https://www.amazingstoriesbyjess.com/about-1 daily 0.75 2024-08-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/1498431429803-0DAJKA24JC870REDEGYB/185_Sunset.JPG Jess Peterson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/1498250497810-GEYW9DCGPHGDJSEC35M3/image-asset.jpeg Jess Peterson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/1497975379531-ZCTSQEAQCP2NXKNJG8G7/image-asset.jpeg Jess Peterson Jess and Chris Peterson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/1498250878500-EANSPAMUVDVOJGFF9C05/image-asset.jpeg Jess Peterson The Grandkids... 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But it is much more than that. It is a combination of the cultures from which it derived and the cultures that descended from it. It is about the people, their leadership, their clothing, their housing, their language, their religion, and, most prominent today, their music. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/70fb686e-ee01-4e50-a6db-ce0cfbbcb5ea/Kipling.png TRENDING STORIES - LINCOLN’S GETTYSBURG ADDRESS The Jungle Book, Captains Courageous, Gunga Din, If … the novels, short stories and poetry of Rudyard Kipling capture the imagination. The life of this Anglo-Indian Nobel Prize winner is no less fascinating. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/3cb8d683-b9b6-433f-8b9a-f827c8880c37/Mt+Rushmore.png TRENDING STORIES - Make it stand out The story of Mt. Rushmore is inspiring, from the formation of the idea to the choice of the faces that adorn it, to the heroic efforts that completed this wonderful monument to America. The presentation includes pictures from Jess’s 2025 trip to South Dakota. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/850dc79e-2ae4-48a6-ac65-f137279b954c/Lindbergh.png TRENDING STORIES - Make it stand out The World held its breath in 1927 as a 25-year-old American made its way across the Atlantic Ocean in a small plane on the first ever non-stop flight between New York and Paris. This is the story of Charles Lindbergh—his daring flight, the kidnapping of the Lindbergh child, and his later controversial views. https://www.amazingstoriesbyjess.com/sing-me-a-song daily 0.75 2017-06-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/1498850628631-A8J76REQQHCNU9NSROGV/Plaza.jpg SING ME A SONG https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/1498265807679-WSE4UU1ZJJKPPQ56NZVO/DSCN3396.JPG SING ME A SONG South Pacific - Grand Court Retirement Center - 2013 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/1498339000462-G1OG0B1RQZY1TG5F22EF/Carousel.jpg SING ME A SONG Carousel - Moonlight Musicals - 2016 https://www.amazingstoriesbyjess.com/trending-songs daily 0.75 2026-03-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/1498431085364-5SYKNS64HUC6VSPMVS6A/216_Mackinac.JPG LIBRARY OF AMAZING SONGS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/1626201765834-U61Q960CVQZMOITUKLTY/Academy+Awards.png LIBRARY OF AMAZING SONGS - Make it stand out Enjoy the best songs from the best movies as awarded by the first academy awards. Thanks for the Memory - Over the Rainbow - When You Wish Upon a Star - Swinging on a Star - It Might As Well Be Spring - Mona Lisa - and 8 more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/03bd4361-a377-4f3b-a225-7925f9805903/Academy+Awards+%232.png LIBRARY OF AMAZING SONGS - Make it stand out You heard the winners from the first two decades of the Academy Awards in an earlier program. This covers the winners and some of the other nominees in the 1950s—a period dominated by easy listening singers like Frank Sinatra and Doris Day, These winners and nominees include Three Coins in the Fountain, Secret Love, Unchained Melody, All the Way, Que Sera Sera, Somethings Gotta Give, Love Is a Many Splendored Thing, and 9 more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/437bb39e-20d9-48a5-9b61-1a7330df9592/Academy+Awards+%233.png LIBRARY OF AMAZING SONGS - Make it stand out The music of the ‘60s slowly began to change from crooners and rock’n’roll to what we today call classic rock. That change shows in the movies, but it was slow in coming, as you can tell in these Academy Award winning songs of 1960-64. These winners and nominees include Never on Sunday, Moon River, Charade, Dear Heart, Call Me Irresponsible, Days of Wine and Roses, My Kind of Town, and nine more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/c3a28e7e-b2b1-496d-af80-56fef338811d/Academy+Award+%234.png LIBRARY OF AMAZING SONGS - Make it stand out Academy Award-winning songs at the end of the 1960s reflected the “hip” themes of that decade, while keeping some wholesome films in the mix. While no one composer or singer dominated, Disney was again fully represented. Talk to the Animals - Bare Necessities - Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head - Chitty Chitty Bang Bang - The Shadow of Your Smile - Born Free - The Windmills of Your Mind - and more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/e5f2513a-8d41-4b23-95ec-60812b7b5b0f/Academy+Awards+%235.png LIBRARY OF AMAZING SONGS - Make it stand out The Carpenters, Maureen McGovern, Michael Jackson, and Barbra Streisand are popular singers among the awardees and nominees, but there’s a real mix in types of music as well. Some of the songs are better known than the movies. For All We Know - Bless the Beasts and the Children - The Way We Were - The Morning After - We May Never Love Like This Again - Ben - Marmalade, Molasses & Honey - and more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/79ea6984-a7c8-4aad-a5b5-26765efdcb21/America+-+1st+13.png LIBRARY OF AMAZING SONGS - Make it stand out A salute to the states whose citizens fought for freedom in the American Revolution American Trilogy - Georgia on My Mind - Carolina in the Morning - Pennsylvania Polka - Jersey Bounce - New York, New York - Yankee Doodle Boy - Old Cape Cod - What Did Delaware? - and more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/fd1d0cbb-b85a-4892-9584-749ea77adefc/Midwest.png LIBRARY OF AMAZING SONGS - Make it stand out A salute America’s midwestern states with songs representative of each and some interesting facts about each. Part of our patriotic salute to the USA My Kind of Town - Back Home in Indiana - Iowa Stubborn - Home on the Range - I Got a Girl in Kalamazoo - Big River - Missouri Waltz - Hang on Sloopy - Banks of the Ohio - God Bless the USA - and more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/1559939219339-0GXLXO48LR7MFBVPN5AH/Berlin%27s+America.png LIBRARY OF AMAZING SONGS Few songwriters voiced their love of America like Irving Berlin. Featuring songs from Berlin’s patriotic musicals. This Is a Great Country - Alexander’s Ragtime Band - God Bless America - Blue Skies - This Is the Army - Always - 11 more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/1532986499068-YVM7I5J38MBYJCI8UJKM/Faith+of+Fathers.png LIBRARY OF AMAZING SONGS Our founding fathers saw themselves as a God-fearing people and our patriotic holidays continue to connect the two. God Bless America - Faith of Our Fathers - Lift Every Voice and Sing - Taps - Nearer My God to Thee - and 11 more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/1498340918559-7JSAF671R8T6R748AZO6/God.png LIBRARY OF AMAZING SONGS Patriotic program for 4th of July, Veteran's Day, Memorial Day, etc. A great salute to America! God Bless America - Armed Forces Medley - Star-Spangled Banner - This Land Is Your Land - God Bless the USA - American Trilogy - and 8 more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/1623187721761-P9HH1C75299P6AJI1LT3/Land+of+Giants.png LIBRARY OF AMAZING SONGS - Make it stand out A salute to the folk heroes of our great country. Based on the 1964 New Christy Minstrels Land of Giants album. Paul Bunyan - Casey Jones - Mighty Big Ways - My Name Is Liberty - John Henry - Appleseed John - Today - and 8 more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/09707809-064f-4a94-b864-92eaed1fbc62/Memorial+Day.png LIBRARY OF AMAZING SONGS - Make it stand out A salute in song to those who have fought and lived and those who have fought and died for America. The Star-Spangled Banner - American Trilogy - You’re a Grand Old Flag - Bring Him Home - This Is the Army, Mr. Brown - Oh, How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning - Neil Diamond’s America - Armed Forces Medley - God Bless America - and more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/1502393754954-E22XZJ6YPNPW25X2P314/image-asset.png LIBRARY OF AMAZING SONGS A musical salute to America, its history and its people. This Is My Country - Neil Diamond's America - Give Me Your Tired Your Poor - This Land Is Your Land - This is a Great Country - God Bless the USA - and 9 more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/d976b715-d760-4902-919a-12094e62906c/Brigadoon.png LIBRARY OF AMAZING SONGS - Make it stand out It’s the delightful musical from Lerner & Loewe of a small Scottish town that only came to life for one day every 100 years and the two American hunters who stumbled upon it. You’ll hear the story and all of the wonderful songs. Come to Me, Bend to Me - The Heather on the Hill - Almost Like Being in Love - My Mother’s Wedding Day - The Real Love of My Life - There But for You Go I - From This Day On - and more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/1617904585996-CBE016DS2AKX6WE7ERZ3/Camelot.png LIBRARY OF AMAZING SONGS King Arthur, Guenevere, and the Knights of the Round Table. Hear the story and the songs. Camelot - If Ever I Would Leave You - I Wonder What the King Is Doing Tonight - C’est Moi - How to Handle a Woman - I Loved You Once in Silence - and 10 more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/1583627345301-BGCKZDVAPPPL892RBEV4/Fiddler.png LIBRARY OF AMAZING SONGS The Broadway musical about life among the Jewish community of a pre-revolutionary Russian village. Tradition - Matchmaker - If I Were a Rich Man - Sabbath Prayer - Sunrise, Sunset - To Life - Miracle of Miracles - Do You Love Me? - and 7 more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/4d53ed18-71e1-49ec-8d8e-19b2adad6a4f/Guys+and+Dolls.png LIBRARY OF AMAZING SONGS - Make it stand out Damon Runyon’s cast of characters come alive in Frank Loesser’s 1950 musical comedy about nightlife in New York City. The musical is a classic that has been revived many times on Broadway, and it is stocked with some unforgettable songs. Luck Be a Lady - Sit Down You’re Rocking the Boat - I’ve Never Been in Love Before - A Bushel and a Peck - I’ll Know - More I Cannot Wish You - Sue Me - If I Were a Bell - and more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/1e5a1c57-88d4-4b22-9a50-54ed46d47b85/Hello+Dolly.png LIBRARY OF AMAZING SONGS - Make it stand out Meet Dolly Levi, conniving marriage consultant, who brings everyone together and then finds love for herself. One of the best musicals in Broadway history! It Only Takes a Moment - Put on Your Sunday Clothes - It Takes a Woman - Hello Dolly - Elegance - Ribbons Down Your Bank - Dancing - and more! