Topic: KRITZERLAND AT STERLING'S 72 (Read 4315 times)

ChasSmith · « **Reply #30 on:** November 07, 2016, 05:17:09 AM »

Good morning, all.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #31 on:** November 07, 2016, 05:20:25 AM »

The show sounds really wonderful. Damned wonderful.

Wouldn't it be great if there were to be videos of the numbers BK highlighted in the notes?

ChasSmith · « **Reply #32 on:** November 07, 2016, 05:23:09 AM »

Strongest vibes for the best possible BRAIN day and evening!

elmore3003 · « **Reply #33 on:** November 07, 2016, 05:30:56 AM »

Quote from: ChasSmith on November 07, 2016, 05:23:09 AM

Strongest vibes for the best possible BRAIN day and evening!

Ditto!

ChasSmith · « **Reply #34 on:** November 07, 2016, 05:47:44 AM »

Yesterday I was going through some stuff, and was inspired to take out a recording I probably hadn't listened to in close to forty years: The Six French Suites and Italian Concerto by one J.S. Bach, played by one Arthur Loesser.

Oh my lord, could that man play the pye-ano.

I feel so privileged to have known him at least as a teacher for a short time before his death.

I don't think he ever recorded for a mainstream label; this was done locally in Cleveland, and I'm thankful it sounds as decent as it does. I'm going to record it to high-res digital, and will see about acquiring the few other such recordings of his that are out there.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #35 on:** November 07, 2016, 05:53:19 AM »

Yesterday's inspiration was inspired, itself, by DR Elmore's mention of a harpist I had known (in passing -- I don't think we ever did anything together except probably play in a few orchestral pieces) as a student: Lisa Wellbaum.

I found an article announcing her retirement from the Cleveland Orchestra in 2007, in which she reminisces about Alice Chalifoux, the orchestra's harpist I totally remember as a constant presence in my years there.

A wonderful trip down memory lane.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #36 on:** November 07, 2016, 05:55:20 AM »

TOD:
I hate mixing Christmas/Holiday songs with carols of a religious nature, so I'm sticking to holiday songs.
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
White Chrisrtmas
Winter Was Warm
The Christmas Song
Frosty the Snowman
Suzy Snowflake
Lovers on Christmas Eve
What Are you Doing New Year's Eve?
Winter Wonderland
I'll Be Home For Christmas

And I am partial to our Moonshine & Mistletoe song onn the Broadway Cares album!

ChasSmith · « **Reply #37 on:** November 07, 2016, 06:02:23 AM »

TOD:

Many wonderful songs already listed, so I will add one of my very favorites:

Christmas in the City

Jane · « **Reply #38 on:** November 07, 2016, 07:35:59 AM »

Quote from: FJL on November 07, 2016, 02:04:16 AM

Is it already time to think about Christmas?

No, it is too early 😆

Jane · « **Reply #39 on:** November 07, 2016, 07:41:34 AM »

EXCELLENT VIBES TO BRUCE FOR A FULL HOUSE TONIGHT!!!

John G. · « **Reply #40 on:** November 07, 2016, 07:41:49 AM »

Good evening, all.

John G. · « **Reply #41 on:** November 07, 2016, 07:43:07 AM »

Beautiful day, but very trying.

The airline is trying to add a surprise 26-hour layover in Istanbul that would bring me back on Monday, not Sunday.

John G. · « **Reply #42 on:** November 07, 2016, 07:43:26 AM »

I am not happy.

John G. · « **Reply #43 on:** November 07, 2016, 07:43:43 AM »

Brain waves and vibes!

John G. · « **Reply #44 on:** November 07, 2016, 07:44:06 AM »

I'm liking the sounds of a Tom Sawyer DVD.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #45 on:** November 07, 2016, 07:44:37 AM »

Great news about the Kritzerland show! Congrats to Mr BK & Co.

Continued vibes for BRAINEX this evening!

