Beethoven

            Who wrote the famous Für Elise? Beethoven of course! Beethoven had a musical childhood, a deaf adulthood and got a lot of achievements. Beethoven had a ton of music lessons when he was young. 

          Beethoven's full name was Ludwig van Beethoven. Beethoven was born on 12/16/1770 in Bonn, Germany. His dad and grandpa were musicians too so his dad gave him his first music lessons. As Beethoven started to get older and older he went to Vienna to try to meet Mozart and study with Haydn. He published his first music after eleven years old. But then his mother was about to die so he took a break from studying and went back to Bonn to see her.

          After his mom died he moved to Vienna. When he was growing up he noticed it was hard to hear. Sometime when he was a adult he got  completely deaf. Even since he was deaf he still continued to conduct and make more symphonies until he died. The symphonies he wrote in his adulthood were the third to the ninth (last)  symphonies. His last symphony was the famous Ode to Joy. He was rude and angry most of the times, but still had a lot of close friends. Since he didn't take good care of himself, he died at the age fifty six.

           More than twenty thousand people attended his funeral probably because he was a great musician and composer. Also when Beethoven died a blinding flash of lighting struck said one of Beethoven friends. Some of the achievements he achieved was writing a lot of sonatinas and be one of the three B's to change music. His greatest achievement was to raise instrumental music.

           Beethoven was a very musical boy just like Mozart. He had a happy childhood, a sad adulthood and got a lot of achievements. But the most important thing is that he is remembered in history!!!  

Olympic Games Closing Ceremony

Did you like the 2012 Olympic games closing ceremony? Well I did but I thought it was more of a concert because most of the time everybody was just singing. My three favorite parts of the Olympic games closing ceremony was the beginning of closing ceremony, that several of my favorite singers came and sang their songs also a hilarious performance performed by Eric Idle.

           

In the beginning everything was covered in newspaper ( clothes, cars and  Big Ben!). Then people hanging on ropes were making music by using pans and pots to make music. There was a lot of commotion but everything was fine. Suddenly all the attention was on a yellow car because it exploded the superheros, Batman and Robin stepped out and ran away. After that people in cardboard costumes ( or I thought it looked like cardboard) sang " Eastern Boys and Western Girls".   

                                                                                                                                                           After the cardboard people were gone, the youngest band from Britain,One Direction sang"What makes you beautiful" on the trailer of a truck. Two singers who were famous because of there songs in the USA were  singing there, and one of them was my favorite singer, Taio Cruz. Also Tinie Tempah a famous Britain rapper sang "Written in the stars" with Taio Cruz singing "Dynamite" and Jessie J singing Price Tag". They all came out of cars and when Taio Cruz started to sing "Dynamite" , a lot of athletes sang along with him. 

Eric Idle went into a cannon. A lot of people were waiting for him to be shot out of the cannon, instead he just rolled into a pit. When he came out of the pit he started to sing songs. After that Indians came dancing. He saw them dancing so he tried to mimic them but he couldn't do it. Suddenly the Indians started to put powder on his face so he couldn't see. But some how he pushed the Indians away and saw a guy get shot out of the cannon for real.      

The Olympic games closing ceremony was very cool and unique. At the end of the closing ceremony, Brazil gave a small presentation of their country to welcome the athletes to Brazil. The presentation was ultra colorful and loud so, they would tell they athletes that Brazil is super colorful. Now I can't wait for the XXXI Olympic games in Rio!!!!!!!                                                                     

My Favorite Olympic Event

         
         What's your favorite Olympic game sport ? Well my favorite sport is gymnastics. My three favorite things you can perform in gymnastics are uneven bars, floor exercise and pommel horse.As you can see in order, my most favorite rotation in gymnastics are the uneven bars.

      In uneven bars you have two bars in different heights. You have a high bar and a low bar to perform on. You swing around on those two bars and do releases, flips, turns and transitions. This event is for girls in the Olympics, but anybody can try it for exercise and fun. The girl with the most points in uneven bars was Gabby Douglas. My second favorite rotation is floor exercise.

       In floor exercise you can run, jump, do flips and twists. This event is extremely dangerous event for untrained people because you can land on your head, fall while trying to perform a stunt and much more. This event is for both boys and girls in the Olympics. If you want to make a floor exercise stadium you should, find something wide and bouncy(like a wide bounce house) and make a place where people can watch. My third favorite rotation in gymnastics is the pommel horse.

        In pommel horse you have a short balance beam with two handles on top.In the Olympics this event is for boys only. Pommel horse is one of the more difficult events but less dangerous. Pommel horse was made by solders because they used this to practice dismounting and mounting their horse. You hold the handles or the edges of the balance beam doing handstands ,turning your legs in a circular motion and trying to get perfect landings. 

        Gymnastics are hard and dangerous, a lot of people fall in the Olympics so don't be sad if you are bad at it.

The 2012 Olympic Games Opening Ceremony

           What you all have been waiting for... The Olympic Games!!!!!!  In the opening ceremony my three favorite parts was the beginning of the opening ceremony, the march of the nations and the fireworks. 

   

             In the beginning men and woman were doing do their everyday work, such as raking leaves and making the grass smooth. Suddenly there was a pause because everybody was waiting for Bradley Wiggins to ring the Olympic bell so the Opening ceremony could start. Then everybody rolls the grass mats and towers rise from the stadium. Also kids were singing songs that they learned at school. After that people started to use tools to shape an iron circle. Later they put the iron circle they made with four already made circles to make the Olympic symbol. When they made the Olympic symbol, sparks flew and it sort of made fireworks.

             The March of the Nations took so long that I didn't finish it. Every time a team had gone around the stadium they had to put their flag one a hill with the other flags. Greece always went first because they made the Olympics. And after that it went on in alphabetical order. North Korea went in the D's section because they had another name called Democratic People's Republic of Korea. Later there was some thing called Individual athletes because three teams weren't tested clean.The last team was always the host of the Olympics. The Olympics were held at London, so team Great Britain went last. 

             The fireworks were the last part of the opening ceremony.Some were on the edge making a bunch of white X's. Some others were on the edge of the stadium too, but those fireworks formed white stairs and sprouts. And there were a bunch of red,yellow green and blue fireworks shooting down from the sky on top of the London Bridge. Also somebody set red fireworks around a tower and it was swirling around it. Fireworks were rampaging the sky, and it looked so bright.

              The Olympic games opening ceremony was pretty good, but I still think China's Olympic games opening ceremony was better. So cheer on the USA, and hope they win!!!!