Topic: LENNY (Read 6275 times)

George · « **Reply #30 on:** November 10, 2016, 09:59:24 AM »

PAGE TWO WEST SIDE STORY DANCE!!

George · « **Reply #31 on:** November 10, 2016, 10:02:32 AM »

Quote from: bk on November 10, 2016, 08:40:30 AM

Quote from: TCB on November 10, 2016, 12:28:43 AM
BK, in the cast photo, who is the man behind your left shoulder, in the back?

Oops, sorry, that is the amazing John Boswell and his video will be up in tonight's notes.

Isn't John Boswell the tall guy in the middle of the back row (on your right)?

George · « **Reply #32 on:** November 10, 2016, 10:10:46 AM »

And speaking of West Side Story, what's wrong with this picture??

George · « **Reply #33 on:** November 10, 2016, 10:11:53 AM »

This is from a professional production in South Africa. There's nothing wrong with that, but these guys are NOT in high school.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #34 on:** November 10, 2016, 10:12:01 AM »

Good morning, good day!

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #35 on:** November 10, 2016, 10:12:21 AM »

I wonder if DR Laura will be in today because yesterday she was out all day.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #36 on:** November 10, 2016, 10:13:53 AM »

Bernstein east.

Love his Broadway work.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #37 on:** November 10, 2016, 10:14:52 AM »

Today is Thursday, and it is the last work day of the week.

Tomorrow is a national holiday. Tomorrow is Veterans Day.

Hooray for a holiday.

Hooray for Veterans Day.

I'm going to "sleep IN".

ChasSmith · « **Reply #38 on:** November 10, 2016, 10:24:45 AM »

Quote from: elmore3003 on November 10, 2016, 09:47:39 AM

Quote from: ChasSmith on November 10, 2016, 08:14:55 AM
LENNY!

The one time I saw him in person, and got his autograph.
The NY Philharmonic was on tour, playing in Fort Lauderdale's cavernous War Memorial Auditorium.

The program opened with "Leonore" Overture No. 3, continued with Symphonic Dances from "West Side Story", and ended with the Tchaikovsky Fourth. The WSS finished changing my life that night (in a process the film had started just a few weeks before), and I probably didn't sleep or talk of anything else for the next three days.

The other two pieces on the concert were forever lost to an immediate and lasting amnesia.

At that point I didn't know about the recording, so when I went to one of the local record emporiums a day or two later and discovered it, with that amazing cover art using the photograph from the film, I just about lost my mind. I know I wore the first one out, and probably drove my family and friends completely nuts with it.

The last time I saw him was backstage at Brooklyn Academy of Music. He was running around French kissing everyone he grabbed while one famous Russian dancer and one loopy actor were doing coke in the men's room. I kept out of his range.

Dr Elmore always has the best stories!

Jane · « **Reply #39 on:** November 10, 2016, 10:59:42 AM »

Quote from: George on November 10, 2016, 10:11:53 AM

This is from a professional production in South Africa. There's nothing wrong with that, but these guys are NOT in high school.

And their dressed wrong, or should I say half undressed wrong

elmore3003 · « **Reply #40 on:** November 10, 2016, 11:46:20 AM »

Quote from: ChasSmith on November 10, 2016, 10:24:45 AM

Quote from: elmore3003 on November 10, 2016, 09:47:39 AM
Quote from: ChasSmith on November 10, 2016, 08:14:55 AM
LENNY!

The one time I saw him in person, and got his autograph.
The NY Philharmonic was on tour, playing in Fort Lauderdale's cavernous War Memorial Auditorium.

The program opened with "Leonore" Overture No. 3, continued with Symphonic Dances from "West Side Story", and ended with the Tchaikovsky Fourth. The WSS finished changing my life that night (in a process the film had started just a few weeks before), and I probably didn't sleep or talk of anything else for the next three days.

The other two pieces on the concert were forever lost to an immediate and lasting amnesia.

At that point I didn't know about the recording, so when I went to one of the local record emporiums a day or two later and discovered it, with that amazing cover art using the photograph from the film, I just about lost my mind. I know I wore the first one out, and probably drove my family and friends completely nuts with it.

The last time I saw him was backstage at Brooklyn Academy of Music. He was running around French kissing everyone he grabbed while one famous Russian dancer and one loopy actor were doing coke in the men's room. I kept out of his range.

Dr Elmore always has the best stories!

I'm only revealing the dancer and actor in the memoirs! Unless, of course, i've already told this story.

George · « **Reply #41 on:** November 10, 2016, 11:49:43 AM »

Quote from: Jane on November 10, 2016, 10:59:42 AM

Quote from: George on November 10, 2016, 10:11:53 AM
This is from a professional production in South Africa. There's nothing wrong with that, but these guys are NOT in high school.

And their dressed wrong, or should I say half undressed wrong

I know, right!

Jane · « **Reply #42 on:** November 10, 2016, 12:01:20 PM »

Jane · « **Reply #43 on:** November 10, 2016, 12:02:05 PM »

Just because it is pretty.

