Father's Day is approaching and what better way to celebrate than with tickets to Fenway!
Of course, if baseball is not your thing then perhaps tickets to the Boston Symphony Orchestra. And, did you hear that the Boston Symphony Orchestra just released a brand New CD for the Boston Red Sox? Though generations have come and gone, Fenway Park remains, much like it did the day it opened on April 20, 1912.
Fenway Park, the home of the Boston Red Sox is a historical place that still reverberates today the great baseball players: Cy Young, Babe Ruth, Jimmy Collins, Duffy Lewis, Tris Speaker, Harry Hooper, Joe Cronin, Bobby Doerr, Johnny Pesky, Ted Williams, Jimmie Foxx, Carlton Fisk, Jim Rice and Carl Yastrzemski, to name just a few. Oh the "bye gone daz"!!!!!!!!I have two amazing videos for you to view to celebrate Boston Pops new Red Sox Album! Just sit back and enjoy..........after you click on the links below....the videos will automatically start.
What a treat! I definitely know that Richard Cummings and Billy Melchionno will love this for sure.
http://www.bso.org/bso/mods/content1.jsp;jsessionid=YVOZC3MDVOKHGCTFQMGCFEQ?id=37200015
CLICK ON THE ABOVE UNDERLINED TO VIEW THE FIRST VIDEO
http://www.thebostonchannel.com/video/19122332/
CLICK ON THE ABOVE UNDERLINED TO VIEW THE SECOND VIDEO
And of course, if some of you guys just want to go fishing, we Red Sox fans understand!
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Both the videos are amazing. I didn't know which one I liked the best so I posted both!
ReplyDeleteLet's hear it for the Red Sox!
Hugs,Rose
Dear Rose: My upstairs neighbor works for the Boston Pops and the BSO as their assistant librarian. I actually got to go to Opening Day after the Sox won the world series because my neighbor was working for the BSO that day at Fenway and had an extra ticket.
ReplyDeleteThanks for including these on your website. Be well, Joe
Very nice...especially the Channel 5 spot. When I get up in the morning, I will check out www.mlb.com for a wrap up or "watch" the graphics of the game in progress. And the Pops are Tops. Thanks for posting it, Rose.
ReplyDeleteBatter up! Anon
Hi Rose,
ReplyDeleteThanks for the great videos. I remember my first visit to Fenway in high school. I love the park and all the history associated with it. My last visit to watch the Red Sox was on the day Mickey Mantle died. Tim Wakefield was pitching and I believe we won. :As you can see I don't get to see the games in person very often, but I love to watch them on TV.
The Pops are super, too. I have been to Symphony Hall to hear Keith Lockhart conduct the Pops. A real treat. We are so lucky to have these available to us. Boston is truly a wonderful place to call home.
Joanne N.
Hi Joanne,
ReplyDeleteI'm missing home and everything about Boston! I truly wish I could move back.....I'd be there in a heartbeat!
Anyone looking for a condo on Boca Raton? Ah, but the cost of living in New England is so much more now.
Hugs, Rose
Hi Rosie,
ReplyDeleteWas your message meant for Joanne N? In any case, I understand you missing Boston….but you must remember what it is like in the depths of winter!! Ugh! We all want to flee to the warm and sunny climates! I know that Mike and I have no desire to move to Florida or California on a permanent basis, but a couple of months in the winter sounds doable! I think that we would miss New England too much. Now that we are both retired, we do have the luxurious option of hopping on a plane whenever we desire.
I have been remiss in sending you an email regarding “The Luncheon”. It was a lovely day. It was so good to see so many old friends. Of course, I do not mean, “old” by age…even though most of us will acquire our Medicare cards this year! I hope that it will be an annual event. Also, “The Lantern” continues to be of great enjoyment. You are a gem, Rosie, and once again…gifted!
Be well!
