"I caught up on a Fresh Air podcast from last week and heard the exciting news. The Roundabout Theatre Company is staging the first ever Broadway Revival of Bye Bye Birdie!!!
If you're anywhere close to my age, you've seen it and maybe even been *in* it, so please chime in via the comments and tell us:
1) When you first saw Bye Bye Birdie and where;
Although our school system had outstanding music and speech departments, we did not have a drama program. As as result, I did not see a live production of Bye Bye Birdie until our sons' high school performed it last Spring.
2) If you performed in it, who you played; and
I didn't ever get to perform in it, but our son Music Man snagged and nailed the lead role of Albert Peterson! The Captain and I sat in the darkened theater with tears in our eyes as we watched him singing and dancing. "Is this really our son?!? WOW!"
Sally from RevGals writes: In readiness for my move in 6 weeks time I spent almost all of yesterday morning sorting through my wardrobe ( closet, I am so British :-) marvelling at how I had accumulated so much stuff! The result is three large sacks full of clothes to be given away. Some came into the category of " what was I thinking", some too big now ( at last), and others I will never shrink into again. Some are going simply because I want to streamline my wardrobe.So how about you:1. Are you a hoarder, or are you good at sorting and clearing?
I am a hoarder. I am a sucker for sales. And because of some issues with weight gain and loss, I have three different sizes of clothing in my closet. I have recently discovered that I have hypothyroidism, and with treatment, it should be possible for me to reverse this weight gain. So maybe I can get the contents of my closet down to two different sizes ?!?
Right now, with the closet doors removed for painting, I am TOTALLY EMBARRASSED by what is going on in my closet. We have a rummage sale coming up at our church soon, and lots of clothing will be going there.
2. What is the oddest garment you possess and why? It would be a silk kimono, given to me when I was an exchange student in Japan.
3. Do you have a favourite look/ colour? Favorite look depends on the occasion, but I tend toward darker pants and skirts punctuated with shades of teal and turquoise, lilac and lavender, lime and lemon, and red.
4. Thrift/ Charity shops, love them or hate them? I gladly and regularly donate to them, but don't often shop at them.
5. Money is no object, what one item would you buy? Wow...I'm trying not to buy, so this one is hard! Maybe a long stylish sweater? But I could be gravitating toward that because it's still cloudy and cold here somewhere north of somewhere!
Well, I had planned to worship with a local congregation today. I had made up my mind where I would go, and then...we lost power at about 1:30 am during a series of storms. In the cottage, that means no lights, which isn't a deal-killer. But it also means no water, because we depend on a pump for it.
So, unable to get cleaned up, I worshiped by singing Morning Prayer quietly alongside the lapping waves of the lake's shore at about 7:30 am. It was peaceful, yet truly invigorating. I prayed and meditated with joy, and knew a deep and satisfying communion with God this morning.
I recently read a post by the lead pastor from Granger Community Church in Indiana, that noted that we pastors place a lot of guilt on our people about worshiping weekly as a spiritual discipline. He noted that people today find many different ways of experiencing God's presence, and that we pastors need to discover ways to help people grow in faith that aren't dependent on having their butts in the pew each week.
I love corporate worship, but after this morning's experience, I'm giving his post more thought.
When I go on vacation up north, I take lots of books...mindless as well as meaningful... I've finished Abide With Me, by Elizabeth Strout, and Miracle, by Danielle Steele. I have Olive Kitteridge, by Strout, Starting Over by Robin Pilcher, Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert, a Dorothea Benton Frank Low Country novel, and lots of other stuff.
Have some mags too...and a pair of socks I will finish on rainy days. Seems only right to do so, as I learned to knit here...
I baked a fresh peach pie today, and made some caprese salad this afternoon. Blogger is not being good about uploading pix, so I'll just leave it to your imagination
Oh, and as I was leaving for vacation came the news that the call that we at "Suburban Church near the Stateline" extended to an assistant pastor has been accepted!!! I will have a co-worker in the Gospel beginning August 1st.
Feeling quite creative and contented, thanks be to God.
Mary Beth over at RevGalBlogPals, writes…The sad news of Michael Jackson's untimely death has me thinking about music and its effects on us - individually, as cultures, as generations. Let's think about the soundtracks of our lives...
1) What sort of music did you listen to as a child - this would likely have been determined or influenced by your parents? Or perhaps your family wasn't musical...was the news the background? the radio? Singing around the piano?
Our family listened to many different types of music, but one I remember with great fondness is Harry Belafonte’s Live album. The Captain and I picked up the cd a few years ago, and our teens enjoy it with us sometimes.
We sang a lot too. My mom sang with a Sweet Adelaines Chorus for awhile. My dad has a wonderful baritone voice. One of my most precious childhood memories is listening to him sing “O Holy Night” as we drove home from Christmas Eve services on a snowy night. The wind was blowing white around our little black VW bug and the car was just filled with his soulful singing.
2) Going ahead to teenage years, is there a song that says "high school" (or whatever it might've been called where you lived) to you?
Paradise by the Dashboard Light, by Meatloaf
3) What is your favorite music for a lift on a down day? (hint: go to www.pandora.com and type in a performer/composer...see what you come up with!)
We have a compilation of island music that perks me up and gets me moving. It’s titled Thongs in the Key of Life 2
Wow, can’t pick just one! Harry Chapin, Dan Fogelberg, Jimmy Buffett
5) What is your favorite style of music for worship?
I enjoy the ancient hymns as well as new music. I can worship God with all of it. I do get particular about too many “me and Jesus” songs. I like worshipful singing that is expressive of the Body of Christ.
I am revhoney - a beloved child of God who is blessed to share life with my husband "the Captain", two great sons "Music Man" and "GameBoy", and a terrific step-daughter and son-in-law and two beautiful grandchildren who live on the West Coast. I am also a daughter, sister, and dog mom to Mystic and Maverick. At this time, my vocation in the world is to serve as a pastor of a larger Lutheran congregation in the Midwest. In my spare time (ha ha), I enjoy boating and travel with my family, continue to learn as a new black belt in Taekwon-Do, and enjoy reading and knitting.
