Week Twenty-Five - 27 To Go

AAA baseball never had it so good. John Feinstein has done his homework well. You do not have to be a huge baseball fan to enjoy this book.

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Week Twenty-Four - 28 To Go

Carnal indeed. It took only 8 pages for Stone to be curious. Typical Stuart Woods - fast read, little substance, same cast of supporting characters.

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Mary Poppins

This evening Joan and I attended our first play of the 2014 season, Mary Poppins. Entering the Merry-Go-Round playhouse we found ourselves in line behind George and Ann. Taking our seats we surveyed the crowd which was substantial. During the introduction a gentleman in the audience gave Ed Sayles a floral bouquet.

The highlights of this production for us were the dance numbers of Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious and Step in Time. The energy level of ensemble almost brought us out of our seats.

Mary Poppins (Elizabeth Earley) and Bert (Eric Coles)

teach the children (Seamus Finnian Gailor and Shannon Beel )

to fly a kite.

Photo by Isaac James

David Wilcox’s review in The Citizen.  Second Wilcox's review.

Len Fonte’s review in The Post-Standard.

Ed Sayles - Exit, stage right

Facts:

• This MGR production is the first regional production to feature the original choreography from the Broadway company.
• On July 16, 2011, the Broadway production surpassed Pippin to become the 30th longest running show in Broadway history.
• It took Walt Disney 20 years to secure the rights to P.L. Travers' book Mary Poppins.

Other shows of this season:
Menopause - The Musical
Damn Yankees
On the Town
The Will Rogers Follies
The Church Basement Ladies in the Last (Potluck) Supper

Dustin's Party

The Gang's All Here.

Guest of Honor & The Hosts

The Players

West Coast Representatives

Bills Fan

 Conversations

'Til Next Time

 Party Favorites

Week Twenty-Three- 29 To Go

Jeffery Deaver is the best. Once again Deaver pushes the mystery genre envelope with Lincoln Rhyme. Looking forward the continuation of the subplot.

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Memorial Day Parade 2014

Memorial Day Parade

May 29, 2005

Memorial Day Parade

May 26, 2014

At 10:25 AM left 88 to make my annual trek to 63 formerly 77 to photograph the parade. Parked in the St. Alphonsus school parking lot. Walked over Lawton to South Lewis and then stood across from 63 formerly 77.

The Auburn High School Band was forming parallel with Hoffman Street.

The  dignitaries were busy greeting each other.

Congressman Dan Maffei - Mayor Mike Quill

Councilman Terry Cuddy - Auburn City Manager Doug Selby

(left to right)

The parade stepped off at 11AM. 

Korean War Veterans

The first musical group to pass by was the Syracuse Kilte Pipe Band.

Abner minus Dancin' Bill.

Friends and former neighbors participated in the parade.

Jack

Mary Jo

Bob

Tim

Jim

Well 63 formerly 77 made it through another Memorial Day Parade. The front porch and the retaining wall still stand.

Links to the past:

Memorial Day Parade 2010 

Sunday 5/30/10

Memorial Day 2010

Memorial Day Parade 2013

5/27/13 - Day One Hundred and Forty-Seven

Monday - 5/27/13

Week Twenty-Two- 30 To Go

The cockney accent dialogue of working class Dublin is humorous once you figure it out. Do yourself a favor and view the 1991 classic film, The Commitments. Then download the CD from iTunes and sit back and enjoy the people’s sound.

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