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Monthly Archives: August 2016

She Couldn’t, But She Did

13 Saturday Aug 2016

Posted by Carlene Hill Byron in Uncategorized

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People May Say I Cant Sing

As Florence Foster Jenkins, Academy Award-winning actress Meryl Streep portrays a woman whose drive to support the musical arts kept her alive for decades longer than her diagnosis should have allowed. The program for Jenkins’ daring performance at Carnegie Hall — undoubtedly the worst vocal performance ever on that stage — is now the most requested program in the entire Carnegie Hall archives. Her vanity recordings on the Melotone label (be sure to listen!) were the label’s largest sellers. Free tickets to the Carnegie Hall concert went to 1,000 US military personnel in honor of their WWII service. And Mrs. Jenkins sang courageously, despite her utter incompetence.

“People may say I can’t sing, but no one can say I didn’t sing,” said Mrs. Jenkins.

Be sure to catch this uplifting film, which opened this week. And then ask yourself: “What is it that ‘I can’t do’ and could still go ahead to do?” Then: Do it!

 

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Friday April 10 Conference in NC

Faith Connections on Mental Illness hosts its annual Conference 8-4:30 in Chapel Hill with keynote Amy Simpson. For info: http://www.faithconnectionsonmentalillness.org/annual-conference.html

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