Sunday, January 10, 2010
Happy New Year, Everyone....So sayeth Tiny Tim!!
There are many lessons to be learned from Tiny Tim, the poor little cripple in Charles Dickens "A Christmas Carol". But most of all we should learn to be greatful for what we have and then to use that knowledge for what we need to attain our goals in life.
After my visit with the Baby Countess' on Christmas, I got out of Dodge.......out to the beautiful Berkshires to see the Berkshire Theatre Festival production of "A Christmas Carol". The Countess had been invited to play a part in this production and I was still melancholy because I was not able to commit to being in this wonderful play. If you have seen this production at BTF before and thus have no desire to see it again, think twice....as Scrooge must do before the night ends. Eric Hill has performed this role for several years now but each year brings a new edge to his performance.
Has Tiny Tim imparted some new insights into his interpretation of this iconic role?
The next night was New Year's Eve at Rumpy's Tavern......and Yes, The Countess was melancholy because her Knight in Shining Armor, Sir Stew, First Knight of the Berkshires, was not only not going to be in attendance but would not be the New Year's Baby. But Fred stepped in and filled Stew's diaper.
Ashton baked the most incredible cake for the New Year Birthday Baby....
Sammy Brown kept the music flowing....
And Troy kept the drinks going...
My dear friends Jim and Paula came in to toast the New Year ....
Maybe it was just another New Year's Eve to many of you, but if you were fortunate to spend the night with special friends.....celebrating the success of last year and the promise of next year....then maybe the 'new' Tiny Tim's words still resonate..... "Tiptoe through the tulips with me"
After my visit with the Baby Countess' on Christmas, I got out of Dodge.......out to the beautiful Berkshires to see the Berkshire Theatre Festival production of "A Christmas Carol". The Countess had been invited to play a part in this production and I was still melancholy because I was not able to commit to being in this wonderful play. If you have seen this production at BTF before and thus have no desire to see it again, think twice....as Scrooge must do before the night ends. Eric Hill has performed this role for several years now but each year brings a new edge to his performance.
Has Tiny Tim imparted some new insights into his interpretation of this iconic role?
The next night was New Year's Eve at Rumpy's Tavern......and Yes, The Countess was melancholy because her Knight in Shining Armor, Sir Stew, First Knight of the Berkshires, was not only not going to be in attendance but would not be the New Year's Baby. But Fred stepped in and filled Stew's diaper.
Ashton baked the most incredible cake for the New Year Birthday Baby....
Sammy Brown kept the music flowing....
And Troy kept the drinks going...
My dear friends Jim and Paula came in to toast the New Year ....
Maybe it was just another New Year's Eve to many of you, but if you were fortunate to spend the night with special friends.....celebrating the success of last year and the promise of next year....then maybe the 'new' Tiny Tim's words still resonate..... "Tiptoe through the tulips with me"
Because Tiny Tim started as a novelty act but became a voice for the disenfranchised of a generation; a time when not conforming was ridiculed. A man ahead of his time. Can Dicken's Tiny Tim teach us the same lessons of love and tolerance that the modern day Tiny Tim teaches us? Do these lessons ever stop being relevent?
Countess Bedelia 1/10/2010 08:57:00 PM