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Title: TRIPPING THE LIGHT FANDANGO
Post by: bk on March 23, 2014, 12:10:13 AM
Well, you've read the notes, the notes were a trip and had a light fandango as a chaser, and now it is time for you to post until the tripping cows come home.
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Post by: bk on March 23, 2014, 12:11:02 AM
And the word of the day is: TIMOROUS!
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Post by: George on March 23, 2014, 02:42:03 AM
Last night, Theater Artists Olympia had a Toga Party fund raiser!  We brought in a little over $1000! ;D I haven't figured any reimbursements yet, but it shouldn't be too much.
Title: Re: TRIPPING THE LIGHT FANDANGO
Post by: George on March 23, 2014, 02:58:58 AM
At the Toga Party Fund Raiser, we had four different local bands for the entertainment.  One of the groups was called Argentina Weeps (http://argentinaweeps.wordpress.com/).  They were good...they sang rock & roll versions of show tunes!!  I guess they usually have two vocalists, but this time they only had one singer.  They sang songs from "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat," "The Muppets" (the movie with Amy Adams and Jason Siegel), "Evita" (of course), "West Side Story," "The Rocky Horror Show" and several others.  For me, they were the highlight of the night!
Title: Re: TRIPPING THE LIGHT FANDANGO
Post by: George on March 23, 2014, 03:01:10 AM
The other three groups were pretty good, too and they all had their fans.
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Post by: George on March 23, 2014, 03:01:26 AM
Here I am in my toga:

(http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t127/georged55/TAOTOGAPARTY_zps421c2484.jpg)

:D
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Post by: George on March 23, 2014, 03:01:52 AM
Oh...Happy Belated Birthday to Stephen Sondheim!!

;)
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Post by: George on March 23, 2014, 03:02:03 AM
And a Happy Belated Birthday to Andrew Lloyd Webber!!
Title: Re: TRIPPING THE LIGHT FANDANGO
Post by: George on March 23, 2014, 03:06:34 AM
And now, I'm going to bed.  I have been away from home since about 3:30 and I need to sleep.  Today, I get to sleep in!  I don't have to be anywhere until 4:00.  The next play that TAO is doing is called "Chamber Music" by Arthur Kopit.  It will be our first play in our new theater, The Midnight Sun!  I will be the assistant stage manager.  I've never been an ASM before, so I hope the stage manager tells me EVERYTHING that I need to do.
Title: Re: TRIPPING THE LIGHT FANDANGO
Post by: George on March 23, 2014, 03:14:47 AM
We have a read-through today at 4:00 (that's where I have to be), but I can only stay until about 5:40 or so.  That should be okay because the show is only supposed to be about 45 minutes.  I have to leave because I'm ushering for Ann Hampton Callaway Sings the Streisand Songbook (http://www.washingtoncenter.org/upcoming-events/2014/3/23/ann-hampton-callaway-sings-the-streisand-songbook.html)!  I CAN'T WAIT!!  I have been looking forward to this ever since they announced it last summer!  I'm assuming that she won't sign after the show, but I'll bring some cash in case CDs are sold.
Title: Re: TRIPPING THE LIGHT FANDANGO
Post by: George on March 23, 2014, 03:17:50 AM
And now I'm going to sleep.
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Post by: John G. on March 23, 2014, 05:19:32 AM
Good morning, all.

Great photo, George.
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Post by: Kerry on March 23, 2014, 05:50:32 AM
I've tripped the light fandango, but it wasn't fantastic.  Or even transatlantic.
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Post by: Michael on March 23, 2014, 05:55:01 AM
good morning to all
Title: Re: TRIPPING THE LIGHT FANDANGO
Post by: Michael on March 23, 2014, 05:58:42 AM
this imaging came up when i looked up "Tripping The Light Fandango"


(http://www.h4-entertainment.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/xtimthumb.phpqsrc_wp-content_uploads_fandango.jpgah330aw660aac.pagespeed.ic_.kgDAhRL6QZ.jpg)
Title: Re: TRIPPING THE LIGHT FANDANGO
Post by: Druxy on March 23, 2014, 07:11:25 AM
I was so sick yesterday.

Threw up everything in my stomach.  I haven't done that in 40-50 years.

No idea what caused it.

Eating very light today.
Title: Re: TRIPPING THE LIGHT FANDANGO
Post by: ChasSmith on March 23, 2014, 07:13:25 AM
Good morning, all.

Decent sleep, and slept in a little, too.  I shan't complain.

But now it's time for at least two cuppas.  I hate the word cuppa, but just felt like saying it this once and getting it out of my system.
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Post by: ChasSmith on March 23, 2014, 07:14:57 AM
Oy!  Probably food poisoning, DR Druxy.  You'll definitely be taking it easy today.
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Post by: Jrand74 on March 23, 2014, 07:43:34 AM
Feel better vibes for DR DRUXY.

I dreamed a very funny musical last night.....with funny dialog and songs.....woke up and dreamed it all again when I fell back to sleep.  Of course, this morning I can't remember a note or word of dialog.
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Post by: Jrand74 on March 23, 2014, 07:44:26 AM
Audition notices are sent to the media and posted on the web site.  So now I can work on the Dance Audition steps.....

