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Idina Menzel: if you get a chance to see her In Concert – GO!

Posted by on Jun 8, 2011 in Entertainment, Fascinating | 0 comments

Last evening, my wife and I had an extraordinary treat!  When we first heard that Idina Menzel would be in Nashville in concert with the fabulous Nashville Symphony Orchestra, we purchased our tickets that day and are so glad we did!  Her concert last night was a SOLD OUT event and after being there, we could see why.  You probably would have noticed us in...

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Only in Music City – Nashville! “Sicka Cicadas”

Posted by on Jun 7, 2011 in Entertainment, Fascinating, Hard to Believe! | 0 comments

Should have known it would happen.  An aspiring Nashville singer/songwriter Kathy Ashworth expresses her feelings about the pesky little varmints that have invaded our environment for the last 5 weeks. As I write this, they have pretty well packed up and headed back into their next 13 year hibernation.  But this little video is worth the post as we say...

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If you want to truly feel the spirit of this Memorial Day …

Posted by on May 30, 2011 in Entertainment, Humanity, Public Service, Real Life | 0 comments

…. may I strongly URGE YOU – if you didn’t see it last night to set your DVR’s for a rebroadcast of the National Memorial Day Concert from Washington, DC that aired LIVE last evening.  I have found that PBS (WNPT – Channel 8 in Nashville) will rebroadcast the program at 2:00AM Central – tomorrow (Tuesday AM) on the...

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I am a big fan of talented young people!

Posted by on May 23, 2011 in Fascinating, Hard to Believe! | 0 comments

A buddy of mine posted a video of this young man over the weekend as he played to near perfection the great Clapton hit “Change The World” written by some terrific Nashvillians I might add!  I was blown away by the talent of Sungha Jung, the nearly 15 year-old fingerstyle guitar virtuoso from South Korea.  Deciding at age 9 he wanted to play...

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