You're planning on bringing in Carol Channing as Daisy Mae, aren't you?LOL I'm sure Ms. Channing is thinking that she could do the part.
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I love Sheldon Harnick!
I love Sheldon Harnick!
And the word of the day is: UMBRIFEROUS!
And the word of the day is: UMBRIFEROUS!
And The Song Of The Day Is: TWO LADIES IN DE SHADE OF THE BANANA TREE
You're planning on bringing in Carol Channing as Daisy Mae, aren't you?LOL I'm sure Ms. Channing is thinking that she could do the part.
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DR George - I don't think the parody is intended to duplicate the melody. :)
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On the printed music front, here's something extra special. At last month's Columbia University celebration of the Centennial of composer Jerome Moross, I discovered that Alfred Music published a complete vocal score of The Golden Apple (http://www.playbillvault.com/Show/Detail/917/The-Golden-Apple) several years back. I quickly got myself a copy and have spent the last week at the keyboard in Olympian splendor. (Mt. Olympus in Washington State, that is.) The Golden Apple, in case it has passed you by, is a one-of-a-kind musical comedy by Moross (1913-83) and John Latouche (1914-56), resetting the Odyssey in Washington circa 1900; Odysseus and his men are just home from the Spanish-American War. ("Oh Theodore/Oh Theodore/the Roosevelt that we adore" sing the soldiers, in six-part harmony.)
The show opened at the Phoenix Theatre in 1954, transferred up to the Alvin, and easily picked up that season's New York Drama Critics Circle Award. The score is inventive beyond bounds; it is regularly overlooked, in part because of an original cast album which captured much of the show but presented it in truncated fashion laced with narration. (The one standard to emerge was the languid "Lazy Afternoon.") I feel optimistic, though, that The Golden Apple will resurface in full glory over the next several years. As for the vocal score, it is much appreciated. For many years, the music was available only in an unwieldy, handwritten rental score that was in places indecipherable. The new edition, edited and carefully corrected by Larry Moore, is clear, clean and playable, all 538 pages of it. (The original Porgy and Bess vocal score runs 559.)
Friday evening greetings! With snow-mageddon on its way, we've scrubbed tomorrow's trip to NW Ohio for the Nathan/Timothy/Rachel birthday bash. Their Aunt Jen picked up our gifts and she and her mom are on their way, ahead of the storm. Whether or not we go to Lima on Sunday remains to be seen.
After my hair appointment and lunch Richard and I went grocery shopping for Mom and for us. We're now settled in for the onslaught.
Friday evening greetings! With snow-mageddon on its way, we've scrubbed tomorrow's trip to NW Ohio for the Nathan/Timothy/Rachel birthday bash. Their Aunt Jen picked up our gifts and she and her mom are on their way, ahead of the storm. Whether or not we go to Lima on Sunday remains to be seen.
After my hair appointment and lunch Richard and I went grocery shopping for Mom and for us. We're now settled in for the onslaught.
I'm sorry you will miss the fun. Take the time off to do your basement walk twice a day.
Both flower arrangements are beautiful, DR Jane!
Congrats on the playbill.com mention, DR elmore!
Both flower arrangements are beautiful, DR Jane!
Ditto! :)
Friday evening greetings! With snow-mageddon on its way, we've scrubbed tomorrow's trip to NW Ohio for the Nathan/Timothy/Rachel birthday bash. Their Aunt Jen picked up our gifts and she and her mom are on their way, ahead of the storm. Whether or not we go to Lima on Sunday remains to be seen.
After my hair appointment and lunch Richard and I went grocery shopping for Mom and for us. We're now settled in for the onslaught.
I'm sorry you will miss the fun. Take the time off to do your basement walk twice a day.
Not likely, DR Jane, because I seem to be coming down with a cold :P
Going to see the local NUTCRACKER tonight.
Had a bacon cheeseburger and no fries or onion rings, picked up couple of packages and am now in for the duration.
Both flower arrangements are beautiful, DR Jane!
Ditto! :)
Ditto, too!!
Thanks, everyone! I am indeed okay now, just mad at myself for not paying attention.
Nice flowers!
Apparently NBC is airing THE SOUND OF MUSIC again tomorrow night.
I was going to go to a movie tonight, but I have a cat curled up on my lap....so I guess I better not move :)
Going to see the local NUTCRACKER tonight.
I dated him!
After Saving Mr. Banks it apparently is all downhill.
Thanks, everyone! I am indeed okay now, just mad at myself for not paying attention.
And now I need to check on my bloodstained clothes soaking in cold water and go to bed.
Finished with my viewing - watched Lone Survivor and Nebraska.