A SONG FOR GRANDPARENTS.Byline: Carol Bidwell Daily News Staff Writer Who sneaked you a cookie when Mom said no? Who bought that bike that Dad said was too expensive? Who cuddled and coddled you when you needed it? Grandparents grandparents npl → abuelos mpl grandparents grand npl → grands-parents mpl grandparents grand npl ! To honor them on National Grandparents Day The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. - by presidential proclamation, the first Sunday after Labor Day Labor Day, holiday celebrated in the United States and Canada on the first Monday in September to honor the laborer. It was inaugurated by the Knights of Labor in 1882 and made a national holiday by the U.S. Congress in 1894. - Symphony in the Glen and a chorus of Los Angeles-area children will perform a special song at Sunday's concert just for Grandma and Grandpa. And, since it's an all-Mozart event, ``The Grandparents Song'' is sung to the tune of one of Mozart's most famous arias, La ci darem la mano ma·no n. pl. ma·nos A hand-held stone or roller for grinding corn or other grains on a metate. [Spanish, hand, mano, from Latin manus, hand; see manner.] from ``Don Giovanni Don Giovanni: see Don Juan. .'' Orchestra conductor and Emmy-winning composer Arthur B. Rubinstein, a Hollywood Hills The Hollywood Hills, an unofficial designation of part of the City of Los Angeles, California, are part of the eastern section of the low transverse range of the Santa Monica Mountains, which extends from the Los Feliz District and Hollywood, on the south side of the Valley, to resident who penned the lyrics to the commemorative tune, said he inherited his musical aptitude from his grandfather and wanted to honor grandparents everywhere. ``(Orchestra manager) Barbara Ferris and I were sitting and talking about it and I started singing, `Let's sing a song for Grandma.' Barbara said, `What is that?' I said, `I'm not sure,' but I kept working on it. The Mozart melody just seemed perfect.'' Two days later, he had completed a lyric singing the praises of grandparents' patience, wisdom and love, all valuable commodities elders pass along to their grandchildren, he said. The song dubs Grandma ``the one we turn to when everything goes wrong ... When she's away, I seem to get in trouble ... She'll kiss away your tears.'' And Grandpa is ``the one we count on when no one else will do. He knows all there is to know and teaches it to me.'' The National Grandparents Day Council has proclaimed Rubinstein's composition its official song. A group of kids from a Montessori school in Glendale and others who volunteered to join the chorus after a July 5 concert in the park have been learning the lyrics from an audiotape au·di·o·tape n. 1. A relatively narrow magnetic tape used to record sound for subsequent playback. 2. A tape recording of sound. tr.v. Rubinstein made. The kids rehearsed together for the first time last week. ``The song has a sweet simplicity,'' Rubinstein said. ``And kids are very smart and they pick up on things like this very quickly. So I think the concert's going to be wonderful, divine madness.'' A special guest at Sunday's concert will be Jessica McQuade, 10, the granddaughter of Marian McQuade Marian L. McQuade (born January, 1917) is the founder of National Grandparents Day and the Past 80 Party. She lives in Oak Hill, West Virginia with her husband, Joe McQuade. Trivia
The two-hour concert - the third of four conducted this summer by the nonprofit Symphony in the Glen - begins at 3 p.m. in Griffith Park. Admission and parking are free, but concertgoers are asked to bring a canned food canned food food sterilized by heat in a closed, durable container such as tin and aluminum cans, flexible aluminum foil and thermoplastic containers including squeeze tubes. Technically, the processes used are highly efficient and used universally. donation for the hungry families of Los Angeles, to be distributed by the Salvation Army. The concert area is a short walk up a little hill behind the park's merry-go-round at 4800 Crystal Springs Drive; shuttle buses also will be provided. From 1:30 to 2:30 p.m., before the concert, there'll be free kids' activities, including music-related coloring books, KUSC Classical Kids Micester Singers and Rubinstein's junior maestro class, where kids can learn how to conduct an orchestra. This is the fifth year for Symphony in the Glen, which is supported by private and corporate donations and grants. The group's final concert this year will be an Oct. 25 performance of ``Peter and the Wolf For other uses, see . Peter and the Wolf is a composition by Sergei Prokofiev written in 1936 after his return to the Soviet Union. It is a children's story (with both music and text by Prokofiev), spoken by a narrator accompanied by the orchestra. .'' For more information, call (213) 955-6976 or visit the Web site at www.symphonyintheglen.org. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: Arthur B. Rubinstein rehearses Jessica McQuade, left, and the children's choir that will perform the song he wrote for National Grandparents Day. McQuade's grandmother helped found the honorary day. John McCoy/Daily News |
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