g What was her mother’s reaction to their music? h What are their plans for the next year? I Where have they been playing? COMPLETE THE GAPS WITH WORDS FROM THE BOX BELOW: Key: Studying / cheerful / music / dream / solo / weddings / record / love / clubs / piano / boys / spend Dream Spend Music is my first _ In fact, I’d say it’s time-consuming passion as I _ Studying much longer playing the synthesizer or the guitar than _ for my solo classes piano I have always dreamed of becoming a good performer, either as a band player or playing Love _ My parents wanted me to study classical , as a very good Boys should do, but from my teens on I followed my real , which is playing lighter girl Music music Recordand improvising 10 clubs 11 weddings Fortunately, since I went to the university I’ve been able to fulfill part of my dream I 12 cheerful met three _ as crazy about music as me and we began playing in the garage of my house My mum was horrified at the idea of having to put with heavy metal or rock a b c d e f g Music is veryhome, important for the author as she spends moresofter time playing than studying at but the music we play sounds much than that and to my surprise She has always dreamt of becoming a good performer either playing on a band or on solo she got wanted used to her it to study classic music – piano Hersoon parents No, she didn’t She actually follow her dream and got a band at the university year we’re tryloved and a or to a C.D time abeing She metNext three other boysgoing who to also music So theysingle decided join For andthe became band.we Three boys feel quite happy just to perform in _ and pubs Her mother was afraid the music might be too heavy metal or rock But at the end she got used to their sound Sometimes we are hired for and it’s great fun because besides playing for h They want to record a CD people, we can get involved the party and superbly i They have been playing in clubs, pubs andinsometimes eveneat in weddings ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS ON THE TEXT: a How important is music for the author? Explain b What has she always dreamt about? c What did her parents want him to study? d Did she follow her parents dream? Why? Why not? e What has happened at university? f How many people play with her? g