Saturday 9 - A Summer Song

This week's tune? Hear it here.

 

1. Are you enjoying winter? Or do you daydream about summer? 
   
   This winter is mainly grey... I don't enjoy that. It means I can't do anything for my miniatures during the day.
   We've had a bit of snow. I love snow. Pity I couldn't walk. I used to love to take long walks in the snow, especially during the evening or night.
   I don't daydream about summer, but I am eagerly waiting for spring: early morning fresh air, birds, and everything growing and flowering again.
   
   
2. In this week's song, trees sway in the breeze. Is it windy where you are today?
   
   Yes, but not as bad as it is in the UK.
   We are just at the very outer parts of the storm Eowyn.
   
   
3. There's rain outside their window. Have you more recently seen rain or snow?
   
   Yep...just have to look outside to see the rain.
   
   
4. This week's artists are the duo Chad and Jeremy. As a teen, Chad Stuart was very versatile in the arts. While he enjoyed drawing, he showed real promise in music and won a scholarship to London's Central School of Speech and Drama. When you were a teenager, what were your best classes? 
   
   Ask what was the worst one: mathematics.
   The rest was OK. I was outstanding in languages, music.
   
   
5. Between 1965 and 1966, Chad and Jeremy played British pop stars on a variety of American TV shows, including The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Patty Duke Show, and Batman. Which of those series do you remember?
   
   Dick van Dyke.
   I don't think we had the Patty Duke show.
   Saw Batman just a short part...I didn't care much about him.
   
   
6. While those TV appearances were good for the duo's record sales, they sowed the seeds of dissent between the friends. Jeremy Clyde realized he enjoyed acting far more than music and began threatening to leave the act. Chad finally got tired of dissuading him. Between Jeremy's dramatic aspirations and contract disputes, they broke up. Later they both admitted they regretted the split, but as Chad said, "we were just kids." Is there an old friend you've drifted away from but miss?
   
   Yes. Hans.
   I didn't drift away from him... he from me. I don't know why.
   
   
7. In 1964, when "A Summer Song" was popular, the #1 movie in the country was Mary Poppins. Have you seen it?
   
   Yes, several times. I thought it ws necessary for the kids to have watched the movie, so I saw it too..  and again, and again..
   
   
8. One of the biggest news stories of 1964 was Elizabeth Taylor's wedding to Richard Burton. The bride wore yellow, with yellow and white flowers in her hair. The groom wore a dark suit, red tie and yellow boutonniere. What did you wear last time you got dressed up?
   
   I don't have the faintest idea..
   Right now I am looking for something to wear to the wedding of my third son. Quite a difficult job when you can't go to the shops.
   
   
9. Random question: When you're in the backseat, do you wear a seatbelt?
   
   We have to, by law.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

 

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About **Syl

Syl: "Life is a chain of challenges. Sometimes the largest challenges are we ourselves. Facing life, facing others and facing yourself requires either a worryless attitude or plain courage. Most of the time it is dealing with judgement. Maybe life is about getting rid of it."