Showing posts with label Tony Granger. Show all posts
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Friday, 16 February 2024

CONGRATULATIONS, JOAN! YOU'LL NEVER WALK ALONE

Today, The Fosters have celebrated Joan Foster's birthday in Liverpool.
 
Happy birthday, bro! 
 
You'll never walk alone!

They have spent a great and unforgettable day singing, eating and receiving the wonderful visit of Tony Granger, an old friend of The Grandma, who has shared his memories and impressions about Cambridge Exam, life, sport and friendship.

It has been a great visit and The Grandma is very happy with the new path that Tony is going to start. 

Good luck, friend! You'll never walk alone!

Before this, the family has been studying Adverbs of Frequency and Modal Verbs (Should/Shouldn't).

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You'll Never Walk Alone is a show tune from the 1945 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Carousel

In the second act of the musical, Nettie Fowler, the cousin of the protagonist Julie Jordan, sings You'll Never Walk Alone to comfort and encourage Julie when her husband, Billy Bigelow, the male lead, stabs himself with a knife whilst trying to run away after attempting a robbery with his mate Jigger and dies in her arms. 

The song is reprised in the final scene to encourage a graduation class of which Louise (Billy and Julie's daughter) is a member. The now invisible Billy, who has been granted the chance to return to Earth for one day in order to redeem himself, watches the ceremony and is able to silently motivate Louise and Julie to join in with the song.

The song is also sung at association football clubs around the world, where it is performed by a massed chorus of supporters on match day; this tradition developed at Liverpool F.C. after the chart success of the 1963 single of the song by the local Liverpool group Gerry and the Pacemakers.

In some areas of the United Kingdom and Europe, You'll Never Walk Alone became the anthem of support for medical staff, first responders, and those in quarantine during the COVID-19 pandemic. The composition is sometimes treated by performers as a religious song, such as with the 1967 version by Elvis Presley, which was featured on several of his gospel albums.

Christine Johnson, who created the role of Nettie Fowler, introduced the song in the original Broadway production. Later in the show Jan Clayton, as Julie Jordan, reprised it, with the chorus joining in.

In the film, it is first sung by Claramae Turner as Nettie. The weeping Julie Jordan (Shirley Jones) tries to sing it but cannot; it is later reprised by Julie and those attending the graduation.

In the UK, the song's most successful cover was released in 1963 by the Liverpudlian Merseybeat group Gerry and the Pacemakers, peaking at number one on the UK Singles Chart for four consecutive weeks. The band's version also reached the top of the charts in Australia, Ireland, and New Zealand.

After becoming a chart hit by the local band, Gerry and the Pacemakers, the song gained popularity on the Anfield terraces, and the song quickly became the football anthem of Liverpool F.C., which adopted You'll Never Walk Alone as its official motto on its coat of arms. The song is sung by its supporters moments before the start of each home game at Anfield with the Gerry and the Pacemakers version being played over the public address system.

According to former player Tommy Smith, lead vocalist Gerry Marsden presented Liverpool manager Bill Shankly with a recording of his forthcoming cover single during a pre-season coach trip in the summer of 1963. Shanks was in awe of what he heard. ... Football writers from the local newspapers were travelling with our party and, thirsty for a story of any kind between games, filed copy back to their editors to the effect that we had adopted Gerry Marsden's forthcoming single as the club song

The squad were subsequently invited to perform the track with the band on The Ed Sullivan Show with Marsden stating, Bill came up to me. He said, 'Gerry my son, I have given you a football team and you have given us a song'.

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When you walk through a storm
Hold your head up high
And don't be afraid of the dark
At the end of a storm

There's a golden sky
And the sweet silver song of a lark
Walk on through the wind
Walk on through the rain

For your dreams be tossed and blown
Walk on, walk on
With hope in your heart
And you'll never walk alone

You'll never walk alone

Gerry & The Peacemakers

Tuesday, 16 May 2023

TONY GRANGER, THE GREATEST CELTIC LOVE FOR RUGBY

-Good morning, Toni Granger, and thanks to attend us.

-Good morning. It's a pleasure.

-Well, how do you define yourself?

-I'm a person who loves sports, especially rugby, an athlete. I'm very competitive and I like fair play.

-How do you feel being a member of The Grangers?

-It's a great and big family. We're always together and we try to help each other because we believe in common work.

-How is a normal day with The Grangers?

-There isn't a normal day. Every day is an opportunity to do something different and exciting but basically, we are learning English and this is the centre of all.

-How long have you been studying English?

-Since Primary School but the level at school was terrible, and when you don't live in an English-spoken environment is very difficult to remember and practise all things that you've learnt.

-How do you reach success?

-Working hard and believing in you. Being constant and accepting good advice and refusing bad ones.

-What can you explain about your life with The Grangers?

-Well, we're sailing in the same boat and we have the same objective. We're working very hard to reach it.

-And after?

-Life continues. Every Granger will take his/her path and this family will have been a good experience, something to remember with a big laugh.

-Which is your best memory with the family?

-It's not possible to choose only one but, perhaps, I would choose when we stayed at Giants Stadium in New York. It was an unforgettable experience.

-Which is your next goal?

I like to visit my grandparents' hometown, in Galiza, and perhaps start a new life there. I have Celtic roots and I feel really well when I stay in this magic town. 

-You have said, you like reading and watching cinema. Could you talk about the last book that you have read?

-I've read an interesting book about Baldiri Aleu, the Catalan veterinary and rugby player.

-Which is your favourite film?

-I like lots of films but one of my preferred is Interestellar, a great masterpiece about life.

-What would you say to children who want to be a professional player?

-Every sport needs discipline, effort and follow the trainer instructions. You don't play alone. You belong to a team and you must work for it because you must work together. If the team wins, all people win and if the team loses, all people lose. Partnership, confidence, honesty and trust are very important to arrive to be not only a good football player but a good person. Sport must create good people because you can arrive to be a mirror for thousands, millions of other children and you must offer strong values.

-What do you like to improve in rugby?

-For one hand, I think new technology must applicate in professional leagues because, it's a pity, but in these levels, rugby is a business and you can lose a lot of money only because of a wrong decision of the referee. Technology could be the solution like in the American Football League. For other hand, I think we must work very hard to impulse female rugby. In general, female presence in sport is underestimated and it's a terrible mistake. We must change it.

-Tell me song to finish this interview...

-Paloma Faith's 'World in Union'.

-Thank you very much, Tony Granger.

-You're welcome.

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The shortest word for me is I,
the sweetest word for me is LOVE,
but the only word for me is Rugby.

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