Easter is the most important holiday for Christians in America ( 　 ) it celebrates the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.

Because of Easter traditions like the Easter Bunny, Easter eggs, Easter candy, and the Easter Parade, Easter is a major holiday that (　) by both Christians and non-Christians in the USA.

(　) many Easter traditions found their way to America from other countries, one tradition that is uniquely American is the Easter Parade.

The Easter Parade began (　) New York City in the mid-1800s.

The (　) start of the parade is unknown because it was not an officially organized event until the 20th century.

On Fifth Avenue in New York City, there are various churches that were (　) by the rich in the mid-1800s.

On Easter, the people (　) attended these churches would go to Easter church services wearing new and fancy clothes and hats.

Then, after church services were finished, the rich would all (　) their churches at the same time and walk down Fifth Avenue.

All of these fancy and expensive clothes soon (　) average citizens who would gather to watch all of the fanciness.

Today, the New York City Easter Parade is an organized event that (　) Fifth Avenue being closed to traffic from 49th Street to 57th Street during the day.

Participants in this parade, like in the past, often (　) very fancy hats.

Also, (　) the New York City Easter Parade tradition, other cities in America also have their own Easter parades.

It is (　) that the father of hip hop is DJ Kool Herc.

He was born in Jamaica, but at the age of 10, he and his family (　) America.

It was in the early 1970s (　) Clive began spinning records at parties and between sets when his father's band performed.

DJ Kool Herc often emulated the style of Jamaican DJs by (　) over the records that he played.

DJ Kool Herc was very (　) at observation.

As a result, DJ Kool Her decided (　) two turntables that would play the same music.

By doing this, he could switch back and forth between the two records and have the drum parts (　) for longer.

As for the date (　) hip hop was born, it can be traced to a birthday party that was held in New York City on August 11th, 1973.

For her party, Clive (　) demonstrate for a large birthday party audience his break-beat style and skills that he developed that year.

It was the success of the birthday party that (　) to the birth of hip hop music.

Rhythm and Blues, commonly known as R&B, is a unique genre of African American music that (　) from many other forms of African American music, such as the blues, swing, gospel, and boogie-woogie.

The lyrics tell the complex stories of African American life experiences and continue to (　) changes in American society, culture, and urban life.

The development of R&B is closely (　) with the growth of twentieth-century African American urban communities in cities such as Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, Memphis, and Detroit.

The early development of R&B happened between 1941 and 1950, (　) many African Americans moved from the Southern and rural regions of the United States to Northern cities to work in factories that needed industrial workers.

As a result of these dramatic changes in population from rural to urban, not only was African American music able to transition from rural to urban centers, (　) the growth of African American communities in urban centers led to the development of large audiences of African Americans who had money and desired social interaction with music and entertainment.

(　) a result of this social and economic change in America, the timing was perfect for the blending of musicians, musical experimentation, and the birth of R&B.

R&B is (　) up of a range of musical characteristics, instrumentation, and ensembles.