We Shall Overcome

We Shall Overcome was the anthem of the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s.  I cannot hear even now without becoming misty eyed at what it means.  Well, Guy Carawan, the person credited with teaching it to students in the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee http://www.sncc50thanniversary.org/sncc.html, died last week.  NPR had a story about him this week http://www.npr.org/2015/05/06/404739729/guy-carawan-musician-known-for-we-shall-overcome-dies.

That was probably a little known piece of history, but still well worth noting.  And, important to not the passing of Guy Carawan. 

Sing-A-Long

One of my favorite musicals is The Sound of Music.   ABC is airing it tonight in a sing-a-long version http://abc.go.com/shows/movies-and-specials/listings/the-sound-of-music-singalong. When there is a song, the words come on the screen, and change color as they are song by the characters of the movie.

This is reminiscent of "Sing Along with Mitch" http://www.tv.com/shows/sing-along-with-mitch/. Many people thought this was a corny show then, and think it is still corny.  I have to wonder if they would think a movie sing-a-long is corny. 

I don't.

Not only that, but for many of my favorite musicals, I can pretty much sing the songs anyway.  I am especially bad about Fiddler on the Roof.  I went to see a community theater production of that, and I knew a lot of the dialogue as well as the lyrics, I have seen it so much.

Anyway, I love the idea of being encouraged to sing along.