Category: legends
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The Magic of Petula Clark: The Reality Always Beats the Anticipation
Have you ever wondered if reality can truly live up to the excitement that anticipation creates? When Petula Clark released her autobiography Is That You, Petula? about a year ago I along with many others anxiously awaited its release. Is there genuinely more happiness in thinking or dreaming about something than actually experiencing it ?…
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More Petula UK Enchantment : From the Seaside to Drury Lane
In October 2016, we took in our second UK full tour; Petula had a wonderfully full schedule during that two‑plus‑week period. We were fortunate enough to see her in many cities. I’ve already written about several of those stops in two earlier posts — The UK Enchantment and The UK Enchantment, Part 2. But there…
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Like Petula, Dolly Reveals the Paradox of Enduring Star Power!
Dolly Parton died this week, and I believe not since the sudden death of Elvis Presley 49 years ago, also in August ( Aug. 16, 1977) , has there been such a world wide reaction to the death of a performer. At least in North America ,one cannot read a newspaper or magazine, watch television…
