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The words speak for themselves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/523e061de4b00600a82e4ad7/1642883318609-9EK72U19DU1F4OM258HW/IMG_1367.jpg Blog - Autumn Leaves Visual Campaign - Autumn Leaves - 14 One last Autumn Leaves post for you today. In one of my previous posts I mentioned the original lyrics for Autumn Leaves were written by French poet, Jacques Prévert, and are a little more mellow than the English lyrics many of us know written by Jonny Mercer. Since Prèvert’s lyrics aren’t performed that much anymore, I thought it would be fun to share a literal English translation of them with you. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Oh, I would like you so much to remember The happy days when we were friends. In those days, life was more beautiful, And the sun brighter then today. Autumn leaves are collected with shovels… You see, I haven’t forgotten… Autumn leaves are collected with shovels, so are memories and regrets.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ And the North wind takes them Into the cold night of oblivion. You see, I haven’t forgotten The song you used to sing for me. It is a song which sounds like our life, You did love me, and I did love you. We used to live together, You who loved me, and I love you. And we used to live together; You who loved me, I who loved you ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ But the life separates those who love, Slowly and noiselessly. And the sea erases on seashore sands, The footsteps of separated lovers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/523e061de4b00600a82e4ad7/1642883302192-AK43E2Z8GCH96VN4O166/IMG_0777+copy.jpg Blog - Autumn Leaves Visual Campaign - Autumn Leaves 13 A little visuals/liner notes for you today.⠀ The visuals for Autumn Leaves - including the album art, social media campaign and video were all very much influenced and inspired by the completed audio recording. The arrangement turned out very cool and introspective, so I decided that I wanted to create more shadowy moody visuals to reflect the feel of the song. The Fall still life photography you’ve seen featured is that of my mom, Diane Micheals who allowed me to use some of her photos, and I used some of my own still life photography too. I decided that I wanted the photos of me to reflect the mood of the music as well. While it's fun to be smiley, I didn't think smiley photos of me would really fit.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Plus, as much as I love to smile and laugh, I also feel quite and introspective sometimes, so I wanted to share that side of my personality as well :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/523e061de4b00600a82e4ad7/1642883235378-FXVZRD8UTHPKCOV1PLL0/IMG_1047.jpg Blog - Autumn Leaves Visual Campaign - Autumn Leaves - 12 In honour of Autumn Leaves, I was originally planning to write a post today asking you what your favourite colour/mood of Autumn is . . . but as I look out the window there are snow flurries drifting through the air and I’m sitting here bundled up in a warm winter sweater, haha. Alas, according to my calendar it’s still not officially winter yet, so I can still squeeze in a few more Autumn related posts. So, for anyone out there still hanging on to the last vestiges of Fall, what’s your favourite Autumn colour/mood? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/523e061de4b00600a82e4ad7/1642883339976-AP7X6IPDX8GNGA840CBG/100_2607.jpg Blog - Autumn Leaves Visual Campaign - Autumn Leaves - 11 Happy Thanksgiving to all my U.S. friends and family! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Thinking about the many things I’m grateful for today, including all of you ❤️ Photo credit - Diane Michaels https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/523e061de4b00600a82e4ad7/1642883297291-XEJVHO46XZUL3BDZV9ND/Beethveen+Quote+Spelling+Correct.jpg Blog - Autumn Leaves Visual Campaign - Autumn Leaves - 8 When I first started researching Autumn Leaves I thought of it only as a classic jazz standard. As is with most things in life, I soon discovered there was more than meets the eye :)⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ As it turns out the song's composer, Joseph Kosma started his career in the world of classical music.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Kosma was born in 1905 in Budapest Hungary. He began his musical studies at an early age at the local conservatory, encouraged by his grandmother who had been a student of Franz Liszt.