: John Lennon's childhood and pre-Quarry Men adolescence.
Team 2: Paul McCartney's childhood and pre-Quarry Men adolescence.
Team 3: George Harrison's childhood and pre-Quarry Men adolescence. |
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19 Sep |
Video: Anthology 2 |
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20 Sep |
Skidmore Beatlemania: activities updates
Team 1: The Quarry Men, skiffle, and performances
Team 2: The Beatles, Hamburg, and the Cavern Club
Team 3: Brian Epstein and the Decca Audition |
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22 Sep |
Skidmore Beatlemania: activities updates
Team 1: George Martin's background (family, service, education, training, production experience)
Team 2: "Love Me Do" (origins, versions) and Ringo Starr
Team 3: "Please Please Me" (origins, revisions, and recording) |
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24 Sep |
Essay 1 |
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26 Sep |
Video: Anthology 3 |
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27 Sep |
Skidmore Beatlemania: activities updates
Team 1: Dick James, Dick James Music, and Northern Songs
Team 2: Please Please Me and "Ask Me Why" (recording the LP)
Team 3: "I Saw Her Standing There" and "Twist and Shout" |
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29 Sep |
Skidmore Beatlemania: activities updates
Team 1: "From Me to You" and "Thank You Girl"
Team 2: Tours, Radio, and Television, Spring 1963
Team 3: "She Loves You" and "I'll Get You" |
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3 Oct |
Video: A Hard Day's Night |
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4 Oct |
Skidmore Beatlemania: activities updates
Team 1: Sunday Night at the London Palladium, Royal Command Performance, and Beatlemania
Team 2: "I Want to Hold Your Hand" and "This Boy"
Team 3: The US, the Ed Sullivan Show, and the Colliseum Concert (British Embassy) |
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6 Oct |
Skidmore Beatlemania: activities updates
Team 1: "Can't Buy Me Love" and "You Can't Do That"
Team 2: Beatle Finances (tour income, merchandising, etc.)
Team 3: "A Hard Day's Night" and "I Should Have Known Better" |
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8 Oct |
Essay 2 |
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9 Oct |
Beatlemania Auditions: Falstaff's (1:00-5:00) |
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10 Oct |
CDII preview (2:15) |
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Video: Anthology 4 |
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11 Oct |
Skidmore Beatlemania: activities updates
Team 1: A Hard Day's Night (script, album, and filming)
Team 2: Help! (script, album, and filming)
Team 3: Lennon, Harrison, and LSD |
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13 Oct |
Skidmore Beatlemania: activities updates
Team 1: MBE
Team 2: Shea Stadium concert, 1965
Team 3: Meeting Elvis |
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16 Oct |
Beatlemania Auditions: Falstaff's (1:00-5:00) |
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17 Oct |
CDII design selection (2:15) |
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Video: Help! |
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18 Oct |
Skidmore Beatlemania: Program Selection |
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20 Oct |
Skidmore Beatlemania: activities updates |
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21 Oct |
Essay 3 |
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24 Oct |
Video: Anthology 5 |
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25 Oct |
Skidmore Beatlemania: activities updates
Team 1: More Popular than Jesus
Team 2: Tours in Japan and the Philippines
Team 3: US-Canada Tour, 1966
Team 1: John Lennon, September-October 1966
Team 2: Paul McCartney, September-October 1966
Team 3: George Harrison, September-October 1966 |
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27 Oct |
Skidmore Beatlemania: activities updates
Team 1: Origins and evolution of Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Team 2: Reception of SPLHCB
Team 3: Our World and "All You Need Is Love"
Team 1: Brian Epstein's death
Team 2: Apple Corps., est. 1967
Team 3: Magical Mystery Tour (planning, filming, and reception) |
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31 Oct |
Video: Anthology 6 |
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1 Nov |
no class |
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3 Nov |
Skidmore Beatlemania: activities updates
Team 1: Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and Rishikesh
Team 2: Yellow Submarine (film)
Team 3: Yoko Ono |
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4 Nov |
Essay 4 |
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7 Nov |
Video: Anthology 7 |
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8 Nov |
Skidmore Beatlemania: activities updates
Paper Discussions: Come with a paper thesis and a list of sources for your evidence
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10 Nov |
Skidmore Beatlemania: activities updates
Team 1: "Magic" Alex
Team 2: Get Back (film)
Team 3: Allen Klein and Apple
Team 1: Planning and recording Abbey Road
Team 2: Dissolution of the Beatles
Team 3: "Paul Is Dead" (origins of story, "facts") |
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11 Nov |
1:00 PM. Tech rehearsal/sound check |
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8:00 PM. Skidmore Beatlemania 1 |
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12 Nov |
3:00 PM. Skidmore Beatlemania 2 |
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14 Nov |
Video: Anthology 8 |
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15 Nov |
Skidmore Beatlemania Debriefing: What worked and what didn't? (guests) |
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17 Nov |
No seminar meeting |
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21 Nov |
Video: Let It Be |
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22 Nov |
Semester wrap (choose a topic we didn't cover that you think we should have covered) |
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24 Nov |
Thanksgiving |
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29 Nov |
Individual meetings to discuss reports and papers |
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1 Dec |
Beatlemore Skidmania reports (aural and written) |
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6 Dec |
Papers 1: Bottelier, Duennebier, & Fisher |
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8 Dec |
Papers 2: Goldberg, Hidrobo, & Roscher
Evaluations |
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17 Dec |
Papers due |
