Entertainment is a leisure activity consisting of an event and an audience that views the event and participates. This participation can be subtle, as in Theatres: Film, Opera or stageshows, or Orchestral symphony concerts wherein the applause due the performance or performing artists would be bad manners. In contrast, the sports entertainment industry feeds off audience participation— who can imagine the strange event attending a pro-wrestling bout, basketball or baseball game without cheering or booing the participants would experentially being happy.
The industry that provides entertainment is called the entertainment industry, and one distinction between what is meant by the term is the voluntary participation of the party being entertained, which may be passive (Opera) or active (Frantic shoot-em-up computer games) and the whole gamut of industry supported diversions in between (Baseball, Concerts, Football, Books, Television, film , striptease, and events like Karaoke).
Recreation, play, reading, and art appreciation may in some instances be confused with entertainment, but the difference is elementary—entertainments take two or more— even if one of the participants is a programmer for the obsolescent Amiga computer system who now happens to be deceased. Without the 'performance' of the artist and the participation of the viewer the event would and could not occur.
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DJ Sound Entertainment - Serving Delmarva for over 20 years. Find information about the DJ and event ideas.
Drive-In Theatres of the Mid-Atlantic - Dedicated to the remembrance of the hundreds of drive-in movie theaters that have dotted the landscape of Maryland, Virginia and eastern West Virginia. Provides descriptions, photographs, list, and maps.
Meta Description: [ Dedicated to the remembrance of the hundreds of drive-in theaters
that have dotted the landscape of Maryland, Virginia and eastern West
Virginia in the past 60 years, and recognition of the ones that continue
to brighten the night sky even today. ]
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Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation - Committed to furthering exposure to and appreciation of the performing and visual arts. Offices in Baltimore serving the states of Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Virginia, Washington, DC, and West Virginia.
Missile Productions - A booking agency representing over 100 bands in the Mid-Atlantic area. Covers band information and offers online booking.
Meta Description: [ A professional booking agent for bands in the East Coast - Mid-Atlantic Region of
Maryland, Viriginia, Pennsylvania, West Virgina.
Missile Productions books Blues bands, Cajun and Zydeco bands, Country - Western bands, Jazz bands, Ethnic bands,
Pop bands, Raggae bands, Rhythm and Blues bands, ... ]
Playa del Fuego - Mid-Atlantic Regional Burn: An extended four day weekend of feasting, burning company, burning art and general craziness.
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Poptart Monkeys - A NE Pennsylvania rock band. Tour schedule, news, CDs for purchase, photos and audio clips, and biographies.
Meta Description: [ The Official Poptart Monkeys Web Site - Pennsylvania top Original Rock Band ]
Sweet Adelines International Atlantic Bay - Mountain Region - An organization of women singing a cappella barbershop harmony in Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. Find choruses, upcoming events, important announcements, and deadlines.
The Heartbeats - A 10-member dance band, providing live music at clubs and private parties in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware. Member biographies, photos, show schedule, and tributes.
Meta Description: [ First Class Entertainment is the areas premier entertainment agency, specializing in live entertainment for any occasion. From wedding receptions, corporate events to nightclubs we provide musical packages to fit everyone's needs. Our Orchestras and Disc Jockeys are consummate professionals with ... ]
The Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators: Maryland/Delaware/West Virginia - Professional organization dedicated to serving the people who write, illustrate, or share a vital interest in children's literature. Member directory, conference information, list of critique groups, and mailing list.
The Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators: Mid-Atlantic - Professional organization dedicated to serving the people who write, illustrate, or share a vital interest in children's literature. Serves Virginia and Washington, DC. Calendar of events, member directory, newsletter information, and membership information.
WWFM - The Classical Network - A non-commercial, member-supported public radio network that features WWFM (Philadelphia and Easton), WWNJ (Dover Township, Toms River, New Jersey) and WWPJ (Pen Argyl, Pennsylvania). Includes sample programming schedule, staff, history and contacts.
Meta Description: [ WWFM The Classical Network began broadcasting on September 6, 1982 and has grown into a full time classical music station serving New Jersey, eastern Pennsylvania, portions of Delaware and Maryland and Colorado. The Classical Network web casts its programming, reaching listeners through the Inter... ]
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