Blog Summary

To clarify which blog entries I am summarizing, I decided to include those that fall between the 18th and the 23rd of September. I started will the 19th, so I may have missed those that were posted late on the 18th (should have thought of that before I finished!). Also, I am referring to the bloggers by their names listed on the “Course Blogroll”, as their seems to be an inconsistency in my eyes as to what everyone goes by between the blogroll, their own blogs, and on the “Student blog posts” link. Or maybe it’s just me that doesn’t understand.

I’ll begin the summary with performance ideas.

Hockey FYS plans to do a kazoo duet and is looking for suggestions as to what song to perform.

The idea of a clarinet solo has appeared a couple of times. Crazy... was I? is pondering the idea, and LS Roots FYS has come to the conclusion that the clarinet idea is a definite “no”. Well, that was my clarinet connection...

Dancing as a performance option seems like a popular idea. SDW Roots has posted an idea for her to learn some line dances and perform them for the class. Culture Jammer has two options; either they would play piano, or will teach the class to swing dance. A suggestion of mine goes out to the class: it seems you all have an OPTION of whether to want to watch or participate. They both sound like cool ideas, I must say.

Magick Flying Toad has a performance idea involving a costume; I seriously hope I’m in that class-- I want to see this. Also, Magick Flying Toad has a lot of interesting thoughts and information posted on their blog. Some ties were made between literature and our Roots Music class.

LZ FYS has posted a thought-provoking question pertaining to the nature of the human voice. Seriously, check it out. I can say it did make me think.

Thoughts on the content of our text have appeared in some blogs. It seems that students are both enthralled and perplexed by chapter 2. SDW Roots has suggested an interpretation of Ch. 2’s ending. She believes the ending appears as a reference to social injustice of the time. MC FYS has found Ch. 2 very interesting, but describes some uncertainty of the why’s behind the appearance of some of the not-necessarily-blues-related history. My impression of these blogs is that these few opinions of Ch. 2 are greatly shared by all Roots Music students.