“The Rainbow Connection”: Fem Belling /Dance for a Cure, Cape Town 2012:

Fem Belling (Vocals) – Visit Fem’s Website at: http://www.fembelling.com and on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/user/fembellingdotcom
Albert Combrink (Piano) Eriel Huang (Violin), Darryl Andrews (Bass), Alvin Dyers (Guitar), Ivan Bell (Drums), Marina Vizzini (Clarinet & Sax), Gianfranco Vizzini (Flute), Nicholas Williams (Keyboard), Mary-anne Barlow (Poetry Reading)

LIVE 08/10/2012: Artscape Theater, Cape Town, South Africa

“Don’t Rain on my Parade”: Fem Belling /Dance for a Cure, Cape Town 2012:

Fem Belling (Vocals) – Visit Fem’s Website at: http://www.fembelling.com
Dancers: Shaun Oelf, Nkosinathi Sangweni, Adam Malebo from Jazzart
Albert Combrink (Piano), Eriel Huang (Violin), Darryl Andrews (Bass), Alvin Dyers (Guitar), Ivan Bell (Drums), Marina Vizzini (Clarinet & Sax), Gianfranco Vizzini (Flute), Nicholas Williams (Keyboard), Mary-ann Barlow (Poetry Reading/Interviewer)

LIVE 08/10/2012: Artscape Theater, Cape Town, South Africa
Music starts at 1:00

Fem Belling is one of the most delightful people I have ever had the pleasure to work with. She is energetic, positive, creative and a BALL OF TALENT. She sings, she dances, she acts, she arranges, she carries her charts on her phone, she learns her words fast, she improvises, and she just lights up the room. She translates between the director, MD and the cast. She’s just rock solid and one of the most fantastic musical and work experiences of my career. Thank you Fem for this wonderful gift.

Fem Belling

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Read more about “Dance for a Cure”:

Dance for a Cure is a Non Profit Organization whose main objective is to raise the awareness of cervical cancer in South Africa and to raise funds to vaccinate children and young women against HPV, thereby preventing the disease. Dance for a Cure was established in 2007, vaccinating more children each year.

Visit their Website: http://www.danceforacure.co.za
PLEASE DONATE NOW: http://www.danceforacure.co.za/donations.php

Director: Martin Schonberg
Choreographer: Adele Blank
Music Director: Albert Combrink
Producer and Founder Member of “Dance for a Cure”: Angela Ferguson

 

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Watch the rest of “Dance for a Cure Cape Town 2012” here:

Fem Belling

Watch an episode of “INSPIRATION Episode 11 Part 3- Fem Belling” in which she discusses her journey with Breast Cancer.

Read more about the songs performed:

More Information about “The Rainbow Connection” (Williams / Ascher):

Download a Free Chord Chart of “The Rainbow Connection” HERE.

Free Lyrics to “The Rainbow Connection” (Written by Paul Williams in 1979 and used by Kermit the Frog, of The Muppets, Jim Henson Productions):

Why are there so many songs about rainbows
And what’s on the other side?
Rainbows are visions, but only illusions,
And rainbows have nothing to hide.
So we’ve been told and some choose to believe it
I know they’re wrong, wait and see.
Someday we’ll find it, the rainbow connection,
The lovers, the dreamers and me.
Who said that every wish would be heard and answered
when wished on the morning star?
Somebody thought of that
and someone believed it,
and look what it’s done so far.
What’s so amazing that keeps us stargazing?
And what do we think we might see?
Someday we’ll find it, the rainbow connection,
the lovers, the dreamers and me.
All of us under its spell,
we know that it’s probably magic….
Have you been half asleep
and have you heard voices?
I’ve heard them calling my name.
Is this the sweet sound that calls the young sailors?
The voice might be one and the same.
I’ve heard it too many times to ignore it.
It’s something that I’m supposed to be.
Someday we’ll find it, the rainbow connection,
the lovers, the dreamers and me.
La, la la, La, la la la, La Laa, la la, La, La la laaaaaaa

The song was written for “The Muppet Movie” and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Song in 1979. It is sung by Kermit as the movie’s opening number and reprised by the whole cast of Muppets at the end of the movie. The single of this song reached #25 on Billboard’s “Hot 100 Singles” chart in 1979. The song was also nominated for the Golden Globes for Best Original Song in 1979, but lost both Oscar and Globe to It Goes Like It Goes from Norma Rae.

