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Title: THE VIRTUAL ME ATTENDS THE VIRTUAL BOOK FAIR
Post by: bk on March 05, 2021, 01:22:23 AM
Well, you've read the notes, the notes were virtual, and now it is time for you to post until the virtual cows come home.
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Post by: bk on March 05, 2021, 01:23:06 AM
And the word of the day is: GRUBSTAKE!
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Post by: Jane on March 05, 2021, 03:06:54 AM
Hello.
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Post by: elmore3003 on March 05, 2021, 03:56:16 AM
Good morning, all!
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Post by: elmore3003 on March 05, 2021, 04:00:05 AM
BK, I am dancing with joy that you have an Offenbach recording on the way.  He really is the creator of musical comedy, and he wrote in a lot of different forms, from satire to romantic operetta to comic operetta to grand opera, and I think some of them like Orpheus in the Underworld verge on theatre of the absurd.
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Post by: elmore3003 on March 05, 2021, 04:07:41 AM
As for Reynaldo Hahn, I keep trying to like his operetta Ciboulette - many do! - but it eludes me. Maybe I'll give it a listen tomorrow.
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Post by: elmore3003 on March 05, 2021, 04:18:24 AM
DR CharlesSmith, I do not understand your comment about Facebook and "Me and Marie."
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Post by: elmore3003 on March 05, 2021, 04:20:52 AM
This morning, when I take the recyclables down, I will pick up yesterday's mail ands several packages, one of them being a carton of storage boxes.  I need to prepare a shipment to Miami University and pack some books for our DR ChasSmith to donate to a few libraries.
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Post by: elmore3003 on March 05, 2021, 04:21:44 AM
DR Jrand70, I'm happy you are adjusting to the new dentalware.
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Post by: elmore3003 on March 05, 2021, 04:22:27 AM
DR TCB, I can only hope that jacket, when it arrives, makes me look that slender.
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Post by: elmore3003 on March 05, 2021, 04:23:55 AM
Stephen Sondheim told me around 1982 that "Silly People," the song dropped from A Little Night Music, was his Scriabin number.
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Post by: singdaw on March 05, 2021, 04:27:37 AM
Good morning, everyone.
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Post by: singdaw on March 05, 2021, 04:27:57 AM
That picture of the sandwich in the Notes has me salivating.
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Post by: ChasSmith on March 05, 2021, 05:23:38 AM
Good morning, all.
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Post by: John G. on March 05, 2021, 05:29:37 AM
Good morning, all.
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Post by: John G. on March 05, 2021, 05:30:52 AM
Stephen Sondheim told me around 1982 that "Silly People," the song dropped from A Little Night Music, was his Scriabin number.

I think 19 is my Scriabin number, but perhaps JRand could confirm that from a planetary perspective.
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Post by: John G. on March 05, 2021, 05:31:32 AM
It’s that kind of a day. Bad allergy attack in the night.
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Post by: John G. on March 05, 2021, 05:35:12 AM
I keep having dreams of being in a dystopian society after the GOP and climate change destroy the way we currently live. I somehow discover a way to make the water potable.
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Post by: ChasSmith on March 05, 2021, 05:38:51 AM
DR CharlesSmith, I do not understand your comment about Facebook and "Me and Marie."

Sorry for confusion. Here's what that was supposed to mean:

I had earlier listened to three songs you linked to on FB ("Kling-Kling Bird", "A Picture of Me Without You", "Me and Marie").

Later, in your post here, I found that "Me and Marie" is listed three times (along with "Six Little Wives", once):

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Thirteen years later BBC Radio-3 broadcast a performance directed by Ian Marshall Fisher with musical direction by Kevin Amos.  The cast included  Denis Quilley, Vivienne Martin, Gavin Lee, Sarah Payne, Sally Ann Triplett, David Malek, Elizabeth Counsell, and David Firth.  I will post a few numbers from each of those performances.

https://soundcloud.com/user5614139/308-me-and-marie

https://soundcloud.com/user5614139/308-me-and-marie

https://soundcloud.com/user5614139/308-me-and-marie

https://soundcloud.com/user5614139/304-six-little-wives

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Post by: ChasSmith on March 05, 2021, 05:44:04 AM
TOD

Nothing much these past few days, but this talk of the Berg operas has me thinking I'll be revisiting those sometime over the weekend.
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Post by: ChasSmith on March 05, 2021, 05:53:19 AM
Tuna Melts.

