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Title: THE RECURRING DREAM
Post by: bk on December 12, 2015, 12:59:41 AM
Well, you've read the notes, the notes were recurring notes, and now it is time for you to post until the recurring cows come home.
Title: Re: THE RECURRING DREAM
Post by: bk on December 12, 2015, 01:02:35 AM
And the word of the day is: VOLITANT!
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Post by: ChasSmith on December 12, 2015, 03:54:08 AM
First!  FIRST!!  FIRST!!!
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Post by: ChasSmith on December 12, 2015, 03:54:57 AM
And I don't mean Furst.
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Post by: ChasSmith on December 12, 2015, 03:56:02 AM
So, good morning, all.

I'm up, and there's nothing to be done about it.
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Post by: ChasSmith on December 12, 2015, 04:01:48 AM
I have this lovely Saturday in which to get some things done, but also to take it easy and enjoy some enjoyable enjoyment before being thrust into four days of rehearsal and umpteen performances of a high school holiday program.  After next Wednesday night I am free to enjoy the rest of the holidays myself.
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Post by: singdaw on December 12, 2015, 04:45:37 AM
Happy 100th birthday, Frank!


(http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a532/singdaw1/sinatra_zpsvudqndxd.jpg)
Title: Re: THE RECURRING DREAM
Post by: singdaw on December 12, 2015, 04:46:05 AM
I am working today, what else?         :)
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Post by: singdaw on December 12, 2015, 04:46:27 AM
But I am not complaining. I am very happy to be gainfully employed.
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Post by: singdaw on December 12, 2015, 04:47:05 AM
Just wish I had a little more time to feel my way into the holiday spirit.
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Post by: Michael on December 12, 2015, 04:49:44 AM
good morning to all
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Post by: Michael on December 12, 2015, 05:11:28 AM
TOD

There are two kinds really. Jersey Boys and Mamma Mia.

The former will work if the story behind the songs is interesting enough to spend two hours or so watching the story unfold and the music is popular and familiar enough with the audiences.

It won't work if the show is about a star like Sinatra or Garland. Most people know who they are and each were unique performers. That the actors that would play would be pale imitations of them.

There are exceptions like the musical about Peter Allen The Boy From Oz. Hugh Jackman was great as Allen but the actors who played Garland and Minnelli could never live up to the real stars. When Jackman left the show closed. It was a mixed jukebox musical. It went the Mamma Mia route using songs as story songs and others as performance songs. The former didn't work for me. I never saw Peter Allen perform live but for me the show was really seeing Jackman on stage.

Which brings us to Mamma Mia. Choosing songs that fit the plot. The show was successful because of the songs and the story was just okay (Although its source was never credited) The songs as plot didn't really work for me because lyrics were not written that way. They can't be rewritten.
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Post by: Druxy on December 12, 2015, 05:20:30 AM
TOD:

Having written what might be described as a "jukebox musical"  (i.e. JOLSON), it's my thinking that you can't just depend on the artist's popular book of songs to make it successful.  You also need to tell a dramatic story, rather that a just "and then I wrote (or sang)" approach. 

JERSEY BOYS
, for example, had a good strong story, which is why it was such a big hit.  The familiar songs might be the draw to get folks into the theater, but the book is what will make the show last.

You also have to license the songs associated with the artist(s) the show is about.  Most of the Al Jolson songs were in the public domain, and getting rights to the others was fairly easy.  I send the publishers royalty checks after every production.

On the other hand, ten years later, after a successful staged reading in NY, my Maurice Chevalier play got stuck in limbo because the song licensing process became a mess.  It's still doable, but some producer will have to deal with the music publishers.  I no longer have the patience and the energy.

My most recent "jukebox musical," Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy, is simply looking for a producer and two performers who can do the roles.  No music licensing issues here.  All of the songs are in the public domain.

 :)
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Post by: John G. on December 12, 2015, 05:42:56 AM
Good morning, all.

Title: Re: THE RECURRING DREAM
Post by: John G. on December 12, 2015, 05:47:33 AM
TOD:

42nd Street was one jukebox musical that worked for me. Gower Champion and the writers simply took the Al Dubin-Harry Warren songbook and filled out the stage with song and movement and color. The story was slight to begin with, so the songs gave something hokey a little more emotional heft and fun.

I saw Smokey Joe's Cafe twice, and while I like the music, it was a better album than it was two hours+ in the theater. It was just one song after another with no dramatic push, no narrative, nothing but a first act of novelty songs and a second act of big hits. Yawn.

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Post by: Ginny on December 12, 2015, 06:29:18 AM
Saturday morning greetings!  I crashed early last night, so woke up before dawn this morning.
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Post by: Ginny on December 12, 2015, 06:29:41 AM
Thank you to DR Jeanne for the birthday wish from last night.
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Post by: Ginny on December 12, 2015, 06:30:54 AM
Today I'm going to take Mom a post-birthday treat from Central Pastry.
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Post by: Ginny on December 12, 2015, 06:32:10 AM
TOD - I agree with BK about BEAUTIFUL and with DRs Michael and Druxy about JERSEY BOYS.
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Post by: KevinH on December 12, 2015, 06:32:35 AM
Good morning!
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Post by: elmore3003 on December 12, 2015, 06:35:14 AM
Good morning, all! The dreams are too vague to remember, but it was quite pleasant dozing in bed and quite an effort to rouse myself. But, I am up and dressed and listening to carols.
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Post by: elmore3003 on December 12, 2015, 06:39:50 AM
I have few plans today: continue with the Dreidel Song, tidy up and vacuum, perhaps go to market.

