Hi everybody. This is just to let you know that if you missed this week’s lessons, you have two new hand-outs on the materials section. They are
Do not forget to hand in your listening practice task next week. Cheers,Javier.
We have forgotten about our rain-related-song challenge in the last few days, but here we go again with an absolute all-time classic some of you have mentioned. I’m talking about Singin’ In The Rain, a wonderful song performed by Gene Kelly in the film with the same title which offers a comic depiction of Hollywood’s transition from silent films to “talkies”. In the unforgettable scene you can see below, according to Wikipedia sources, Gene Kelly was actually dancing in water with a little bit of milk added, so that the water puddles and raindrops would show up in the filming. Kelly was sick with a 103 degree fever at the time. We’re talking Fahrenheit here, which would be 39.4 Celsius. That is what I call a true professional. Ok, watch and enjoy!
Last Thursday we all had a whale of a time in the company of Andrew Marshall, a top-notch actor and storyteller. He performed two shows, Quiz Famous and Titanic, The Stage Play. You can enjoy a summary of both of them on the following videos.
