We've all just got in from a New York State Theatre Institute (NYSTI) performance of King Island Christmas. It's a musical based on the true story of a remote Alaskan island community in the 1950s and is all about fearlessness and pulling together in the face of adversity. The positivity was a wee bit relentless, but it was still very enjoyable, with some great performances - and who could fail to admire a production that featured a lead singing role for a walrus-skin boat?
It wasn't our first music of the day. This morning we attended the school's annual, scrupulously secular, Peace Assembly. This year it was kind of a homage to the Beatles (the new music teacher plays in a Paul McCartney tribute band): All You Need is Love, Revolution, and Merry Christmas (War is Over) - the latter cunningly edited to remove any references to Christmas.
I'm wondering how you sing 'Merry Christmas, war is over' without mentioning Christmas. I just speed-hummed it and counted at least 10 uses of the word. Was there just a 'beep' in place of 'Christmas'?
ReplyDeleteMerry blankety blank to you all.