Rosie Rocks Loogootee!

We had such a ball last night playing at the West Boggs Park. The rain stayed away and we had a beautiful summer evening playing some

rockin’ tunes in Logootee, IN. Thank you West Boggs and Black Light Entertainment for having Rosie & the Rockabillies come play! Added bonus, I love snow cones and there was a stellar snow cone tent with endless combinations so this gal was a super happy camper last night to finally have a snow cone on a hot summer night!

One of our entertainment features of Our Technicolor Life is our 6-piece Rockabilly band, Rosie & the Rockabillies! We play a some of our favorites, Elvis, Jerry Lee, Johnny Cash, and also cover some newer rockabilly styles a la Stray Cats, Imelda May, and even a few 60s and 70s tunes with a Rosie retro twist!

We’ll be at Stevie Ray’s Blues Bar in downtown Lousiville, KY this coming Friday night August 27th 8-12pm. Check out Rosie & the Rockabillies on Facebook or under our entertainment channel on our website www.ourtechnicolorlife.com for more band information & booking!

Grey Gardens: The Musical

This past weekend was the culmination of a dream for Carrie that was two years in the making, as she appeared in the lead role of the Louisville production of Grey Gardens The Musical. She audioned for her dream role of Edith/Little Edie Beale in August of 2019. She got the call that she was cast for that role just a few days later. She was told the production would be in April 2020. She worked memorizing and studying the characters she was to portray immediately. It was not difficult, because she knows the story of the Beales of Grey Gardens like it is her job. She is a bit obsessed with them.

They were two weeks away from opening when the world shut down. They cancelled the show and we’re not sure if or when they might be able to reschedule.

She was crushed.

Earlier this spring, when things began to loosen and relax she was advised the show was to be re-staged in August. Fast forward to last Thursday night when she stepped out on stage and brought to life, as only she could, the characters of Edith Beale (1st Act) and adult Little Edie Beal (2nd Act).

I admire and love her with every bit of my heart, and this past weekend she won the hearts of hundreds of others as she commanded the stage and gave a performance that brought people to tears and then to their feet. It was magical.

If you love someone, you celebrate in their victories and you die a little in their pain. This past weekend, watching her receive the love and admiration that she at one time had almost given up on was so gratifying.

She deserved every bit of it. ❤️

New Show: Songs That Helped Win the War

Jeff and I have been entertaining around the midwest for several years now. Many times we portray Lucille Ball and Dezi Arnaz in our "Tribute to I Love Lucy" show, which we have performed in several states at festivals, parks, retirement homes and civic events.

We also have two bands that we travel with at times. Rosie and the Rockabillies is an old-time rock 'n roll band that covers songs from the 1950s through 1970s. Our Tin Pan Alley Cats band is geared toward swing and jazz music, reminiscent of the 1920s and 1930s.

Our latest production, "The Songs That Helped Win The War", now covers music from the early 1940s, along with actual radio news reports from World War II. The show is a bit of a history lesson, interweaving musical numbers, chronologically, from the beginning of the war in 1940 to the end in 1945. We portray some of that time period's most popular singers, such as: Judy Garland, The Andrew Sisters, Bing Crosby, Vera Lynn, Vaugn Monroe and Kitty Kalen, just to name a few.

The music, history and radio news clips from that part of our past makes for a great trip back in time, remembering the sacrifices made and the victories that are eventually celebrated.

We are so excited to have two public show dates coming up! We will be bringing "The Songs That Helped Win The War" to The Indiana Military Museum event in Vincennes over Labor Day weekend with multiple shows on Saturday the 4th as well as to Christie’s on the Square in Salem, In. Friday October 8th.