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[bk]

And still we're on this page - this is simply not possible and someone is obviously messing with my already messy mind.

[bk]

And still we're on this - oh, wait - we have finally achieved page four.  Let the fun begin.

[Cillaliz]

this is the next page

[Matthew]

Hi there.  Tonight is my school's Christmas Program.  We've ran it twice today, hopefully it will go well this evening.   Last night I saw the National Tour of Kinky Boots and found it quite enjoyable.  I liked about 90% of the score, but it was obvious where the composer left off and the arranger took over.  Personally, I'm a little tired of said arranger and his said arrangements.  You can spot them a mile away.

[bk]

Hi there.  Tonight is my school's Christmas Program.  We've ran it twice today, hopefully it will go well this evening.   Last night I saw the National Tour of Kinky Boots[\i] and found it quite enjoyable.  I liked about 90% of the score, but it was obvious where the composer left off and the arranger took over.  Personally, I'm a little tired of said arranger and his said arrangements.  You can spot them a mile away.

Must be Glen Kelly?

[Matthew]

Hi there.  Tonight is my school's Christmas Program.  We've ran it twice today, hopefully it will go well this evening.   Last night I saw the National Tour of Kinky Boots[\i] and found it quite enjoyable.  I liked about 90% of the score, but it was obvious where the composer left off and the arranger took over.  Personally, I'm a little tired of said arranger and his said arrangements.  You can spot them a mile away.

Must be Glen Kelly?

No, Stephen Oremus - although you are right about Glen Kelly also!

[bk]

Never mind - it's Stephen Oremus.

[bk]

I don't know why any composer for a Broadway show would need an arranger.  For show music, that's kind of the job of the composer.  You think Kander has an arranger?  Sondheim? Charles Strouse?  This whole stupid thing kind of began with The Producers and Glen Kelly, trying to take some hummed stuff and make songs out of it.  Sondheim once balked at an arranger credit on one of our Sondheim CDs because he said he didn't understand what that meant.  I explained it as best I could and even though we'd futzed with stuff and done slightly different things like opening vamps, or moving stuff around, I ultimately pulled the credit.

[Matthew]

I don't know why any composer for a Broadway show would need an arranger.  For show music, that's kind of the job of the composer.  You think Kander has an arranger?  Sondheim? Charles Strouse?  This whole stupid thing kind of began with The Producers and Glen Kelly, trying to take some hummed stuff and make songs out of it.  Sondheim once balked at an arranger credit on one of our Sondheim CDs because he said he didn't understand what that meant.  I explained it as best I could and even though we'd futzed with stuff and done slightly different things like opening vamps, or moving stuff around, I ultimately pulled the credit.

I totally agree with you.  I was just thinking of other examples besides Mel Brooks - maybe Sting, I haven't heard that show yet, though. 

[Jane]

My attachment to old clothes is that I want to lose weight......I did finally donate my 32" waist pants, medium shirts, and size 42 jackets to the theatre. 

Sometimes it is odd to play a scene with someone wearing something that had been in my closet since the late 20th century.

I have begun letting go of my size 2 clothes. 

[Jane]

I once took a crazy t-shirt to good will, someone bought it at the good will store and gave it to Paul, because it was so strange....he wore it to coffee one day and I almost did a spit take when I saw it

[Jane]

Bless Craig for having a current amazon wish list.  I hope it is current and he didn't purchase the item already.  I suspect not because it is pricey & he had mentioned it to us, except I forgot.

We were not able to get Bryan what I had planned to send him.  I have no idea and Keith has said I must find something tonight.

[Ginny]

Thursday evening greetings!  I turned in the keys to Mom's old apartment at 5:10pm today.  My sister, brother-in-law, niece, and I are all exhausted - physically AND emotionally.  The staff in Albright Hall have their work cut out for them.

[Jane]

At least you are exhausted together and not by yourself

[Jane]

DR Jennifer did you ever get around to reading RED RISING?

