tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16800516275961977972024-03-13T00:04:10.998-04:00Piano Kat's Meowpianokatsmeowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04168788497311510949noreply@blogger.comBlogger525125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1680051627596197797.post-30692446061794400022014-01-07T00:34:00.000-05:002014-01-07T00:34:00.309-05:00Haiku #387 - Samba Samba Samba!<div style="text-align: center;">
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">dance from the feet up</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">tsunami of sexiness</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>that's Quenia's advice!</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Ailey Extension is my favorite place to dance in the city, and Quenia's samba class is my favorite class there - check out her <a href="http://www.sambasambasamba.com/" target="_blank">website</a>!</span></div>
pianokatsmeowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04168788497311510949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1680051627596197797.post-54708115770365888932014-01-05T21:16:00.000-05:002014-01-05T21:16:59.333-05:00what SWEETHEARTS! - Indiegogo Contributors 2/2<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thank you to the people listed below for their generous contributions to the fundraiser to record a demo for <i><a href="http://sweetheartsofswing.com/" target="_blank">The Sweethearts of Swing</a></i>! The demo is now up on the website - <a href="http://sweetheartsofswing.com/Sweethearts/Listen.html" target="_blank">click here to give it a listen</a>!! There are other wonderful people whose haiku were posted previously - hope you enjoy!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Stephanie Wilson-Wagner</b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Bernie and Colonel</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">are living it up in the </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">City By the Bay</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Madeline Ruskin</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">independent girl</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">she dances to her own tune</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and others join in</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Nicole Paloma Sarro</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">ev'rywhere she goes</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">she brings the party with her</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">positivity</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Tiago Iturbe</b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">stomp your feet and clap</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">sing "we will rock you" again</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">you're a rock star now!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Bo Santomauro</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">taking a deep breath</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">letting it out in a song</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the best stress relief</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Jennifer Rogers</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">if it's a game day</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">you know Jennifer will wear</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the blue and orange</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<div style="text-align: right;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Shane King</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">something old or new</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">something good to listen to</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">something red green blue</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Ryan George</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">work hard at the gym</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the effort will pay you back</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">in six-packs (not beer!)</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Gayle Shay</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">sing a melisma</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">to express what's in your heart</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">via Rossini</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Marisel Polanco</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">she's got the rhythm</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">in both music, and the words</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">that she is writing</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Greg Smith</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">dividing his time</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">between New York and Denmark</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">that's doing life right</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Malika Samuel</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">always be prepared</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">she has many characters</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">ready for stage time</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Cheryl Krugel-Lee</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">summer near the waves</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">creative folk all around</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">finishing their hats</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Emily Croome</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">in science fiction </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and musical theater</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">found serenity</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: right;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Diane Oram</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">deep, changing colors</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">a New Mexico sunset</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">has its own music</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Mick & Carol Coon</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">play a violin</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">tell a tale of joy or woe</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">use the entire bow!</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Christy Witt-Hoffman</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">out there in Texas</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">a little more room to breathe</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">more time to sing songs</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Bill & Sandra Szilazi</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the house lights go out</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and another world begins</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">under the spotlight</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: right;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>David Sitler & Carolyn Popp</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">he's such a nice guy</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">though onstage he can make you</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">believe anything</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Diana Benedetti</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">she's making movies</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">in Munich, California?!