I've decided I need a piano to hear a couple of things, so I hope i can book a space at the Goodman House for an hour on Monday.  I decided too late yesterday to call them, and they were already closed for the Sabbath.  I'll call tomorrow and see if i can book for Monday morning,
http://www.kaufmanmusiccenter.org/mch/rentals/practice-rooms/
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Post by: elmore3003 on December 12, 2015, 06:40:33 AM
I need to make the bed and have some coffee.
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Post by: Jrand74 on December 12, 2015, 06:44:53 AM
Piano vibes for DR ELMORE.

No rain vibes for DR TCB.

Yes DR RLP has been MIA and it's about time for his holiday traveling to begin.
Title: Re: THE RECURRING DREAM
Post by: Jrand74 on December 12, 2015, 06:46:20 AM
Oh,  and it's 64 degrees here this morning.
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Post by: Ginny on December 12, 2015, 06:55:51 AM
Oh,  and it's 64 degrees here this morning.

Too warm for Dec. 12!
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Post by: FJL on December 12, 2015, 06:58:32 AM
When I like a jukebox musical, I prefer to use the nicer-sounding term "catalog musical."   :)
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Post by: ChasSmith on December 12, 2015, 06:58:45 AM
Last night I made a batch of Skyline chili, and it was just "off" somehow, both in taste and texture. 

First mistake was my choice of grated cheese.  I only had some coarsely grated sharp cheddar on hand, and both of those things are wrong:  a milder cheddar might be okay (but I'll have to see if they don't use just plain old American), and it must be finely grated.

Secondly, I used a can of their chili and beans, instead of adding my own beans to their plain chili.  This mixture is awfully thick.  Judiciously adding water a little bit at a time definitely helps bring it close to the proper state, but it's still lacking.  I don't think cramming the beans into the same size can (and apparently concentrating the chili, though they don't suggest thinning it out) is successful, at least for me when I'm going for authentic plate- and mouth-feel.  I'll happily use up the cans I have, but will go back to getting the plain chili and adding my own pinto beans (I think it's pinto they use).

Thirdly, again my fault entirely, I only had a tiny bit of spaghetti handy so I used medium shells instead.  I happen to love shells, and I think they would work better for Cincinnati Chili than they did last night, but I didn't prevent their sticking together enough and they were just a little too "al dente" for this dish.  All my bad.  As they say.

At least I chopped the onion up nicely.

But hey.  Those chili flavors and the basic combination itself are SO DAMNED WONDERFUL that it can take a little mishap or three and still satisfy.  Made at home, this joins the ranks of the great comfort foods.
Title: Re: THE RECURRING DREAM
Post by: ChasSmith on December 12, 2015, 07:03:22 AM
Oh,  and it's 64 degrees here this morning.

Too warm for Dec. 12!

Sun's out now, and we're having 60 today and tomorrow, which means it'll probably feel like summer in NYC.
Title: Re: THE RECURRING DREAM
Post by: ChasSmith on December 12, 2015, 07:04:22 AM
Speaking of Dec. 12...

Happy 100th Birthday, Mr. Sinatra.
Title: Re: THE RECURRING DREAM
Post by: ChasSmith on December 12, 2015, 07:07:45 AM
Also speaking of Dec. 12...

Page the Deuce!
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Post by: ChasSmith on December 12, 2015, 07:08:35 AM
I probably need to watch my phraseology on that one.

Doesn't really work.  Sounds a little too much like "Page the Duke!" or some such.
Title: Re: THE RECURRING DREAM
Post by: Ginny on December 12, 2015, 07:34:06 AM
OK, I need to get on with my day - bye for now!
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Post by: Amy on December 12, 2015, 07:43:19 AM
TOD:
I loved both "Mamma Mia" and "Jersey Boys"!
I saw "Movin' Out" (based music by Billy Joel) which told a story with dancing while a separate band played and sang the music. I was pretty bored. I really don't like pantomime in dancing. Dancing should be dancing and pantomime should be pantomime. The two don't mix.
I'm really scared to see "Night at the Opera" but I imagine I will someday, if it ever comes here.
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Post by: Laura on December 12, 2015, 07:45:42 AM
Good morning.
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Post by: Jrand74 on December 12, 2015, 08:06:10 AM
It seems that Marjorie Lord - of Make Room for Daddy - passed away on November 28, at the age of 97.

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41Nwc4di5UL.jpg

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Post by: Kerry on December 12, 2015, 08:14:31 AM
A big ol' Saturday Howdy to Everybody!
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Post by: elmore3003 on December 12, 2015, 08:30:21 AM
A big ol' Saturday Howdy to Everybody!

