In about 1975, my first husband and I had returned to Seattle from Minneapolis, and were living on a shoestring. He had found a job as a transformer winder at a company that made industrial transformers, and I, with my MA in psychology, was working as a pricing clerk in a hospital pharmacy. Now, Larry …
Category: Music
Topics of interest to adult amateurs, and music lovers
Instant Happiness
Just recently, I re-discovered a band that I liked way back when they were new, in the 1970s. Now, I could kick myself for not going to see Jethro Tull when they were in town. For some unknown reason, maybe a snatch of tune heard over someone's PA system, or a random mention in a …
Photo Challenge..Prolific Singers and Musicians
Every year on the day after Christmas, the University Unitarian Church in Seattle puts on a full-length Handel's Messiah Sing-along/Play-along. They do the full Messiah, all the arias, all the choruses, and all the recitatives; not a note is left out. Everyone sings everything that is within his or her vocal range-no soloists. You may …
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Faces in a Crowd…of Accordions!
Notice all the faces in this group of accordion players getting ready for the big Accordion Parade down the main street of Leavenworth, Washington. All ages, both sexes, no two alike. I'll bet you could not tell that the man at the right with his back to you and the LIAC t-shirt is blind. Yes, …
Something Sweet for Valentine’s Day
Is there anything sweeter than a little girl with a teensy accordion? https://dailypost.wordpress.com/photo-challenges/sweet/
Final Photo Challenge of 2017-Favorites-Travels with/to Friends
2017 was highlighted by travels, to various destinations to meet with friends, and to get re-acqainted with old (in both senses of the word) friends. Here are my favorite highlights. In February, Hubby and I traveled to Phoenix for a Hillsdale College National Leadership Seminar. This was our third trip to Arizona with the Hillsdale …
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A Weekend at Jazz Port Townsend
Back in March, Hubby and I attended the After Midnight Gala auction for the Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra, a wonderful jazz Big Band. At that auction, we bought a weekend package that included two nights of lodging, and tickets to Friday and Saturday concerts, the weekend of July 31. Port Townsend is across Puget Sound …
Some thoughts on the King County (WA) Ballot Proposition 1, “Sales tax for Cultural Access Program”
Here is the text of the ballot measure on the primary ballot in King County, Washington, that includes Seattle and surrounding suburbs. King County Proposition No. 1 Sales Tax for Cultural Access Program The King County Council passed Ordinance No. 18513 to establish and fund a cultural access program. The program would expand access to …
Accordions…As Far as the Eye Can See
Last week was the Leavenworth (WA) International Accordion Celebration. Leavenworth is known as "Washington's Bavarian Village", and most of its buildings are dressed up in Bavarian Village style. LIAC consists of four days of accordion competition, performances by local and international groups and individuals, an accordion parade through town, and all sorts of impromptu and …
Passion Personified
That's what we heard last night at the Seattle Chamber Music Festival's second Winter Interlude concert at the Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall in Seattle. They had programmed one of my very favorite pieces of chamber music, Gabriel Faure's Piano Quartet in C Minor. From the very first note of the first movement, this …
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