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">no, in Germany!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Mimi Row</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">on the internet</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">wasting time or maybe I'm </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">finding childhood friends</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Caroline Nagy</b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">work with good people</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">meeting deadlines, reaching goals</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">more fun on the way</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: right;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Walter Thompson</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">meeting up with friends</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">no such thing as free lunchtime</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">but we keep trying!</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Gerry G. Gold</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">happy sad faces</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the icons of theater</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">how they never age!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Angela Thon</b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">many languages</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">they all make sense in music</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">or to Angela</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>David Remley</b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">find the words to tell</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">a tale of sunshine and grit</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">in the Wild, Wild West</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: right;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>KJ Strange</b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: right;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">we share a first name</span></div>
<div style="text-align: right;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">K-A-T-H-R-Y-N</span></div>
<div style="text-align: right;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">so many nicknames!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Adam Zaremberg</b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">being a writer</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">hours of paying attention</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">word by word by word</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Ruth McPherson</b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">have another song!</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">music will quench your thirst so</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">take one for the road</span></div>
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pianokatsmeowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04168788497311510949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1680051627596197797.post-879979858397977762014-01-04T22:36:00.000-05:002014-01-05T20:41:16.213-05:00what SWEETHEARTS! - Indiegogo Contributors 1/2<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thank you to the people listed below for their generous contributions to the fundraiser to record a demo for <i><a href="http://sweetheartsofswing.com/" target="_blank">The Sweethearts of Swing</a></i>! The demo is now up on the website - <a href="http://sweetheartsofswing.com/Sweethearts/Listen.html" target="_blank">click here to give it a listen</a>!! There are a few other wonderful people whose haiku were posted previously, or will be posted tomorrow night - hope you enjoy!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Leigh AKA Line O' Sevens</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">across the planet</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">you're made of words and pixels</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">a far-away friend</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
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<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Cherie Tay</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">some of her talents:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">professional life hacker</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">fine ukulelist</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
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<div style="text-align: right;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Alex Colby</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">i'd like to meet more</span></div>
<div style="text-align: right;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">people who dare to see life</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">through a diff'rent lens</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
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<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Ayumi Okada</b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">following your dreams</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the places they will take you</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">may be 'round the earth</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Eileen Sanderson</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">delicious cookies</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">tastes and smells make home feel near</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">when it's far away</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
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<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Theresa Rose</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">what you have to say </span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">may not seem that important</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">but it is, it is</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
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<div style="text-align: right;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Samantha Watson</b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: right;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">where should I be now?</span></div>
<div style="text-align: right;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I need a stage manager </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">in my daily life</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
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<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Joel Martin</b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">hungry while you work?</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">you will be struck down unless</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">you order by phone!</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Joshua Smith</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">mi mi mi mi miiiiiiii!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Joshua's singing his song</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">somewhere in Boston</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
