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Saturday 9: I Will See You in C-U-B-A (2010)
Unfamiliar with this week's tune? Hear it here.
This song was chosen in honor of Father's Day.
1)
In this week's song, Lucie Arnaz encourages us to hop a ship and join
her in Cuba. Is your passport up to date?
2) She sings that Cuba is a great place to enjoy wine and Panatelas. Do you like the smell of a good cigar?
3) Lucie said her Latin Roots CD represents "the rhythms of my soul" and is a tribute to her father, Desi Arnaz. Cuban-born Desi starred on Broadway and in nightclubs but was best known for co-starring in and producing the 1950s sitcom, I Love Lucy. When you think of I Love Lucy, what's the first thing that comes to mind?
4)
While Lucie's parents – Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball – are famous for
their TV work, Tony-nominated Lucie has found her greatest success on
the stage. She inherited their love of performing, saying, “My parents
were always happiest when they were working.” What have you inherited
from one or both your parents? (It could be anything from your work
ethic to your eye color.)
5) Though "Ricky Riccardo" often mangled English on I Love Lucy,
Desi's English was very good. Lucille Ball admired his facility with
languages and encouraged him to speak Spanish to their children
so that they would be bilingual. When you were growing up, did your
family speak any language other than English?
6) Desi Arnaz often performed "I Will See You in C-U-B-A." Is there a song that reminds you of your father?
7) After Lucie's parents divorced, Lucille Ball remarried and Lucie got a stepfather, Gary Morton. Lucie appreciated how positive Gary always was about Desi. Decades later, when she married a man who already had children, Lucie said she better understood what a tough role stepparent can be. Did you have a stepparent? Are you a stepparent?
8) As a single dad, Desi lived south of Los Angeles in Del Mar. Lucie and her brother, Desi Jr., spent school vacations there, going to the race track, bowling, and fishing with their dad. Share a happy memory from one of your school vacations (Christmas, Spring Break, or Summer).
9) Father's Day began in Washington state. In the early 1900s, Spokane resident Sonora Smart Dodd listened to her minister deliver a sermon celebrating Mother's Day and devoted herself to similarly honoring fathers. A century later, more money is still spent annually on Mother's Day. Why do you suppose that nationally we still make more of a fuss over Mother's Day than Father's Day?
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