Musical Sunday!

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Whew. Had a very busy day today, so this week's Musical Sunday post is just a question:

What is the deal with New Yorkers in musicals wanting to move to Santa Fe? Is this some sort of musical theater conceit I don't know about? Do actual New Yorkers dream of moving to New Mexico? I've never been there - is Santa Fe really that great?

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[sevvy-o.livejournal.com]

I don't want to move to Santa Fe but I really really really want to visit!! It looks gorgeous and I love the southwest. =D

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It does look pretty. I've never really been to the southwest (my places to go list moves even slower than my Netflix queue, lol), except for Las Vegas, which is a totally different experience, lol.

[brunettepet.livejournal.com]

I've never heard of this trend. New Mexico is gorgeous, but it's more about the great outdoors than the cities for me. Santa Fe was picturesque but really touristy in the city center. There were a couple excellent brew pubs and I love New Mexican food.

The desert and the clean air were wonderful. I can understand why artists are inspired by the colorful landscape. I couldn't stay hydrated though, Woke up several times in the night having to drink more water at the higher (for me) altitude.

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Heh, I don't know if it's a trend so much as "two songs from different musicals about Santa Fe." But it did strike me as funny.

[xlivvielockex.livejournal.com]

I only know this from a friend of mine but apparently Santa Fe has a huge art collective. I think she said that she used to work for their opera house and they have a big theatre sort of thing there.

I've personally only ever driven through but my friend, every summer she goes from NC to Santa Fe to work for the opera/theatre there.

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That's very cool!

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If you hadn't included the Newsies song, I would have posted it myself. I remember feeling very sympathetic and, hmm, mushy towards Christian Bale when I used to get to this part...

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Heh, it was the Newsies song that made the lightbulb go off, actually. It came up on my iPod, and I was like, "Wait... ANOTHER show has a Santa Fe song!"