Haines His Way

On my way to the rebuilt high school to vote, I passed by my mother's house. The neighbor was outside. She tells me I chose nice neighbors for her.

I am sporting a very fashionable "I Voted Today" sticker.

I didn't mean to be rude by not responding, DR Ron Pulliam -- I guess I didn't log out before leaving for my walk.  Hi Ron!

I would never have thought ill of you for not responding.

DR Matthew - So.... If a singer came in with a song... And had it transposed... But had it transposed incorrectly... Even the chord symbols don't match up... And the singer doesn't really know the song... And the song happens to be from a very popular show... And sitting behind the table is one of the first conductors of said popular show... What would you do?  




*Needless to say, I was in my own personal hell for about two minutes this morning.

My first response is to pray....

Second response, besides inner-rage, afterwards when the singer collected their music, I would politely say "you may want to check the transposition it doesn't seem to be right"

If it's a "popular" song from a "popular" show, the people behind the table will know she doesn't know the song and their attention would end there and they would be on to the next person.

I feel your pain, though.  However, the people behind the table will know how well you play and realize that it was not your playing that was the problem.  If they really liked her, they might have asked you about the music.  But an auditioner that is not prepared is not worth talking about, especially at this level.

DR JoSPiano:  So sorry to read last night's post that you were ill over something.

Was this you?

I am sporting a very fashionable "I Voted Today" sticker.

Oh joy! Laura has a pastie!

der Brucer

And the word of the day is: SCISSION!

SCISSION - a wonderful book of short stories by my favourite author Tim Winton

The sox are sorted. I hadthree that didn'tmatch anything so I tossed them, and I just received a call that my new bed frame will be delivered on Thursday afternoon.  This is so exciting.

Today in the mail, I received CDs of the score to JUBILEE, in its March 1986 premiere. I'd had the original performances on cassette and pined for a means to convert them, but it was a nice surprise to get the score on CDs.  After those performances I made a few adjustments to things I was unhappy about, corrected a few notes, and the BBC Radio performance reflects the show as itnow exists. Still, there are many good things about the 1986 premiere.

I've done close to four pages - again, it's slow going as there's a lot of info being dispensed and one must try to keep it interesting.

"Sweeney Todd" in three hours.  I think I shall leave my hair cut until next week. Tomorrow's appointment in a dentist's chair will be enough horror.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpoHhTb34pM

One of my favorite series-- so great to see a clip

I did spend some time on the side porch just enjoying the fresh air and pretty weather. Wish I could have done some work like cleaning the leaves and pine needles off the roof, but I didn't have time to do that. Maybe by the weekend.

While I was eating, I watched a CLOSER episode since the DVD was already in the player. It was the one that got Brenda and Provinsa placed on temporary leave. This was one of the few episodes of THE CLOSER where I solved the mystery before Brenda got to the resolution. I still enjoy watching it.