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<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Gregg Akkerman</b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">a truly great man</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">makes New Year's resolutions</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">to eat more cookies</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: right;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>John Lopez</b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: right;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">a renaissance man</span></div>
<div style="text-align: right;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">to the city after work</span></div>
<div style="text-align: right;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">shh! don't tell mama</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Lynn Sanderson</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">surrounded by books</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">a good librarian sees</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">stories ev'rywhere</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Jessica Sarles-Dinsick</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Brazilian rhythms</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">syncopation makes you move</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">as she plays and sings</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Suzee Dunn</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">hey, California!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">don't underestimate the</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">girl from the mitten</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Hanley Smith</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">i may write haiku</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">but Hanley can impress with</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">double dactylic</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Darryl Garcia </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">he is ev'rywhere!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">he must be a master of</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">teleportation</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Andrea Cirillo</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">several thousand words</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">can tell a complex picture</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">worth another grand</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Shannon Sherrell</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">mem'ries with cousins</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">concerts in the living room</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">we charged admission!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Mona Sherrell</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">a bumper sticker:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">education cuts don't heal</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">sticks with me always</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Paul Sherrell </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">trav'ling and hunting</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">for quail, dove, or compact disc</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">are fine adventures</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Anne Sherrell</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">she likes life to be</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">allegro ma non troppo</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">make it andante</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Jason Sherbundy</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">when you need a break</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">here's the open road and sky</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">rhythm in the wheels</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Kathy Trezza</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">keep your eyes open</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">to the wonders around you</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">look for joy each day</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Tamara Sherrell Murayama</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">collecting stickers</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">ev'ry purchase earns you more</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mister Donut swag!</span></div>
<br />pianokatsmeowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04168788497311510949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1680051627596197797.post-46899161740592119332014-01-01T23:11:00.001-05:002014-01-01T23:30:31.170-05:00Haiku #386 - Happy New Year!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQBdH-9MtI9mLYPqqw44msGH9v5qQmYBsHzx8YoIv8fNvpy0uVuURtN6-X4vdOqmjbFaa4zxIheyQHwUNLlKKMVxV7cHGnV5DVbmN36LkTMDtqZfjS_zezQd3wzoEorI7SU5wFnki6-Xc/s1600/2013-0101+new+year+times+square.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQBdH-9MtI9mLYPqqw44msGH9v5qQmYBsHzx8YoIv8fNvpy0uVuURtN6-X4vdOqmjbFaa4zxIheyQHwUNLlKKMVxV7cHGnV5DVbmN36LkTMDtqZfjS_zezQd3wzoEorI7SU5wFnki6-Xc/s320/2013-0101+new+year+times+square.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Times Square at midnight</td></tr>
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">it's a brand new year</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">with no mistakes in it yet*</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">let's go fill it up!</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(homage and apologies to Anne of Green Gables)</span></div>
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pianokatsmeowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04168788497311510949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1680051627596197797.post-5233974452714456522013-10-27T19:38:00.001-04:002013-10-27T19:39:24.290-04:00What SWEETHEARTS! - Yaremis, Sara, Adam, Gretchen, Shahla<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thanks to Yaremis Felix, Sara Wildavsky, Adam Reich, Gretchen Amstutz, and Shahla Atlas for their generous contributions to the fundraiser to record a demo for </span><i style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://sweetheartsofswing.com/" target="_blank">The Sweethearts of Swing</a></i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">! The demo is now up on the website - <a href="http://sweetheartsofswing.com/Sweethearts/Listen.html" target="_blank">click here to give it a listen</a>!!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yaremis:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>laughter's contagious</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>an epidemic of mirth</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>is what the world needs</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sara (in honor of her brother Dan):</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>hear tunes with Sara</i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>eat some burgers by the sea</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>perfect day for Dan</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Adam:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>a life in the arts</i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>the magic is in doing </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>when all else is loss</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Gretchen:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>she is living proof:</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>if you follow the music</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>music follows you</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Shahla:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>just look at those boots</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>if you need fashion advice</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>she's the one to ask</i></span></div>
pianokatsmeowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04168788497311510949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1680051627596197797.post-16606446835349422432013-10-24T10:56:00.001-04:002013-10-24T10:56:22.012-04:00what a SWEETHEART - Julie Sax<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>soaring melodies</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>hot riffs right in the pocket</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>how she plays her horn*</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>*in Julie's case, the saxophone!</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thanks to Julie Sax for her generous contribution to the fundraiser to record a demo for </span><i style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Sweethearts of Swing</i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">! The demo is now up on the website - <a href="http://sweetheartsofswing.com/Sweethearts/Listen.html" target="_blank">click here to give it a listen</a>!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>pianokatsmeowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04168788497311510949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1680051627596197797.post-43505363228727128762013-10-24T10:46:00.001-04:002013-10-24T10:46:35.679-04:00what a SWEETHEART: Annbritt DuChateau<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>she lifts her baton</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>with a commanding gesture</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>upbeat: giocoso</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thanks to Annbritt DuChateau for her generous contribution to the fundraiser to record a demo for </span><i style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Sweethearts of Swing</i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">! The demo is now up on the website - <a href="http://sweetheartsofswing.com/Sweethearts/Listen.html" target="_blank">click here to give it a listen</a>!!</span>pianokatsmeowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04168788497311510949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1680051627596197797.post-14668742987320523432013-10-24T10:39:00.001-04:002013-10-24T10:39:53.060-04:00what a SWEETHEART - Sherrie Lavelle<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>singing in a group</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>can be very relaxing</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>sometimes there's food, too!</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thanks to Sherrie Lavelle for her generous contribution to the fundraiser to record a demo for </span><i style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Sweethearts of Swing</i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">! The demo is now up on the website - <a href="http://sweetheartsofswing.com/Sweethearts/Listen.html" target="_blank">click here to give it a listen</a>!!</span>pianokatsmeowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04168788497311510949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1680051627596197797.post-50811903932053731382013-10-21T22:24:00.001-04:002013-10-21T22:24:26.143-04:00Haiku #385 - Amazing Jellies<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnLldbmY78Hcx_j-LhiiRWJoRVXB7XyaCE_ZsxSIu_xFfz8InTgzDpAAWjdWIpH-o7NwBb8c8BzFtsLQZQQxXc5O1AK2Oy3NiK-2Pm7MORDqlrKm-jvdzye33iQsHpcZWHW-T1hGfeOi0/s1600/2013-1021+amazing+jellies.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnLldbmY78Hcx_j-LhiiRWJoRVXB7XyaCE_ZsxSIu_xFfz8InTgzDpAAWjdWIpH-o7NwBb8c8BzFtsLQZQQxXc5O1AK2Oy3NiK-2Pm7MORDqlrKm-jvdzye33iQsHpcZWHW-T1hGfeOi0/s400/2013-1021+amazing+jellies.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Allison Posner and Eli Bolin front the Amazing Jellies</td></tr>
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<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>their name describes them</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>they're a band that makes great jams:</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><a href="https://www.facebook.com/amazingjellies" target="_blank">amazing jellies</a></i></span></div>
pianokatsmeowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04168788497311510949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1680051627596197797.post-30652766807278519702013-10-17T00:19:00.003-04:002013-10-17T00:19:58.561-04:00Haiku #384 - Mama's Backyard Cafe<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_Q3jW14F5cfRwUu32bmZq5TyLHlEZhAPtzLLZeZJY-gPtbWnYDZeR-ncCVS5aOVHWuGcew9GavLBXuRFZoGnrtLEYce32u6irdhTYgBRti3EqEz0JVku6XdwtH1UsKdWv8udCX9OlH14/s1600/2013-1016+mama's+garden+cafe.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="271" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_Q3jW14F5cfRwUu32bmZq5TyLHlEZhAPtzLLZeZJY-gPtbWnYDZeR-ncCVS5aOVHWuGcew9GavLBXuRFZoGnrtLEYce32u6irdhTYgBRti3EqEz0JVku6XdwtH1UsKdWv8udCX9OlH14/s400/2013-1016+mama's+garden+cafe.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cappuccino and mini chocolate cannoli at <a href="http://www.yelp.com/biz/mamas-backyard-cafe-corona" target="_blank">Mama's Backyard Cafe</a> in Queens</td></tr>
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<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>simple little things</i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><span id="goog_1785323068"></span><span id="goog_1785323069"></span>life should be filled with pleasure</i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>as much as can be</i></span></div>
pianokatsmeowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04168788497311510949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1680051627596197797.post-49015455382845143092013-10-08T20:29:00.000-04:002013-10-08T20:29:14.818-04:00Haiku #383 - To The Moon<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>when you're awf'lly tired</i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>your wildest dreams carry you</i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>to the moon and back</i></span></div>
pianokatsmeowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04168788497311510949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1680051627596197797.post-52479772775789255202013-10-02T23:23:00.000-04:002013-10-02T23:23:08.838-04:00Haiku #382 - SWEETHEARTS in the Studio<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">mixing in pro-tools</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Chris adds finishing touches</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">keep your ears open!</span></i></div>
pianokatsmeowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04168788497311510949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1680051627596197797.post-89383375444787283312013-10-02T00:25:00.000-04:002013-10-02T00:25:05.863-04:00Haiku #381 - A Night With Janis Joplin<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>reminiscences</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>face-melting guitar solos</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>amazing voices</i></span></div>
pianokatsmeowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04168788497311510949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1680051627596197797.post-86995977147087812112013-09-30T23:56:00.000-04:002013-09-30T23:56:10.727-04:00Haiku #380 - SWEETHEARTS in the Studio<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gilbert in his studio, "The Spot"</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>all of the layers</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>listening so carefully</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>to get the right mix</i></span></div>
pianokatsmeowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04168788497311510949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1680051627596197797.post-27577582911144828762013-09-26T23:28:00.001-04:002013-09-26T23:28:22.226-04:00Haiku #379 - Sheri Sanders in Concert<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">me with my friend Rebecca and her friend Sam<br />Ready to see Sheri Sanders rock!</td></tr>
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">a force of nature</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">happens when you know your stuff</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.rock-the-audition.com/RockTheAudition.html" target="_blank">rock the audition</a></span></i></div>
pianokatsmeowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04168788497311510949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1680051627596197797.post-43502890859801641662013-09-26T00:18:00.002-04:002013-09-26T02:31:55.032-04:00Haiku #378 - Perfect Broadway Day<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">church bells are chiming</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"no business like show business"</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">at quarter to two</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Every Wednesday at 1:45 pm, the church bells at St. Malachy's on 49th St. call theatrical parishioners to matinee by chiming "There's No Business Like Show Business". Today at that time, I was sitting across the street by an open window in the rehearsal studio, alternately playing dance breaks for a <i>Book of Mormon </i>rehearsal and reading a book about Irving Berlin, who wrote that song, as well as many others that form part of the American soundtrack. Perfect.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After rehearsal, I had sushi with a friend and colleague, saw the evening performance of <i>Rodgers & Hammerstein's</i> <i>Cinderella</i>, and had a nightcap of matzo bowl soup at a nearby diner afterwards. Perfect.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Not every day is this perfect, but there truly is no business like show business, and I wouldn't trade it for all the cute babies in day care.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Can you believe I'd NEVER tried matzo ball soup before?!</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>pianokatsmeowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04168788497311510949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1680051627596197797.post-91890482516868636972013-09-24T23:27:00.000-04:002013-09-24T23:27:23.992-04:00Haiku #377 - In the Studio<i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">tracks are all laid down</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">next there's magic to be made</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">in the studio</span></i>pianokatsmeowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04168788497311510949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1680051627596197797.post-21803541490894798762013-09-23T23:35:00.001-04:002013-09-23T23:38:58.379-04:00Haiku #376 - Broadway Cares Flea Market<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Surrounded by my Mormons at the Book of Mormon's booth at the<br />
<a href="http://broadwaycares.org/?gclid=CK-WlLqM47kCFYai4Aod-CgAlA" target="_blank">Broadway Cares Flea Market</a></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>playbills for a buck</i></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Marc (waving, on the right) and some awesome Broadway-bound kids <br />
working the<a href="http://broadwayworkshop.com/" target="_blank"> Broadway Workshop</a> booth</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I also stopped by <a href="http://revolucionlatina.org/" target="_blank">Revolucion Latina</a>'s booth, but forgot to take a pic! I love how the Broadway community comes together to take care of each other!</span></div>
<br />pianokatsmeowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04168788497311510949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1680051627596197797.post-68854242678983345112013-09-04T23:33:00.000-04:002013-09-04T23:37:16.375-04:00Haiku #375 - L'Shana Tova <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have to confess that I had little to no awareness of Jewish culture when I moved to New York, short of having read a few books like </span><i style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Number the Stars</i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> as a kid. There are simply not very many Jews in New Mexico, and aside from a childhood friend named Rachel who was culturally Jewish but didn't know much about that heritage, and two short-term college roommates who halfheartedly tried to keep kosher with their three Gentile compatriots (at least we had 2 fridges?), I was clue-free about the Chosen People until I moved to New York. I've had many Heebpiphanies, if you will, from my first <i>real </i>bagel to realizing my coworker whose last name was Levy was not, in fact, a light-skinned Latino (of which there are many in New Mexico). Even now, I usually become aware of approaching Jewish holidays via facebook, or in this case, my lovely delivery grocery store, Fresh Direct (order now! we <i>will</i> sell out of Rosh Hashanah meals!).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I love living here, where people of so many different cultural and ethnic backgrounds coexist in relative peace - a politically correct, sometimes slightly hostile peace, but peace just the same. That is a fact I won't take for granted after trying to educate myself about Syria this week. There was a graphic that caught my eye that purported to explain why the conflict got started: a color-coded map showing all the different religious and ethnic sects living in close proximity. I suspect a map of Queens would look much the same. So...there but for the grace of (fill in the blank with your preferred higher power) go we. Still...there must be a way. But I think peace has to <i>be</i> the goal, not just a byproduct of some other goal.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To that end, to my Jewish friends, and all friends who wish to celebrate peace and new beginnings, from your Shiksa friend, with love:</span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">L'Shana Tova</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">may we all have peace and sweet</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">apples and honey</span></i><br />