Two weeks from today.  Oh my.  I am hoping I get a good cast....or any cast....
Title: Re: TRIPPING THE LIGHT FANDANGO
Post by: Kate on March 23, 2014, 07:54:04 AM
Hello All:


TOD:


Who do you think was the nicest actor you have ever worked with?
Title: Re: TRIPPING THE LIGHT FANDANGO
Post by: Kate on March 23, 2014, 07:55:16 AM
Well, last night we finally saw GRAVITY on Time Warner on Demand.

We both thought it was very good.

It is amazing how that was filmed!
Title: Re: TRIPPING THE LIGHT FANDANGO
Post by: Kate on March 23, 2014, 07:55:41 AM
Goodbye for now!!! :) ;) :D
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Post by: elmore3003 on March 23, 2014, 08:22:37 AM
Good morning, all!  I was feeling under the weather yesterday, so I went to bed at 7:00 last night and stayed there until 10:30 this morning. Mi plan was to get up at 6:00, head down to Toyland by 9:00, and be home by noon, but I could not make myself move.  I've a suspicion that when my ceiling collapsed on Monday I breathed in some lurking bugs that have made me sickly. God knows I inhaled enough schmutz into my sinuses to make my life hell all week; between that and the pollen, I'm lucky to be standing.

I had many bizarre dreams, from working at The Drama Book Shop to recording ROBERTA in Dublin; perhaps it was my life flashing before my eyes?
Title: Re: TRIPPING THE LIGHT FANDANGO
Post by: ArnoldMBrockman on March 23, 2014, 09:03:44 AM
And the word of the day is: TIMOROUS!

And The Song Of The Day Is:  SHY
Title: Re: TRIPPING THE LIGHT FANDANGO
Post by: FJL on March 23, 2014, 09:13:25 AM
Really fun photo, George!
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Post by: FJL on March 23, 2014, 09:14:45 AM
Elmore - i think that dream means you want to do those things all over again, assuming they were pleasant memories..

Title: Re: TRIPPING THE LIGHT FANDANGO
Post by: FJL on March 23, 2014, 09:15:17 AM
Or were they bizarre versions of those events?
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Post by: ChasSmith on March 23, 2014, 09:20:26 AM
Yesterday I stubbed a toe (#4 on the right foot, if you must know) on an object I walk past a dozen or so times per day, that was sitting right where it's been sitting for the past five or six years.  I hadn't whacked a toe like this in quite some time, and I went through that old familiar lightning-fast progression of sensations, from shock and disbelief, to anger at both the object and myself, to thinking I'm lucky that this one isn't going to hurt, to the five-second delay and onrush of blinding pain, to hopping around screaming in tongues, to the waiting for the eventual dulling of the pain... 

It's interesting that I did this a lot back in the day, and have somehow "mostly" avoided doing so in my current adult life (though I apparently will NEVER learn how to walk around my platform bed frame without leaving a little piece of shin or knee behind.)  (And I did whack my left elbow's funny-bone passing through a doorway this week.)  (Maybe I'd better just start watching where the HELL I'm going.)

I'm very fortunate that the toe did calm down, and I must not have cracked the bone or anything because there was no severe discomfort later, and no bruising.  I have a very colorful picture I took in my twenties of my best black and blue toe; that one really must have had a broken bone in there somewhere, or maybe it just broke a bunch of blood vessels, but it was the kind of thing where you can hardly stand to pull the sheet up over your foot in bed.

Today I feel just the slightest hint of tenderness, but it's enough to make me want to stick my leg out and trip the first light fandango that waltzes through here, and then laugh and laugh as it flips around and tries to recover itself.  So watch out.
Title: Re: TRIPPING THE LIGHT FANDANGO
Post by: Jane on March 23, 2014, 09:26:54 AM
From Bruce:
Quote
I just watched the first episode of Sherlock - now there is a show I can get behind - what fun and just as good as I've heard.

It took you long enough!

We love this series, especially the first episode and the last two episodes from this season.
Title: Re: TRIPPING THE LIGHT FANDANGO
Post by: FJL on March 23, 2014, 09:41:14 AM
Chas - Sorry for what you went through.

But since you're feeling better, maybe you've stumbled on a great title for something, a song, a poem, maybe:

THE SLIGHTEST HINT OF TENDERNESS
Title: Re: TRIPPING THE LIGHT FANDANGO
Post by: elmore3003 on March 23, 2014, 09:41:47 AM
Elmore - i think that dream means you want to do those things all over again, assuming they were pleasant memories..



I sincerely doubt it.
Title: Re: TRIPPING THE LIGHT FANDANGO
Post by: elmore3003 on March 23, 2014, 09:42:15 AM
Page 2!!
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Post by: elmore3003 on March 23, 2014, 09:44:08 AM
Do you know what I really hate? It's Facebook's messaging system. I may be there to post something or read updates, but it doesn't necessarily mean I want to have a conversation at the same time. If you want to talk to me, pick up the damned phone.
Title: Re: TRIPPING THE LIGHT FANDANGO
Post by: Jane on March 23, 2014, 10:22:59 AM
And now, I'm going to bed.  I have been away from home since about 3:30 and I need to sleep.  Today, I get to sleep in! 

