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Title: BACK-TO-BACK REHEARSALS
Post by: bk on April 28, 2016, 11:56:54 PM
Well, you've read the notes, the notes were back-to-back, and now it is time for you to post until the back-to-back cows come home.
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Post by: bk on April 28, 2016, 11:57:54 PM
And the word of the day is: DOUGHTY!
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Post by: bk on April 28, 2016, 11:58:08 PM
And a very happy birthday to The Vixter!
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Post by: TCB on April 29, 2016, 12:48:09 AM
First post (after BK).
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Post by: TCB on April 29, 2016, 12:49:05 AM
Happy Birthday to the Vixter!
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Post by: TCB on April 29, 2016, 12:57:55 AM
I need to go down and get some coffee.
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Post by: TCB on April 29, 2016, 12:58:46 AM
I have never gotten into the cruise thing of ordering coffee from room service.
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Post by: TCB on April 29, 2016, 01:00:14 AM
When Tracy and I cruised, she used to order it, and I did drink it, but it just seems to slowdown the getting ready in the morning.
Title: Re: BACK-TO-BACK REHEARSALS
Post by: TCB on April 29, 2016, 01:01:05 AM
I am just set in my ways, I guess.
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Post by: TCB on April 29, 2016, 01:01:46 AM
I need to catch up with Ken this morning and find out the latest chapter of Roslyn.
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Post by: TCB on April 29, 2016, 01:02:49 AM
I didn't hear from him at all last night so I guess he was tied up (so to speak).
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Post by: TCB on April 29, 2016, 01:03:43 AM
There aren't even any Guests to pester here.
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Post by: TCB on April 29, 2016, 01:04:07 AM
I need coffee.


I shall return.
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Post by: FJL on April 29, 2016, 02:51:40 AM
Did TCB not return yet?
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Post by: FJL on April 29, 2016, 02:52:04 AM
Happy birthday to The Vixter!
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Post by: elmore3003 on April 29, 2016, 03:20:58 AM
Good morning, all!  It's going to be a rough day.
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Post by: elmore3003 on April 29, 2016, 03:23:53 AM
I went to bed a little before 9:30 and couldn't get to sleep. Around 11:00 I turned on the light and took a Tylenol with codeine since my leg was acting up.  At 12:30 or so, I got up at eat a slice of cheese because my stomach was carrying on. At some time after 1:58 when I checked the clock, I feel asleep. So, it's 6:00, I've had about four hours slepp and I will be running about all day.  Ut will be tough.
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Post by: elmore3003 on April 29, 2016, 03:30:58 AM
I had two dreams. In the first I was living at home with my parents and brothers.  Macbeth, who's two years younger than I, seemed about 16 or so, which would make Randy about 7, although I think he was younger.  I was pushing 70, I think, and we were living at my grandmother;s house, where we lived with my grandparents until I was 3 or 4.  Also, my grandmother;s house was not on 10th Avenue in Middleotwn, but on a stretch of isolated farmland.

My first memory of the dream is my mother talking to a young lady named Kathy, who had broken into the house.  Kathy was telling her about something happening at work - a dept. store, I think - and her dismissal. Then she left. My advice was that they should have called the police and that I didn't believe her story.

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Post by: elmore3003 on April 29, 2016, 03:41:07 AM
So, my next memory is a climb up a dark staircase - my grandmother's house was full of ghosts and I was frightened of certain areas - to my room, where I closed the blinds and undressed.  Then I heard a noisy fight coming from downstairs, so I put on a shirt and went down the stairs.  Kathy and my parents were arguing, something about her boyfriend Kevin.  My parents wanted to call the police, but Kathy was rather agitated and ran out of the house and across this huge yard and vanished.  Once again, I pushed them to call the police.

Instead, my father went looking for her and M and I followed him outside.  He wandered around calling her name, and she returned with a young man, Kevin, and both were dressed in winter clothes.  I think there had been snow,  I was some distance away, but I could hear the conversation with my dad get more angry and ugly when Kevin pulled out a gun and shot my dad.  I turned to M and yelled call the police, then started running to the house.  Inside I yelled at my mother to call 911, that dad had been shot and we needed help. I had to repeat this several times because she just stood there.  After she went to the phone, from the window I saw Kevin shoot M.  and I woke up.
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Post by: elmore3003 on April 29, 2016, 03:47:22 AM
In my second dream I was buyig a vocal score to Offenbach's La Belle Helene - I think there was something before thins about operas in concert at Carnegie Hall - at a music store much like laye lamented Patelson's that was going out of business.  The store was run by an elderly Japanese woman of whom I was clearly fond, so I must have been a regular customer. 

As I left she followed me out to the street, wanting a favor:  she was retiring to Japan, but she wanted me to help her son find another job.  He had been working in film studies at one of Manhattan's film schools and was looking for something on those lines. I remember giving her some possible schools and libraries for him to apply and that's it.
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Post by: elmore3003 on April 29, 2016, 03:47:46 AM
I haven't remembered dreams so vividly for some time.
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Post by: elmore3003 on April 29, 2016, 03:47:57 AM
More coffee.
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Post by: elmore3003 on April 29, 2016, 04:37:53 AM
About time to head out.

