Dancing Queen

Hello,

I have a task for the RWS course, which is to choose a song that I like and analyse it in some ways. My choice is Dancing Queen by ABBA. I have chosen it for 3 reasons. At first I like this song very much, secondly this is in the repertoire of our orchestra and finally, I have a nice experience with this song.

In my last orchestral camp, me and my 2 girlfriends rewrote some parts of it and gave some kind of dancing and singing show to our friend, because he got married a few months earlier and he told us he would like a 'bachelor day' only with us :)
As we learnt the song with the 'new lines' I liked it more and more.

And now as I'm listening to it again I can find out that the instrumentation consists of only 2 instruments, the piano and the guitar. Maybe it's not such a great discovery, but these 2 musical elements can give a very good sound. And the song is pretty dynamic.

On the whole I like all ABBA songs and of course the movie, Mamma Mia! as well!;)
Have you seen it? If not, you should! :)

Good appetite and have a nice day!

Adventure guide to Jamaica

Hi there,

I searched for a book among Google Books, and I've found a guide book, called Adventure guide to Jamaica. I chose some parts of it. I'm interested in music so I read about Jamaican music, its history and about the performers. Here is a little taste of the music tendencies.

There are four music trends in Jamaica. The most significant are the reggae and the ska. "Reggae sings of the problems of the island, and to listen to its Lyrics is to learn more about life in the villages beyond the resorts and most especially in the capital city of Kingston." But there was also the mento, first brought music to Jamaica from Africa. And the other was the dancehall, which is a variant of reggae. And now I mention some performers: Bob Marley, Jimmy Cliff, Burning Spear, Bunny Wailer and so on.

But I wouldn't like to 'talk' about them because if you are also interested in these people you can read these pages and know their discography. Are you curious about them?

It is an exciting reading and with it you can know more about Jamaica. You can get acquainted with not only the music, but also the location of the island nation and the culture of it.
So I recommend it to everyone who would like to know more about other cultures, especially the Jamaican.

Here is the link of this book:

Have a nice sunny day;)

After a long day...

Hello,

After a long day, fortunately I'm again at home. This was a quite hard day for me, the last time of the Balcan course. I had 2 lectures: Literary and the Screen of the Balcan.
And finally I went to Apollo Art Cinema to see a croatian film, called The Living and the Dead.

It was a warlike film. The story of the film consists of two parallel threads. One of them takes place during the war in Bosnia in 1993, while the other story is set during the Wold War II.
It was a great film, but the story of it was staggering. I wouldn't like to live in this kind of world. Why should they kill each other? I really don't understand at all. But I know it was a war so they had to fight even if they didn't want. Anyway it could be really hard to live this way.
I recommend this story those people who like these kinds of films.

But the close of this day was more gladsome, because when we arrived to Szigetvár we could enjoy a splendid musical performance given by a great singer. I liked it very much.

Now I should learn for the next week, because I will have 3 tests.
Have a good night!

From my point of view...

Hi there,

Today I had a special course from the group of PTE 10%, Balcan in the screen. Three lectures were given on different topics. Some parts of them were interesting for me, but at the end I became too tired. It was long that I should have sat in the same place for about 4 hours... We only had few minutes break, but fortunately I survived it;) 3 more days and it will be ended...At the end of the whole course I should write an essay about a Balcanian film in 10 pages. I hope this will be not so difficult.

Another thing happened to me at the weekend. I had a 'party' with my friends and it was great. It wasn't a dancing party in a disco rather a 'talking party' or something like this:) I enjoyed it very much and I think in many cases this kind of party can be better than others. I mean this time we can get to know our friends better. So talking a lot with others can be useful in your relationships.

Now I'm going to learn a little bit for tomorrow because I will have a test in grammar in use. And as everybody knows: Practice makes perfect! ;)

The beginning of something

Hy everybody,

Fortunately my blog is ready but it was a little bit difficult to me...I hadn't made it before so I didn't know how to start it...But my friend helped me so now I can start to write and develop it:) I try to 'talk' about interesting things so I hope you will enjoy it;)

Now I'm pretty tired because last evening I started to read a novel called The bluest eye by Toni Morrison. I have to read it for Reading and writing course to improve my vocabulary and reading skills. It is a great and understandable novel as yet so I offer it to everyone who likes English stories. :)

But something (maybe interesting) about me...
I've been a member of the Brass Band of Szigetvár since 1999 and I play on clarinet.

I like this instrument, my instrumentalist mates and the music we play. So I like this whole thing very much. Every summer we camp for a week usually at the Lake Balaton. These weeks are very useful for the whole orchestra not only because of practises but also the leisure. We can learn many compositions during a week.

But I think it's enough for today, because 'my bed attracts me' ;) Maybe later I will write more about our orchestra and activity if you are interested in it;)

Have a good night!