Again this year, we packed up the picnic gear and headed over to Bellevue Downtown Park for the fireworks show. They set off the fireworks literally right over your heads, across the street from the roof of the Bellevue Square parking garage. This year, it was especially crowded, due to the celebration of America's 250th …
Continue reading Late again, but this might be worth waiting for. July 4 Fireworks from Bellevue, WA
I just love Christmas music. Tonight, while shopping for our Christmas dinner makings, there was a church choir singing outside the store. They are from the Emmanuel Church in Bothell, Washington. Here they are. https://videopress.com/v/ASIu4jjD?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&posterUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fvideos.files.wordpress.com%2FASIu4jjD%2Fimg_2185_mov_std.original.jpg&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true I was going to add many more YouTube links for many of my favorite songs. Unfortunately, the folks at Google …
Polish kids in a Christmas performance in church. Everyone in this video is happy. By the end, you will be too. https://twitter.com/radiogenoa/status/1987450893063553087?s=46&t=AkJV8dX_RyhUKPG8uj0KNQ
Next to Autumn, Winter is my favorite season. I like cold weather, and I'd rather have it too cold than too warm. You can always bundle up against the cold, but you can't get more naked than naked when it's too hot. And believe me, I experienced both situations during my two years in grad …
Looking back on my life, I’ve made many choices that I regret now. But there is one choice that I made in 1984 that I would do all over again in a heartbeat; re-starting playing the violin. When I was a kid in the Seattle Public Schools in the 1950s, it was understood that when …
I'm about to head out to play the complete (yes, all three parts) Messiah with a church in Seattle. This particular selection is my favorite. I found this very nice rendition on YouTube. Singer is great, and tempo just about perfect. I hope you enjoy it, too. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujWKrd6nPMk
Hey, all you adult amateurs with the old instrument in the closet-get it out and come play with the Music Hall Community Orchestra. No auditions, everyone welcome! We rehearse on Tuesdays from 6-8PM in the OLD theater in the Everett Mall (take a left when coming out the south door of Macy's into the mall). …
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