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Title: AIRPLANE
Post by: bk on June 15, 2011, 12:25:57 AM
Well, you've read the notes, the notes flew high, and now it is time for you to post until the flying high cows come home.
Title: Re: AIRPLANE
Post by: bk on June 15, 2011, 12:26:50 AM
And the word of the day is: COSHER!
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Post by: Michael on June 15, 2011, 03:44:05 AM
good morning
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Post by: Ben on June 15, 2011, 04:03:12 AM
Morning all.

That is all.
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Post by: Ben on June 15, 2011, 04:04:46 AM
I was at the Dentist for a full two-hour exam yesterday. I got there at 5:30, filled out paperwork and from 6 to 8:05 there was a graduate level student dentist and his supervisor looking at every nook and cranny of my mouth. They took a full set of x-rays and I have much work to be done.

I return next Tuesday to begin getting some things fixed.
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Post by: elmore3003 on June 15, 2011, 04:52:54 AM
Good morning, all! DR Ben, welcome to my world!

I slept well, after the first terrfying dreams that woke me around 12:30; haunted rooms, ghostly knockings, faulty light bulbs, something terrifying waiting to appear. I was quite relieved to wake up from that one. My brother Macbeth and my mother were in the dream as well. And, no, the terrifying something was not Lady M.

Today, I have a new friend stopping by at one, an acting student from Carnegie Mellon, just graduated, who's written a musical and wants me to orchestrate it.  He sent me an email several onths ago telling me he'd been a fan since he was a child and owned the video of the New York State Theatre Institute's A Tale of cinderella - thank God for that full screen credit! - and I like the three numbers from the score that he's sent me as mp3 files.

So, to AS YOU LIKE IT, I first saw it in a dreadful production around 1970 at Miami University Theatre at the same time the Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park presented an all-male cast production. Of all the Shakespeare plays in which the heroine disguises herself as a boy, this is my least favorite: who is Celia? why does the playwright sort of toss her out of the plot halfway through and then marry her off at the end to someone she hardly knows? Isn't she really in love with Rosalind? Shouldn't Rosalind be a bit concerned that Orlando seems to prefer flirting with her when she's the boy Ganymede? What is all this nonsense with Jacques, Touchstone and Audrey? I hated this play in 1970 and I've not changed my mind since.

I much prefer TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA, CYMBELINE, and the glorious TWELFTH NIGHT when it comes to cross dressing in these comedies.
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Post by: Ginny on June 15, 2011, 04:59:14 AM
Wednesday morning greetings!  My alarm today was the phone - a call from the hospital looking for a number for my cousin.  So much for the jazzy new electronic record-keeping...

Anyway, it doesn't sound good and I'm praying that whatever happens happens quickly and without too much discomfort for her.
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Post by: elmore3003 on June 15, 2011, 05:10:44 AM
Wednesday morning greetings!  My alarm today was the phone - a call from the hospital looking for a number for my cousin.  So much for the jazzy new electronic record-keeping...

Anyway, it doesn't sound good and I'm praying that whatever happens happens quickly and without too much discomfort for her.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Vibes to DR Ginny! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Post by: elmore3003 on June 15, 2011, 05:39:04 AM
Eight days from today at 7:30, the Ohio Light Opera opens their production of JUBILEE, a 1935 Cole Porter musical. There is no way in hell with my finances and schedule that I can attend a performance.

Pray for them.
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Post by: elmore3003 on June 15, 2011, 05:40:45 AM
I've had breakfast and made the bed. Next, a trip to the basement with the garbage and a walk to the market. When I get back, I'll vacuum.
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Post by: elmore3003 on June 15, 2011, 05:41:05 AM
Where the hell is everybody this morning?
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Post by: Ginny on June 15, 2011, 05:46:15 AM
Thanks for the vibes, DR Elmore.  I'd considered going out to the hospital, but will proceed with my plans to get the guest room ready for my cousin's arrival later today.  Him I can do something for, her not so much.
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Post by: Jrand73 on June 15, 2011, 05:46:21 AM
DR JOSE is in Washington and has a new gig with MR BK this fall....

Kittens....kittens.....kittens.....

DR CILLA LIZ is keeping us better informed on the flood situation than CBS news is.....
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Post by: Ben on June 15, 2011, 05:46:34 AM
I'm at work. I'm seeing Death this evening.

Death Takes a Holiday, that is.
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Post by: Jrand73 on June 15, 2011, 05:47:17 AM
It is sort of storming here....thunder and lightning and rain.

CAMELOT has its first meeting tonight with distribution of materials.  Have heard from everyone except the young man who is in Italy this week.....but I am assuming he is in....we shall see.

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Post by: Jrand73 on June 15, 2011, 05:48:18 AM
Death Takes a Holiday.....remember the play that Penny was writing in YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU?  (A typewriter was delivered by mistake, so she decided to become a playwright).

Penny was writing SEX TAKES A HOLIDAY.....
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Post by: Jrand73 on June 15, 2011, 05:48:37 AM
I have some banking to do.....I shall return.....unless the bank keeps me.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on June 15, 2011, 05:56:02 AM
Good Morning!

I'm up, I'm up... And I need to start getting up earlier.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on June 15, 2011, 05:56:25 AM
Next week, that is.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on June 15, 2011, 05:57:12 AM
And since I have a bus to catch in 37 minutes...

Laters...
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Post by: FJL on June 15, 2011, 06:11:55 AM
I was just in Gaithersberg (sp?), Maryland  yesterday for a family gathering - quite a lovely community.  I'd never been in that city before.
Title: Re: AIRPLANE
Post by: FJL on June 15, 2011, 06:12:50 AM
Comfort vibes to Ginny and family
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Post by: Kerry on June 15, 2011, 06:13:04 AM
Maybe I should start getting up earlier too.   :-\
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Post by: Ben on June 15, 2011, 06:14:14 AM
But Kerry, it's 6:15am where you are!!!
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Post by: FJL on June 15, 2011, 06:15:02 AM
Maybe I should start getting up earlier too.   :-\

For you, wouldn't that just mean never sleeping?
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Post by: Ginny on June 15, 2011, 06:18:23 AM
Thank you, DR FJL.
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Post by: Dan (the Man) on June 15, 2011, 06:18:24 AM
Death Takes a Holiday.....remember the play that Penny was writing in YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU?  (A typewriter was delivered by mistake, so she decided to become a playwright).

Penny was writing SEX TAKES A HOLIDAY.....

I wonder if Sex and Death stayed at the same place.
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Post by: Dan (the Man) on June 15, 2011, 06:20:34 AM
*  *  *  *  *  Vibes for DR Ginny and her family  *  *  *  *  *
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Post by: Ginny on June 15, 2011, 06:24:12 AM
Thank you to DRs John G and Elmore for their comments on AS YOU LIKE IT.  Given the opportunity, I'd see a production - heck, I'd go see almost anything on stage at least once.  I did have the same thought, DR Elmore, about how Orlando seems pretty interested in Ganymede.  This material from Folger Shakespeare Library (http://www.folger.edu/template.cfm?cid=878) was also helpful.
 
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Post by: Ginny on June 15, 2011, 06:24:42 AM
Thanks, DR Dan (the Man).
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Post by: elmore3003 on June 15, 2011, 06:34:26 AM
I have returned from the market where I purchased everything I could remember I needed and then some. I also posted my NY State estimated tax payment, and I passed on the street an actor I recognized from one or several of the LAW & ORDER franchises. Beats me.