Howdy, Kerry!
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Post by: bk on December 12, 2015, 08:39:50 AM
I'm up, I'm up - six hours of sleep - not quite enough.
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Post by: singdaw on December 12, 2015, 08:40:54 AM
You can see Liz Callaway's liner note tributes to DR elmore3003 and bk here:
http://static1.squarespace.com/static/5637c7e9e4b018ccb36e1a88/t/565f5ca4e4b05a14ac7617fb/1449090212305/liz-itunesbook.pdf
Title: Re: THE RECURRING DREAM
Post by: ChasSmith on December 12, 2015, 08:43:49 AM
You can see Liz Callaway's liner note tributes to DR elmore3003 and bk here:
http://static1.squarespace.com/static/5637c7e9e4b018ccb36e1a88/t/565f5ca4e4b05a14ac7617fb/1449090212305/liz-itunesbook.pdf

VERY nice!
Title: Re: THE RECURRING DREAM
Post by: Jane on December 12, 2015, 08:50:40 AM
DR George, I'm glad last nigt went well.  Vibes tonight is terrific.
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Post by: Jane on December 12, 2015, 08:51:40 AM
Today we are having our new beds delivered.  I continue to be impressed with Standar Appluance in Portland.
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Post by: bk on December 12, 2015, 09:07:46 AM
They didn't get me THIS time - today's Facebook idiocy are the shocked posts that Harry Morgan has died.  Yes - in 2011. 
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Post by: vixmom on December 12, 2015, 09:10:43 AM
You can see Liz Callaway's liner note tributes to DR elmore3003 and bk here:
http://static1.squarespace.com/static/5637c7e9e4b018ccb36e1a88/t/565f5ca4e4b05a14ac7617fb/1449090212305/liz-itunesbook.pdf


Excellent!
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Post by: vixmom on December 12, 2015, 09:11:36 AM
I as so pied out by this week I simply crashed when I finally got home yesterday
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Post by: vixmom on December 12, 2015, 09:11:57 AM
So I missed wishing Ginny a joyous birthday
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Post by: vixmom on December 12, 2015, 09:12:17 AM
I hope it was wonderful
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Post by: vixmom on December 12, 2015, 09:13:09 AM
John, George and Tom. Did you get your parcels yet?  They were shipped the same day Jack's was shipped
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Post by: George on December 12, 2015, 10:14:19 AM
John, George and Tom. Did you get your parcels yet?  They were shipped the same day Jack's was shipped

I have not...yet.  I'll watch out for it, though.  Thanks!
Title: Re: THE RECURRING DREAM
Post by: George on December 12, 2015, 10:15:41 AM
When I like a jukebox musical, I prefer to use the nicer-sounding term "catalog musical."   :)

I've never heard that term before.
Title: Re: THE RECURRING DREAM
Post by: George on December 12, 2015, 10:19:52 AM
TOD:

42nd Street was one jukebox musical that worked for me. Gower Champion and the writers simply took the Al Dubin-Harry Warren songbook and filled out the stage with song and movement and color. The story was slight to begin with, so the songs gave something hokey a little more emotional heft and fun.

I saw Smokey Joe's Cafe twice, and while I like the music, it was a better album than it was two hours+ in the theater. It was just one song after another with no dramatic push, no narrative, nothing but a first act of novelty songs and a second act of big hits. Yawn.

Wouldn't "Smokey Joe's Cafe" be considered a musical revue and not really a "jukebox musical"?  That, of course, has nothing to do with whether you liked it or not.  That's a separate issue.

;)
Title: Re: THE RECURRING DREAM
Post by: George on December 12, 2015, 10:20:26 AM
You can see Liz Callaway's liner note tributes to DR elmore3003 and bk here:
http://static1.squarespace.com/static/5637c7e9e4b018ccb36e1a88/t/565f5ca4e4b05a14ac7617fb/1449090212305/liz-itunesbook.pdf

That's great!  Congrats to Elmore and BK!
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Post by: George on December 12, 2015, 10:21:07 AM
DR George, I'm glad last nigt went well.  Vibes tonight is terrific.

Thanks and thanks, Jane!  :D
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Post by: George on December 12, 2015, 10:27:04 AM
Well, now that I've caught up with all the posts, I must now get ready to go to work.  I need to finish the last step of the fiscal year rollover that I started last night, but couldn't finish.  It requires, however, an administrative password that I don't have. 
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Post by: George on December 12, 2015, 10:27:46 AM
I sent an e-mail to the entire Computer Services staff (there is a departmental e-mail that goes to all of them at one time), and the new CS manager replied that someone would be in today who could help me.  So, I'm off.

Have a good day, all!
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Post by: vixmom on December 12, 2015, 11:56:43 AM
Where is everyone?
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Post by: vixmom on December 12, 2015, 11:57:17 AM
I mean besides Laura... She is obviously making guacamole for the neighborhood
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Post by: Jrand74 on December 12, 2015, 12:00:21 PM
It is such a lovely day....here....
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Post by: Jane on December 12, 2015, 12:03:11 PM
You can see Liz Callaway's liner note tributes to DR elmore3003 and bk here:
http://static1.squarespace.com/static/5637c7e9e4b018ccb36e1a88/t/565f5ca4e4b05a14ac7617fb/1449090212305/liz-itunesbook.pdf

Very nice!!!
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Post by: George on December 12, 2015, 12:04:51 PM
Well, now that I've caught up with all the posts, I must now get ready to go to work.  I need to finish the last step of the fiscal year rollover that I started last night, but couldn't finish.  It requires, however, an administrative password that I don't have.
I sent an e-mail to the entire Computer Services staff (there is a departmental e-mail that goes to all of them at one time), and the new CS manager replied that someone would be in today who could help me.  So, I'm off.

Have a good day, all!

