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Tag Archives: Covid 19
40 Days of Outdoor Memories
Thanks A Lot, COVID 19! Back in early April, when it became clear we would be hunkering indoors for at least the next month, barely getting out, and certainly not doing any traveling, I started posting on my social … Continue reading
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Two-fisted Touristing
Tagged 9/11 memorial, Antelope Canyon, Arizona, botanic garden, Bryce Canyon, Central Park, Cherry Blossom, Covid 19, Death Valley, Devil's Golf Course, Dunedin, Escalante, Florida, Grand Canyon, Horseshoe Bend, Japanese maple, Lake Powell, Madison, North Rim, Notre Dame, Outdoor, Paris, Pride, Rainbow Bridge, Red Rock Canyon, Rodin, Staten Island, sunset, Valley of Fire, Versailles, Zion
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CLASS 1-3’s FIRST GRADE OPERA – involving a magic carpet and a family transformed into chameleons
NYC’s schools closed due to the COVID 19 pandemic the week the three first grade classes at the Brooklyn Children’s School were scheduled to perform their operas, which the children had written and composed themselves. I still held … Continue reading
Posted in Notes in the News, The Teaching Artist
Tagged brooklyn, chameleons, Children's School, Covid 19, dungeon, first grade, gold, magic carpet, magic potion, Opera, school closure
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CLASS 1-1’s FIRST GRADE OPERA – in which a dragon and a tiger meet in a dungeon
NYC’s schools closed due to the COVID 19 pandemic the week the three first grade classes at the Brooklyn Children’s School were scheduled to perform their operas, which the children had written and composed themselves. I still held out … Continue reading
Posted in Notes in the News, The Teaching Artist
Tagged baby, brooklyn, bully, Children's School, Covid 19, dragon, dungeon, first grade, music director, Opera, school closure, tiger
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4/25/20
Today is Ed and my anniversary. 27 years together. 22 years married. And it’s a Saturday. Last time our anniversary fell on a Saturday was five years ago. It won’t happen again for another six years. So of course … Continue reading
Posted in Beginnings, LGBTQ Alphabet Soup, Notes in the News
Tagged anniversary, Broadway, chocolates, Covid 19, gay marriage, pandemic, quarantine, shelter in place, wedding
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CORONAVIRUS DANCERCISING
Boogieing Away the COVID 19 Blues New York City’s gyms were shut down four days after Broadway and one day after the schools. Six days later the whole state would be ordered to shelter at home. There was to … Continue reading
Posted in LGBTQ Alphabet Soup, Melodies Linger On, Notes in the News
Tagged 4 Minutes, Adam Lambert, Can't Keep My Hands to Myself, Chains of Love, coronavirus, Covid 19, dancercise, Dancing By Myself, Dancing Queen, Ed Elder, Energizer Bunny, I Will Survive, I Would Die 4 U, I'm So Excited, k d lang, Kate Bush, Lakme, Martha Graham, Nasty, Playlist, Shake it Off, Shake It Up, Shake Your Bon-Bon, Shake Your Booty, shelter at home, Stranger You Are, superpower, Tai Chi, The Safety Dance, Velvet, Vogueing, Walk Like An Egyptian, You Put a Chill in My heart
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The TELL-TALE VEGAS / NYC / MOSCOW TRIFECTA that was – and then wasn’t
Thanks for Nothing, COVID 19 I was supposed to watch “The Tell-Tale Heart – a musicabre” in a Moscow movie theater today, in fact precisely while I’m typing this, “sheltering in place” this Saturday morning New York time, … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Scope, Musicabilia, Notes in the News, The Teaching Artist
Tagged Brandon Ruckdashel, Casablanca, coronavirus, Covid 19, Cyrillic alphabet, Days of the Dead, first grade, Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Las Vegas, Moscow, musicabre, New York, NewFilmmakers NY, Opera, pandemic, Reels of the Dead, school closing, sheltering in place, The Tell-Tale Heart
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