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pianokatsmeowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04168788497311510949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1680051627596197797.post-43490019102929442152013-09-03T22:54:00.003-04:002013-09-03T22:54:45.442-04:00Haiku #374 - Eleanor Roosevelt<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm back! After taking (most of) the summer off, it's now past Labor Day, and I have no more excuses. So I'm starting off with a total cheater haiku, a 17-syllable quote from Eleanor Roosevelt. Despite its cheaterness, it's a lovely quote for starting the academic year - no matter how long I'm out of school, this time of year always brings with it the feeling of excitement, new projects and pursuits... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My writing partner is getting married to her badass fiance this weekend, and next week is the first stage of the <a href="http://sweetheartsofswing.com/Sweethearts/Home.html" target="_blank">Sweethearts of Swing</a> demo recording session, after which all the rest of our generous contributors who picked the haiku-perk will begin receiving their thank-you haiku. Lots of new things afoot!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Also, Happy New Year to all my Jewish friends!</span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the future belongs</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">to those who believe in the</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">beauty of their dreams</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span id="goog_650393914"></span><span id="goog_650393915"></span><br /></span></i>pianokatsmeowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04168788497311510949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1680051627596197797.post-16386381614832454502013-08-06T20:39:00.003-04:002013-08-06T20:39:44.022-04:00what SWEETHEARTS - Mom & Dad<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>parent paradox</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>make me strong to fly away</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>catch me when I fall</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thanks to Anne and Paul Sherrell for their generous contribution to the fundraiser to record a demo for <i>The Sweethearts of Swing</i>! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Please visit our </span><a href="http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/sweethearts-of-swing-music-demo" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">fundraising page - only 28 hours left</a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> to reach our goal! </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Every little bit helps, and for a contribution of $25 or more, I will write you your own haiku!</span>pianokatsmeowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04168788497311510949noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1680051627596197797.post-28657364333752572312013-08-06T14:05:00.001-04:002013-08-06T14:05:36.416-04:00what a SWEETHEARTS: Kurt Crowley<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>it takes courage to</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>face the birds in the plaza</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>ev'ry single day</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thanks to Kurt Crowley for his generous contribution a couple days ago to the fundraiser to record a demo for <i>The Sweethearts of Swing</i>! His donation put us over the halfway mark!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Please visit our </span><a href="http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/sweethearts-of-swing-music-demo" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">fundraising page - only 36 hours left</a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> to reach our goal! </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Every little bit helps, and for a contribution of $25 or more, I will write you your own haiku!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>pianokatsmeowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04168788497311510949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1680051627596197797.post-42187400052658276472013-08-04T21:37:00.000-04:002013-10-24T10:38:20.377-04:00what a SWEETHEART: Erin Lecocq<i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">sometimes you just need</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">a forkful of green chile</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and a new best friend</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thanks to Erin Lecocq for her generous contribution to the fundraiser to record a demo for <i>The Sweethearts of Swing</i>! Every little bit helps, and for a contribution of $25 or more, I will write you your own haiku!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Please visit our <a href="http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/sweethearts-of-swing-music-demo" target="_blank">fundraising page - 3 days left</a> to reach our goal!</span>pianokatsmeowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04168788497311510949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1680051627596197797.post-37238442529547080872013-08-04T16:42:00.000-04:002013-08-04T16:42:00.092-04:00what a SWEETHEART: Carin Cahn<i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">it stays on your skin</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">sparkles and catches the light</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">life needs more glitter</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thanks to Carin Cahn for her generous contribution to the fundraiser to record a demo for <i>The Sweethearts of Swing</i>! Every little bit helps, and for a contribution of $25 or more, I will write you your own haiku!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Please visit our <a href="http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/sweethearts-of-swing-music-demo" target="_blank">fundraising page - 3 days left</a> to reach our goal!</span>pianokatsmeowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04168788497311510949noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1680051627596197797.post-54299360974403901022013-08-03T22:37:00.001-04:002013-08-03T22:38:42.868-04:00what a SWEETHEART: Cynthia Vaughn<i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">lovely melodies</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">echoing through the Front Range</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.magnoliamusicstudio.com/" target="_blank">Magnolias</a> sing!</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thanks to Cynthia Vaughn for her generous contribution to the fundraiser to record a demo for <i>The Sweethearts of Swing</i>! Every little bit helps, and for a contribution of $25 or more, I will write you your own haiku! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Please visit our <a href="http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/sweethearts-of-swing-music-demo" target="_blank">fundraising page - 4 days left</a> to reach our goal!</span>pianokatsmeowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04168788497311510949noreply@blogger.com0