Well, someone was here with the correct password, and it worked!  And now, the fiscal year rollover is done!  There are some problems that we need to clean up, but it otherwise we're set for the new year.
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Post by: Jane on December 12, 2015, 12:06:20 PM
This time it is taking much longer to put the beds together. 
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Post by: Jane on December 12, 2015, 12:06:52 PM
It is a good thing I was tired of the treadmill at the clubhouse and returned home.  They arrived early.
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Post by: George on December 12, 2015, 12:07:13 PM
Gotta go...again. :)
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Post by: Jane on December 12, 2015, 12:07:55 PM
Keith dropped me off at the clubhouse so I wouldn't get wet before going in.  On the way home I actually had an umbrella which I rarely use.  I wish I had left it at home as the wind whipped it inside out and I got wet.
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Post by: Jane on December 12, 2015, 12:08:36 PM
Georte, glad your problem was fixed.
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Post by: bk on December 12, 2015, 12:25:25 PM
Back from an omelet and a bagel.  Picked up a couple of packages - one contained the April 15, 1941 copy of Vogue.  I have been trying to find this issue for five years.  For a time I didn't even know WHAT issue it was of Vogue, all I knew was it was 1941 and Vogue came out twice a month in those days, so it was like a needle in a haystack.  I've had for some time a piece of original art and all I knew it was Vogue 1941 and the artist name of Milena Pavlović-Barili (she went by Milena).  I bought a few Vogue issues from that year with no luck finding it - I was told it was probably some kind of painting for an ad.  And Vogue back issues of that era are very pricey so I couldn't just keep buying without being sure.  Then about two years ago I Googled extensively and finally found a reference to the artist in a book on Amazon - and there was my painting, called Mound of Beauty and the exact issue it had appeared in.  Then I searched it regularly on eBay for two years solid - every other issue from that year eventually showed up, except mine.  I finally found it via Google and a back issue magazine dealer - it was reasonable and it's now mine.  Not an ad but a full page painting for an article on how to keep one's face beautiful.  The painting is small but stunningly realized - quite Dali-esque and simply gorgeous.  I'll put a photo of it in tomorrow's notes.
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Post by: elmore3003 on December 12, 2015, 12:28:42 PM
I just heard from the Kaufman Center. I have a studio at noon on Monday.  This is great since I've jut laid out the first 11 pages of the Dreidel Song, written all the transition material, and I'm ready to tackle the three verses before I can decide on the coda.
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Post by: Jrand74 on December 12, 2015, 12:35:27 PM
Very nice MR BK......patience is sometimes rewarded handsomely.
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Post by: John G. on December 12, 2015, 12:40:59 PM
John, George and Tom. Did you get your parcels yet?  They were shipped the same day Jack's was shipped

Mine arrived yesterday. Thank you so very much.
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Post by: John G. on December 12, 2015, 12:42:25 PM
TOD:

42nd Street was one jukebox musical that worked for me. Gower Champion and the writers simply took the Al Dubin-Harry Warren songbook and filled out the stage with song and movement and color. The story was slight to begin with, so the songs gave something hokey a little more emotional heft and fun.

I saw Smokey Joe's Cafe twice, and while I like the music, it was a better album than it was two hours+ in the theater. It was just one song after another with no dramatic push, no narrative, nothing but a first act of novelty songs and a second act of big hits. Yawn.

Wouldn't "Smokey Joe's Cafe" be considered a musical revue and not really a "jukebox musical"?  That, of course, has nothing to do with whether you liked it or not.  That's a separate issue.

;)

You're right, George. So here's another show that didn't work for me: nice Work if You Can Get It. Lumbering script and overused Gershwin songs shoehorned into unfunny situations. The Bwsy production only had Judy Kaye going for it.


For jukebox movie musicals, I must mention my illogical love for At Long Last Love.
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Post by: Ginny on December 12, 2015, 12:52:04 PM
Back from my errands and a visit with Mom.  The errands were very fruitful and the visit had its moments - good and bad.  I arrived home to find 2 Christmas trees ready to be trimmed.  Our artificial tree is in the family room and Rob and Mary Linda's fresh-cut tree is in the living room.  It smells wonderful!
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Post by: Ginny on December 12, 2015, 01:10:41 PM
So I missed wishing Ginny a joyous birthday

I hope it was wonderful

It was very nice, DR Vixmom - thank you!
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Post by: Ginny on December 12, 2015, 01:12:11 PM
You can see Liz Callaway's liner note tributes to DR elmore3003 and bk here:
http://static1.squarespace.com/static/5637c7e9e4b018ccb36e1a88/t/565f5ca4e4b05a14ac7617fb/1449090212305/liz-itunesbook.pdf

OUT-standing!!!  Both comments are so genuine and well-deserved!
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Post by: ChasSmith on December 12, 2015, 01:34:30 PM
Congratulations on the Vogue find, BK.
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Post by: Jane on December 12, 2015, 01:47:37 PM
Bruce congtrats on your long awaited Vogue!
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Post by: vixmom on December 12, 2015, 04:04:06 PM
John, George and Tom. Did you get your parcels yet?  They were shipped the same day Jack's was shipped

Mine arrived yesterday. Thank you so very much.

