Chapters 4 & 5

I can't get the 2 listening chapters to work on my computer. I will try to get them to work more, but it's taking a very long time. Sorry they may be a bit later then what you may want them to be. SORRY!!

Jamboree

I think that we should make a music video sometime soon. But when we present it in the place, we put out couches and chairs so people will sit and watch. We can also serve, instead of popcorn, Cajun food. For example:

Anzacs which is a Cajun dessert. The recipe is:
1 cup butter
2 tablespoons maple syrup
1 cup plain flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 cup rolled oats
1 cup flaked coconut, unsweetened
1 cup sugar
Soften butter slightly, then cream in maple syrup. Add the remaining ingredients. Roll into small balls; place well apart on greased baking tray. Bake in moderate oven (350F.) for approximately 15 minutes. Cool on tray before removing.
Servings: About 4 dozen

Or Pineapple Delight:
Ingredients for 100 Servings
16 7/10 can 20 oz pineapple
16 7/10 box l ounce box jello Vanilla sugar-free pudding
16 7/10 - 8 oz light cool whip

This takes about 20 mins, to make. Maybe more because of the serving size.

These are my ideas for snacks that we can make for the jamboree. We could also have like a sit down concert too with snacks. Joe can play his kazoo, and Tyler could play the guitar. And others can sing some songs. I think if people would really get into this, it would a lot of fun, and we can get it really good!

We would want to be in Oyate Hall. For the size of the set up, I think we should have like 2 rectangle tables wide, and 1 table length wise. It will be repeated since we might do a movie/music video. I would say 1 rec. table and 1 round table and 5-8 chairs, 2-3 behind table and others in front of the screen. We will need a bigger TV and a DVD player. So that's it.

Folk Waves Collections:Chapter 3

This was a pretty long part to listen to. It wasn't too bad though to listen to. It gave a lot of different songs of examples. I really liked the guy who did a poem type of song to a tune. That was good. The next one after it was even better! The guy who could voice over his own voice was awesome! That is called Tubing Throat Singing. That was amazing. I would like to listen to more of his music. Right after his voice thing, then women joined in. That was so sweet with the yodalling. We had talked about how the yodal in cajun music brought out things. It's such a unique sound, and it's not easy for everyone to do. I know I wouldn't be able to do that. There are many talented people in our world with music. There are so many things to talk about it's hard to. I liked reading the books, but this will be a different activity to do for the class.

Week of Oct. 9

Well this week in review was pretty easy. On Tuesday we went to the Library and learned how to use the search engines like google, and the library search also. That took up the whole hour. Now Thursday was a great day. We had a guest speaker, well technically player. He played the Banjo. He was a transfer student three years ago, and his first year he lived in Indy Hall. He started playing the guitar for about 3 years then in Idaho at the Homestead Pickin' Parlor he was taught how to play the banjo. He thought it was much more fun to play the banjo. It's a loud and fast type of music and it's the "Rock and Roll of Country". The high strings on the banjo really screws up guitar players, and when you roll your fingers randomly. The Hammer Claw is when you drag your fingernails on the string instead of picking the strings. It's easy to learn and it's easy to get. The only thing hard about it is tuning. He also played some songs for us that were great! I wish I could just pick up an instrument and play, like he did. He was awsome!
We then had performances. Tyler played a Skip James song, it was played in O Brother Where Art Thou. He did a very good job on that. He also gave a background of Skip. He was a bootleg wiskey seller, and he played for Paramount. He disappeared for aobut 30 years in 1931, and later found in 1960. He then started recording again and performing up until he died in 1969.
Lindsey did a paper on Muddy Waters. Chuck Berry was started by Muddy, and when he was started then Rock got popular, so Muddy's kind of music "the blues" died out. He started the Britain Revolution with guitars, and he opened for Eric Clapton and played with the Rolling Stones. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, even though he was a Blues musician. He won many emmys too. For a more modern type, these artists were associated with Muddy. Led Zeplin, and the Rolling Stones were named after Rolling Stone by Muddy Waters. There are over 200 artists that covered some of Muddy's songs. That is amazing! Some are AC~DC, Bob Dillon, Elvis Presley, and David Bowey. Muddy lived untill the late 70's to early 80's.

***Just a reminder also to everyone. Jamboree Planning is Next THURSDAY! Come with your ideas on what we are going to do!!!

Thursday's Performances

I thought that I would comment on yesterday's performances. They did such a good job! She sang great, and I love the song she chose. It was very meaningful, even with the way she sang it. Joe did a great job on his too! I liked his circle graph, but he mixed up the names. That was fine though. He brought up great point of differences and alikes within blues and rap. I also liked how he did some songs, and then he Kazooed to the one. It was acually good too! Joe, become a pro Kazooist!

In the Country of Country-Prologe and Section 2

I LOVE THIS BOOK!! I'm so happy that we have started this book! I'm really liking it. I'm not a big country fan, but actually reading it, I was amazed. I started reading the book on Saturday, just to get ahead of schedule, and I couldn't quit. I started reading at Pomme de Tarre Park and I had to move cause there was wedding pictures, so I moved to the East Side Park, where I finished. This must be pretty good, since I read it all the way through. It's hard for me to concentrate on a book for long, I get bored, but with this one, I couldn't stop, I can't wait to keep reading. I'm gonna start right off with section 2. I had known about these three ladies, but hadn't KNOWN about them. The first lady is Sara Carter. I did not know much about her at all. I knew about her daughter June Carter Cash, but I had no clue that was her daughter. She married at the age of 16, that surprised me. It's sad though that she divorced, pretty much her love of her life too. He worked so hard, A.P did for them. But she just did the singing for him, and she just wanted to be a stay at home mom. Her heart wasn't in it, unlike his.
Kitty Wells sure did make her way into success too. She hit big with "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky-Tonk Angels". She had a heck of a voice too! She was one of the first country singers who made it big, she really made a big stepping stone for women today in country music.
Now Patsy Cline, is one lady that I have heard of. I didn't know how she died though, and how she did was very sad. In the pictures, I loved the way she looked. Then if only it was in color, her bright red lips, and her skirts and her stockings. I also liked the way they said in it that she was a flirt and didn't care what she said to guys, with how she would sleep with them and, "I'm Patsy Cline and I'm gonna screw the boots off you." She had a very good sense of humor. I feel really bad for her though, with what she had to go through growing up. People in her home town don't even like her, and for her funeral they didn't even go, it was mostly out of towners. It's so sad.
I'm so glad to start reading this book, and very excited to keep going on it, I hope the rest is this good!