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 The Sound Of Music  The sound of music is a movie as well as a musical. The story behind the movie is that a girl named Maria takes a job as a governess for a large family due to her not succeeding in being a nun. through this governess job, she falls in love with the children as well as the widowed father who so happens to be in the military and is a captain. The dad of the Von Trapp family is engaged to a person already but slowly starts to fall in love with Maria the governess. Captain Vonn Trap was ordered to be commissioned in the German Navy but he opposes the Nazis. When he finds this out he comes up with a plan to flee away from Austria with Maria and his kids. The Von Trapp family. The family fled the country because Nazie and Hitler were invading and trying to find certain people and families and they happened to be one of the families they were looking for.  This musical shows us the hardships of back in the days when Hitler was around and first coming to the countries. I a

  Elvis Presley  Elvis Presley was born in Tupelo, Mississippi, on January 8, 1935. He was the only child due to his twin being a stillborn baby. In 1953, he and his parent moved to Memphis, Tennessee.  Elvis had many musical interests and tastes in country music, including pop, gospel music, and the black R&B music he had absorbed in Tennessee.  In 1954, Elvis started his singing career with the legendary Sun Records Label. About a year later, his contract was sold to RCA Victor.  Elvis is known for his  talent, good looks, sensuality, charisma, and humor.  He is one of the most influential figures in 20th-century popular culture. A few fun facts about him are that he has won three Grammys, has been in 33 successful films, and, at the young age of 36, he was named one of the ten most outstanding men in the nation in the 1970s by the United States Jaycees.  Elvis recorded over 600 songs while he was alive. His first song was My Happiness, recorded on the Sun Records Label.  My Happ

Salsa        I would like to take you on a musical trip to Cuban music, the Salsa.  I chose salsa because I have always wanted to learn salsa and swing dancing. My husband loves to dance, but I have never been taught to, so maybe someday in the future, I will learn.  Salsa was first invented in the early 1900s in eastern Cuba. The salsa is a dance, but its music comes from various rhythms and styles of music put together to make a catchy tune to dance to. The two main styles of music behind the salsa are Cuban son and Afro-Cuban rumba. The salsa music was created by a man of Bantu descent  Here is a link to  Cuban son music here is a link to  Afro-Cuban rumba music Salsa   LINK   this is an extra video I thought I would throw in for the salsa dance that I enjoyed, and I hope you all will, too  salsa dance The two kinds of music used are very similar in terms of instrumental usage, but each style has a slightly different speed. The Cuban music has the same speed throughout the song and