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=Welcome to The Bards Blues Page=

Their Project
Two years ago, a group of 4 students from Fort Erie Secondary School decided that they were going to embark on a journey. That journey would include reading some of Shakespeare's Sonnets, picking their favourites, and changing them into blues songs.

Why would a group of students want to put sonnets into blues form? Simple, to make Shakespeare accessible!

The Band and their Project
David Hartley - vocals, acoustic guitar Lee vanBrussel - acoustic guitar, ukulele Jesse Hawley - piano Amanda Leonard - saxophone Cam Donevan - Groupie!

Each of the band members wrote their own music to each sonnet and came together to record their final 6 choices:


 * 1) [[image:http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQykKSP-tR5Pc2x1RAIsichiFG42uSNkYoPz4TjvFXg9KPYWstC&t=1 width="172" height="172" align="right" caption="Groovy Shakespeare"]]Sonnet 18
 * 2) Sonnet 27
 * 3) Sonnet 71
 * 4) Sonnet 94
 * 5) Sonnet 106
 * 6) Sonnet 130

Our Project
Using The Bards music, let's determine the meaning behind each sonnet together!

Ideas for adding to the wiki:


 * Organize the wiki to meet the needs of more students!
 * Does the music make it easier for you to understand to the sonnet?
 * Can you make a connection to the sonnet?
 * Could you rewrite the sonnet into modern day text? (underneath the original)
 * Assess the authors of the blues sonnets. What did they do well? What didn't they do well?
 * If you are musically inclined, could you take a sonnet, change it into a blues song, and post it?

Finally, be creative! Thinking critically, add something to the wiki that seems necessary to you!