For anyone who wants to join in, simply choose five pieces of music and post them for other bloggers to enjoy. Then check out the set posted by the other 5 on Friday blogger -- you can sign in over at Golch Central's Rambling Stuff.
As we head for my 300th set, coming up in four weeks, Christmas is coming up soon. I've always agreed with Andy Williams that it's the most wonderful time of the year.
Here's a Christmas set to listen to while you're wrapping presents, decorating or baking treats.
1 - Christmas All Over Again - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
2 - It Must Have Been Ol' Santa Claus - Harry Connick Jr
3 - Early on One Christmas Morn - Bruce Cockburn
4 - Wonderful Christmastime - Paul McCartney and Wings
For anyone who wants to join in, simply choose five pieces of music and post them for other bloggers to enjoy. Then check out the set posted by the other 5 on Friday blogger -- you can sign in over at Golch Central's Rambling Stuff.
Tomorrow on July 11th we'll be celebrating our 23rd anniversary.
Here's a special set dedicated to 'the road so far', as they say on my favorite show Supernatural.
1 - Sensual World - Kate Bush
2 - This Guy's in Love With You - Herb Alpert
3 - Ain't No Mountain High Enough - Diana Ross and The Supremes
Just a note for anyone dropping in for the A to Z Challenge:
I'm behind by four posts this week, as I was actively working online on behalf of the film and television industry here in my province of Nova Scotia. To check out what's going on, you can read up here:
For today's blog challenge, let me introduce you to my regular Friday feature:
Spinning Friday tunes since 2010...
For anyone who wants to join in, simply choose five pieces of music and post them for other bloggers to enjoy. Then check out the set posted by the other 5 on Friday blogger -- you can sign in over at Golch Central's Rambling Stuff.
This week's set is made up of songs that start with the word 'on'. They call us to take our places, to dig deep within ourselves, and to make the move from dreams to action.
1 - On Broadway - George Benson
2 - On the Good Ship Lollipop - Shirley Temple
3 - On the Street Where You Live - Harry Connick Jr.
For anyone who wants to join in, simply choose five pieces of music and post them for other bloggers to enjoy. Then check out the set posted by the other 5 on Friday blogger -- you can sign in over at Golch Central's Rambling Stuff.
Enjoyed a wonderful concert last Sunday, featuring my friend Michael Downie and three other singers.
Michaelis at the far left.
We've been friends since junior high school, becoming close when we both were members of our high school choir, the Prince Andrew Chorus. My mom and I sat with Shelley, also from those magical choir days.
Shelley, me and my mom at the concert
When yet another of our choir friends, John, commented on Facebook that he remembered Michael singing A New Town is a Blue Town from our grade eleven musical The Pajama Game, he gave me the spark for today's set.
Here are five of my favorite songs from the three musicals produced by my high school choir while I was a student there.
Our version was performed in the spring of 1980, when I was in grade 10.
I'm including the song that follows this one, because they make more story sense together.
Who's the Thief?
I was lucky enough to work as an usher at the Hummingbird Theatre in Toronto, the summer that Donny Osmond's touring production of Joseph played from May to September. Yes, he really was amazing.
2 - A New Town is a Blue Town -- Harry Connick Jr. -- The Pajama Game
My friend Michael has a baritone voice, so when he was cast as the lead Sid Sorokin, the tenor part had to be transposed to accommodate Michael's voice.
Our version was performed in the spring of 1981, when I was in grade 11.
3 - Hey There -- Harry Connick Jr. -- The Pajama Game
4 - People Will Say We're in Love -- Shirley Jones as Laurie, and Gordon MacRae as Curley
Michael once again played the lead in our graduating production of Oklahoma!
Our version was performed in the spring of 1982, when I was in grade 12.
This is a shot taken by my dad from one of our performances. That's Michael at left center, Heather in the blue and me in the green at right. I played Ado Annie.
We're in the midst of the 14-minute dream ballet sequence, which Heather and I co-choreographed. We didn't let a little thing like 'that's crazy!' stop us from tackling such a monumental challenge. It worked out pretty well.
Here's the entire dream ballet sequence as performed by Josefina Gabrielle and Hugh Jackman from the 1998 filmed version of the London's West End production.
Travis at Trav's Thoughts invites everyone to lay down a short set of music that takes their fancies for his 5 on Friday meme.
Time to celebrate September birthday boys! So let's start with my
cousin-in-law, Stephen MacLean,
shown above with his wife, my cousin Julianne MacLean.
Stephen's getting ready to celebrate by having a rather huge dream come
true. This Sunday evening at 9:30 pm, his feature film Wispdebuts
at the Atlantic Film
Festival.
Wisp screens at Park Lane
Cinemas on Spring Garden Road, in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
"A gripping lost-in-the-woods video-verite horror flick that begins
with a whimsicle search for the lights of the Will O' the Wisp and then
descends into a struggle for survival against an unforseen biological
threat." -- Dream Front Entertainment
Champion of the Arts - I write historical and paranormal fiction, as well as poetry. I love to showcase creative works by artists of all stripes. Blogging from Nova Scotia, Canada
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