I hope you slept in.  I would be lucky to sleep until 8:00.

Congrats on a fun and successful Toga night.
Title: Re: TRIPPING THE LIGHT FANDANGO
Post by: Jane on March 23, 2014, 10:25:24 AM
Feel better vibes for DR Druxy, DR elmore, DR Cilla and toe vibes for DR Chas!

Title: Re: TRIPPING THE LIGHT FANDANGO
Post by: Jane on March 23, 2014, 10:26:54 AM
Do you know what I really hate? It's Facebook's messaging system. I may be there to post something or read updates, but it doesn't necessarily mean I want to have a conversation at the same time. If you want to talk to me, pick up the damned phone.

You don't have to respond.  I often don't even notice the messages as I am not at the computer, or kindly say you need to leave ;)
Title: Re: TRIPPING THE LIGHT FANDANGO
Post by: Jrand74 on March 23, 2014, 10:39:49 AM
DR CHAS SMITH - OUCH!!
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Post by: FJL on March 23, 2014, 10:40:21 AM
Healthy vibes to Druxy, Larry and Cilla!
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Post by: Laura on March 23, 2014, 10:43:57 AM
Good morning.
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Post by: bk on March 23, 2014, 10:55:05 AM
I'm up, I'm up - ten hours of blessed sleep, which I desperately needed.
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Post by: singdaw on March 23, 2014, 11:22:52 AM
Oy! Too much illness and pain amongst our DRs.


~ ~ ~ HEALING VIBES ~ ~ ~ to all!
Title: Re: TRIPPING THE LIGHT FANDANGO
Post by: singdaw on March 23, 2014, 11:23:22 AM
Thanks for so ably filling in for me last night, DR Dan M!!!!       :)
Title: Re: TRIPPING THE LIGHT FANDANGO
Post by: TCB on March 23, 2014, 11:23:26 AM
At the Toga Party Fund Raiser, we had four different local bands for the entertainment.  One of the groups was called Argentina Weeps (http://argentinaweeps.wordpress.com/).  They were good...they sang rock & roll versions of show tunes!!  I guess they usually have two vocalists, but this time they only had one singer.  They sang songs from "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat," "The Muppets" (the movie with Amy Adams and Jason Siegel), "Evita" (of course), "West Side Story," "The Rocky Horror Show" and several others.  For me, they were the highlight of the night!


But what if they had been followed by The Manhattan Transfer?
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Post by: elmore3003 on March 23, 2014, 12:03:52 PM
Emily Skinner has reported that actor James Rebhorn has died. I met him a couple of times and he was always a kind, softspoken man.  I last saw him live onstage, as I recall, in that terrific Lincoln Center revival of DINNER AT EIGHT, but i saw him a lot on the TV.
Title: Re: TRIPPING THE LIGHT FANDANGO
Post by: TCB on March 23, 2014, 12:03:59 PM
Noon on the Left Coast and only half way thru Page Two!

This does not bode well for the day.
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Post by: elmore3003 on March 23, 2014, 12:06:50 PM
Here's an obituary:
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/james-rebhorn-dead-homeland-white-690464
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Post by: TCB on March 23, 2014, 12:09:47 PM
Eighteen people still missing in the Washington State mudslide.
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Post by: John G. on March 23, 2014, 12:09:50 PM
Not wanting to work today. Must work today.
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Post by: bk on March 23, 2014, 12:13:01 PM
Yes, apparently weekends have turned dreary here at haineshisway.com. 
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Post by: bk on March 23, 2014, 12:13:36 PM
Trying to decide if I want to eat something before the show tonight - otherwise, I'm waiting until seven-thirty and that's probably not a good thing.
Title: Re: TRIPPING THE LIGHT FANDANGO
Post by: TCB on March 23, 2014, 12:40:23 PM
I don't know why, but I have absolutely no desire to see Russell Crowe is NOAH!  I think I would rather see Val Kilmer is MOSES.  Of course that has now become Christian Bale is MOSES!
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Post by: FJL on March 23, 2014, 12:58:47 PM
Yes, apparently weekends have turned dreary here at haineshisway.com. 

SO LONG, DREARY - that's the name of the new something or other
Title: Re: TRIPPING THE LIGHT FANDANGO
Post by: FJL on March 23, 2014, 12:59:48 PM
I don't know why, but I have absolutely no desire to see Russell Crowe is NOAH!  I think I would rather see Val Kilmer is MOSES.  Of course that has now become Christian Bale is MOSES!


The gimmick of selling seats only in pairs is a little much.




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Post by: FJL on March 23, 2014, 01:00:52 PM
I don't know why, but I have absolutely no desire to see Russell Crowe is NOAH!  I think I would rather see Val Kilmer is MOSES.  Of course that has now become Christian Bale is MOSES!


