Lincoln’s Ghost Returns-2010
Created by jaybeacham on 22 Dec 2010 | Tagged as:
Lincoln’s Ghost Returns the new show for 2010.
“Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history. We will be remembered in spite of our selves.”
So said Mr. Abraham Lincoln.
On February 12, 2010 at the St. George Pioneer Opera House Jay Beacham presented his one man show Lincoln’s Ghost Returns.
This performance goes over speeches and much sage advise from the 16th president of the United States of America.
His 1838 speech that talks about mob law, the constitution, and the Declaration of Independence is included; The powers of the President are reviewed; And other things about the government and how it should operate are explained; Political Parties role in proper government; The need for a moral God fearing and grateful people.
Ben Arnold commented on the promo:
“Thank you Jay Beacham and Abraham Lincoln for teaching the American people what the schools unfortunately fail to teach the rising generations. It took less than a minute and 30 seconds, to explain very calmly, slowly, that the President is nothing more than a spokesperson for the American people and has no power to do even 0.01% of the things our Presidents have been doing.”
The DVD version is now available only at:
JayBeacham.com by calling 435-628-7809
or by writing to:
Jay Beacham-Lincoln’s Ghost Returns, 85East Center Street,Ivins, Utah 84738
email: jaybeacham@jaybeacham.com
$20.00 US plus $5.00 S&H in continental USA.
A H H said: “You make a great Mr. Lincoln! “:)
People should remember that, though we have no accurate memorial of his voice, this is a man who wrote to be heard. According to William Herndon, Lincoln didn t saw wood or swat bees, meaning he did not gesture too much.
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I suspect that when people imagine Abraham Lincoln and the way he sounded, many imagine him as a bass, or at least a deep baritone. Perhaps this is because of his large stature and the resounding nature of his words. Certainly, the tradition of oratory in the 1850s would support the assumption. “Usually people with centurion, basso profundo voices dominated American politics,” says Harold Holzer, a leading Lincoln scholar. Then, of course, there are the casting choices of film and TV directors over the years. “It can’t get any deeper than Gregory Peck,” says Holzer. Peck played Lincoln in the 1980s TV miniseries The Blue and the Gray.
Some made the comment but it got lost. this is what they were quoting.
Read more: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/ask-an-expert-what-did-abraham-lincolns-voice-sound-like-13446201/#Oj5bVd0RdiqVztXQ.99
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My comment back to megan_gambino, who wrote the Smithsonian article:
I liked your Lincoln voice piece. Walter Houston & Henry Fonda sounded good as A. Lincoln. Also when he spoke in public, he spoke to be heard which was most likely higher than his normal voice.
But what does it matter how he sounded? No one worries about how Julius Caesar sounded or Shakespeare or Dickens.
Music was a tonic for Lincoln s melancholy moods and loneliness, much of it brought on by the heavy burdens and strains of being President of the United States during the darkest days of the Civil War.
Yet he had a passionate love of the arts—enjoying everything from sentimental ballads to nonsense songs, from melodrama to opera. Watch a short video biography of Abraham Lincoln, including his early years in Kentucky, his time as president, the Emancipation Proclamation, and his assassination.
Exploring the physiological reasons for good posture and effective breathing is introduced when the student is old enough to begin understanding the science behind what we aim to do as singers. As a voice teacher, I feel it is important for each student to understand how his or her instrument works and why.