I just got home from band practice tonight, and realized that I’m not done talking about Old MacDonald! We played it tonight, and ya know, I don’t really play it very well. Why? Because all the time the band was rehearsing and working out all the bugs and getting everything nice and tight, I was… Continue reading The Big Band meets Old Mac Donald
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Rockin’ the Casbah Note: Old MacDonald!
One Monday night in early Fall 2009, I walked into the Porter Creek Secondary School bandroom for Big Band practice and Rebekah had a cd playing. Frank Sinatra, ol’ Blue Eyes. I just love Frank! Anyway, here comes a tune I hadn’t heard before…Frank Sinatra singing his version of Old MacDonald had a Farm. Do you believe… Continue reading Rockin’ the Casbah Note: Old MacDonald!
Some things just beg for a caption!
This is Fawn and Kim (with Saba) in Dream a Little Dream of Me. I should have called it “I put a spell on you!’ Too funny! Leave a comment with YOUR caption ideas!
A Call from Mozart
I’m going to take a break from writing about Rockin’ the Casbah to say a few words about another project I have had the great honour to be a part of: playing 2nd clarinet in the Mozart Requiem. In late February I got a call from Barb Chamberlin, director of the Whitehorse Community Choir. They… Continue reading A Call from Mozart
Rockin’ the Casbah Notes: At Last
With every show I produce, I set myself a personal challenge. In Eshta it was to perform with the sword. In Under a Cairo Moon it was to choreograph a full original Raqs Sharqi. With this show, it was the piece “At Last.” This piece came hard to me, and it came as a challenge… Continue reading Rockin’ the Casbah Notes: At Last
Rockin’ the Casbah Notes: Soloists/Coreen
Coreen started her bellydance life as a gym rat who wanted a new ab workout (her words, lol!)So (several years ago) she and a friend signed up for their first dance classes as brand new beginners. They thought it would be fun…a bit of a lark. I remember the two of them in those early days!… Continue reading Rockin’ the Casbah Notes: Soloists/Coreen