POSING FOR THE PURPOSE OF PUBLICITY
It appears these Suffragettes are marching in uniform which is a form of publicity, is it not. So I have taken publicity shots of the Pine Cone Players & Pine Cone Singers and shown a few pix taken for advertising in the local newspaper.
2009, Pine Cone Players:
“Groveland’s Got Talent”
2010: “Reminiscing down at Al’s Café”
(The fellow up there in
back is on stilts)
1992, Pine Cone Singers spring
concert: “The Music of Lerner & Lowe”.
Publicity photos for the Pine Cone Singers were taken in the community
hall in the early days, but gradually began to be taken elsewhere – sometimes
in the church sanctuary where our concerts are performed with the group posing
in either the pews or ‘on stage’. But
there were times when we went outside – sometimes, even, to another location
entirely!
2006 spring concert:
“Music, Ageless & Always” posing in the pews.
2018 holiday concert:
“What Sweeter Music” in the pews, trying to look like a Christmas tree.
1999 holiday concert: “Candles
in the Window” ‘on stage’
2009 spring concert: “Hit
Me with a Hot Note” ‘on stage’
2004 spring concert: “And
All That Jazz” And we’re outside.
2008 spring concert: “If
Music be the Food of Love” There is a
large tree with a bench around it growing in the center of the church’s front
patio and a number of group photos have been taken around it. . .
2010 spring concert: “An
American Tapestry” For this one we went
down behind the church where there was a children’s playground and the group
had fun posing on and around it.
But for 1997’s spring concert:
“Broadway & Apple Pie”, we went totally ‘off campus’ to a local hotel and
used their multilevel balcony to pose on.
As I recall the weekend of this concert was just before Memorial Day and
the concert concluded with a rousing salute to the armed forces followed by
“God Bless America” and the chorus and audience together singing the “Star
Spangled Banner”.
I wish we could get away
from soloists singing the “Star Spangled Banner” in their various convoluted
ways – at least once in a while - and
just have them lead the crowd in singing it with
them. It’s been so long since I’ve heard
a whole stadium of folks singing our National Anthem. Wouldn’t it be wonderful to hear 75,000
people (or however many) sing it together in full voice? I say this with a chagrinned smile, however, because
I’ve sung our National Anthem solo for many events but today, I would ask
people to join me, not just sit there and listen.
:->
La Nightingail
There should be those opportunities to sing along with the National Anthem. Loved seeing all these troops in various costumes!
ReplyDeleteThis was a terrific choice to fit the theme! I'm always on the lookout for group photos like these which have an informal spontaneous quality that shows more individual personalities unlike the formal "team" photos where everyone is arranged in neat rank and file order. I also admire your costume director getting all those hats. I share your wish to have more collective singing of national songs at public events. It is one of the few opportunities for collective participation in music that, sadly, is missing in modern times.
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