Sierra Boggess - If They Could See Me Now - 54 Below 2019-08-04

oh yes and you said you know darling would you mind terribly darling if you wouldn't mind oh just come and sing a little something for the cleaners that's all be sure Andrew let me throw a little some together for the Queen so you know and I'm like what this was this was a few years ago when it was the Queen's Diamond Jubilee it was that huge birthday celebration a note remember that time so she's on this huge birthday and so she was coming on her actual birthday to Andrews house - because he had written a song for her so she was coming to hear the song and but she liked old musicals so he thought it'd be nice if she had a thing and so I don't like now what am I gonna do in from the Queen like how I'll be like ma'am you know having I am like an invisible maybe I don't know workshop ma'am you know I don't talk like that you know suddenly you would because it's like in anywhere what do you do to him I got this book called god save the queen and I read and it told me that you're supposed to curtsy you know before you meet her or when you meet your hand before just walk around and so you curtsy when you meet her and you say Your Majesty you know and now I'm like and how am I gonna say you're mad Your Majesty in an American accent sounds so state your majesty imagine super there I'm gonna have to do a fake British accent for the Queen but Lee knows I can imagine trying to practice and so I'm thinking like I felt like you know Alice in Wonderland with the Red Queen do my best and so you know packs the outside anyway so I got on the plane to London and I got off the plane and then I get into a train that takes me to submit in a couple hours away which is where his castle house thing is I mean I might get out of the Train and his driver picks me up and I'm driving and it's the most beautiful English countryside you've ever seen like like and Andrew owns all the land as far as your eye can see like I think in the contract it's like I own all the land as far as my eyes and clip it in the gates part to another road which is really his driveway but it's really another row but it's really his driveway and their sheep roaming around on either side so that's his house pet you know and I just remember thinking it's the oh stop bombs to see artifacts the kind of talk first [Music] okay so now I go in the house never put my stuff down one of the billions of different rooms to choose from then come downstairs and I start walking around the gardens you know and seeing what's around and practicing you know and then I'm walking around inside the house and I'm looking all these giant works of art like original paintings with security tags on them and stuff I mean his house is like a museum shop Donald Byrd all I can say okay so now I'm dressing my lawn for no gallon and I'm gonna wear to sing for the Queen and I come downstairs and I look at where the position of the piano is and all that stuff and the practice in there she'll be right there fine okay great that's it now they take us all into a dining room a formal dining room as if anyone's going to be able to eat a meal before singing before or meeting the Queen that's what we're going to do and it's one of these long medieval style tables like there's place cards all around so now I start looking all the place cards let's see where my seated where my seated oh I'm at the head of the table of hand room [Music] the other half lives to think the highest brow which I thank you [Music] [Music] [Music] she's ready to go [Music] [Laughter] [Music] [Music] [Applause]

Channel: Earl Mayuga

Views: 32,948

Rating: 4.9674797 out of 5

Keywords: Sierra Boggess, Andrew Lloyd Weber, 54Below, Feinstein's 54 Below, If They Could See Me Now, Music, Musical

Id: w7J64SsUlNg

Length: 6min 9sec (369 seconds)

Published: Mon Aug 05 2019