Posted on 12/14/2016 5:37:52 PM PST by afraidfortherepublic
Officials for President-elect Donald Trump said 16-year-old singer Jackie Evancho, a former “America’s Got Talent” contestant, will perform the national anthem at the January inauguration ceremony.
Boris Epshteyn, a Trump aide, wrote Wednesday on Twitter, “Honored to have @jackieevancho performing the national anthem at the @TrumpInaugural Ceremony.”
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She is amazing!
When Obama was sworn in he asked Beyonce to sing “At last”
It was the signature song of Etta James.
It would be so nice if Etta James were invited. Unfortunately it’s too late.
One of my favorite Christmas Songs.
a great choice (& a genuine supporter) for Donald J. Trump’s Inauguration - to perform “How Deep Is Your Love”!
(first published on 20 September as “Barry Gibb: ‘We once wrote three No 1 singles in an afternoon — I think we were pretty high’” - in The Times newspaper in England 30 September, 2016, written by Ed Potton, and republished in The Australian as)
Barry Gibb: dancing out of the shadows
by Ed Potton. The Times UK
These days he spends most of his time at his house in Miami — he has a US passport and is a fan of Donald Trump — but his famous toothy lisp is still full of Manchester, where he lived until he was 12...
His politics swing rightwards: “You’ve got to watch out for your family, protect your own territory. Go back to the Stone Age, you know!” He says he’ll probably vote for Trump in November. “I want to see a big character,” he says. “If it was some guy with spectacles and a side parting, that’s boring. During the war we had great characters that led us.” He met Trump at a charity event in the 90s and found him “very pleasant. Behind this big, rich guy is probably a really big heart.”...
The Donald’s support for the second amendment is also a factor, you suspect. Gibb likes his guns...
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/the-times/barry-gibb-dancing-out-of-the-shadows/news-story/e03af509a837707b616094a5e48228a8
There is no such thing as a child opera singer. What she’s doing is mimicry that is taxing her vocal folds well beyond what a child’s vocal folds are meant to withstand. People who study singing opera usually don’t get to stuff like Verdi and Puccini until grad school.
As critical as I have been of Joan Baez’s politics, I have always loved her voice. She too, has easy command of many octaves. There, I said it! I recall a folk song she did called ‘Stewball’. It was about someone’s pet horse, sung live to acoustic guitar.
I was unaware on Jackie Evancho. I am an old man. I have never heard a greater God given voice in my life. She is a miracle on Earth from God. Go Trump. When Thunder Struck — IT STRUCK!!
Ever the ray of sunshine, aren’t we?
This is the truth. My daughter is 17 and after 2 years of classical vocal training is singing art song repertoire. She had a sample lesson at a well known music conservatory and was told they start all freshmen ( 18 and 19 year olds) with beginning art songs. Opera is a very long haul career, and the heavy repertoire often doesn’t start until graduate school. Female Opera singers are beginning careers in their early thirties and often male voices aren’t fully developed until they are in their 40’s.
Her singing Nessun Dorma, gives me chills, so beautiful.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUoLqyKLXL4
con te partiro’......It’s Time to Say Goodbye
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HpDxteDEb0
WoW What a voice!
Stewball was a racehorse.
..And by the day he was mine.
He never drank water
He always drank wine.
That’s why Baskin Robbins has 31 flavors.
Wow! I absolutely love Jackie Evancho.
What a great choice. She has one of the most beautiful voices I’ve ever heard.
Great voice!
My wife and I saw her perform live with the Dallas Philharmonic in 2013. She was absolutely spellbinding.
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