The Sound of the Saint. There was nothing like dancing under the dome. Did you ever make it there?
Evergreen by Barbara Streisand always reminds me of my Grandmother.
“Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born)” is the theme song from the 1976 film A Star Is Born. It was composed and performed by Barbra Streisand with lyrics by Paul Williams[1], and arranged by Ian Freebairn-Smith[2]. The song was released on the soundtrack album to A Star Is Born.
Streisand earned an Academy Award for Best Original Song, her second Oscar overall, as composer of the song.[1] With “Evergreen”, Streisand also earned a Grammy Award for Song of the Year. She and Williams also won Golden Globes in the category of Best Original Song for the song.
On the US music charts, the single spent three weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and six weeks atop the easy listening chart. This was Streisand’s second number-one song on the Hot 100 (following “The Way We Were” in 1974), and her third on the adult contemporary chart (“The Way We Were” and 1964’s “People”).[3] In the UK Singles Chart, the song peaked at #3 in 1977.[1]
I danced to this version of Somewhere Over the Rainbow at the Saint in the spring of 1988.
Are you familiar with it?
I never expected my son to be a dancer.
First Position
With unprecedented (and exclusive) access to the Youth America Grand Prix, the largest competition that awards full scholarships to top ballet schools, First Position takes audiences on a yearlong journey around the world. At a time when art, music and dance for children are severely under-funded, the film reveals the struggles and success, the pain and extraordinary beauty of an art form so many children across the globe are determined to dedicate their lives to- despite the odds.
“As long as I’m still here, I’m the boss.”
The Future of Armani
It was Giorgio Armani’s obsession with health that led to his brush with death. For 10 days in May 2009, Armani, one of the most influential fashion designers and entrepreneurs of our time, lay in a hospital bed with what he describes as “a very serious” case of hepatitis. The cause of his illness wasn’t the stress that comes from juggling a global empire of clothes, accessories, furniture, cosmetics and real estate. It was the supplements. Then 75 years old, he was drinking them every morning in a small glass as he hit the gym. “My doctor told me: Get rid of all this shit you’re drinking,” Armani recalls.
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