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« Reply #120 on: January 29, 2014, 09:37:34 PM »

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« Reply #121 on: January 29, 2014, 09:38:44 PM »

Well, at least, that is a start.
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« Reply #122 on: January 29, 2014, 09:39:51 PM »

What if I was the only one who was able to enter HHW before the gates were sealed?
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« Reply #123 on: January 29, 2014, 09:40:45 PM »

And everyone else is outside trying to get in to chat with me?
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« Reply #124 on: January 29, 2014, 09:50:43 PM »

Only no one knows that I am trapped inside.
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« Reply #125 on: January 29, 2014, 09:51:37 PM »

No.  This storyline is going nowhere.
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« Reply #126 on: January 29, 2014, 09:52:33 PM »

No.  This storyline is going nowhere.

If I was being paid by the minute, that would have been story line and no where.
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« Reply #127 on: January 29, 2014, 09:53:41 PM »

We have a Guest here!!  Hello, Guest!
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« Reply #128 on: January 29, 2014, 09:55:51 PM »

Let's see.  George is off with Judy Collins.  It must be tough for her to do a concert after losing such a good friend as Pete Seeger.
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« Reply #129 on: January 29, 2014, 09:56:39 PM »

And Ginny and Vixmom are off in the frozen wastelands.
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« Reply #130 on: January 29, 2014, 09:56:57 PM »

And Ginny and Vixmom are off in the frozen wastelands.


But not together.
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« Reply #131 on: January 29, 2014, 09:57:52 PM »

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« Reply #132 on: January 29, 2014, 09:59:47 PM »

Some days Most days I can go on and on about nothing.
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« Reply #133 on: January 29, 2014, 10:00:44 PM »

And yet, tonight, when we need lots of posts; I can't think of a damn thing to say.
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« Reply #134 on: January 29, 2014, 10:01:46 PM »

I got us half way down the page with the All-TCB ramblings.
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« Reply #135 on: January 29, 2014, 10:02:35 PM »

I need to sign off for the evening.
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« Reply #136 on: January 29, 2014, 10:03:45 PM »

Sorry gang, I did my best.






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« Reply #137 on: January 29, 2014, 10:11:32 PM »

Oy and vey what a long day.  I had a nice work session with Mr. Graae - before he began his final song, Muse Margaret called and I excused myself and spent fifteen minutes on the telephonic device with her.  Sorry, but as much as I'm into the upcoming recording, this was about my new book and that's the conversation I wanted to have and I wasn't about to wait to hear it.  She loved the new pages, and just had some minor little things she asked about - one was just confusion in a time switch, jumping ahead a day within the same chapter - she didn't realize there was a double space there to indicate that, but I've already decided that for this particular book I'm going to use what I did in the Kritzer books when that happened - this: *** between those sections.  Not a lot of it but it becomes very clear when you're using that within a chapter.  Otherwise it was a typo here a word change there, and again one bit of confusion where I had some characters who were outside and about to go home suddenly go inside for no reason - there may have been a reason at some point but whatever it was got removed.  So, I just rewrote it quickly so they remained outside, and because of that I added a half a page of something really fun - I read that to Muse Margaret and she was thrilled with it.  So onward.
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« Reply #138 on: January 29, 2014, 10:12:31 PM »

After that, I went back but the first Kritzerland people had already arrived, so I'll hear Jason's third song at the sitzprobe.  I did give notes on his first two solos - mostly tempo things and just one tiny interpretive thing he thought was fine.  I love Jason large. 
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« Reply #139 on: January 29, 2014, 10:14:25 PM »

Then we had our second Kritzerland rehearsal, which was much smoother than the first.  A few singers still don't have their lyrics down, but this rehearsal period is unlike any we've ever done and they haven't had their usual amount of days to learn.  Normally, first rehearsal is on a Monday, second on Thursday and stumble-through on Saturday or Sunday (depending on our show day).  This week, it's Monday, Wednesday and Thursday - so I'll be forgiving at the stumble-through, since they've then got an additional three full days to learn stuff.  But mostly it went very well.
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« Reply #140 on: January 29, 2014, 10:16:37 PM »

Directly after that, I had a brief work session with the musical director of And the World Goes Round - just going over a few things.  He left and I FINALLY sat down, went over what I'd written earlier and wrote two new pages.  By then I was starving, having only eaten ham and eggs at ten-thirty.  I went and had a cup of chicken corn chowder and a small ham and Swiss on rye.  Then it was back home and I wrote another little bit, then took a break.  Now I'll try to do another two or three pages, but again, I was ahead ten pages so I haven't fallen behind or anything.
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« Reply #141 on: January 29, 2014, 11:00:39 PM »

Keep forgetting to mention that one of the LACC kids in the workshop is Joyce Van Patten's granddaughter.
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« Reply #142 on: January 30, 2014, 12:02:45 AM »

Well, I'm off to usher for Judy Collins!  I'm sure that it'll be great...I'll have a report when I get back.

Until later!

I love her! Have a great time.

I'm back and have been back for a while.  The concert was, in a word, GREAT!  She and the Passenger String Quartet from Seattle (who just got back from performing at the Grammy Awards) put on a great show.  The quartet performed first for about 25 minutes.  There was a 20 minute intermission, then Judy came on and performed non-stop for about an hour and 45 minutes!  She still has a great voice!
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« Reply #143 on: January 30, 2014, 12:03:54 AM »

She had a piano accompanist for most of the songs, she played guitar as well, for a lot of the songs, and the quartet performed with her for about half of her set.  She even played the piano herself and sang several songs near the end of her show. 
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« Reply #144 on: January 30, 2014, 12:05:07 AM »

AND she did sing "Send in the Clowns!"  I really didn't know very many of her songs, but they were all very good.  She did talk about seeing Pete Seeger on Monday and being with him for about an hour an a half and everyone with him was singing and they were all around him when he died.  It was a very touching and sweet moment.
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« Reply #145 on: January 30, 2014, 12:05:32 AM »

I was ushering up in the mezzanine level.  I haven't been up there in quite a while. 
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« Reply #146 on: January 30, 2014, 12:06:19 AM »

The Washington Center has four levels:  the orchestra level, the loge, the mezzanine and the balcony.  It's not a deep theater...it's a TALL theater.
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« Reply #147 on: January 30, 2014, 12:10:40 AM »

The sound was very good, even that far up.  I had to stand the whole time.  I got there at about 6:00 and didn't leave until about 10:30.  My friend Margo sold the merchandise again.  I helped count the money after the show.  That's what took me so long to get out.
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« Reply #148 on: January 30, 2014, 12:11:14 AM »

Judy did not sign any autographs after the show.  I didn't really expect her to.  The only CD that she had to sell was her Judy Collins Sings Lennon & Mccartney CD from 2006.  Even though it's an older recording, Margo sold 52 copies at $15 each. 
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« Reply #149 on: January 30, 2014, 12:11:57 AM »

The main thing that people seemed to find unusual about choosing this CD to sell was that Judy sang nothing from this CD.  Oh, well.  I bought one anyway.  I'll listen to it at work tomorrow. :)
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