Joanne “Struz” McCarthy
Of course I love the Sox, I guess we all do. Joann reminded me of how much I love Pops. Do you all remember when they had Revere High night at the Pops? That was my first introducton to Arthur Fiedler.(sp?) When I was going to Modern School of design, they too took us to the Pops as a part of teaching us to appreciate and understand it. I will forever thank full for that exposure to it. Some of you out there must have been a part of that group that sang at pops.......
ReplyDeleteHi Dora,
ReplyDeleteI love the Pops as well. I try to attend a performance at least once a year and usually make the Christmas Pops. I always recall the thrill of singing on that stage in that beautiful Symphony Hall and the wonder of the fact that it actually happened. All the girls were dressed in evening gowns and the boys is suits and ties. It was such an elegant evening. I clearly remember Mr. Goss, our director, and how he stood so stately in his tuxedo and was so proud of all of us. In retrospect, it was quite an achievement of which to be so proud in those days.
In later years, I accompanied many of classes of students as part of a music education program sponsored by the Revere schools. The kids were taught about the elements of the symphony and enjoyed a presentation. I don't think the program is ongoing.
In addition to the Pops, I have been a life-long fan of the Boston Red Sox. That is...in "good times" and in "not so good times!" Mike and I plan to try to visit a different ballpark each summer throughout the country. Last year we were at Camden Yards in Baltimore and this year we are going to Toronto. It is such fun to do. We have never been to Toronto, so we are looking forward to our trip in August.
I enjoy reading your comments, Dora. It was great to see you at the luncheon and catch up a bit.
Be well!
Joanne "Straz" McCarthy
Joann, to this day I remember going to the beach with you and you bringing your big radio and a beach blanket. First thing we did to settle in was to find the game on the radio. You turned the volum up just enough to tempt other young beach goers to stop and ask about the game. It always amazed me how you kept track of the game stats and could rattle them off to who ever asked. Of course we ended up with some 'intresting' young men on our blanket listening to game with us.... I do remember some of the oddest things...LOL
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ReplyDeleteI too am grateful to Mr. Goss, that fabulous, dedicated, talented man who was our teacher and Choral Club director. Thanks to him I have the fondest memory of Symphony Hall and of singing there on what can only be described as an enchanted evening. Imagine, us "kids" from Revere High standing on stage at Boston's hallowed hall and performing beautifully (said with all humility, of course). I have been there many times since but. . .terrific as the orchestras and various super stars may be, they don't thrill me the way I remember feeling on that night. . . ah, yet another wonderful memory of those bygone days.
ReplyDeleteDora,
ReplyDeleteOh, my! I had forgotten all about that! You are right; I do remember listening to the game on the beach. It always did attract an inquiry or two about the score! You made me laugh out loud...I'm still smiling! Unfortunately, I don not remember any "interesting young men" Are you sure, Dora??? LOL
I just ordered the new Pops "Red Sox Album" on-line. I am sure it will be fabulous!
Joanne
You said it well, Meri. Although the performances I have seen at Symphony Hall have all been wonderful, NOTHING has been as thrilling as the way we felt performing with the Choral Club. We were lucky kids, weren't we?
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Hi Everyone!
ReplyDeleteOh the memories! I'm ordering Pops goes the Sox CD for my kids.
Hey, I'd like to see some of your names listed as a "Follower" of the Lantern on the sidebar.
Care to give it a try?
Hugs, Rose
Joanne,
ReplyDeleteI am so glad that you remember that too, sometimes I wonder about the things I that look back on and wonder if anyone else remembers them too. They bring smiles to me to.
Would you know if the high school, or for that matter any high school, sponser any thing like that? I my self don't think that they do but you never know. It is funny how we were all such big rock n roll fans, and loved Elvis, and Cannonball Eddy, but we were taught to appreciate the Boston Pops and that we did. RHS got it right !!!!
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ReplyDeleteMerri
ReplyDeleteThat was so nicely put, I was not lucky enough to be on stage but I was lucky enough to be a part of the evening and enjoying every moment of it.