She visits RAMH fairly regularly, and I will confess to baiting posts occasionally to draw her attention.

…and, well, really pretty much any production whose cast members sometimes burst into song and dance.

anything in which Shirley MacLaine danced (a Juliet Prowse phase also took up part of the timeline).

Oklahoma! (and any other Rodgers & Hammerstein production).

To that, though, one would fairly have to add: I’ve sometimes mentioned, here at RAMH, her childhood habit of listening over and over and over to the original cast album of My Fair Lady - how I’d learned every word of those songs, long before I ever really “got” the story. In her case, maybe the appropriate title isn’t “the musical sister,” but rather “the musical s sister.” Because from the time she was only yay high (as we used to say), she has loved musical theater. (He said, grinning-ducking-and-running.)Īs for The Younger Sister: ah yes. (In the car, she’s likely listening to a talk show or an audiobook.) It’s not hard to imagine her favorite musical sound takes the form of a fanfare heralding her entrance into a room. The Elder Sister? I honestly must say I know almost nothing about her musical tastes or interests.

My brother and I can rightly be considered fans of music, but - except for monkeying around with harmonicas - have pretty much held the practice of it at arm’s length.

Or about singing in a church choir as a kid, and going on to a successful career in music.Īmong the four of us kids (as we still think of ourselves, a half-century-plus later), none of us has ever shown much inclination to participate in music. No, I mean the families with casual stories like, well… Stories about taking violin lessons while growing up in Brooklyn, from a little old lady on the corner who lived next door to a little old man who gave trumpet and accordion lessons, etc. And I don’t mean simple (or involved) appreciation of the art. I’m not talking here about famous musical families like the von Trapps, the Partridges, the various Hank Williamses, and so on. I’ve always admired - been in awe of - families with a history of hands-on musical skills.

Accordion lessons near me