Beatles Project?!

My US History teacher recently told us that our final at the end of the trimester is that we'll have to pick a topic and make a 10 minute presentation that we'll have to prevent to the class THEN be preceded to have questions asked over the topic. HOLY JEEZE! I was frazzled at what to do, but then I thought, 'What do I know in my life that I could talk about 10 minutes worth of it?' of course, guess what I picked! THE BEATLES!

Even though this may seem like a pretty easy project to handle BUT IT ISN'T EVEN CLOSE TO THAT! There are so many things to talk about from 1962-1970 and even things prier to that! With all of those years in store; comes with a large task of picking out which topics are more important than others. 

The first thing that came to my mind was a way of using what we've learned about the 1960s in the class and then partake that with major things that happened with The Beatles. We just got done learning about the Civil Rights and I remembered that Paul McCartney wrote "Blackbird" (on The White Album) about the death of Martin Luther King Jr. that happened around the same time. So that's a possibility of something that would be able to tie in 2 things that are actually quite interesting.

Of course I'd talk about the most famous Beatles events, such as them coming to America in February of 1964, the comment that John made about The Beatles being "more important than Jesus", maybe a little bit on the usage of the drugs they did (and the way of song making behind it), their break up in April of 1970 for sure. My friends keep joking to me and saying that I would probably take over the amount of time given to talk because I'd have so much information to say (which is most likely true). 

I still have a few more months to prepare for this project. Looking up more Beatles facts, getting out all of my Beatles books and rereading them over again, anything to keep my Beatles knowledge up until then! The PowerPoint won't take as long to make and I already have all my information in my head that it'll be a breeze. I GUESS WE'LL FIND OUT IN MAY/JUNE! 

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Beatles Road Trip!

Hey everyone! And welcome back to a new trimester of blogs with some pretty awesome BEATLENESS! First blogs before spring break and man, won't mine be busy. Our school band is taking a trip to Florida (WHOOP!), but instead of getting a plane, we have to go by bus. Not as fun (or enjoyable). So I'm getting myself prepared for the essentials that I'll need for the long 1 1/2 NON STOP RIDE. Beatles, Beatles and more Beatles.

This consests of taking my favorite Beatles books to read and stocking up on my favorite Beatles songs to make sure I can listen to. Still trying to decide if I should bring my Beatles blanket for the ride but I'm too afraid it might get ripped or destroyed! Better be safe and not bring it (yep, definitely not).

This whole experience reminds me back A LONG TIME AGO when my grandma, dad, grandpa and myself went on a 2 week vacation to North Daktoa to go see Mount Rushmore. I'd say it was at least in the 7th grade (I'm currently in the 11th), because I was obsessed with listening to 1 album the whole time, which was the first Beatles album/CD I had ever got; Help! To this day, whenever I hear the album, it brings back memories of myself looking out the window and watching all of the beautiful scenery pass by. 

This isn't this first time I've ever been to Florida for sure! I've been going to Florida every year since I was born; either being in February or over Christmas (this year was special because I wanted to wait and go with my band friends). The years we went over Christmas, I would get a new Beatles CD RIGHT before leaving so I would have some new music to listen to (mind you I had a CD player during this time). I remember one year I got the White Album (The Beatles album) for Christmas and it was one of the most CRAZIEST THINGS I've ever heard. 

What reminds me that most of it was being shoved into my grandparents little car and taking the 4-5 hour drive from Daytona Beach to Orlando for a fun filled day at Universal Studios! (The extra time was caused by my grandfathers lack of direction and following direction). One song that really struck me was 'Martha My Dear' and I listened to it the whole way there! The funny thing about this is that I played the song to my mother and she hated it - I make fun of her now because it's her favorite Beatles song. 

I hope everyone has a good spring break (whenever it is) and if you go anywhere, BE SAFE! 

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