YAY!
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Post by: vixmom on December 12, 2015, 04:05:16 PM
congratulations to Elmore on your studio
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Post by: vixmom on December 12, 2015, 04:05:45 PM
congratulations to bk on his vogue find
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Post by: vixmom on December 12, 2015, 04:07:41 PM
Vixdad. the Vixter and I decorated the front lawn today - wearing  t shirts.... our neighbor doing his yard work wearing shorts
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Post by: vixmom on December 12, 2015, 04:09:36 PM
I am not sure if I should be terrified of the global warming and the imminent threat of the Island of long being submerged  a la Atlantis.... or  to just enjoy the nice weather
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Post by: ChasSmith on December 12, 2015, 04:15:43 PM
Vixdad. the Vixter and I decorated the front lawn today - wearing  t shirts.... our neighbor doing his yard work wearing shorts

And I blew leaves (yes, again, but this should be the last of it (famous last words)) in a tropical print short sleeve shirt.  Felt wonderful.
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Post by: ChasSmith on December 12, 2015, 04:17:07 PM
I daresay Long Island is a bit more tropical than Western Connecticut, at least now that the evening's cooling down.  People are probably out on their patios and decks, grilling meats.
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Post by: ChasSmith on December 12, 2015, 04:18:48 PM
One more day of this loveliness, then a bit cooler again for a few days.  Too bad I have to spend tomorrow in a high school auditorium.  Oh, the things we'll do for money...
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Post by: ChasSmith on December 12, 2015, 04:26:49 PM
Vixmom left.  Must have run outside to start up the grill.
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Post by: vixmom on December 12, 2015, 04:34:31 PM
i am still trying to clear out stuff I don't need to make room for the myriad boxes of stuff that arrived from Canada when Vixgranny and Vixgrandad moved to assisted living
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Post by: vixmom on December 12, 2015, 04:35:18 PM
This place looks like a warehouse! :P
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Post by: singdaw on December 12, 2015, 05:13:39 PM
Oh my goodness, DR vixmom - I read "whorehouse." Didn't seem characteristic.      :P
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Post by: singdaw on December 12, 2015, 05:15:04 PM
Well, it was officially announced this afternoon - they've extended the insurance deadline to 12/28. Thereby effectively ruining the holidays of everyone who has been trying diligently to serve the public.
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Post by: singdaw on December 12, 2015, 05:16:13 PM
Just to be clear - so far as I know, this only applies to MN residents, so if you are seeking health insurance for yourself or loved ones, your conditions may vary.
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Post by: Jane on December 12, 2015, 05:26:39 PM
Vixdad. the Vixter and I decorated the front lawn today - wearing  t shirts.... our neighbor doing his yard work wearing shorts

Wow!
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Post by: Jane on December 12, 2015, 05:26:57 PM
I am not sure if I should be terrified of the global warming and the imminent threat of the Island of long being submerged  a la Atlantis.... or  to just enjoy the nice weather

Just enjoy it.
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Post by: Jane on December 12, 2015, 05:31:04 PM
I should have been packing but it is too glorious an evening not to have gone for a walk. 

Laters
Title: Re: THE RECURRING DREAM
Post by: bk on December 12, 2015, 05:57:55 PM
Yet another moron opens a Paypal dispute because he wants to know when his Victor Young Volume 2 is going to ship.  First, moron, it wasn't even slated to ship until the third week of December.  Second, moron, we're real easy to contact - our e-mail address is all over our website.  Third, moron, they came in early and were all shipped last Wednesday.  Now having that information, moron, have the decency to shut down the dispute.  Didn't happen.  Fourth, moron, here is your stinking tracking number which a) shows that it was sent exactly when I said it was, and b) that it's slated for delivery to you on Monday.  Shut down the damn dispute.  Nope, still there to annoy me, so I just wrote the moron a cherce e-mail and if it's not shut down by the time I get home from the Gardenia, he'll get an even more cherce e-mail and I will never accept another order from him.  Then I'll call Paypal on Monday and they'll shut it down - they now have the tracking number and it will show as delivered on Monday.  Buh bye, moron.
Title: Re: THE RECURRING DREAM
Post by: vixmom on December 12, 2015, 06:03:51 PM
Oh my goodness, DR vixmom - I read "whorehouse." Didn't seem characteristic.      :P

Trust me, t would be an improvement.
Title: Re: THE RECURRING DREAM
Post by: Ginny on December 12, 2015, 06:09:01 PM
Oops, I haven't been sitting here like so much fish.  Left a while ago to warm up last night's turkey tetrazzini for dinner and then Richard and I went to the Kramers' for a champagne and dessert open house.  We saw many of my AAUW friends and many people from our former church.  We've been home about an hour and I just opened the computer to find myself still logged in.
Title: Re: THE RECURRING DREAM
Post by: George on December 12, 2015, 07:08:34 PM
Georte, glad your problem was fixed.

Thanks, Jate!

;)
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Post by: George on December 12, 2015, 07:12:30 PM
Back from an omelet and a bagel.  Picked up a couple of packages - one contained the April 15, 1941 copy of Vogue.  I have been trying to find this issue for five years.  For a time I didn't even know WHAT issue it was of Vogue, all I knew was it was 1941 and Vogue came out twice a month in those days, so it was like a needle in a haystack.  I've had for some time a piece of original art and all I knew it was Vogue 1941 and the artist name of Milena Pavlović-Barili (she went by Milena).  I bought a few Vogue issues from that year with no luck finding it - I was told it was probably some kind of painting for an ad.  And Vogue back issues of that era are very pricey so I couldn't just keep buying without being sure.  Then about two years ago I Googled extensively and finally found a reference to the artist in a book on Amazon - and there was my painting, called Mound of Beauty and the exact issue it had appeared in.  Then I searched it regularly on eBay for two years solid - every other issue from that year eventually showed up, except mine.  I finally found it via Google and a back issue magazine dealer - it was reasonable and it's now mine.  Not an ad but a full page painting for an article on how to keep one's face beautiful.  The painting is small but stunningly realized - quite Dali-esque and simply gorgeous.  I'll put a photo of it in tomorrow's notes.

