BK, I'm not crazy about funerals either, but I wish I'd been in LA to go with you. It sounds quite beautiful.
I had another emergency afternoon: an email from one of the baritones singing with Rebecca Luker sent me a note saying he had the flu and couldn't sing tomorrow. I called Zak Stains and asked him if he would sing baritone instead of tenor if I couldn't find anyone and Zak agreed. Then I called my friend, also a friend of our DR Jose, Chris Carfizzi, whose brother Patrick is an opera singer, and asked him if he wanted to be on a recording tomorrow. By 4:30, I had sent an mp3 file of the baritone part of the song to Chris by email, then I called Zak and told him to go back to tenor, and at 6:00 he arrived here for a copy of the music and we visited for nearly an hour.
Since he left the apartment I've packed a final carton of a new shipment to Miami U Library, made tuna slad for lunch tomorrow and Friday, and now I have to get my music together for the next two days.
So, DR vixmom, I will tell E&T DRs DAW and Jason to get their butt cheeks back to HHW! I will also convey greetings to them from everyone.