"America ! America ! God shed his grace on thee
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea!
... America ....!"
~"America The Beautiful"
~ 1910
~ Lyrics by Katharine Lee Bates,
Music composed by Samuel A. Ward
Festive fireworks festoon the summer sky like confetti
as if to say, "Bravo, America!" during the 2015 Fourth of July
Fireworks set off from J. Birney Crum Stadium,
Allentown, Pennsylvania.
How wonderful it would be to have fireworks - and the fire of patriotism -
in our hearts every day!
As the fireworks ended I heard a little boy say "Bravo!"
I couldn't have said it better myself.
"May the sun in his course visit no land more free,
more happy, more lovely than this our own country!"
~ Daniel Webster
~ 1782-1852
Red hot fireworks paint the sweet fire of patriotism
in the summer sky during the 2015 Fourth of July
Fireworks set off from J. Birney Crum Stadium,
Allentown, Pennsylvania.
How wonderful it would be to have fireworks - and the fire
of patriotism - in our hearts every day!
As the fireworks ended I heard a little boy say
"Bravo!" I couldn't have said it better myself.
"It is the love of country that has lighted and that keeps glowing
the holy fire of patriotism."
~ J. Horace McFarland
~1859-1948
A burst of patriotic beauty fills the night sky
during the 2015 Fourth of July Fireworks set off from
J. Birney Crum Stadium, Allentown, Pennsylvania.
How wonderful it would be to have fireworks - and the
fire of patriotism - in our hearts every day!
As the fireworks ended, I heard a little boy say "Bravo!"
I couldn't have said it better myself.
"I wished on the moon
For something I never knew
Wished on the moon
For more than I ever knew
A sweeter rose, a softer sky
On April days that would not dance by ...
It all came true
I wished on the moon for you."
~ "I Wished On The Moon"
~ composed by Ralph Raigner, lyrics by Dorothy Parker
~ 1935
~ Recorded by Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald & other stars
The full moon rises in splendor over Cedar Creek Parkway,
Allentown, Pennsylvania, the evening of April 4, 2015. Early that morning
there was a total lunar eclipse, often called a Blood Moon.
"The stage is not merely the meeting place of all the arts,
but is also the return of art to life."
~ Oscar Wilde
~ 1854-1900
The neon lights of the historically cool Roxy Theatre
light up a winter night on Main Street, Northampton, Pennsylvania.
The Roxy originally opened in 1921 as the Lyric. This theatre was renovated
in 1933 in the tremendously popular art deco style - and renamed
The Roxy after the famous New York City theatre and it's namesake
showman Samuel "Roxy" Rothapfel. Today, as the city's only commercial
theatre, "The Roxy continues to be the greatest show in town," presenting
both Hollywood favorites and live entertainment. It features a seven rank
Wurlitzer pipe organ.
"A Christmas Carol" illuminates the marquee of the historic
Nineteenth Street Theatre on a December night.
The Nineteenth Street/Civic Theatre is an historic
community center that hosts theatre, arts education
and film. It is the oldest cinema in Allentown, Pennsylvania,
opening September 17, 1928. In July 1957, the property was
purchased by Allentown's Civic Little Theatre. It is located
in the heart of the quaint West End Theatre District.
"Colors must fit together as pieces in a puzzle
or cogs in a wheel."
~ Hans Hofmann
1880-1966
The ferris wheel lights up a summer night with spinning neon this week
at the 162nd Great Allentown Fair, Allentown, Pennsylvania.
"All that glitters is gold."
All that glitters is gold in the night sky during the
2014 Fourth of July fireworks set off from
J. Birney Crum Stadium, Allentown, Pennsylvania.
Ah, to have fireworks every day!
