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Happy Valentine’s Day!

February 14, 2023
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Thomas Wright “Fats” Waller (May 21, 1904 – December 15, 1943) was an influential American jazz pianist, organist, composer, singer, and comedic entertainer, whose innovations to the Harlem stride style laid the groundwork for modern jazz piano.  He wrote the Valentine Stomp above in 1929.

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Happy 2023!

January 1, 2023
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  New Year’s Day is observed on January 1, and is probably the most celebrated public holiday, often observed with fireworks at the stroke of midnight as the new year starts in each time zone.      

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Christmas Countdown: Johnny Marks

December 19, 2022
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Who? You might say. Johnny Marks  (November 10, 1909 – September 3, 1985) was an American songwriter. Although he was Jewish, he specialized in Christmas songs and wrote many holiday standards, including “Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer” (a hit for Gene Autry and others) “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” (a hit for Brenda Lee) “A Holly Jolly […]

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Pender Christmas Cantata 2022

December 19, 2022
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  The PUMC Sanctuary Choir (including MrsO!) and Orchestra provided a Christmas Cantata during traditional worship service on December 18 at 9:00. The music included: Bethlehem Christmas Sanctus Joy Has Dawned Tell Out My Soul (Soprano—Laura Connors; Baritone-Brian Stevenson) I Saw Three Ships And selections by the Orchestra. The Cantata was live-streamed and individual pieces […]

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Veterans Day

November 11, 2022
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 Veteran’s Day .1918 ~ This is Armistice Day or Remembrance Day or Veterans Day or Victory Day or World War I Memorial Day. The name of this special day may be different in different places throughout many nations; but its significance is the same. It was on this day, at 11 a.m., that World War […]

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Halloween Music: Night on Bald Mountain by Modest Mussorgsky

October 29, 2022
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Night on Bald Mountain refers to a series of compositions by Modest Mussorgsky (1839–1881). Inspired by Russian literary works and legend, Mussorgsky composed a “musical picture”, St. John’s Eve on Bald Mountain on the theme of a witches’ sabbath occurring on St. John’s Eve, which he completed on that very night, June 23, in 1867. Interestingly, […]

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Halloween Music: The Monster Mash

October 13, 2022
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  The Monster Mash by Bobby “Boris” Pickett is in Piano Maestro with 3 different levels to play. The song was released as a single in August 1962 along with a full-length LP (record) called The Original Monster Mash, which contained several other monster-themed tunes. The “Monster Mash” single was #1 on the Billboard Hot […]

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About Columbus Day Holiday!

October 10, 2022
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  If you’re lucky enough to be traveling, I hope you have a wonderful time off and see you next Monday. Keep practicing!

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Never Forget 9/11

September 11, 2022
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Happy Labor Day, 2022!

September 5, 2022
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  Keep practicing!    

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