THEME FOR ALL SINGSNAP STARS..GREEK NEW YEAR

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THE HOST WILL POST A THEME... YOU ARE ASKED TO SING A SONG BASED ON THAT THEME.....

***** PLEASE NOTICE THIS IS A CHALLENGE AND NOT A CONTEST *****

ONCE YOU HAVE RECORDED YOUR SONG JUST COME AND POST THE LINK ON THE BOARD...

WE WOULD LIKE A FRESH RECORDING....BUT IF THE HOST AGRESS YOU CAN POST A PRE-RECORDED

REQUIREMENT IS THAT YOU LISTEN TO AND POST A COMMENT ON AT LEAST * THREE * SONGS OF YOUR FELLOW POSTERS...For each song that you post to the theme.

THE OBJECT OF THIS CHALLENGE IS TO SHARE OUR SONGS AND DEVELOP FRIENDSHIPS....AND TO HAVE FUN

“Music is the greatest communication in the world. Even if people don't understand the language that you're singing in, they still know good music when they hear it.”
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THANK YOU....SING ON....

YOUR HOSTS

Hi everyone welcome to the Theme for all singsnap stars. Your hosts for today's challenge are grammatea4u(Tas) and lilredwolf18(Gloria).

A huge thank you goes out to Debbie for valliantly hosting the last three days worth of challenges..She is a champion for sure.

Our theme today is Vasilopita(Greek New Years Bread)...history and recipe below:

For this theme simply sing any song where the title, artists name, or song lyrics contains one of the following words: BREAD,LUCK,COIN,HIDE,FIND,NEW,YEAR,DAY,POOR,RICH,TRADITION,CAKE,SWEET,BLESS,GOLD

or you may sing any song where the artist or song title begins with one of these letters: S-T-B-A-S-I-L

You may post as many songs as you wish..singles,duets,open duets...Prerecords are ok but we do prefer freshly made ones. Since you are the exclusive owner of your songs..it doesn't matter to us if your song has been posted in other challenges or contests..BUT IT DOES MATTER THAT YOU DO THE REQUIRED LISTENS.

Remember that it is a requirement that you listen and comment on three songs posted to this challenge for each song that you post...so the more you post the more you must listen.

Vasilopita History:

Vasilopita is a traditional New Year's Day bread or cake in Greece and many other areas in eastern Europe and the Balkans which contains a hidden coin or trinket which gives good luck to the receiver. It is made of a variety of doughs, depending on regional and family tradition, including tsoureki.

It is associated with Saint Basil's day, January 1, in most of Greece, but in some regions, the traditions surrounding a cake with a hidden coin are attached to Epiphany or to Christmas.

In other areas of the Balkans, the tradition of cake with a hidden coin during winter holidays exists, but is not associated with Saint Basil at all. Hasluck (1927) documents the practice among Ukrainians (a pirog is cut); Romanians; Serbs ("chesnitza", eaten on Christmas); Albanians ("pitta", eaten by both Christians and Muslims); Bulgarians (pogatcha, Novogodichna banitsa (for New Year's), Svity Vasileva bogatcha); etc.

On New Year's Day families cut the Vassilopita to bless the house and bring good luck for the new year. A coin is wrapped and hidden in the bread by slipping it into the dough before baking. A piece of cake is sliced for each member of the family and any visitors present at the time, in order of age. Slices are also cut for various other people or groups, depending on local and family tradition. They may include St. Basil and other saints, the Virgin Mary, the Church, the poor, the king (formerly), and the Kallikantzaroi , commonly translated as goblins.

Saint Basil's Feast Day is observed on January 1, the beginning of the New Year and the Epiphany season known as the Vasilopita Observance.

The traditions surrounding Vasilopita are very similar to western European celebrations of the Twelfth Night and Epiphany: the Provençal gâteau des rois and the Northern French galette des rois, the Catalonian tortell, and the Louisiana king cake. Hasluck (1927) connects both the western and the eastern celebrations to the Roman Saturnalia and the ancient Greek Kronia, the festival of King Cronus, which involved selecting a "king" by lot.

The name Vasilopita comes from vasilefs 'king' + pita 'pie', but was reinterpreted as Saint Basil's (Vasilios) cake.

Vasilopita Recipe:
4C. Cake flour
4eggs
2C. sugar
1/2lb. butter
3tsp. Baking Powder
1tsp.Baking soda
2c.plain yogurt
grated orange or lemon zest..I use both

Cream together the butter,sugar, and egg yolks. Beat the egg whites separately until soft peaks form. Gradually add the egg whites to the butter/sugar/egg yolk mixture. Gradually add the yogurt,baking powder,baking soda, and flour. Add mixture to a floured and greased round cake pan til half full..you might need to use two pans. The one I use at home is a ten inch round pan. Before you bake, close your eyes and drop a coin(any denomination) into the cake mix. Place the cake in a 350 oven until done..about 30 minutes..insert toothpick in center..if comes out clean its done.

Happy singing and listening...Kali Xronia..Happy New Year.

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Well I'll get this show on the road..

That'll Be the Day
Buddy Holly
http://www.singsnap.com/snap/r/b4a2606c

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woooooooooooohooooooooooo...welcome sammy

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hi there tonya...how are you doing? Had to start this one early today...due to unforseen circumstances.

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hi there maryann...so nice to see you today..

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hi there daddy al,...well to answer your question..i'm going to be over at my mom's house..with my laptop...so visiting her and singsnapping.

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hi there selena...missed your flagging when you were away. : )

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hi there linda..so nice to see you..

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Here's one using the letter A

Ain't Nobody's Business
Jimmy Witherspoon
http://www.singsnap.com/snap/r/c2112604c

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hi there Frank you gorgeous Italian gent. : )

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I shall be here for a half hour more..then gloria will be with you all...I shall be back later in the evening...I messed up when new years eve was..and promised mom a casino run..then we'd make the new years bread together on new years eve day...so have to go there today for the casino run..and making the bread tomorrow..taking my laptop with so I can join you guys here...also taking my headset w/mic..so will see if i can sing from the laptop..

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FrankCNY wrote:Gorgeous Italan gent?

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ahahhahahahaha look in the mirror dear..lol

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you tell him tonya..hahahahahah

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hi there gloria..how's it going today?

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well gloria hun..all those yummies are cyber yummies..all sugar free

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seeeeeeeeeeeeeee things are looking up...and tomorrow the surgery and all is going to go great there..too..

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you have to do the starving thing prior to going in?

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