House of Tudor Party. part 1

As most of our guest at T.R.A.C.S know, is that I try to be original in the party themes. That is not always easy and also it is not always easy for our guest to find an outfit that suit in theme. Although I am often surprised how creative our guest are and astonished with how much care they got things together, to be in theme. For our deejay's it is sometimes even harder to get some songs in theme, although that is not necessary.   

I cannot imagine that I would like to listen two hours of just Baroque music when that was the theme.

This Saturday, May 19th, the theme is: House of Tudor. Yes, a difficult theme!

How I got the silly idea to pick that theme?

Now that is easy, it is the date. Because:

On May 19th 1536, Anne Boleyn, the second wife of Henry VIII of England, is beheaded and on May 19th 1568, Queen Elizabeth I of England orders the arrest of Mary, Queen of Scots. Google and Wikipedia love me and I love them.

This is all about four members of the Tudor dynasty. See picture of the family tree.

Mary, Queen of Scots (8 December 1542 – 8 February 1587), also known as Mary Stuart or Mary I of Scotland, was queen regnant of Scotland from 14 December 1542 to 24 July 1567 and queen consort of France from 10 July 1559 to 5 December 1560.

Mary was the only surviving legitimate child of King James V of Scotland. She was 6 days old when her father died and she was crowned nine months later. In 1558, she married Francis, Dauphin of France. He ascended the French throne as King Francis II in 1559, and Mary became queen consort of France until she was widowed on 5 December 1560. Mary then returned to Scotland, arriving in Leith on 19 August 1561. Four years later, she married her first cousin, Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, but their union was unhappy. In February 1567, his residence was destroyed by an explosion, and Darnley was found murdered in the garden.

Mike Oldfield

Michael Gordon Oldfield (born 15 May 1953) is an English multi-instrumentalist musician and composer, working a style that blends progressive rock, folk, ethnic or world music, classical music, electronic music, New Age, and more recently, dance. His music is often elaborate and complex in nature. He is best known for his hit 1973 album Tubular Bells, which launched Virgin Records, and for his 1983 hit single "Moonlight Shadow". He is also well known for his hit rendition of the Christmas piece, "In Dulci Jubilo".

Discovery is the ninth album by Mike Oldfield, released in 1984. It was recorded at Oldfield's then-home in Villars-sur-Ollon in the Swiss Alps where he was living for tax reasons.

The first track of the album "To France" features Maggie Reilly on vocals and references Mary Stuart in its chorus.

"To France" is about Mary Queen of Scots' exodus to France in the mid-1500s."

 All of the instruments are played by Oldfield, and Discovery marked the first time he recorded an album outside of England."To France"'s sparkling chorus and pristine keyboard parts fall just outside the song's moderate gallop, with Reilly and the accompanying instruments adding some mild Celtic overtones to its melody. 

To France Lyrics

Taking on water,

Sailing a restless sea

From a memory,

A fantasy.

The wind carries

Into white water,

Far from the islands.

Don't you know you're

[ Chorus ]

Never going to get to France.

Mary, Queen of Chance, will they find you?

Never going to get to France.

Could a new romance ever bind you?

Walking on foreign ground,

Like a shadow,

Roaming in far off

Territory.

Over your shoulder,

Stories unfold, you're

Searching for sanctuary.

You know you're

[ Repeat Chorus ]

I see a picture

By the lamp's flicker.

Isn't it strange how

Dreams fade and shimmer?

[ Repeat Chorus ]

I see a picture

By the lamp's flicker.

Isn't it strange how

Dreams fade and shimmer?

[ Repeat Chorus ]

Never going to get to France.

Never going to....

Never going to get to France.

Never going to....

Never going to get to France.

Never going to....

Source:Wikipedia