Sunday afternoon I had to sneak away from the tree - trimming (which Lorelai and her grandpa had well in hand anyway) in order to be the bass soloist for a sing-along Messiah down in Zion, Illinois. I had sung for this maybe ten years ago, and got the call again last year when the
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas at the Bergs, thanks especially to the nine-foot tree towering in our midst. Hauling this puppy up from the basement is not exactly my idea of Christmas cheer, even if it does come apart in four separate sections - but I managed somehow, albeit with some scratches
That’s Italian for “musical friends” and that’s the name I coined for a singing group comprised solely of singers who sang under my direction in Carthage’s Lincoln Chamber Singers at some point during the dozen years that I led the group. Katie Nagao, a Carthage grad. from 2000, is the person who initially approached me
We have one car right now (a long story which I’ll explain another time) so yesterday morning, I actually walked from the radio station to Carthage - a 65- minute walk (although ten minutes of that was spent having lunch) that was certainly easier than it would have been 11 months and 65+ pounds ago.
This is the candy corner of my studio at Carthage, and most of what you see comes from the Barrows. It started with the colorful gel boxes which Kate gave me as sort of an office- warming gift, with the suggestion that I fill them with candy because she could envision me having the kind
It’s never a simple matter for Kathy and I to get our halls decked for Christmas - not with all of the concerts and other special activities that keep us hopping this time of year. It’s too bad we can’t just wait for a slower, sleepier time of year like the second week in Lent
I sat across from two legends on yesterday’s morning show - or at least two legends as far as Kenosha is concerned. One of them was famed children’s author Florence Parry Heide, with over one hundred published children’s books to her credit- and the other was Nan Pollard, a gifted illustrator of children’s books, coloring
Whenever I have to shell out a lot of money for something, the catch phrase I like to use is: Wow, that’s a lot of opera videos. Actually, I most often use the phrase when we come into a bit of unexpected money, such as when a juicy check comes in for some piano accompanying
Daniel Radcliffe, the actor most famous for portraying Harry Potter onscreen, was James Lipton’s guest this week on “Inside the Actor’s Studio”- and it was a programming choice which made me groan. I like it when this show focuses on true luminaries in the field who can speak from the rich experience borne of a