I will vacuum and tidy up a bit.
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Post by: elmore3003 on June 15, 2011, 06:35:07 AM
!! Page 2 Dance !!
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Post by: Laura on June 15, 2011, 06:47:18 AM
Ginny, I pray that if it is her time, your aunt's passing will be peaceful.
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Post by: Laura on June 15, 2011, 06:49:16 AM
DR Ben, you should have been going to see Dr. White all these many years, and you wouldn't need to have any work done. Unless you break a tooth, or something. Dr. White and the dental hygienist Ann make sure all one's teeth are in good shape.
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Post by: Ginny on June 15, 2011, 06:50:02 AM
Thank you, DR Laura - that's my prayer, too.
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Post by: Jrand73 on June 15, 2011, 07:00:07 AM
Death Takes a Holiday.....remember the play that Penny was writing in YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU?  (A typewriter was delivered by mistake, so she decided to become a playwright).

Penny was writing SEX TAKES A HOLIDAY.....

I wonder if Sex and Death stayed at the same place.

Why not?
Title: Re: AIRPLANE
Post by: Jrand73 on June 15, 2011, 07:01:54 AM
Ginny, I pray that if it is her time, your aunt's passing will be peaceful.

Ibid.

My Aunt Pauline passed away yesterday morning at 10 a.m.  She was nearly 90 years old and had lived in a "facility" for more than 10 years.....and did not recognize anyone when they visited.  It is a sad, but necessary part of living.....this dying business.
Title: Re: AIRPLANE
Post by: ArnoldMBrockman on June 15, 2011, 07:02:46 AM
And the word of the day is: COSHER!


And The Song Of The Day Is:  TOSY AND COSH
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Post by: Jrand73 on June 15, 2011, 07:07:00 AM
My question for ASK BK day....which of the AIRPORT movies do you like the best?  Which do you think is the worst?
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Post by: Jennifer on June 15, 2011, 07:17:09 AM
Feel better DR Sam. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Congrats to DR Jose!
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Post by: Jennifer on June 15, 2011, 07:19:13 AM
re: DR TCB's comments last night (and DR JRand commented on the same thing earlier) about people saying they will accept any role but then dropping out when they don't get the role they want.

The way DR TCB said it (he told them he would not mind at all but to just tell him) seemed very nice. But I wonder if people auditioning feel that if they say they will accept any role then it makes them look better.
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Post by: Jennifer on June 15, 2011, 07:20:18 AM
Vibes for DR Ginny. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Post by: Druxy on June 15, 2011, 07:20:59 AM
I've always liked VIOLENT SATURDAY.

I recall seeing it when it first came out.
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Post by: Dan (the Man) on June 15, 2011, 07:21:39 AM
Sorry to hear about your Aunt Pauline, DR JRand.
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Post by: Dan (the Man) on June 15, 2011, 07:22:19 AM
And Congrats to DR Jose!
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Post by: Ginny on June 15, 2011, 07:23:21 AM
Thank you, DR Jennifer.
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Post by: Jennifer on June 15, 2011, 07:23:29 AM
Sorry DR JRand!
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Post by: Ginny on June 15, 2011, 07:24:07 AM
Condolences to DR JRand and all who loved Aunt Pauline.
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Post by: Dan (the Man) on June 15, 2011, 07:24:17 AM
And the word of the day is: COSHER!

Cosher for Past Over

Product Made In Thailand
Title: Re: AIRPLANE
Post by: Dan (the Man) on June 15, 2011, 07:33:51 AM
Just read that the Academy of Moving Pictures has revised the rules for the Best Picture Oscar.  The number of movies nominated will now be five up to ten instead of a solid ten as it has been set for the past two years.  I guess the ten picture nominees thing didn't work out the way the movie studios thought it would...
Title: Re: AIRPLANE
Post by: Jrand73 on June 15, 2011, 07:41:49 AM
Thanks for the condolences DR's.......most appreciated.
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Post by: Jrand73 on June 15, 2011, 07:42:22 AM
DR JENNIFER I think most of them just have inflated confidence about their abilities.
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Post by: JMK on June 15, 2011, 07:43:26 AM
Last night's rare TV viewing included perhaps the weirdest "sitcom" I've ever seen, a mid-70's outing called THE TEXAS WHEELERS with Jack Elam as the grizzled father and Gary Busey (!) and Mark Hamill (!!) as brothers/sons.  Oy and vey.  It was an MTM production.  Truly bizarre stuff.  There was also an episode from another MTM series which I vaguely remember, the Paul Sand sitcom FRIENDS & LOVERS, which has a most delicate theme by Pat Williams.  Also on the disc was an episode of GLYNIS (evidently the old new Lucy, produced by Jess Oppenheimer) and two episodes of Tim Conway's RANGO.
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Post by: JMK on June 15, 2011, 07:44:32 AM
GLYNIS was brought to us by those fine rose-laden folks at VEL!!!
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Post by: JMK on June 15, 2011, 07:51:20 AM
Actually, it may have been MANY HAPPY RETURNS which was brought to us by VEL.  I also watched several episodes of that last night.  Great theme by David Rose and the show's creator, Parke Davis.
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Post by: Jrand73 on June 15, 2011, 07:51:52 AM
GLYNIS was sort of a mystery comedy....co starring Keith Andes and a nifty Thunderbird!
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Post by: JMK on June 15, 2011, 07:52:15 AM
Interestingly (at least to a music geek like me), they completely reorchestrated the theme after the pilot, as well as redoing the opening credits.  The pilot had an animated credits sequence.
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Post by: JMK on June 15, 2011, 07:53:01 AM
One thing I noticed last night whilst watching GLYNIS--(co-star) Keith Andes' voice is a dead ringer for Peter Graves'.
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Post by: JMK on June 15, 2011, 07:55:51 AM
I need to travel down to the 7-11 today to inform them that the weakeness of their wireless signal makes piggy-backing off of them quite difficult.
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Post by: Jrand73 on June 15, 2011, 07:56:06 AM
Yes it is, now that I think about it.
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Post by: Jrand73 on June 15, 2011, 07:56:31 AM
I need to travel down to the 7-11 today to inform them that the weakeness of their wireless signal makes piggy-backing off of them quite difficult.

How many languages can you say that in?
Title: Re: AIRPLANE
Post by: Laura on June 15, 2011, 07:58:05 AM
I'm sorry for your loss, JRand. I hope Aunt Pauline's passing was peaceful.
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Post by: Ginny on June 15, 2011, 07:58:57 AM
THE LION KING tour opened last night in Dayton and my Mother was there along with a busload of residents of her retirement community.  If you watch the

VIDEO (http://www.wdtn.com/dpp/news/curtains-rise-on-'the-lion-king')

attached to this story, you'll see her friend Dolores interviewed and talking about her friend who recommended the show.  That was my Mom!  The Otterbein bus is behind Dolores, who was attending her very first Broadway-type show.
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Post by: elmore3003 on June 15, 2011, 07:59:25 AM
Sorry to hear about your Aunt Pauline, DR JRand.

Ditto!
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on June 15, 2011, 08:03:10 AM
Ginny, I pray that if it is her time, your aunt's passing will be peaceful.

Ibid.

My Aunt Pauline passed away yesterday morning at 10 a.m.  She was nearly 90 years old and had lived in a "facility" for more than 10 years.....and did not recognize anyone when they visited.  It is a sad, but necessary part of living.....this dying business.

I hope you have some lovely memories of your Aunt Pauline and that those will sustain any moments of sadness you may feel about her recent health and her passing.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on June 15, 2011, 08:05:02 AM
I need to travel down to the 7-11 today to inform them that the weakeness of their wireless signal makes piggy-backing off of them quite difficult.

