Sunday, November 18, 2007
HAPPY (belated) BIRTHDAY!
My panhandle state celebrated its 100th birthday on Friday, November 16, 2007. The day was filled with planned events all over the state cumulating an entire year of celebrations. I, unfortunately, was unable to attend any of them.
But, I did arise with a song in my heart on Friday morning:
baba baba baba babaOoooooo-klahoma!
Where the winds come sweeping down the plains,
And the waving wheat sure smells sweet
When the winds come right behind the rains.
Visions of Rogers and Hammersteins' musical danced in my head! Then my thoughts became captivated with another vision.
Several years ago, we had a talent show of sorts for our Sunday School department. I will not divulge all the details in interest of protecting the innocent (and not so innocent), but one performance in particular always brings a smile to my face.
One of my friends provided entertainment dressed as quite the hillbilly girl singing "I'm Just a Girl Who Cain't So No" from the musical "Oklahoma!" It was a riot! She and I share the same twisted sense-of-humor that can easily get us in trouble. Her sharing with me the fact that she REALLY wanted to perform that song dressed as a pregnant hillbilly has forever imprinted that image in my thoughts.
And so my song changed from "Oklahoma!" to "I'm Just a Girl Who Cain't Say No" in a matter of heartbeats. And as so often happens with songs, it stayed with me the remainder of the morning. So while others sang "We're Oklahoma Rising" or baba baba baba baba. . . . - I simply found myself "in a turrible fix"!
Thanks my friend, I wouldn't trade that memory for anything!!
simple faith
My panhandle state celebrated its 100th birthday on Friday, November 16, 2007. The day was filled with planned events all over the state cumulating an entire year of celebrations. I, unfortunately, was unable to attend any of them.
But, I did arise with a song in my heart on Friday morning:
baba baba baba babaOoooooo-klahoma!
Where the winds come sweeping down the plains,
And the waving wheat sure smells sweet
When the winds come right behind the rains.
Visions of Rogers and Hammersteins' musical danced in my head! Then my thoughts became captivated with another vision.
Several years ago, we had a talent show of sorts for our Sunday School department. I will not divulge all the details in interest of protecting the innocent (and not so innocent), but one performance in particular always brings a smile to my face.
One of my friends provided entertainment dressed as quite the hillbilly girl singing "I'm Just a Girl Who Cain't So No" from the musical "Oklahoma!" It was a riot! She and I share the same twisted sense-of-humor that can easily get us in trouble. Her sharing with me the fact that she REALLY wanted to perform that song dressed as a pregnant hillbilly has forever imprinted that image in my thoughts.
And so my song changed from "Oklahoma!" to "I'm Just a Girl Who Cain't Say No" in a matter of heartbeats. And as so often happens with songs, it stayed with me the remainder of the morning. So while others sang "We're Oklahoma Rising" or baba baba baba baba. . . . - I simply found myself "in a turrible fix"!
Thanks my friend, I wouldn't trade that memory for anything!!
simple faith
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I remember that! It was a hoot! Was that one lifetime ago or was it two? Thank you both for the memories.
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