HAROLYN BLACKWELL - HEAVEN'S VOICE ON EARTH
WHILE WATCHING TELEVISION, I SAW MARVIN HAMLISCH PLAYING WITH THE NATIONAL SYMPHONY AT KENNEDY CENTER IN WASHINGTON, D.C. - THE GUEST SINGER WAS MY COUSIN, HAROLYN BLACKWELL.
HAROLYN GOT A STANDING OVATION AT THIS 2003 CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION, DEDICATED TO THE UNITED STATES MILITARY PERSONNEL SERVING AROUND THE WORLD.
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IN CASE YOU ARE INCLINED TO ASK, NO ONE MENTIONED THE HOURS OF PRACTICE AND MUSIC LESSONS I DEVOTED TO MAKING HAROLYN INTO THE BRILLIANT VOCAL STYLIST SHE IS TODAY.
IT IS ONLY NATURAL THAT AFTER SINGING WITH PAVOROTTI AND ON THE BROADWAY STAGE AND AT CONCERT HALLS AROUND THE WORLD, SHE MAY HAVE FORGOTTEN THOSE WHO HELPED HER REACH THESE HIGH PLACES.
BUT THAT IS THE ROLE I PLAY, TO ALWAYS BE IN THE BACKGROUND, NEVER DRAWING ATTENTION TO MYSELF, AS I SHARE MY EXPERTISE IN ALL THINGS, WITH MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY -- A THANKLESS JOB, BUT I DO IT AND TAKE PRIDE IN SEEING THOSE WHO ARE LESS TALENTED THAN MYSELF, GO ON TO FAME AND FORTUNE, WHILE I REMAIN HERE IN SIMPSONVILLE, A POOR, HUMBLE SERVANT TO MY "PEOPLES" - AS I RUN ONE STEP AHEAD OF THE COUNTY MOBILE HOME TAX COLLECTOR.
OF COURSE, THIS IS ALL ABOUT HAROLYN, AND NOT ABOUT ME AND MY STRUGGLE TO SURVIVE ON THE CRUEL AND HOSTILE STREETS OF SIMPSONVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA; A PLACE FULL OF JEALOUS PEOPLE, WHO ARE OUT TO GET ME AND WHO HATE ME JUST BECAUSE I AM BETTER THAN THEY ARE IN EVERYWAY.
PEOPLE WHO SEEK TO LABEL ME PARANOID, NARCISSISTIC AND DELUSIONAL - OBVIOUSLY, THESE ARE BASELESS ALLEGATIONS, UNWORTHY OF COMMENT.
BUT, I DIGRESS ----- CONGRATULATIONS TO HAROLYN ON HER ARTISTRY AND MAYBE NEXT TIME, SHE WILL REMEMBER TO MENTION MY CONTRIBUTION TO HER SUCCESS, NOT THAT I REALLY CARE OR WOULD EVER MAKE AN ISSUE OF IT.
ALL JOKING ASIDE ------ MUCH LOVE TO A WONDERFUL SINGER AND A BEAUTIFUL PERSON.
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Hailed by audiences and critics alike as a “model of agility, spunk, charm, and silvery tone,” Harolyn Blackwell is a familiar performer at the Metropolitan Opera, San Francisco Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Seattle Opera, Glyndebourne, and Aix-en-Provence. Also an accomplished singer of the concert repertoire and recitalist, she has performed with the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, and Dallas Symphonies, and the New York Philharmonic
WHILE WATCHING TELEVISION, I SAW MARVIN HAMLISCH PLAYING WITH THE NATIONAL SYMPHONY AT KENNEDY CENTER IN WASHINGTON, D.C. - THE GUEST SINGER WAS MY COUSIN, HAROLYN BLACKWELL.
HAROLYN GOT A STANDING OVATION AT THIS 2003 CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION, DEDICATED TO THE UNITED STATES MILITARY PERSONNEL SERVING AROUND THE WORLD.
************************************
IN CASE YOU ARE INCLINED TO ASK, NO ONE MENTIONED THE HOURS OF PRACTICE AND MUSIC LESSONS I DEVOTED TO MAKING HAROLYN INTO THE BRILLIANT VOCAL STYLIST SHE IS TODAY.
IT IS ONLY NATURAL THAT AFTER SINGING WITH PAVOROTTI AND ON THE BROADWAY STAGE AND AT CONCERT HALLS AROUND THE WORLD, SHE MAY HAVE FORGOTTEN THOSE WHO HELPED HER REACH THESE HIGH PLACES.
BUT THAT IS THE ROLE I PLAY, TO ALWAYS BE IN THE BACKGROUND, NEVER DRAWING ATTENTION TO MYSELF, AS I SHARE MY EXPERTISE IN ALL THINGS, WITH MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY -- A THANKLESS JOB, BUT I DO IT AND TAKE PRIDE IN SEEING THOSE WHO ARE LESS TALENTED THAN MYSELF, GO ON TO FAME AND FORTUNE, WHILE I REMAIN HERE IN SIMPSONVILLE, A POOR, HUMBLE SERVANT TO MY "PEOPLES" - AS I RUN ONE STEP AHEAD OF THE COUNTY MOBILE HOME TAX COLLECTOR.
OF COURSE, THIS IS ALL ABOUT HAROLYN, AND NOT ABOUT ME AND MY STRUGGLE TO SURVIVE ON THE CRUEL AND HOSTILE STREETS OF SIMPSONVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA; A PLACE FULL OF JEALOUS PEOPLE, WHO ARE OUT TO GET ME AND WHO HATE ME JUST BECAUSE I AM BETTER THAN THEY ARE IN EVERYWAY.
PEOPLE WHO SEEK TO LABEL ME PARANOID, NARCISSISTIC AND DELUSIONAL - OBVIOUSLY, THESE ARE BASELESS ALLEGATIONS, UNWORTHY OF COMMENT.
BUT, I DIGRESS ----- CONGRATULATIONS TO HAROLYN ON HER ARTISTRY AND MAYBE NEXT TIME, SHE WILL REMEMBER TO MENTION MY CONTRIBUTION TO HER SUCCESS, NOT THAT I REALLY CARE OR WOULD EVER MAKE AN ISSUE OF IT.
ALL JOKING ASIDE ------ MUCH LOVE TO A WONDERFUL SINGER AND A BEAUTIFUL PERSON.
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Hailed by audiences and critics alike as a “model of agility, spunk, charm, and silvery tone,” Harolyn Blackwell is a familiar performer at the Metropolitan Opera, San Francisco Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Seattle Opera, Glyndebourne, and Aix-en-Provence. Also an accomplished singer of the concert repertoire and recitalist, she has performed with the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, and Dallas Symphonies, and the New York Philharmonic
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SINGING SUMMERTIME FROM PORGIE AND BESS --
HAROLYN AT CARNEGIE HALL -
SINGING FOR THE POPE --
SINGING WITH PAVAROTTI --
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