Happy Independence Day

A happy Independence Day is...

• Reciting the Declaration of Indepenence. I believe in the power of liturgy, and the Declaration was meant to be orated. It moves me to tears every year. "Our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor," indeed.
• Watching America Rock from the Schoolhouse Rock DVD with my kids. "No more kings, no more kings...."
• Watching Discovery launch with my kids.

Happy Independence Day!

Happy Independence Day

A happy Independence Day is...

• Reciting the Declaration of Indepenence. I believe in the power of liturgy, and the Declaration was meant to be orated. It moves me to tears every year. "Our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor," indeed.
• Watching America Rock from the Schoolhouse Rock DVD with my kids. "No more kings, no more kings...."
• Watching Discovery launch with my kids.

Happy Independence Day!

Gripe gripe gripe

Does anyone play the complete 1812 Overture any more? It's bad enough that we celebrate our independence from Great Britian by performing a work written to celebrate the Russians' victory over France, but at least play the whole dang thing! (We just watched the concert from Washington D.C. and they abridged it; Boston's been abridging it since CBS took over and ruined everything.)

Update. I just switched over to channel 4, and it appears that this year Boston is playing the whole thing before the switch to national coverage. Good for them.

Gripe gripe gripe

Does anyone play the complete 1812 Overture any more? It's bad enough that we celebrate our independence from Great Britian by performing a work written to celebrate the Russians' victory over France, but at least play the whole dang thing! (We just watched the concert from Washington D.C. and they abridged it; Boston's been abridging it since CBS took over and ruined everything.)

Update. I just switched over to channel 4, and it appears that this year Boston is playing the whole thing before the switch to national coverage. Good for them.