Riu, Riu Chiu...

My choir, EVMCO, is gathering together again for a Christmas concert and it is going to be all about Bethlehem and the Savior's birth. We are going to be singing a new Spanish song I have never even heard of. The song is called Riu, Riu, Chiu and my group is going to be singing two verses of it. Here are the lyrics in the way we are doing it in the concert:

(First verse we are singing, third verse in the song)

Yovi mil garzones, que'andavan cantando,

Por aqui volando hacienda mil sones,

Diciendo a gascones gloria sea'en el cielo,

Y path en el suelo pues Jesus nasciera.

(Chorus)

Riu, Riu, Chiu, la guarda ribera,

Dios gaurdo el lobo, de nuestra cordera,

Riu, Riu, Chiu, la guarda ribera,

Dios guardo el lobo, de nuestra cordera.

(Second verse for us to sing, fifth verse in the song)

Pues que ya tenemos lo que deseamos,

Todos juntos vamos presents llevemos,

Todos la daremos nuestra voluntad,

Pues a se'gualar con el hombre viniera.

If you do not speak Spanish, you will have to plop somebody down in front of your computer to translate... I only speak beginner's Spanish. But one night, I asked my Spanish-speaking dad to come and make sure I knew all my Spanish for the concert, and as soon as I started singing, he shouted "WHO WROTE THIS?!?!" I told him, confused, that my directors had written it, and I asked him what was the matter. He exclaimed that all the spelling was wrong. He showed me the text, and pointed out the mistakes. I had giggled and told him, "I guess they don't know how write Spanish. HA!" I think it's too late to get tickets for the concert because they're ALL SOLD OUT!!!!!! My mom showed me one day, and I went absolutely, positively nuts. They were all sold out?? At the BEGINNING OF NOVEMBER??? I was totally shocked. So was my mom. This will be the first concert that my youngest brother brother will sing in, so we were very excited. I have got one other sister and this is her third concert. She is very excited and giddy for the big days to come as well. (We are doing two concerts, one on the second of December, and one on the third.). WE ARE ALL SO EXCITED!!!! MY WHOLE FAMILY IS EXCITED!!!!!!!!!!!

George Gershwin: Amazing American/Russian Composer

One Amazing Composer

Hello. This is Miss Penguin coming to you live from New York City and the scoop today is George Gershwin. One of his compositions, Rhapsody in Blue, has become one of the most popular works in the country. George Gershwin’s life might seem boring and unimportant at first sight, but when you take a look inside, you wouldn’t believe that his life was so interesting.

When George Gershwin was born, he was named Jacob Gershowitz. He was born in Brooklyn, New York, and he was the second of four children. At age ten, George went to his friend’s violin recital. He was astonished by the way his friend played his violin and George wanted to find out more about music. His older brother Ira had a piano and George learned to play it. His parents tried to get him a piano teacher for two years, but when it didn’t work out, George ended up being taught by composers.

He got his first musical training at age thirteen. At age fifteen, George left school to study music. He got his first job as a performer at Tin Pan Alley and this job got George fifteen dollars a week. Within three years, he had seen his first song published, “When You Want ‘Em, You Can’t Get ‘Em, And When You’ve Got ‘Em, You Don’t Want ‘Em.” This song was published when George was seventeen years old and earned him five dollars.

In 1924, George composed his first major classical work and it was called Rhapsody in Blue. It proved to be his most popular work. When George was finally a famous composer, he changed his family name from Gershowitz to Gershwin. George’s most ambitious composition was Porgy and Bess and yet another composition called Swanee brought George his real fame. When George was twenty-five years old, Rhapsody in Blue premiered in New York’s Aeoliah Hall at the concert “Experiment in Music”, along with the songs An American in Paris and Piano Concerto in F. When George was 38, he was complaining of terrible headaches and also thought that he smelled burned rubber. George died of a brain tumor and is now buried at Westchester Hills Cemetery, New York.
Thank you for joining us today to listen to Gershwin’s life story, life events, and about the compositions that he wrote. Next week, George Gershwin will share some of his most popular operas, songs, and compositions outside of the Aeoliah Hall.

Tickets are selling out in EVMCO!