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/4cade88c-cbc4-4de9-9f5b-4936786fa0ae/Music+Man.png LIBRARY OF AMAZING SONGS - Make it stand out The show is a classic, Tony Award-winning musical by Meredith Willson about a con man, Harold Hill, who poses as a boys' band organizer in River City, Iowa, selling instruments and uniforms before planning to skip town, but falls for the skeptical librarian, Marian Paroo, and changes his ways. Iowa Stubborn - Trouble - Seventy-Six Trombones - Marian the Librarian - Pick-a- Little, Lida Rose - Gary Indiana - Till There Was You - and many more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/1559937580487-9IBB6ZO31XNTD6WEVU77/Oklahoma.png LIBRARY OF AMAZING SONGS Hear the songs and the story from the musical that changed Broadway musical history. Oklahoma - Surrey with a Fringe on Top - Kansas City - People Will Say We’re in Love - Oh What a Beautiful Morning - Out of My Dreams and more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/1525730610707-J0ZGWQC0J1SEZHIR3EGY/Sound+of+Music+-+1.png LIBRARY OF AMAZING SONGS All of your favorites from both the movie and the stage production. The Sound of Music - Maria - Climb Every Mountain - Do-Re-Mi - Edelweiss - Sixteen Going on Seventeen - My Favorite Things - The Lonely Goatherd - and 5 more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/ea0c7dab-829b-41ef-b0d6-5d7a99e9af26/Broadway+America.png LIBRARY OF AMAZING SONGS - Make it stand out A history of America through the songs of Broadway—both old and recent—1776, Hamilton, Shenandoah, George M, Ragtime, Annie, etc. You’ll celebrate America—the good and the bad—with Yankee Doodle Dandy, Wheels of a Dream, Is Anybody There?, Motherhood March, Tomorrow, Somewhere, This Is a Great Country, Love Is Sweeping the Country, Over There, and nine more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/1615238138660-49JGN3MNYN3J0QVEACHL/Broadway+-+History.png LIBRARY OF AMAZING SONGS From Showboat through the Golden Age of Broadway, Jess shares some of the greatest songs sung on the the Broadway stage. Ol’ Man River - Summertime - Climb Every Mountain -Before the Parade Passes By - Impossible Dream - Cabaret - many more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/1556843830748-LEOFJIQZ9AG275YK7OSF/Blue.png LIBRARY OF AMAZING SONGS Not just “the blues” but a fun variety of songs with the word “blue” in the title. Song Sung Blue - Mr. Blue - Blue Moon - Blue Velvet - Blueberry Hill - St. Louis Blues - Blue Skies and Rainbows - Red Roses for a Blue Lady - and 8 more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/1581191299651-79257FN2TF708M5DZXY7/Green.png LIBRARY OF AMAZING SONGS Not just Irish songs, but a big variety of songs with the word “green” in the title! It’s Not Easy Being Green - Green Leaves of Summer - Green, Green Grass of Home - Evergreen - Little Green Apples - The Wearing of the Green - 11 more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/ab43ff17-d008-4a9c-b3ee-a324e7683d50/Pink+Party.png LIBRARY OF AMAZING SONGS - Make it stand out It’s time to go pink for Breast Cancer Awareness Month and here are some “girl” songs to help us celebrate: Diana – Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White – Music to Watch Girls By – I Can’t Say No – Dancing Queen – She’s a Lady – Luck Be a Lady – Hello Dolly – Thank Heaven for Little Girls – A White Sport Coat and a Pink Carnation – and many more! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/1612386480700-T0GZ87PRQKATAGFRVBS4/Red.png LIBRARY OF AMAZING SONGS Songs with “red” in the title. We’ve done blue and green … Why not red? These are always fun sessions. Red Roses for a Blue Lady - Red River Valley - Red Rubber Ball - Red Wing - Scarlet Ribbons - The Lady in Red - and many more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/90bf4747-3fcd-4953-92d5-058c3b41fc2a/Color.png LIBRARY OF AMAZING SONGS - Make it stand out Celebrate the colors white, yellow, gold, orange, and brown with songs and poetry. A White Sport Coat - White Cliffs of Dover - Tie a Yellow Ribbon - 18 Yellow Roses - Orange Colored Sky - Charlie Brown - Bad Bad Leroy Brown - Sweet Georgia Brown - and more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/50971859-4f42-4163-a291-845c54fe4b7e/Number+1.png LIBRARY OF AMAZING SONGS - Make it stand out No, these songs are not necessarily #1 hits—although some are. They are songs that have “One” (or “Once”) in the title, as we pay tribute to the numeral 1. The program is a mix of genres, including pop, country, Broadway, and hymns. Who or what is your #1? Includes “You’re Still the One”, “One Day at a Time”, “Once in a Lifetime”, “Once Upon a Dream”, “One Day When Heaven”, “One Voice”, “One Piece at a Time”, and many more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/19d53bd6-8120-47fd-8f59-fb5f6a095568/Number+2.png LIBRARY OF AMAZING SONGS - Make it stand out We hear enough about #1. How about applauding #2 this time around? Here are songs with the number two in the title or as an integral part of the song. These color or number programs always bring a great variety of music. Just the Two of Us - Tea for Two - Daisy Bell - Second Hand Rose - The Second Time Around - Don’t Think Twice It’s All Right - You Only Live Twice - Two Less Lonely People - Two Hearts, Two Kisses - and more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/152dbe8f-6815-4f56-945c-6774a64a5d11/Number+3.png LIBRARY OF AMAZING SONGS - Make it stand out We’ve celebrated the numbers one and two—now here’s a salute to the number “three”—the magic number! Three Time a Lady - Three Blind Mice - Three Little Words - Goodnight Sweetheart Goodnight - Three Wheels on My Wagon - The Three Bells - Knock Three Times - We Three - and more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/1572467802506-BO2VC5N4OM9B7YIE0SN0/Peter+Paul+Mary.png LIBRARY OF AMAZING SONGS Some of the best remembered hits from one of the premier groups of the 1960s folk revival—Peter, Paul and Mary. Blowin’ in the Wind - If I Had a Hammer - Lemon Tree - Puff the Magic Dragon - Where Have All the Flowers Gone - 12 more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/1538674246001-NGDD85NRZAHRG53Z44OQ/Oldies.png LIBRARY OF AMAZING SONGS You've been singing along with these songs for years ... some of America's best-loved songs for generations. After the Ball - Bill Bailey - Yes Sir, That's My Baby - Clementine - Tom Dooley - By the Light of the Silvery Moon - and more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/1572466176142-PTQI4GL6VFGL489XFLD1/Singing+Cowboys.png LIBRARY OF AMAZING SONGS Relax and relive the memories of Tex Ritter, Gene Autry, Roy Rogers and more. Back in the Saddle Again - High Noon - Happy Trails - Cool Water - Tumblin’ Tumbleweeds - Hillbilly Heaven - Ghost Riders in the Sky - and 10 more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/1498350461734-EIRB2OJMISGKZOSPUI0Q/image-asset.png LIBRARY OF AMAZING SONGS Applauding those who rode the trails--settlers and gold prospectors headed west and cowboys driving cattle north. Cool Water - Rawhide - Don't Fence Me In - Back in the Saddle Again - Ghost Riders in the Sky - and 12 more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/1498341329459-SW3ZQ0CMRFEQQOGGCERJ/Folk.png LIBRARY OF AMAZING SONGS A sing-a-long program that gets everyone involved and reminds us of singing around the campfire. On Top of Old Smokey - Workin' on the Railroad - Oh! Susanna - Clementine - Red River Valley - She’ll Be Comin’ ‘Round the Mountain - and 9 more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/1498340533246-3DLS6WBFTWSU7F8PGY2P/Hymns.png LIBRARY OF AMAZING SONGS Ten popular hymns of all time and the stories behind them. Amazing Grace - Blessed Assurance - In the Garden - Jesus Loves Me - Sweet By and By - Nearer My God to Thee - Precious Lord, Take My Hand - and 5 more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/1527890171139-G94VTZDOYLOQV8TWZQ3N/Radio.png LIBRARY OF AMAZING SONGS Albert Brumley was one of the most famous composers of Southern Gospel Music. You'll remember songs like: Turn the Radio On - Jesus Hold My Hand - I'll Fly Away - This World Is Not My Home - If We Never Meet Again - and 10 more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/1597527702319-ES965VUCJYLIJA47LOQE/Crosby.png LIBRARY OF AMAZING SONGS She lived most of her life blind, but that didn’t stop Fanny Crosby from writing over 8,000 wonderful hymns. Blessed Assurance - Safe in the Arms of Jesus - Redeemed - I Am Thine, O Lord - Jesus, Keep Me Near the Cross - and 11 others. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/c1985aa7-2cea-4b41-88dd-e1acf5619428/Gaithers.png LIBRARY OF AMAZING SONGS - Make it stand out The Gaither’s have had a huge influence in the development of contemporary Christian praise music, pointing each of us directly towards a relationship with God and Christ. Here are some of their most beloved songs. He Touched me - There’s Something About That Name - The King Is Coming - Because He Lives - Something Beautiful - It Is Finished - The Old Rugged Cross Made the Difference - and more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/ff43a002-8cb4-4516-abcf-58f7ae1c2d37/Glory+Hallelujah.png LIBRARY OF AMAZING SONGS - Make it stand out “Glory” is one of the greatest words in the Bible. It’s wonder really cannot be adequately described. This program includes songs with “glory” or “hallelujah” in the title—mostly gospel songs, but others as well. Sing Hallelujah to the Lord - Just Over in the Gloryland - The Glory of Love - When He Comes in Glory By and By - The Gloryland Way - I’ll Fly Away - and 11 more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/1498351111352-KJVD8SZSN0Q0IBFBE3TS/Heaven.png LIBRARY OF AMAZING SONGS A follow-up to Amazing Stories of Amazing Hymns, this program tells the stories behind songs about heaven. I'll Fly Away - Mansion Over the Hilltop - When We All Get to Heaven - To Canaan's Land - Peace in the Valley - and 11 more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/1498347375744-J2N5QDRZ6DIUIJHWQ0VZ/Light.png LIBRARY OF AMAZING SONGS A thankful and joyful look at the blessings of eyes and sight. I Saw the Light - Jeepers Creepers - I Can Only Imagine - I Only Have Eyes for You - On a Clear Day You Can See Forever - I Can See It - Open the Eyes of My Heart - and 9 more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/1559939038663-L3AR7H1FZB0C8VLYWLUP/Elvis+Gospel.png LIBRARY OF AMAZING SONGS More than any other musical genre, gospel played a consistently important role in Elvis’ life. Hear songs from his 3 gospel albums. Crying in the Chapel - Reach Out to Jesus - Peace in the Valley - Swing Down Sweet Chariot - Amazing Grace - and 11 more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/4c85ca99-acfb-42c2-bd97-419a723988e5/Tennessee+Ernie+Ford.png LIBRARY OF AMAZING SONGS - Make it stand out Tennessee Ernie Ford’s first gospel album Hymns was on Billboard’s top album charts for 277 consecutive weeks. This program highlights those songs and several other of Ford’s classic numbers. Who at the Door Is Standing? - Sweet Hours of Prayer - Rock of Ages - The Old Rugged Cross - My Task - Sixteen Tons - Hey Mr. Cotton Picker - and more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/c01fcf5f-accb-43f8-8062-a4f657e39b95/Jackson.png LIBRARY OF AMAZING SONGS - Make it stand out A tribute to Mahalia Jackson, widely known as one of the most influential vocalists of the 20th Century. She has been called the Empress of Gospel Singers. The songs she sang still uplift and bring bring us closer to God. Just a Closer Walk with You - Come on Children, Let’s Sing - Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen - Trouble of the World - The