More Information about: “Don’t Rain On My Parade” from the musical Funny Girl” (Written by  Bob Merrill and Jule Styne in 1964)

Buy and Download Sheet Music at Musicnotes.com (with useful transposition function)

Download a Free Guitar Chord Chart of the song HERE.

“Don’t rain on my parade” Lyrics, sung by the character Fanny Brice.

Don’t tell me not to live, just sit and putter
Life’s candy and the sun’s a ball of butter
Don’t bring around a cloud to rain on my parade
Don’t tell me not to fly, I simply got to
If someone takes a spill, it’s me and not you
Who told you you’re allowed to rain on my parade
I’ll march my band out, I’ll beat my drum
And if I’m fanned out, your turn at bat, sir
At least I didn’t fake it, hat, sir
I guess I didn’t make it
But whether I’m the rose of sheer perfection
A freckle on the nose of life’s complexion
The Cinderella or the shine apple of its eye
I gotta fly once, I gotta try once,
Only can die once, right, sir?
Ooh, life is juicy, juicy and you see,
I gotta have my bite, sir.
Get ready for me love, ’cause I’m a “comer”
I simply gotta march, my heart’s a drummer
Don’t bring around the cloud to rain on my parade,

I’m gonna live and live NOW!
Get what I want, I know how!
One roll for the whole shebang!
One throw that bell will go clang,
Eye on the target and wham,
One shot, one gun shot and bam!
Hey, Mr. Arnstein, here I am …

I’ll march my band out, I will beat my drum,
And if I’m fanned out, your turn at bat, sir,
At least I didn’t fake it, hat, sir,
I guess I didn’t make it
Get ready for me love, ’cause I’m a “comer”
I simply gotta march, my heart’s a drummer
Nobody, no, nobody, is gonna rain on my parade!

Synopsis

The musical is set in and around New York City just prior to and following World War I. Ziegfeld Follies star Fanny Brice, awaiting the return of her husband, Nick Arnstein, from prison, reflects on their life together, and their story is told as a flashback.

Act I

Fanny is a stage-struck teen who gets her first job in vaudeville. Her mother and her friend Mrs. Strakosh try to dissuade her from show-business because Fanny is not the typical beauty (“If a Girl Isn’t Pretty”). But Fanny perseveres (“I’m the Greatest Star”) and is helped and encouraged by Eddie Ryan, a dancer she meets in the vaudeville shows. Once Fanny’s career takes off, Eddie and Mrs. Brice lament that once she’s on Broadway she’ll forget about them (“Who Taught Her Everything?”). Fanny performs a supposedly romantic number in the Follies, but she turns it into a classic comic routine, ending the number as a pregnant bride (“His Love Makes Me Beautiful”).

She meets the sophisticated and handsome Nick Arnstein, who accompanies Fanny to her mother’s opening night party on “Henry Street”. Fanny is clearly in love (“People”). They meet in Baltimore and have a private dinner at a swanky restaurant and declare their feelings (“You Are Woman, I Am Man”). Fanny is determined to marry Nick regardless of his gambling past (“Don’t Rain on My Parade”).

Act II

They do marry and move to a mansion on Long Island (“Sadie, Sadie”). In the meantime, Mrs. Strakosh and Eddie propose to Mrs. Brice that she should find a man to marry, now that her daughter is supporting her (“Find Yourself a Man.”) Fanny has become a major star with Ziegfeld and the Follies (“Rat-Tat-Tat-Tat”). Nick asks Ziegfeld to invest in a gambling casino, but although Ziegfeld passes, Fanny insists on investing. When the venture fails and they lose their money, Fanny tries to make light of it, which propels Nick to get involved in a shady bond deal, resulting in his arrest for embezzlement. Fanny feels helpless but stronger than ever in her love for him (“The Music That Makes Me Dance”).

In the present, Fanny is waiting for Nick to arrive and has time to reflect on her situation. Nick arrives, newly released from prison and he and Fanny decide to separate. Fanny is heartbroken, but resolves to pick up her life again (“Don’t Rain on My Parade, Reprise”).