How many languages can you say that in?


Yes, me, too....and can you employ onomatopoeia while doing it?
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on June 15, 2011, 08:08:59 AM
Just read that the Academy of Moving Pictures has revised the rules for the Best Picture Oscar.  The number of movies nominated will now be five up to ten instead of a solid ten as it has been set for the past two years.  I guess the ten picture nominees thing didn't work out the way the movie studios thought it would...

I think EVERY category should have between 5 and 10 nominations.   There should be a cutoff number for a nomination based on averages of all years' past.  They can do that because the Academy keeps track of such things.   I know that the music branch works from a list of 10 to get a nomination for Best Original Score...and they could easily have 10 nominees.   However, if four of those 10 received only a handful of votes more than the ones below them, those four could be dropped and let the top 6 enter the final voting. 

It could be interesting.
Title: Re: AIRPLANE
Post by: Jrand73 on June 15, 2011, 08:11:15 AM
Yes it was peaceful.

Thanks DR's.....yes having memories is a lovely thing.

Aunt Pauline and Uncle Bill lived next door to us when I was between 1-3 years old.....I would always watch out the front screen door to see when she came out and headed to her car.....

When she did, I would run out across the yard calling her name.....and more times than not....she would say:  "Come on, Jackson....let's go...."  And we would drive all over town to do whatever she needed to do, and then stop at the Rexall Drug Store for ice cream or Coke....
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Post by: elmore3003 on June 15, 2011, 08:14:59 AM
Why does this commercial remind me of our DR MBarnum?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaHY7ReGsI0
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Post by: Jrand73 on June 15, 2011, 08:15:00 AM
Page Three Aunt Pauline Dance.....she is on the left.  My Aunt Ruby, her sister, is on the right.  Both could play a mean guitar and sing like anything.

Aunt Ruby had two daughters, Lana and Lita.....Lana was killed by her husband many years ago, Lita and I do a lot of theatre together at PCPH.

Aunt Pauline had one son, my cousin Willie, who is a fine man....    :'(
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Post by: Jrand73 on June 15, 2011, 08:15:48 AM
My father who was the baby of the family is now the only child left......
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Post by: elmore3003 on June 15, 2011, 08:22:58 AM
Great photo, DR JRand60!
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Post by: MBarnum on June 15, 2011, 08:30:13 AM
Yes it was peaceful.

Thanks DR's.....yes having memories is a lovely thing.

Aunt Pauline and Uncle Bill lived next door to us when I was between 1-3 years old.....I would always watch out the front screen door to see when she came out and headed to her car.....

When she did, I would run out across the yard calling her name.....and more times than not....she would say:  "Come on, Jackson....let's go...."  And we would drive all over town to do whatever she needed to do, and then stop at the Rexall Drug Store for ice cream or Coke....


What a wonderful story, I can even picture JRand3 running to hug his Auntie!
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Post by: Jrand73 on June 15, 2011, 08:30:51 AM
Thanks DR ELMORE.....this one is from the 1990's....five of the "kids" - my father is in the back with Aunt Ruby, Uncle Jim, Aunt Edna, and Aunt Pauline are sitting in front.

Uncle Jim had a twin brother named George.  They worked cutting down trees when they were teens.  One day a tree fell the wrong way and was going to hit Jim.  George pushed him out of the way and the tree fell on George, killing him.   :'(
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Post by: Jrand73 on June 15, 2011, 08:31:22 AM
LOL DR MBARNUM....we took car trips around town until I was in my twenties....
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Post by: MBarnum on June 15, 2011, 08:32:39 AM
Why does this commercial remind me of our DR MBarnum?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaHY7ReGsI0


Which reminds me, my car is looking a little bit dingy.
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Post by: Jrand73 on June 15, 2011, 08:33:58 AM
Mine too.....but I can't wash it myself.....bad shoulders.....and I can never get the automatic ones to work.....I have to go someplace where they hand wash it.....and I ain't going to no High School or Church Car Wash which are useless.
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Post by: MBarnum on June 15, 2011, 08:34:14 AM
Love the photos Jack!! Keep 'em coming!
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Post by: Laura on June 15, 2011, 08:42:26 AM
Very nice stories, JRand. Well, except the parts about Uncle George and Cousin Lana. Is Cousin Lana's husband in jail?
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Post by: Laura on June 15, 2011, 08:43:00 AM
I could wash my car today. We'll be safe from having any rain, oh, probably until August.
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Post by: MBarnum on June 15, 2011, 08:53:59 AM
I must now hit the showers and then hie myself up to Portland to pick up my buddy Mark who is flying in from Wyoming.
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Post by: Dan (the Man) on June 15, 2011, 09:00:43 AM
Mine too.....but I can't wash it myself.....bad shoulders.....and I can never get the automatic ones to work.....I have to go someplace where they hand wash it.....and I ain't going to no High School or Church Car Wash which are useless.

Yeah, but sometimes I'll see a group of kids doing a car wash and figure what the hay--I dont have an antenna they could bust off.  I let them soap up the car and then kind of rinse it off and give them a $20 for their work.  Then I'll go to a real car wash to really get the thing clean.
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Post by: Matthew on June 15, 2011, 09:05:31 AM
Hi everyone.  I'm heading up north (3 hours  north or so) to check out a possibility of a DD to add to my new household.  I'll let you know how it pans out.

I'm off.
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Post by: Laura on June 15, 2011, 09:25:10 AM
Hmm. I wonder if he's talking about adopting a daughter or a dog.
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Post by: elmore3003 on June 15, 2011, 09:38:42 AM
Hmm. I wonder if he's talking about adopting a daughter or a dog.

LOL! I wondered the same. Are you selling DR Sandra?
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Post by: Laura on June 15, 2011, 09:40:55 AM
Nah, I think I'll keep her.
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Post by: Dan (the Man) on June 15, 2011, 09:41:41 AM
I thought DR Matthew meant a daredevil.
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Post by: Ben on June 15, 2011, 09:43:13 AM
No, he's looking for a replacement Dinky Doo!
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Post by: John G. on June 15, 2011, 09:51:28 AM
*  *  *  *  *  Vibes for DR Ginny and her family  *  *  *  *  *
Ditto
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Post by: John G. on June 15, 2011, 09:54:43 AM
My sympathies, DR JRand. Thanks for sharing the photos and memories.
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Post by: Ginny on June 15, 2011, 10:28:32 AM
Thank you, DR John G.
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Post by: George on June 15, 2011, 10:39:32 AM
Wednesday morning greetings!  My alarm today was the phone - a call from the hospital looking for a number for my cousin.  So much for the jazzy new electronic record-keeping...