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ He went on to attend the the Academy of Music in Budapest, where he studied with Leo Weiner, and completed his studies in composition and conducting at the Franz Liszt Academy, where he studied with Béla Bartók.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ He spent a brief period of time in Berlin where he was assistant conductor of the Opera, before moving to France in 1933 to escape the Nazi regime.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Upon moving to France, he met poet Jacques Prévert who gave him the opportunity to make a living as he began a new career as a song writer.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Prévert introduced Kosma to film director Jean Renoir (son of impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir) which lead to Kosma scoring the first of many movie soundtracks for Renoir in 1937.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Throughout his career, Kosma would go on to compose many ballets, operas and move soundtracks - however it is the 80 songs he wrote in collaboration with Prévert that he remains most well known for today. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/523e061de4b00600a82e4ad7/1642883299646-BZDB346KTL5E01P442EC/IMG_0882+copy.jpg Blog - Autumn Leaves Visual Campaign - Autumn Leaves 7 I mentioned in one of my previous posts, that when it came to the vocal arrangement for Autumn Leaves I decided to follow Eva Cassidy's rendition quite closely as it is what made me originally fall in love with the song.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ However, when it came to the deliver of those vocals, I wanted to put my own spin on things to make it a little more unique to me.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I decided that I wanted to challenge myself to explore the quieter more controlled side of my vocal range.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I come form more of a musical theatre/live performance background where the goal is usually to be pretty loud and project to the back of the room.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ For this recording I knew I wanted to go in a completely different direction, and learn some new techniques.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ In addition to using a softer more controlled sound, I also wanted to limit the amount of vibrato used, in attempt to create a more cool introspective and haunting sound.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ While there is some use of vibrato along with a bit of loud belting sound, it is used very sparingly and only at strategic points.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I must admit, from this start it was a challenge to learn how to sing softly and also still have a supported core sound, but it was so much fun to add these new vocal colours to my tool box of sound :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/523e061de4b00600a82e4ad7/1642883329844-Y25HRQ31Z0CXUOWL7B73/IMG_3533.jpg Blog - Autumn Leaves Visual Campaign - Autumn Leaves - 7 "Do small kind deeds for other people, then they will do small kind deeds for other people, and maybe we'll start a chain reaction." ~Fred Rogers⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ On this #worldkindnessday, it only seems fitting to share a quote from someone who spent his career trying to make the world a kinder more understanding place, Mr. Fred Rogers.⠀⠀⠀ In a world that is loud, angry and divided, kindness often seems to go by the wayside - or worse yet, is regarded as a weakness to be exploited. Oh the dangerous line we cross when we stop valuing kindness.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Kindness need not be grand, it need not be fancy. All it need be is a thank you, a nod, an acknowledgement that those around us are seen, and valued . . . not for what they have accomplished, nor for what they can do for us, but as Fred would say, "for just you being you." And while we are being kind to one another, let us also remember to be kind to this place we call home, and all the animals and plants we share it with.⠀⠀⠀ Photo Credit - Diane Michaels https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/523e061de4b00600a82e4ad7/1642883321592-QEJUQSMW3M32RBKPF6C5/IMG_1037.jpg Blog - Autumn Leaves Visual Campaign - Autumn Leaves - 5 Lest We Forget and in honour this Veterans Day. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Thinking about the veterans past present and future who have sacrificed and contributed to the armed services, and the families of those veterans who make huge sacrifices as well. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Thank you. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ There are often many difficult challenges for veterans and their families upon returning home. Let them not fall into the shadows. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/523e061de4b00600a82e4ad7/1642883301951-PONBVNISMUAHZ0LPA5FS/IMG_0877+copy.jpg Blog - Autumn Leaves Visual Campaign - Autumn Leaves - 4 A little song history/liner notes post for you today! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ While we often think of Autumn Leaves as a standard American jazz tune, did you know its origins are actually French? ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ The melody for Autumn Leaves was written by French composer, Joseph Kosma in 1945 for the ballet "Le Rendez-vous", and first premiered as an instrumental work without any lyrics. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ French poet and screen writer, Jacques Prévert, who often collaborated with Kosma, set the melody to French lyrics so it could be used in the 1946 movie "Les porter de la nuit" (Gates of the Night) as a vocal feature. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ The song's original title, "Les feuilles mores" literally translates to, "The Dead Leaves", and Prévert's French lyrics are significantly more melancholy than the English lyrics most of us know so well today. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ The song eventually made it's way State side when Michael Goldsen, the head of Capitol Records publishing department heard Autumn Leaves. He fell in love with the song, and in 1950 asked American lyricist, songwriter and singer, Jonny Mercer to write English lyrics for the song. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ In addition to writing the lyrics, Mercer also retitled the song, Autumn Leaves. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Over the decades, the song has become a massive hit and repertoire staple for many jazz and mainstream artists throughout the world. It's estimated that Autumn Leaves has been recorded over 1400 times. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/523e061de4b00600a82e4ad7/1642883444064-2RNHPB8IKSI870K5KPOR/IMG_9729.jpg Blog - Autumn Leaves Visual Campaign - Autumn Leaves - 3 A little history for you today about one of my favourite vocal artists, the legendary Eva Cassidy! As I mentioned in my song release post the other day, my cover of Autumn Leaves was deeply inspired by Eva Cassidy's arrangement of this tune. In fact it was her recording of Autumn Leaves that made me fall in love with the song in the first place.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ If you haven't heard her recordings you should defiantly check them out, you won't be disappointed!⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Cassidy who hailed from the Washington D.C. area was known for her interpretations of jazz, folk and blues music.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ A quiet person with a powerful voice capable of singing in any style, Cassidy was never signed by a record company, as her voice did not fit one distinct marketable genre.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ As a result, she released two self produced albums, and supported herself working as a plant propagator and muralist.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Tragically she died in 1996 at age 33 from melanoma just as her career was starting to gather momentum in the D.C. area.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Two years after her death, Cassidy's music was brought to the attention of British audiences when her recordings were played on BBC Radio 2. This lead to her music charting in the UK almost three years after its original release.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Her posthumously released recordings have sold more than ten million copies worldwide.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Her story always reminds me how unforeseen and fleeting this journey though life can be. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Photo Credit - Diane Michaels https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/523e061de4b00600a82e4ad7/1642883335785-438LSXJGIORZ1FDHUB5R/IMG_3155.jpg Blog - Autumn Leaves Visual Campaign - Autumn Leaves 1 As the days grow short and the nights grow long, soon we'll hear old winter's song.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ As the falling leaves drift by your window, journey with me through the contemplative, introspective, haunting and shadowy moods of Autumn.