Lord’s Prayer - My God Is Real - I Found the Answer - and more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/1498342129907-OE4FRWZ8A3E9G3F2EXXR/image-asset.png LIBRARY OF AMAZING SONGS Beloved African-American spirituals that still stir the soul and heart. Ain't That Good News - Balm in Gilead - Ezekiel Saw the Wheel - Swing Low, Sweet Chariot - Shut De Do - Wayfaring Stranger - and 12 more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/1544144466049-X1RXUQSU9TIPLA499LPM/Spirituals+II.png LIBRARY OF AMAZING SONGS Traditional spiritual songs plus some selected from Broadway, jazz, folk, and country genres. Ain’t That Good News - Rock My Soul - This Train - Every Time I Feel the Spirit - Didn’t It Rain - That Lucky Old Sun - Swing Low, Sweet Chariot - 8 more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/7aa952ea-ce50-416e-aa51-596e57638c1c/Spirituals+III.png LIBRARY OF AMAZING SONGS - Make it stand out You just can’t get enough of spirituals—songs that have lifted people heavenward for parts of three centuries! O Happy Day - Were You There? - Stand By Me - My Lord, What a Morning - Kum Ba Yah - Roll Jordan Roll - Get Right Church - and more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/1610044527970-86EL4OGFQ930LIFXEBVI/Anka.png LIBRARY OF AMAZING SONGS For six decades Paul Anka has had an immense influence on the pop music world, both as singer and songwriter. Put Your Head on My Shoulder - Diana - Puppy Love - You Are My Destiny - Times of My Life - You Are My Destiny - and many more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/1541190604254-K46KAD1E56W6GDXXIMYR/Louis+Armstrong+Hits.png LIBRARY OF AMAZING SONGS Louis Armstrong once said, “If you have to ask what jazz is, you’ll never know.” He’s perhaps the greatest jazz musician of all time. What a Wonderful World - Hello Dolly - A Kiss to Build a Dream On - Lazy River - St. Louis Blues - Jeepers Creepers - 10 more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/1521042812295-MHNUJU1CCB1VFSPM2NDO/Cole.png LIBRARY OF AMAZING SONGS Nat King Cole had one of the smoothest voices and sung some of the most beautiful songs—every one of them memorable. Unforgettable - L.O.V.E. - Ramblin' Rose - Love Is a Many Splendored Thing - When I Fall in Love - and many more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/1546917147666-6ZL63YLBE4SHZUZVSBJM/Denver.png LIBRARY OF AMAZING SONGS Songs selected from John Denver's Greatest Hits. Rocky Mountain High - Take Me Home Country Roads - Annie's Song - Leaving on a Jet Plane - Sunshine on My Shoulders - Grandma's Feather Bed - and 8 more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/d24aa0ae-5adc-46b9-b7b8-30423dc35292/Bobby+Darin.png LIBRARY OF AMAZING SONGS - Make it stand out Bobby Darin said he wanted to be remembered as a human being and a great performer. Though he only lived 37 years, he left behind a legacy of great performances as both musician and actor. This program contains some of his best-known hits. Mack the Knife - Beyond the Sea - Splish Splash - Things - Dream Lover - Artificial Flowers - Call Me Irresponsible - and more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/72f4c073-6c35-41b9-b726-ebdd5315d869/Neil+Diamond.png LIBRARY OF AMAZING SONGS - Make it stand out Neil Diamond, through four decades, has had ten hits top the pop charts and 38 in the top ten. More than 130 million of his records have been sold worldwide. And he is one of of Jess’s favorite singers. Hello Again - Sweet Caroline - Thank the Lord for the Night Time - I Am I Said - Song Sung Blue - America! - Heartlight - September Morn - and more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/49589ad7-2538-4e0c-859e-c0abd6843fc4/Manilow.png LIBRARY OF AMAZING SONGS - Make it stand out Starting off as a writer of “jingles”, Barry Manilow’s career blossomed in the 1970s. Although known as a songwriter, his biggest hits were written by others. They are beautiful songs with beautiful arrangements. Mandy - I Write the Songs - Can’t Smile Without You - Copacabana - I Don’t Want to Walk Without You - Ships - One Voice - The Old Songs - I Made It Through the Rain - and more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/1629738170394-5DOR65RHXO9BZI72VASX/Mathis.png LIBRARY OF AMAZING SONGS A smooth voice and smooth songs and 30 years of popularity with younger generations. Who else but Johnny Mathis. Wonderful! Wonderful! - A Certain Smile - Chances Are - Misty - The Twelfth of Never - Begin the Beguine - and 10 more https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/97c05452-b9b5-485c-b117-373224863040/Elvis+Hits.png LIBRARY OF AMAZING SONGS - Make it stand out Some of your favorites from the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll! There no one like Elvis! Can’t Help Falling in Love - Blue Suede Shoes - Heartbreak Hotel - Love Me Tender - Jailhouse Rock - Hound Dog - The Ghetto - and many more https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/1554583626315-5H37EE5ZB83ENS7K2GY8/Sinatra.png LIBRARY OF AMAZING SONGS Frank’s top ten hits and more. You’ll leave this program with a song in your heart and a smile on your face! Fly Me to the Moon - Love and Marriage - Luck Be a Lady - My Way - That’s Life - New York, New York - and 9 more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/1498341843809-UHGKRYSO6CORO5YHVYNJ/image-asset.png LIBRARY OF AMAZING SONGS A look at Andy's life along with the sounds of some of his most popular songs. Moon River - Days of Wine and Roses - Born Free - A Time for Us - Dear Heart - Music to Watch Girls By - May Each Day - Three Coins in a Fountain - and 7 more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/16dde3d7-d4b8-454d-91a1-f7ec213e8ef1/Car+Show.png LIBRARY OF AMAZING SONGS - Make it stand out Listen to Radio Station JESS, sharing some of the great songs of the 1950s—it’s a perfect backdrop to viewing those classic 1950s automobiles. All Shook Up - Blueberry Hill - Dream Lover - Kansas City - Teddy Bear - Unforgettable - Put Your Head on My Shoulder - You Make Me Feel So Young - Raining in My Heart - and so many more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/1562033830861-L6P868TIQO4IPVK0XNJH/1959.png LIBRARY OF AMAZING SONGS Alaska and Hawaii become states. Mattel brings out the Barbie Doll. Where were you in 1959? Put Your Head on My Shoulders - Venus - Mack the Knife - Misty - Heartaches by the Number - Battle of New Orleans - Personality - and 9 more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/1592420592691-K12KKNKY10078UVURK3T/1960.png LIBRARY OF AMAZING SONGS Step back 60 years and recall the hits of Elvis Presley, The Everly Brothers, Chubby Checker, Sam Cooke, Bobby Darin, and more. Georgia on My Mind - Beyond the Sea - The Twist - It’s Now or Never - Cathy’s Clown - Running Bear - I’m Sorry - 11 more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/1620681185961-MOOGJZ7CDXQLOF2KUO8Q/1961.png LIBRARY OF AMAZING SONGS - Make it stand out Another 60-year anniversary of great hits from our younger years! 1961 was a great year for instrumental favorites. Theme from Exodus - Big Bad John - Take Good Care of My Baby - I Fall to Pieces - Travelin’ Man - Last Date - and 13 more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/c9e59efe-54f0-49cf-8fbe-cc98f888b671/Hits+of+1962.png LIBRARY OF AMAZING SONGS - Make it stand out So many great songs from this year makes it difficult which ones to perform. We know you’ll enjoy hearing them again! Stranger on the Shore - I Can’t Stop Loving You - Twistin’ the Night Away - The Wanderer - Ramblin’ Rose - and 10 more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/ea9fafa9-baba-4bef-b01d-4e6bc482c19c/Hits+of+1963.png LIBRARY OF AMAZING SONGS - Make it stand out Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech and the assassination of President Kennedy marked turning points in our nation’s history. Music was changing as well, from Rock ‘n’ Roll to Soft Rock. Up on the Roof - Can’t Get Used to Losing You - Ring of Fire - Surfin’ USA - Walk Right In - The End of the World - Blowin’ in the Wind - So Much in Love - and 10 more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/614779dd-092e-4e7c-b4fb-eb105c730ea4/Hits+of+1964.png LIBRARY OF AMAZING SONGS - Make it stand out It’s another year of nostalgia and memories as we look back to the hits of 1964—the year the Beatles crossed “The Pond” and became a sensation in the United States. I Want to Hold Your Hand - Do You Want to Know a Secret? - Under the Boardwalk - Oh, Pretty Woman - The House of the Rising Sun - Little Old Lady from Pasadena - People - Dang Me - World Without Love - and more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/0d374b2b-18b5-4ba5-8bf8-211b9f586265/Hits+of+1965.png LIBRARY OF AMAZING SONGS - Make it stand out Herman’s Hermits was the top group in pop in 1965, but there are plenty of other good songs from pop, country, the movies, and Broadway. Can’t You Hear My Heart Beat - Unchained Melody - You Were on My Mind - Climb Every Mountain - The Shadow of Your Smile - Tiger By the Tail - King of the Road - Mr Tambourine Man - and many more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/30fd02f3-2948-434e-99e3-4723b24e2cc2/Christmas+1964.png LIBRARY OF AMAZING SONGS - Make it stand out 1964 brought us the animated cartoon “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer”, with the happy country sound of Burl Ives, plus some great new songs from Elvis Presley, The Kingston Trio, The Beach Boys, Doris Day, and more. Holly Jolly Christmas - Silver and Gold - Blue Christmas - Sing We Now of Christmas - The Man With All the Toys - The Christmas Waltz - Marshmallow World - and more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/eb383a4a-f703-4509-bb33-d73f741bb842/Christmas+1963.png LIBRARY OF AMAZING SONGS - Make it stand out Let’s bring back the memories of Christmas sixty years ago as we enjoy the biggest hits of the 1963 Christmas season. Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree - Jingle Bell Rock - Little Saint Nick - The Chipmunk Song - Please Come Home for Christmas - What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve? - The Marvelous Toy - A Soalin - and many more including traditional Christmas songs we still sing every year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/0b49f8f1-c375-4bbc-8d92-35ae4d03c395/Elvis+Christmas.png LIBRARY OF AMAZING SONGS - Make it stand out Elvis’s 1957 Christmas album is the best-selling Christmas album of all time. This program includes songs from that album and his second and last Christmas album in 1971. You’ll hear both traditional songs and others in Elvis’s special style. Santa Claus Is Back in Town - Blue Christmas - Silent Night - I’ll Be Home for Christmas - Here Comes Santa Claus - The First Noel - If I Can Dream - If Every Day Was Like Christmas - and more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/1498346440775-6E748W1NTCP6P9AW4UPC/Child.png LIBRARY OF AMAZING SONGS A celebration of secular and religious Christmas music, complete with a retelling of the Christmas story. Mary Did You Know? - O Holy Night - Mary's Boy Child - The Christmas Song - Silent Night - and 12 more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/1515288387585-MLJV43RN0NAB34ER45IQ/Christmas+Moments.png LIBRARY OF AMAZING SONGS Celebrating the many moments of Christmas, from Jesus's birth to children on Santa Claus's lap. Go Tell It on the Mountain - Do You Hear What I Hear? - White Christmas - Nuttin' for Christmas - Happy Holidays - Marvelous Little Toy - and 9 more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/1572638557215-5NGOI3NVMNFZRJ11A4AZ/White+Christmas.png LIBRARY OF AMAZING SONGS Songs from the movie and Christmas hits by Irving Berlin, Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, and Rosemary Clooney. White Christmas - Snow - Count Your Blessings - Let It Snow! - Silver Bells - The Christmas Song - Happy Holidays - and 10 more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/1546916088058-KB7KN921GHYQL3I71Y5D/Christmas+Means.png LIBRARY OF AMAZING SONGS What do you think of when you think of Christmas? Santa Claus? Christmas trees and lights? Snow? Gifts? Baby Jesus? Happy Holidays - Zat You Santa Claus - Silver Bells - I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm - Grownup Christmas List - 8 more! