So there I stand. Frozen. Gripping the grocery cart so I won\u2019t fall over. I can\u2019t move. I can\u2019t talk. Thankfully my body keeps breathing because I have forgotten how you do that. Yul Brynner squats low, snatches a can of beans from the bottom shelf, rises to his feet with the feline grace of a ballet dancer and walks away. The\u00a0other<\/em>\u00a0way.<\/p>\n I\u2019m kicking myself, still, for not saying something like\u00a0\u201cthank you, thank you Mr. Brynner for your work; it has meant the world to me\u2026\u201d<\/em>\u00a0But that same day I promise myself that if I ever have another opportunity to thank someone for their contribution to my overall well-being,\u00a0I will jump on it!<\/em><\/p>\n But\u2026but\u2026but\u2026he has to change the words to \u201cWhen I\u2019m EIGHTY-FOUR.\u201d<\/p>\n According to this fellow, Sir Paul laughs and says he probably should have written the song that way in the first place. Considering Mr. McCartney will turn 73 this year, you do the math.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Hubby\u00a0Craig<\/a>\u00a0and I hope to see some of you at\u00a0The Palm Strings Ukulele Festival<\/a>\u00a0this weekend, Friday, February 6th to Sunday, Feb 8th, 2015 in beautiful Palm Springs, California. We are going to party in the warm desert sun! All ages welcome.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I saw an article about a guy who entertains at retirement homes. Of course it catches my eye because I too rove from senior community to senior clubs shaking things up with familiar songs and sing-a-longs. So this guy tells his\u00a0airport\u00a0story. The one where he sees Sir Paul McCartney in the crowd of travelers. THE Paul McCartney. This is a moment, the close-encounter-kind of moment you throw yourself at\u2026or else you regret that you didn’t. For the rest your life. … Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","kt_blocks_editor_width":"","_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogentry"],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":2,"label":"blog entry"}]},"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":{"display_name":"Cali Rose","author_link":"https:\/\/calirose.com\/wackyworld\/author\/crbauthor\/"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":2,"name":"blog entry","slug":"blogentry","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":2,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":139,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":2,"category_count":139,"category_description":"","cat_name":"blog entry","category_nicename":"blogentry","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/calirose.com\/wackyworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1258","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/calirose.com\/wackyworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/calirose.com\/wackyworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/calirose.com\/wackyworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/calirose.com\/wackyworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1258"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/calirose.com\/wackyworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1258\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1439,"href":"https:\/\/calirose.com\/wackyworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1258\/revisions\/1439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/calirose.com\/wackyworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/calirose.com\/wackyworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/calirose.com\/wackyworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"http:\/\/calirose.com\/wackyworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/yul.jpeg\" "\\"yul\\"")
<\/a>I had a similar OMG moment many years ago when I saw my fantasy doll and secret love, Yul Brynner, picking out green beans in the canned vegetable aisle at a local grocery store. Suddenly I\u2019m a little girl again, watching him dance Deborah Kerr across the movie screen in \u201cThe King And I.\u201d A moment in time that is\u00a0seared<\/em>\u00a0into my bones.<\/p>\n<\/a>So I am happy this guy in the airport grabs his brass-ring moment and thanks Sir Paul for all the great music. But the guy doesn’t stop there. He offers a \u201cback-story\u201d to the master songwriter, telling him that he plays for senior citizens and that they love to sing along with the Beatles\u2019 tunes, especially \u201cWhen I\u2019m Sixty-Four.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/a>So in the spirit of aging gracefully, I am sharing The CC Strummers\u2019 ukulele version of \u201cWhen I\u2019m Sixty-Four\u201d with you. This is our first Farmers\u2019 Market gig and we have no idea what to expect. Will people sit for a while and listen? Will they throw organic tomatoes at us? We are pleasantly surprised when a crowd of mommies and daddies, little ones, grandmothers and grandfathers, Boomers, Millennials and Gen Xers gather around and applaud us through our hour-long show.<\/p>\n<\/a>It’s all captured on this video including my irreverent comments along the way. What can I say\u2026the comedy writes itself.\u00a0CLICK HERE<\/a>\u00a0and enjoy.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n