There, I said it.

Been thinking about them.

The few I ever ordered anywhere were always disappointments. The tuna was always too runny (that's my usual complaint even if it isn't on a melt) and the components of the sandwich never seemed to come together.

So I'm thinking about how I would create my own, and just looking at pictures online (without reading any recipes yet) for inspiration.
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Post by: ChasSmith on March 05, 2021, 05:55:24 AM
BK's picture of the pulled pork has me salivating, but wondering about what's in the freezer is driving me nuts. Can't wait to hear about that.
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Post by: ChasSmith on March 05, 2021, 05:58:30 AM
I need to do some shopping this weekend, and I believe the chili, cheese and onion dogs are about to make their return.

I also want to improve my method of preparing them. There's a recipe for oven-baked ones (it involves a little more than just that) that I might try.
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Post by: ChasSmith on March 05, 2021, 06:14:19 AM
DR George:

What you're seeing as distortion is more a function of the three-camera process itself. Smilebox isn't creating that. Whenever you're seeing an occasional weird spatial relationship between people or things, that's going to be there when you're watching the flat screen version as well.

I'm sure that BK can better explain, or correct this if I'm off track.

It's time to take How the West Was Won off the shelf, too, because now I'd like to check both versions myself.
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Post by: singdaw on March 05, 2021, 06:15:19 AM
I have developed a new staging concept for Gypsy.  In my production, Mama Rose would have rings on her fingers and bells on her toes. That way, we could seamlessly incorporate the Tony Orlando & Dawn pop hit into the score.
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Post by: singdaw on March 05, 2021, 06:18:35 AM
How the West was One: a study of Transcendental Meditation in California.
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Post by: singdaw on March 05, 2021, 06:19:16 AM
It really pops in surround screen.
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Post by: elmore3003 on March 05, 2021, 06:24:03 AM
DR CharlesSmith, I do not understand your comment about Facebook and "Me and Marie."

Sorry for confusion. Here's what that was supposed to mean:

I had earlier listened to three songs you linked to on FB ("Kling-Kling Bird", "A Picture of Me Without You", "Me and Marie").

Later, in your post here, I found that "Me and Marie" is listed three times (along with "Six Little Wives", once):

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Thirteen years later BBC Radio-3 broadcast a performance directed by Ian Marshall Fisher with musical direction by Kevin Amos.  The cast included  Denis Quilley, Vivienne Martin, Gavin Lee, Sarah Payne, Sally Ann Triplett, David Malek, Elizabeth Counsell, and David Firth.  I will post a few numbers from each of those performances.

https://soundcloud.com/user5614139/308-me-and-marie

https://soundcloud.com/user5614139/308-me-and-marie

https://soundcloud.com/user5614139/308-me-and-marie

https://soundcloud.com/user5614139/304-six-little-wives



Oh, Jesus!  I sure did.  What's run away with my mind?
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Post by: elmore3003 on March 05, 2021, 06:31:19 AM
Thirty-five years ago today my reconstruction of the 1935 Cole Porter-Moss Hart musical "Jubilee" received its first performances at Town Hall, directed by Jimmy Brennan and musical direction by Greg Dlugos.  The cast included Roderick Cook, Paula Lawrence, Robert Fitch, Alyson Reed, Carole Shelley, Davis Gaines, Reed Jomnes, Patrick Quinn, and a very young, very beautiful Rebecca Luker in her second New York performance.

