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Last June, our Houston Choral Society toured England and Scotland.

From London to York to Edinburgh, we performed and concluded each concert with a medley of Texas music...based on "Deep in the Heart" and ending with "The Eyes of Texas."

When we got to "The Eyes," we unfurled our State flag. Invariably, the UK audiences went to their feet in loud ovation!

What a great feeling, so far from home...

Greetings from Houston/ =bob=

Reminds me of the seen in the movie "Pee Wee's Big Adventure" where he's in a payphone trying to tell his friend that he's in Texas. She doesn't believe him until he holds the phone out in his hand and yells, "The stars at night, are big and bright...!" Everyone in the crowd around him immediately stops, claps their hands together four times, and finishes with, "Deep in the heart of Texas!", and then go back about their business.

Later, he ends up being knocked unconscience when thrown from a bull in a rodeo. Everyone gathers around, asking if he's okay. Someone asks him if he remembers his name, and he replies, " I remember the Alamo.", which results in dozens of Stetsons being flung in the air with a "Yeehah!"

Say what you want about that movie, but he really captured the essence of the "Spirit of Texas" in those scenes.