The Houston Rodeo Carnival
Unfolding Under the Astrodome Night Sky
In Respectful Appreciation to Sammy Fain
(with no commercial performance intended)
The lightning seems to fly ~ across the summer sky
And shooting stars begin to fall ~ around us
The most amazing things take place
Each time that we come face to face
And simply ’cause you’re there, ~ there’s music everywhere
The melodies we hear ~ will just astound you
And they invite us to embrace
Each time that we come to this place
And when ~ we aren’t here, the world’s a wintry thing
But then ~ here we appear, it’s spring again, it’s spring
The first time that we kissed ~ we heard our hearts insist
Don’t ever lose the Dome ~ now that she’s found you
And if the skies be grey or blue
She’ll face them face to face with you
If you would like to hear the music that works for me with this respectful “Astrodome as Art” homage adaptation of the words to writer Sammy Fain’s “Face to Face” from 1954, please click on to a YouTube presentation of that ancient hit song’s most popular “record” version by Gordon McRae from the same year. Then go over our humble adopted lyrics above again ~ as you listen this time with the McRae music re-playing behind them:
Those of you with stronger millennial ties by age are certainly free to find your own musical soundtrack to the way the networks will handle the first night sky shot of the Astrodome as coverage of some later date Super Bowl unfolds from Houston into the dark of evening. Or just imagine this true version of the Dome Heart, lighting up like a Christmas tree ~ or grandest Fourth of July Fireworks Show in Houston history.
The way this baby lights up the sky by shape and color variance will say “Houston” to the world as loudly as the Statue of Liberty, the Gateway Arch and the Space Needle all visually flash the names of their home cities to the world.
Would you care to get some of your health walking done at the Dome? With this beautiful plan, you will be able to take a two mile walk to the top and back. For more information, check out all the visual and written data on what will be there for you if the community decides to support the most awesomely beautiful and accurate version of what the Astrodome actually is as a contributor to Houston’s history, art, and world class architecture status.
The A Dome Park website is loaded with information in visual and clearly written form. Please be sure to see the vivid pictures of how the old girl is going to look because of her gentrification gift to the neighborhood.
Please check it out with an open heart and mind. The Astrodome and the community both deserve the dynamic beauty and joy that the Richards Group Proposal brings to the table. I’ve never seen a more beautiful plan. As both a life-long fan and very, very minor and short term former Astrodome performer, I have been in love with the Astrodome since its earliest conceptual stage. ~ And now I’m in love again with its eternal essence.
In the words of Yankee broadcaster, Mel Allen ~ “How about that!”
Have a great Tuesday, Everybody!
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Bill McCurdy
Principal Writer, Editor, Publisher
The Pecan Park Eagle
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