Lots of opportunity for jokes about the arc of the screenplay
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Post by: FJL on March 23, 2014, 01:01:15 PM
Oh, it's Noah's Ark.  I thought it was Joan of Arc.
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Post by: FJL on March 23, 2014, 01:01:37 PM
Any posts to get to page 3 before 4:00





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Post by: FJL on March 23, 2014, 01:02:03 PM
Oh, it's too late, it's after 4 already.
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Post by: Ginny on March 23, 2014, 01:07:11 PM
Sunday afternoon greetings!  Back from my last trip to Lima until Maundy Thursday (April 17).  Fr. Richard will be there next on Palm Sunday (April 13), but I'll be at the AAUW state convention in Springfield that weekend.  It's much colder 100 miles north of home and they still have snow mountains in the mall parking lot.
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Post by: Jennifer on March 23, 2014, 01:19:56 PM
Here's an obituary:
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/james-rebhorn-dead-homeland-white-690464

That is super sad. I know him from Homeland. But the first time I saw him was many years ago. He played the creepiest character ever on Guiding Light. He was rapist Bradley Raines. I've never forgotten that character.
Title: Re: TRIPPING THE LIGHT FANDANGO
Post by: TCB on March 23, 2014, 01:20:15 PM
I don't know why, but I have absolutely no desire to see Russell Crowe is NOAH!  I think I would rather see Val Kilmer is MOSES.  Of course that has now become Christian Bale is MOSES!


The gimmick of selling seats only in pairs is a little much.








 :D
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Post by: TCB on March 23, 2014, 01:21:17 PM
Threeeeeeeeeeeee
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Post by: Cillaliz on March 23, 2014, 01:25:45 PM
Do you know what I really hate? It's Facebook's messaging system. I may be there to post something or read updates, but it doesn't necessarily mean I want to have a conversation at the same time. If you want to talk to me, pick up the damned phone.

You can turn it off. click on the thingy on the right where it says "Chat" with a green dot and a number.  A little * will show up. Click on that and then options.  Click "turn off chat" and no one will know you are online
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Post by: Cillaliz on March 23, 2014, 01:28:18 PM
I'm still not well, but doing better. I only woke up coughing three times last night. A huge improvement over Friday night. Still don't have a lot of energy, but hopefully I will have by tomorrow
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Post by: bk on March 23, 2014, 01:39:29 PM
Back from some bacon and eggs - Jerry's was jammed from the people waiting for me to arrive.
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Post by: John G. on March 23, 2014, 02:00:39 PM
Here's an obituary:
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/james-rebhorn-dead-homeland-white-690464

That is super sad. I know him from Homeland. But the first time I saw him was many years ago. He played the creepiest character ever on Guiding Light. He was rapist Bradley Raines. I've never forgotten that character.

Thank you, Jennifer. I couldn't quite place where I knew him from before. And that was it. I loved Guiding Light back in those days.
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Post by: Jennifer on March 23, 2014, 02:01:16 PM
Here's an obituary:
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/james-rebhorn-dead-homeland-white-690464

That is super sad. I know him from Homeland. But the first time I saw him was many years ago. He played the creepiest character ever on Guiding Light. He was rapist Bradley Raines. I've never forgotten that character.

Thank you, Jennifer. I couldn't quite place where I knew him from before. And that was it. I loved Guiding Light back in those days.

It was so long ago. But every time I've seen him in something since then I can't get Bradley Raines out of my head.
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Post by: Ginny on March 23, 2014, 02:11:05 PM
Here's an obituary:
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/james-rebhorn-dead-homeland-white-690464

That is super sad. I know him from Homeland. But the first time I saw him was many years ago. He played the creepiest character ever on Guiding Light. He was rapist Bradley Raines. I've never forgotten that character.

Thank you, Jennifer. I couldn't quite place where I knew him from before. And that was it. I loved Guiding Light back in those days.

It was so long ago. But every time I've seen him in something since then I can't get Bradley Raines out of my head.

My favorite role of his was the smarmy Secretary of Defense in INDEPENDENCE DAY.
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Post by: Jane on March 23, 2014, 02:41:20 PM
Eighteen people still missing in the Washington State mudslide.

:(
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Post by: elmore3003 on March 23, 2014, 02:41:43 PM
Do you know what I really hate? It's Facebook's messaging system. I may be there to post something or read updates, but it doesn't necessarily mean I want to have a conversation at the same time. If you want to talk to me, pick up the damned phone.

You can turn it off. click on the thingy on the right where it says "Chat" with a green dot and a number.  A little * will show up. Click on that and then options.  Click "turn off chat" and no one will know you are online

Did it! Thank you. I had no idea.
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Post by: ChasSmith on March 23, 2014, 02:44:44 PM
Back from some bacon and eggs - Jerry's was jammed from the people waiting for me to arrive.

BK, do you ever go to Du-par's these days?  If I recall, you became disenchanted with the pancakes some time back, and maybe the crowds there, too.
Title: Re: TRIPPING THE LIGHT FANDANGO
Post by: Jane on March 23, 2014, 02:44:44 PM
Do you know what I really hate? It's Facebook's messaging system. I may be there to post something or read updates, but it doesn't necessarily mean I want to have a conversation at the same time. If you want to talk to me, pick up the damned phone.