Where is everyone today?
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Post by: elmore3003 on April 29, 2016, 04:39:11 AM
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  Good Weekend Vibes to All!  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Post by: elmore3003 on April 29, 2016, 04:39:36 AM
And Happy Birthday to the vixter!
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Post by: Michael on April 29, 2016, 04:46:07 AM
Good morning to all
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Post by: Michael on April 29, 2016, 04:46:53 AM
A very happy birthday to the Vixter
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Post by: Jrand73 on April 29, 2016, 05:13:17 AM
My medicine seems to be working, but the Dream-O-Matic 6000 is having some difficulty with DR ELMORE's dreams.

I am taking my mom to her radiation treatment this morning.....then we shall see what happens.

My doctor at the After Hours clinic says that she is taking new patients, but she is about 45 minutes from my house.....
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Post by: Jrand73 on April 29, 2016, 05:13:33 AM
Rehearsal vibes for MR BK & Co.
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Post by: ChasSmith on April 29, 2016, 05:32:29 AM
Good morning, all.

Coffee!

(Wish I could order MINE from room service.)
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Post by: ChasSmith on April 29, 2016, 05:33:43 AM
Holy moley.  I need to sit down for a spell after just reading DR Elmore's dreams.
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Post by: ChasSmith on April 29, 2016, 05:34:46 AM
I miss Patelson's.

Long live Patelson's.
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Post by: Laura on April 29, 2016, 06:10:49 AM
Good morning.
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Post by: ChasSmith on April 29, 2016, 06:11:47 AM
TOD

CD - In the Heights, to better appreciate it when I see a local high school's production next Thursday.  I saw it on Broadway at the end of friend Robin de Jesus' run, and enjoyed it, but retained nothing of its music.  It's time for me to dip my toes further into that water.

DVR - Act One.  I want to basically have this music in my fingers before running off to Ohio.  It's not difficult, but a few of the cues are four-hand pieces and - sadly - I, at last count, have but two.  I'll be working on how best to retain something of their rich sound.   If I use my own keyboard, one or two can be pulled off via some judicious octave programming.  I'd love to set up the others so that I'm literally playing both parts, but I don't think that can be done with what I have.
Title: Re: BACK-TO-BACK REHEARSALS
Post by: Laura on April 29, 2016, 06:15:41 AM
I am off to face one of my fears today: There is a wonderful mountain nearby with a very rough dirt road. A couple of times a friend has asked me to come along when she drives it. Last time we were there, at The Cliff That Makes Me Very Nervous, we were parked just yards from the Cliff at a wide spot in the road, looking at the birds and such as, when an SUV came zooming along the Cliff, hit the brakes, and rolled completely over, coming to rest about two car-lengths from our vehicle. The 20-something boys seemed ok -- they all got out of the SUV -- but I will be especially nervous at The Cliff That Makes Me Nervous today.
Title: Re: BACK-TO-BACK REHEARSALS
Post by: Jrand73 on April 29, 2016, 06:30:43 AM
Cliff Vibes for DR LAURA.

Two extra hand vibes for DR CHAS SMITH.

Thanks....everyone.....the medicine seems to be working.
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Post by: John G. on April 29, 2016, 06:43:21 AM
Good morning, all.

It's finally Friday.
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Post by: John G. on April 29, 2016, 06:43:32 AM
Cliff vibes for DR Laura.
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Post by: John G. on April 29, 2016, 06:44:37 AM
Happy birthday to the Vixter!
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Post by: John G. on April 29, 2016, 06:46:10 AM
TOD:

DVD: L'amore en citta, an Italian anthology film with segments directed by Fellini, Antonioni and more.

CD: Willie Nelson Sings Gershwin

Car CD: Bazaar of Broken Dreams, a book of short stories by Stephen King
Title: Re: BACK-TO-BACK REHEARSALS
Post by: ChasSmith on April 29, 2016, 06:53:32 AM
the medicine seems to be working.

Drugs, man.  Can't beat 'em.
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Post by: John G. on April 29, 2016, 06:58:05 AM
The free download on BwayTunes.com today is Sun Is Gonna Shine Again from Bright Star. Lovely song.

http://www.bwaytunes.com/

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Post by: Druxy on April 29, 2016, 07:25:22 AM
TOD:

I've been sent the Criterion edition of IN A LONELY PLACE with Humphrey Bogart.

I'll probably be watching that.
Title: Re: BACK-TO-BACK REHEARSALS
Post by: John G. on April 29, 2016, 07:46:43 AM
the medicine seems to be working.

Drugs, man.  Can't beat 'em.

That seems to be what Prince said, too.
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Post by: ChasSmith on April 29, 2016, 07:52:08 AM
I just binged on two hugely satisfying bagels.