Jrand74 · « **Reply #46 on:** November 07, 2016, 07:48:35 AM »

I am enjoying reading the TOD of the Christmas song lists....I don't have anything in particular to add....

This one is pretty good though:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWLfSInlZ6Y

Ginny · « **Reply #47 on:** November 07, 2016, 08:05:38 AM »

Monday morning greetings! My stomach is a little "wiggy" today, but I'm up and moving and hope to make it to a ladies' group meeting this afternoon.

Ginny · « **Reply #48 on:** November 07, 2016, 08:07:22 AM »

TOD - "Sing Hosanna, Hallelujah" from the New Christy Minstrels' album Merry Christmas. It captures both the sacred and secular joys of the season.

bk · « **Reply #49 on:** November 07, 2016, 08:08:52 AM »

I'm up, I'm up - barely. Six hours of sleep, I suppose.

John G. · « **Reply #50 on:** November 07, 2016, 08:29:27 AM »

TOD 1:

One of my all-time favorite CDs is A Broadway Christmas, especially:

Be a Santa
Turkey Lurkey Time
I Thank You for Your Love
The Greenwillow Carol
Happy New Year's Blues

Other great Christmas songs (not carols)
I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm
Winter Was Warm
Christmas in the City
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
Sun Valley Serenade
A scat version of Good King Wenceslaus (sp?)
Mel Torme's holiday version of Glow Worm

John G. · « **Reply #51 on:** November 07, 2016, 08:30:55 AM »

Quote from: Michael on November 07, 2016, 03:59:31 AM

And I've always wondered:

How "Baby, It's Cold Outside" has become a Christmas song?

I think about the same time all the cold weather songs became Christmas songs.

FJL · « **Reply #52 on:** November 07, 2016, 08:35:51 AM »

It never caught on, and indeed is no longer in the show I wrote it for, but here was my attempt to write a peppy "Christmas shopping in New York" song

"In This Season we Love"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oyosuNj1jE

John G. · « **Reply #53 on:** November 07, 2016, 08:36:43 AM »

TOD 2:

Carols:
O Little Town of Bethlehem --especially with the British melody that Ralph Vaughn Williams orchestrated
It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
O Rejoice, Ye Christians, Loudly
Silent Night, especially Karen Akers and Andrea Marcovicci's recording
O Holy Night
Go Tell It on the Mountain
O, Come, O Come, Emmanuel-- even the surf version on Carols for a Cure
Cherry Tree Carol
I Wonder as I Wander

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #54 on:** November 07, 2016, 08:39:20 AM »

TOD:

Merry Christmas, Darling (Karen Carpenter)
We Three Kings of Orient Are
Mary, Did you Know?

Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer

Jane · « **Reply #55 on:** November 07, 2016, 09:10:18 AM »

Quote from: John G. on November 07, 2016, 07:43:07 AM

Beautiful day, but very trying.

The airline is trying to add a surprise 26-hour layover in Istanbul that would bring me back on Monday, not Sunday.

And just recently our trip to Istanbul was cancelled by the cruise line, plus our friend's flights through Istanbul were rerouted. Our timing was rather bad.

Jane · « **Reply #56 on:** November 07, 2016, 09:10:56 AM »

DR John, what airline?

Jane · « **Reply #57 on:** November 07, 2016, 09:12:42 AM »

I am pretty sure I either read IN THE NAME OF THE ROSE or previously gave up on it. It is all too familiar and a bit boring to me. I was procrastinating returning to the book, which meant I wasn't reading something else. I just returned the book to the library.

Jane · « **Reply #58 on:** November 07, 2016, 09:15:47 AM »

I have begun reading NEUROMANCER by William Gibson.

Has anyone read this? The opening sentence/paragraph is...

"The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel"

bk · « **Reply #59 on:** November 07, 2016, 09:16:36 AM »

I shall shortly be on my way to LACC.

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