I love Hanson.
Yes, the band Hanson, with brothers Isaac, Taylor and Zac. It is 1997, I am 12 years old and I am not allowed to wear makeup, no matter how much I protest. And Hanson’s first single, “MMMBop,” is the hit of the summer.
But Hanson is not popular the way the Backstreet Boys are popular. They’re from Tulsa, Okla., they’re very religious (read: wholesome) and, as the boys in my sixth-grade class always say, their long hair makes them look like girls.
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A few Saturdays ago, I was 12 again.
Hanson yes, they’re still touring played the Greek Theatre. But as I made my way to my seat, I was dismayed to notice a sea of empty red rows in the balcony. I was suddenly a tween on the defensive again, and I felt the urge to defend the band to curse everyone who didn’t understand how great they were.
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Life in Colonial America was difficult and often short but the colonists made the best of their situation in the hopes of making a better life for themselves and their families. The early English colonists who established Jamestown, Plymouth, and Massachusetts Bay Colony, used to purchasing what they needed, found they were now required to either import items from the mother country, make them, or do without. Even later arrivals, unless of the upper class, found the New World challenging as most people had to work hard just to survive.
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