This was another quiet day, so much so that I took hardly any pictures to share with you.

The highlight of the day might have been a lecture I attended on the history of Bossa Nova, which became extremely popular in the early 1960s and made famous by Brazilian, Antonio Carlos Jobim. And the most famous song we all remember is “The Girl from Impamena”. A bit of trivia: that song was recorded over 300 times by various singers and although Jobim’s version is the one we all know, he has not the first to record it. A fellow Brazilian, Pery Reibro, supposedly was the first. Also the lyrics were changed when the popular version came out. Another fun fact: Jobim was originally a piano player, later switching to the guitar which is how we remember him.

In November 1962 a concert featuring boss nova music was introduced to the American public in Carnegie Hall. It was soundly panned by the critics! So much for what critics know, for it became a great popular musical genre for many years. Our lecture included a few songs from that era, sung by members of the production staff with the lecturer accompanying them on his guitar. It was unique and a fun lecture.

Bingo, trvia, cocktails and dinner filled up the rest of the day, and our violinist, Susana, provided the after dinner evening entertainment with her second show since coming on board.

Thus ended another “hard day at the office”!

 

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