Learning to Fall
Description: Lowen & Navarro bring together the ALS/Caregiver community to help record the title track off their new album.
Charity: augiesquest
Author: Eric Lowen
Credits: Edited by Lindsay Mofford & Tucker
Views: 12531
Posted: 5/13/08 7:16 PM
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als lou gehrig mda augie lowen
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Eric after following your career for so many years and I just now have found out about your illness. You are a true inspiration, and you have not lost your ability to make your audiance feel the music with you. You have given more with this song than all of the wonderful music you have made. Take care and keep up the fight. Our prayers are with you up here in wahington.
richard
posted by richard scott on 10/08/08 9:38: AM
Kathryn Skatula was a friend of ours. I knew her for a dozen years, and have known her partner Ali for 20, long before she was diagnosed with ALS. She is the woman who says, at the beginning of this video, "We're gonna rock and roll." She maintained her battle with dignity, grace, and a wicked sense of humor. We will never forget her, and we are grateful she was able to participate in this video, to preserve for all time her lovely spirit and shining face filled with song. We love you Kathryn.
posted by Dan Navarro on 10/07/08 7:24: PM
Kathryn Ann Skatula
SKATULA, Kathryn Ann (54), of Valley Village, California, died peacefully at her home Thursday, July 21, 2008, after a courageous, year-long battle with ALS. An accomplished actor, singer, pianist, composer, and voice teacher, she was born June 11, 1954 in Tacoma, Washington to Roman and Marty (Sabo) Skatula of Sheridan, Wyoming. She
grew up in Sheridan, representing the state in the 1972 Junior Miss Pageant, in which she won a talent scholarship to Colorado Women's College where she studied music and theatre, eventually touring with several singing groups including The New Christy Minstrels. In 1977, she moved to Los Angeles to pursue her childhood dream of a professional acting career. As a member of Actor's Equity, SAG, and AFTRA, she performed in national touring companies of Annie, Nine, Annie Get Your Gun, The Sound of Music, and Cathy Rigby's Peter Pan.
The greatest joy of her career, however, was as a founding member of the Musical Theatre Guild, an organization devoted to presenting rarely-performed musicals. She was a proud member of Mount Olive Lutheran Church in Santa Monica, serving as organist, choir director, soloist, and liturgist. A passionate humanitarian, she was active in many causes, including the Actor's Fund and Relay for Life. Kathryn travelled widely, loved sports and hiking and nature, feeling a
special connection to Wyoming's Big Horn Mountains. It is fitting, then, that a portion of her ashes will be scattered there. She is survived by her partner in life, Ali B. Olmo; her parents; Rick (her brother) and Kim Skatula and their children, Adam and Gretchen of Casper, Wyoming; Debra (her sister) and Dick Mason and their children, Jordan and Zachary of Bellevue, Washington; and Mary Jo (her sister) and Clark Johnson and their daughter, Sara, of Sheridan; and more friends than she could possibly count. Services will be held at Mount Olive Lutheran Church, 1343 Ocean Park Boulevard in Santa Monica on Monday, August 25th at 3 p.m. In lieu of flowers, Kathryn requested donations be made to the ALS Association, the Musical Theatre Guild,
or the Mount Olive Memorial Fund.
Published in the Los Angeles Times and the Los Angeles Daily News,
August 23, 2008.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0803917/
Here's her bio from the Musical Theatre Guild website (which lists more TV credits than her IMDB page):
KATHRYN SKATULA has performed in over 40 MTG staged reading/concert projects. Favorite theatre roles include: SPLENDORA (Celebration Theatre); QUILTERS (Perf. Riverside—Inland Award); Musical Theatre West’s LA CAGE AUX FOLLES; Theatre League tours of SOUND OF MUSIC, CAMELOT w/David Birney, and OLIVER w/Richard Kline;
SINGIN IN THE RAIN and MIRETTE (FCLO);
HARRY CHAPIN: LIES AND LEGENDS (ICT/Dramalogue Award); Amanda McBroom’s HEARTBEATS (Pasadena Playhouse);
MY FAVORITE
HUSBAND w/Marilu Henner (LATheatreWorks); both Liz Swados’
MISSIONARIES w/Sharon Lawrence and THE BEAUTIFUL LADY w/JoAnne Worley
(Mark Taper); Westcoast premieres of SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE
and CINDERELLA (Long Beach CLO); World Premieres of GOYA and MASADA;
ANNIE GET YOUR GUN (Alliance); MARRY ME A LITTLE (Met); Billy Barnes’
MOVIE STAR (Westwood Playhouse); and National Tours of Cathy Rigby’s
PETER PAN, Tommy Tune’s NINE, and ANNIE with Reid Shelton.
