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Dennis and Kyle in Portsmouth, United Kingdom

dennis — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 05:56:01 +0000

Kyle and Dennis, reminiscent of their “Lion’s Waltz” photo, are this time holding 500 year old instruments while in Portsmouth, England at the Mary Rose Trust. Kyle is holding what is probably the oldest violin in existence, found on the recovered Mary Rose, King Henry VIII’s famous ship which sank 500 years ago. Dennis is holding a Still Shawn. They were honored to be allowed to visit the treasures and hold them, under the watchful eye of members of the Mary Rose Trust. Both Dennis and Kyle were permitted to play on replicas of the instruments the next day. Kyle had just returned from his trip to Thailand and Dennis had just returned from Kenya. Il Fait Beau is due to be released in May, 2010.

Preview Coming Soon

dennis — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 04:30:47 +0000

Kyle is hard at work on a beautiful new song for Chapter IX.

But a recorded preview is coming soon.

Il Fait Beau Debuts at Oklahoma State Capitol

dennis — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:02:53 +0000

This is how Kyle’s was introduced for the Presentation of Il Fait Beau at the Governor’s Award Ceremony

Standing Room only in the Capitol!

“We wanted to offer you one last opportunity to enjoy the talents of Kyle Dillingham and his chamber orchestra on the 5th floor. As Kyle is being recognized for his artistic contributions to the state, he felt it important for today’s event to present his two major Oklahoma collaborative projects. One you have already heard. But, as an ambassador, Kyle has also represented Oklahoma education in over 30 countries. Now, he is realizing his own educational passion of using music and storytelling to engage students in the joy of learning a foreign language, in this case French. He is collaborating with foreign language expert, Dr. Dennis Dunham, to launch the new Oklahoma based language company, Language and Lyrics, in March 2010. Their first series is a 10 CD set which simulates the feeling of a Broadway Style musical written in beginning level French. Today, Kyle will perform one song with the Female star of the production, Marie-Anne Baissac. The words in English go, “If I kiss you, I will love you, if I love you, I will want to marry you.”

Kyle and Marie-Anne First Singing Performance of Il Fait Beau

dennis — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 18:41:02 +0000

Kyle and Marie-Anne performed Saturday, October 4th 2009 at the Rose State Global Conference where hundreds gathered and heard them sing several of the songs from Il Fait Beau. Many commented as to how eagerly they were waiting for the release–now due out in late February. If you were there and heard them, we’d love to hear your comments!

Coming to an end. Talents go home

dennis — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 12:42:31 +0000

Hello all. The news is that we are finished with the songs and our talents have gone home. Kyle is now fishing with friends in the mountains in the southern part of France. My wife, Jan, and I are enjoying some quiet alone time on the west coast of France. More updates later.

Dennis Dunham

Meet Marie-Anne

dennis — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 14:46:13 +0000

Marie-Anne, the female star to “Il Fait Beau” joined the cast on July 19th, 2009, in La Rochelle, France. Marie-Anne is also the translator and French consultant for the project. Please welcome her.

Meet Benoit

dennis — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 13:04:37 +0000

Kyle and Dennis begin the directing and recording of “Il Fait Beau,” the exciting musical comedy which teaches absolute beginning French students the French language through an exciting story, song and listening exercises. After a long search, the principal male character for “Benoit” has been selected and has come for his first rehearsal in La Rochelle, France.

“Il Fait Beau” set for recording in France

dennis — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 00:51:13 +0000

French talents–singers and actors– will be traveling to La Rochelle France to begin recording the nine acts of “Il Fait Beau.” Creators Kyle and Dennis will join them, departing for France on July 14. The first few days, they will be spending time with Sup de Co College officials to continue the excellent relationship which they established between the University of Central Oklahoma and Sup de Co. Following that, they are setting up the recording studio and the show will begin. Be sure you check the blogs, because they will be reporting on the progress.

Music Creator Kyle Dillingham returns from starring role in Thailand

dennis — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:47:41 +0000

Kyle Dillingham with Princess of Thailand

“Il Fait Beau” Music Creator Kyle DIllingham returned from Thailand where he starred in a major Thai musical. If you were in Thailand the first part of the summer, you would have seen him on television, or on the cover of a major entertainment magazine. Check out Kyle on YouTube. More later!

Kyle Dillingham, Il Fait Beau Music creator does “Devil Went down to Georgia”

dennis — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 04:23:51 +0000