Happy holiday weekend. Still plenty of fun to be had. First reports on the Heritage Theater‘s new production of The Sound of Music have trickled in. Read the long version in Tuesday’s C-VILLE. The short version? Even the reviewer’s 18-year-old son liked it. The Ash Lawn Opera‘s season begins Saturday at the Paramount with a production of Mozart’s Don Giovanni. Monticello‘s naturalization ceremony will be presided over by Tracey Ullman at 9am. Get some lunch and head over to McIntire Park for some fireworks.
Happy Fourth. More below.
Here are two of my favorite songs about America, both of which do a good job of summing up American history in song.
The best song about America, ever: Elvis sings "An American Trilogy" in 1972. More below.
The second best song about America, maybe: "Fireworks" from Schoolhouse Rock.
What’s your favorite patriotic song?