Anyway, it doesn't sound good and I'm praying that whatever happens happens quickly and without too much discomfort for her.

~~~Vibes for DR Ginny and Your Family!!~~~
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Post by: George on June 15, 2011, 10:45:15 AM
Ginny, I pray that if it is her time, your aunt's passing will be peaceful.

Ibid.

My Aunt Pauline passed away yesterday morning at 10 a.m.  She was nearly 90 years old and had lived in a "facility" for more than 10 years.....and did not recognize anyone when they visited.  It is a sad, but necessary part of living.....this dying business.

My condolences, JRand.
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Post by: Jrand73 on June 15, 2011, 10:47:42 AM
Thanks everybody.....

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Post by: Jrand73 on June 15, 2011, 10:50:18 AM
Dog vibes for DR MATTHEW.

DR LAURA - Lana's husband claimed he was not involved and had nothing to do with her death.....and everybody except our family believed him.....at the funeral he went up to the casket and took the VERY EXPENSIVE wedding and engagement rings off her finger just as they were closing the casket.  "She doesn't need them any more," he said.
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Post by: Laura on June 15, 2011, 10:51:51 AM
Oh, my.
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Post by: Jane on June 15, 2011, 10:55:46 AM
from sam
Quote
I was by myself from June 2002 (when my husband passed away) till March of this year.   I'll be ok alone.

Good!

Quote
The bad thing about Ventura is that it really is a bar town. 
The good thing about Ventura is that the AA meeting is across the street from me.
And it has a really good looking man .

;D  Maybe you will meet one, who like yourself, has proven to stay sober.  Congratulations on your 20 years!!!
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Post by: Jane on June 15, 2011, 10:57:19 AM
DR John, discovering exercise makes the difference is excellent news even if it to you awhile to figure to out.  Keep up the good work.
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Post by: George on June 15, 2011, 10:57:24 AM
Why does this commercial remind me of our DR MBarnum?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaHY7ReGsI0

That's very funny!
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Post by: George on June 15, 2011, 10:57:51 AM
Hi everyone.  I'm heading up north (3 hours  north or so) to check out a possibility of a DD to add to my new household.  I'll let you know how it pans out.

I'm off.

Good luck, Matthew!
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Post by: Ginny on June 15, 2011, 11:01:07 AM
Thank you, DR George.
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Post by: Jrand73 on June 15, 2011, 11:01:16 AM
Oh, my.

That's ALMOST what I thought.....but a little stronger.
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Post by: George on June 15, 2011, 11:02:16 AM
Oh, my.

That's ALMOST what I thought.....but a little stronger.

Ditto! :P
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Post by: Jrand73 on June 15, 2011, 11:03:38 AM
Now Mordred says he thinks he should have been Arthur because Ric already had a lead this season.....he thinks he might quit, because it's not fair.

I told him I thought some of the acting scenes would have been difficult for him, he is primarily a comic actor - but that playing Mordred would let people see that side of him......he is THINKING about it. 

Of course his being married to cousin Lita makes things even more tense.
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Post by: Jrand73 on June 15, 2011, 11:04:13 AM
Then two of my shelving units collapsed - shades of DR ELMORE - tomorrow HAS to be better.
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Post by: Jane on June 15, 2011, 11:05:12 AM
DR Jrand, wishes of comfort for you & your family.
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Post by: Jane on June 15, 2011, 11:06:36 AM
Yes it was peaceful.

Thanks DR's.....yes having memories is a lovely thing.

Aunt Pauline and Uncle Bill lived next door to us when I was between 1-3 years old.....I would always watch out the front screen door to see when she came out and headed to her car.....

When she did, I would run out across the yard calling her name.....and more times than not....she would say:  "Come on, Jackson....let's go...."  And we would drive all over town to do whatever she needed to do, and then stop at the Rexall Drug Store for ice cream or Coke....

Such a nice memory. :)
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Post by: Jane on June 15, 2011, 11:09:03 AM
LOL DR MBARNUM....we took car trips around town until I was in my twenties....


:) :)

I'm enjoying your stories & photos, though I wish some weren't so sad.
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Post by: Jane on June 15, 2011, 11:10:09 AM
Hmm. I wonder if he's talking about adopting a daughter or a dog.

;D
Title: Re: AIRPLANE
Post by: Jrand73 on June 15, 2011, 11:11:05 AM
Thank you DR JANE.
Title: Re: AIRPLANE
Post by: Jrand73 on June 15, 2011, 11:12:22 AM
Said disaster.....can't do anything about it until tomorrow.

MR BK, Stephen Sondheim, and Frances Farmer all fell over on Lucille Ball - well you can imagine the sturm & drung.  :o
Title: Re: AIRPLANE
Post by: Jane on June 15, 2011, 11:13:07 AM
Dog vibes for DR MATTHEW.

DR LAURA - Lana's husband claimed he was not involved and had nothing to do with her death.....and everybody except our family believed him.....at the funeral he went up to the casket and took the VERY EXPENSIVE wedding and engagement rings off her finger just as they were closing the casket.  "She doesn't need them any more," he said.

Creepy.  I can understand wanting them as keepsakes or to pass on to a relative, but the way he said it-yuck.
Title: Re: AIRPLANE
Post by: Jrand73 on June 15, 2011, 11:14:16 AM
Yes that is my air walker underneath the debris.

MR BK, Stephen Sondheim, and Frances Farmer  are now stacked up on the floor awaiting new shelving.

The VHS tapes, whose weight was the culprit, and in the storage bins and headed for the storage room.
Title: Re: AIRPLANE
Post by: Jrand73 on June 15, 2011, 11:14:49 AM
Dog vibes for DR MATTHEW.

DR LAURA - Lana's husband claimed he was not involved and had nothing to do with her death.....and everybody except our family believed him.....at the funeral he went up to the casket and took the VERY EXPENSIVE wedding and engagement rings off her finger just as they were closing the casket.  "She doesn't need them any more," he said.

Creepy.  I can understand wanting them as keepsakes or to pass on to a relative, but the way he said it-yuck.

Yup - although I think his third and fourth wife wore them.
Title: Re: AIRPLANE
Post by: Jane on June 15, 2011, 11:15:09 AM
DR Ginny, prayers for an easy passing for your aunt.
Title: Re: AIRPLANE
Post by: Jrand73 on June 15, 2011, 11:15:21 AM
And yes, I am aware that the wallpaper is a disaster, too.  It used to be my mom's sewing room.
Title: Re: AIRPLANE
Post by: Jane on June 15, 2011, 11:30:51 AM
Dog vibes for DR MATTHEW.

DR LAURA - Lana's husband claimed he was not involved and had nothing to do with her death.....and everybody except our family believed him.....at the funeral he went up to the casket and took the VERY EXPENSIVE wedding and engagement rings off her finger just as they were closing the casket.  "She doesn't need them any more," he said.

Creepy.  I can understand wanting them as keepsakes or to pass on to a relative, but the way he said it-yuck.

Yup - although I think his third and fourth wife wore them.

Triple yuck!
Title: Re: AIRPLANE
Post by: Jrand73 on June 15, 2011, 11:40:58 AM
Ain't it the truth.
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Post by: George on June 15, 2011, 11:49:11 AM
Oh, joy!  I just received this e-mail:

Quote
Attention: Sir/Madam SCAM VICTIM/US$5 MILLION COMPENSATION-REF/PAYMENTS CODE: 06654 We are delegated from the United Nations to contact you concerning your past transaction with some Nigerians for being scammed. This is to inform you that I came to Nigeria yesterday from Switzerland, after series of complains from the FBI and other Security agencies from Asia, Europe, and the United States of America. Respectively, against the Federal Government of Nigeria and the British Government for high rate of scam activities going on in these two nations. Your particulars was mentioned by one of the syndicates who was arrested in Lagos, Nigeria as one of their victims, you are hereby warned not to communicate or duplicate this message to anyone for any reason for whatsoever. I have met with President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, Commander-in-Chief of the Federal Republic of Nigeria who claimed that he has been trying his best to make sure all victims receive their compensation fund. On these recommendation, I want you to know that during the last United Nations meetings held at Washington DC, with President Barack Obama of the United States Of American, it was alarmed so much by the rest of the world in the meeting on the lose of funds by various foreigners to the scam artists operating in syndicates all over the world today, in other to retain the good image of the country, the United Nations Compensation Commission (UNCC) is now paying 100 victims of this operators US$5million each this section. For more vital information, please visit. [link deleted] Right now, as directed by our secretary General Mr. Ban Ki-Moon, We are working in collaboration with the Nigerian Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) and have decided to waive away all your clearance fees/Charges and authorize the Government of Nigeria to effect the payment of your compensation of an amount of $10M approved by both the British government and the UN into your account without any delay. The only fee you will pay to confirm your fund in your account is your Notarization Fee to the United Nations. Sincerely, I just discovered that some top Nigerian and British Government Officials are interested in your fund and they are working along with self-styled official based abroad to frustrate you and thereafter divert your fund into their personal account. I have a very limited time to stay in Nigeria here so I would like you to urgently respond to this message so that I can advise you on how best to confirm your fund in your account within the next 72 hours. For oral discussion, call me on this number which I just acquired in Nigeria today : 234-80-24607407 You are advice to send me re-confirm the below information so I shall feed you with further information, Once I hear from you. Your Full Names: Home Address: Cell Phone Numbers: Occupations/Position Held: Company's Name: Yours faithfully, Mr. Schmid Andreas Walter De-facto; Chief Compensation Officer United Nations Compensation Committee United Nations Anti-fraud Committee


;)
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Post by: George on June 15, 2011, 11:49:38 AM
Then two of my shelving units collapsed - shades of DR ELMORE - tomorrow HAS to be better.