You can turn it off. click on the thingy on the right where it says "Chat" with a green dot and a number.  A little * will show up. Click on that and then options.  Click "turn off chat" and no one will know you are online

I rarely even click to see who is available to chat and didn't realize there was an option to turn it off.  Thanks.
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Post by: Jane on March 23, 2014, 02:45:57 PM
Do you know what I really hate? It's Facebook's messaging system. I may be there to post something or read updates, but it doesn't necessarily mean I want to have a conversation at the same time. If you want to talk to me, pick up the damned phone.

You can turn it off. click on the thingy on the right where it says "Chat" with a green dot and a number.  A little * will show up. Click on that and then options.  Click "turn off chat" and no one will know you are online

Did it! Thank you. I had no idea.

That explains why I didn't see you are on-line ;)
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Post by: elmore3003 on March 23, 2014, 02:46:37 PM
I still can't tell if I have a horrible cold or allergies. My nose is running like mad. I feel feverish, and I can't stop sneezing.

I just watched the Hammer HORROR OF FRANKENSTEIN with Ralph Bates and Veronica Carlson, who mentioned in the accompanying interview that she now lives in Hilton Head. I could have met her tw years ago!  The film was very funny at times, although I would think when you are dealing with an insane monster maker, one thing you should never do is suggest "I'm talking to the authorities." Three people died after saying that.
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Post by: Dan M on March 23, 2014, 03:03:34 PM
Re: FANDANGO

One time, as I was about to use the Fandango service, I tripped on my way to the computer.  No movie for me.
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Post by: George on March 23, 2014, 03:03:45 PM
Good morning, all.

Great photo, George.

Thanks, John!
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Post by: George on March 23, 2014, 03:03:51 PM
Really fun photo, George!

Thanks, Fred!
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Post by: George on March 23, 2014, 03:04:01 PM
And now, I'm going to bed.  I have been away from home since about 3:30 and I need to sleep.  Today, I get to sleep in! 

I hope you slept in.  I would be lucky to sleep until 8:00.

Congrats on a fun and successful Toga night.

Thanks, Jane!  I did get some sleep.  I turned off my phone and didn't wake up until about 12:30. :D
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Post by: George on March 23, 2014, 03:05:26 PM
I was so sick yesterday.

Threw up everything in my stomach.  I haven't done that in 40-50 years.

No idea what caused it.

