Word: singeing
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...show’s more serious acts, the audience showed their appreciation with silence rather than cheering. During a saxophone performance by Marcus G. Miller ’08 and Louis Fouche ’07, many members of the audience rose to their feet and stood still, some singing softly to “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” known as the black national anthem. Eight-year-old Jason Rose, the younger brother of Evan M. Rose ’09, stole the show at intermission with his impromptu break-dancing routine, which included a rendition...
Reiner's cabaret sideline didn't start until she was 65. As a teenager, she haunted the jazz clubs of New York City. Billie Holiday once encouraged her to try singing and gave her the name of an agent. Reiner didn't think she was "special enough" to be a singer. Instead, she became a painter so she could work at home while raising children. In 1980 Anne Bancroft, a friend, gave her a small role in the film Fatso. "I took some classes in acting. I studied with Lee Strasberg and other people," Reiner says. "But I realized what...
Over the years she has played some sparse rooms, but these days her shows draw a crowd--a mix of family, friends and curious strangers. "I reveal myself when I'm up there," Reiner says. "I'm very earthy, and I sing earthy songs." She has recorded seven CDs, which she sells on her website, estellereiner.com Her fans often seem more enthralled by her feisty performances than by her now quavery voice. As Rob puts it, "Obviously, she's not up there belting it out. But, hey, she's up there doing it." And Estelle sees a very practical benefit...
...days and thirsty for “Songs with Chords.” They numbered few compared to the mass, dressed in baggier clothes and decorated with baseball caps and logos. That faction walked more hurriedly and talked more loudly. When the music would start, they would sing the lyrics whiny with their eyes closed.Throughout the venue, people crowded around balconies and box seats anxious to see the most fashionable of the periphery and the show that was sure to grace the pages of the college newspapers from Waltham to Cambridge. The spectacle was lit by hue-changing lights...
...lacks the gravitas to captivate an audience, but this doesn’t concern them. As he says of his on-stage show, “We do try to let the music speak for itself. I certainly don’t do anything special. I stand there and sing. I love all the great frontmen, but I guess that some of that stuff takes away from the music. I just want to go up and give an honest performance.”HONESTY: THE BEST POLICY?Will their honesty and ambition bring Called and Careless to where they want...