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/1607450113378-CDV2XRL0VCMGYEEQC764/Andy+Christmas.png LIBRARY OF AMAZING SONGS No one did Christmas shows like Andy Williams. Hear some of his unique numbers plus traditionals. It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas - Happy Holidays - Christmas Holiday - Kay Thompson’s Jingle Bells - Sweet Little Jesus Boy - and 11 more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/1498347805935-4ZOT75KRPJDPBCZ7ZSZ0/image-asset.png LIBRARY OF AMAZING SONGS Songs of love and romance, as well as God's love for us. Unchained Melody - Almost Like Being in Love - 'Til There Was You - L.O.V.E. - Love Is a Many Splendored Thing - If That Isn't Love - Everything is Beautiful and 7 more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/1522968487081-LJE1KVNHR3NPD44YBQRR/Irish.png LIBRARY OF AMAZING SONGS Seems like everyone has some Irish roots in them! A joyful reflection on some of the most famous Irish tunes. Danny Boy - My Wild Irish Rose - When Irish Eyes Are Smiling - McNamara's Band - Too Ra Loo Ra Loo Ral - and 10 more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/4ae3a4bd-5427-4e1b-b4b6-cd29cb50062a/Fathers.png LIBRARY OF AMAZING SONGS - Make it stand out Sometimes Mother’s Day gets all the recognition and Dads get left with a tie or a pair of socks. This year we celebrate all that we owe to the fathers with some great songs in their honor. Daddy Sang Bass – They Don’t Make Like My Daddy Anymore – Daddy’s Hands – That Silver Haired Daddy of Mine – Cats in the Cradle – Beautiful Boy – Second Hand Rose – Ships – Unforgettable – How Sweet It Is to Be Loved By You – One Piece at a Time – Father & Daughter – and more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/1498342747879-TQFAZ2N25JNB15TV22KI/image-asset.png LIBRARY OF AMAZING SONGS Pop songs and hymns and stories that remind us to say "Thanks". Just right for Thanksgiving. Thanks for the Memory - What a Wonderful World - Everything is Beautiful - Thank You, Lord - For the Beauty of the Earth - and 10 more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/776c12b3-b7f9-44ba-9cfb-bce62b83bb48/Clouds.png LIBRARY OF AMAZING SONGS - Make it stand out We all love clouds in West Texas—whether it’s shading us on a hot day or bringing the moisture we always need so badly or just imagining objects from their formation. Hope you enjoy these “Partly Cloudy” songs. Look for a Silver Lining - Blue Skies - Both Sides Now - The Unclouded Day - Mighty Clouds of Joy - Over the Rainbow - A Foggy Day in London Town - Til the Clouds Roll By - What a Wonderful World - and more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/3738f9f0-9bf7-421d-a773-495a38dd21a6/Singing+in+the+Rain.png LIBRARY OF AMAZING SONGS - Make it stand out We can always use rain in West Texas. Here are some of the best songs about rain through the years. Singin’ in the Rain – April Showers – Stormy Weather – Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head – Don’t Rain on My Parade – Come Rain or Come Shine – It Takes a Little Rain – Raining in My Heart – and more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/8fbf0f6f-399b-4635-82c1-001cf4db8c48/Rainbows.png LIBRARY OF AMAZING SONGS - Make it stand out God reminds us of his promises when he shows us a rainbow. And these songs remind us of the beauty of those rainbows. Look to the Rainbow - The Rainbow Connection - Over the Rainbow - I’m Always Chasing Rainbows - Rainbow Round My Shoulder - What a Wonderful World - At the Rainbow’s End - Pocketful of Rainbows - and more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/633110f3-7611-40a3-b6eb-eb33a3898887/Sun+-+Here+Comes.png LIBRARY OF AMAZING SONGS - Make it stand out Let’s celebrate the gift of sunlight with songs that include “sun, sunshine, sunset, sunrise,” etc. in the title. Here Comes the Sun - Sunrise Sunset - Let the Sunshine In - You Are My Sunshine - Sunshine on My Shoulder - That Lucky Old Sun - Sunny - Sing in the Sunshine - and more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/1498349740071-QUYYJWLQ6S1V2T1JPY19/image-asset.png LIBRARY OF AMAZING SONGS Songs of spring with a rose theme ... songs that have "rose" in the title. What fun! Honeysuckle Rose - Red Roses for a Blue Lady - Roses Are Red - Ramblin' Rose - Second Hand Rose - San Antonio Rose - and 12 more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/1530800981913-0OOQAB7VTMXWGSAONA4N/Summer.png LIBRARY OF AMAZING SONGS Easy listening, jazz, Broadway and the movies all had songs to celebrate the summer season. Oh What a Beautiful Morning - The Summer Wind - Green Leaves of Summer - That Sunday, That Summer - A Summer Place - Summertime - and 9 more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/1564686273468-SKI295HTXDB3TS8K1L63/Autumn+Leaves.png LIBRARY OF AMAZING SONGS After a long hot summer, we welcome a new season with the cooling of the weather and changing of the colors of nature. Autumn Leaves - Autumn in New York - September in the Rain - September of My Years - Try to Remember - and 11 many more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/1512154556425-7K8ZFA6FZZWZCCTU8SGG/Harvest+Moon+%282%29.png LIBRARY OF AMAZING SONGS It's harvest time and we're going to have a fun time singing songs that have "moon" in the title. Shine on Harvest Moon - Moonlight Bay - Fly Me to the Moon - Moon River - In the Misty Moonlight - Moonlight Serenade - and 11 more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/1504725162939-TGWPAXV7B64G55A5HF5T/American+Cities.png LIBRARY OF AMAZING SONGS A "Sentimental Journey" across the USA paying tribute to America's great cities. New York, New York - Chicago, Chicago - Meet Me in St. Louis - Route 66 - I Left My Heart in San Francisco - Chatanooga Choo Choo - Kansas City - and 8 more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/035807e7-87ae-4881-800b-35c84b74683f/Hawaii+Songs.png LIBRARY OF AMAZING SONGS - Make it stand out Relax under a palm tree - or get up and do the hula - or attend a luau - everyone enjoys the easy, relaxing songs of the islands. Aloha Oe - Tiny Bubbles - Pearly Shells - Beyond the Sea - Hawaiian Wedding Song - Blue Hawaii - Over the Rainbow - Sweet Leilani - Bali Hai - and more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/1535841669714-WG7CTPLN65XVDK4JO1QL/Italy.png LIBRARY OF AMAZING SONGS These Italian-flavored tunes are filled with fun and romance. You'll hear songs made famous by Mario Lanza, Dean Martin, Luciano Pavaratti, and even Elvis. That's Amore - O Sole Mio - It's Now or Never - Mona Lisa - Al Di La - Volare - and 11 more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/899157c7-da45-4d23-87fe-9df64485fc49/Road+Songs.png LIBRARY OF AMAZING SONGS - Make it stand out Let’s pack up and hit the road this summer with some great songs about going on down the road. Where do you want to go? Arizona, South Dakota, Georgia, Chicago? Safe travels now! On the Road Again - Route 66 - Take Me Home, Country Roads - Somewhere Down the Road - Road to Morocco - Walking Down Heaven’s Road - On the Wheels of a Dream - and more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/7822e3d3-db95-493a-a1a6-a42aba77c4f4/Trains.png LIBRARY OF AMAZING SONGS - Make it stand out Trains have long been part of America’s folklore and music—from the building of the railroads, to hobos, to the lonesome sound of the train whistle. This program highlights some of the best train songs in both country and folk music genres. I’ve Been Working on the Railroad - Wabash Cannonball - Casey Jones - King of the Road - Folsom Prison Blues - Freight Train - The Gospel Train - 500 Miles - The Gambler - Nine more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/5c660836-b552-4037-aaab-af6e15f2806b/Trains+Again.png LIBRARY OF AMAZING SONGS - Make it stand out More songs that highlight trains, but this time their from the pop genre, coming down through the years. Down By the Station - Morning Train - Love Train - Peace Train - Blues in the Night - Take the A Train - Midnight Train to Georgia - Midnight Special - and more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/1564684854229-PKNX9NRK94MQ5Q470KOT/Texas+Towns.png LIBRARY OF AMAZING SONGS Each year we take to the road to travel the world. This year we stay close to home and celebrate our great state of Texas. Waltz Across Texas – Amarillo By Morning – El Paso City – San Antonio Rose – Going Back to Houston – Big D – and 10 more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/7217d87d-34b0-4a60-99f9-556cc823e9bd/Best+of+2025.png LIBRARY OF AMAZING SONGS - Make it stand out January brings a review of the previous year with some of Jess’s favorite songs out of the more than 160 songs performed the previous year, including Jess’s selection of his #1 song for the year. Sweet Caroline - Guys & Dolls - Let the Lower Lights Be Burning - Tiger by the Tail - On the Road Again - I’ve Got the Sun in the Morning - In Christ Alone - Unchained Melody - and more. https://www.amazingstoriesbyjess.com/the-latest-songs daily 0.75 2026-03-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/1498358530477-LA9Y1P4HR9NFMDXN9A0Y/075_Echo%2C+Utah.JPG THE LATEST SONGS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/831a5de8-c949-41de-be14-fad74acd6aa3/Number+3.png THE LATEST SONGS - Make it stand out We’ve celebrated the numbers one and two—now here’s a salute to the number “three”—the magic number! Three Time a Lady - Three Blind Mice - Three Little Words - Goodnight Sweetheart Goodnight - Three Wheels on My Wagon - The Three Bells - Knock Three Times - We Three - and more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/ca873635-45f7-425e-a3ee-715cb4f13569/Bobby+Darin.png THE LATEST SONGS - Make it stand out Bobby Darin said he wanted to be remembered as a human being and a great performer. Though he only lived 37 years, he left behind a legacy of great performances as both musician and actor. This program contains some of his best-known hits. Mack the Knife - Beyond the Sea - Splish Splash - Things - Dream Lover - Artificial Flowers - Call Me Irresponsible - and more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/d8aa6a5b-6b9a-4b98-bd54-39c2052566f9/Music+Man.png THE LATEST SONGS - Make it stand out The show is a classic, Tony Award-winning musical by Meredith Willson about a con man, Harold Hill, who poses as a boys' band organizer in River City, Iowa, selling instruments and uniforms before planning to skip town, but falls for the skeptical librarian, Marian Paroo, and changes his ways. Iowa Stubborn - Trouble - Seventy-Six Trombones - Marian the Librarian - Pick-a- Little, Lida Rose - Gary Indiana - Till There Was You - and many more. https://www.amazingstoriesbyjess.com/contact daily 0.75 2017-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/1498430330000-768DO4QJVGPR4SA96OAV/0395.JPG Contact https://www.amazingstoriesbyjess.com/trending-1 daily 0.75 2026-03-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/1655916677647-QBAV2958NJVC86929SSG/IMG_0674.jpg Library https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/1512151209052-ZIY0ZZMK4IEFV19YVIKW/Cleopatra.png Library CLEOPATRA VII - THE LAST PHARAOH Cleopatra’s is a story of beauty, love, and sly charm. She seduced a number of the Roman rulers of her time, including Julius Caesar and Marc Antony. It’s an epic story filled with adventure, tragedy and romance, and there will be some comedy as well. