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Relax the Old Fashioned Way with Musical Chairs

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#NaBloPoMo Day 29 Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Musical Chairs

Did you wrack your brain to find musical chairs? A couple of antique stores in Prescott, AZ had some. Have you ever ridden on a merry-go-round?

You sit in a seat, go up and down, and giggle to the sound of music.
You sit in a seat, go up and down, and giggle as the music plays and the platform turns.

Friends, Darlene, Jean and Mary Lou and I headed to Prescott to check out the antique stores. Musical chairs stumped me, so I scoured the stores for signs of them. See if you agree that these could be musical.

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Don’t you love the old-fashioned figures riding this merry-go-round?

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He looks like he’s having fun. the horse may be even singing to him.

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The horses wore bright-colored outfits befitting their parts in the musical performances. Of course, the in first carousels, appearing in the early 1700s “the animals would hang from chains and fly out from the centrifugal force of the spinning mechanism. They were often powered by animals walking in a circle or people pulling a rope or cranking.” Wikipedia  Germany has the oldest existing carousel made in 1779.

Platforms appeared in the 1850s, and by 1870 steam engines and organs adorned the amusement ride. The engineer Frederick Savage attached gears to the horses allowing them to glide up and down on the polls, and hoped to make the benches pitch and toss as if they were on the ocean.

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This teddy bear picture reminded me of a Victorian poem, “The Swing,” that my grandmother used to recite to me.

The Swing
BY ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
How do you like to go up in a swing,
   Up in the air so blue?
Oh, I do think it the pleasantest thing
   Ever a child can do!
 
Up in the air and over the wall,
   Till I can see so wide,
Rivers and trees and cattle and all
   Over the countryside—
 
Till I look down on the garden green,
   Down on the roof so brown—
Up in the air I go flying again,
   Up in the air and down!
 
The poem has been set to music. Here is one rendition.

For more musical chairs check out Cee’s Fun Fotos.
CFFC runs weekly challenge starting every Tuesday.
CFFC runs weekly challenge starting every Tuesday.

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Marsha

Hi, I’m Marsha Ingrao, a retired educator and wife of a retired realtor. My all-consuming hobby is blogging and it has changed my life. My friends live all over the world. In November 2020, we sold everything and retired to the mile-high desert of Prescott, AZ. We live less than five miles from the Granite Dells, four lakes, and hundreds of trails with our dog, Kalev, and two cats, Moji and Nutter Butter. Vince’s sister came with us and lives close by. Every day is a new adventure.

2 responses to “Relax the Old Fashioned Way with Musical Chairs”

  1. Cee Neuner Avatar
    Cee Neuner

    Hi Marsha, you came up with some fabulous photos….especially not knowing my little twist. Beautiful entry.

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    1. Marsha Avatar
      Marsha

      Thank you! This one was really HARD! I took pictures all over the antique stores we visited looking for just the thing. I even rearranged some of the props in some of the pictures. Then I did not choose those pictures. 🙂

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