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Saturday, October 25, 2008

Can you name that tune?


My neighbor Pauline who lives two houses down paid for church concert tickets which included my next door neighbor Carol, my mom and me. I truly didn't know what to expect because mom and I attended another church concert there with the local choir and they weren't so good at keeping our attention. The concert last night was different. They were introduced by the Senior Pastor as Sex, Love and Rock&Roll. This grabbed every one's attention in the audience including mine. Some lady hollered out to him the real name is Peace, Love and Rock&Roll. I don't know if this was an intentional boo boo, but it was a show grabber. Before the show started, Pauline had saved seats out for Carol, mom and I. She also included her Granddaughter's boyfriend Wayne who is a big help to Pauline around her house. I saw the paper Rock& Roll records on the stage along with some paper electric guitars. I also saw the band carrying electric guitars on to the stage. They were dressed in the hippy era of the late 1960's and early 1970's. One guy had on a black curly wig that made him look like a character from the television show" The Mod Squad." The songs being sung were from the 1960's and 1970's. If you closed your eyes you would think 20 year old kids were singing the songs. The sad reality is when you open your eyes. These were people in there 50's and 60's. They were no longer built like the Twiggy thin women of today or the beef cake life guards with women groupies hanging around. No, these were your Grandmother's and Grandfather's reliving an era of a time I can remember that seemed not too long ago. The voices were delightful. There were a couple of women who sang and I thought I was at a night club needing another Margarita. There was one singer I wanted to get more volume out. She was on key, but real shy. She sang the song "I don't know how to love him" from the musical Andrew Lloyd Weber's" Jesus Christ Superstar." The second verse was perfect, but I think she forgot some of the words to the first verse. Two songs that were missed was Debby Boone's " You light up my life" and Olivia Newton John's " I honestly love you." I can remember the kids in my school trying to mimic both songs in a mocking tone. I liked their version of YMCA village people words placed on an overhead projection screen. It was audience karaoke time. Lots of fun. I think they ended the show with a couple of Beatles tunes. The harmony was right in tune between two singers. Also the backup group were ideal in their harmony to the songs being sung. They were a great support to the main singer. The host singer was Rick Martorano who gracefully orchestrated us through an evening of wonderful music. The backup group was called Minister Theory. They were dynamically bold and made up of local artist which was totally awesome in my book. The church this event took place was The Coronado Methodist Church. This was a fundraiser for helping homeless families find work and a place to live. This is a great cause for a wonderful evening. My neighbor Pauline got her money's worth and she stands behind this cause of helping homeless families 100 percent.

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