~~~Better Days Vibes for DR JRand!!~~~
Title: Re: AIRPLANE
Post by: George on June 15, 2011, 11:50:36 AM
PAGE FIVE DANCE!!

5
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Post by: Ginny on June 15, 2011, 12:02:08 PM
Thank you, DR Jane.  I have heard nothing since the 7:30am call, but have alerted my mother, sister, and niece.
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Post by: Jrand73 on June 15, 2011, 12:08:41 PM
Thanks DR GEORGE....it HAS to.

I see by the email you received that the United Nations has been moved to Washington D.C.  I think the old building should go condo!
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Post by: Ginny on June 15, 2011, 12:16:27 PM
OK -

Guest room ready, check
Chicken roasting for dinner, check
Family room cleared for carpet cleaning, check

I'm now going to vacuum the carpet that's to be cleaned tomorrow.
Title: Re: AIRPLANE
Post by: Jrand73 on June 15, 2011, 12:23:07 PM
Busy busy busy DR GINNY!
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Post by: Laura on June 15, 2011, 12:34:08 PM
Congratulations, George! You're rich!
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Post by: JoseSPiano on June 15, 2011, 12:55:18 PM
Good Afternoon!

Just taking a brief(?) break from looks at all the small dots, lines and squiggles before my head explodes.
Title: Re: AIRPLANE
Post by: JoseSPiano on June 15, 2011, 12:56:33 PM
*It's actually going well today. I knew that this part of my prep would be a bit tedious, but I'm also coming across some nice subtleties and surprises in Richard Rodney Bennett's orchestrations. Which leads me to a question of two...
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Post by: John G. on June 15, 2011, 01:03:24 PM
http://broadwayworld.com/videoplay.php?colid=247698

Further proof that the "robotic" Sutton Foster, as Michael Riedel calls her, is not Reno Sweeney. What is she doing with her voice? Trying to channel Elmer Fudd and Patti LuPone at the same time?
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Post by: JoseSPiano on June 15, 2011, 01:09:57 PM
DR elmore - There are few notes in the partitur where it indicates that Bennett changed a harmony or two (from Rodgers' original notations). The final change-up in "Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'" is truly magical. -It's under the second syllable of "feeling" going into the last phrase - RRB uses a C7 chord instead of the Edim.

And then as I play through the Dream Ballet and come across all those wonderful inner chromatic lines... Wow! -Of course, it all makes me wish we had a full orchestra instead of 13 pieces, but... C'est la vie. In any case...

Do you happen to know just how much input Bennett had in the development of the Dream Ballet? Or were Rodgers' sketches very particular in regards to some of the altered harmonies and colors that he - and Agnes de Mille - wanted?

*I'm sure this info is documented somewhere, but since I really should be continuing to go through Act 1... ;)
Title: Re: AIRPLANE
Post by: Ginny on June 15, 2011, 01:10:41 PM
Busy busy busy DR GINNY!


Yeah, DR JRand, nothing like a major cleaning project to keep your mind off a crisis in the extended family...
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Post by: JoseSPiano on June 15, 2011, 01:10:50 PM
And... It looks like the Kennedy Center's production of Follies will be coming to the Marquis Theatre this summer for a limited run.
Title: Re: AIRPLANE
Post by: Jane on June 15, 2011, 01:11:17 PM
Oh, joy!  I just received this e-mail:

;)
  That must be a new approach ;D
Title: Re: AIRPLANE
Post by: Jane on June 15, 2011, 01:12:23 PM
DR Ginny how is your mother doing?
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Post by: JoseSPiano on June 15, 2011, 01:14:27 PM
And...

I shall catch up on the posts, VIBES and well-wishes...

Laters...
Title: Re: AIRPLANE
Post by: Ginny on June 15, 2011, 01:19:34 PM
DR Ginny how is your mother doing?

Thanks for asking, DR Jane.  I think she's OK.  My sister and niece were both going to call her today and they're both standing ready to come here from Michigan and Illinois, respectively, if need be.

And, Jane, you can say "s**t" again, because my aunt is on a ventilator...
Title: Re: AIRPLANE
Post by: Jrand73 on June 15, 2011, 01:43:10 PM
Hmmmmmmmmmm.......well that's one solution.
Title: Re: AIRPLANE
Post by: Jrand73 on June 15, 2011, 01:43:36 PM
In awhile I shall be on the way to the first cast meeting with what cast I still have for CAMELOT.
Title: Re: AIRPLANE
Post by: Laura on June 15, 2011, 01:52:21 PM
I'm sorry, Ginny.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on June 15, 2011, 01:54:36 PM
Twilight Time has announced pre-order for "The Egyptian" -- both standard DVD and Blu-ray.   The Blu-ray is $39.95 before s/h (mine was $43.20 "with" s/h).

I want this one on BD something awful, though.
Title: Re: AIRPLANE
Post by: Ginny on June 15, 2011, 02:04:03 PM
Thanks, DR Laura.  It's very hard, in my mind, to justify all these heroic measures, but it's not my decision.
Title: Re: AIRPLANE
Post by: Jane on June 15, 2011, 02:25:32 PM
DR Ginny how is your mother doing?

Thanks for asking, DR Jane.  I think she's OK.  My sister and niece were both going to call her today and they're both standing ready to come here from Michigan and Illinois, respectively, if need be.

And, Jane, you can say "s**t" again, because my aunt is on a ventilator...
DR Ginny how is your mother doing?

Thanks for asking, DR Jane.  I think she's OK.  My sister and niece were both going to call her today and they're both standing ready to come here from Michigan and Illinois, respectively, if need be.

And, Jane, you can say "s**t" again, because my aunt is on a ventilator...

Oh damn I am extremely sorry.  I said much stronger accompanied by screams when I found out my father was on one.  I just pray your cousins agree to remove it & have a doctor who encourages them to do so.
Title: Re: AIRPLANE
Post by: George on June 15, 2011, 02:35:39 PM
Congratulations, George! You're rich!

Let's PAR-TAY!!

