{"id":1026,"date":"2013-11-24T08:07:27","date_gmt":"2013-11-24T08:07:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/whats-happening-now\/?p=1026"},"modified":"2020-04-01T08:10:14","modified_gmt":"2020-04-01T08:10:14","slug":"november-24-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/whats-happening-now\/november-24-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"November 24, 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m donning my ruby red slippers and jetting to Detroit to ride high atop the NBC-WDIV Wizard of Oz float in the Thanksgiving Day Parade (!!!) and to do 10 more sing-alongs for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.alleewillis.com\/WeSingTheD\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8220;The D&#8221;<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you haven&#8217;t seen photos from the last 40, yes FOURTY, sing-alongs we did in Detroit in September, capturing thousands and thousands of people singing and cavorting on &#8220;The D&#8221;,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.alleewillis.com\/WeSingTheD\/photos\/the-d-photos.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">check out these beautiful people NOW<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>This time we&#8217;re going back and filming everyone from hundreds of Motown-born bass and guitar players &#8211; all playing at once for one THUNDEROUS &#8220;D&#8221; sound! &#8211; to Roller Derby skaters, bakers, rabbis, pom pom girls, carpenters and canines\u2013 yes, they sing too! Here, in fact, is a Miniature Pinscher soloing with me at one of the September sing-alongs:<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/whats-happening-now\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/20131210-Dog-Rescue.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1028\" src=\"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/whats-happening-now\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/20131210-Dog-Rescue-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Allee Willis\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/whats-happening-now\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/20131210-Dog-Rescue-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/whats-happening-now\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/20131210-Dog-Rescue.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n<p>If you happen to be in Detroit this Saturday, the 30th, please join us at an open-to-the-public sing-along at 11 AM with the All About Animals Rescue at Bob Maxie Ford, 1833 Jefferson Ave. and you can sing along with the dogs too!<\/p>\n<p>So please wish me, my 12 person crew, 7 video cameras, 11 still cameras, 1 helicopter camera, 8 suitcases I&#8217;m taking for a 6 day shoot, 11 scarves and 13 beanies I&#8217;m packing in my sparkly ruby red carry-on so I don&#8217;t die of hypothermia on the float good luck as we STOMP UP THE SPIRIT in the Motor City once again!<\/p>\n<p>By the way, the irony of me riding on the Wizard of Oz float has not escaped me or anyone who knows me well. I am the ONLY person in the WORLD who has never seen the movie.<\/p>\n<p>Last but certainly not least, as &#8220;The D&#8221; has grown into something far more MASSIVE than I ever dreamed, your\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/3btivk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DONATIONS<\/a>\u00a0would be most appreciated. This is a song\/record\/music video\/feature-length documentary about the triumph of human spirit as exhibited by the people of Detroit who never stop smiling, never look back, and who aren&#8217;t waiting for the government or any bankruptcy crap to reimagine their city. The sheer chutzpah, imagination, and belief of self there is truly INSPIRATIONAL. It&#8217;s a story for everyone, not just Detroit.<\/p>\n<p>My D best,<br \/>\nAllee<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m donning my ruby red slippers and jetting to Detroit to ride high atop the NBC-WDIV Wizard of Oz float in the Thanksgiving Day Parade (!!!) and to do 10 more sing-alongs for\u00a0&#8220;The D&#8221;. If you haven&#8217;t seen photos from the last 40, yes FOURTY, sing-alongs we did in Detroit in September, capturing thousands and thousands of people singing and cavorting on &#8220;The D&#8221;,\u00a0check out these beautiful people NOW! This time we&#8217;re going back and filming everyone from hundreds of Motown-born bass and guitar players &#8211; all playing at once for one THUNDEROUS &#8220;D&#8221; sound! &#8211; to Roller Derby skaters, bakers, rabbis, pom pom girls, carpenters and canines\u2013 yes, they sing too! Here, in fact, is a Miniature Pinscher soloing with me at one of the September sing-alongs: If you happen to be in Detroit this Saturday, the 30th, please join us at an open-to-the-public sing-along at 11 AM with &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1028,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-detroit"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>November 24, 2013 - What&#039;s Happening Now<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/whats-happening-now\/november-24-2013\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"November 24, 2013 - What&#039;s Happening Now\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I&#8217;m donning my ruby red slippers and jetting to Detroit to ride high atop the NBC-WDIV Wizard of Oz float in the Thanksgiving Day Parade (!!!) and to do 10 more sing-alongs for\u00a0&#8220;The D&#8221;. 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