I hope you all have had a great week. My brain is feeling very full with all the new things I'm learning.
Here's some things I've discovered this week:
The horse is sacred in Japan (here's a photo from a shrine nearby)
There are wild horses down South of Japan and there are 8 native horse breeds, most of them are ponies and most are extremely rare.
Here's more info for those horse lovers:
http://nihongoup.com/blog/japanese-horse-breeds/
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| Yes this is a real monkey! |
Finally, I know this picture would interest a certain person in Room 5. It's a shop that only sells brass instruments. And it is huge... 3 stories!
That's all for now,
Jaa Mata
Amelia
Hi miss Whiting. Bad news!On Thursday, Claudia went back to Christchurch for ever! The good news is we have another person in our class called Ashley (!). She has become best friends with Kirsty and I.
ReplyDeleteThat shop you said only sold brass instruments also sells woodwind because saxophones have reed in the mouthpiece!The saxophone was invented by a man named Adolphe Sax whose father also made instruments.
He wanted to have the crisp sound of a brass instrument (trumpet, trombone, tuba) and also wanted to have the mellow sound of a wood wind instrument (clarinet, oboe, bassoon)
Adolphe Sax also wanted all of the saxophones (soprano, alto, tenor, baritone etc.) to have the same fingerings.
The saxophone was adopted by French military bands early on since the saxophone has more power than other woodwinds.
Sorry, I got a bit carried away there. My own knowledge surprises everyone, even me!
We are all missing you, and Claudia was sad to go without saying goodbye.
I hope to hear from you soon,
MacKenzie
Hi miss whiting I hope you are having a good time have you tried playing pinball yet it looks difficult.
ReplyDeletePatrick