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/e5e3eb0a-7528-4ea2-8e99-b6492ff5b24a/Alexandria.png Library - Make it stand out ANCIENT ALEXANDRIA Alexandria, Egypt—established in honor of Alexander the Great—was one of the most noted cities of the ancient world. It was especially known for its massive library and its harbor included a huge lighthouse, perhaps the first ever built. Come and explore these and discover more of Alexandria’s history, including a glimpse of the city today. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/31f43fad-34b1-4419-bed2-a60a4443d74f/Palestine.png Library - Make it stand out PROMISED LAND? - THE ISRAELI/PALESTINIAN CONFLICT A look at Israel and Palestine today and the history of the conflict from the ancient days to the events of the last 100 years. Why does conflict continue and is there any solution to it? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/cb55098d-504f-4dec-805a-a993471218fe/Tanzania.png Library - Make it stand out TANZANIAN LAUGHING EPIDEMIC They say that laughter is the best medicine, but what happens when you can’t stop laughing? That happened in Tanzania in 1962 when a laughing epidemic went on for days, even shutting down schools. This story tells some of the history of Tanzania and what took place in 1962, looks at studies that have been done on laughter, and covers similar epidemics that have happened throughout history. Come prepared to laugh! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/1615238731476-W5A2KIT53O61PIIR3N70/Aging+America.png Library AGING IN AMERICA This lecture takes a look at how aging is defined and how various cultured have dealt with the issues of aging. We’ll take a historical look at how the relationship between seniors and society has changed in America and view some recent statistics in the U.S. and locally. (Available on video) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/1581192490820-8NOG050J7110LKJ3B2VZ/Funny+Thing.png Library A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO GROWING OLDER Humor is one of the biggest keys to joy in life. You’ll learn some tips for including humor in your life, enjoy some great lines on aging from famous people, and have a lot of laughs along the way—a must lecture for those who want to age successfully! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/1515284725268-D97M75OJX8RO51J4N17K/Generations.png Library GENERATIONS AND AMERICA'S FUTURE A look at America’s historical generations and the implications for our future based on the rotation of those generational types--hero, artist, prophet, and rebel. Are the millennials the next hero generation, carrying us through the next secular crisis? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/1554588561112-RFTGLD6QQRZVVB9ZEOTP/Blue+Zones.png Library SHANGRI-LA AND THE BLUE ZONES We start with stories of Shangri-La and the Lost Horizon and then learn of the world’s Blue Zones, places that have the highest proportion of centennarians. Find out how these people have lived long and healthy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/648b825e-b013-4571-86a4-6ffccd913c92/Old+People.png Library - Make it stand out WHAT ARE OLD PEOPLE FOR? “Why am I still here?” … “What’s my purpose in life?” … “How long will I live?” … all questions that most of ask as we age. This topic explores some of the demographics of aging in America and around the world, as well as some of the current theories on aging. And hopefully points us to some answers for the unanswerable questions of life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/372b54fe-3508-49c5-8bae-1e0d11d08de2/Memory.png Library - Make it stand out WHERE DID I PUT MY … MEMORY? Some memory loss is a natural part of aging, but should I be concerned about it? This entertaining lecture provides some details about how memory works, some causes of memory loss, and tips to help remembering the little things. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/1546915443894-GT53CC5N72TC2Z1XK4EP/Gangster.png Library GANGSTER TOUR OF TEXAS Gangsters of the 1920s and 1930s have sometimes been romanticized in the movies. Hear the true stories of gangsters that actually roamed Texas during those times—Bonnie & Clyde, the Newton Boys, Machine Gun Kelly, the Post Morphine Ring (as in Post, Texas), and more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/80c33fa7-2943-4430-9bb4-9f61d6a6c351/Interstate+Hwy.png Library - Make it stand out Our highway system is something we take for granted today, but it is really a rather recent development. We’ll look at the history of American road development and you might even learn a few things you didn’t know about our modern highways that came into existence under President Eisenhower. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/52cc6a13-52ac-460a-ae03-e74810d71488/Lighthouses.png Library - Make it stand out LIGHTHOUSES OF AMERICA Lighthouses have been called “America’s Castles” and Jess and his wife enjoy visiting and photographing them—East Coast, Great Lakes, and West Coast. Hear some of their history and how they work and see amazing pictures from their travels. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/1575749285494-XGCXCXD6JKS9DA2E60XW/Wagons.png Library WAGONS ACROSS AMERICA From the Conestoga to the Prairie Schooner to the chuck wagon, Americans moved across the trails that would someday become super highways. Our wagon tale includes these, stories about those who manufactured them, and some touches on some modern wagons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/1549593305070-ROW819X8XZ32V6XN4AYS/Milliie.png Library THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE - WOMEN IN THE JAZZ AGE The 1920s were not just about flappers. This story of the “first women’s lib movement” includes the women’s suffrage movement, the temperance movement, the Equal Rights Amendment, and famous women jazz musicians. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/23bcf799-425f-4c2c-a8c3-a89ecea112b1/Molasses.png Library - Make it stand out THE GREAT BOSTON MOLASSES FLOOD OF 1919 A molasses flood? Give me a break! But it really happened, and structures were damaged, and people died. And you thought molasses was only used to make syrup and rum! It’s a fascinating story about the importance of safety. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/1603204975745-2IZQHT2LZQLYZ79WN5D9/Electoral+College.png Library THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE Another presidential election year! What is this crazy way that we elect our presidents? How does it work? How did we get there? What elections has it changed the outcome of? What changes could improve it? Everything you would want to know about the Electoral College. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/9eeded7d-6013-42ca-a323-24037d709d28/Cahokia.png Library - Make it stand out CAHOKIA MOUNDS - AMERICA’S FIRST CITY The huge mounds east of St. Louis, Missouri unveil to us many clues to the Mississippian culture that existed around 1100 AD. It is estimated that, at one time, 10,000 people lived around and near these mounds. It’s a fascinating story of early America and what might have happened to them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/1a0d718b-902b-4ce9-bf65-ad889dda3877/Galveston.png Library - Make it stand out GALVESTON HURRICANE OF 1900 The Galveston Hurricane of 1900 is still the greatest natural tragedy in American history—over 6,000 fatalities. With this story, we explore what hurricanes are all about, a history of hurricane tracking in the United States, and what happened that tragic day and the days afterward. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/1617377449911-HVC8W1G4P300ACVZ11ED/Chicago.png Library THE GREAT CHICAGO FIRE There’ll be a hot time in the old town tonight! At least there was in Chicago in 1871 as a fire, started in a small barn, spread across a growing city. You’ll hear some of Mrs. O’Leary’s actual testimony at the inquisition after the event. Really, was the cow to blame? Or was there someone else involved? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/1575748135872-MVEQU1RB8RXCAMMGA4JT/Johnston.png Library THE JOHNSTOWN FLOOD OF 1889 Based on David McCullough’s outstanding treatise, this story brings to life moments of tragedy and heroism that occurred in the flooding of Johnstown, Pa.—a natural disaster further enabled by the folly of man. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/dcaafca0-5b46-4eef-b77f-25a804244340/Gettysburg.png Library - Make it stand out LINCOLN’S GETTYSBURG ADDRESS Less than 275 words, spoken in three minutes—yet Lincoln’s speech gave at the dedication of the Gettysburg, Pennsylvania cemetery on November 19, 1863 is one of the most memorable in American history. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/679c630d-e440-47da-b13c-8c75cbf84fdb/Mayflower.png Library - Make it stand out MAYFLOWER We follow the story of the Pilgrims from their decision to come to America through the next 56 years. It isn’t always the pretty picture that’s painted of the first Thanksgiving. There is courage, community and war … and slavery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/1592418633902-CFUPAFPM4892VX02U3FE/Memorial.png Library A HISTORY OF MEMORIAL DAY This program discusses the history of Memorial Day, explores memorials at the City of Lubbock Cemetery and the Lubbock Area Veterans War Memorial, and pays tribute to those who died fighting for the United States. (Available on video) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/1556842538218-WEZAJ8F3QCHSTDOGD1XL/Oklahoma.png Library OKLAHOMA! A HISTORY OF THE STATE & THE MUSICAL Broadway meets southwestern history! Jess will bring you songs from the musical Oklahoma! plus some history of the state and the background story of the musical. It’s a nostalgic trip back to the early 1900s and what a ride! Ok! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/6eea81ef-dd21-45d7-899c-3c1d1850ee52/San+Francisco+Earthquake.png Library - Make it stand out THE 1906 SAN FRANCISCO EARTHQUAKE The 1906 earthquake in San Francisco was one of the most tragic events in American history. This lecture gives an overview of earthquakes—what causes them, how they are measured, the San Andreas fault, predictability, etc. Then you will hear stories of what happened in San Francisco and the three days of fire that further devastated the city. