February 2010 Entries
- By Ray Holt -
That music can have profound effect on its listeners is a well known fact evidenced by the popularity of the many music events enjoyed by Glen residents this past December. As an example, spirits rose visibly higher as people relaxed hearing the Glenaires chorus sing favorite holiday songs. Even unfamiliar pieces drew strong responses. Flute and piano duets seemed to add a further dimension to the afternoon program.
When the audience was invited to sing with the chorus, smiles rippled across faces and eyes brightened in response to the leadership of Glenaires magnetic director, Mimi Holtz....
- By Betty Cortus -
This strange sounding wind instrument, the didgeridoo, was developed by the Australian Aborigines to accompany their ceremonial rites and dances eons ago. A large dead tree branch, conveniently hollowed out by bush termites forms its shell. Commonly decorated with tribal designs etched in naturally occurring earthen substances such as ocher, clay, and ash, its deep pulsating rhythms echo hauntingly throughout the bushland, as the native musician, seated on the ground, blows into one end of the tube while cradling its bottom end in his bare toes.
When Dutch-born La Costa Glen resident John Cortus emigrated...