Thirteen years later BBC Radio-3 broadcast a performance directed by Ian Marshall Fisher with musical direction by Kevin Amos.  The cast included  Denis Quilley, Vivienne Martin, Gavin Lee, Sarah Payne, Sally Ann Triplett, David Malek, Elizabeth Counsell, and David Firth.  I will post a few numbers from each of those performances.

https://soundcloud.com/user5614139/a-picture-of-me-without-you-1

https://soundcloud.com/user5614139/begin-the-beguine-dance

https://soundcloud.com/user5614139/when-love-comes-your-way

https://soundcloud.com/user5614139/109-the-kling-kling-bird-on-the-divi-divi-tree

"Me and Marie" can be too much of a good thing!
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Post by: elmore3003 on March 05, 2021, 06:34:02 AM
In neither the original 1986 nor 1999 performances did our Karen O'Kane really nail the vocal of "Begin the Beguine."
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Post by: elmore3003 on March 05, 2021, 06:36:51 AM
As soon as the bed is made, I'm making a vat of bolognese sauce that I will hopefully fit into the freezer.  I've got to use up some ground beef and pork before it goes bad. I can use it for lasagna in a couple of weeks, and I'm in the mood for some spaghetti tonight.
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Post by: elmore3003 on March 05, 2021, 06:38:39 AM
Page 2 Dance!
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Post by: elmore3003 on March 05, 2021, 07:26:00 AM
If DR vixmom were a cat!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ym_Kcq1FsXs

She reminds me of Annabelle when she first moved in with me in 2017.
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Post by: Jrand74 on March 05, 2021, 07:51:40 AM
DR JOHN G I am not sure......however I will say that my first exposure to Webern, Scriabin, and Hindemith was when I played (among other parts) a disgruntled record shop customer in the stage version of Cactus Flower.
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Post by: Jrand74 on March 05, 2021, 07:52:04 AM
I need to learn to take smaller bites.  That is the mouth news today.
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Post by: Jrand74 on March 05, 2021, 07:55:00 AM
Yesterday on TCM I watched Going Steady with Miss Molly Bee and a few other folks.

It was a Sam Katzman/Fred F. Sears/Clover Production from Columbia in 1958.

That got me thinking about the other Molly Bee movie I saw....The Chartroose Caboose.  I looked on the IMDB and it seems that it is now a lost movie.....all of the Panavision prints and the negative was burned up in a fire in one of the Universal Vaults several years ago......

Gone forever.......
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Post by: Jrand74 on March 05, 2021, 07:55:58 AM
I am a bit late today because I went ahead and did my weekly shopping since I needed to buy some furnace filters.
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Post by: elmore3003 on March 05, 2021, 09:44:27 AM
The sauce is assembled, but I think I may have added too much ground beef and pork.  The dutch oven is filled to the absolute brim, and I'm letting it all boil away for a while.  The sauce needs to thicken up a bit.
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Post by: Matthew on March 05, 2021, 09:57:10 AM
The sauce is assembled, but I think I may have added too much ground beef and pork.  The dutch oven is filled to the absolute brim, and I'm letting it all boil away for a while.  The sauce needs to thicken up a bit.

You can never have too much pork!
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Post by: Matthew on March 05, 2021, 09:59:09 AM
Good Morning - nothing really going on.  Just had my first vocal rehearsal for Frozen Jr. I decided I'm only dealing with kids that can carry a tune since I'm recording the ensemble vocals.  It's a class project, so half of them really have no interest in what we are doing anyway - so I got permission for the principal and the classroom teacher to form a vocal ensemble.  We'll see how that goes.
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Post by: John G. on March 05, 2021, 10:13:43 AM
Good luck, Matthew.
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Post by: Jane on March 05, 2021, 10:31:53 AM
I need to learn to take smaller bites.  That is the mouth news today.

