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Get on Your Feet
Saturday 9: GET ON YOUR FEET (1989)
Unfamiliar with this week's tune? Hear it here.
Unfamiliar with this week's tune? Hear it here.
1) In this song, Gloria Estefan encourages us to stand up and make it happen. What's something you want to accomplish this fine Saturday? I have a busy week coming up so I am sleeping as late as the cats will let me this morning and then will do some laundry and a bit of cleaning.
2) She sings that we've all been through some nasty weather. How has winter 2021/22 treated you thus far (weather-wise)? This is Florida. We had our week of cold weather and are now back to just warm and beautiful.
3) Best known as a recording artist, Gloria is also a best-selling author of children's books. When you were a kid, were you a big reader? Yes, I have loved reading since I learned to read!!
4) In addition to music and writing, she's a linguist. As a college student, she supported herself as an English/French/Spanish translator at Miami International Airport. When were you most recently at an airport? January 2022. Were you traveling yourself, or picking someone up/dropping them off? I picked up snowbird friends at the Tampa airport. They keep a car here so they can fly back and forth.
5) Gloria made her acting debut in 1999's Music of the Heart, a Meryl Streep movie about music teachers in Harlem. Did you have music classes in school? Have you ever taken private lessons? Yes, I had music classes in school (trumpet & chorus) and I also took private lessons (piano & organ) but I didn't stick with the keyboards.
6) Today Gloria is one of the celebrity residents of Star Island, a man-made island in Biscayne Bay. Star Island is connected to the mainland by MacArthur Causeway, named for General Douglas MacArthur. Tell us about a street in your neighborhood, and who it's named for. All of the streets here in my community (55+ residential) are named after the owner's family members. My street is named after Charlotte. I don't know the family and have never met Charlotte (or any of them).
7) 1989, the year "Get on Your Feet" was popular, was the year of the first HDTV broadcast. By 1998, high-def shows and TVs were dominant. How many TVs are in your home? Three. Do you watch shows on your computer or phone? I have watched a few shows on my Kindle Fire but never on my computer or phone.
8) Also in 1989, The Simpsons premiered. It's now the longest-running prime-time TV show ever. Are you a fan? I have never watched the Simpsons.
9) Random question: Should husbands wear their wedding rings? Of course, they should!! Some men (and women) work in jobs that would make jewelry unsafe so exceptions can be made, but once home - put that ring on. It is meaningful and a symbol of vows made.
Peace & hugs!
God is love!
