Week Twenty-Three - 29 To Go

Barbara Parker is a terrific storyteller. This legal thriller is proof. While the first half tends to be repetitive and the legalese is at times overwhelming, the second half is well paced and believable. Plus, Gail and Anthony’s tempestuous relationship takes a turn towards understanding. Parker uses this novel to point out that the criminal justice system is flawed and to show that when the police and the courts make mistakes that they rarely admit them.

Read 52 in 52 Weeks 2016

Oklahoma!

This evening Joan and I attended our first play of the 2016 season, Oklahoma!.  Entering the Merry-Go-Round playhouse we were greeted by a smiling, pleasant usher who took our tickets and welcomed us to the theater. Before taking our seats were conversed with a couple from Geddes. Once in our seats we surveyed the crowd which was somewhat scarce. 

Oklahoma! was the first musical written by the team of composer Richard Rodgers and librettist Oscar Hammerstein II. The original Broadway production opened on March 31, 1943.

The ensemble’s dance numbers were well done and the dream sequence was well concieved.

The song, Pore Jud is Daid, was not needed. Not only was it condescending to mental health, but it would have helped to reduce the length of the play. As it was, we almost missed last call for food at Parker’s.

Good start for this year’s musical productions. We look forward to the rest of the season.

David Wilcox’s review in The Citizen.

Len Fonte’s review in The Post-Standard.

Linda Loomis’ review.

Other shows of this season:
From Here To Eternity
Crazy For You
Treasure Island
Million Dollar Quartet
Tenderly
Smokey Joe’s Cafe

Church of the Good Shepherd

Elizabethtown NY

Rectory

More interpretations at InSPIREd Sunday.

Ringo Starr & the All-Starr Band

Ringo Starr & his All-Starr Band

Warren Ham (vocalist/saxophonist), Gregg Rolie of Santana, Ringo Starr, Steve Lukather of Toto,  Richard Page of Mr. Mister, Gregg Bissonnette (drummer), Todd Rundgren of Utopia

(Photo by Katrina Tulloch)

Michael and I left for Lakeview Amphitheater around 6 PM. Arrived early. Parking not a problem - long walk to where the crowd was in a queue waiting for the doors to open. Once the line moved we were in quickly. A long walk to the our seats. 

Looking for our seats - Section 206 Row F Seat 15 & 16. LiveNation took the above photo and put it up on their Facebook page. 

Good seats. People behind us were complaining about the venue and the price of beer and T-shirts. The gentleman made a comment, "Do they think senior citizens are rich.?" I commented, "We're not?"

Saw Mike and Lori walked down to visit. 

The stage.

View from the near the stage. Onondaga Lake. By the way there were no unpleasant odors.

Ringo and his All-Stars did good.

Richard Page on bass - Todd Rundgren on guitar - Ringo on Drums

Gregg Rolie on keyboards

Crowd

Ringo on the large screen

Leaving was quixotic - people were impatient. We waited for our turn and went out smoothly. Stopped at Dorian’s for a slice of cheese pizza.
 
Joan and I got home around 12:30 AM.

Ringo Starr & the All-Starr Band set list:
Friday, June 3 at Lakeview Amphitheater
Matchbox (Carl Perkins cover) Willie Nelson
It Don't Come Easy (Ringo Starr song) Single
What Goes On (Ringo Starr The Beatles cover) Rubber Soul
I Saw the Light (Todd Rundgren cover)
Evil Ways (Willie Bobo cover)
Rosanna (Toto cover) Toto IV
Kyrie (Mr. Mister cover) Broken Wings Album
Bang the Drum All Day (Todd Rundgren cover)
Boys (The Shirelles cover)
Don't Pass Me By (The Beatles cover) Big Maybelle
Yellow Submarine (The Beatles cover)
Black Magic Woman/Gypsy Queen (Santana cover)
You're Sixteen (Johnny Burnette cover) Photograph album the very best of Ringo Starr
I'm the Greatest (Ringo Starr song)
You Are Mine (Richard Page cover) Peculiar Life
Africa (Toto cover)
Oye Como Va (Tito Puente cover) Santana
I Wanna Be Your Man (The Beatles cover)
Love Is the Answer (Utopia cover) The Bil Welch Band
Broken Wings (Mr. Mister cover) Broken Wings Album
Hold the Line (Toto cover)
Photograph (Ringo Starr song) Photograph album the very best of Ringo Starr
Act Naturally (Buck Owens cover) Photograph album the very best of Ringo Starr
With a Little Help From My Friends (The Beatles cover & Joe Crocker
Give Peace a Chance (Plastic Ono Band cover)


Review

Ringo interview

Amphitheater Report

Memorial Day Parade 2016

Running late. At 11:22 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 and stood across from 63 formerly 77 at the corner of Hoffman and East Genesee Streets.

 

63 formerly 77 before the parade started. 

 

Swietonowski Kopeczek American Legion was staging directly in front of 77.

Syracuse Kiltie Pipe Band - Serenaded Father

Boy Scouts Displayed The Colors

Korean War Veterans - Cayuga County Chapter

Knights of Columbus - 4th Degree Color Guard

Camera Shy Abner

Crane Irish Dancers

Bicycle

Tricycle

Motorcycle

Assorted Cars

Kids Gathering Candy

 Well 63 formerly 77 made it through another Memorial Day Parade.

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

Memorial Day Parade 2014

Memorial Day Parade 2015

Week Twenty-Two - 30 To Go

Stone Barrington with his unlimited money and his personal jet provides Stuart Woods with a character that can do the same thing over and over again with aplomb.

Read 52 in 52 Weeks 2016

Week Twenty-One - 31 To Go

Not the best of the Lincoln Rhyme series, but the primary characters are familiar and the reference to remotely controlled processors is topical.

Read 52 in 52 Weeks 2016