Interesting.
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Post by: bk on March 05, 2021, 10:44:01 AM
I'm up, I'm up - about eight and a half hours of sleep.
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Post by: John G. on March 05, 2021, 01:26:08 PM
Crazy busy day.
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Post by: George on March 05, 2021, 01:29:18 PM
DR George:

What you're seeing as distortion is more a function of the three-camera process itself. Smilebox isn't creating that. Whenever you're seeing an occasional weird spatial relationship between people or things, that's going to be there when you're watching the flat screen version as well.

I'm sure that BK can better explain, or correct this if I'm off track.

It's time to take How the West Was Won off the shelf, too, because now I'd like to check both versions myself.

Ahh...thanks for the info.  Doesn't mean that I'm not a little still frustrated at the distortion. ::)
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Post by: George on March 05, 2021, 01:29:28 PM
;D
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Post by: George on March 05, 2021, 01:29:41 PM
Thirty-five years ago today my reconstruction of the 1935 Cole Porter-Moss Hart musical "Jubilee" received its first performances at Town Hall, directed by Jimmy Brennan and musical direction by Greg Dlugos.  The cast included Roderick Cook, Paula Lawrence, Robert Fitch, Alyson Reed, Carole Shelley, Davis Gaines, Reed Jomnes, Patrick Quinn, and a very young, very beautiful Rebecca Luker in her second New York performance.

Thirteen years later BBC Radio-3 broadcast a performance directed by Ian Marshall Fisher with musical direction by Kevin Amos.  The cast included  Denis Quilley, Vivienne Martin, Gavin Lee, Sarah Payne, Sally Ann Triplett, David Malek, Elizabeth Counsell, and David Firth.  I will post a few numbers from each of those performances.

https://soundcloud.com/user5614139/a-picture-of-me-without-you-1

https://soundcloud.com/user5614139/begin-the-beguine-dance

https://soundcloud.com/user5614139/when-love-comes-your-way

https://soundcloud.com/user5614139/109-the-kling-kling-bird-on-the-divi-divi-tree

"Me and Marie" can be too much of a good thing!

Thanks for the new links, Larry!
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Post by: George on March 05, 2021, 01:29:48 PM
Good luck, Matthew.

Ditto!!
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Post by: Jrand74 on March 05, 2021, 02:02:50 PM
Friday.
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Post by: elmore3003 on March 05, 2021, 02:16:45 PM
I discovered how that Soundcloud problem happened happened yesterday.  It's either a glitch in Soundcloud or in my computer. I cannot explain it, but I discovered today that the page might change but the URL link doesn't necessarily change with it.
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Post by: Jrand74 on March 05, 2021, 02:39:58 PM
I am interested in seeing MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM (which somehow sounds salacious).

I was in a production of the play in Indianapolis in the late 1980's.  We were scheduled for six weeks - we ended up playing twelve weeks.  We were then brought back for another four weeks.

Then we went to some Play Festival in Norman, Oklahoma, after winning the Indiana Festival.  We won the national title and traveled to Ireland for the International contest.....where we did okay.....

For the first half of the run, I played Ma's manager - then I switched to the studio owner for the rest of the run.

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Post by: George on March 05, 2021, 02:46:17 PM
I am interested in seeing MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM (which somehow sounds salacious).

I was in a production of the play in Indianapolis in the late 1980's.  We were scheduled for six weeks - we ended up playing twelve weeks.  We were then brought back for another four weeks.

Then we went to some Play Festival in Norman, Oklahoma, after winning the Indiana Festival.  We won the national title and traveled to Ireland for the International contest.....where we did okay.....

For the first half of the run, I played Ma's manager - then I switched to the studio owner for the rest of the run.

That's pretty cool, Jrand!  Congrats on the success of your production!
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Post by: ChasSmith on March 05, 2021, 02:49:32 PM
I discovered how that Soundcloud problem happened happened yesterday.  It's either a glitch in Soundcloud or in my computer. I cannot explain it, but I discovered today that the page might change but the URL link doesn't necessarily change with it.

