Charlene Knight Zukov:
CLASS OF 1962
Charter Oak High SchoolClass of 1962
Covina, CA
Charlene's Story
Charlene is a Southern California native the eldest of 3 siblings whose parents divorced when she was 15. After entering the adventurous performing world via Christian contacts from church while a Jr. college student and making 2 album recordings and living out of a suitcase 5 years she married a Russian Architect in Bermuda and lived there 3 years before NYC residency 26 years. Schools include Charter Oak High, Covina, 3 years, then a Pasadena High Senior and Jr. College. Before her marriage and son she was a musical performer in Luxury Hotels with The Galens for five years during which time 2 album recordings were made with Gene Autry and Columbia Artists sponsorships. Their manager, a former Opera singer was mother of the Paris Sisters whose most popular work was "I Love How You Love Me". After Charlene's marriage and son she later attended Fordham, Hunter, and New School colleges, NYC while she and her son performed at The Light Opera of Manhattan 5 blocks from their apartment on the east side, a young and struggling company. Then their greatest elderly benefactor died before the owner/director/organist did from diabetes. From those four ye...Expand for more
ars experience came the learning of all Gilbert & Sullivan's 13 Operettas plus a few other composer's works in which she learned by ear while on stage as did her son. "LOOM" as it was called created a place for our son which G&S did not include in the original creations. "We have very fond memories of those days.
Music she likes includes mostly Classical. As for books she prefers Health and, Autobiographies. She likes Netflix documentaries, and series she's watched are White Collar, Orange The New Black, Mad Men, ("very true to NYC ad agencies") she learned temping in them as Receptionist, Columbo, Murder She Wrote and the Titanic film.
She exercises 3 times weekly with a beautiful Asian mother of 5, and college instructor, (who majored in piano), in a group setting, mostly women, 1 & 1/4 hours, sings with a local volunteer senior choir of music readers whose conductor is a former college professor and stroke victim who after 7 years has resumed his speech and conducts with one arm as the other side is permanently paralysed. Our accompanist is a professional Czechoslovakian mother performing locally at libraries and teaching piano who is amazing.
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