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ New music is coming tomorrow, and you might have already guessed what it is from the text in this post :)⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ If not, check back tomorrow, and let the journey begin.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Photo credit - Diane Michaels https://carmenlasceski.com/blog/the-deep-dead-of-winter2192019 monthly 0.5 2025-08-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/523e061de4b00600a82e4ad7/02b6f402-477f-4d47-ba1e-3a7f5a6c7b15/The+Deep+Dead+of+Winter Blog - The Deep Dead Of Winter https://carmenlasceski.com/blog/world-kindness-day-thoughts11132021 monthly 0.5 2025-08-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/523e061de4b00600a82e4ad7/34daeda7-0394-49e0-8160-5df6bda8eb61/carmen-lasceski-custers-world-kindnessday-thoughts Blog - World Kindness Day Thoughts - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://carmenlasceski.com/blog/over-the-rainbow-visual-campaign9242021 monthly 0.5 2025-08-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/523e061de4b00600a82e4ad7/1632516717458-WX4144LJFBRPMV8KZ8XK/17.jpeg Blog - Over The Rainbow Visual Campaign - 21) Over The Rainbow - Carmen Lasceski-Custers This was an extra photo that didn’t make the final cut, but I thought fit nicely with the over all visual theme :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/523e061de4b00600a82e4ad7/1632516735851-HEY7PLXD36WE9ZCPR2ZC/apple_.jpeg Blog - Over The Rainbow Visual Campaign - 20) Over The Rainbow - Carmen Lasceski-Custers One last flower post to close things out. This one didn't quite make the campaign - but I had to share it anyways. I took the photo this past spring, while I was walking around waiting to get the snow tires taking off my car . . . now I'm walking around again while I wait to get them put back on, haha :) Oh the seasons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/523e061de4b00600a82e4ad7/1632516728538-TYMOPFHC9LUIRF6U0LFC/43.jpeg Blog - Over The Rainbow Visual Campaign - 19) Over The Rainbow - Carmen Lasceski-Custers And with that, it's a wrap on our Over The Rainbow journey! I think this photo accurately expresses my excitement at both completing this project, and sharing it with you!! I would like to thank you for coming along on this journey with me, and thank you for your time! Stay tuned, as there are more projects on the way! Until next time ~ Carmen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/523e061de4b00600a82e4ad7/1632516791292-39OTNBVCA5BE1B1O5VR7/white+flower+1.jpeg Blog - Over The Rainbow Visual Campaign - 18) Over The Rainbow - Carmen Lasceski-Custers One last song history post for you today! As we come close to the end of our Rainbow journey, it only seems fitting to visit our composer friends, Harburg and Arlen one last time and hear about how they finished writing Over The Rainbow. Apparently both men were stuck on an ending for the song, and they asked Ira Gershwin for a little help. When asked why he suggested end the song with a questions, "Why or why can't I?", Gershwin's later said, "Well, it was getting to be a long evening." So there you have it, when Gershwin says it's time to call it an evening, you call it an evening :) Photo curtesy of tiny flowers that grow in concrete jungles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/523e061de4b00600a82e4ad7/1632516774054-KDE4XR3K03DO8YBF8GW0/Rainbow+text+4.jpeg Blog - Over The Rainbow Visual Campaign - 17) Over The Rainbow - Carmen Lasceski-Custers Our Over The Rainbow journey is coming close to an end ... just a few more posts to go. I've spent a lot time on this trip doing the talking, haha ... and I'd love to do a little listening :) What do you wish for when you see bird's fly over the rainbow? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/523e061de4b00600a82e4ad7/1632516711988-O3KKB8G71C5QD8UBUZP3/2.jpeg Blog - Over The Rainbow Visual Campaign - 16) Over The Rainbow - Carmen Lasceski-Custers Another song history post for you today! E.Y. Harburg, who wrote the lyrics for Over The Rainbow often wove a theme of hope into his works. This was in part due to the fact that he experienced hardship thought his life. He was born the son of poor Jewish immigrants living in New York. He gradually worked his way up, and established a thriving electrical supply business, just to have it whipped out at its peak by the 1929 Great Depression. While devastating on many levels, this also proved to be a creative catalyst for him. He later told the New York Times, "The capitalists saved me in 1929, just as we were worth, oh, about a quarter of a million dollars. Bang! The whole thing blew up. I was left with a pencil and finally had to write for a living." As a writer, his specialty was lyrics that looked for a better tomorrow. He said, "We worked for in our songs a sort of better world, a rainbow world. Now, my generation unfortunately never succeeded in making that rainbow world, so we can't hand it down to you. But we could hand down our songs, which still hang on to hope and laughter ... in times of confusion." