--> The Kelly Family's double-decker tour bus (pinterest.com)
The Kelly Family is an Irish-American-European music _________ consisting of a multi-generational family, usually consisting of nine ______ joined occasionally on stage in their earlier years by their father and mother. They play a ____________ of rock, pop, and folk music. They have had chart and concert success around the ________, especially in Germany, the Benelux countries, Scandinavia, Poland, Spain and Portugal. They have officially sold over 20 million albums, though they sold their albums on concerts from Tours Europe to Over the Hump, except the Polydor years. The Kelly Family __________as the 6th most popular music act in Germany in the 1990s.[1] Despite its American origins, the group is virtually unknown in the United States.[2] They have sung in English, Spanish, German, Italian, Basque, French, Dutch, Irish, Luxembourgish, Latin and Japanese.
The group was formed as The Kelly Kids in 1974. For many years, the group presented a __________ and a vagabonding lifestyle, travelling around Europe in a double-decker bus and houseboat. Their image was enhanced by their eclectic and often homemade clothing, and____________________ worn by both male and female members of the band. The Kelly Family began to break up in 2000 and afterwards they performed mostly as individuals or sub-sets of the full group and took on a more mainstream look.
world |
repertoire |
ragamuffin image |
group |
very long hair |
was ranked |
siblings |
source-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Kelly_Family
Explain the following words from the text:
1. officially
2. homemade
3. vagabond lifestyle
4. sub-sets
5. enhance
RESEARCH TASKS:
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Where does the family come from?
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How many members are there in the family?
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What was their 1st hit?
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What musical instruments do they use?
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What languages do they speak?
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When did they start their career?
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What type of music do they play?
https://www.lyrics.com/lyric/35078127/Angelo+Kelly/Will+Ye+Go%2C+Lassie+Go
Translate these parts from the song's lyrics into your mother language. Then imagine this situation and answer the questions with writing a short ending of the story. Anyway, what does these questions refer to?
If my true love she were gone I would surely find another Where wild mountain thyme Grows around the blooming heather Will ye go, lassie go?
And we'll all go together
To pluck wild mountain thyme
All around the blooming heather
Will ye go, lassie go?
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NOTES-- my sample ending (hunglishcorner.hu)
If my true love leaves me
my heart never beats it
slower
what's more, even faster and just with more pleasure
since I know that another new world awaits for me
among the eyes of nature
So, ye I go, lassie, I go
IRISH CORNER
https://www.lyrics.com/lyric/35078132/Irish+Heart
Can you feel my Irish heart
Can you feel my Irish heart Beatin', beatin'
Can you feel my Irish heart
Can you feel my Irish heart Beatin', beatin'
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ireland
PINTEREST.COM- source for photos
LISTENING COMPREHENSION
https://www.esolcourses.com/content/topics/festivals/st-patricks-day/history-of-st-patricks-day.html
https://www.learnclick.com/quiz/show/16238
https://englishpost.org/saint-patricks-day-esl-ideas/
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