Eating very light today.

~~~Feel Better Vibes for Druxy!!~~~
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Post by: George on March 23, 2014, 03:06:22 PM
From Bruce:
Quote
I just watched the first episode of Sherlock - now there is a show I can get behind - what fun and just as good as I've heard.

It took you long enough!

We love this series, especially the first episode and the last two episodes from this season.

I bought the first two seasons individually from Amazon.co.uk when they were first released.  Last month, I bought the third season, they sent the whole series...all three seasons!  Now, I have two copies each of seasons 1 and 2.  There are several other DVDs that I've gotten, not remembering that I already owned them.  I hate it when that happens. :P
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Post by: Dan M on March 23, 2014, 03:06:33 PM
. . . . I just watched the Hammer HORROR OF FRANKENSTEIN with Ralph Bates and Veronica Carlson . . . .

The Hammer films are great.  To tie in with that theme, last night I began my yearly pilgrimage through THE AVENGERS 1967-1968, the Diana Rigg years.  Christopher Lee was the guest star and played a character named Professsor Frank N. Stone, and his cyborg duplicate, a rather Frankensteinish monster.
Title: Re: TRIPPING THE LIGHT FANDANGO
Post by: George on March 23, 2014, 03:07:45 PM
At the Toga Party Fund Raiser, we had four different local bands for the entertainment.  One of the groups was called Argentina Weeps (http://argentinaweeps.wordpress.com/).  They were good...they sang rock & roll versions of show tunes!!  I guess they usually have two vocalists, but this time they only had one singer.  They sang songs from "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat," "The Muppets" (the movie with Amy Adams and Jason Siegel), "Evita" (of course), "West Side Story," "The Rocky Horror Show" and several others.  For me, they were the highlight of the night!


But what if they had been followed by The Manhattan Transfer?

We couldn't afford them. ;)
Title: Re: TRIPPING THE LIGHT FANDANGO
Post by: George on March 23, 2014, 03:08:17 PM
But OF COURSE The Manhattan Transfer would be the highlight of ANY evening (for me)!
Title: Re: TRIPPING THE LIGHT FANDANGO
Post by: George on March 23, 2014, 03:08:51 PM
Back from some bacon and eggs - Jerry's was jammed from the people waiting for me to arrive.

As well it should be.

;D
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Post by: George on March 23, 2014, 03:09:36 PM
Here's an obituary:
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/james-rebhorn-dead-homeland-white-690464 (http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/james-rebhorn-dead-homeland-white-690464)

That is super sad. I know him from Homeland. But the first time I saw him was many years ago. He played the creepiest character ever on Guiding Light. He was rapist Bradley Raines. I've never forgotten that character.

Thank you, Jennifer. I couldn't quite place where I knew him from before. And that was it. I loved Guiding Light back in those days.

It was so long ago. But every time I've seen him in something since then I can't get Bradley Raines out of my head.

My favorite role of his was the smarmy Secretary of Defense in INDEPENDENCE DAY.

That's where I've seen him...our family watches that movie every year on the fourth of July.
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Post by: Ginny on March 23, 2014, 03:12:26 PM
So do we, DR George!
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Post by: George on March 23, 2014, 03:17:21 PM
Well, I have to go.  I need to get ready for the read-through of "Chamber Music" and ushering for Ann Hampton Callaway.  I can't wait!

Until later!
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Post by: elmore3003 on March 23, 2014, 03:17:38 PM
So, i'm on the horns of a dilemma on what to watch next:
The Hammer House of Horror BBC TV series
One of these BBC horrors:
The Ghost of Greville Lodge
The Secret of Crickley Hall
Crooked House
Supernatural
, a BBC series of eight horror stories

Last night I watched a ghost story featuring John Houston and Paul Scofield, Mr Corbett's Ghost, based on a children's story by Len Garfield. It was a neo-Dickens cautionary tale and very clever.

decisions, decisions . . .
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Post by: Jrand74 on March 23, 2014, 03:29:27 PM
HORROR OF FRANKENSTEIN!
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Post by: TCB on March 23, 2014, 03:29:50 PM
Here's an obituary:
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/james-rebhorn-dead-homeland-white-690464

That is super sad. I know him from Homeland. But the first time I saw him was many years ago. He played the creepiest character ever on Guiding Light. He was rapist Bradley Raines. I've never forgotten that character.

Thank you, Jennifer. I couldn't quite place where I knew him from before. And that was it. I loved Guiding Light back in those days.

It was so long ago. But every time I've seen him in something since then I can't get Bradley Raines out of my head.

My favorite role of his was the smarmy Secretary of Defense in INDEPENDENCE DAY.


Thank you, that was where I knew him.
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Post by: TCB on March 23, 2014, 03:32:17 PM
Four!


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Post by: TCB on March 23, 2014, 03:33:01 PM

I still can't tell if I have a horrible cold or allergies. My nose is running like mad. I feel feverish, and I can't stop sneezing.

I just watched the Hammer HORROR OF FRANKENSTEIN with Ralph Bates and Veronica Carlson, who mentioned in the accompanying interview that she now lives in Hilton Head. I could have met her tw years ago!  The film was very funny at times, although I would think when you are dealing with an insane monster maker, one thing you should never do is suggest "I'm talking to the authorities." Three people died after saying that.


Last night they said on the national news that this week has been overly bad for allergies.  Hmmm, can you be overly bad?
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Post by: singdaw on March 23, 2014, 03:37:16 PM
Or underly good, for that matter?
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Post by: Jane on March 23, 2014, 03:48:59 PM
And now, I'm going to bed.  I have been away from home since about 3:30 and I need to sleep.  Today, I get to sleep in! 

I hope you slept in.  I would be lucky to sleep until 8:00.

Congrats on a fun and successful Toga night.

Thanks, Jane!  I did get some sleep.  I turned off my phone and didn't wake up until about 12:30. :D

I wish I could do that.
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Post by: TCB on March 23, 2014, 03:50:37 PM
The Ghost of Greville Lodge
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Post by: Jane on March 23, 2014, 03:50:48 PM
From Bruce:
Quote
I just watched the first episode of Sherlock - now there is a show I can get behind - what fun and just as good as I've heard.

It took you long enough!