Been having this craving, so I ran out to Bagelman, brought back an Everything and a Blueberry (I almost never indulge in that kind of bagel, but I was in a mood, I tell you -- oh yes, a mood).  I lightly toasted both of them, polished off some cream cheese on the Everything and some Irish butter on the Blueberry, and washed them down with a couple of K-cups of dark roast coffee.

I expect to explode within the hour.
Title: Re: BACK-TO-BACK REHEARSALS
Post by: bk on April 29, 2016, 08:05:00 AM
I'm up, I'm up - barely.  About seven hours of sleep.
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Post by: Jane on April 29, 2016, 08:14:19 AM
I have never gotten into the cruise thing of ordering coffee from room service.

Keith feels the same way even when we have an early tour.
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Post by: Ginny on April 29, 2016, 08:17:17 AM
Friday morning greetings!  I'm off to a retirement community on the north side of Cincinnati to meet my friend Becky for a program about downsizing.  They're giving us lunch and, probably, a sales pitch.
Title: Re: BACK-TO-BACK REHEARSALS
Post by: Jane on April 29, 2016, 08:17:33 AM
I am off to face one of my fears today: There is a wonderful mountain nearby with a very rough dirt road. A couple of times a friend has asked me to come along when she drives it. Last time we were there, at The Cliff That Makes Me Very Nervous, we were parked just yards from the Cliff at a wide spot in the road, looking at the birds and such as, when an SUV came zooming along the Cliff, hit the brakes, and rolled completely over, coming to rest about two car-lengths from our vehicle. The 20-something boys seemed ok -- they all got out of the SUV -- but I will be especially nervous at The Cliff That Makes Me Nervous today.

No wonder it makes you nervous.  Have a safe and fun time.
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Post by: Ginny on April 29, 2016, 08:17:47 AM
Happiest of birthdays to The Vixter!
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Post by: Ginny on April 29, 2016, 08:18:15 AM
Fear-facing vibes for DR Laura!
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Post by: Jane on April 29, 2016, 08:18:15 AM

Thanks....everyone.....the medicine seems to be working.

GOOD!
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Post by: Ginny on April 29, 2016, 08:20:06 AM

Thanks....everyone.....the medicine seems to be working.

GOOD!

Ditto!
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Post by: Jane on April 29, 2016, 08:20:35 AM
DR Jrand I hope your mother is handling the radiation well.
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Post by: ChasSmith on April 29, 2016, 08:28:55 AM
More cliff vibes for DR Laura!

Hey, you know what you could try when you're up there? 
The ol' Jimmy Stewart in VERTIGO routine:

"I look up, I look down.  I look up, I look..."  (cue dissonant chord)

See?  I am full of helpful suggestions!
Title: Re: BACK-TO-BACK REHEARSALS
Post by: ChasSmith on April 29, 2016, 08:30:28 AM
Well, I know I'm full of something.  Maybe it wasn't helpful suggestions.  Maybe just bagels.
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Post by: bk on April 29, 2016, 08:48:10 AM
I shall now be on my way to rehearsal.
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Post by: Jane on April 29, 2016, 10:25:03 AM
To be watched this evening, episode 5 of season 7 of DOC MARTIN.
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Post by: Jrand73 on April 29, 2016, 11:08:44 AM
Happy Birthday to THE VIXTER.
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Post by: ChasSmith on April 29, 2016, 11:09:27 AM
VIXTER!
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Post by: Jrand73 on April 29, 2016, 11:11:32 AM
Thanks DR JANE....yes she is.  There is a special cream she has to use that we had some trouble finding.  Every store was OUT this week.  It does not have a prescription, but it is at the prescription counter.

I told the ladies at The Place this morning, and they were not surprised.  Sometimes they have trouble keeping it in stock....they gave us a tube.  I found it on Amazon and ordered some, hopefully it will be on it's way.
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Post by: Jrand73 on April 29, 2016, 11:12:48 AM
I hope DR LAURA is surviving her trip to the edge.....DR CHAS SMITH, I am not sure your suggestion will be helpful.....I got dizzy reading it.

DR GINNY que es un "downsizing"......it sounds like some kind of cult or illegal activity that should be avoided.....
Title: Re: BACK-TO-BACK REHEARSALS
Post by: George on April 29, 2016, 11:27:52 AM
Cliff Vibes for DR LAURA.