That's great, BK!  Congrats on the find!
Title: Re: THE RECURRING DREAM
Post by: George on December 12, 2015, 07:13:08 PM
TOD:

42nd Street was one jukebox musical that worked for me. Gower Champion and the writers simply took the Al Dubin-Harry Warren songbook and filled out the stage with song and movement and color. The story was slight to begin with, so the songs gave something hokey a little more emotional heft and fun.

I saw Smokey Joe's Cafe twice, and while I like the music, it was a better album than it was two hours+ in the theater. It was just one song after another with no dramatic push, no narrative, nothing but a first act of novelty songs and a second act of big hits. Yawn.

Wouldn't "Smokey Joe's Cafe" be considered a musical revue and not really a "jukebox musical"?  That, of course, has nothing to do with whether you liked it or not.  That's a separate issue.

;)

You're right, George. So here's another show that didn't work for me: nice Work if You Can Get It. Lumbering script and overused Gershwin songs shoehorned into unfunny situations. The Bwsy production only had Judy Kaye going for it.


For jukebox movie musicals, I must mention my illogical love for At Long Last Love.

As must I! :D
Title: Re: THE RECURRING DREAM
Post by: Jane on December 12, 2015, 07:15:25 PM
Oh my goodness, DR vixmom - I read "whorehouse." Didn't seem characteristic.      :P

Trust me, t would be an improvement.

;D
Title: Re: THE RECURRING DREAM
Post by: Jane on December 12, 2015, 07:15:45 PM
Georte, glad your problem was fixed.

Thanks, Jate!

;)

Jate-LOL
Title: Re: THE RECURRING DREAM
Post by: Jane on December 12, 2015, 07:15:54 PM
You are welcome :)
Title: Re: THE RECURRING DREAM
Post by: George on December 12, 2015, 07:16:30 PM
I am here at the theater with my dad.  Several other actors are here, so we're getting ready for our second and last night of reading.
Title: Re: THE RECURRING DREAM
Post by: George on December 12, 2015, 07:18:19 PM
So, now I must go.  After the show, I have to drive my dad home, then a friend and his husband are having a party, so I'll go to that...I'll be late to that, but it'll still be going on.

Have a good rest of the evening, all!
Title: Re: THE RECURRING DREAM
Post by: singdaw on December 12, 2015, 08:04:08 PM
Several other actors are here


You didn't mention DR TCB, so it must not be the OLD actor's group.         ;)
Title: Re: THE RECURRING DREAM
Post by: singdaw on December 12, 2015, 08:04:27 PM
Back from a holiday soiree.
Title: Re: THE RECURRING DREAM
Post by: singdaw on December 12, 2015, 08:04:46 PM
It was only two blocks away, so an easy walk.
Title: Re: THE RECURRING DREAM
Post by: singdaw on December 12, 2015, 08:08:41 PM
(http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a532/singdaw1/how%20to%20speak%20Boston_zpswd2oatvb.jpg)
Title: Re: THE RECURRING DREAM
Post by: singdaw on December 12, 2015, 08:16:26 PM
Wish I had me some cranberry orange pound cake right about now...


(http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a532/singdaw1/cranberry%20orange%20poundcake_zps8sbqrvqw.jpg)
Title: Re: THE RECURRING DREAM
Post by: singdaw on December 12, 2015, 08:19:58 PM
(I really didn't eat at the party.)
Title: Re: THE RECURRING DREAM
Post by: singdaw on December 12, 2015, 08:20:38 PM
Of course, pound cake has eggs and butter in it, so I really couldn't eat that, either.
Title: Re: THE RECURRING DREAM
Post by: singdaw on December 12, 2015, 08:20:49 PM
But it's nice to look at.
Title: Re: THE RECURRING DREAM
Post by: singdaw on December 12, 2015, 08:21:15 PM
I like to watch.
   -Chauncey Gardner
Title: Re: THE RECURRING DREAM
Post by: vixmom on December 12, 2015, 09:28:50 PM
i did not realize that you did not eat eggs and butter
Title: Re: THE RECURRING DREAM
Post by: vixmom on December 12, 2015, 09:57:00 PM
I don't think I hav seen any of th jukebox musicals
Title: Re: THE RECURRING DREAM
Post by: vixmom on December 12, 2015, 09:57:33 PM
Except for the movie version of Mama Mia
Title: Re: THE RECURRING DREAM
Post by: vixmom on December 12, 2015, 09:58:03 PM
Where are all the Drs today
Title: Re: THE RECURRING DREAM
Post by: vixmom on December 12, 2015, 09:58:20 PM
I will try to get u to five at least
Title: Re: THE RECURRING DREAM
Post by: vixmom on December 12, 2015, 09:58:27 PM
Since
Title: Re: THE RECURRING DREAM
Post by: TCB on December 12, 2015, 09:58:38 PM
Good evening!
Title: Re: THE RECURRING DREAM
Post by: vixmom on December 12, 2015, 10:00:03 PM
We
Title: Re: THE RECURRING DREAM
Post by: vixmom on December 12, 2015, 10:00:15 PM
Oh!
Title: Re: THE RECURRING DREAM
Post by: vixmom on December 12, 2015, 10:00:27 PM
We're here
Title: Re: THE RECURRING DREAM
Post by: vixmom on December 12, 2015, 10:00:35 PM
Pag five
Title: Re: THE RECURRING DREAM
Post by: TCB on December 12, 2015, 10:00:40 PM
I don't know how long I can stay.
Title: Re: THE RECURRING DREAM
Post by: vixmom on December 12, 2015, 10:00:50 PM
Since I cannot count
Title: Re: THE RECURRING DREAM
Post by: TCB on December 12, 2015, 10:01:12 PM
I managed to throw my back out a little while ago.
Title: Re: THE RECURRING DREAM
Post by: vixmom on December 12, 2015, 10:01:43 PM
Hi Tom
Title: Re: THE RECURRING DREAM
Post by: TCB on December 12, 2015, 10:01:56 PM
It hurts to take a breath, let alone try to type.
Title: Re: THE RECURRING DREAM
Post by: vixmom on December 12, 2015, 10:02:22 PM
I am off to bed I need to be at church in7 hours
Title: Re: THE RECURRING DREAM
Post by: TCB on December 12, 2015, 10:02:40 PM
But other than that I had a very nice day.
Title: Re: THE RECURRING DREAM
Post by: vixmom on December 12, 2015, 10:03:10 PM
Oh no!!! Tom is there an open urgent care that could see you?
Title: Re: THE RECURRING DREAM
Post by: TCB on December 12, 2015, 10:03:26 PM
The drive to Seattle was pure Hell without all the flames.
Title: Re: THE RECURRING DREAM
Post by: TCB on December 12, 2015, 10:04:10 PM
Oh no!!! Tom is there an open urgent care that could see you?


