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10 Things I Learned in Salzburg

20 Wednesday Feb 2013

Posted by sarabutton in Destinations, Travel Musings

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For most tourists who visit Salzburg, the allure lies in its reputation as being the city of Mozart’s birth and upbringing, as well as the home of the original Von Trapp family (you know, the ones from The Sound of Music).

Rock me, Amadeus! Street art in Salzburg.

Rock me, Amadeus! Street art in Salzburg.

As such, much of the sightseeing I did was somehow related to both of these things, and let me tell you: I did not know a lot about either of them! All of this info is probably even on their Wikipedia pages, but I don’t really troll that for this sort of thing, so it was exciting news to me!

Which is funny considering a) how much Mozart I sang growing up and b) the fact that I regularly sang “Sixteen Going on Seventeen” in the shower for most of my high school years, having looked up all the lyrics and memorized them for that specific purpose…

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Photo Of My Day: Mozart Mix

19 Tuesday Feb 2013

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Spent a few beautiful days in Salzburg last week: home of Mozart and the Sound of Music, both exciting music-related things (although one is far more ingenious than the other).

I learned a lot about Mozart while there, and will share some of those things soon with you all, but before I do, here’s a little taster of some Mozart-related monuments, etc. around town.

By the way: Mozart spent about a third of his life traveling!

Top left: Mozart graffiti in an underpass, Middle: Mozart's statue in Mozartplatz, Top Right: Piano at the Baroque concert I attended (the piano had in Latin 'Music is the Cause of Our Delight'; Middle Right: shot of Mozart's birthplace, Bottom Right: Close up of the detail on the piano, Bottom Left: Mozartkugel, a Salzburg original bonbon named for Mozart (pistachio, marzipan, chocolate, oh my!)

Top left: Mozart graffiti in an underpass, Middle: Mozart’s statue in Mozartplatz, Top Right: Piano at the Baroque concert I attended (the piano had in Latin ‘Music is the Cause of Our Delight’; Middle Right: shot of Mozart’s birthplace, Bottom Right: Close up of the detail on the piano, Bottom Left: Mozartkugel, a Salzburg original bonbon named for Mozart (pistachio, marzipan, chocolate, oh my!)

Awesomeness in Tucson: Tom Walbank

31 Saturday Mar 2012

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Since I was a wee lass, I’ve been dancing. My parents weren’t the crazy stage mom types, so I did “creative movement” when I was four rather than a regimented ballet course. This probably was indicative of the rest of my dance life: I would take classes once in awhile, never get too serious, but would always keep the spirit. Dancing itself goes hand in hand with music, and on the cusp of 2007 I started lindy hopping. My level of commitment and involvement has varied over the years, but it was during the first Tucson Lindy Bomb that I was exposed to blues dancing (here is an example).*

The great thing about blues, much like lindy, is the music. MUSIC. Blues is smooth and seductive. It is raw and sultry, but can also be playful. It also has the most basic step ever, so blues is incredibly flexible in terms of its movement. You can sculpt it. So when I heard Tom Walbank play blues for the first time, man I wanted to dance. 



Tom Walbank is a Tucson treasure. No, he’s not actually from here. No, he’s not even from this side of the pond. But you would never know it from listening to his music. You would think that he was a weird reincarnation of Muddy Waters, especially when he does this song. And he’s our reincarnation! At least, has been ours since 2000. Tom Walbank can be found playing in Tucson frequently, and this Friday I had the pleasure of seeing him play one of his weekly gigs at Cafe Passe, another blog-worthy Awesomeness in Tucson establishment that I will eventually get to. Every Friday starting at 7 p.m. he plays, and his prodigious sound fills the place. Oh, did I mention he is a harmonica maniac? Possibly better known as a harmoniac? (I just made that up, that’s how much he inspires me!) Seriously, click on that harmoniac thing, you will not be disappointed. And you will probably want to learn how to play the harmonica after watching that video.

So, who’s in for next Friday? 😉

*Never fear, dear three readers: I’ll write about lindy hop in the near future. It’s pretty sweet. 

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