Doo-Wop: Why They Keep Going
Most of my posts in the music category are about classical music, but there are a few about Doo-Wop. Last night at the Flagler Auditorium in Bunnell, Florida was was a different kind of “classical” music. The Pop, Rock & Doo-Wop Live! Concert featured Shirley Alston Reeves, original lead singer of The Shirelles, Dennis Tufano, […]
Eradicating Polio
It was a pleasure to speak to the Rotary Club of Flagler CountyPalm Coast, Florida at their monthly luncheon meeting. As is their custom, the club made a donation on behalf of their guest speaker to the Polio Plus Program of The Rotary Foundation. The donation will enable immunization of 25 children against polio. Polio is […]
Tuscany Beach Club Party Raises $6,800 for Flagler Habitat
On Sunday evening, February 18, a fund raiser was held at the Tuscany Beach Club at Hammock Dunes in Palm Coast, Florida. Lindsay Elliott, Executive Director of Flagler Habitat for Humanity, presented a moving and compelling summary of the great work the organization is doing, including now having built more than 100 homes in the […]
Conducting Mozart
It was a real treat in St. Augustine last Saturday night when Music Director Gerard Schwarz conducted the Mozart Orchestra New York. They performed Mozart’s great last three symphonies, No’s 39, 40, and 41. The 41st, known as the Jupiter Symphony, is my favorite. Mozart composed this great trilogy in a remarkably short time between […]
The That Syndrome
I learned a lot about editing from Kathleen Imhoff, a friend and former librarian, who has edited hundreds of books. One thing she taught me is to eliminate unneeded use of the word “that”. I have become sensitive to the word in my own writing, and also in the writing of others. Journalists and authors […]
