Good morning Bingo Players!
Welcome to the start of our musical adventure!
Your opening call is :
Today is Juneteenth! A celebration of the extension of the promises of life, liberty, and happiness to all Americans and the end of slavery.
Yes, the historian in me would rather see a celebration of the ratification of the Civil War Amendments as the true celebration, but that happened in December (the 18th in fact) so I get why a summer holiday makes more sense.
A little more history; this holiday started in the state of
And has since become a Federal Holiday.
Today’s musical theme is
FREEDOM!
So post up your one song choice that makes you think of Freedom.
For me, it’s in Beethoven’s 5 when Herr B. goes from movement 3 (where the fate theme dah-dah-dah-dum) is still holding him down to movement 4 when suddenly he bursts free and the movement 4 allegro takes off (happens between the 4 - 5 minute mark in this excellent performance):
5 calls today, all posted!
Eric the Bingo Wizard