Two extra hand vibes for DR CHAS SMITH.

~~~Ditto!! and Ditto!!~~~
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Post by: George on April 29, 2016, 11:28:15 AM
And a Very Happy Birthday to DR The Vixter!! :D
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Post by: elmore3003 on April 29, 2016, 11:37:05 AM
I am home from City Center and very, very, very sleepy!
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Post by: Jane on April 29, 2016, 12:37:21 PM
Thanks DR JANE....yes she is.  There is a special cream she has to use that we had some trouble finding.  Every store was OUT this week.  It does not have a prescription, but it is at the prescription counter.

I told the ladies at The Place this morning, and they were not surprised.  Sometimes they have trouble keeping it in stock....they gave us a tube.  I found it on Amazon and ordered some, hopefully it will be on it's way.

I've had to buy a few things through Amazon since moving here.  It used to be convenient to stop at various stores for what I wanted and now it can be a special trip, much easier through the mail & often less expensive.
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Post by: Jane on April 29, 2016, 12:40:49 PM
DR Vixter,

(http://happybirthdaycakeimages.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/birthday-23rd.jpg)
Title: Re: BACK-TO-BACK REHEARSALS
Post by: TCB on April 29, 2016, 01:03:16 PM
Greetings from the English Channel
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Post by: TCB on April 29, 2016, 01:06:57 PM
This afternoon, most everyone raced out on deck to see the White Cliffs of Dover.
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Post by: TCB on April 29, 2016, 01:08:40 PM
I saw them three years ago, so I didn't bother.
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Post by: Jrand73 on April 29, 2016, 01:13:05 PM
Maybe they look different now.
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Post by: TCB on April 29, 2016, 01:15:13 PM
Maybe they look different now.


They looked pretty gray back then, so I doubt they have improved.
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Post by: John G. on April 29, 2016, 01:32:06 PM
Happy 83rd birthday to Willie Nelson.

Here he is singing Irving Berlin's Marie (The Dawn Is Breaking):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uos2c12QC8U
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Post by: John G. on April 29, 2016, 01:51:27 PM
I am home from City Center and very, very, very sleepy!

I'm at work and very, very, very sleepy!
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Post by: George on April 29, 2016, 01:54:22 PM
Topic of the day:  First, I listened to a CD called, "The Beauty of Christmas."  I only have the disc...no booklet or anything, but it looks like the then current 1999 Broadway cast of Disney's "Beauty and the Beast" recorded 10 Christmas songs.  It's pretty good.  I would like to know more about it, though.  I haven't been able to find anything. :-\
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Post by: George on April 29, 2016, 01:54:52 PM
Then I listened to The Musicality of Sondheim (http://castalbums.org/recordings/Musicality-of-Sondheim-The-2002-Studio-Cast/656/), which I just finished, and am now going to listen to The Burt Bacharach Album: Broadway Sings the Best of Burt Bacharach (http://castalbums.org/recordings/Burt-Bacharach-Album-Broadway-Sings-the-Best-of-Burt-Bacharach-The-1998-Studio-Cast/5075/).
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Post by: TCB on April 29, 2016, 02:41:49 PM
I am listening to THE ROAR OF THE GREASEPAINT-THE SMELL OF THE CROWD.  I love this score.
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Post by: TCB on April 29, 2016, 02:59:08 PM
With the new time change this evening, it is now midnight here off the English coast
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Post by: TCB on April 29, 2016, 03:01:09 PM
Tomorrow will be a sad day of packing up and saying good bye to new friends.
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Post by: TCB on April 29, 2016, 03:02:06 PM
These two weeks have flown by.
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Post by: TCB on April 29, 2016, 03:03:41 PM
It will be nice to spend a little time in Copenhagen, but I think I am really ready to go home.
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Post by: TCB on April 29, 2016, 03:04:11 PM
I miss my Nicky.
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Post by: TCB on April 29, 2016, 03:05:21 PM
And I miss my little apartment.
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Post by: TCB on April 29, 2016, 03:06:56 PM
**





** I am currently clicking my heels together
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Post by: TCB on April 29, 2016, 03:08:10 PM
Tonight I am sharing my bed with three towel animals.
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Post by: TCB on April 29, 2016, 03:09:00 PM
One is a very large lobster.
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Post by: TCB on April 29, 2016, 03:09:47 PM