Film/TV:
“ER,” “Frasier,” “Out On a Limb” w/Shirley MacLaine; Mel Brooks’ “Life Stinks,” “Passions” (Daytime Emmy Award); “The Jessica Savitch Story,”
“Matters of the Heart,” “Saved By the Bell,” “Mrs. Santa Claus,” and “Geppetto.”
posted by We Miss you Kathryn on 10/03/08 7:24: PM
My husband was diagnosed three years ago.....you have given us a voice...we are sending this link to all our friends. thank you!
posted by Debbie on 10/03/08 7:11: PM
I loved the video, love the song, love all of L&N songs. I am sending the video to my family and friends and I hope it helps to find a cure for ALS. peace, love and happiness WLH
posted by Wendy on 9/24/08 12:15: PM
GREAT I LOVE IT.
posted by don plunkett on 8/19/08 5:53: PM
Eric I love this song and even though I've heard it a million times it still brings tears to my eyes. You are an inspiration to everyone. Know that we all love you!
posted by Allison Smith on 8/19/08 12:05: AM
God Bless you all! Thank you for using your voice. We hear you. We love you.
posted by Denise Nowinski on 8/01/08 2:41: PM
What beautiful words. The melody will carry me through the day. They ignite memories of my dear friend Mary Lou who lived out the very words in this song til her last days on Earth. God Bless. Carry On.
posted by Lisa Ceuninck on 8/01/08 10:36: AM
Beautiful! Absolutely Beautiful! I am so grateful for what I have and for what I can give.
The video, the song, the people...what an inspiration!
posted by Andree on 7/31/08 7:35: AM
true heroes if there ever were
posted by Don on 7/11/08 1:48: PM
Tears are flowing. You guys are absolutly awesome. I have loved you from the very first song. I can't tell you how many times I have related to your lyrics. They have meant so much to me. Music is so much apart of my life I couldn't live without it. I'm looking forward to recieving your new cd. Learning to fall, is an awsome song. Miss seeing you guys in Valporaiso. My very best goes out to you(Eric)and Dan you are truly doing some of God's greatest work.
posted by Lynette Clemens on 7/11/08 9:28: AM
I Cry everytime I watch this...truly beuatiful music, supreme courage. A fan for many many years, I have followed Eric's journey so far..may the "time on your hands" be blessed...for you all
posted by Eric on 7/04/08 6:34: PM
seeing & hearing this has touched me deeply.
posted by johanna sharp on 6/24/08 10:31: PM
A very inspiring song! Loved it
posted by JoNeen on 6/21/08 6:53: AM
This video brought tears to my eyes....very inspiring. God bless you all.......
posted by Angie on 6/19/08 7:26: AM
Eric, It may sound selfish, but my wife and I really miss not seeing you (and Dan) at the small venues in Maryland. Our prayers are for you and all suffering this inhumane desease. Maybe all the money pissed away in this Presidential campaign could have found a cure.
posted by Bob Wood on 6/18/08 10:18: AM
Beautiful, beautiful song and video. Thank you so very much. My brother has been diagnosed with ALS and I would have loved to be singing with him in Santa Cruz with everybody! In part, this video makes me feel like I am/was there.
Thanks so very much. Hope to see you in Annapolis this coming fall!
Much love,
Elizabeth
posted by elizabeth on 6/16/08 8:30: PM
This is outstanding. I have friends who have lost friends to ALS and MS. I also have freinds with family living with MS and ALS. I have friends with MS. I have also lost a fellow musician friend to MS last Thanksgiving evening. I think this is a truly beautiful video you have all done. You are all so very inspirational. This video is so heartfelt and uplifting. Thank you for all that you do. May God Bless you all.
posted by Judy Mullen on 6/15/08 7:00: PM
I'm so sorry to hear about losing Kathryn so quickly. While editing "Learning to Fall," I could always rely on K. to bring energy & love into the piece. Though Ally & Kathryn would not be able to pick me out in a line-up, I spent hours looking at video images of them and can say with confidence that Kathryn made the world a more beautiful place. Thank you Kathryn for making the edit so much easier to do because of your love & sense of humor.
posted by Lindsay Mofford on 10/11/08 1:05: AM