What's up Hoos my name is Micah Iverson coming at you from my home
in Atlanta Georgia and this is the Good Old Song.
[GUITAR PLAYING]
The good old song of wahoowa
we'll sing it o'er and o'er
it cheers our hearts
and warms our blood
to hear them shout and roar
we come from old Virginia
where all is bright and gay
let's all join hands and give a yell
for dear old UVA
Hi I'm Jim Ryan and welcome to Arts on the Hill the digital edition this is our
second broadcast this is our effort to help our community stay connected
through the Arts if you tuned in last week I'm sure
you'll agree it was a terrific show and thanks for all the words of support I
loved it I know Phoebe did as well Phoebe I'm curious what your favorite
part was? The dog! Yeah I loved the dog too so this week we have an equally stellar
lineup you already heard from Micah Iverson who is an alum and is absolutely
crushing it on The Voice you are also going to hear from a certain basketball
coach and maybe even a U.S. senator that's all I'll say for the show now
thanks again for tuning in and we'll turn it over to our host and my
colleague Matt Weber thanks again and B., thank you.
Thank you President Ryan. Matt Weber the host of this show and I've
been around the block long enough that
when you're following Jim Ryan and holding people up from seeing Tony
Bennett you merely just say "on with the show coach," who I believe may have just
seen Forrest Gump.
Hey everyone this is coach Bennett and it's an honor to be part of
Arts on the Hill a few days ago I received an email from president Ryan
asking if I would share or read a poem that was meaningful to me and I'm
probably not the most well-read person when it comes to poetry so I
decided to enlist the services of my daughter and my wife and ask for some
poetry that might be fitting for the occasion so about 10 minutes later my
daughter, Anna, she sent me a poem that I read and I thought was just excellent so
that's the poem I want to share with you but the best thing about it is she wrote
it so I'm gonna share a poem by my daughter Anna Bennett called The Sun
Will Shine Again
we bow our heads and clasp our hands and we wait for the storm to pass lightning
cracks in the rain falls as if crying for the state of the world a time of
silence a time of stillness take what you will from the weeping sky we remain
strong on the ground united from a distance bound by communal hope a tie
extending beyond our broken souls hands held in remembrance of the past tears
shed for better days parts made hold by the promised rainbow the sun will shine
again by my favorite poet, Anna Bennett.
Love you, Dad.
[PIANO PLAYING]
who needs a lot of space
who needs a lot of light
I'll get myself a chair
a pad and pen to write
a ficus for the corner
and some pictures hung just right and
I have almost everything I need
I'll take some wooden crates
and make a makeshift bar
there's an antiques fair in Rhinebeck
I'll just borrow someone's car
some curtains for the window
and some daisies in a jar
and I have almost everything I need
so it's a bit dark
so it's a bit damp I'll just close my eyes pretending I'm in camp
it's going to be great it's going to be fun
with a prayer for good luck
and a bucket of Windex
this room will be perfect
for one
the smell of breaking bread
some good books I can read
a fire escape for dreaming
and a heart that's fine with me
a brand new life without you
I'm a happy girl indeed
and I have almost everything I need
I have almost everything I need
[PIANO PLAYING]
love that performance and to the little sister playing the piano for her older
sister for Payton I hope you're considering UVA and if not hopefully the
music department's contacting you for your awesome piano skills our next
performance however is a mash-up of two performers one is Ben Dooley who is not
a quadruplet you'll get that reference in a second performing Georgia on my
Mind all while Brittany Fan a recent alum is painting something that's likely
on all of our minds these days enjoy
[TROMBONE PLAYING]
[A CAPELLA SINGING]
what have you been up to I can hear you breathing on the other end of the line
it makes me wanna be there show you just how much I care
but we've got time
many weeks of wondering if we're gonna make it trying our best to stay strong
it's been on my mind but I know we can take it baby hold on
cause in the morning when I wake up you are so far away
I think about being together and I'm counting the days
want you to take me down and only let me up when we're done
because your body is the only thing I've been thinking of
My love, love
My love, my love
my love, my love
love love love that acapella performance the history and tradition of UVA
acapella is so strong and vibrant we're hoping to put on a new acapella
performance each week on digital Arts on the Hill by the way there's a lot of
virtual Zoom backdrops we're seeing right now legit not in this case my
friends real thing it's the real thing I'm literally I'm in the backdrop right
now can't compete with that go outside folks it's good for the soul
our last performance tonight it's something I'm not gonna say it's my
favorite but it had me grinning from ear to ear the entire time and has me
wondering if the phrase senateriffic may start trending on Twitter tonight
after this performance right now
hey everybody,
Tim Kaine here your president Jim Ryan told me about Arts on the Hill a way to
show off UVA community's commitment to arts as a way to keep folks connected in
a challenging time and he asked me to participate I didn't have the wisdom as
a young person to go to UVA but I've been really close to the community for
many years as an elected official so I'm going to do a song it is the most
natural song to do in a moment like this in Virginia I will say the lyrics
they're not G or PG they're kind of R not a dirty song but an earthy one but
the message is no matter how tough times are you just got to keep going and
outlast the bad so here you are to the UVA community
[HARMONICA PLAYING]
wadin' through the waste stormy winter and there is not a friend to help
you through trying to stop the waves behind your eyeballs drop your reds drop
your greens and blues thank you for your wine California I want to thank you for
your sweet and bitter fruit carrying some of that desert in my toenail and I
hid the speed inside my shoes
sing along
so won't you come on come on down sweet
Virginia come on come on down I'm begging you come on honey child you
got it in ya gotta scrape that shit right off your shoes
[HARMONICA PLAYING]
so won't you come on come on down sweet Virginia
come on honey child I'm begging you come on UVA you got it in ya gotta scrape the
shit right off your shoes
[HARMONICA PLAYING]
thanks so much you guys be safe
pretty sweet senator folks that is our
show episode two of Arts on the Hill the digital edition we're still recording on
iPhones in bedrooms and in backyards and this is not a Zoom virtual backyard this
is a real just actual normal backyard I say go out and breathe in some air folks
get off line every now and then it's gonna be a long haul if you'd like to
contribute to Arts on the Hill write to us at uvaarts@virginia.edu and
know that as I'm walking backwards if I don't fall on my butt I still get a
chance to introduce our final bonus act every great UVA event typically ends with
the good old song we started with one and far be it for me
to say we shouldn't end with one we got a submission from some children from
Winston-Salem, North Carolina singing you guessed it the good old song folks
closing out episode 2 the Noland family enjoy
the good old song of wahoowa
we sing it o'er and o'er
it cheers our heats and warms our blood
to hear them shout and roar
we come from old Virginia
where all is bright and gay
let's all join hands and give a yell
for dear old UVA
[CHEERING]