Oy! I've come across that problem, too. And if I found the solution to it, I've forgotten what it was. Big help, I know.
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Post by: KevinH on March 05, 2021, 02:54:15 PM
Good evening!
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Post by: vixmom on March 05, 2021, 03:21:42 PM
Hello
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Post by: vixmom on March 05, 2021, 03:22:49 PM
I have nothing to say
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Post by: singdaw on March 05, 2021, 03:39:06 PM
I have nothing to say

That never stops me.
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Post by: singdaw on March 05, 2021, 03:39:33 PM
But say, we must.
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Post by: singdaw on March 05, 2021, 03:39:47 PM
If we are ever to get to a new page.
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Post by: singdaw on March 05, 2021, 03:40:04 PM
Such as
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Post by: singdaw on March 05, 2021, 03:40:11 PM
THREE!!!
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Post by: singdaw on March 05, 2021, 03:40:26 PM
Page three is cherce, let me tell you.
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Post by: singdaw on March 05, 2021, 03:41:05 PM
.
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Post by: George on March 05, 2021, 04:07:34 PM
:))
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Post by: George on March 05, 2021, 04:09:47 PM
I have nothing to say

Well, speaking of chili dogs...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pk1q_i76oSE

;D
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Post by: singdaw on March 05, 2021, 04:18:19 PM
End.
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Post by: singdaw on March 05, 2021, 04:18:46 PM
Wow.  I could really go for a chili dog right about now.
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Post by: singdaw on March 05, 2021, 04:19:05 PM
Wonder what put that idea in my head?       ;)
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Post by: John G. on March 05, 2021, 04:20:14 PM
Ushering for the symphony tonight.
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Post by: John G. on March 05, 2021, 04:22:26 PM
Rossini, Mozart and Shostakovich on tap.
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Post by: John G. on March 05, 2021, 04:24:49 PM
The Rossini is the overture to Il signor Bruschino. Not familiar with it.
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Post by: ChasSmith on March 05, 2021, 04:25:42 PM
The Rossini is the overture to Il signor Bruschino. Not familiar with it.

It's good, spread on top of some fresh out of the oven garlic toast.
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Post by: singdaw on March 05, 2021, 04:26:20 PM
The jokes write themselves!       ;D
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Post by: George on March 05, 2021, 04:48:58 PM
Wonder what put that idea in my head?       ;)

'Tis a mystery! :D
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Post by: George on March 05, 2021, 04:49:12 PM
And now, I'm off to my mom's for some card playing.

Be back later.
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Post by: John G. on March 05, 2021, 05:01:51 PM
The Rossini is the overture to Il signor Bruschino. Not familiar with it.

It's good, spread on top of some fresh out of the oven garlic toast.

Hungry. And that’s not helping.
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Post by: ChasSmith on March 05, 2021, 05:23:23 PM
DR George's chili dog porn didn't help much, either.
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Post by: bk on March 05, 2021, 05:40:33 PM
Picked up a couple of packages - screeners, including Ma Rainey's - had California Chicken Cafe - one breast and wing and the chicken pasta salad - very good. And in twenty minutes we reconvene for project two.
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Post by: Matthew on March 05, 2021, 05:53:49 PM
Just discussed with the principal that Frozen may be performed outside!  This is a big deal... hopefully it all works out.  Of course, there are precautions being taken, especially weekly COVID tests for the kids.  This made me feel a little lighter today.
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Post by: Jane on March 05, 2021, 06:16:55 PM
Just discussed with the principal that Frozen may be performed outside!  This is a big deal... hopefully it all works out.  Of course, there are precautions being taken, especially weekly COVID tests for the kids.  This made me feel a little lighter today.