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/1532985744018-0QW37IFSH7HUC734VPLP/Santa+Anna+-+Houston.png Library SANTA ANNA MEETS SAM HOUSTON One was known as the Eagle, the other the Raven. Their lives paralleled until they met in that great battle for independence. This is the story of their lives before, during and after and the parallels between them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/1564682569521-YUXE7X7GTTJYQBRJ9ST6/South.png Library HOW THE SOUTH WON THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION You may remember the battles of Lexington and Concord and the winter in Valley Forge, but it was actually in the southern states that the revolution ended. Learn of the battles and strategies of Nathaniel Green that led to the British surrender at Yorktown. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/1521041627326-ZGKP8J5X65JD1FL3XTUV/Trail+of+Tears.png Library THE TRAIL OF TEARS (A requested topic by Carillon Residents) In one of the darkest moments of American history, the Indian Removal Act of 1830 relocated over 16,000 people representing five native American tribes. This is the story of that 900 mile march in which up to 25% of the relocated perished. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/1628381922320-GITVMMO1TK67F5KOO6FG/Women+of+Color.png Library - Make it stand out WOMEN OF COLOR & THE FIGHT FOR WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE This program explores women of color (black, red, yellow, brown) who led the way with their white cohorts for the right for women to vote. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/1541189140517-ZY4D1IX7C0LLKMPQ0UG7/Madagascar.png Library THE WACKY ANIMALS OF MADAGASCAR 250,000 species of animals live on the island of Madagascar, off the eastern coast of Africa. 75% of these species live nowhere else on earth, including lemurs, geckos, the tomato frog, aye ayes. chameleons, and others. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/d82d684d-d842-4fbf-8386-80d6768bc36e/German+Shepherd.png Library - Make it stand out THE GERMAN SHEPHERD Remember Rin Tin Tin? We’ll tell his story as well as look at the history, character, and service of this unique dog. This one’s for dog lovers! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/c660c4fa-5b1f-4007-886d-0dfa830ba4b3/Siamese+Cats.png Library - Make it stand out This one is for the “cat people,” but maybe the dog lovers will like it as well. We’ll cover how the Siamese cat developed, all the unique features in this breed, and meet some of the famous Siamese cats owned by prominent people. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/1578449065075-2MNK3OU1Y1B1QH8J0B3J/Art+Deco.png Library ART DECO A story for those interested in art and architecture. We explore the beginnings of art deco, its influence by other styles, its waning years and revival, and examples architecture (including Lubbock buildings), furniture, cookware, jewelry, and art of all kinds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/5e19a9bd-b0bd-440e-acfe-b2b17f6fd3dd/Easter+Island.png Library - Make it stand out Easter Island is one of the remotest places in the world and the moai that stand on this island have fascinated the civilized world since discovery in the 19th Century. Learn the story behind the moai statues and theories about the history of the island. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/1607465095050-KXEHCHBX3UCGH6J3H7CQ/Gauguin.png Library PAUL GAUGUIN Gauguin was part of the changing artworld of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Painter, sculptor, print-maker, ceramist, writer, influenced by Picasso and Matisse—his life was as interesting as his art, especially in association with Van Gogh and his years in the South Pacific. (Available of video) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/b0ca824e-c303-40e0-a475-9da8e6e75ebe/Monet.png Library - Make it stand out CLAUDE MONET AND IMPRESSIONISM Although the movement lasted for only a short time, Claude Monet and the Impressionists changed the world of art from realism, opening up the world to the acceptance of modern art. This presentation will share many of his over 1,500 paintings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/1549592536407-ME1ZTFFPS9YP0QQFBFHZ/Van+Gogh.png Library VINCENT VAN GOGH This presentation examines Vincent’s tragic life, his development as an artist, his relationships, and the influence he continues to have an artists today. We’ll also view a number of his masterpieces, including “Starry Night”, the world’s second-most famous painting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/c47ad44a-6762-46a7-81fa-5de2ca71f661/Mt+Rushmore.png Library - Make it stand out THE CARVING OF MT. RUSHMORE The story of Mt. Rushmore is inspiring, from the formation of the idea to the choice of the faces that adorn, to the heroic efforts that completed this wonderful monument to America. The presentation includes pictures from Jess’s 2025 trip to South Dakota. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/1617470813527-TWUOEOBKLPJF8E85OGKK/Hot+Air+Balloons.png Library HISTORY OF HOT AIR BALLOONING Benjamin Franklin observed the first free flight in a hot air balloon, but their origin goes back to the second century in China. Besides the history, you’ll hear how hot air balloons work, their make-up and see some unique examples. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/812f656b-d0d6-4b08-8f88-4ae680e6be53/Lindbergh.png Library - Make it stand out CHARLES LINDBERGH AND THE SPIRIT OF ST LOUIS The World held its breath in 1927 as a 25-year-old American made its way across the Atlantic Ocean in a small plane on the first ever non-stop flight between New York and Paris. This is the story of Charles Lindbergh—his daring flight, the kidnapping of the Lindbergh child, and his later controversial views. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/1501255748875-ITT09EOZA08VABSBDDPV/image-asset.jpeg Library ADAMS - AN AMERICAN DYNASTY No family has held the reins on American politics more than the Adams’ family. Two Presidents, a Vice-Presidential Candidate, and one of America’s most respected historians. Their influence prevailed from the 1770s to Henry Adams death in 1918. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/1562032242950-LRZ90H4R1PWZVFAAOK5C/Molly+Brown.png Library THE UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN Molly Tobin Brown became legendary after her heroic efforts on The Titanic. This lecture brings the real story behind this Colorado social and political reformer who lived an “unsinkable” life and wasn’t afraid to say, “I ain’t down yet!” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/44dd47ca-a654-4914-8b4d-3e2b1fc14c40/Diva+-+Tycoon+-+First+Lady.png Library - Make it stand out THE DIVA, THE TYCOON & THE FIRST LADY Maria Callas, Aristotle Onassis & Jackie Kennedy—two beautiful and talented women and one rich and powerful man. This lecture explores each of their individual stories, as well as the love relationships that kept the world focused on them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/1507141185464-135PE0ZZ6MVEU9O1CN7A/Da+Vinci.png Library LEONARDO DA VINCI - RENAISSANCE MAN Inventor, painter, sculptor, architect, scientist, musician, writer, historian, etc., Leonardo da Vinci is the penultimate definition of a Renaissance Man. His life and works are truly amazing. You hear the stories behind his Mona Lisa, The Last Supper, and more! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/1597512370974-MKVKAM6IVP37AUILLWC2/01+-+Evita.png Library EVITA Eva Peron has been called the Cinderella of the Tango and the Sleeping Beauty of Latin America. Her rise from peasant girl to popular entertainer to political power alongside her husband Juan has become mythical. (Available on video) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/efa70172-3c91-4c16-87df-029903d92346/Ma+Ferguson.png Library - Make it stand out MA & PA FERGUSON - TWO GOVERNORS FOR THE PRICE OF ONE For 25 years, the Fergusons held political influence in Texas—wrestling with the issues of women’s suffrage, prohibition, the Ku Klux Klan, and battling Pancho Villa and Bonnie & Clyde—the first woman governor and the only Texas governor to be impeached! What a story! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/1544143347082-IS748099PTE514M150KF/Ford.png Library HENRY FORD - THE MAN WHO CHANGED AMERICA Henry Ford didn’t invent the automobile, but he made it possible for it to be owned by millions of Americans. Ford said, “Don’t find fault, find a remedy,” and through his amazing life, he changed the way America traveled, worked, and dreamed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/660b04a5-9c96-4adf-a91a-a1ef73ba744d/Hawaii.png Library - Make it stand out HAWAIIAN ROYALTY - KAMEHAMEHA I & LILIUOKALANI The enchantment of the Hawaiian Islands is enhanced in this presentation about the first king of the united islands, known as Napoleon of the West, and the last royalty before Hawaii became a territory of the United States. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/aec1d383-cad7-4a62-9e43-96dc6139c2d5/Hearst.png Library - Make it stand out WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARST & HIS CASTLE Hearst owned a communications empire and was one of the most influential men in America. His appreciation of art and ability to acquire it has perhaps been unequalled, and his California “castle” is still a major tourist stop. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/1541185587813-ZK6Z6SEMRZ6ZI0REE7VU/Hoover.png Library HERBERT HOOVER AND THE HOOVER DAM Despite the Great Depression destroying his presidency, Herbert Hoover has recovered historically and has left us a legacy that we can learn from. And part of that legacy is the great Hoover Dam--one of the marvels of our times. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/89442a03-e150-41e4-aa54-3eb4d0f6bf4c/Huey+Long.png Library - Make it stand out Governor and Senator from Louisiana in the 1920s and 1930s, Huey Long was also a presidential candidate with populist appeal before he was assassinated at a young age. He was the beginning of the dynasty for the Long family in Louisiana that lasted for several decades. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/1620679453650-3PDNMT922FNEORUKRHOL/Marcos%2C+Imelda.jpg Library - Make it stand out IMELDA MARCOS - IRON BUTTERFLY You’ve heard about the first lady of the Philippines and her shoe collection. But her story includes many more strange things, like her feud with The Beatles, AND especially the wildest shopping trip in history. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/1504650593277-NQ7B5BW81TZ2WAABYHJU/Norton+I.png Library EMPEROR NORTON I AND OTHER SAN FRANCISCO ECCENTRICS The Gold Rush brought some crazy people, most noteworthy being America’s first and only emperor. We’ll look at 14 other wacky characters from San Francisco. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/1626189155443-5VLMGT5TXWTKP1898BZN/Roosevelt+-+River+Doubt.jpg Library - Make it stand out THEODORE ROOSEVELT AND THE RIVER OF DOUBT A tribute to a great president on a great adventure! This story is based on Candice Millard’s book by the same name. Come journey down the Amazon River amid danger and the TR’s near loss of life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/1fff8cb8-b7ff-47fc-936f-16b2250cd639/Tubman.png Library - Make it stand out HARRIET TUBMAN She was known as “Black Moses”, escaping from slavery herself, leading her family and others through the Underground Railroad to a life of freedom. But that was only one stage of her life. The rest is an amazing story in itself. