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A November Adventure: Petula in Paris
November has never been my favorite month. Where I live, the weather turns colder, and as I write this, we’re experiencing an early snowfall—something many find delightful. But I’m not one of those people. I prefer long, sun-drenched days. Still, I’ll admit there’s a certain coziness to November, and time to sit and reflect. And…
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Just Petula and her music!
A retirement spent travelling to see Petula Clark perform in over seven countries and three continents–our “Petula Adventures” are the subject of my blog.
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Never Enough
At the beginning of December 2017, then in our seventies –after having been fans for over fifty years- my husband and I set off on another “Petula Adventure” –this time to the southern United States. Because our home is near to New York state , we had easy access to Buffalo International Airport and flew…
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The Anticipation or Reality: Which is Better?
As Far As a Petula Clark Tour is Concerned-it’s the reality! Petula Clark is about to release her autobiography, Is That You, Petula? tomorrow; in some parts of the world it may already be on bookstore shelves as I write this. It has gotten me thinking about whether the anticipation actually is ever totally fulfilled…
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Enchantment:The UK and Petula Concerts, Part 2
Cardiff, Glasgow, Salisbury, Manchester visits! Having thoroughly enjoyed the 2013 UK Petula tour, we came again to London in 2016 for another Petula Adventure. . The highlight of this trip was not only seeing some new places in England, but also travelling to Cardiff in Wales and Glasgow in Scotland, cities we had never before …
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Enchantment : the UK and Petula concerts
The first time I travelled to London was actually not to see Petula; it was August 1987 and I was visiting my brother who was working there for a summer. But it surely paved the way for my continued enchantment with the city and all of the UK. On that trip I went to the…
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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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