Suzecue72 has challenged me to a "Sweet Caroline" video tag. I accepted her challenge and took it a step further...I have three "Sweet Caroline" videos. The first one actually shows   more...what it took to get hundreds of people to participate and have fun doing it. I really deserve my Director's stripes after directing this video..:) Video was shot over a two week period. We drove several hundred miles, ate junk food and drank many cups of "fresh" coffee from Wawa! I tag Hundamit, Surfcottage and MyLady! Have fun!  less

It's the last day of summer and the final day of LVO 2. The best way to close out both is with a quick chuckle! Thanks to our dear friends, the Kennedys, for hosting their annual gathering of our cruising   more...buddies.  less

We don't like Paris Hilton that much. Mary gets so worked up about it that she needs to do some slow motion jogging!

Bosco tries to tell what's on his mind. It's not HIS fault that his humans don't understand him better..:) You'll notice toward the end of this video, Bosco finally gets his point across with once glance   more...at the door!  less

The day I became Fire Chief of the Towamencin Fire Department in Kulpsville, PA. LVO #2

To Lynn(MyLady) Yes, Little Darlin’- there are cowboys in it!

"The Star Spangled Banner"
Words by Francis Scott Key
Music by John Stafford Smith


"The Star Spangled Banner" is the national   more...anthem of the United States of America. The lyrics are from a poem entitled, "Defense of Fort McHenry", written in 1814 by Francis Scott Key, after he witnessed the September 13th attack by the British Royal Navy on Fort McHenry in Baltimore, Maryland. This War of 1812 bombardment is now known as the Battle of Baltimore (September 12-14, 1814).
Throughout the night of the 13th, the bombing was heavy. At dawn on September 14th, Francis Scott Key saw that the huge American flag, which is now called "The Star Spangled Banner", was still waving at the fort. It inspired him to write the now famous poem.

The flag currently hangs at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History.

On March 3rd, 1931, by congressional resolution, The "Star Spangled Banner" became the national anthem of the USA.

"The Star Spangled Banner" lyrics:

Oh, say can you see by the dawn's early light
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming?
Whose broad stripes and bright stars thru the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming?
And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.
Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?

On the shore, dimly seen through the mists of the deep,
Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes,
What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep,
As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?
Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam,
In full glory reflected now shines in the stream:
'Tis the star-spangled banner! Oh long may it wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!

And where is that band who so vauntingly swore
That the havoc of war and the battle's confusion,
A home and a country should leave us no more!
Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps' pollution.
No refuge could save the hireling and slave
From the terror of flight, or the gloom of the grave:
And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!

Oh! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand
Between their loved home and the war's desolation!
Blest with victory and peace, may the heav'n rescued land
Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation.
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,
And this be our motto: "In God is our trust."
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!

The Performance of "The Star Spangled Banner" was taped by Leigh Richards with permission of the 2008 World’s Toughest Rodeo featuring the "Toughest Cowboy" competition, televised on Fox Sports Network (FSN)

"The Star Spangled Banner" (The National Anthem) © 2008 Leigh Richards Creative Communications. All Rights Reserved.
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Who is Sweet Caroline? Is she dead or alive? Where is she today? I will continue to search for her. Maybe she's with Grandpop!
Thanks to the following for their photos and special friendship:
Surfcottage,   more...MyLady, JessicaPeanut, SillyLeslie, Hundamit, ShayMoyer, and Sweet Caroline..:)
If you see Sweet Caroline, please leave a comment to this video.  less

RCA Nashville recording artist, Chuck Wicks and Leigh Richards chat backstage at 92.5 XTU's 24th Anniversary Show on June 7, 2008. His big hit song, so far this year, is "Stealing Cinderella"   more...from the CD, "Starting Now".  less

Behold! The beauty of nature, but also the impact of mankind on the pristine environment of "The Last Frontier", Alaska. We watch the "calving"'   more...of a glacier in Alaska's Glacier Bay National Park. The glaciers are rapidly receding and may soon be gone forever. Is "calving" natural progression or a result of global warming?  less

After wrestling for days with Windows Movie Maker, here is my answer to NewtsNook's Labor Day tag challenge.
Because of injuries from an accident, I've got the "Labor Day Weekend Blues".
Thanks   more...to the other tag-ee's for their inspiration. Labor Day is now history, so the tag stops here..:) Thanks for watching!  less

Free (The Prelude) by Leigh Richards

Backstage, after the "World's Toughest Cowboy" rodeo,
As the horses patiently waited to be loaded onto a truck,
I sensed their thoughts.
I knew they were   more...thinking of another time and place,
Where they ran free.

The images got stronger, as I stood next to these strong,
Handsome steeds.

In my mind's eye, I pictured the places that they
Most wanted to be... free again.

This is Part 1(The Prelude), of "Free".  less

What if you had to choose between filling up your tank and feeding your family? Careful shopping can save you enough money to do both.

a VERY short trip to the dentist- only 30 seconds!

Bill sings "Ghost Riders In the Sky" with images of "Ghost Rider" in the background. (Chroma Key)

Today we take on some of Hollywood's elite. Plus we ask you: What's the coolest thing you can do?

1967 on Ed Sullivan

Bill sings "Long Black Train" at the Hart Hoe Down Jan 26,2008

Friends and strangers meet at 92.5 XTU's 24th Anniversary Show, June 7, 2008.

Bill sings "I Walk The Line" at the Hart Hoe Down Jan. 2008

Bill sings "How Great Thou Art" with images of scenery in the background.

This is important information which could save the lives of your pets, if an emergency or disaster strikes. Ron and Ginny from Hopewell Veterinary Clinic in Jenkintown, PA offer advice in Part 1. These   more...are excerpts from my radio program recorded in April 2008.  less

Stones working at Olympic Studios on SFTD. Song's incominggg...

The place: Denver Glacier in Alaska- part 1

Before I climb back onto the sled and again attempt to experience some of the thrill of the Iditerod, I stop to get a few kisses.

These videos are unedited- it's   more...Leigh Richards Reality Video.  less

Bill plays Cripple Creek on an Epiphone Banjo April 27,2008