-Bev- - The Impossible Dream

-Bev-
Mar 15, 2024 06:32pm
<p class="ql-align-center"><strong style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"><img src="https://lh7-us.googleusercontent.com/6p9Un2bFwv6aC9Rab7L_0yTzpUJRcMm36yWiBfsY4bnU89Shiq04Kmo9sW-H2ndmrRwyZOgQ7xtsjoJnZ1kthQODK4ctrjfqE_MXmGuIVNC8jrlI7LbgLslo5yEBw9Cf4rEC1UieOOOrzis7uBM53gQ" height="73" width="574"></strong></p><p class="ql-align-center"><strong style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><em>JOURNEY UNDER</em></strong><strong style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);"><em> </em></strong><strong style="color: rgb(241, 194, 50);"><em>SUN </em></strong><strong style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><em>-</em></strong><strong style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);"><em> BLUE SKIES</em></strong></p><p class="ql-align-center"><strong style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><em>ROUND TWO</em></strong></p><p class="ql-align-center"><br></p><p class="ql-align-center"><strong style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><em>For this round I am using the theme HOPE and FAITH because without these two things we need them if we want to achieve and go onto reach what might seem impossible dreams...You can you just need to have faith in yourself and strive for that dream with hope and faith to push you onwards ...I know this because I have done this myself and overcome a lot of things in life...When I thought life would be impossible...no, its not just trust yourself in what you can do and are capable of ...We all have an inner strength we just have to believe in ourselves... </em></strong></p><p class="ql-align-center"><br></p><p class="ql-align-center"><strong style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><em>Song Trivia</em></strong></p><p>"<strong>The Impossible Dream (The Quest)</strong>" is a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popular_music" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">popular</a> song composed by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitch_Leigh" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Mitch Leigh</a>, with lyrics written by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Darion" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Joe Darion</a>. The song is the most popular song from the 1965 Broadway musical <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_of_La_Mancha" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);"><em>Man of La Mancha</em></a> and is also featured in the 1972 film <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_of_La_Mancha_(film)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">of the same name</a> starring <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_O%27Toole" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Peter O'Toole</a>.</p><p>The complete song is first sung by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Quixote" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Don Quixote</a> as he stands vigil over his armor, in response to Aldonza (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dulcinea" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Dulcinea</a>)'s question about what he means by "following the quest". It is reprised partially three more times – the last by prisoners in a dungeon as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miguel_de_Cervantes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Miguel de Cervantes</a> and his manservant mount the drawbridge-like prison staircase to face trial by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Inquisition" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Spanish Inquisition</a>.</p><p>A version recorded by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Jones_(singer)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Jack Jones</a> peaked at No. 35 on the U.S. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);"><em>Billboard</em> Hot 100</a> chart and reached No. 1 on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adult_Contemporary_(chart)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Easy Listening</a> chart.</p><p class="ql-align-center">Leigh received the Contemporary Classics Award from the Songwriter's Hall of Fame for the song.</p><p><br></p>