Topic: A WHOLE LOTTA LENYA GOING ON (Read 5235 times)

bk · « **on:** December 23, 2020, 12:10:32 AM »

Well, you've read the notes, the notes had a whole lotta notes going on, and now it is time for you to post until the whole lotta cows come home.

bk · « **Reply #1 on:** December 23, 2020, 12:11:53 AM »

And the word of the day is: MATUTINAL!

Jane · « **Reply #2 on:** December 23, 2020, 12:30:50 AM »

George, I like the idea of not exchanging gifts, and that you are getting your mother something she needs,

George · « **Reply #3 on:** December 23, 2020, 12:42:47 AM »

Quote from: Jane on December 23, 2020, 12:30:50 AM

George, I like the idea of not exchanging gifts, and that you are getting your mother something she needs,

It's really hard to figure out what to get people who pretty much get what they want when they want it (almost an Irving Berlin reference

).

George · « **Reply #4 on:** December 23, 2020, 12:44:00 AM »

~~~Excellent Vibes and Xylophones for a Major Miracle for BK!!~~~

George · « **Reply #5 on:** December 23, 2020, 12:46:06 AM »

And a Very Happy Birthday to (occasional? former??) DR William F. Orr!

Jane · « **Reply #6 on:** December 23, 2020, 12:48:10 AM »

Happy birthday DR William F Orr 🎂🎁🎂

Jane · « **Reply #7 on:** December 23, 2020, 12:48:39 AM »

Quote from: George on December 23, 2020, 12:44:00 AM

~~~Excellent Vibes and Xylophones for a Major Miracle for BK!!~~~

DITTO!

Jane · « **Reply #8 on:** December 23, 2020, 12:50:20 AM »

Quote from: George on December 23, 2020, 12:42:47 AM

Quote from: Jane on December 23, 2020, 12:30:50 AM
George, I like the idea of not exchanging gifts, and that you are getting your mother something she needs,

It's really hard to figure out what to get people who pretty much get what they want when they want it (almost an Irving Berlin reference ).

Extremely hard, and more difficult every year.

George · « **Reply #9 on:** December 23, 2020, 01:13:28 AM »

Quote from: Jane on December 23, 2020, 12:50:20 AM

Quote from: George on December 23, 2020, 12:42:47 AM
Quote from: Jane on December 23, 2020, 12:30:50 AM
George, I like the idea of not exchanging gifts, and that you are getting your mother something she needs,

It's really hard to figure out what to get people who pretty much get what they want when they want it (almost an Irving Berlin reference ).

Extremely hard, and more difficult every year.

Yup.

George · « **Reply #10 on:** December 23, 2020, 01:13:47 AM »

And now, I'm off to bed.

Have a good day, all!

Michael · « **Reply #11 on:** December 23, 2020, 03:15:18 AM »

Good morning to all

Michael · « **Reply #12 on:** December 23, 2020, 03:16:01 AM »

Happy birthday to Dr William. All the best

elmore3003 · « **Reply #13 on:** December 23, 2020, 03:51:25 AM »

Good morning, all!

elmore3003 · « **Reply #14 on:** December 23, 2020, 03:54:10 AM »

I have a busier day than I would like. I must dress warmly and walk to the bank at the corner of Broadway for some crisp $50 bills. When I return from thjat, I must continue the bathroom cleanup from yesterday. That will be grisly.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #15 on:** December 23, 2020, 03:56:33 AM »

Last night I dreamed I was walking barefoot through the snow and carrying a full score for a number from 1776 to a rehearsal on Fifth Avenue. I have no idea why I was barefoot.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #16 on:** December 23, 2020, 04:01:26 AM »

DR Ginny, yes, indeed. Paul Gemignani conducted that Plaza Hotel celebration. He was friendly at rehearsal, but that was it.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #17 on:** December 23, 2020, 04:04:48 AM »

In 1973, I wrote a fan letter to Lotte Lenya, who answered it in a typed note. I'm still bothered that I have no idea what became of it. The note was typed, and she was clearly a student from the Vixmom School of Typing. In a handwritten postscript she wrote "It's a good thing I became an actress. I would have starved to death as a secretary."

elmore3003 · « **Reply #18 on:** December 23, 2020, 04:05:48 AM »

Speaking of DR vixmom, I wish everyone in your office excellent health and negative test results.

singdaw · « **Reply #19 on:** December 23, 2020, 04:53:57 AM »

What a wonderful story, DR elmore3003.

singdaw · « **Reply #20 on:** December 23, 2020, 04:54:43 AM »

~~~MOST EXCELLENT AND HARDY MAJOR MIRACLE VIBES~~~ for bk!

singdaw · « **Reply #21 on:** December 23, 2020, 04:55:45 AM »

~~~HUGS~~~ for DR George and family this holiday season

ChasSmith · « **Reply #22 on:** December 23, 2020, 05:20:24 AM »

Good morning, all.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #23 on:** December 23, 2020, 05:21:57 AM »

This morning I must go out on one last round of errands. Nothing huge, just several little things that require a stop here and a stop there.

There'll be a last one tomorrow morning, too, but that will just be a five minute stop at the supermarket.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #24 on:** December 23, 2020, 05:22:14 AM »

Well, here's something I had never seen and it moved me to tears. In May 1984 HBO aired a program "Being Homosexual," which followed an elderly New York gay couple, who attend the Dec. 1983 Carnegie Hall performance by the New York City Gay Men's Chorus and the first performance of my late friend Mark Riese's "Fantasia on God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen." I saw myself briefly turning pages for the pianist, but what broke my heart were the shots of so many Chorus members who lost their lives to AIDS.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1sXd-akjlU

ChasSmith · « **Reply #25 on:** December 23, 2020, 05:24:53 AM »

There was a lotta Lotte in those notes, and as far as I'm concerned you can keep it coming.

DR Elmore, I am so sorry you are missing that note. It kills me when something like that happens. How many years ago do you last recall seeing it? Here's hoping you still come upon it sometime when you least expect it.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #26 on:** December 23, 2020, 05:26:00 AM »

I've got that video open on another tab to watch later.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #27 on:** December 23, 2020, 05:27:53 AM »

The big question is, where the fat hell did I put that box of Christmas and other cards? I need one for the super.

singdaw · « **Reply #28 on:** December 23, 2020, 05:31:23 AM »

We are expected to receive up to a foot of snow by tonight.

singdaw · « **Reply #29 on:** December 23, 2020, 05:31:40 AM »

And on THAT note...

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