Week 14: Review & Backup

Since it's coming up on the end of the semester and I've finished my Storybook project, I figured it was probably a good time to back up everything. :)

My favorite announcement this week was the one on Wednesday with the Harry Potter music Indian Jam. I'd never seen some of these instruments before (and was surprised to see the hammered dulcimer!), and it was cool to be introduced to new ways of making music in a fusion with familiar tunes.

I'm used to seeing hammered dulcimers in this kind of context:

musicians Ridley & Anne Enslow at an 18th-century reenactment

(Dan Little, 2012, Times Union)

Week 10: Review

I backed up my work for this class (for the first time this semester...I'm really bad about that) and realized that I have more assignments left this weekend than I thought. Oops. Can't forget about all the commenting!

My favorite announcement this week was the Bronte sisters power dolls video. I'd actually run across this video last year while looking for a Charlotte Bronte action figure (my friend had given me a Jane Austen one for my birthday, but Charlotte Bronte is my true favorite author) and was disappointed that this is the closest anyone's come to making dolls for the Brontes. Still, this video is even funnier than I remembered. :)

The Jane Austen action figure is cool, but not as cool as Charlotte Bronte.

(source: Archie McPhee)