Why did you sign up for a roots music fys?
I chose the music roots fys because i have always enjoyed listening to different kinds of music and i also because i thought it would be interesting to discuss different types of music with other people and see what they thought instead of just knowing what i thought. i also thought it would be an opportunity to hear new music from different states and cultures.
If you could take five pieces of music with you to a desert island what would they be?
The first piece that i would take is "Don't worry about a thing," by SHEdaisy because this song would make me not worry so much about anything and this song also seems to calm me down when i am worried about something. I also would choose this song because it is one of my favorite songs because of the nice words in the song and because it is such mellow song.
The second song i would bring is "The Promise," by Plus One because of my christian background and i think that this song describes how i feel as christian best and on a desert island i would have a reminder of my christian background.
The third piece i would chose is " Respect," by Aretha Franklin because she is my hero i just love her music and it would help me from going bored on a desert island because i love to sing to that song.
The fourth piece of music i would bring is "Dancing in the Moonlight" because i love the jazzy part of this song. I also would choose this song because it would give me something to do because i love dancing to this song because it has such an awesome rhythm and because it has such a catchy tune.
The last piece of music i would bring is "Just Because" by brenda lee. i would bring this song because it would remind me of home. On a desert island i would definitely need a reminder of home so i would not get homesick. I also would bring it because this song makes me laugh so hard when i listen to it.
What's a piece of music you associate with a parent or grandparent?
A song that i associate with my grandmother is "Just because," by Brenda Lee. I associate this song with my grandmother because when i was younger i went to this concert in the park with my grandmother in her home town. When we went to the concert me and cousin didn't really want to go to the concert because we knew it was oldies. My grandma went up to the band guy and asked him to play this song and me and my cousin laughed because the words were so funny and my grandma sang the song in this most annoying voice and i remember that after the concert we sang that song for hours and hours doing different voices and changing the words. We still to this day when me and cousin get together to see my grandma we walk into her house singing "Just Because," and she just laughs.
If we all decided to change the national anthem with a new song, and everyone agreed that you got to choose, what would reccommend?
If i got to choose i would reccommend the song, America the Beautiful because it describes America, and because it let's people know about how beautiful our country is. I would also chosose this song because to me it describes how our people feel about America now instead of how someone felt after a explosion thousands of years ago.
What kind of music related stuff do you do?
I have sung in many choirs in the course of my lifetime. I used to play the piano but i was never very good so i quit. I also played the clarinet in band during elementary school but i quit because i started up the piano.
Given the readings and what you know about govenor Blanco, if you had a chance to ask her any questions what would one of them be?
i would ask her if throughout her life in politics, teaching and being a mom if she ever used something special from her cajun background and what in particular?
