{"id":4,"date":"2010-07-18T12:38:49","date_gmt":"2010-07-18T16:38:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/joviala.com\/jovialaworks\/?p=4"},"modified":"2025-11-23T16:28:47","modified_gmt":"2025-11-23T21:28:47","slug":"one-musicianone-magician-plays-the-carlyle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joviala.com\/jovialaworks\/one-musicianone-magician-plays-the-carlyle\/","title":{"rendered":"One Musician\/One Magician plays the Carlyle"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last May, Jeff and I performed at a private party for kids at the Carlyle Hotel in the gorgeous Bemelmans Bar. Our set of music and magic concluded with an impromptu sing-a-long complete with My Favorite Things, Somewhere Over the Rainbow and Frere Jackque that I will never forget. I’m sure Bobby Short was smiling somewhere! Here are a few pictures from the event. Sorry there are none of Jeff, but stay tuned – more shots will be added later. \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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Last May, Jeff and I performed at a private party for kids at the Carlyle Hotel in the gorgeous Bemelmans Bar. Our set of music and magic concluded with an impromptu sing-a-long complete with My Favorite Things, Somewhere Over the Rainbow and Frere Jackque that I will never forget. I’m sure Bobby Short was smiling […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[111],"tags":[84],"class_list":["post-4","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-projects","tag-projects"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9ohMj-4","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7,"url":"https:\/\/joviala.com\/jovialaworks\/program-notes-from-premier-of-one-musicianone-magician-march-2010\/","url_meta":{"origin":4,"position":0},"title":"Program Notes from Premier of One Musician\/One Magician, March 2010","author":"Michael Joviala","date":"July 18, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Program Notes Welcome to the maiden voyage of One Musician\/One Magician! 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