One is an ape / gorilla.
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Post by: TCB on April 29, 2016, 03:10:33 PM
And the third one is the sweetest little birdie.
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Post by: TCB on April 29, 2016, 03:12:59 PM
Oh look, we are getting close
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Post by: TCB on April 29, 2016, 03:13:22 PM
One more post!
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Post by: TCB on April 29, 2016, 03:14:02 PM
Four
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Post by: Jane on April 29, 2016, 03:17:28 PM
I saw them three years ago, so I didn't bother.

I guess you weren't impressed with them the first time around. 
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Post by: Jane on April 29, 2016, 03:18:33 PM
Maybe they look different now.


They looked pretty gray back then, so I doubt they have improved.

I'm still disappointed you didn't go see them anyway.  Keith saw them from a plane once and they were striking from up high.
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Post by: Jane on April 29, 2016, 03:19:38 PM
Tonight I am sharing my bed with three towel animals.

;D :)
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Post by: Jane on April 29, 2016, 03:20:56 PM
It will be nice to spend a little time in Copenhagen, but I think I am really ready to go home.

Will you be going to Tivoli Gardens?  I had the best soft ice cream cone there.  It was so good I went back for seconds.
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Post by: TCB on April 29, 2016, 03:24:24 PM
I saw them three years ago, so I didn't bother.

I guess you weren't impressed with them the first time around. 


No, I guess I wasn't.  I was mostly disappointed.
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Post by: TCB on April 29, 2016, 03:26:11 PM
It will be nice to spend a little time in Copenhagen, but I think I am really ready to go home.

Will you be going to Tivoli Gardens?  I had the best soft ice cream cone there.  It was so good I went back for seconds.


We are planning on going Sunday afternoon, followed by dinner at the Hard Rock Cafe.
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Post by: TCB on April 29, 2016, 03:30:13 PM
We had a submarine off of our starboard side this afternoon
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Post by: TCB on April 29, 2016, 03:32:00 PM
And we had a ship that looked like it was on a collision course with us.
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Post by: TCB on April 29, 2016, 03:33:35 PM
It probably had  a good quarter mile clearance, but it looked close to me.
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Post by: John G. on April 29, 2016, 03:37:43 PM
I saw them three years ago, so I didn't bother.

I guess you weren't impressed with them the first time around. 

I saw they from a hovercraft that crossed the channel 39 years ago. Still remember how beautiful they were. Even if saw no bluebirds.
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Post by: Jrand73 on April 29, 2016, 03:39:52 PM
It's always fun to go away for awhile.....and it's always great to come back home.
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Post by: Jane on April 29, 2016, 03:40:52 PM
It will be nice to spend a little time in Copenhagen, but I think I am really ready to go home.

Will you be going to Tivoli Gardens?  I had the best soft ice cream cone there.  It was so good I went back for seconds.


We are planning on going Sunday afternoon, followed by dinner at the Hard Rock Cafe.

We ate that Hard Rock Cafe.
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Post by: Jane on April 29, 2016, 03:44:05 PM
We had a submarine off of our starboard side this afternoon

Did you see it?  This is exciting!!!!
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Post by: Jane on April 29, 2016, 03:44:29 PM
And we had a ship that looked like it was on a collision course with us.

Oh no, unwanted excitement.
Title: Re: BACK-TO-BACK REHEARSALS
Post by: Jane on April 29, 2016, 03:45:11 PM
I saw them three years ago, so I didn't bother.

I guess you weren't impressed with them the first time around. 

I saw they from a hovercraft that crossed the channel 39 years ago. Still remember how beautiful they were. Even if saw no bluebirds.

Which is why I would have gone to the top of the ship to see them again, even if I was unimpressed the first time.
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Post by: Jane on April 29, 2016, 03:47:27 PM
DR TCB I hope your ice cream at the Garden's is as good as I remember it.  When we were in Sydney there was an ice cream place called Royal Copenhagen Ice Cream.  Remembering how good the ice cream was in Copenhagen I, of course, had to have it there.  I believe we went everyday for a scoop it was sooooo yummy.
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Post by: TCB on April 29, 2016, 03:49:33 PM
We had a submarine off of our starboard side this afternoon

Did you see it?  This is exciting!!!!


We saw the conning tower (I think that is what it is called).