We love this series, especially the first episode and the last two episodes from this season.

There are several other DVDs that I've gotten, not remembering that I already owned them.  I hate it when that happens. :P

You need to keep a list of what you own and then look at it before purchasing anything new.
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Post by: Jane on March 23, 2014, 03:52:40 PM

I still can't tell if I have a horrible cold or allergies. My nose is running like mad. I feel feverish, and I can't stop sneezing.

I just watched the Hammer HORROR OF FRANKENSTEIN with Ralph Bates and Veronica Carlson, who mentioned in the accompanying interview that she now lives in Hilton Head. I could have met her tw years ago!  The film was very funny at times, although I would think when you are dealing with an insane monster maker, one thing you should never do is suggest "I'm talking to the authorities." Three people died after saying that.


Last night they said on the national news that this week has been overly bad for allergies.  Hmmm, can you be overly bad?

I know if a ceiling dropped down in my living quarters I wouldn't feel to great from all the dust.  I just hope it wasn't asbestos. 
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Post by: elmore3003 on March 23, 2014, 04:08:29 PM
It's terrible, but this Facebook post made me laugh:
Mississippi has scheduled Michelle Byrom’s execution on Thursday for a murder she didn’t commit. Her son, Edward Byrom, has admitted to shooting and killing his father multiple times, none of which were ever disclosed into evidence.

Being killed once is bad enough, but multiple times must hurt!
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Post by: Jane on March 23, 2014, 04:18:26 PM
I can see why you laughed even though it is a sad story. 
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Post by: elmore3003 on March 23, 2014, 04:21:40 PM
What's worse is it's from a news report. Intelligent writing is a dying art.
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Post by: Jane on March 23, 2014, 04:24:16 PM
I figured it was from a crummy little paper like my local one.
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Post by: Jrand74 on March 23, 2014, 04:55:49 PM
TAR will be delayed by 45 minutes.

When I checked CBS at 7 p.m. to see if 60 MINUTES was starting on time....there was 9 minutes and 42 seconds of an NCAA basketball game going on.  It took them more than 35 minutes to play it.
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Post by: John G. on March 23, 2014, 05:15:59 PM
Watching "Blue Jasmine." Don't like Cate Blanchett in it. Her performance seems to be as artificial as her Katharine Hepburn was in "The Aviator." Naturally, she won an Oscar for both.
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Post by: Cillaliz on March 23, 2014, 06:12:38 PM
JRand, Iowa State won....it's all good
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Post by: Jane on March 23, 2014, 06:29:45 PM
I can read a book in the same amount of time it takes me to read each issue of The New York Review of Books. 
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Post by: Dan M on March 23, 2014, 06:43:43 PM
Watching "Blue Jasmine." Don't like Cate Blanchett in it. Her performance seems to be as artificial as her Katharine Hepburn was in "The Aviator." Naturally, she won an Oscar for both.

I think that's her style, artificial.  I would add that she leaves me cold and uninvolved in any of the characters she's played, even in the Lord of the Rings movies (which I'm not that big a fan of anyway-- the movies, that is).
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Post by: Dan M on March 23, 2014, 06:52:03 PM
Re: Cate Blanchett

Furthermore, on a tangential note, while some actors (re the above named) are feted for reasons unclear (at least to me), I also find it difficult to fathom some of the choices that were made for The Criterion Collection.  I still do not understand the inclusion of Kevin Smith's "Chasing Amy" for both Kevin Smith and for the movie.  He certainly, most definitely, and unequivocally, DOES NOT belong amongst the true greats that are in that supposed elect/choice series, just as Blanchett, I do not believe will stand the test of time as has the woman she portrayed, Katharine Hepburn (or Audrey Hepburn, for that matter).

I will now step down from my soap box.
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Post by: Dan M on March 23, 2014, 06:54:57 PM
Dear cat, MINNY THE CAT loves his scratchbox/catnip depository:
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Post by: elmore3003 on March 23, 2014, 06:55:00 PM
I am off to bed. I've taken Tylenol, Chlortrimeton, and i hope they help me sleep. I will read a bit more of Alison Weir's history The Princes In the Tower for another 15 minutes or so and turn off the lights.
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Post by: John G. on March 23, 2014, 06:55:30 PM
I'll disagree with you, DR Dan, on Kevin Smith and "Chasing Amy." Loved that movie, but I haven't seen it since it came out. I also loved "Clerks." And "Mallrats" was OK fun. I'm probably in a minority on this.
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Post by: John G. on March 23, 2014, 06:56:59 PM
Second choice this evening is "Enough Said," with a very wonderful James Gandolfini.
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Post by: John G. on March 23, 2014, 07:38:33 PM
I seem to have driven everyone off.
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Post by: vixmom on March 23, 2014, 07:44:51 PM
Laura,
 Wae- Ling seems to be a thoughtful, intelligent astute young lady.  Would that the legislators shared these attributes
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Post by: vixmom on March 23, 2014, 07:45:23 PM
Feel better vibes for Elmore
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Post by: vixmom on March 23, 2014, 07:45:44 PM
Book completion vibes for John G
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Post by: vixmom on March 23, 2014, 07:46:23 PM
My weekends  just seem to fly by
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Post by: TCB on March 23, 2014, 08:22:17 PM
My weekends  just seem to fly by


I wish I could say the same about Page 4.
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Post by: singdaw on March 23, 2014, 08:22:19 PM
I am reticent. Oh yes, I am reticent.
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Post by: Sam on March 23, 2014, 08:29:10 PM
 :) ;) ;D
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Post by: Sam on March 23, 2014, 08:29:34 PM
My life is flying by.
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Post by: ryacko on March 23, 2014, 08:34:25 PM
Stopping by very briefly to say a Huge THANK YOU to you all for your loving words and support here.  I clearly have been completely out of it, as I see I never signed out on Friday.  ???

I fly home tomorrow for my mother's funeral, and to spend time with family. I will most likely not be on for much of the week. But again, my heartfelt thanks for your kindness as such a tenuous time.
