Showing posts with label recitation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label recitation. Show all posts

Saturday, February 8, 2014

Snowy Evening

Here is Robert Frost's "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening," a patented K-bao interpretation with a little bit of 'tude (notice the Hang Loose jingle at "My little horse must think it queer" at 0:27).

K-bao tends to add dramatic flair to her recitations, and includes some subtle overtones here: "But I have promises to keep" is appropriately apologetic, and "And miles to go before I sleep" is full of dark mystery.

Saturday, October 26, 2013

Song of the Witches

K-bao has broadened her literary repertoire with some Shakespeare recently. Here she puts on her best scary voice and recites a spooky poem in honor of approaching Halloween. Sister C-bao listens to the Macbethian witches' chant with a look of discomfort.


Saturday, August 10, 2013

唐詩六首

K-bao has been in the midst of a literary kick recently, thanks in part to Auntie Katie.

Here she gives a dramatic performance of six recently learned Tang Shi (poems from the Tang Dynasty), starting with Li Bai's famous "Contemplating Moonlight."

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