"Haat Cha!...Cha, Cha, Chaaa...!"

Inspired...

by the very heartbeat of life itself...

the delta city of New Orleans, Louisiana

pulsates non stop

with expressive tones of jazz

and spicy flavors of syncopated rhythms.

These life forces run through the veins

of her resilient residents

and have mesmerized visitors from afar.

Day or night there is color and festivity and

exuberance...
very much
like another grand city even further south...
South America to be exact.
Rio!
Almost instantly,
images of swagger, and shimmy, and
hypnotic swaying, and outlandish costumes
captivate imaginations
and fill hearts with the zest of Carnival!
♥
My "Fancy Full Hearts" for today
celebrate man's ongoing romance with Music.
From her classical, subdued melodies
to her improvisational jazzy riffs...
we celebrate her!
From her soft, subconscious, toe tapping gentility
to her euphoric, primal, driving beats...
we celebrate her!
For her ability to addict our spirits
with exhilaration and intoxicating freedom
and
to magically dress our persona
with
swagger, sway, sauciness, and shimmy
we celebrate her...
with the fullest...of hearts...:)
♥
Haat Cha!~ Cha Cha Chaaa!

"Music
produces a kind of pleasure
which human nature cannot do without”
~Confucius

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I found this on Sandy's blog today and it's a New Year's Day "must see"...

I watched this 3 times

and had just as many tears (joyful ones) the third time as the first...

It's a joyful video,

musicians around the world singing

Stand by Me.

(Plus... this is one of my all time favorite songs!)

What a beautiful, hopeful piece.

Enjoy the music of your life today..."Stand" by someone you care about!

Dance the day away!