LISA DENTON: Barry, I’m trying to keep the volume down over here in my cubicle, but after looking at the schedule of upcoming events, I can’t stop singing.
I started out as Fantine warbling “I Dreamed a Dream” from “Les Miserables,” which will open Friday at Chattanooga Theatre Centre. Then I became the Snow Queen Elsa and decided to “Let it goooo, let it goooo. Can’t hold it back anymore.” I can’t hit all the notes Idina Menzel does, but if John Travolta’s imaginary friend Adele Dazeem has a voice, that’s what I sound like. The film that song is from (we’re not supposed to tell the title) kicks off First Things First’s Movies in the Park series Saturday at Coolidge Park.
Then I saw that Elvis tribute artist Matt Cordell will be performing Saturday night at the Alhambra Shrine Temple. Before I knew what was happening, my upper lip had started to curl and my pelvis commenced to twitching, and now I can’t stop singing “Burning Love.” A song with the words “hunka, hunka” wins out every time.
BARRY COURTER: I wondered what all that spasming was about. I never know with you, so rather than call for a medic, I figured it wise to wait it out. We need a hand signal or something in case it’s more than another Elvis twitch.
Maybe you could do a mash-up: “I dreamed a hunka, hunka burning love, can’t let it goooo.”