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Petula and The Big Apple
“ If I can make it there, I can make it anywhere!–”. It was actually Frank Sinatra, not Petula Clark, who popularized this tribute to New York. Petula had already “made it” in New York decades before Sinatra had a hit with the song.. The catalyst for her success there and all across North America…
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The Mary Poppins Trip:Our Last Petula Encounter
Our Most recent “Petula Adventure”! Our last, or more positively, our most recent “Petula Adventure” was in November of 2019 in London where Petula had several weeks earlier begun her role as the Bird Woman in Mary Poppins! A week in London is a treasure in itself in my view. Over the years we have…
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Petula Encores in Montreal
Petula Clark has often spoken about her concerts at Place des Arts in Montreal in 1969, a time when Quebec’s separatist politics was very much alive. Petula encountered the political tension during her performances and it ultimately led to her unexpected participation in John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s famous bed-in recording of “Give Peace a Chance.”…
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Birthday Celebrations with Petula (sort of)!!
Fairfield Halls, Croydon, UK In June 1987, April 2007, and May 2014, my husband and I marked milestone birthdays with celebrations centered around Petula Clark concerts. Two were carefully planned and one unfolded spontaneously. Yet each time, as a special birthday approached, we instinctively knew that the most meaningful gift we could give each other…
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