Congrats on your happy news.
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Post by: Jane on March 05, 2021, 06:17:49 PM
I am going to read for awhile.
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Post by: singdaw on March 05, 2021, 06:35:25 PM
Good night, everyone.
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Post by: Jane on March 05, 2021, 06:49:31 PM
Good night DR singdaw.
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Post by: TCB on March 05, 2021, 07:54:15 PM
TGIF
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Post by: TCB on March 05, 2021, 07:54:46 PM
It is suppose to rain most of the weekend.
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Post by: TCB on March 05, 2021, 07:55:14 PM
However, next week looks completely dry.
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Post by: TCB on March 05, 2021, 07:55:33 PM
Perhaps Spring is here.
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Post by: TCB on March 05, 2021, 07:56:25 PM
But it has still has been cold at night.
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Post by: TCB on March 05, 2021, 07:56:39 PM
So, maybe not.
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Post by: TCB on March 05, 2021, 07:56:54 PM
One more post.
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Post by: TCB on March 05, 2021, 07:58:10 PM
Page four
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Post by: John G. on March 05, 2021, 08:04:59 PM
Back from the concert.
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Post by: John G. on March 05, 2021, 08:08:53 PM
The guest pianist, Jon Kimura Parker, was featured in Mozart's Concerto No. 21 in C Major and was a delight. His encore was the Grief Nocturno. 
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Post by: John G. on March 05, 2021, 08:09:33 PM
But the Rossini really got to me. It was uplifting and fun and full of life.
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Post by: John G. on March 05, 2021, 08:10:10 PM
It's been a kind of depressing day. Too much work and not enough of a break for lunch or anything else.
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Post by: John G. on March 05, 2021, 08:11:37 PM
And I was reminded earlier that today was the one-year anniversary of being on a catamaran on the bay in San Francisco, a truly magnificent day. And in the evening, I saw Sting in The Last Ship. In all, fairly incredible.
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Post by: John G. on March 05, 2021, 08:11:47 PM
And then everything shut down.
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Post by: bk on March 05, 2021, 08:54:56 PM
Zoom ended an hour early, so that was good. The slightly bad is I'm dealing with eight actors who are not really tech savvy and that's very scary. We had a technical snafu that negated the first thirty minutes of the session, even though I'd been over all the tech stuff over and over again.
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Post by: Jane on March 05, 2021, 10:17:26 PM
It is suppose to rain most of the weekend.

I picked the wrong weekend to have make an appointment to have my haircut.
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Post by: Jane on March 05, 2021, 10:17:49 PM
My appointment is for tomorrow morning.
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Post by: Jane on March 05, 2021, 10:18:53 PM
I will return home with my hair looking great, and then it will frizz up while we walk.
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Post by: John G. on March 05, 2021, 10:23:35 PM
I think it’s time for bed.
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Post by: John G. on March 05, 2021, 10:24:01 PM
Gratuitous post No. 102!
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Post by: John G. on March 05, 2021, 10:24:13 PM
Good night, all.
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Post by: Jane on March 05, 2021, 10:58:55 PM
Since COMING 2 AMERICA was recently released, tonight we watched COMING TO AMERICA.
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Post by: singdaw on March 05, 2021, 11:24:32 PM
Many people don't know that in Stephen Foster's first draft, the song title was I Dream of Jane with the Light, Frizzy Hair.
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Post by: singdaw on March 05, 2021, 11:25:11 PM
Glad that your concert was uplifting, DR John G.
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Post by: singdaw on March 05, 2021, 11:25:40 PM
With just a few more posts,
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Post by: singdaw on March 05, 2021, 11:25:52 PM
Meagre as they are,
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Post by: singdaw on March 05, 2021, 11:26:02 PM
We can get to
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Post by: singdaw on March 05, 2021, 11:27:46 PM
The next page.
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Post by: singdaw on March 05, 2021, 11:27:59 PM
But not quite yet.
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Post by: singdaw on March 05, 2021, 11:28:20 PM
In the meantime, the blathering must continue apace.
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Post by: singdaw on March 05, 2021, 11:30:14 PM
In the meanwhile, for your delectation: giant, crocheted sea urchins:
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Post by: singdaw on March 05, 2021, 11:30:32 PM
Just because.
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Post by: singdaw on March 05, 2021, 11:30:50 PM
As one does.
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Post by: singdaw on March 05, 2021, 11:31:01 PM
Hey, that rhymes!
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Post by: singdaw on March 05, 2021, 11:33:42 PM
VIRTUAL ME wishes he were sleeping now.
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Post by: singdaw on March 05, 2021, 11:33:55 PM
But alas, it is not to be.
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Post by: singdaw on March 05, 2021, 11:34:06 PM
But at least
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Post by: singdaw on March 05, 2021, 11:34:24 PM
No one can say we didn't achieve PAGE FIVE.
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Post by: singdaw on March 05, 2021, 11:49:41 PM
This video of "Cool" from West Side Story is making the Internet rounds...
https://vimeo.com/509792577
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Post by: George on March 06, 2021, 12:02:00 AM
Just discussed with the principal that Frozen may be performed outside!  This is a big deal... hopefully it all works out.  Of course, there are precautions being taken, especially weekly COVID tests for the kids.  This made me feel a little lighter today.