;)
Title: Re: AIRPLANE
Post by: bk on June 15, 2011, 02:35:47 PM
Sorry for my lateness.  I overslept and was awakened by the knocking at the door of the helper.  We then spent about ninety minutes organizing music.  Then she left, I printed out the packaging for the new title and went to Bird's to have a couple of chicken breasts for lunch.  Whilst there, I proofed and noted some corrections that need to be made.  Then I picked up some packages, and now I'm catching up with everything that didn't get done.
Title: Re: AIRPLANE
Post by: Ginny on June 15, 2011, 02:42:29 PM
Regarding the ventilator, at this point I'd recommend she stay on it until Friday because it would really suck for her to die on her oldest son's (the one in Japan) birthday.
Title: Re: AIRPLANE
Post by: Jane on June 15, 2011, 02:54:22 PM
Oh that would be bad.  When I was venting my frustration to the kine pulmonary doctor, while he worked on my sister, he said at some point the ventilator would no longer work.  How long that can take I never found out, surely longer than a few days, at least in my limited experience.
Title: Re: AIRPLANE
Post by: Jane on June 15, 2011, 02:55:38 PM
Of course miracles to happen & people recover.  When the person already suffers from dementia that only gets worse. :(
Title: Re: AIRPLANE
Post by: elmore3003 on June 15, 2011, 03:21:36 PM
*It's actually going well today. I knew that this part of my prep would be a bit tedious, but I'm also coming across some nice subtleties and surprises in Richard Rodney Bennett's orchestrations. Which leads me to a question of two...

Robert Russell Bennett's orchestrations, dear!
Title: Re: AIRPLANE
Post by: elmore3003 on June 15, 2011, 03:32:03 PM
DR Jose, do you know this fantastic book about the making of the show? No one really knws how much of the Dream Ballet was done by whom. The original Hammerstein ballet called for a circus, with Aunt Eller as a bareback rider, as I recall, and DeMille told Hammerstein, "No young lady has a stupid dream like this; they dream about sex." She was contractually required to use music from the score, but she didn't bring Trude Rittmann in as dance arranger until her next show, "One Touch of Venus."

Russell Bennett most assuredly did a lot of the work on the ballet, since he scored it, but I think a lot of it was cobbled together for DeMille by her rehearsal pianist, whose name I've forgotten. He might be mentioned on one of the videos from North Carolina School of the Arts and he might also be mentioend in Steve Suskins book, since there's a lot in it about "Laurie Makes Up Her Mind."
Title: Re: AIRPLANE
Post by: WolfeGirl on June 15, 2011, 03:37:07 PM
I haven't commented here since last September??  Geez.  OK, I'll visit much more often! My thought for today (well, one of my thoughts today): I have to work on some lesser-known Cole Porter songs for my rehearsal tonight...
Title: Re: AIRPLANE
Post by: George on June 15, 2011, 03:37:49 PM
Oh, joy!  I just received this e-mail:

;)
  That must be a new approach ;D

Obviously, they'll try anything. ::)
Title: Re: AIRPLANE
Post by: George on June 15, 2011, 03:39:17 PM
Welcome back, WolfeGirl.  Hopefully, it won't take another nine months before you post again.

:D
Title: Re: AIRPLANE
Post by: Jane on June 15, 2011, 03:39:35 PM
Hi WolfeGirl it is nice to see you. :)
Title: Re: AIRPLANE
Post by: Laura on June 15, 2011, 03:46:04 PM
Hi WolfeGirl. Welcome back!
Title: Re: AIRPLANE
Post by: Ron Pulliam on June 15, 2011, 03:58:35 PM
I haven't commented here since last September??  Geez.  OK, I'll visit much more often! My thought for today (well, one of my thoughts today): I have to work on some lesser-known Cole Porter songs for my rehearsal tonight...


Gosh, I must have been absent that day for that message.

Glad you've posted again.  Look forward to reading your comments on stuff!
Title: Re: AIRPLANE
Post by: Ron Pulliam on June 15, 2011, 04:00:07 PM
Oh, joy!  I just received this e-mail:

;)
  That must be a new approach ;D

Obviously, they'll try anything. ::)


I've got a "notarization fee" for them.
Title: Re: AIRPLANE
Post by: elmore3003 on June 15, 2011, 04:06:45 PM
My visit with young Alex Rice went quite nicely, and I was wrong about his being a Carnegie Mellon graduate. He has one more year.
Title: Re: AIRPLANE
Post by: JMK on June 15, 2011, 04:18:26 PM
I am back, baby, at close to 30mbps.
Title: Re: AIRPLANE
Post by: Laura on June 15, 2011, 04:25:42 PM
Do you have your own internet now, or are you still using the 7-11 internet?
Title: Re: AIRPLANE
Post by: JoseSPiano on June 15, 2011, 04:55:08 PM
*It's actually going well today. I knew that this part of my prep would be a bit tedious, but I'm also coming across some nice subtleties and surprises in Richard Rodney Bennett's orchestrations. Which leads me to a question of two...

Robert Russell Bennett's orchestrations, dear!

AACCCKKK!!! That's what I meant. Sorry - my mind was still swimming in all of that minutiae.

Robert Russell Bennett
Robert Russell Bennett
Robert Russell Bennett
Robert Russell Bennett
Robert Russell Bennett
Robert Russell Bennett
Robert Russell Bennett
Robert Russell Bennett
Robert Russell Bennett
Robert Russell Bennett
Robert Russell Bennett
Robert Russell Bennett
Robert Rus...
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Post by: elmore3003 on June 15, 2011, 04:59:28 PM
LOL!
Title: Re: AIRPLANE
Post by: elmore3003 on June 15, 2011, 05:00:07 PM
That confusion happens all the time. Today is Russell Bennett's birthday, I believe.
Title: Re: AIRPLANE
Post by: elmore3003 on June 15, 2011, 05:00:54 PM
So, FOLLIES is coming to Broadway after all? I wonder if they'll replace the director?
Title: Re: AIRPLANE
Post by: Dan (the Man) on June 15, 2011, 05:10:05 PM
So, FOLLIES is coming to Broadway after all? I wonder if they'll replace the director?
One can only hope!  I'm only able to judge via an ootlegbay, but--Yeesh!  Not only is Peters miscast, but she wears a snazzy red dress and is in a nice pair of heels throughout the party scenes.  In no way is she Sally from Phoenix in 1971.  When she appears in her gown for her follies number, it just looks like a costume change. I blame the director for these choices.
Title: Re: AIRPLANE
Post by: bk on June 15, 2011, 05:10:27 PM
I don't think this transfer is such a done deal yet - there are no producers named and no one seems to know where the dough is coming from.  And a six month limited run?  For Follies?  There is no way it would be anything but a total washout, financially, so unless they've got a benefactor who doesn't mind losing a few mil, then I'd wait for another announcement with more details.
Title: Re: AIRPLANE
Post by: George on June 15, 2011, 05:14:03 PM
I don't think this transfer is such a done deal yet - there are no producers named and no one seems to know where the dough is coming from.  And a six month limited run?  For Follies?  There is no way it would be anything but a total washout, financially, so unless they've got a benefactor who doesn't mind losing a few mil, then I'd wait for another announcement with more details.