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/523e061de4b00600a82e4ad7/1632516735846-E4Q737JZFPV5IJ2QQGG1/bird+3.jpeg Blog - Over The Rainbow Visual Campaign - 15) Over The Rainbow - Carmen Lasceski-Custers Birds fly over the rainbow . . . Incase you missed it, both the behind the scenes video and official music video for Over The Rainbow are now live on my YouTube channel! Bird sculpture one of my favourites that sits on my living room bookshelf - curtesy of my husband who know's my bird affinity and @roomforyou where he purchased it for me :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/523e061de4b00600a82e4ad7/1632516799899-RR65JPDZRARFFTITXR17/IMG_2511.jpg Blog - Over The Rainbow Visual Campaign - 13) Over The Rainbow - Carmen Lasceski-Custers A another music/movie history post today! I've spoken a little bit about the composer's behind Over The Rainbow, but I can't leave out the most iconic vocalist of all time to sing this song, the legendary Miss Judy Garland! Judy Garland was only 16 years old when she first recorded Over The Rainbow on the MGM soundstage in 1938. In an interesting twist, Garland who had already been given the role of Dorthy was almost replaced by Shirley Temple who was considered a bigger box office draw at the time. However Temple was under contract to 20th Century Fox at the time, and she was having a hard time hitting the notes of the songs in rehearsals. This led the studio to keep Garland in the title role. In 1939 Garland received an Academy Juvenal Award for her performance in the Wizard of Oz. Upon accepting the award she was urged to sing Over The Rainbow- which she did - but had a hard time getting through it because she was so excited. Over The Rainbow would go on to become Garland's signature song which she performed for over 35 years. Despite her original recording being entered in the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress as music that is considered culturally, historically, or artistically significant, her recording never found its way to the singles charts. Leaves courtesy of late summer walks and cloudy days. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/523e061de4b00600a82e4ad7/1632516712250-OTNPKQEZ03F9RXBZAVQR/17+2.jpeg Blog - Over The Rainbow Visual Campaign - 12) Over The Rainbow - Carmen Lasceski-Custers For me, deciding how I wanted to deliver the vocals for Over The Rainbow was one of the most intimidating parts of the project. This such a beloved song, and there are so many amazing renditions out there, it was hard for me to know how exactly to approach it. In the end, I decided that above all else, I wanted it to be warm, and I hope it shows :) As a song that has been inducted into many halls of fame, it has been covered by more artists and more times that I can count! Notable covers include, Tori Amos, Liza Minnelli, Harry Connick Jr., Israel Kamakawiwo'ole, Eva Cassidy, Cliff Richard, Ariana Grande, Patti LaBelle and the Bluebelles, Kathrine McPhee and more. What's your favourite rendition of Over The Rainbow? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/523e061de4b00600a82e4ad7/1632516779138-SGN4WXVG6LQ6Y60NW0N0/Rainbow+Text.jpeg Blog - Over The Rainbow Visual Campaign - 11) Over The Rainbow - Carmen Lasceski-Custers Just a step beyond the rain . . . Incase you missed it, the official music video for Over The Rainbow is now live on my YouTube channel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/523e061de4b00600a82e4ad7/1632516795885-RGPQE60YWPY5L7X41VRE/yellow+flowers+2.jpeg Blog - Over The Rainbow Visual Campaign - 9) Over The Rainbow - Carmen Lasceski-Custers When I was thinking about how to create the visuals for Over The Rainbow, the word that kept coming to my mind was, Technicolor. I knew I wanted to create a visual campaign filled with colour, but I wanted to put a slightly non-traditional spin on it. To that end I wanted to create Technicolor though nature, specifically florals. The backdrop you see in the cover art, and supporting visual photos of me for Over The Rainbow were all created with live florals. Stay tuned for more behind the scenes tidbits to come! What's your favourite nature inspired technicolour