Now I’ve seen a live coronation. An act in the present steeped in history.
Now I’ve seen a live coronation. An act in the present steeped in history.
Both competitions have waited till Friday to commence this round, so I took an extra day to post these.
The NRL are having a weekend in Brisbane, the originator of the AFL’s recent round of games based in Adelaide and suburbs.
The difference being a weekend where the weather is fine and the temperature is 26, against the AFL’s decision to spend a weekend somewhere near decent wine.
Last weekend’s of NRL tips were a disaster. The AFL was the average 6/9 yet again.
Brisbane, Redcliffe, and North Queensland are playing away games on the familiar ground of Lang Park. Someone should be able to take advantage of that.
(Draws count as correct)
NRL (last round 3/8; season tally 41/56)
Canberra
Brisbane
Penrith
Cronulla
Souths
Saint George (yikes, again)
Easts
Parramatta
(Draws count as correct)
AFL (last round 6/9; season tally 40/54)
Brisbane
Richmond
Geelong
Melbourne
Footscray
Fremantle
Port Adelaide
Collingwood
Saint Kilda
Jenn Colella originated the part of Beverley and others for Come From Away as it prepared for Broadway, and when it premiered there.
She was also the first to sing Me And The Sky at a performance when its subject Beverley Bass was present.
So, she’s the standard that all the other performers of this part measure themselves with.
This is also a live standalone recording, which means that the vocals in this one are a pure performance of the song, distinct from the other factors of staging and pacing in which it would normally be delivered during a performance of the musical.
Featuring the West End version of Me And The Sky from Come From Away means choosing two renditions, apparently.
Rachel Tucker originated the part, with Alice Fearn taking over.
Tucker then joined the Broadway cast as Beverley and others.
Fearn has a film-clip style rendition, which provides a showcase vehicle for her vocals.
Here’s a version by Tucker recorded for international women’s day in 2020. After some introductory commentary, the song begins at 1:22. It’s interesting to hear Tucker’s natural accent before the Texan vocal styling adopted in the song. Also of interest is the different ways different vocalists handle that accent (including yesterday’s by Zoe Gertz), along with the presentation and phrasing aspects of the song.
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