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We are providing another musical feature, as suggested by Bob H. We can’t promise them weekly but since Bob H provided performance candidates, and we pre-empted them last week with singer Dimash Qudaibergen, we thought the least we could do was to feature Bob’s picks.
First is Steve Cooney. Bob notes:
Cooney’s second tune (1:53) is an air/waltz commonly called “Come Give Me Your Hand”. It was composed by one of the last of the great Irish harpers, Ruairi (Rory) Dall O’Cathain in the 1600’s. It is one of the standard tunes in Irish traditional music that beginning players on all instruments learn at some point, and it is often played in beginner sessions, and wedding gigs because it’s so pretty.
However, there is a subcategory of twists that happen much earlier in the movie, in and around the half-way mark, that sends the rest of the plot in an unexpected direction.
Be it the sudden killing-off of what initially seemed to be our primary characters in the likes of Psycho or Death Proof, or a sudden jump in genre, like action to horror in Predator, or crime thriller to horror in From Dusk Til Dawn, also usually accompanied by the sudden death of a major character.
However, movies like those, you re almost ready for that kind of surprise, because either (A) it was heavily implied in the marketing, or (B) you re watching a movie that automatically lends itself to big shocks.
Author of the article: Louis B. Hobson
Publishing date: Dec 11, 2020 • December 11, 2020 • 3 minute read • Dennis Cahill is Scrooge in Loose Moose Chrismoose Carol 1919. jpg
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Local theatre companies are trying to help rev up the holiday spirit with some unique virtual offerings.
Loose Moose and newly minted Blue Jeans Theatre are offering quirky versions of Dickens’ A Christmas Carol while Vertigo, Lunchbox and 6 Degrees Music + Sound Productions have pooled resources to produce an old-fashioned 1940’s radio-style radio version of the holiday classic It’s A Wonderful Life.