Some Enchanted Evening

Richard Rogers (left) and Oscar Hammerstein II (right)

Oscar Hammerstein II, lyricist
(12 July, 1895 - 23 August, 1960)

This MP3 Selection Expired on 07-16-2006:
Christine Andreas and Joel Higgins (2002):
Some Enchanted Evening -Younger Than Springtime
(Rodgers & Hammerstein)


'Some Enchanted Evening' from "South Pacific" (1958 musical film)
'Younger Than Springtime' from "South Pacific" (1958 musical film)

Jerry Herman

Today, 10 June, is American musical composer and lyricist Jerry Herman's birthday.

This MP3 Selection Expired on 07-12-2006:
Ray Conniff and Singers (Live Recording) - Mame (Herman)


Mame (Theme Song)
Original Broadway Production (1966)
Words and Music: Jerry Herman
The Ray Conniff Singers

You coax the blues right out of the horn, Mame
You charm the husk right off of the corn, Mame
You've got the banjoes strummin'
And plunkin' out a tune to beat the band
The whole plantation's hummin'
Since you brought Dixie back to Dixie land

You make the cotton easy to pick, Mame
You give my old mint julep a kick, Mame
Who ever thought a Yankee would put
A little Dixie belle to shame
You've made us feel alive again
You've given us the drive again
To make the South revive again, Mame

You've brought the cake-walk back into style, Mame
You make the weepin' willow tree smile, Mame
Your skin is Dixie satin
There's rebel in your manner and your speech
You may be from Manhattan
But Georgia never had a sweeter peach

You make our black-eyed peas and our grits, Mame
Seem like the bill of fare at the Ritz, Mame
You came, you saw, you conquered
And absolutely nothing is the same
You're special fascinational, prove to be inspirational
We think you're just sensational, Mame

A Stroll In A Country Garden

"After sitting long enough to admire every article of furniture in the room, from the sideboard to the fender, to give an account of their journey, and of all that had happened in London, Mr. Collins invited them to take a stroll in the garden, which was large and well laid out, and to the cultivation of which he attended himself. To work in his garden was one of his most respectable pleasures;"
-- Chapter 28, "Pride and Prejudice", Vol. III, Part 2, Jane Austen.

8 June is composer Percy Grainger's birthday.

This MP3 Selection Expired on 07-10-2006:
Percy Grainger's - Country Garden

Summer Tour: 20-21, May 2006, Savannah, GA

The Georgia Queen on the Savannah River, Sat., May 20, 2006, 15:58:44 Hours EDT

Col. James Olgethorpe Statue, Founder of Georgia, Chippewa Square,
Sat., May 20, 2006, 15:01:50 Hours EDT
Locale for the recurring bench dialog of 'Forrest Gump (1994)'. Behind the prop bench was this statue. The studio removed the bench after the film was made.

The Mercer Williams House, Sat., May 20, 2006, 12:55:10 Hours EDT
Locale for Eastwood's 'Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1997)'

Juliette Gordon Low's House, Sat., May 20, 2006, 08:41:34 Hours EDT
Birthplace of the founder of the American Girl Scout. She also died here in 1927.

America, Why I Love Her

This MP3 Selection Expired on 07-07-2006:
John Wayne - America, Why I Love Her

The Stars and Stripes Forever!

This MP3 Selection Expired on 07-03-2006:
Henry Mancini Drum Corps
The Stars and Stripes Forever (Souza)

Richard Rodgers Birthday, 2006

Richard Rodgers (28 June 1902 - 31 December 1979)

This MP3 Selection Expired on 07-02-2006:
Janis Siegel (jazz vocalist) - Out of My Dreams - I Have Dreamed
(Rogers & Hammerstein)

'Out of My Dreams' from "Oklahoma!"
'I Have Dreamed' from "The King and I"

Summer Tour: 19 May, 2006, St. Simons Is. & Savannah, GA

View from 11th Floor, DeSoto Hilton, Savannah, Friday, May 19, 2006, 16:43:46 Hours, EDT

St. Simons Island Light Station, Friday, May 19, 2006, 12:36:20 Hours, EDT

Charles Wesley pastored on this island in the 1740s. Historical novelist par excellence, Eugenia Price, was laid to rest in the cemetery at Christ Church, Frederica, May 30, 1996.

St. Simons Island Light Station, Fri., May 19, 2006, 12:33:58 Hours, EDT

A Midsummer Night's Tango

The Summer solstice has come, and so is the heat wave. The outside temperture at this writing is 103°F/39°C.

This MP3 Selection Expired on 06-27-2006:
Astor Piazzolla - Midsummer Night's Dream Overture

First Day of Summer, 2006

The first day of summer is very warm here in the valley.
At the time of his post on 20:23 Hours PDT, the temperture is 93°F/34°C. A warm breeze is wafting through the leaves and summer blooms. Tomorrow's forecast: 101°F/38°C.

This MP3 Selection Expired on 06-24-2006:
Michael Bublé - Summer Wind (Mercer & Mayer)