It’s Saturday night as I write this, and we have spent nearly our first full day in London, UK. I actually left Honolulu on Wednesday night after an extremely busy day, including having an eye injection in the morning, a session with my amigas in Spanish, and a dentist’s appointment in the late afternoon. With… Read More We are in London!
Seventy four years ago, on June 2, 1953, a 27-year-old Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor was crowned Queen Elizabeth II in an almost 3-hour ceremony, which was preceded by a 5-mile long procession. 8,251 people attended the service at Westminster Abbey, and the coronation was the first to be televised. Elizabeth’s coronation was also the second… Read More Music for a Coronation
I subscribe to an electronic mailing list about pipe organs, and of course, music for the Royal Wedding did not escape notice. Earlier I gave you a link for all the music that was performed for Prince William and Kate Middleton, which included a lot of music which did not get television coverage. (Yes, I… Read More Weddings, royal and otherwise