{"id":724,"date":"2013-05-25T09:04:18","date_gmt":"2013-05-25T16:04:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/calirose.com\/blog\/?p=724"},"modified":"2013-05-25T09:04:18","modified_gmt":"2013-05-25T16:04:18","slug":"hello-goodbye-sing-along","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/calirose.com\/wackyworld\/hello-goodbye-sing-along\/","title":{"rendered":"HELLO? GOODBYE? SING ALONG!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>\u201cThere\u2019s a little goodbye in ev\u2019ry hello.\u201d Now\u00a0that\u2019s<\/em>\u00a0a sobering thought. Who wants to think about \u201cending\u201d just as we are \u201cbeginning\u201d — a friendship, a love affair, a you-name-it relationship with a\u00a0who<\/em>\u00a0or a\u00a0what<\/em>?<\/p>\n

And this happens to be one of the songs on my new ukulele CD \u201cSmile, Smile, Smile.\u201d The idea for this tune begins the day I learn that one of my mentors has died. First there is \u201cthe phone call.\u201d Then the rush of emotions that follows when \u201cgoodbye\u201d smacks you in the face. And the heart.<\/p>\n

And wouldn\u2019t you know it, I also have a gig that day\u2026 \u201cHappy Hour\u201d at a fancy retirement home across town. Oh lovely. What I really want to do is crawl back into bed, pull the blanket over my head and wish the world away. Hanging out with slightly inebriated seniors and singing songs like \u201cOn the Sunny Side of the Street\u201d is not my idea of\u00a0happy<\/em>. Well not today anyway.<\/p>\n

But this mentor, along with my other teachers, taught me to \u201cbe a pro.\u201d To show up at the gig, no matter how I’m feeling<\/em>. \u00a0And on time. Prepared. Looking good. They drilled it into my bones and doing an ostrich dance is not an option. So I slap on the Maybelline, grab a colorful frock from the closet and go to work.<\/p>\n

In fact I arrive so early there\u2019s extra time to hang out and that\u2019s when I find Francesca. Or maybe she finds me\u2026 \u201cHow are you dear?\u201d she asks, looking up from the big yellow granny square she is crocheting. I tell her the truth. That I am not okay and then I launch into my story. She lays the nest of yarn in her lap and listens, really listens. The quality of her attention is an act of kindness that resonates with me. Still.<\/p>\n

When I finally wear myself out, Francesca speaks. This ninety-three year old who has loved and lost and above all, is still here, turns into a Zen master, right before my eyes, and lays some wisdom on me that is akin to alchemy. I am transformed by her words.<\/p>\n

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A first at Sunburst Recording… 19 Ukuleles!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

And I am determined to put these words into a song and that\u2019s what \u201cThere\u2019s A Little Goodbye in Ev\u2019ry Hello\u201d is all about. And what better way to explore hard human truth than to\u00a0lay on<\/em>\u00a0a jaunty melody,\u00a0lay off<\/em>\u00a0the sad minor chords and turn the whole thing into a sing-a-long.<\/p>\n

I need help from my friends. Enter The CC Strummers, my ukulele ohana. So one sunny Saturday in February, nineteen hearty grandmas and grandpas join me at Sunburst Recording to perform on my CD.\u00a0In return I provide all-you-can eat pizza, promise to put their names and group picture inside the album and deliver their complimentary CD with a hug.<\/p>\n

Done!!!<\/p>\n

During the session, I take a short video and you know what\u2026it will make you smile.\u00a0(Click here to watch).<\/a>\u00a0But you\u2019ll have to listen to the whole song to find out what Francesca told me that day. The CD is coming soon!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cThere\u2019s a little goodbye in ev\u2019ry hello.\u201d Now\u00a0that\u2019s\u00a0a sobering thought. Who wants to think about \u201cending\u201d just as we are \u201cbeginning\u201d — a friendship, a love affair, a you-name-it relationship with a\u00a0who\u00a0or a\u00a0what? And this happens to be one of the songs on my new ukulele CD \u201cSmile, Smile, Smile.\u201d The idea for this tune begins the day I learn that one of my mentors has died. First there is \u201cthe phone call.\u201d Then the rush of emotions that follows … Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"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":[41],"class_list":["post-724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogentry","tag-ukulele"],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":2,"label":"blog entry"}],"post_tag":[{"value":41,"label":"ukulele"}]},"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":138,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":2,"category_count":138,"category_description":"","cat_name":"blog entry","category_nicename":"blogentry","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":[{"term_id":41,"name":"ukulele","slug":"ukulele","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":41,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":15,"filter":"raw"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/calirose.com\/wackyworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/724","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=724"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/calirose.com\/wackyworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/724\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/calirose.com\/wackyworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/calirose.com\/wackyworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/calirose.com\/wackyworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}