Not that they're the official word, but Playbill.com has announced (http://www.playbill.com/news/article/151864-Kennedy-Center-Follies-Will-Transfer-to-Broadways-Marquis-Theatre) it...but then the article says:

Quote
Dates, Broadway casting and ticket information will be announced soon. The New York Times reports that the New York production will also feature a 28-piece orchestra and will likely run through the winter holidays. Contract talks with the actors have yet to begin.
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Post by: Cillaliz on June 15, 2011, 05:19:32 PM
Vibes to DR Ginny and her family
Title: Re: AIRPLANE
Post by: JMK on June 15, 2011, 05:38:09 PM
Mine very own internets, courtesy of Comcast.  I am going to start a blog called F*** Qwest.  Details at 11.
Title: Re: AIRPLANE
Post by: JoseSPiano on June 15, 2011, 05:43:53 PM
Now you too can wear the glasses that Gregory Peck (http://www.oliverpeoples.com/shop/gregory-peck.html) wore as Atticus Finch in "To Kill A Mockingbird". -Well, at least some eyeglass frames inspired by the ones he wore in the film. ;)
Title: Re: AIRPLANE
Post by: George on June 15, 2011, 05:46:27 PM
Well, I'm leaving work early because I can. :D

I have a lot of invoicing to do tomorrow and I just don't want to do it now...so I'm not.

Be back later!
Title: Re: AIRPLANE
Post by: FJL on June 15, 2011, 05:48:37 PM
Condolences to dear DR Jrand.   
Title: Re: AIRPLANE
Post by: JoseSPiano on June 15, 2011, 06:20:44 PM
Oh... My brother made dinner, so... I had dinner.

Now it's time to catch up. Again.
Title: Re: AIRPLANE
Post by: Cillaliz on June 15, 2011, 06:25:40 PM
DR JRand, so sorry about your Aunt.  Thanks for sharing the memories and the fun photos
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Post by: Cillaliz on June 15, 2011, 06:27:26 PM
Oh, didn't realize that there is a new Next Food Network Star.  Glad my DVR did
Title: Re: AIRPLANE
Post by: Cillaliz on June 15, 2011, 06:29:22 PM
Today I saw three young Mormon men walking up the street.  They looked exactly like the characters in Book of Mormon, name tags and all,  I burst out laughing.  Luckily I was in my car and they were walking so they didn't see me, but I was kind of hoping they would break into song
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Post by: JoseSPiano on June 15, 2011, 06:41:49 PM
~~~~~VIBES TO DR GINNY'S FAMILY~~~~~
Title: Re: AIRPLANE
Post by: JoseSPiano on June 15, 2011, 06:44:44 PM
I have returned from the market where I purchased everything I could remember I needed and then some. I also posted my NY State estimated tax payment, and I passed on the street an actor I recognized from one or several of the LAW & ORDER franchises. Beats me.

Well, at least we know it wasn't Chris Sieber. ;)
Title: Re: AIRPLANE
Post by: JoseSPiano on June 15, 2011, 06:47:24 PM
DR JRand - My condolences to you and your family.
Title: Re: AIRPLANE
Post by: JoseSPiano on June 15, 2011, 06:55:54 PM
I need to travel down to the 7-11 today to inform them that the weakeness of their wireless signal makes piggy-backing off of them quite difficult.

How many languages can you say that in?

LOL!!! -Literally!
Title: Re: AIRPLANE
Post by: TCB on June 15, 2011, 06:58:26 PM
Greetings my friends, checking in as ordered.

Congratulations to Jose!

Sam don't jeopardize 2o years!
Title: Re: AIRPLANE
Post by: TCB on June 15, 2011, 06:58:53 PM
Page Seven!
Title: Re: AIRPLANE
Post by: TCB on June 15, 2011, 06:59:46 PM
Oh yes, the MRSA has returned.
Title: Re: AIRPLANE
Post by: TCB on June 15, 2011, 07:00:10 PM





G'night!
Title: Re: AIRPLANE
Post by: JoseSPiano on June 15, 2011, 07:03:00 PM
Hi everyone.  I'm heading up north (3 hours  north or so) to check out a possibility of a DD to add to my new household.  I'll let you know how it pans out.

I'm off.

For a second I thought "DD" stood for "Dear Date". ::)
Title: Re: AIRPLANE
Post by: Laura on June 15, 2011, 07:03:42 PM
Aww crap. I'm sorry, TCB.
Title: Re: AIRPLANE
Post by: JoseSPiano on June 15, 2011, 07:04:01 PM
Oh yes, the MRSA has returned.


NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!


~~~~~MRSA GO AWAY AND STAY AWAY VIBES TO YOU, DR TCB~~~~~
Title: Re: AIRPLANE
Post by: Cillaliz on June 15, 2011, 07:08:42 PM
Oh man, I'm so sorry TCB....
Title: Re: AIRPLANE
Post by: JoseSPiano on June 15, 2011, 07:13:19 PM
DR Jose, do you know this fantastic book about the making of the show? No one really knws how much of the Dream Ballet was done by whom. The original Hammerstein ballet called for a circus, with Aunt Eller as a bareback rider, as I recall, and DeMille told Hammerstein, "No young lady has a stupid dream like this; they dream about sex." She was contractually required to use music from the score, but she didn't bring Trude Rittmann in as dance arranger until her next show, "One Touch of Venus."

Russell Bennett most assuredly did a lot of the work on the ballet, since he scored it, but I think a lot of it was cobbled together for DeMille by her rehearsal pianist, whose name I've forgotten. He might be mentioned on one of the videos from North Carolina School of the Arts and he might also be mentioend in Steve Suskins book, since there's a lot in it about "Laurie Makes Up Her Mind."

DR elmore - I actually have both of those books... In storage. Hmm... -Thanks for the "reminder". ;)

I'm really wondering more about some of the reharmonizations of the tunes than anything else.
Title: Re: AIRPLANE
Post by: Cillaliz on June 15, 2011, 07:16:06 PM
DR Jose, are you watching Next Food Network Star this season
Title: Re: AIRPLANE
Post by: JoseSPiano on June 15, 2011, 07:17:42 PM
I don't think this transfer is such a done deal yet - there are no producers named and no one seems to know where the dough is coming from.  And a six month limited run?  For Follies?  There is no way it would be anything but a total washout, financially, so unless they've got a benefactor who doesn't mind losing a few mil, then I'd wait for another announcement with more details.

Not that they're the official word, but Playbill.com has announced (http://www.playbill.com/news/article/151864-Kennedy-Center-Follies-Will-Transfer-to-Broadways-Marquis-Theatre) it...but then the article says:

Quote
Dates, Broadway casting and ticket information will be announced soon. The New York Times reports that the New York production will also feature a 28-piece orchestra and will likely run through the winter holidays. Contract talks with the actors have yet to begin.

Well... From what I've "heard", the run would start in the late summer - last week of August, or even just after Labor Day weekend, and run thru the New Year.

Now if this does happen, I'm wondering if they will end up Mormon-izing their ticket prices. ???
Title: Re: AIRPLANE
Post by: JoseSPiano on June 15, 2011, 07:18:30 PM
Mine very own internets, courtesy of Comcast.  I am going to start a blog called F*** Qwest.  Details at 11.

DR JMK - You probably could just call it: FuQwest.

::)
Title: Re: AIRPLANE
Post by: JoseSPiano on June 15, 2011, 07:19:15 PM
Oh, didn't realize that there is a new Next Food Network Star.  Glad my DVR did

I think tonight's episode is the one that was on this past Sunday. -But if you missed it on Sunday, well... It's new to you. ;)
Title: Re: AIRPLANE
Post by: JMK on June 15, 2011, 07:22:20 PM
As Betsy will attest, I have an infallible Mormonometer.  They don't even have to be wearing their little blue suits with white shirts and name tags.  :)
Title: Re: AIRPLANE
Post by: JMK on June 15, 2011, 07:22:51 PM
I have reviewed THE ADJUSTMENT BUREAU.  Meh.  There, I just saved you some serious reading.
Title: Re: AIRPLANE
Post by: JoseSPiano on June 15, 2011, 07:25:17 PM
DR Jose, are you watching Next Food Network Star this season


Yes and No. I always seem to catch the midweek reruns and/or weekend marathons. I will say, I am wondering just how far "model girl with the accent" will go.