Title: Re: BACK-TO-BACK REHEARSALS
Post by: TCB on April 29, 2016, 03:53:58 PM
I saw them three years ago, so I didn't bother.

I guess you weren't impressed with them the first time around. 

I saw they from a hovercraft that crossed the channel 39 years ago. Still remember how beautiful they were. Even if saw no bluebirds.

Which is why I would have gone to the top of the ship to see them again, even if I was unimpressed the first time.

Call me an ugly American.  It just didn't seem like it was worth fighting the elevators and the raised door frames to go outside to see them again.  Last time we were docked directly below them.
Title: Re: BACK-TO-BACK REHEARSALS
Post by: TCB on April 29, 2016, 04:03:39 PM
And don't be shocked, but I probably won't go and see The Little Mermaid again either.  I have seen it both times I was in Copenhagen before.
Title: Re: BACK-TO-BACK REHEARSALS
Post by: KevinH on April 29, 2016, 04:06:16 PM
Hi, TCB! 
Title: Re: BACK-TO-BACK REHEARSALS
Post by: KevinH on April 29, 2016, 04:08:08 PM
When I went to London many years ago I took a one day tour to France.  This was before Eurostar.   It involved taking a bus to Dover and then a boat to Calais, I believe.  I can't remember that much about the white cliffs, though.
Title: Re: BACK-TO-BACK REHEARSALS
Post by: KevinH on April 29, 2016, 04:08:51 PM
In other news, guess who's going to be playing Georges in the Signature Theatre production of La Cage aux Folles in Arlington, VA?   The website says "starring Bobby Smith" (as Albin) , who apparently is a well -known local actor (but not to me).   I assume they'll be announcing the news soon.

http://www.sigtheatre.org/events/2015-16/lacage/
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Post by: TCB on April 29, 2016, 04:09:06 PM
Hi, Kevin!
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Post by: KevinH on April 29, 2016, 04:10:00 PM
It's our own Mr. Barrett!
Title: Re: BACK-TO-BACK REHEARSALS
Post by: KevinH on April 29, 2016, 04:10:38 PM
I will probably see the show once or twice....
Title: Re: BACK-TO-BACK REHEARSALS
Post by: TCB on April 29, 2016, 04:11:40 PM
In other news, guess who's going to be playing Georges in the Signature Theatre production of La Cage aux Folles in Arlington, VA?   The website says "starring Bobby Smith" (as Albin) , who apparently is a well -known local actor (but not to me).   I assume they'll be announcing the news soon.

http://www.sigtheatre.org/events/2015-16/lacage/


I assume you know the answer, and I'll bet it isn't Barbra.
Title: Re: BACK-TO-BACK REHEARSALS
Post by: KevinH on April 29, 2016, 04:12:09 PM
I read another chapter of PBP today---it's very funny!
Title: Re: BACK-TO-BACK REHEARSALS
Post by: KevinH on April 29, 2016, 04:12:30 PM
See above, TCB!
Title: Re: BACK-TO-BACK REHEARSALS
Post by: TCB on April 29, 2016, 04:12:35 PM
I will probably see the show once or twice....


....a day!
Title: Re: BACK-TO-BACK REHEARSALS
Post by: KevinH on April 29, 2016, 04:14:02 PM
I will probably see the show once or twice....


....a day!



Well, there are two shows on most of the Saturdays and Sundays during the run.
Title: Re: BACK-TO-BACK REHEARSALS
Post by: KevinH on April 29, 2016, 04:14:16 PM
Page 5!
Title: Re: BACK-TO-BACK REHEARSALS
Post by: TCB on April 29, 2016, 04:15:26 PM
He should be wonderful in that role.
Title: Re: BACK-TO-BACK REHEARSALS
Post by: KevinH on April 29, 2016, 04:15:47 PM
Happy Birthday to the Vixter!
Title: Re: BACK-TO-BACK REHEARSALS
Post by: KevinH on April 29, 2016, 04:16:03 PM
He should be wonderful in that role.


Yes!
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Post by: Jane on April 29, 2016, 04:17:27 PM
I've been told the views of the Seven Sisters Cliffs are prettier than the White Cliffs of Dover.

(http://www.freefoto.com/images/1015/01/1015_01_11---Seven-Sisters_web.jpg)
Title: Re: BACK-TO-BACK REHEARSALS
Post by: KevinH on April 29, 2016, 04:18:24 PM
I've been told the views of the Seven Sisters Cliffs are prettier than the White Cliffs of Dover.

(http://www.freefoto.com/images/1015/01/1015_01_11---Seven-Sisters_web.jpg)



Pretty!
Title: Re: BACK-TO-BACK REHEARSALS
Post by: KevinH on April 29, 2016, 04:19:17 PM
Those were some wild dreams you had last night, DR elmore!
Title: Re: BACK-TO-BACK REHEARSALS
Post by: Jane on April 29, 2016, 04:19:47 PM
We had a submarine off of our starboard side this afternoon

Did you see it?  This is exciting!!!!


We saw the conning tower (I think that is what it is called).

Conning tower.

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/89/HMAS_Sheean_conning_tower_2002.gif)

Title: Re: BACK-TO-BACK REHEARSALS
Post by: Jane on April 29, 2016, 04:20:38 PM
I saw them three years ago, so I didn't bother.

I guess you weren't impressed with them the first time around. 

I saw they from a hovercraft that crossed the channel 39 years ago. Still remember how beautiful they were. Even if saw no bluebirds.

Which is why I would have gone to the top of the ship to see them again, even if I was unimpressed the first time.