You better hurry and buy some tickets. They're selling out fast! And, we are going to knock your socks off! I know I said that before, but really, this is going to be amazing! You have to come. Otherwise, this won't be a good performence if you don't come.

My Post of Dreams

You might think I'm weird, but I wrote down some of my dreams on a piece of paper. Here is all the dreams that I wrote down on that piece of paper ( and I dream that I am old like 23 years old in this dream):



My Swimming Dream



One sunny day, I was playing with my kids and sister on the trampoline.

My grandmother and mom were talking and watching my brother as he

went swimming. Suddenly, my brother got out of the pool and started

running. You know the rule: Don't run when your feet are wet (or

like that). As my brother ran, he slipped, and started drowning (he did

not know how to swim). I made up my mind, quick, for he was running

out of air. I dived in (I still didn't know how to swim). I found him and

brought him back up to where there was air. Mom was scared when

my brother and me went under, but was filled with happiness when I

came up with my brother. I found myself a towel and my grandmother

got me white, hot rice with sweet and sour chicken, for the pool was cold.

The End



Well, well, a little scary, huh? I'll try to find that's not too scary. Ahh, here's one! Don't dribble too much over your keyboards when you see this....



My Candy Dream



One night I was soo tired I could hardly keep my

eyes open. But before I went to sleep, I made a wish on a star.

And when I opened my eyes next morn, I found out

that my room was crammed with candy! And not just

my room, the whole house was crammed with candy!

It took days for us to eat all the candy. There were

Nerds, bubble gum, Laffy Taffy, Starbusts, and Hersheys.

The End



What do you know, that had a sweet ending. I have another dream that has a cake that is twelve layers tall. Here it is...



My Cake Dream



There was a time when I decided to

Make a cake twelve layers tall,

And have a friend along with

Me to eat it, so I baked

The cake, and when it

Was done I called up my

Friend who gobbled it up quick,

Oh so quick.



That was a pretty tasty poem.

Happy Birthday!!!

Birthday girl was my sister. Peacock (that's what I call her) was very happy when her birthday arrived on Halloween. Just the night before her birthday, we celebrated with chocolate cake and Peacock was off-the-wall. And when Halloween arrived, she went off-the-wall when she saw how much candy we got. You should have saw it too. We had a lot of candy and it filled a whole wagon. Actually, we did carry it in a wagon. Night Owl's got some posts about Peacock as well on Frolickingnightowl.blogspot.com.

My poems

I like poems. They are sometimes really catchy and some are narrative. Here is are poem that I wrote about a year ago:

Beautiful, Beautiful Rome

Beautiful, Beautiful Rome

with flowers and trees all around;

now I'll say some gods.

Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, and Athena too;

there are many things in Rome!

So, beautiful, beautiful Rome

with flowers and trees all around!

It's morewhere that poem came from. You might think I'm dumb, but I actually liked the poem. Anyway, I might have some more poems stuck in my brain...

Art

Art is very facinating.

Art might take your breath away.

Art is very beautiful, lovely and realistic....

I love art.

Interesting, huh? That was a very short poem. I can't even think of a super good poem that is long and might even interest you, but I'll have to think my brains out.

Christmas

Christmas is Christ's celebration day.

I love Christmas.

It is very cheerful and happy on Christmas morn.

We get presents.

We have a fun time on Christmas day and night.

I love Christmas.

Now you know that my concert is on the 4th of December, but December 4th is ways before Christmas. I liked it so much when I had my last concert. I've been in EVMCO for a year.

About Me: The Spanish side

My dad served a mission in Argentina. So he speaks Spanish. He teaches me Spanish sometimes, and I do Spanish in school, so I might be a brain about Spanish. Arizona is sort of a Mexican state, and I think Spanish is fun in a way. My teacher's husband speaks Spanish. I am talking about my schoolteacher, in fact. I love Spanish in a way, but I don't know what way. I LOVE SPANISH! I hope I serve a mission in a Spanish country. Night Owl thinks I should serve a mission in Russia. No, thank you! But maybe I would.......I think I might. The same thing happened with me and baptism. A few months ago, I was scared of getting baptised. But now, I am completely so off-the-wall about being baptised, confirmed a member of the church, and receiving the Holy Ghost. I am so happy with my life that my heart might burst. I'll have to do a blog post every day. I am very behind in blogging. Goodbye to all of you.