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 * Janis Ian**
 * Born in 1949 and is not yet dead**
 * Born as "Janis Eddy Fink" but changed her name to Janis Ian during her childhood.**
 * Ian is an American Folk Artist.**
 * She started playing piano at age 3 and then switched to guitar later on.**
 * Ian had her first single, "Society's Child" at age 15 and won a grammy for it the following year.**
 * During the 1970's her single "At Seventeen" was nominated for 5 grammy awards.**
 * In 1980 she decided to take a break from singing and songwriting to studay ballet and acting.**
 * Afterwards, she came back more than a decade later in 1993 with her album //Breaking Silence.//**
 * Her complete discography contains over thirty albums.**
 * Janis still tours today.**



John Lennon October 9, 1940 As a child and young Lennon enjoyed drawing cripples and grotesque figures. After his parents separated he was sent to live with his Aunt Mimi, he loved her very much. She bought him a guitar and he played constantly. In '56 she told him "The guitar is all very well as a hobby, but you'll never make a living out of it." That very year, he and his long time friend Paul McCartney began to write music together, soon after started a band called the "Quarry Men". From there, the boys grew into "The Silver Beetles", which became "The Beatles". Early on the band conquered England and then a few years later toured the US as well. In 1967 the band released Abbey Road which was different than anything they had ever performed before. By this time Lennon and the rest of the band was very much into drugs of all kinds. Lennons marriage with Cynthia soon deteriorated when he met Yoko Ono.

IM NOT FINISHED

AS of right now,the most memorable time in my past was probably the summer of 2008, which was the summer before tenth grade. It was the first summer that I was really independent, and I was very comfortable with who I was and what I had. I felt as though all I needed were my friends and the outdoors. We worked with whatever wheather mother nature threw at us. We did everything that summer. We would go on long exciting bike treks that made our butts hurt by the time we called it quits, hikes through the fingerlake trails, had picnics on hill tops in big open feilds, and set up camp wherever we pleased. We would swim in rivers, ponds and lakes that we would find along the way. Everything was an adventure no matter what we were doing, and we would try anything that came into our little juvinile heads. One thing that I realize looking back on things now, is that the days were long and the nights just the same.



Aubrey Wilkins

Foriegn Artist: Tarika

The band Tarika is out of Madagascar and was put together by Hanitra Rasoanaivo. The name Tarika means "the group", and they are inspired by the root music of their island homeland off the coast of Africa in the Indian Ocean. Their style blends modern music and great amounts of energy, instruments and harmonies. The band has captured much attention world wide, and has also topped music charts globaly. The band was also named one of the top ten bands in the world by Time Magazine. Tarika is led by the two sisters, Hanitra and Noro. Some of the instruments used in the making of their music are the Marovany which is a box zither, the Valiha which is a bamboo zither, the Kabosy which is a small malagasy guitar, and the Jejy Voatavo which is a gourd dulcimer, Other band members besides Hanitra and Noro are Donne, Ny Ony, and Solo. Some of the albums that they have produced are Fanafody, Balance, Bibiango, Son Egal, D, and Soul Makassar.

<-- Tarika groovin'..

Rafrancois Lyrics- //François Fahatelo lives near the village of Ambatotsonegaly/Thank you Mr François/Because you did not let me get away/Without knowing more about our history/And I will be able to tell the new generation.// //Senegalese sisters and brothers have to put up with our insults/That is not right!/They were also in despair/They learned to obey/They were taught to fight.// //You asked what has been done so far?/The strong people are only fighting for a seat. But if the black who are supposed to get together/Do not respect each other and fight all the time/All the work we did for our children/Will have no value and will just be thrown away.// //You said that people fight because no one knows each other.// //All you hear is the sound of the shooting/We used to just hide in the forest/A lot of you sinned so they died/But you kept on fighting/No matter what happened.// //I had to leave you then/I am really sorry for this/But I have to talk to the JN/Many more still say/Senegalese are the worst kind of people/Because they tortured us/It was just far too much pain.// //Bless me because I will fight just like you/To reconcile all of us who have the same ancestors//