The 30 Day Music Meme challenge is getting harder. Today’s challenge is to find a song that reminds of me of somewhere – a place.

The song I’ve chosen is I Have Dreamed from Rogers and Hammerstein’s “The King and I.” The place it reminds me of is Little Flower High School for Girls in Philadelphia.

In the fall of 1977, I acted in “The King and I” at Little Flower. It was the first play I was in, and it opened the theatre world to me. While acting in this play, I decided to take Theatre as a major in college.

I think this song does more to remind me of Little Flower than the others in the play because it’s not as well know. At least, I probably didn’t know the song back then, so it was new. The most intense feeling I get from the song (since my memory isn’t that specific) is the sense of seeing the two lovers singing to each other. It must have been the first time I saw a love song acted out in real life.

There are so many memories and topics I could discuss today as I think back to that time. Why did I audition for a play at a girl’s school? How did being at an all girl’s school affect me, especially since I went to an all boys high school? Did I date any of the girls? Well, I’ll leave these and the other topics for other blog entries.