{"id":1756,"date":"2017-01-01T18:11:17","date_gmt":"2017-01-01T18:11:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/calirose.com\/wackyworld\/?p=1756"},"modified":"2018-07-28T12:57:25","modified_gmt":"2018-07-28T19:57:25","slug":"2017-really","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/calirose.com\/wackyworld\/2017-really\/","title":{"rendered":"2017! REALLY?"},"content":{"rendered":"

“I have always felt that laughter in the face of reality is probably the finest sound there is and will last until the day when the game is called on account of darkness. In this world, a good time to laugh is any time you can.” \u2014 Linda Ellerbee<\/p>\n

So laugh lots. And then laugh some more in this new year!<\/p>\n

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Craig and I sneaked to Palm Springs last weekend to recharge our batteries and visit our ukulele friends in the beautiful Coachella Valley. I usually get hauled away from my music, kicking and screaming, but this time I am willingly absconded. It’s been a tough year and I know a little change of scenery would do me good.<\/p>\n

I get to sit next to brass<\/em> Lucy and freeze my ass off taking the Windmill Tour.<\/p>\n

I Love Lucy! Downtown Palm Springs. Photo by Craig Brandau<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Tour Guide Randy and I and all those windmills reflected in the bus window on this beautiful blustery day. Cool photo by Craig Brandau<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Photo by Craig Brandau<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

So flash forward.<\/p>\n

It’s a brilliant chilly New Years morning here in Culver City and one more time I’m going through piles of papers and clippings and “to-do” lists on my desk. Why should this morning be any different from yesterday? I’m just another traveler on the space-time continuum. \u00a0Holidays are a fun distraction, until they aren’t. So it’s back to work for me. Happily, I might add. \u00a0And that includes bringing you up to “ukulele” speed.<\/p>\n

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The CC Strummers at our Holiday Show at The Culver City Senior Center<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Teaching The CC Strummers, my ukulele group, is a special joy for me and last year we learned our first instrumental: Pachelbel’s Canon. We play that thing over and over and over–in both classes, beginners and intermediate. They strum. They fingerpick. I play lead as we rehearse for our Holiday Extravaganza\u00a0at The Culver City Senior Center. Where else can you hear “I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas” and a classical canon from 1694 in the same show?<\/p>\n

Oh and this was the first time both classes played it together. In front of like 200 people. I am\u00a0sweating it. Lordy. And banging my boot on the floor to help keep us in time. You’d think I was clogging or something.<\/p>\n

But we pull it off and I am\u00a0ready to pee in my pants I am\u00a0so excited. Want to watch?\u00a0\u00a0CLICK HERE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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I think 2017 is going to be another wild ride. Just a feeling…<\/p>\n

Music gets me through and I see how it comforts and inspires others. I hope lots of people got ukuleles for Christmas or Hanukkah or\u00a0whatever<\/em>. Now, let’s make some music. Both my Ukulele for Beginners Class and OnGoing Ukulele Workshop & Jam begin Saturday, January 14, 2017 at Boulevard Music<\/a> in Culver City. Please join us.<\/p>\n

So this morning we woke up. The rest is gravy. Enjoy today, this year, in good health. And laugh, laugh laugh…<\/p>\n

And thank you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“I have always felt that laughter in the face of reality is probably the finest sound there is and will last until the day when the game is called on account of darkness. In this world, a good time to laugh is any time you can.” \u2014 Linda Ellerbee So laugh lots. And then laugh some more in this new year! ________________________ Craig and I sneaked to Palm Springs last weekend to recharge our batteries and visit our ukulele friends … Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3177,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","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-1756","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blogentry"],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":2,"label":"blog entry"}]},"featured_image_src_large":["https:\/\/calirose.com\/wackyworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/blog-slide-1-1024x477.jpg",1024,477,true],"author_info":{"display_name":"Cali Rose","author_link":"https:\/\/calirose.com\/wackyworld\/author\/crbauthor\/"},"comment_info":1,"category_info":[{"term_id":2,"name":"blog entry","slug":"blogentry","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":2,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":138,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":2,"category_count":138,"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\/1756","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=1756"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/calirose.com\/wackyworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1756\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3689,"href":"https:\/\/calirose.com\/wackyworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1756\/revisions\/3689"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/calirose.com\/wackyworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3177"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/calirose.com\/wackyworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/calirose.com\/wackyworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/calirose.com\/wackyworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}