Vibes were telling me not to go to DC although I had, for the most part, a good time. The first day of the symposium wasn't as good as I'd thought, primarily because the author of the book had too many musical examples to be played (the sounds wasn't great and often the cues were wrong) and not enough of the panelists. There were some wonderful moments and the second day, in which the panelists ran with the symposium and took questions from the audience, went much better.
Then, just as the symposium ended, my friend Aaron Gandy, who's on the LIFE BEGINS AT 8:40 project with me, asked the person at the Library sponsoring the project about what was going on with it and she went ballistic, threw a rather drama queen-y tantrum blaming everyone - mostly me and the copyists - but herself for the problems on the project. A great way to end the day.
As to the Hotel Rouge, beautiful hotel, and too far away from the Library and, when you're in a hurry, the Metro.
The good things were hanging out with the panelists, meeting and dining with two friends from the Cast Recording List, and seeing friends I had not seen in years.
I am not at all caught up on posts but I will be by Sunday. I gather our DR TCB opens GUYS AND DOLLS tonight?