No, I will just try sleeping with a heating pad.
Title: Re: THE RECURRING DREAM
Post by: vixmom on December 12, 2015, 10:05:11 PM
Tom do you have one if those monitor buttons that you can wear and call for help if you need it?   I worry about you
Title: Re: THE RECURRING DREAM
Post by: TCB on December 12, 2015, 10:05:36 PM
I am glad you are here, Vixmom.  I was worried when we didn't see you last night.
Title: Re: THE RECURRING DREAM
Post by: Jane on December 12, 2015, 10:05:57 PM
It hurts to take a breath, let alone try to type.

Oh, that is bad.
Title: Re: THE RECURRING DREAM
Post by: Jane on December 12, 2015, 10:06:20 PM
Back vibes for DR TCB!
Title: Re: THE RECURRING DREAM
Post by: Jane on December 12, 2015, 10:06:59 PM
But other than that I had a very nice day.

Oh good.
Title: Re: THE RECURRING DREAM
Post by: TCB on December 12, 2015, 10:07:26 PM
Tom do you have one if those monitor buttons that you can wear and call for help if you need it?   I worry about you


Oh heck, with my loud booming voice, I can just yell HELP and the whole neighborhood will hear me.
Title: Re: THE RECURRING DREAM
Post by: Jane on December 12, 2015, 10:07:34 PM
Oh no!!! Tom is there an open urgent care that could see you?


No, I will just try sleeping with a heating pad.

That is what I would do.
Title: Re: THE RECURRING DREAM
Post by: Jane on December 12, 2015, 10:08:29 PM
Tom do you have one if those monitor buttons that you can wear and call for help if you need it?   I worry about you


Oh heck, with my loud booming voice, I can just yell HELP and the whole neighborhood will hear me.

;D
Title: Re: THE RECURRING DREAM
Post by: vixmom on December 12, 2015, 10:08:37 PM
I am glad you are here, Vixmom.  I was worried when we didn't see you last night.

Sorry it was such an exhausting week I just was wiped out and fell asleep
Title: Re: THE RECURRING DREAM
Post by: TCB on December 12, 2015, 10:08:51 PM
Right now, I am using my pillow chair that has heat and a vibrating thing for my back.
Title: Re: THE RECURRING DREAM
Post by: Jane on December 12, 2015, 10:09:29 PM
The drive to Seattle was pure Hell without all the flames.

Flames??
Title: Re: THE RECURRING DREAM
Post by: vixmom on December 12, 2015, 10:10:08 PM
Tom do you have one if those monitor buttons that you can wear and call for help if you need it?   I worry about you


Oh heck, with my loud booming voice, I can just yell HELP and the whole neighborhood will hear me.


Lol
Title: Re: THE RECURRING DREAM
Post by: TCB on December 12, 2015, 10:10:38 PM
I am glad you are here, Vixmom.  I was worried when we didn't see you last night.

Sorry it was such an exhausting week I just was wiped out and fell asleep


No need to be sorry.  I just worry about you driving home after a 14 hour day.
Title: Re: THE RECURRING DREAM
Post by: vixmom on December 12, 2015, 10:11:10 PM
Right now, I am using my pillow chair that has heat and a vibrating thing for my back.

Goog
Title: Re: THE RECURRING DREAM
Post by: TCB on December 12, 2015, 10:11:36 PM
The drive to Seattle was pure Hell without all the flames.

Flames??

 I assume there are flames in Hell.  I have never visited myself.
Title: Re: THE RECURRING DREAM
Post by: vixmom on December 12, 2015, 10:12:05 PM
Goog?
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Post by: vixmom on December 12, 2015, 10:12:23 PM
That shoul have said good
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Post by: TCB on December 12, 2015, 10:13:45 PM
And a goog time was had by all!
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Post by: TCB on December 12, 2015, 10:14:09 PM
Look at that!  Page 6!
Title: Re: THE RECURRING DREAM
Post by: vixmom on December 12, 2015, 10:14:30 PM
I am glad you are here, Vixmom.  I was worried when we didn't see you last night.