Jane · « **Reply #44 on:** November 10, 2016, 12:02:14 PM »

George · « **Reply #45 on:** November 10, 2016, 12:10:10 PM »

Quote from: Jane on November 10, 2016, 12:02:14 PM

Wow! That's an impressive image!

elmore3003 · « **Reply #46 on:** November 10, 2016, 12:40:27 PM »

Today is the birthday of my brother Macbeth. I don't care.

John G. · « **Reply #47 on:** November 10, 2016, 12:50:07 PM »

Good evening, all.

John G. · « **Reply #48 on:** November 10, 2016, 12:51:32 PM »

The wife of a coworker was standing in line at Starbucks yesterday when somebody told her she'd better move back to Mexico if she's upset about the election. Helen is Hispanic, but she was born here and has been a citizen all her life.

John G. · « **Reply #49 on:** November 10, 2016, 12:51:47 PM »

And so it starts.

John G. · « **Reply #50 on:** November 10, 2016, 12:59:16 PM »

The only time I ever made it to Tanglewood was to hear what turned out to be Bernstein's last concert. He was too ill to conduct his own Arias and Barcarolles, but he did conduct Beethoven's 7th and the Sea Scapes from Peter Grimes. His energy gave out as he was the Beethoven. There was no break between the last two movements and his conducting was reduced to using his head to nod in the direction of which section of the orchestra he wanted accentuated. He used his hands to hold himself up.

Thankfully, the concert was recorded. It's one of my favorite CDs.

John G. · « **Reply #51 on:** November 10, 2016, 01:01:02 PM »

TOD:

I love a lot of the music from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. It's not a great score, but the music is really American to the core. It succeeds far better than Lerner's contributions.

George · « **Reply #52 on:** November 10, 2016, 01:14:13 PM »

Quote from: elmore3003 on November 10, 2016, 12:40:27 PM

Today is the birthday of my brother Macbeth. I don't care.

George · « **Reply #53 on:** November 10, 2016, 01:14:22 PM »

ChasSmith · « **Reply #54 on:** November 10, 2016, 01:16:30 PM »

Here's a nice oddity from the record shelf.

No liner notes or credits, which I guess was standard practice for RCA's Camden line. The record label credits Nan Merriman as the mezzo on the Jeremiah Symphony, and the record's previous owner wrote on the back that the "Schuyler" is the St. Louis Symphony and the "Golden" is the RCA Victor Symphony!

ChasSmith · « **Reply #55 on:** November 10, 2016, 01:17:41 PM »

Quote from: John G. on November 10, 2016, 12:51:32 PM

The wife of a coworker was standing in line at Starbucks yesterday when somebody told her she'd better move back to Mexico if she's upset about the election. Helen is Hispanic, but she was born here and has been a citizen all her life.

WTF??

ChasSmith · « **Reply #56 on:** November 10, 2016, 01:22:01 PM »

Quote from: elmore3003 on November 10, 2016, 11:46:20 AM

Quote from: ChasSmith on November 10, 2016, 10:24:45 AM
Quote from: elmore3003 on November 10, 2016, 09:47:39 AM
Quote from: ChasSmith on November 10, 2016, 08:14:55 AM
LENNY!

The one time I saw him in person, and got his autograph.
The NY Philharmonic was on tour, playing in Fort Lauderdale's cavernous War Memorial Auditorium.

The program opened with "Leonore" Overture No. 3, continued with Symphonic Dances from "West Side Story", and ended with the Tchaikovsky Fourth. The WSS finished changing my life that night (in a process the film had started just a few weeks before), and I probably didn't sleep or talk of anything else for the next three days.

The other two pieces on the concert were forever lost to an immediate and lasting amnesia.

At that point I didn't know about the recording, so when I went to one of the local record emporiums a day or two later and discovered it, with that amazing cover art using the photograph from the film, I just about lost my mind. I know I wore the first one out, and probably drove my family and friends completely nuts with it.

The last time I saw him was backstage at Brooklyn Academy of Music. He was running around French kissing everyone he grabbed while one famous Russian dancer and one loopy actor were doing coke in the men's room. I kept out of his range.

Dr Elmore always has the best stories!

I'm only revealing the dancer and actor in the memoirs! Unless, of course, i've already told this story.

Not as I recall. But just in case, I promise not to think upon it!

Ginny · « **Reply #57 on:** November 10, 2016, 02:54:49 PM »

Just in case you've been wondering about the things I made to contribute to the Holiday Bazaar:

In the foreground, you see some of the 16 Tea & Cookie treat packets that I make out of scrapbook patterned paper. There's a wrapped Mrs. Fields chocolate chip cookie in the middle and a tea bag on each side. In the background, you see 5 of my 18 caramel corn bags.

I have been a busy elf.

Ginny · « **Reply #58 on:** November 10, 2016, 03:02:05 PM »

TOD - I like CANDIDE and WEST SIDE STORY, of course, and don't know much else about Bernstein's music. I do have a memory, though. On my first trip to NYC, in 1967, Mom and I toured the then-new Lincoln Center. We weren't permitted to enter Avery Fisher Hall because there was a rehearsal in progress on stage. Instead, we were taken to an observation room above stage right to watch Leonard Bernstein and Van Cliburn at work.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #59 on:** November 10, 2016, 03:15:59 PM »

On the Town is great, too.

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