Advent Albums: Day 3

Some people may think me a nut, yet the holiday season can never be fully enjoyed without Nutcracker music! I danced with the Moscow Ballet's Nutcracker for 5 years in a row when I was younger. Some of my best dance memories are from that! 

The first half sounds exactly like the Moscow's rendition although this is the Bolshoi Ballet's. The second half there are some variations with the way the music is played. Still an amazing treasure to listen to! Makes my feet want to get up and dance!❤❤❤

Throwback Tuesday: Mother Ginger....continued!!

So last year, I posted Mother Ginger!! :~D 

As today marks exactly one year since I posted the post, I thought I'd share a couple pictures from this year's Mother Ginger! Same costume, but updated as now you can see how it works! 

Mother Ginger is a doll from the Nutcracker Ballet! She has little children hiding under her skirt...

It's a lot of fun to do this dance....except when they all get goofy and start tickling your legs!! *shudder*

Winslow photo-bomb!!! :~D

All in all, dancing our mini-Nutcracker has to be one of the highlights of our Christmas season! T-Tot is Clara, and the Russian doll; Lil' G is the Chinese doll and the Spanish doll; L-Jo is our Arabian doll; and I'm the Sugar Plum Fairy, the French doll, the Arabian doll, and Mother Ginger!!

Throwback Tuesday: Dressed for the Holiday Social Season

With Thanksgiving only a couple days away, the start of the holiday season is here! 

This is a perfect outfit if you are going: 

to a dinner, 

the opera, 

a performance of Nutcracker ballet, 

a classy vintage movie theater to watch a Christmas classic such as  

It's a Wonderful Life or The Christmas Carol,

being a hostess for Thanksgiving,

attending a party,

going to the symphony,

enjoying a delightful tea,

or just dressing up for fun this holiday season!

Timeless yet elegant for any social event this holiday season!

**disclaimer** I wouldn't recommend wearing this for one of those ugly holiday sweater contest parties. It just doesn't seem appropriate..... ;~)

Friendly Friday: My Music boxes

My music boxes each tell a story.

About me.

This one, the girl and the bear, is from my Grandma.  She said it looked like me and my Uncle's bear Goldie. And it did/does. The tune:

Playmate, come out and play with me
And bring your dolly 3
Climb up my apple tree
Slide down my rainbow
Into my cellar door
And we’ll be jolly friends
Forever more, more, more, more!
Playmate, I cannot play with you
My dolly has the flu
Boo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo
Ain’t got no rainbow
Ain’t got no cellar door
But we’ll be jolly friends
Forever more, more, more, more
Say, say oh playmate
Come out and play with me
We’ll have a tea party
Under my cherry tree
Dance on my back porch
Roll on my grassy floor
And we’ll be jolly friends
Forever more, more, more, more!
Playmate, I cannot play with you
My dolly has the flu
Boo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo
Ain’t got no back porch
Ain’t got no grassy floor
But we’ll be jolly friends
Forever more, more, more, more
Say, say oh playmate
Come out and play with me
We’ll sing so happily
Swing from my willow tree
Jump through my sprinkler
Hopscotch to number 4
And we’ll be jolly friends
Forever more, more, more, more!
Playmate, I cannot play with you
My dolly has the flu
Boo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo
Ain’t got no sprinkler
Ain’t got no number 4
But we’ll be jolly friends
Forever more, more, more, more

These 2 each have a separate story.  The right is the first time I was an Angel in the Moscow Ballet Nutcracker. One day this past spring, the cat knocked it over. :~( A very good friend at Church fixed it for me. The left is the second time I was an angel. They both play different tunes from the Nutcracker.

These 3 are for left: When I was a Variation, middle & left: When I was a mouse, (2x). I danced 5 times in the nutcracker, The Moscow Ballet Nutcracker!I loved doing it. The 2 nutcracker boxes play the same tune as the Angel music box on the left. The other plays "You are my sunshine". My Mom used to sing me that every day before I took a nap.

This is from my "adopted" "aunt', a really good friend of the family. When ever I play it, I think of her. I do not know the name of the tune, but it is really familiar.

This is my absolutely favorite one. (The worst picture is of my favorite music box). It doesn't look like much but I could sit and listen to the unknown tune for hours. It was in a piano, but the piano broke. I saved this part, I love it so much.

What music makes you think of your past?