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/0e4fb45c-4b00-47cd-bd82-cb633a149f03/Wu+Zetian.png Library - Make it stand out EMPRESS WU - FIRST LADY OF CHINA China was ruled for about 4,000 years by various dynasties, and in the late 7th Century its first woman ruler came to power, ruling with compassion, corruption, and viciousness. Her story as one of history’s most powerful women is worth hearing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/1515281595531-8MIVB1JNGYCO3R0CQWMJ/Dickens.png Library CHARLES DICKENS' A CHRISTMAS CAROL A classic story from England's most famous story-teller! This program includes dramatic readings from the book, as well as a look at Dickens' life story and Charles Dickens' London. Music from the musical Oliver! adds highlights to the production. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/b2195c49-8de5-4c45-8d41-f4ef798ff9db/Christmas+Island.png Library - Make it stand out CHRISTMAS ISLAND Would you like to spend Christmas on Christmas Island? Well, we may not be able to go there, but we’ll get as close as possible. Spotlights of the story include red crabs, phosphate, and the 1942 WWII Battle of Christmas Island … Oh, and the song as well! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/1515281028847-91RSYZ2TX9YGBH1ROZOM/Christmas+Truce.png Library CHRISTMAS TRUCE OF 1914 You might call it a Christmas miracle, as German and British soldiers strode across no-man’s land to exchange Christmas cheer with their enemies. Hear individual stories from the letters written home and learn the background to this “war to end all wars” (but never did). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/1515281959218-BHB40FJ9NUOUYOZITUTG/Christmas+Music.png Library THE MAGICAL MUSIC OF CHRISTMAS Hear stories of some of our greatest Christmas songs and carols and sing-a-long with Jess as we enjoy the music of the season. Includes “Silent Night”, “White Christmas”, “The Christmas Song”, “Jingle Bells”, “Winter Wonderland”, and more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/39ab96c4-03ce-49c9-a88e-16445bcc5241/Nutcracker.png Library - Make it stand out THE NUTCRACKER It’s the story behind the beautiful ballet by Tchaikovsky that is an annual sensation in Lubbock and throughout the world. You’ll hear the original story it was based on and we also take a a fun look at nuts and nutcrackers throughout history. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/b41794ba-d0ea-40b0-a1e6-143cd031b602/Rockefeller+Christmas.png Library - Make it stand out ROCKEFELLER CENTER AT CHRISTMAS Enjoy the stories that make Christmas magical in New York. You’ll get a behind-the-scenes look at the history of Rockefeller Center and all its decorations. We’ll take a glimpse at the annual Christmas extravaganza at Radio City Music Hall and find out all about the big Christmas tree whose lighting starts the holiday season in New York City. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/1604164192293-RKME4A38FD7U6SBFHOLT/Santa+Claus+Man.png Library THE SANTA CLAUS MAN Based on the true story of the 1913 founding of the Santa Claus Association, which for 15 years made the myth of Santa Claus a reality for poor children in New York City, until it was exposed as a fraud. (Available of video) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/1578450460628-EKJO2US2E98UQLNRRWRS/Desi+Arnaz.png Library THE DESI ARNAZ STORY Lucy got all the publicity and most of the laughs, but Desi’s story is well worth hearing. From his childhood in Cuba, to his fame as a bongo player and actor in the U.S., to his brilliance as a studio director and subject of FBI investigations, you’ll enjoy every minute. (Available on video) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/1515284144735-HQ1C59B2Z8KAHZ9CRWUH/Peanuts.png Library PEANUTS AND THE MORE SO PHILOSOPHY Who doesn’t like good old Charlie Brown? This story not only gives a history of the cartoon strip but shows us how Charles Schultz uses the characters to tells us about life. Positive teachings on aging and grief. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/bc334db1-2c2e-4819-8848-69acf2875742/Road+to+Rio.png Library - Make it stand out ROAD TO RIO - THE ROAD MOVIES OF CROSBY, HOPE & LAMOUR Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, and Dorothy Lamour had great chemistry working together through seven road movies. These were filled with slap stick humor, crazy ad libs, wonderful music, a little romance—and not much of a plot. But they were pure entertainment! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/5e51ccb5-24ac-4dbe-9862-be7153e6d555/Celtic+Culture.png Library - Make it stand out CELTIC CULTURE AND MUSIC We often think of Celtic music and culture being about the Irish. But it is much more than that. It is a combination of the cultures from which it derived and the cultures that descended from it. It is about the people, their leadership, their clothing, their housing, their language, their religion, and, most prominent today, their music. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/e0cd7288-cf75-4f32-b565-74fdefbce33d/Lewis+%26+Clark.png Library - Make it stand out THE LEWIS & CLARK EXPEDITION Travel from St. Louis, up the Missouri River and across the mountains and the plains as Lewis and Clark lead an exploration of the upper Louisiana Territory, recently purchased from France. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/1612383729181-JSG3LSHIY5N5MRGFDQ14/01+-+Intro.jpg Library DR. LIVINGSTONE, I PRESUME It’s the fabled, almost mythical story of the New York Herald’s search for Dr. David Livingstone by journalist, explorer Sir Henry Morton Stanley. Includes a great video of Victoria Falls. (Available on video) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/53192fa0-2a5e-48e8-8e5c-bc69acebad2b/Marco+Polo.png Library - Make it stand out MARCO POLO - THE JOURNEY THAT CHANGED THE WORLD In 1271 AD, 17-year-old Marco Polo left Venice on a journey to the lands of Kublai Khan. And the eastern world and the western world met each other. This lecture includes photos of paintings of “The World of Genghis and Kublai Khan” by the late Lubbock artist Conny Martin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/1559940760303-MON2O1BXEXD1ES58PDA7/Cereal.png Library A HISTORY OF CEREAL From how it all began to Quaker, Kellogg, Post and General Mills, to the hidden prizes to cartoon mascots—it’s all fun as we explore the story of this nutritious and healthy breakfast food. You’ll also glimpse some of the history of Post, Texas, built by C.W. Post as the perfect town. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/1521041370441-FVOAFAMRXMNYW75SN63I/chocolate.png Library A HISTORY OF CHOCOLATE A fun, fascinating story for Valentine's Day or just any old time you have a sweet tooth. This presentation starts with the Aztecs and the Mayans and brings us through the growth of the industry in Europe and America and the challenges facing the industry today. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/4e48037c-9210-42c8-a9b4-c15d64ac0952/Donuts.png Library - Make it stand out Is it donut or doughnut? And where did it originate? And what’s the deal with the hole? And do donuts have anything to do with “doughboys”? And how many donuts are sold each year? Who are the biggest donut sellers? And lots more questions and answers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/1572464463096-BTBB6PB4IVDANXZUKFKE/Pearl.png Library THE PEARL What is it? How is it made? Where do we get it? Different types and colors and sizes. Famous pearls in history. All of these topics are woven around John Steinbeck’s masterpiece “The Pearl”. Fashion, beauty, history and literature all come together. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/fd7bba81-32b7-4daf-b94c-91e7b232fc35/Australia.png Library - Make it stand out TALES OF THE AUSTRALIAN BUSH Australia was once a penal colony for the British Empire and escaped convicts were known as bushrangers. The stories of these rival any tales of the American Wild West. Throw in a few sheep-shearing tunes and a little of the history and we’re liable to go Waltzing Matilda all the way home! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/1541185833016-DXLDV382UNAZGZYIXVIQ/Hessians.png Library THE HESSIANS & "THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW" Hessians were hired mercenaries that brought fear to Americans in our War for Independence. That fear is interwoven in Washington Irving’s wonderful story of Ichabod Crane in Sleepy Hollow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/1633717128117-NGSFN7UE93YAU0U4SDS3/Kipling.png Library - Make it stand out THE LIFE & WORK OF RUDYARD KIPLING The Jungle Book, Captains Courageous, Gunga Din, If … the novels, short stories and poetry of Rudyard Kipling capture the imagination. The life of this Anglo-Indian Nobel Prize winner is no less fascinating. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/ddcd9d82-81da-4e35-8693-9fc28256cba1/Fitzgerald.png Library - Make it stand out F SCOTT FITZGERALD - TALES OF THE JAZZ AGE F Scott Fitzgerald named the 1920s “The Jazz Age” and his writings personified life during those times. This story covers the life of F Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald and shares some of his most famous short stories, taken from his book Tales of the Jazz Age. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/1535839992594-RTN112DWYNBRZJLZYB2Y/Merchant+of+Venice.png Library WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE'S THE MERCHANT OF VENICE Brush up your Shakespeare with one of his most quoted works. You'll get some background on Shakespeare life, the Venice of Shakespeare’s day, and a history of the play’s performance. And you’ll enjoy the readings from the play. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/bf2dd8b5-53e8-4128-962f-b5e04c545d6d/Krakow+Dragon.png Library - Make it stand out THE DRAGON OF KRAKOW AND OTHER POLISH TALES Folk tales and myths have been described as the cornerstone on which culture is built. They help explain the world and man’s experience. This lecture tells eight folk tales and myths from the Poland that are still part of the Polish culture today. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/1530800644002-1TSMG86DCYA0EA2ZOBSN/Louis+Armstrong.png Library LOUIS ARMSTRONG AND NEW ORLEANS JAZZ Louis Armstrong said about jazz music, "We play life!" This presentation tells Satchmo's story plus a history of New Orleans jazz and some of the other great early jazz musicians. Can’t wait for those Saints to Come Marching in! (Available of video) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/1615238494755-FQQMESZTVGBV1H3RZNVE/American+Bandstand.png Library THE STORY BEHIND AMERICAN BANDSTAND Now here’s a real trip down memory lane as we remember the Dick Clark and those that came before him, the guest stars, the teenagers regulars, the dances, the changing fashion, and the story behind how the show got it start and how it came to an end. