Taylor Swift

                                                            By: Ava

 

Today I will be talking about Taylor Swift. She is a singer-songwriter. Taylor Swift loves to donate a lot of money to Charity and helping others. She has a lot of other hobbies besides singing like hiking, water skiing, baking, etc. She has made 243 songs in her lifetime career. First, I will be talking about her childhood and background. Next, her likes and hobbies. 3rd, I will talk about what makes her the person she is. Last, I will be talking about all the kind and generous donations she makes.  I hope you enjoy this presentation.  

 First, I will be talking about her childhood and background story.    Taylor Swift was born on December 13th, 1989, in the town of West Reading, Pennsylvania, U.S. Taylor Swift is German, Scottish, English, and Italian.  Taylor swift has a lot of quotes, kind, loving, and inspiring. This one is my favorite though. “We do not need to share the same opinions as others, but we do need to be respectful.” This quote is kind and true. Here is another quote that I feel like a lot of people understand: “Any time someone tells me not to do something, I want to do it more.”  

Next, I will be talking about her likes, and hobbies.  

Taylor Swift enjoys a lot of outdoorsy, adventurous things. She likes Cooking, hiking, waterskiing, volleyball, doing crafts, making jam, face painting, playing fetch, taking pictures, gift giving, and, finally, going to coffee shops. She has a lot of fun things she likes to do. Taylor Swift’s biggest influence is Paul McCartney. He creates unparalleled art and has been faced with more pressure than most people. Now, you might be thinking, what does he do? He is like Taylor Swift, but with a lot more jobs to do. He is a film director, actor pianist, drummer, businessman, keyboarder, poet, interpreter, and artist. I could go on, but we do not have much time.  

I will now be talking about one of the best things Taylor does, produce music. 

The genre that Taylor Swift sings in is country-pop. She does slow songs, up-beat songs, sad songs, and happy songs. She plays a lot of instruments, and some of them might surprise you. She plays the Guitar, piano, banjo, ukulele, and of course her voice, which some people call it the vocals. Taylor Swift does a lot of performances, for example, the Eras Tour. Her very first performance was in 2008, at the Bluebird Cafe in Tennessee.  

And finally, I will talk about the donations she made and makes. 

This year, Taylor Swift donated $4 million to the Country Hall of Fame. In 2011, Taylor Swift donated $70,000 in books to her hometown library, and in 2012, she made a song about a boy who struggles with cancer and performed it at Stand Up for a Cancer fundraiser. That song is called “Ronan”, just to let you know.  

Well, now I should wrap up, I hope you enjoyed my presentation, I am just going to say a few things about Taylor Swift, and my opinion on her. Taylor Swift is a hard-working woman and helps others. She is continuing to make music, produce music, and doing tours. In fact, in April, on the 19th she came out with her new album, The Tortured Poets Department! I really like her, and she is amazing!  

Sources:  

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taylor_Swift 

https://search.brave.com/search?q=taylor+swift&source=web 

https://www.brainyquote.com/authors/taylor-swift-quotes 

https://www.billboard.com/lists/taylor-swifts-charity-donations-gifts-timeline/ 

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/pop-vinyl-taking-over-record-stores-taylor-swift-1234980899/ 

Taylor Swift Magazine: The Eras Tour 

 

 

  

Florence Griffith Joyner

By: Ava Jane

Today I will be talking about the life of Florence Griffith Joyner. Florence was an Olympic metal racer! Florence married Al Joyner, the Olympic triple jump champion of 1984, in 1987. She raced most of her life. Florence started racing at age seven. People called her Flo Joe. Florence’s famous outfit is a shimmery purple outfit, with one leg bare and one leg with it on. Florence always had decretive long nails!!


First I will talk about her Career. Florence was an American track and field athlete! Bob Kersee found her working as a bank teller in 1979 and convinced her to train with him at the University of California, Los Angeles. (UCLA). Florence began competitive sprinting at age seven. She chased Jack rabbits for most of the day! Flo Joe continued to work with Bob Kersee, her sprinting coach. Al Joyner is Bobs sprinting name. After breaking her high school records, Florence gave up racing to make money for her family, at age 19.


Second, I am going to talk about her family, and childhood. Florence was born in a big family, and she was the 7th of 11 kids! Flo Joe was born in Los Angeles, California, in 1959. In 1987 Florence married Al Joyner, the Olympic triple jump champion of 1984! She married her sprinting coach, Bob Kersee!


Last I will be talking about Flo Joe’s birth and death. Flo Joe was born December 21st, 1929, and died September 21st, 1989. As you all know, she was born in Los Angeles, California, and died in Los Angeles. Florence died at the age of 38, by a seizure in her sleep!


To wrap all of this presentation up, I am going to talk about my thoughts about Flo Joe. I really liked how brave she was. I love that she started racing at age 7, and she was still doing it at 38! It is so caring that she put her family before herself, at age 19 to make money! That is the end of my Florence Griffith Biography Bistro research project.


Sources:
Wikipedia
World Book

Charlotte Dujardin

By: Ava 

Charlotte Dujardin is an Olympic medalist in the sport of dressage. Dressage is a French term for training. Dressage is an art of riding in a highly skilled manner of obedience, flexibility and balance. Any horse can compete in the dressage riding arena, but a warmblood is the most popular choice in dressage. A warmblood is a crossbreeding between an Arabian and a Thoroughbred horse.  

 Charlotte Dujardin had a great life when she was young, and you are probably wondering why and what. I am going to tell you about her early life! Charlotte Dujardin is 34 years old and was born on July 13th, 1985. She was born in the United Kingdom. Charlotte started riding at two and was a very good rider, but because of age limits Charlotte could not enter horse shows until she was 3 years old. When Charlotte turned three, she entered her first Pony Club show jumping competition and won second place. When Charlotte was younger, she was diagnosed with dyslexia which means there is difficulty in learning and reading and interpreting words. 

 Now I am going to tell you a bit about Charlotte Dujardin's experience with competitions and what she has won in her life! Charlotte is a very successful dressage rider and trainer. Charlotte has placed 1st place 12 times in International Championships. International events are events that bring competitors together from all over the world.   Olympic games, European Championship and World Cups are examples of International Championships where dressage riders compete. Charlotte Dujardin rides and trains on her trusty horse named Valegro. Sadly, Valegro retired on December 14, 2016. 

   Here we are towards the end of the fun, so I figured maybe save some of the fun for last! Let's jump right into some fun facts about Charlotte! Charlotte Dujardin is also a trainer and not just a rider who rides in the Olympics. One thing I like about Charlotte Dujardin is that she is not just a rider and trainer, but Charlotte is also a writer. Charlotte Dujardin wrote a book called “Girl on a Dancing Horse” and it is all about her when she was younger and about how she grew up to be who she is now. A funny thing about Charlotte Dujardin is that she was a little troublemaker when she was younger! 

 In conclusion Charlotte is the best female dressage rider in the world and has the highest score in freestyle dressage in the history of the dressage sport. She has been working on dressage since she was 13 years old. She has worked very hard to accomplish these goals and if you want to accomplish something so bad, you need to go for it.  

Sources 

A girl on a dancing horse book written by Charlotte Dujardin 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlotte_Dujardin