Word: singeing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...also rehearsed spectacles that were part of a careful plan laid down by autocratic President Ferdinand Marcos and his powerful First Lady Imelda, who had much to gain from a festive association with John Paul. Everywhere, as if on cue, Filipinos were on hand to enact earnest welcoming playlets, sing, dance or pose as "tribesmen" in outdated garb. During one motorcade, a phalanx of trained water buffalo knelt in reverence just as the pontifical car swept by, while at another point a beaming bride and groom in a mock wedding paused in mid-ceremony to wave to the Pope from...
...with an old Basque fighting song. It took security guards ten minutes to subdue the demonstrators in an unseemly scene that was carried over national television. Clearly prepared for the outbreak, a composed Juan Carlos turned it to advantage. At one point he smiled mischievously, goading the protesters to sing louder. Then, with order restored, he took command with an eloquent gesture of national reconciliation. "Faced with those who practice intolerance of free expression, I reaffirm my faith in democracy and confidence in the Basque people," he told the cheering audience, and went on to legitimize nonviolent Basque nationalism...
...appeal does not hurt either. It never does, of course, but it turns out to be especially practical when performers are sent to melt hearts and open wallets at the local Lions Club, or to strut and sing their stuff in front of thousands of noisily skeptical fans before the start of a game at the Astrodome. "We'll get in any door we can," says Jane Weaver, 33, TOT managing director. "We have to be flexible enough to play in a high school gym as well as a 2,000-seat auditorium." That frequently exercised adaptability, says Baritone...
...stops: Temple, Stillwater, San Marcos, Eagle Pass, Seguin and Harlingen. At times on such jaunts, a TOT engagement looks less like a brush with Parnassus than a rest stop at Parris Island. "I think it's like the Olympics," says Mezzo-Soprano Susanne Mentzer. "You have to sing, act, put on makeup and ride the bus on top of everything else." A measure of flexibility in casting is required: Galbraith sings the baritone role of Marcello in La Bohème, as well as the bass role of Dandini in Cinderella. In one week on the latest tour Tenor...
...this joy is infectious, and, combined with their refined style often makes for superb concerts. A cappella singing is an acquired taste, but the Kroks' impeccable song selection (mostly Cole Porter, Irving Berlin and Richard Rodgers stories of love and destruction), pleasing harmonies and prissily risque patter, all in the sensuous acoustics of Sanders create an enticing package. The Kroks don't just sing, they perform, with that Preppie obsession about sex used occasionally to roaring success, and never, in my experience, to disappointment...