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Hello to all the wonderful people on GB!Please join me this Saturday, Nov. 12th at 7:00PM, when I do a live streaming show from The Coffee House at the Deltona Arts Center. I'll be doing songs ranging in style from Patsy Cline to Broadway tunes. And you can be part of the show by sending in your live requests! When you do, please let them know that you're a Growing Bolder member, and that will...

It is the time for the most merry and solemn of holidays - Christmas. It is a day which celebrates the birth of Jesus and the giving of gifts by that jolly old man - Santa Claus. It is also the one holiday that has so many songs associated with it. The playing of those Christmas songs is the overture to this special day. Sadly, the songs too often are first heard in stores well...

If you lived as a teenager in the late 1940s or during the 1950s, this musing will probably be a walk down memory lane. If you are young, this might help explain why those of us who were teenagers then have strong feelings about what life was like then versus what life is like now for those younger. One way to compare is to recall a few songs that we heard either on the radio (AM) or heard...

It is a song in a 1934 musical with words and lyrics by Cole Porter. Note that the year was 1934. The musical had a few what we consider standard songs such as I Get A Kick Out Of You; Blow, Gabriel, Blow; The Gypsy In Me and You're The Top. Yes, I know that if you are younger you may not have heard these songs; go ask your parents or grandparents. There is another song in the musical that...

It is the time for the most merry and solemn of holidays - Christmas. It is a day which celebrates the birth of Jesus and the giving of gifts by that jolly old man - Santa Claus. It is also the one holiday that has so many songs associated with it. The playing of those Christmas songs is the overture to this special day. Sadly, the songs too often are first heard in stores well before...