Congrats on your happy news.

Ditto!!
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Post by: George on March 06, 2021, 12:04:35 AM
Zoom ended an hour early, so that was good. The slightly bad is I'm dealing with eight actors who are not really tech savvy and that's very scary. We had a technical snafu that negated the first thirty minutes of the session, even though I'd been over all the tech stuff over and over again.

~~~Successful Technology Vibes for BK and Cast!!~~~
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Post by: George on March 06, 2021, 12:06:06 AM
The guest pianist, Jon Kimura Parker, was featured in Mozart's Concerto No. 21 in C Major and was a delight. His encore was the Grief Nocturno.
But the Rossini really got to me. It was uplifting and fun and full of life.

That's great, John!  Glad you enjoyed it! 
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Post by: George on March 06, 2021, 12:06:19 AM
Can't wait for the Washington Center for the Performing Arts to finally reopen...someday.
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Post by: George on March 06, 2021, 12:07:08 AM
Many people don't know that in Stephen Foster's first draft, the song title was I Dream of Jane with the Light, Frizzy Hair.

:))
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Post by: George on March 06, 2021, 12:07:39 AM
In the meantime, the blathering must continue apace.

That never stopped me. ::)
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Post by: George on March 06, 2021, 12:07:57 AM
;)
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Post by: George on March 06, 2021, 12:12:57 AM
This video of "Cool" from West Side Story is making the Internet rounds...
https://vimeo.com/509792577

That video of "Cool" is pretty darned cool!
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Post by: George on March 06, 2021, 12:13:21 AM
Gratuitous Post #130!
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Post by: bk on March 06, 2021, 12:13:44 AM
Speaking of making the rounds, why are we having these crazy low posting days?
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Post by: bk on March 06, 2021, 12:13:52 AM
It's unseemly.
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Post by: bk on March 06, 2021, 12:14:24 AM
I've been reading more of Rutanya Alda's Mommie Dearest diaries. Faye doe not come off well.
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Post by: bk on March 06, 2021, 12:14:55 AM
I gotta tell you.
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Post by: bk on March 06, 2021, 12:15:14 AM
Where in tarnation IS everyone?
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Post by: bk on March 06, 2021, 12:15:22 AM
Certainly not here.
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Post by: bk on March 06, 2021, 12:15:29 AM
Here is where they're not.
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Post by: bk on March 06, 2021, 12:15:40 AM
Perhaps they're IN tarnation.
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Post by: bk on March 06, 2021, 12:16:01 AM
I wish the type were bigger in the diaries book.
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Post by: bk on March 06, 2021, 12:16:08 AM
Hard to read.
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Post by: bk on March 06, 2021, 12:16:23 AM
Maybe I need to buy a cheap pair of reading glasses.
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Post by: bk on March 06, 2021, 12:16:30 AM
Maybe I just do.
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Post by: bk on March 06, 2021, 12:16:37 AM
Maybe I just will.
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Post by: singdaw on March 06, 2021, 12:18:11 AM
That'll show 'em!