Call me an ugly American.  It just didn't seem like it was worth fighting the elevators and the raised door frames to go outside to see them again.  Last time we were docked directly below them.

I forgot about the raised door frames.
Title: Re: BACK-TO-BACK REHEARSALS
Post by: Jane on April 29, 2016, 04:21:18 PM
And don't be shocked, but I probably won't go and see The Little Mermaid again either.  I have seen it both times I was in Copenhagen before.

Twice is enough ;)
Title: Re: BACK-TO-BACK REHEARSALS
Post by: TCB on April 29, 2016, 04:21:47 PM
We had a submarine off of our starboard side this afternoon

Did you see it?  This is exciting!!!!


We saw the conning tower (I think that is what it is called).

Conning tower.

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/89/HMAS_Sheean_conning_tower_2002.gif)




Exactly!
Title: Re: BACK-TO-BACK REHEARSALS
Post by: TCB on April 29, 2016, 04:22:36 PM
I've been told the views of the Seven Sisters Cliffs are prettier than the White Cliffs of Dover.

(http://www.freefoto.com/images/1015/01/1015_01_11---Seven-Sisters_web.jpg)


Those are pretty.
Title: Re: BACK-TO-BACK REHEARSALS
Post by: Jane on April 29, 2016, 04:23:08 PM
I've been told the views of the Seven Sisters Cliffs are prettier than the White Cliffs of Dover.




Pretty!

I have a FB friend who took tons of beautiful photos of these cliffs.  I didn't want to steal her photos.  Instead I took this one off of the internet.
Title: Re: BACK-TO-BACK REHEARSALS
Post by: elmore3003 on April 29, 2016, 04:26:16 PM
DR TCB, here's my young friend Eric's site:
http://www.ericdietzmusic.com
Title: Re: BACK-TO-BACK REHEARSALS
Post by: TCB on April 29, 2016, 04:30:56 PM
DR TCB, here's my young friend Eric's site:
http://www.ericdietzmusic.com


Thank you.
Title: Re: BACK-TO-BACK REHEARSALS
Post by: TCB on April 29, 2016, 04:39:02 PM
DR TCB, here's my young friend Eric's site:
http://www.ericdietzmusic.com


That reminds me, this woman that Ken and I met several times, ran into Ken at the all-night cafe.  Ken is not quite ten years younger than me.   She asked him if he was enjoying traveling with his father!
Title: Re: BACK-TO-BACK REHEARSALS
Post by: Jane on April 29, 2016, 04:42:56 PM
You don't look old for your age.  Does Ken look exceptionally young?
Title: Re: BACK-TO-BACK REHEARSALS
Post by: KevinH on April 29, 2016, 04:42:58 PM
DR TCB, here's my young friend Eric's site:
http://www.ericdietzmusic.com


That reminds me, this woman that Ken and I met several times, ran into Ken at the all-night cafe.  Ken is not quite ten years younger than me.   She asked him if he was enjoying traveling with his father!



I was asked if I wanted a senior discount when I was about 45, I think.
Title: Re: BACK-TO-BACK REHEARSALS
Post by: TCB on April 29, 2016, 04:47:53 PM
You don't look old for your age.  Does Ken look exceptionally young?


No.  And he has salt and pepper hair that makes him look older.
Title: Re: BACK-TO-BACK REHEARSALS
Post by: KevinH on April 29, 2016, 04:48:23 PM
I'm enjoying our cool days--it's been in the 50's.  The forecast is for 70's starting Sunday. 
Title: Re: BACK-TO-BACK REHEARSALS
Post by: TCB on April 29, 2016, 04:49:25 PM
DR TCB, here's my young friend Eric's site:
http://www.ericdietzmusic.com


That reminds me, this woman that Ken and I met several times, ran into Ken at the all-night cafe.  Ken is not quite ten years younger than me.   She asked him if he was enjoying traveling with his father!



I was asked if I wanted a senior discount when I was about 45, I think.


I hope you took the discount and then punched the person.
Title: Re: BACK-TO-BACK REHEARSALS
Post by: KevinH on April 29, 2016, 04:49:52 PM
TCB:  don't let us keep you up if you need to go to bed!  It's going on 2 am there, right?
Title: Re: BACK-TO-BACK REHEARSALS
Post by: KevinH on April 29, 2016, 04:50:20 PM
DR TCB, here's my young friend Eric's site:
http://www.ericdietzmusic.com


That reminds me, this woman that Ken and I met several times, ran into Ken at the all-night cafe.  Ken is not quite ten years younger than me.   She asked him if he was enjoying traveling with his father!



I was asked if I wanted a senior discount when I was about 45, I think.


I hope you took the discount and then punched the person.



Thanks for my best laugh of the day!
Title: Re: BACK-TO-BACK REHEARSALS
Post by: TCB on April 29, 2016, 04:53:51 PM
TCB:  don't let us keep you up if you need to go to bed!  It's going on 2 am there, right?


You are right.  I was just going to excuse myself.
Title: Re: BACK-TO-BACK REHEARSALS
Post by: KevinH on April 29, 2016, 04:54:41 PM
Goodnight, TCB!  Nice chatting with you!
Title: Re: BACK-TO-BACK REHEARSALS
Post by: TCB on April 29, 2016, 04:54:50 PM
Good night, my friends.
Title: Re: BACK-TO-BACK REHEARSALS
Post by: TCB on April 29, 2016, 04:55:23 PM
Goodnight, TCB!  Nice chatting with you!



Same here.
Title: Re: BACK-TO-BACK REHEARSALS
Post by: elmore3003 on April 29, 2016, 04:59:55 PM
DR TCB, here's my young friend Eric's site:
http://www.ericdietzmusic.com


That reminds me, this woman that Ken and I met several times, ran into Ken at the all-night cafe.  Ken is not quite ten years younger than me.   She asked him if he was enjoying traveling with his father!

