Question
Answer the following about the pioneering Black bandleader James Reese Europe, for 10 points each.
[10e] Europe’s military band with the Harlem Hellfighters helped popularize Black music to audiences in this modern-day country, the home of singer Édith Piaf.
ANSWER: France [or the French Republic]
[10m] In 1912, Europe’s Clef Club orchestra performed the first jazz concert at this venue. A 1938 concert at this venue stylized as “Twenty Years of Jazz” included a finale with Jess Stacy performing an unexpected piano solo during “Sing Sing Sing.”
ANSWER: Carnegie Hall
[10h] Europe’s Society Orchestra later backed this husband-and-wife duo who popularized the glide, the foxtrot, and a namesake walk and polka in their seminal 1914 book Modern Dancing.
ANSWER: Vernon and Irene Castle [accept the Castles; accept Vernon Castle or Irene Castle; accept Castle walk or Castle polka]
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Summary
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Berkeley | 01/27/2024 | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Cornell | 01/27/2024 | Y | 3 | 6.67 | 67% | 0% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ JMU | 01/27/2024 | Y | 9 | 11.11 | 89% | 22% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Minnesota | 01/27/2024 | Y | 2 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Nebraska | 01/27/2024 | Y | 6 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Rutgers | 01/27/2024 | Y | 5 | 14.00 | 80% | 60% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Imperial | 01/27/2024 | Y | 4 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
Data
| Binghamton | Cornell A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Cornell C | Cornell B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| RIT A | RIT B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |