If you could fly over A Butler’s Manor — literally fly, it might look like the view over the house and gardens, beautifully captured in our brand new drone video by the talented team of JJ Photo and Dave King. It all started out through music.
We’ve just added this magnificent video to our website. Check it out!
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We’re winding up our 2020 high season under the COVID-19 cloud. As you can imagine, it’s been a summer where live entertainment has been difficult to find. By mid-July, when the Hamptons were cleared for Phase 4 Reopening, businesses and attractions around here were getting creative. There have been monthly Friday Night concerts on the patio of the Parrish Art Museum, outdoor concerts at the Southampton Arts Center, drive-in movies at Cooper’s Beach…all socially distanced, but with an understanding of the pent-up demand for entertainment in a form other than via Netflix.
Chris and I are lovers of live music, and one of the casualties of COVID this year for us was the summertime Wednesday night Concerts in the Park series, curated by the Southampton Cultural Center. So we were especially excited to meet Dave and Jackie, who first stayed with us early in July. Dave is an accomplished singer/songwriter and gifted us and our other guests in residence with an impromptu open-air concert on one of the nights of their visit…a spark of joy during this somber pandemic year.
Jackie and Dave are a creative pair. Music, videography, photography, horsemanship (!) and more are talents they share between them. And they don’t stop working even when they are on vacation, something Chris and I can relate to. On their second visit, in addition to filming A Butler’s Manor, they shot a music video at the pool and at our favorite beach.
I Got The Sun Shining Down on Me
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Usually, as we approach Labor Day, I’d be cueing up Shotgun Wedding’s Tumbleweed Tuesday (also shot here in the Hamptons), but Life is uncertain these days and we don’t think the usual summer crowd is actually vacating after Labor Day this year. So Dave’s song is my current anthem — let’s keep Summer rolling as long as possible!
We are so grateful for all of our guests who have trusted us to provide them a safe haven during these scary times. As Autumn approaches, we believe our best times are ahead of us. While grounded for now, we will soar again, and in the meantime, may music or whatever makes you happy soothe and energize you. Come visit us and celebrate the change of seasons!
