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Letters To Daddy Performance Alert
It’s been quietly peculating in the background. I haven’t mentioned it in a while but it’s been there the whole time…quietly building.
- 2 years ago, Bill Rodman asked me to write a song for his 11 year old God Daughter Rilee O’Neill.
- 1 song turned into 12 songs.
- A CD was released Letters To Daddy CD
- Then an entire choir of Ugandan teens came and added their voices to several of the tunes.
- A video was made of
Together We Can Change The World and
Beautiful Person.
- The songs began to link together and support a story.
- the story turned into a play. A musical called Letters To Daddy.
The first two productions of the musical are premiering in two different locations on the same weekend!
- Saturday, June 6th 1:00pm and 7:00pm. Westport CT
$15.00
Location: Center Stage at the Seabury Center 45 Church Lane in downtown Westport.
For reservations and further information, e-mail Jill Jayson at: opedge[at]hotmail.com
(I’ll be at the 7:00 pm show)
. - Friday, June 5th at 7:30 pm, Sugar Loaf, NY
$8.00
Show Time: 7:30 pm
Location: Lycian Centre, Kings Highway, Sugar Loaf, NY
Purchase Tickets To The Sugar Loaf, NY Shows of Letters To Daddy
. - Sunday June 7th at 5:00 pm, Sugar Loaf NY
$8.00
Show Time: 5:00 pm
Location: Lycian Centre, Kings Highway, Sugar Loaf, NY
Purchase Tickets To The Sugar Loaf, NY Shows of Letters To Daddy
For those of you who live outside of the New England/New York area there are also stirrings. A college choir in Hong Kong is performing Together We Can Change The World as are school choruses all across the USA.
I look forward to sharing more of this as it develops!
Lucky
Download this song to your computer for only $2.00!
Lucky Song | 2/14/2007 | Song # 361
I kick around town, looking up and down
You know, I know my way around
Feel like I finally belong
I think about you, feeling brand new
And what the two of us could do
I we could sing this song…
If we could sing this…
Refrain
Ooo-eeeee I’m lucky!
Why is it easy today?
Ooo-eeeee I’m lucky!
Won’t you come out and play?
Glad I have eyes, glad I have hands
and a clean shirt and pants
And feet that wanna dance
Glad to be here, free of the fear
Feeling light and crystal clear
Ready to take a chance…
Ready to take a…
Refrain
Life can be fast, as it flies past
And love takes time to grow
Sometimes, I’m at home alone
And all of it’s good, let go of the “shoulds”
And any impossibilities
As your wings catch the breeze!
As your wings catch the…
Refrain
Bridge: Why does it work out much better than you can possibly imagine?
Refrain:
© 2007 Mark Shepard
Commentary: this song is full of the “why” questions that Noah St. John calls “afformations”. The deal with your unconscious mind is this, whatever questions you ask youself have 10 times the power of the statements you tell yourself. It’s like your unconscious mind is pre-programmed to filter information for you based on the questions you ask. So ask really good questions! Of course my favorite saying is “Why does it work out better than you can possibly imagine? (or WDIWOBTYCPI – pronounced Widdy-Wob-tissipi)
This is the tool in my NLP arsenal I use the most on a day to day basis. There have been plenty of times when I literally chanted “Why does it work out better than I can possibly Imagine” for entire days…
language has power people. So pay attention to what you say to yourself. Or, just play this song over and over again. It works!
p.s. This song compliments a post I made at www.ModernJedi.com on January 12, 2009 called “Good Luck? Bad Luck?”
p.p.s. “Lucky” is featured on the Rilee O’Neill CD “Letters to Daddy”
Beautiful Person Sung By Mark Shepard
Original Version From Visions & Voices CD. Dedicated to the historic 2008 election of Barack Obama. After watching please share your thoughts and comments below.
Beautiful Person | January-March 1991 | Song #154
Refrain:
I am a beautiful person
I am a part of all that is
I accept the abundance of creation
And the infinite gifts it gives
I can not love you if I hate myself
I can not give to you if I am poor
I can not heal the world if I have no health
I can not bring you peace by bringing you war
Refrain
I am the lion that I saw in my dream
I unleash the hidden power in me
I am the universe just beyond my eyes
That I am only beginning to see
Refrain
I am a joyful emotion
Too huge to be contained in me
I spark across the mountains and the oceans
To the edges of the galaxy
Refrain
©1991-2008 Mark Shepard
Commentary: This is the original version of Beautiful Person from my Visions and Voices CD, arranged by Gene Moore. At the time I was just beginning to do the deep inner work that would eventually allow me to share my music with others. This song basically came out of a place that was deeper that the self hate I had wallowed in up to that point. On the morning after our historical 2008 presidential election electing Barack Obama I think it does us good to really get this message into our heads. Each and every one of us is a “Beautiful Person” and when we truly give ourselves to living on purpose and fulfilling our greatest hopes and dreams we bring hope and light to this world in crisis. Purchase the CD containing this Song
-Mark Shepard Nov. 5th 2008
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Beautiful Person sung by Rilee O’Neill
Here’s my song, Beautiful Person sung by 12 year old Rilee O’Neill. The arrangement is by Joe Mennonna. Produced by Bill Rodman.
Check out these Links:
4EProductions.com
LettersToDaddy.com
RileeO.com
PrivateIslandMusic.com
Together We Can Change The World Video
Some Really, Really GOOD news:
To learn more about this amazing story visit:
www.TogetherWeCanChangeTheWorld.com
Learn more about Rilee O’Neill
Letters To Daddy: a Musical Detention. Starring Rilee O’Neill. Songs by Mark Shepard
Here are the Lyrics:
Together We Can Change The World | 12/5/2007 | #375
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
I believe it’s not too late
Together we can change the world
Lay the puzzle pieces out
Find out what it’s all about
Together we can change the world
Refrain:
Can’t do it by myself
So I’m asking for your help
Together we can change the world
Sail past where it’s been charted
Roll your sleeves up, let’s get started
Together we can change the world
Together we can change the world
With our hands and with our hearts
We can dare to make a start
Together we can change the world
What if we spoke with one voice,
Knowing that we have a choice?
Together we can change the world
Refrain:
[instrumental]
Change your mind and change your life
Set aside the fear and strife
Together we can change the world
When we open up our eyes
Then we start to realize
Together we can change the world
Refrain:
©2007 by Mark Shepard All Rights Reserved