Tag: writing
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Not finished yet
Several months ago I felt as if I had exhausted my repertoire of ideas for this blog. But I may have been wrong ! Recently I attended a performance of A Beautiful Noise in Toronto. It is a musical biography of Neil Diamond featuring lots of his music and actually two characters playing Diamond. One…
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Our Australia Petula Adventure, Part 2
Our three‑week trip to Australia was certainly the longest of our ” Petula Adventures”, and one we likely would never have undertaken without the added incentive of seeing Petula perform. It wasn’t that Australia didn’t interest us; it was simply that the long flight felt daunting, especially as we got older. But how glad we…
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“Our Petula in Vegas Adventures”
I’m about to wrap up this blog with two final posts—this one about ‘Our Petula-in-Vegas Adventures”, and the last will be Part 2 of our Australia journey. I’ve truly enjoyed the process of remembering all the places we travelled and the wonderful concerts we were lucky enough to experience. It has been a surprisingly joyful…
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Our Petula Adventures Across English Canada
As I indicated in earlier posts on this blog writing journey, I had unfortunately never heard of Petula Clark or encountered any of her music before the release of “Downtown”. I had no idea of her history in England or of her performing in French (and other languages) or indeed of her connection to the French…
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December Petula Concert Memories
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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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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