Now "Chopped" is a different story. I never miss an episode. Nor a rerun. ;)

*Oh, one reason I will catch "TNFNS" is for Alton Brown - especially since he has "retired", after 249 episodes, "Good Eats". He'll still film some "Good Eats" specials, but no more new "Good Eats" episodes.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on June 15, 2011, 07:27:29 PM
And...

Now it's one to the New York State Senate!

New York Assembly passes marriage bill (http://www.freedomtomarry.org/blog/entry/new-york-assembly-passes-marriage-bill)
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Post by: JoseSPiano on June 15, 2011, 07:33:12 PM
AH!

I guess this explains why even when I wasn't running my air conditioner, my ConEd bill was surprisingly high:

Your DVR Is Using More Energy Than Your Fridge (http://gothamist.com/2011/06/15/your_dvr_is_using_more_energy_than.php)
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Post by: Cillaliz on June 15, 2011, 07:34:50 PM
I haven't seen any of them. I'm watching on the DVR
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Post by: bk on June 15, 2011, 07:45:24 PM
Finished one motion picture and am starting another.  Tomorrow is becoming insane.  Rehearsal in the morning, and then I have to go directly to the lab to transfer reel one of Nudie - this is our test reel and will tell us exactly how much time and work is involved from here on in.  If it's nutty, I may have to try and raise some dough on kickstarter.com to help offset what could be a very expensive deal.  It would be a way for folks to help preserve the film, and we'd give all donors a big thank you on the blu-ray.  Thinking about it, but hopefully it won't have to go there.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on June 15, 2011, 07:58:59 PM
Well...

I don't follow hockey, but since I was born in Boston...

Congrats to the Boston Bruins!
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Post by: JoseSPiano on June 15, 2011, 08:09:55 PM
And...

Since getting an almost full night's sleep last night did such wonders for me today, I'm going to attempt to do the same thing tonight. -Especially since I want to try to get in earlier tomorrow.

Goodnight.
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Post by: Laura on June 15, 2011, 08:14:10 PM
This just minutes ago:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuZZlsbMDE0
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Post by: JoseSPiano on June 15, 2011, 08:17:49 PM
This just minutes ago:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuZZlsbMDE0

Pretty! And on a night of a lunar eclipse too!
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Post by: Laura on June 15, 2011, 08:18:51 PM
I had about 60 of these open on Tony night -- all within about ten minutes time.
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Post by: JMK on June 15, 2011, 08:18:55 PM
This just minutes ago:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuZZlsbMDE0

Standing out there for the last 3 days really paid off.  :)

(Cool).
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Post by: Laura on June 15, 2011, 08:21:21 PM
Luckily, I have great technology available: a lawn chair, a flashlight, and a pocket Canon camera.
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Post by: Cillaliz on June 15, 2011, 08:22:36 PM
Way Cool DR Laura!! Thanks for sharing that
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Post by: Ginny on June 15, 2011, 08:44:19 PM
Thank you to DRs Cillaliz and Jose for the vibes.

My cousin went directly to the hospital upon arrival from GA and I think he was quite stunned.  He called about  7:30 and said, "A priest might come in handy," so Richard, Rob, and I all went.  My cousin's wife is driving in from GA tomorrow and my cousin from Japan is flying in and I suspect there will be some decisions made about discontinuing life support after their arrival.

Your continued vibes and prayers are greatly appreciated.
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Post by: Laura on June 15, 2011, 08:46:13 PM
Continued prayers, Ginny.
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Post by: Cillaliz on June 15, 2011, 08:54:45 PM
Continued vibes and prayers to Ginny and family
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Post by: bk on June 15, 2011, 08:55:34 PM
Don't think I can finish the second motion picture.
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Post by: Ginny on June 15, 2011, 08:57:04 PM
Thanks, DRs Laura and Cillaliz.

I'm exhausted - 'night!
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Post by: Laura on June 15, 2011, 09:00:07 PM
I hope Ginny rests well. She will need it for tomorrow.
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Post by: Cillaliz on June 15, 2011, 09:01:53 PM
I hope so too
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Post by: George on June 15, 2011, 09:33:52 PM
Thank you to DRs Cillaliz and Jose for the vibes.

My cousin went directly to the hospital upon arrival from GA and I think he was quite stunned.  He called about  7:30 and said, "A priest might come in handy," so Richard, Rob, and I all went.  My cousin's wife is driving in from GA tomorrow and my cousin from Japan is flying in and I suspect there will be some decisions made about discontinuing life support after their arrival.

Your continued vibes and prayers are greatly appreciated.

~~~VIBES FOR DR GINNY'S FAMILY!!~~~
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Post by: ArnoldMBrockman on June 15, 2011, 09:55:54 PM
Continued vibes and prayers to Ginny and family

DITTO
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Post by: bk on June 15, 2011, 10:23:33 PM
Welcome seventeen GUESTS.
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Post by: Matthew on June 15, 2011, 11:13:53 PM
Everyone, DD Benedict.  I call him Ben.
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Post by: Sam on June 15, 2011, 11:14:30 PM
 ;D
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Post by: Sam on June 15, 2011, 11:14:54 PM
Thank you .   :-[ :-*
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Post by: George on June 15, 2011, 11:15:18 PM
Matthew, Congrats to you and to DD Benedict!! ;D
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Post by: Sam on June 15, 2011, 11:15:57 PM
Went to a new meeting tonight.  The I.V. meeting at the hospital.  8)
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Post by: Sam on June 15, 2011, 11:16:40 PM
SUPER DUPER VIBES FOR EVERYONE.   :) ;)
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Post by: Sam on June 15, 2011, 11:18:05 PM
Boy is Ventura a small town.  I'm starting to run into people I know.  Very cool.  ;D
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Post by: Sam on June 15, 2011, 11:18:36 PM
Night all.  Sleep well.

Hugs and hugs.
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Post by: John G. on June 15, 2011, 11:59:17 PM
Benedict is wonderful, Matthew. Enjoy him.
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Post by: John G. on June 15, 2011, 11:59:52 PM
Oh yes, the MRSA has returned.


NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!


~~~~~MRSA GO AWAY AND STAY AWAY VIBES TO YOU, DR TCB~~~~~
Ditto.
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Post by: John G. on June 16, 2011, 12:05:12 AM
Today I saw three young Mormon men walking up the street.  They looked exactly like the characters in Book of Mormon, name tags and all,  I burst out laughing.  Luckily I was in my car and they were walking so they didn't see me, but I was kind of hoping they would break into song
LOL. I wonder if other people will be expecting the same.
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Post by: John G. on June 16, 2011, 12:07:28 AM
I haven't commented here since last September??  Geez.  OK, I'll visit much more often! My thought for today (well, one of my thoughts today): I have to work on some lesser-known Cole Porter songs for my rehearsal tonight...
Lesser-known Porter songs are great. What are you learning?
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Post by: John G. on June 16, 2011, 12:07:46 AM
Many vibes for Ginny and family.
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Post by: John G. on June 16, 2011, 12:30:06 AM
(http://www.savorsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Maui-rainbow1.jpg)

A Maui rainbow (actually it was double but the second was too faint to register) and rainbow vibes for all.
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Post by: George on June 16, 2011, 12:33:33 AM
(http://www.savorsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Maui-rainbow1.jpg)

A Maui rainbow (actually it was double but the second was too faint to register) and rainbow vibes for all.

Very nice.