[Magdalen] Rapapumpum
Grace Cangialosi
gracecan at gmail.com
Thu Dec 22 03:23:14 UTC 2016
I just watched the clip--I loved that show!
> On Dec 21, 2016, at 5:09 PM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> A real delight, even if I have no concept of the South African symbolism in
> the piece. It's obviously striving to show everyone coming together, which
> is something fervently to be hoped in every country, nation, land and place.
>
> I remember when the song first came out. It's on the surface a shallow
> little Xmas money-maker, but, no, it has captured hearts of many. It was
> used as a background for one of the most moving episodes in The West Wing,
> when Toby exceeds his authority to arrange a military funeral for a
> homeless vet who had gotten Toby's old coat at a thrift shop, and it had
> Toby's business card in it, so he got The Call.
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqLIH2UiPXg
>
> James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
> *“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
> except in memory. LLAP**” -- *Leonard Nimoy
>
> On Tue, Dec 20, 2016 at 12:43 AM, Sally Davies <sally.davies at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> This says it all, with love sunshine and bread from South Africa!
>>
>> http://pnpaddyourvoice.co.za/?_ga=1.3689520.1867435685.1456844731
>>
>> Sally D
>>
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