Performance
Partying with the Prez
This is more of a performance rather than an art mention, but it has to do with the art of performance. Monday, October 27th was the 150th birthday of Teddy Roosevelt. My husband and I had the honor of celebrating with our friends, Joe and Jenny Wiegand, of the Teddy Roosevelt Show, after Joe’s reenactment performance for President and Mrs. George Bush at the White House. Kudos to Joe for being invited for this “gig” and what an exceptional way to top off a year of touring. In fact, the tour has been extended, it’s so popular. Congratulations and bully for you! Here’s my previous post on Teddy Roosevelt and…
Teddy Roosevelt
There’s art in performing and talent in performing well, as my friend Joe Wiegand does impersonating Teddy Roosevelt. We saw him during a live performance on President’s Day, February 18, 2007 at the Lyceum in Alexandria, VA. In the spirit of Independence Day and since he’s on tour celebrating T.R.’s 150th birthday, I thought I’d post this clip. Joe does such an amazing job portraying T.R., not only in appearance but down to his mannerisms and speech inflection. He’s entertaining and humorous and makes learning history — about T.R. and his presidency — fun. I have another movie that he sent from when he was in New Orleans, but I…
