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South Shore Folk Music Club

South Shore Folk Music Club
Hi.
This is a important piece of information, so listen up!!!!!!!!
Yesterday (March 6, 2012) my sister and I entered a contest for singing. We both had to sing a ballad, which is a song that is about 100 years old or older and that tells a story. We did the song ''The Gypsy Rover'' which is about a royal girl who  falls in love with a gypsy. My sister and I sang it as a partnership, and we got 1st place, so we got $100. It takes a lot of work, because if you're not prepared, that can lower you're chance of winning a prize. But even if you don't get the prize, you would still get $25 for participation and all you're hard work. If you know any young kids that would be interested in doing this, please go to the South Shore Music Club at the Beal house, Rte 106, Kingston, MA. Here is some more information-
The contest Organizers: Karen Haffner and Lynn Feingold
The judges: Joseph Beals, George Cronin, Jeanne Ryer
Categories:
Solo Performer (No Instrument) - $50
Solo Performer with instrument - $50
Group, No Instruments - $100
Group With Instrument(s) - $10
Sincerely,
Sita McGuire

Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet-

Hi.

It's been a while, but to all Shakespeare lovers, there is a series called ''The Pelican Shakespeare'' that has all the  wonderful Shakespeare plays. From tragedies, to comedies, to history, and last but not least to entertainment is all on the pages of the books in this series. What's really cool is that it has Shakespeares' original writing in play form, so you can feel his wonderful writing pound in your head as you read these books! For everyone's information I just finished reading Romeo and Juliet for a book project in my school. It took a while (4 days, which is long for me) but it was worth it!!!!!

             Just to make sure you know, William Shakespeare was a European play-write, who now is the most famous play-right in the world. Along with being a play-write, he also made words (such as amazement), and phrases (one being ''Knock, Knock, who's there?''. His most known plays are the tragic ''Romeo and Juliet'', the crazy ''Midsummer Night's Dream'', the spooky ''Hamlet'', and the scary ''Macbeth'' (also known as the ''Scottish Play''That's some important things about William Shakespeare.

              So, like I said, I read ''Romeo an Juliet''. The tragic tale is about to star-crossed lovers that are apart because of there families disliking each other. They try to make things right, but when there is misunderstanding, things start to fall and they both pass. It's a beautiful way of writing, but when I read it, there was water in my eye's.

              If you are interested in this book series, you can find them at a bookstore, or maybe even a library (I doubt it though). I found ''Romeo and Juliet'' (along with others) at the''Bunch of Grapes'' bookstore in Martha's Vineyard (if you want to know the exact address, I'll put it up on my blog for you to see). Other book's in this series include, ''Twelfth Night'', ''As You Like It'', ''Macbeth'', ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'', ''Othello'', and much more. 

I hope you find this interesting.   

Sincerely yours,

 Sita McGuire.