Not grandfather?
Title: Re: BACK-TO-BACK REHEARSALS
Post by: KevinH on April 29, 2016, 05:10:06 PM
Hi, DR elmore!
Title: Re: BACK-TO-BACK REHEARSALS
Post by: KevinH on April 29, 2016, 05:11:15 PM
How are you feeling tonight?
Title: Re: BACK-TO-BACK REHEARSALS
Post by: KevinH on April 29, 2016, 05:11:27 PM
Page 6!
Title: Re: BACK-TO-BACK REHEARSALS
Post by: George on April 29, 2016, 05:13:38 PM
We had a submarine off of our starboard side this afternoon

Did you see it?  This is exciting!!!!

That is pretty cool!
Title: Re: BACK-TO-BACK REHEARSALS
Post by: George on April 29, 2016, 05:17:08 PM
Well, I need to be going.  I'm ushering tonight for a local ballet version of "Cinderella."  The group that's putting it on is a good troupe, but I'm not particularly a fan of ballet.  Oh, well.  The Center needed volunteers.  But I'm bringing my Kindle, just in case I don't need to stay in the theater. ;)

Be back later.
Title: Re: BACK-TO-BACK REHEARSALS
Post by: Jane on April 29, 2016, 05:18:30 PM
You don't look old for your age.  Does Ken look exceptionally young?


No.  And he has salt and pepper hair that makes him look older.

I don't know why then.  You certainly don't act old :)
Title: Re: BACK-TO-BACK REHEARSALS
Post by: Jane on April 29, 2016, 05:19:57 PM
DR TCB, here's my young friend Eric's site:
http://www.ericdietzmusic.com


That reminds me, this woman that Ken and I met several times, ran into Ken at the all-night cafe.  Ken is not quite ten years younger than me.   She asked him if he was enjoying traveling with his father!



I was asked if I wanted a senior discount when I was about 45, I think.


I hope you took the discount and then punched the person.

Tuesdays is senior discount day at Chuck's Produce.  The woman that checked us out asked if we wanted the discount.  We were not insulted, but then we are old ;D
Title: Re: BACK-TO-BACK REHEARSALS
Post by: Jane on April 29, 2016, 05:21:03 PM
We had a submarine off of our starboard side this afternoon

Did you see it?  This is exciting!!!!

That is pretty cool!

I told Keith about it and he thought so too.  Next time we take a cruise we are going to be watching for submarines ;)
Title: Re: BACK-TO-BACK REHEARSALS
Post by: Laura on April 29, 2016, 06:29:12 PM
I survived The Cliff.
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Post by: Jane on April 29, 2016, 06:32:28 PM
:)
Title: Re: BACK-TO-BACK REHEARSALS
Post by: Jane on April 29, 2016, 06:32:36 PM
Did you have a nice hike?
Title: Re: BACK-TO-BACK REHEARSALS
Post by: bk on April 29, 2016, 06:44:05 PM
Back from a pretty good designer run-through.  We ran most of the show prior to doing it, too.  Watching it again was interesting - act one is just right and consistently running fifty-four minutes, which is perfect.  Act two started out at an hour and five minutes and without cutting a thing it's now down to an hour.  But watching it I made the decision to try something slightly different on Monday - cutting a short two-part Now and Then skit and moving the Vilanch sketch where that was.  It solves a few problems - a) a cut and will probably bring us down to fifty-eight minutes.  b) a better flow, I think.  The unknown is going from a very long sequence (monologues with a song weaving in and out) about the gay experience, which ends with a huge choral anthem, right into the show's final song about the Sunset Strip.  I never thought that would work, but I'm coming around to the idea now.  The Vilanch sketch was between them but that just hasn't been feeling right. 
Title: Re: BACK-TO-BACK REHEARSALS
Post by: John G. on April 29, 2016, 08:27:29 PM
I saw them three years ago, so I didn't bother.

I guess you weren't impressed with them the first time around. 

I saw they from a hovercraft that crossed the channel 39 years ago. Still remember how beautiful they were. Even if saw no bluebirds.

Which is why I would have gone to the top of the ship to see them again, even if I was unimpressed the first time.

When I type on my phone, I turn into Vixmom.
Title: Re: BACK-TO-BACK REHEARSALS
Post by: John G. on April 29, 2016, 09:25:45 PM
Good night, all.
Title: Re: BACK-TO-BACK REHEARSALS
Post by: Jane on April 29, 2016, 10:15:16 PM
'night.
Title: Re: BACK-TO-BACK REHEARSALS
Post by: George on April 29, 2016, 11:03:05 PM
I'm back from ushering and eating.  It turns out that the dancer who danced the role of Prince Charming is the son of friends of mine!  I'm sure he doesn't know me.  I last did shows with his parents probably 15 years ago.  He was very good, as was the production.
Title: Re: BACK-TO-BACK REHEARSALS
Post by: bk on April 29, 2016, 11:10:26 PM
I fell asleep for an hour and then watched a movie on Netflix - had to just step away from everything for a couple of hours.
Title: Re: BACK-TO-BACK REHEARSALS
Post by: George on April 29, 2016, 11:19:22 PM
Tomorrow, I'm working concessions for the same show.  I have to be there by 11:30 am, but when working concessions we get to leave after intermission.  Then, I'm going to my sister's house because our parents are coming over, too.