element? Flowers curtesy of summer walks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/523e061de4b00600a82e4ad7/1632516719065-CW15V65JTETN6XH6JJFP/28.jpeg Blog - Over The Rainbow Visual Campaign - 8) Over The Rainbow - Carmen Lasceski-Custers A little more song and movie history for you today! Did you know that Over The Rainbow was almost cut from the movie, The Wizard of Oz? For an advanced screening, the executives at MGM removed Over The Rainbow as they felt it slowed down the film, and it was too far over the heads of the film's intended audience, children. In addition studio head, Louis B. Mayer thought it sounded, "like something for Jaenette MacDonald, not for a little girl singing in a barnyard." Luckily for fans of the song, producer, Mervyn LeRoy associate producer, Arthur Freed, and Judy Garlands's vocal coach, Roger Edens all stepped in to fight for the song. Freed apparently told Mayer, "The song stays - or I go," to which Mayer replied: "Let the boys have the damn song. Put it back in the picture. It can't hurt." It's a good thing Mayer threw caution to the wind . . . to his credit he was right . . . it didn't hurt :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/523e061de4b00600a82e4ad7/1632516749167-LAZSASIQ2FGS7PEB3QKC/faris+wheel.jpeg Blog - Over The Rainbow Visual Campaign - 7) Over The Rainbow - Carmen Lasceski-Custers Up, up and away! Just incase you missed it, my single of Over The Rainbow is now live on all major streaming and download platforms! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/523e061de4b00600a82e4ad7/1632516784180-GQXF7RV4F312UNN4L8NI/skyle.jpeg Blog - Over The Rainbow Visual Campaign - 5) Over The Rainbow - Carmen Lasceski-Custers Somewhere Over The Rainbow, skies are blue... My cover single of Over The Rainbow is available for streaming and download on all major platforms tomorrow (September 30th)!! Spotify, Apple Music, Pandora, YouTube, Bandcamp, iTimes, Soundcloud, Deezer, Title, even TikTok . . . you name it, I'll be there :) Link will be in my bio tomorrow once everything is live. I hope to see you on your favourite streaming platform :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/523e061de4b00600a82e4ad7/1632516761652-1IOFRPH4ISM3FTXLZ69R/painting_.jpeg Blog - Over The Rainbow Visual Campaign - 4) Over The Rainbow - Carmen Lasceski-Custers I can still remember the first time I saw the movie, The Wizard of Oz. It used to play on T.V. every year on evening before U.S. Thanksgiving. While I always loved the story and Dorthy's ruby slippers, I must admit the flying monkey's used to freak me out a bit, haha. The evening before Thanksgiving was always filled with lots of food preparations, and I can remember standing over the stove helping my mom cook, while strategically positioning myself so I could still see the T.V. in the living room. Whenever I see the Wizard of Oz, or hear Over The Rainbow, it always takes me back to those Thanksgiving Eve's. Do you have any special memories of the Wizard of Oz, or Over The Rainbow? Painting - one of my favourites that always hangs in my bedroom. A swirl of starry colour. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/523e061de4b00600a82e4ad7/1632516747227-2DVRLOMRM9TLR9J8HHWQ/flox+3.jpeg Blog - Over The Rainbow Visual Campaign - 3) Over The Rainbow - Carmen Lasceski-Custers A little bit of song history for you today! "Over The Rainbow" was written by lyricist E.Y. Harburg and composer, Harold Arlen for the 1939 film classic, The Wizard of Oz. The pair who worked together often, created several previous hits including, "It's Only A Paper Moon." Arlen came up with the melody for Over The Rainbow while sitting in his car in front of a Schawb's Drug Store in Hollywood. Harburg hated it at first because he thought it was far too slow. After consulting with Ira Gershwin, Arlen sped up the tempo, after which Harburg wrote the lyrics. 75 years later and the song still beloved classic. In 2001 it was voted the greatest song of the 20th century in a joint survey by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Recording Industry Association of America. Flowers curtesy of April showers and spring walks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/523e061de4b00600a82e4ad7/1632516767722-JCC6A1K0MTTYLPOAHL6H/Rainbow+Text+1.jpeg Blog - Over The Rainbow Visual Campaign - 2) Over The Rainbow - Carmen Lasceski-Custers Leave it to lyricist, E.Y. Harburg to craft eight simple words into a thought that expresses so much. I have often wondered if he knew exactly how timeless his lyrics for Over The Rainbow would be. 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