xox
Robert
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Post by: John G. on March 23, 2014, 08:46:26 PM
Five!
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Post by: Cillaliz on March 23, 2014, 08:52:17 PM
I am off to bed. I've taken Tylenol, Chlortrimeton, and i hope they help me sleep. I will read a bit more of Alison Weir's history The Princes In the Tower for another 15 minutes or so and turn off the lights.

Feel better Elmore.  I had a horrible time Friday night. I was up every hour coughing and blowing my nose, it was down to three times last night.  I'm hoping to sleep through the night tonight...
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Post by: Dan M on March 23, 2014, 08:55:01 PM
I'll disagree with you, DR Dan, on Kevin Smith and "Chasing Amy." Loved that movie, but I haven't seen it since it came out. I also loved "Clerks." And "Mallrats" was OK fun. I'm probably in a minority on this.

I state the following not to disparage your views DR John G., but rather out of my difficulty in understanding the appeal that Kevin Smith somehow maintains 20 years after "Clerks".

If any of Smith's movies was "worthy" of a Criterion edition it would be "Clerks" and not "Chasing Amy".  My feeling is that "Clerks" remains Smith's best movie, and will stand up over time.  Everything he's done since then pales in comparison.  "Zack and Miri Make a Porno" was unwatchable and feels like a very inside joke.  "Dogma" had an interesting premise but overall it was not good as it was beating the dead horse that is anti-Catholicism.  I also find Smith to return to the same stoner humor over and over.  Maybe I was never the target audience.  As funny as they were and could be, even Cheech and Chong get tiresome.  I have a hunch that "Chasing Amy" was given the placement in the Criterion "pantheon" because of Ben Affleck and his then-recent Oscar for "Good Will Hunting", and that the folks choosing the films thought it was "cutting edge".  Remember that Roger Ebert was a board-member for Criterion and he was the only reviewer that I know of who liked the Burt Reynolds starrer "Cop and a Half" (a certifiable bomb if there ever was one).  So, Ebert was not always a reliable barometer of taste; I was a Siskel fan myself.  I've read that enough time has now passed to let slip the secret that William Goldman was the "ghost" who actually wrote the screenplay for "Good Will Hunting".  The gambit was made to "ensure" a win for Affleck (no secret here, not a fan) and Damon (who I'm not crazy about, but he is better than the other guy) to "kick" them into a higher pay-grade.

I will now yield the soap box. ;)
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Post by: Cillaliz on March 23, 2014, 08:55:10 PM
And now I shall take my mach 1 eyeballs and go to bed.   In all the hours I've watched the plane coverage, the best thing I got out of it is "mach 1 eyeballs"  for the technology of humans looking out the window.
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Post by: Cillaliz on March 23, 2014, 08:55:39 PM
I liked Chasing Amy..
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Post by: Cillaliz on March 23, 2014, 08:55:56 PM
But then I like Cate Blanchette too
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Post by: Cillaliz on March 23, 2014, 08:56:07 PM
Or however you spell that
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Post by: Dan M on March 23, 2014, 08:56:16 PM
Stopping by very briefly to say a Huge THANK YOU to you all for your loving words and support here.  I clearly have been completely out of it, as I see I never signed out on Friday.  ???

I fly home tomorrow for my mother's funeral, and to spend time with family. I will most likely not be on for much of the week. But again, my heartfelt thanks for your kindness as such a tenuous time.
xox
Robert

Prayers for you and your family as you move through this time of loss [ooo].
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Post by: Cillaliz on March 23, 2014, 08:56:31 PM
Good night
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Post by: Dan M on March 23, 2014, 08:58:44 PM
Here's DC Minny the Cat trying to act like an orange to escape detection (he thinks anyway):
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Post by: bk on March 23, 2014, 09:20:43 PM
Back from the opening night, about which more later.
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Post by: Dan M on March 23, 2014, 09:32:08 PM
Back from the opening night, about which more later.

Reminds me of the theme song from The Bugs Bunny Hour, "This Is It" by the great Mack David and Jerry Livingston:
Overture, curtains, lights,
This is it, the night of nights
No more rehearsing and nursing a part
We know every part by heart
Overture, curtains, lights
This is it, you'll hit the heights
And oh what heights we'll hit
On with the show this is it
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Post by: George on March 23, 2014, 11:07:28 PM
And now, I'm going to bed.  I have been away from home since about 3:30 and I need to sleep.  Today, I get to sleep in! 

I hope you slept in.  I would be lucky to sleep until 8:00.

Congrats on a fun and successful Toga night.

Thanks, Jane!  I did get some sleep.  I turned off my phone and didn't wake up until about 12:30. :D

I wish I could do that.

Sleeping pills (once in a great while) help.
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Post by: George on March 23, 2014, 11:27:24 PM
Well, I have to go.  I need to get ready for the read-through of "Chamber Music" and ushering for Ann Hampton Callaway.  I can't wait!

Until later!

The read-through went quite well.  Rehearsals will start April 1, but I probably won't be needed until tech week.
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Post by: George on March 23, 2014, 11:28:09 PM
The Ann Hampton Callaway concert was fantastic!  She had piano, bass and drums with her and the Olympia Symphony Orchestra was her back-up.  She was better than I could've imagined.  Her show was all Barbra Streisand songs, and all her patter was relevant and about the songs (it had a point!).  She sang a couple of songs that she wrote for Barbra, including the song she wrote for Barbra's wedding! 
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Post by: George on March 23, 2014, 11:30:38 PM
The audience was smaller than should've been there...less than 350, but they definitely were fans and enjoyed the concert.  I seated people during the pre-show, but sold CDs during intermission and after the show. 
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Post by: George on March 23, 2014, 11:30:59 PM
After the show, Ann came out to the lobby and signed CDs and chatted with anyone who was there and was extremely nice.  She was so sweet and I got to chat with her.  Her manager (I think) was there and comped a CD for me for selling them.  Score!  Ann signed my CD while we chatted.  It was such a great evening.  VERY highly recommended by the likes of me!! :D