[George]

I finished up a song when I couldn't sleep last night, and I've been finessing it most of the day, and it's going to be in the January young person's show - sung by Sami, as the opening number.  I've been working on this damn thing on and off for nine months.  The music came right away, but the lyric had to be very specific for the character who'll ultimately sing it - but that character has been developing over the last six months.  I guess I can spill partial beans and say that I'm creating and writing a one-person show for Sami about a fourteen-year-old girl.  This grew out of a monologue I wrote three years ago for Melody Hollis.  It was really funny and they'd come to me because they could not find any good monologues for that female age group and certainly nothing funny.  So, I began to think about expanding that into a series of monologues, which I then began to do.  But then I put it aside when I stopped working with her (thanks to her mother), and started thinking about it again at the beginning of this year.  I still liked the idea and I talked to Sami and her mom about it and the challenge it would be and Sami was very up for it.  So, we've done a bunch of meals and I've asked her lots of questions and out of that has grown about nine monologues so far, but it's also morphing into not just spoken monologues, but also songs, some of which I'm putting in the show because they're perfect for it (like Annie), and most of which I am writing as I go.  At some point early in 2015, we'll do a private reading for friends and see how it feels.  The structure is everything - right now it's just a bunch of monologues and songs and I have to sequence them and make sure there's a build and flow.  If we succeed with this, I think it would be very popular as a performance piece for talented young people, and the monologues themselves can be excerpted and used singly.

BK, you do realize that this could've been broken up into more than three hundred posts!

[Ginny]

DR Jane, I could not have done this without their help and Richard's and Rob's.

[singdaw]

{{{DR Ginny}}}

[singdaw]

Very interesting and exciting news about this new project, bk!

[George]

Well, I now need to head to the theater.  I want to get there a little early because we've been gone since Sunday.

Until later!

[George]

But before I go...

Thursday evening greetings!  I turned in the keys to Mom's old apartment at 5:10pm today.  My sister, brother-in-law, niece, and I are all exhausted - physically AND emotionally.  The staff in Albright Hall have their work cut out for them.

~~~Vibes of Comfort for You and Your Mom and Your Family!!~~~

[Ginny]

{{{DR Ginny}}}

Thanks, DR Singdaw!

[George]

I finished up a song when I couldn't sleep last night, and I've been finessing it most of the day, and it's going to be in the January young person's show - sung by Sami, as the opening number.  I've been working on this damn thing on and off for nine months.  The music came right away, but the lyric had to be very specific for the character who'll ultimately sing it - but that character has been developing over the last six months.  I guess I can spill partial beans and say that I'm creating and writing a one-person show for Sami about a fourteen-year-old girl.  This grew out of a monologue I wrote three years ago for Melody Hollis.  It was really funny and they'd come to me because they could not find any good monologues for that female age group and certainly nothing funny.  So, I began to think about expanding that into a series of monologues, which I then began to do.  But then I put it aside when I stopped working with her (thanks to her mother), and started thinking about it again at the beginning of this year.  I still liked the idea and I talked to Sami and her mom about it and the challenge it would be and Sami was very up for it.  So, we've done a bunch of meals and I've asked her lots of questions and out of that has grown about nine monologues so far, but it's also morphing into not just spoken monologues, but also songs, some of which I'm putting in the show because they're perfect for it (like Annie), and most of which I am writing as I go.  At some point early in 2015, we'll do a private reading for friends and see how it feels.  The structure is everything - right now it's just a bunch of monologues and songs and I have to sequence them and make sure there's a build and flow.  If we succeed with this, I think it would be very popular as a performance piece for talented young people, and the monologues themselves can be excerpted and used singly.

BK, you do realize that this could've been broken up into more than three hundred posts!

But otherwise is sounds like a wonderful idea! 

[George]

And NOW I'm leaving!

[Ginny]

Tomorrow I get to return to regularly scheduled programming MY life.  The countertop people are coming for a consult before Monday's installation in the morning.  At noontime, Richard and I are joining 18 of my AAUW friends at a school design luncheon where we get to provide community input on the new middle school and the renovation of the high school.  And, maybe I'll finally get to start wrapping Christmas presents.

[John G.]

Made it to Louisville in one piece. No internet at my parents' house. Strange. And not in a bad way.

[Ginny]

Welcome to the Ohio River valley, DR John G!

[singdaw]

I wonder if the food scene there is as sophisticated as it is in San Antonio!

[singdaw]

I had meant to remember to offer you travel vibes this morning, DR John G. Please forgive me.  I am glad that you arrived safely and that all is well.

[Ginny]

But before I go...

Thursday evening greetings!  I turned in the keys to Mom's old apartment at 5:10pm today.  My sister, brother-in-law, niece, and I are all exhausted - physically AND emotionally.  The staff in Albright Hall have their work cut out for them.

~~~Vibes of Comfort for You and Your Mom and Your Family!!~~~

Thank you, DR George!