"There ain’t nothin’ shakin’ but the leaves on the trees, And they wouldn’t shake if it wasn’t for the breeze.”

Written by Dallas Frazier and Arthur Leo Owens, that great song has been recorded by numerous country personalities over the years including George Jones and Connie Smith among others. I must admit though, my own personal favorite rendition comes from the great Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen.

And somehow this particular lyric just seemed appropriate for this week’s column because this is one of those few weeks where it really does appear that there ain’t nothin’ shakin’ but the leaves on the trees.

The Georgia College Theater Department just finished their production of “Eury-dice” this past week. If you didn’t see it, you missed quite a show. The acting was excellent, great lighting and the original score composed by Georgia College’s Doug O’Grady was absolutely incredible. In fact, I could not imagine the play without that fantastic music backdrop.

To be honest, I still prefer the original myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, which I think presents far more moral dilemmas and issues about unquestioning love than this newer adaptation by Sarah Ruhl. But that’s a playwright issue.

The actual production put on at GC was great and, in addition to the folks I already mentioned, kudos as well to Bea Czogalla for her staging innovations and director Amy Pinney.

But for the upcoming week — well, not much I’m afraid. At least, in terms of what has reached your humble wordsmith’s pinna.

So, I thought I would spend a couple of paragraphs this week just letting you know about some of the upcoming events in the Milledgeville area.

Over in Georgia College land, the Music Department will have a faculty artist recital on Thursday, Oct. 16 featuring Marcelina Turcanu on piano. And, one week later, on Oct. 23, one of my favorite semi-annual events takes place as the always magnificent GC Concert Band takes the stage under the direction of everyone’s favorite conductor, Dr. Todd Shiver.

Definitely will have more about that in a couple of weeks. If you just can’t wait for more information, give a call to 445-4226. And by a happy coincidence, that’s the number of the GC Music and Theater Department — as opposed to my just giving you a random number to call.

Elsewhere, the folks at Allied Arts have a big production coming up on Thursday, Oct. 30 (boy, seems like Thursdays are just jammed pack — don’t they KNOW that forces some of us to make a choice between great culture and trivia contests at local dining establishments?).

Anyway, an evening of classical dance and the music of India will be performed by Pratibha Jena Singh in the Arts and Sciences Auditorium. And, according to the Baldwin High School Web site, their production of “The Wiz” is coming up near the end of this month.

So lots of stuff coming up — it’s just not this week! Well, I knew there would be times like that when we decided to go with a weekly column. But we’ll try to get some more details about some of these other events in the next few columns — maybe I can slip in something about haunted trolleys as well.

By the way, if you never had a chance to catch Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen back in the day, you missed one hell of a show. I have seen the Commander four times over the years, but I will always remember the first time.

It was in early 1972 and they were the opening act for Jefferson Airplane at the College of William and Mary in my home state of Virginia. To put it mildly, they blew the Airplane away. In fact, midway thru the Airplane’s set, some in the crowd started to chant “Cody, Cody, Cody.” I loved Jefferson Airplane, but that was not their night — it was the Commander’s!