Wednesday, March 2, 2022

Patriotism in song

Last night at the start of the hockey game with the Montreal Canadians and Winnipeg Jets being played in Winnipeg where many Ukrainians have emigrated, this happened:

Winnipeg Jets Hockey Game

I love Andre Rieu.  I saw him at Rogers Arena a few years ago and it was a wonderful evening.  He's coming back to Vancouver on March 26 but they booked him in the Pacific Coliseum.   I won't pay to hear such a wonderful musician in a cow palace.  I saw Liberace at the Pacific Coliseum in 1970 and I will never forget the lousy acoustics and the sound of people at the top of the stairs who were dragging tables across the cement floor!  

When I heard this wonderful song performed in Australia, I thought I would share it.

From the email I received from a friend:

This song should have been out National anthem!!

Brisbane born Australian/Dutch national Mirusia Louwerse got her
start with Andre Rieu when her grandmother sent him a recording of her
voice in the mid 2000s.

He invited her to The Netherlands for an audition and she has been
touring with him ever since….fabulous voice!

She is married with a child, still lives in Brisbane, and tours with Rieu.

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