THE FIREBIRD SUITE
Stravinsky wrote a suite for ballet in 1910 called the Firebird Suite. He was living in Russia at the time where he composed one the most well known pieces of the 20th century.
This suite is about Prince Ivan and his capture of the a magical firebird. Upon releasing this bird back to the wild, he recieved a magic feather that could summon the protection of the firebird during an emergency. As the Infernal dance begins, Prince Ivan get attacked by Ogres and Trolls and summons the Firebird who intern casts a spell on all the monsters forcing them to dance!
I hope you enjoy this advenurous tale of magic and dancing.
Have these folks engrave your design on it.
I carry mine everywhere. Putting this on my wish list.
Bill Gates Speaks the Truth
I found this on someones LJ, thought you might like it, it speaks the truth. Oh ya, and it was a speach given to a high school by Bill gates
Rule 1: Life is not fair - get used to it!
Rule 2 : The world won’t care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about yourself.
Rule 3 : You will NOT make $60,000 a year right out of high school. You won’t be a vice-president with a car phone until you earn both.
Rule 4 : If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss.
Rule 5 : Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your Grandparents had a different word for burger flipping: they called it opportunity.
Rule 6 : If you mess up, it’s not your parents’ fault, so don’t whine about your mistakes, learn from them.
Rule 7 : Before you were born, your parents weren’t as boring as they are now. They got that way from paying your bills, cleaning your clothes and listening to you talk about how cool you thought you were. So before you save the rain forest from the parasites of your parent’s generation, try delousing the closet in your own room.
Rule 8 : Your school may have done away with winners and losers, but life HAS NOT. In some schools, they have abolished failing grades and they’ll give you as MANY TIMES as you want to get the right answer. This doesn’t bear the slightest resemblance to ANYTHING in real life.
Rule 9 : Life is not divided into semesters. You don’t get summers off and very few employers are interested in helping you FIND YOURSELF. Do that on your own time.
Rule 10 : Television is NOT real life. In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.
Rule 11 : Be nice to nerds. Chances are you’ll end up working for one.
