a NEW music challenge entry

Happy Saturday!

Today I’m playing along with The Culture Club as well as Saturday Classics and posting a classical piece that makes me smile. I posted this video a few years back (here), but this particular rendition still makes me smile. You have got to watch at least the first minute of this video, but toward the end is even better.  Oh, the passion! I love it so much. Too bad the conductor had his back to the Pope and all the nuns and bishops…because…well, you’ll see 🙂…they missed out!

Have a great day! I hope you do something NEW that will make you smile today!

Miscellaneous Monday…NEW stuff i gotta share

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Happy Monday! The trees are all full of blossoms and I’m hoping to get out shooting more than I have been able to lately. I bought a NEW camera (old one died)…and one thing leads to another because my old version of photoshop apparently was too old and I had to upgrade it too. (Yeah, I know…Boohoo! Right?)

Anyway…here’s a couple of other miscellaneous/random things I gotta share:

I love lists and I love reading, so I really enjoyed this TedTalk: Ann Morgan’s year of reading a book from every country in the world.  I could see myself venturing out on this type of project!

AND…I recently had a friend who was preparing to be a guest on a classical radio program, so she ask me (and others) what our favorite piece was that we playing in our high school orchestra. Most of us mentioned Dvorak’s New World Symphony (Symphony No. 9). I listened to her radio program, and then they played this piece.  It brought back such memories!  Good stuff!…especially the 4th movement!  BUT…I just about laughed my head off when I found this YouTube video of the 4th movement!  You’ve gotta watch at least the first minute of this video.  Haha! I don’t know how the musicians could keep a straight face and it’s a good thing the conductor had his back to the Pope and all the nuns and bishops…because…well – you’ll see 🙂

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHqtJH2f1Yk

You should also watch around the 8:48 minute mark too because that is the AWESOME horn part!

Have a terrific day!  Do something NEW!