Friday, November 30, 2012

                                                    One Direction- Niall Horan
   Niall James Horan was born on September 13, 1993. He is from Mullingar, County Westmeath, Ireland. His mother is Maura Gallagher and his father is Bobby Horan. He has one older brother, Greg Horan. When Niall was 5, unfortunately, his parents got divorced. His brother and him lived between homes for two years. They finally made up their mind and decided to live with their father in Mullingar. Before auditioning for X-Factor, he preformed around his homeland, including him acting as Lloyd Daniels in Dublin. Niall has been playing guitar since childhood. He has made such a huge accomplishment since X-Factor, along with the rest of the band!

Friday, November 23, 2012

                               Bet You Didn't Know!- Thanksgiving Post
      Here are some facts about Thanksgiving that I bet you didn't know:
    1. Thanksgiving didn't become a tradition until 200 years after the 1st Thanksgiving.
    2.The 1st Thanksgiving was in 1621. 
    3.The 1st Thanksgiving was a 3 day festival of eating, hunting, and other entertainment in honor of the Pilgrims 1st successful harvest .
    4. Didn't have turkey, pumpkin pie, or potatoes because they hadn't been introduced to New England yet. 
   5. They didn't have another Thanksgiving until 1789. President George Washington introduced the First Ever National Thanksgiving Holiday. It took place Thursday November 26, 1789. 
   6. Sarah Hale made a 30 year campaign to make Thanksgiving a national holiday. She published recipes for pumpkin pie turkey, and stuffing.
    7. In 1863, Abraham Lincoln announced that the nation would celebrate Thanksgiving every year on the final Thursday of November. 

 http://www.history.com/topics/thanksgiving/videos#bet-you-didnt-know-thanksgiving

Monday, November 19, 2012

                                                 One Direction-Zayn Malik

      Zayn Malik is 1/5 of One Direction. He was born in West Lane, Baildon, Bradford, England. He was born to his British Pakistani father Yaser Malik and British mother, Patricia.  He has 1 older sister and 2 younger sisters. 
      In 2010, when Zayn was just 17, he auditioned solo for X-Factor. as his audition song, he sang "Let Me Love You" by Mario. All three judges said yes and he moved on throughout the X-Factor. He was eventually put with Niall Horan, Louis Tomlinson, Harry Styles, and Liam Payne, together they made up One Direction. 
    Tattoos- Zayn has multiple tattoos,  
       1. His grandfather, Walter's name in Arabic.
       2. Japanese symbol that means "born lucky"
       3. Ying Yang symbol on his left wrist
       


Friday, November 9, 2012

                                                      One Direction

     One Direction is an English/Irish boy band consisting of Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, Harry Styles, and Louis Tomlinson. In 2010, each of them auditioned separately for X-Factor. Simon Cowell then decided after many weeks of performing on the X-Factor, to put them as a group now called One Direction. They signed in North America to Columbia Records.  In September 2011, One Direction released their debut single, "What Makes You Beautiful".  It ranked number 1 on the UK Singles Chart. Other singles, "Gotta Be You" and "One Thing" were ranked in the UK Singles Top 10. 

        One Direction attended the 2012 Brit Awards at which "What Makes You Beautiful" won for Best British Single. In December 2011, they started on their first UK tour, the Up All Night tour. The tour, resulting in 62 shows, ended up both critically and commercially. In May, 2012, they started recording their second album, Take Me Home. There album will be released on November 12 and will be bought by hundreds.