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/b322d6a3-ff94-412b-8a33-9bbfdd5b4047/Beethoven-Bonaparte.png Library - Make it stand out BEETHOVEN AND BONAPARTE Beethoven greatly admired Napoleon and held some of the political views—that is, until Napoleon proclaimed himself Emperor. Get the background story on Beethoven’s Eroica Symphony and enjoy some of this great music. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/65f53d6f-2b0f-4fcd-9de2-c8cb6dbc8824/Calypso.png Library - Make it stand out HARYY BELAFONTE AND THE CALYPSO BEAT Belafonte best represented the sounds of calypso in the United States, but its origins go much further back to Trinidad/Tobago and to Africa before that. Here’s history, biography and music all rolled into one story. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/b03ecdb0-9638-4942-9b74-6bffad39f430/Crooners.png Library - Make it stand out CROONERS & CROONING You may have thought that “crooning” started with Bing Crosby, but it went much further back than that—all the way to the invention of the microphone. In this program, we’ll look at the definition of crooning, follows its history and enjoy some of the most famous crooners. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/1507141715954-OJ4DJ7OFDP23VX7IYFZB/Denver.png Library JOHN DENVER - AMERICAN TROUBADOUR The songs of John Denver raise us to a higher consciousness in our relations with others and with the environment. This story covers his life. music and legacy of Denver. You will thrill again to songs like “Leaving on a Jet Plane” and “Take Me Home Country Roads.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/0aa4cbca-aa1d-4950-ae87-fdcc56ef0a35/Gilbert+%26+Sullivan.png Library - Make it stand out Gilbert & Sullivan’s whimsical “light operas” set the stage for the modern Broadway musical. They set the standard for a new professionalism in the theater. This presentation brings to life their lives and includes some of the better known songs from their shows. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/1535841431812-CFX7Y8UBFVBEBS8Q5SY5/Gershwin.png Library GERSHWIN'S RHAPSODY IN BLUE Rhapsody in Blue is considered one of the most recognizable classical pieces. George Gershwin wrote it so quickly that all the notes were not on the page the first time presented. A story of a master musician and his masterpiece. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/1546913779465-YMJUVSQ12RIB1JQ1DCUU/Handel%27s+Messiah.png Library GETTING A HANDEL ON MESSIAH The story behind this glorious tome of music enjoyed by so many every Christmas season. We’ll explore the lfe of Handel , the development of Messiah, and it’s history. And we will hear some from Handel’s masterpiece. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/1559940911578-MMSIYMEB3XJBT48C2AGS/Rockabilly.png Library THE ROCKABILLY LEGENDS Remember when Elvis came to Lubbock? Have a connection with Buddy Holly? Some of the stories Jess has found may spark your memories of Lubbock, Texas in the 1950s. You’ll also hear about Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash, and Roy Orbison. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/1575747745680-XNZS1SZG6DCYFRI8KBFD/Singing+Cowboys.png Library THE SINGING COWBOYS They were our heroes growing up in a much simpler age—when the good guys always won, and you knew who the good guys were by the color of their Stetson hats! Relax and relive the memories of Tex Ritter, Gene Autry, Roy Rogers, and more. Ride ‘em cowboy! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/1525730199382-20OG5P9YCP3JB7QPHWRT/Sound+of+Music.png Library SOUNDS OF MUSIC - THE REAL VON TRAPPS The musical story, The Sound of Music, creates for us a legend of this wonderful Austrian family. But who were the real Von Trapps and what happened to all of those talented children? Hear the real stories behind the epic movie and enjoy the music again. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/1583629202348-XYPIDGS9Q7OIDG5EW4HL/Stradivarius.png Library STRADIVARIUS - THE VIOLIN THAT SINGS A history of the most-famous brand of violins of all time! The program includes a general history on violins and how they are made. You’ll hear stories about the existing Stradivarius violins, their worth, and what gives them that special sound. (Available on video) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/1633125017969-G481L3KVYEMFG4ADP44I/Titanic.png Library - Make it stand out THE BAND THAT PLAYED ON THE TITANIC Meet the eight courageous band members who sailed with The Titanic—their backgrounds, the music they played, where they were when the boat began to sink, and the tributes paid to them afterwards. Was the final song really Nearer My God to Thee? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/2dfdd454-f58c-49ef-a420-ff67076535d8/We+Are+the+World.png Library - Make it stand out WE ARE THE WORLD How 45 world-renowned musicians, led by Harry Belafonte, came together in 1985 to record one special song that eventually provided over 63 million dollars in aid to feed the hungry in Africa and elsewhere throughout the world. “We are the world, we are the children…” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/02bcc646-9f26-4e67-9273-1f23be54ab8a/Roy+Bean.png Library - Make it stand out JUDGE ROY BEAN - LAW WEST OF THE PECOS Roy Bean may have been a dirty rotten scoundrel, but no one can deny that he was instrumental in cleaning up lawlessness west of the Pecos river, near Big Bend Country, in the late 1800s. His unorthodox methods made him a legend in his time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/4861ec17-aa61-465c-880c-81e4524be21c/Buffalo+Bill.png Library - Make it stand out BUFFALO BILL CODY AND THE WILD WEST SHOWS In the late 1800s and early 1900s, Wild West shows emerged as a mesmerizing spectacle that captivated audiences across the world. Much of what we think of as the Old West was molded through these shows. They were a blend of theatrical performances, daring stunts, and a celebration of the legendary figures of the American West. So saddle up and let’s ride into a glimpse of American entertainment at the turn of the 20th Century.! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/1597511560539-4LIXWXF7YQE8ET1KOASR/Deadwood.png Library DEADWOOD, SOUTH DAKOTA It was a dusty mining town on the outskirts of civilization that brought together miners, cowboys, lawmen, saloons, gambling, brothels, etc., creating an environment that was always colorful and occasionally fatal. (Available on video) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/731ecb86-bd25-4cbe-bf77-29d05fdb5488/Geronimo.png Library - Make it stand out GERONIMO! The dauntless chieftain who emerged from the rocky wastes of Arizona and became the most feared raider of the old untamed West! He lived a land of harshness and on the run and then many years of imprisonment at the hands of the U.S. military and as a celebrity until death in 1909. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/1527891154708-5R0UNFFOQXRR2SWZAE5K/Pony+Express.png Library THE PONY EXPRESS You’ll hear about the need for the service, its founding, the first ride and riders, the record rides, the equipment and horses, the rider’s oath, the station masters, and some of the famous riders. It’s a brief but specatular “flash” of Old West history! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/59c34832-5e59-4b98-b628-d7b93fccc288/Wyatt+Earp.png Library - Make it stand out WYATT EARP AND THE GUNFIGHT AT THE OK CORRAL You’ve seen the movies and heard the legends. Here’s the true story on the history of Tombstone, the Earps, the Cowboys, and what really happened (as far as can be known) at the OK Corral on October 26, 1881. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/1600033196082-MQBMZBRSZS7KST3KRTYR/Spanish+Flu.png Library THE SPANISH FLU OF 1918 Called by H. G. Wells “the beginning of the rout of civilization”, the Spanish Flu infected up to 500 million people. Jess shares some of the stories behind the origin, symptoms, treatments, effects of the virus, and comparisons with Covid-19. (Available on video) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/8eeba145-0480-4af2-a574-12da71f8070e/Christmas+-+Baseball.png Library - Make it stand out THE CHRISTMAS BASEBALL GAME OF 1862 There is no question that the Civil War had a huge impact on the game and its place in becoming America’s National Pastime. This lecture discusses that 1862 game on Hilton Head Island, plus some of the origins of baseball and its development prior to, during, and after the Civil War. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/1628382497863-QP4XQVARVJJYWHCQH0OH/China+-+Great+Wall.jpg Library - Make it stand out THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA One of the world’s greatest phenomena. Some say you can even see it from outer space. We explore the history of the Great Wall and the challenges facing its preservation today. It’s a travelogue you won’t want to miss! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/1570130730427-C031144KT2FT5TCIA1SP/Machu+Picchu.png Library MACHU PICCHU, PERU Welcome to the mysterious ruins of Machu Picchu, Peru. Prepare yourself as you are about to embark on a virtual tour exploring one of the most intriguing destinations on the planet. You won’t want to miss the spectacular views and scenery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/782ca755-6b11-4a34-970e-c42172bcded8/Texas+Railroads.png Library - Make it stand out A HISTORY OF TEXAS RAILROADS Tracing the railroads across Texas from 1836 to the present, we examine the construction of the railroads, their financing, the role of the Texas Railroad Commission, Texas train robberies, the Harvey Houses, and other related topics. There’s also a look at the coming of the railroads to the South Plains. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/1594057504461-WYAM0VEQIPOKJA5ZFMP6/Washington.png Library HISTORY OF WASHINGTON A salute to our nation’s capitol! The story begins with the city’s founding and the carefully laid plans by L’Enfant and continues through the War of 1812, the Civil War, and on into the modern era, exploring some of Washington’s most famous landmarks. (Available on Video) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/979792ad-87b9-4480-a353-b02fb699174b/Hollywood+War.png Library - Make it stand out HOLLYWOOD GOES TO WAR In all aspects, Hollywood was all in for the war efforts in World War II. In this lecture, we explore the movies themselves, famous actors in uniform, involvement in the sale of war bonds, the USO tours, and even the pinups! A Greatest Generation tribute! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/1551736468023-3YL80T60VYCUHRCLP8AY/Iwo+Jima.png Library IRA HAYES AND THE IWO JIMA FLAG The raising of the American flag on Mt. Surabachi was an inspiration both to American soldiers and to folks back home. It’s a riveting story about the flag raisers, including one who didn’t’ survive the publicity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59404a531e5b6cb30776ad06/1578451222972-ARCGR300K4ENGQID9CUQ/Swing+Kids.png Library SWING KIDS IN NAZI GERMANY Their music banned by the Nazis, Swing Kids rebelled against the Hitler Youth and the Nazi philosophy. Hear about the White Rose, the Edelweiss Pirates, and other groups that stood up for freedom and liberty in prewar Germany.