Sorry it was such an exhausting week I just was wiped out and fell asleep


No need to be sorry.  I just worry about you driving home after a 14 hour day.

Well fortunately I only live 7 miles from the office .   So it is not a long drive home
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Post by: vixmom on December 12, 2015, 10:15:02 PM
Well no one can say we did not get to page 6
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Post by: TCB on December 12, 2015, 10:17:35 PM
Well no one can say we did not get to page 6


Oh, I am sure someone will say it.
Title: Re: THE RECURRING DREAM
Post by: TCB on December 12, 2015, 10:19:28 PM
The Seattle Pops concert was wonderful.  I loved the two soloists, but the program is in the other room so I will have to give their names tomorrow.
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Post by: TCB on December 12, 2015, 10:33:01 PM
Actually the program was on my wheelchair.  The female soloist, who was in the "live" broadcast of THE WIZ, was Capathia Jenkins.  The male singer was Tony DeSare.  They were both excellent.
Title: Re: THE RECURRING DREAM
Post by: TCB on December 12, 2015, 10:35:14 PM
The drive home was not nearly as bad as the drive up.  It was only sprinkling coming home, but the traffic was horrible, as usual.
Title: Re: THE RECURRING DREAM
Post by: TCB on December 12, 2015, 10:36:34 PM
The two lovely ladies seem to have abandoned me.
Title: Re: THE RECURRING DREAM
Post by: Jane on December 12, 2015, 10:53:23 PM
The drive to Seattle was pure Hell without all the flames.

Flames??

 I assume there are flames in Hell.  I have never visited myself.

Thanks for explaining ;D

I gather it was a hard rain.
Title: Re: THE RECURRING DREAM
Post by: bk on December 12, 2015, 11:02:07 PM
Back from a club act - very good.  The moron still hasn't closed the case.  Monday it will be delivered and as soon as that happens Mr. Moron gets another missive and Paypal will get a call and I won't hang up until they remove it.
Title: Re: THE RECURRING DREAM
Post by: TCB on December 12, 2015, 11:06:27 PM
The drive to Seattle was pure Hell without all the flames.

Flames??

 I assume there are flames in Hell.  I have never visited myself.

Thanks for explaining ;D

I gather it was a hard rain.


It was coming down in buckets, and cats and dogs, and any other term you can come up with for torrential rain.
Title: Re: THE RECURRING DREAM
Post by: Jane on December 12, 2015, 11:14:33 PM
It was pretty much the same here.  I'm not sure what time it eased up-sorry you had to drive in it.
Title: Re: THE RECURRING DREAM
Post by: TCB on December 12, 2015, 11:24:18 PM
It was pretty much the same here.  I'm not sure what time it eased up-sorry you had to drive in it.


Oh it was worth it. The concert really helped improve my Christmas spirit.  The Seattle Symphony is really a wonderful orchestra.  Taylor Swift just gave them a donation of $50,000.00.
Title: Re: THE RECURRING DREAM
Post by: TCB on December 12, 2015, 11:25:38 PM
The weather is expected to improve for the next few days.
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Post by: Jane on December 12, 2015, 11:31:43 PM
It was pretty much the same here.  I'm not sure what time it eased up-sorry you had to drive in it.


Oh it was worth it. The concert really helped improve my Christmas spirit.  The Seattle Symphony is really a wonderful orchestra.  Taylor Swift just gave them a donation of $50,000.00.

Very nice :)
Title: Re: THE RECURRING DREAM
Post by: TCB on December 12, 2015, 11:42:09 PM
I don't know how one little kitty cat can take up so much of the room on a queen-size bed!
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Post by: Jane on December 13, 2015, 12:07:06 AM
:)
Title: Re: THE RECURRING DREAM
Post by: George on December 13, 2015, 12:08:36 AM
Several other actors are here


You didn't mention DR TCB, so it must not be the OLD actor's group.         ;)

Within this bunch, I am the oldest actor.
Title: Re: THE RECURRING DREAM
Post by: George on December 13, 2015, 12:11:18 AM
I managed to throw my back out a little while ago.

~~~Back Be Better Vibes for TCB!!~~~
Title: Re: THE RECURRING DREAM
Post by: George on December 13, 2015, 12:14:39 AM
Tonight's Poe reading went quite well!
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Post by: George on December 13, 2015, 12:15:23 AM
My dad really enjoyed it.  He loves the works of Poe, so he was looking forward to it.
Title: Re: THE RECURRING DREAM
Post by: George on December 13, 2015, 12:19:11 AM
The next evening of readings won't be until March.  The website (http://olytheater.com/words/) indicates that Shakespeare will be next, but people have been saying that the earliest (meaning very scary) versions of the Grimm fairy tales are next.
Title: Re: THE RECURRING DREAM
Post by: TCB on December 13, 2015, 12:25:52 AM
Did you say hi to Gabe for me.
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Post by: George on December 13, 2015, 12:36:37 AM
Did you say hi to Gabe for me.

Yes, I did!
Title: Re: THE RECURRING DREAM
Post by: TCB on December 13, 2015, 12:38:21 AM
Did you say hi to Gabe for me.

Yes, I did!

Thank you.