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[singdaw]

Only a short time until the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols from King's College, Cambridge.

[singdaw]

  It just won't be the same without David Niven presiding.

 

[ChasSmith]

Is this the thee-der lady?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=korbTJ0ugDE

I believe so. And I just took a look at the listing of her videos. Or some small part of it.

She's bizarre.

[ChasSmith]

Thank you, DR Elmore, for the beautiful card this morning.

[ChasSmith]

Methinks it's about time I watched Shaun of the Dead, which I never got around to seeing before, and then this new movie.

[Laura]

Good morning.

[Laura]

It has been raining for several hours, and I don't hear any tapping on the tarp.

[Laura]

This is a soft gentle winter rain; I am concerned about the wild windy summer storms that will come in several months.

[singdaw]

So far, so good.  Thanks for the update, DR Laura.

[ChasSmith]

Fun notes re I Do! I Do!

I can credit the BK-produced recording of the revival with helping to make our production what it was. It's delightful on all fronts, but I had to be concerned with the two-piano arrangement which, as written, has any number of mundane spots in it that those pianists corrected and tweaked just enough to make it really good. Yrs truly shamelessly borrowed from it, and kept a scribbled copy of his notations in the event any future use is warranted.

My memory describes that London cast recording as "quaint". Or "so British". Maybe that's wrong, I dunno, I think I listened only a couple of times.

[ChasSmith]

Christmas Eve vibes for the mother of DR John G., the aunt of DR vixmom, for DR Jrand71, and the whole bloody lot of us. It's a time for giving and receiving them.

[elmore3003]

This is a soft gentle winter rain; I am concerned about the wild windy summer storms that will come in several months.

Life is happiness indeed! Long may it continue.

[ChasSmith]

Vibes for a great DO tonight!

I wonder, if you walk through the room listening, will the conversations be running something like this:

What did the Duke do?
The Duke do?
Well what did the Doge do?
The Doge do?
Yes, the Doge do.
The Doge did what the Doge does. 

(etc.)

[elmore3003]

Fun notes re I Do! I Do!

I can credit the BK-produced recording of the revival with helping to make our production what it was. It's delightful on all fronts, but I had to be concerned with the two-piano arrangement which, as written, has any number of mundane spots in it that those pianists corrected and tweaked just enough to make it really good. Yrs truly shamelessly borrowed from it, and kept a scribbled copy of his notations in the event any future use is warranted.

My memory describes that London cast recording as "quaint". Or "so British". Maybe that's wrong, I dunno, I think I listened only a couple of times.

DR ChasSmith, was "Thousands of Flowers" in your production? I hear that Tom has rewritten the book, removed a song and replaced it with "Thousands of Flowers."

[ChasSmith]

Fun notes re I Do! I Do!

I can credit the BK-produced recording of the revival with helping to make our production what it was. It's delightful on all fronts, but I had to be concerned with the two-piano arrangement which, as written, has any number of mundane spots in it that those pianists corrected and tweaked just enough to make it really good. Yrs truly shamelessly borrowed from it, and kept a scribbled copy of his notations in the event any future use is warranted.

My memory describes that London cast recording as "quaint". Or "so British". Maybe that's wrong, I dunno, I think I listened only a couple of times.

DR ChasSmith, was "Thousands of Flowers" in your production? I hear that Tom has rewritten the book, removed a song and replaced it with "Thousands of Flowers."

No, but we were deliberately doing the original, which is what MTI provided anyway.

Tom admitted that he would have liked it if we had incorporated some of his script changes, and he gave us a copy which I probably have here. I'll have to dig it out to see if "Flowers" is in it.

[ChasSmith]

Fun notes re I Do! I Do!

I can credit the BK-produced recording of the revival with helping to make our production what it was. It's delightful on all fronts, but I had to be concerned with the two-piano arrangement which, as written, has any number of mundane spots in it that those pianists corrected and tweaked just enough to make it really good. Yrs truly shamelessly borrowed from it, and kept a scribbled copy of his notations in the event any future use is warranted.

My memory describes that London cast recording as "quaint". Or "so British". Maybe that's wrong, I dunno, I think I listened only a couple of times.

DR ChasSmith, was "Thousands of Flowers" in your production? I hear that Tom has rewritten the book, removed a song and replaced it with "Thousands of Flowers."

No, but we were deliberately doing the original, which is what MTI provided anyway.

Tom admitted that he would have liked it if we had incorporated some of his script changes, and he gave us a copy which I probably have here. I'll have to dig it out to see if "Flowers" is in it.

Yes, I do have it. It's in, and it replaces "Someone Needs Me". But I just have the new script, not the music.

[John G.]

Good morning, all.

[John G.]

Weird night of sleep.

[John G.]

It has been raining for several hours, and I don't hear any tapping on the tarp.

Yay!

[John G.]

Christmas Eve vibes for the mother of DR John G., the aunt of DR vixmom, for DR Jrand71, and the whole bloody lot of us. It's a time for giving and receiving them.

Thank you. It’s that time of year …

[John G.]

Methinks it's about time I watched Shaun of the Dead, which I never got around to seeing before, and then this new movie.

Shaun is a real hoot.

[ChasSmith]

I'm glad to hear that Annabelle enjoyed a hearty breakfast this morning.

[ChasSmith]

We woke up to SN*W on the ground this morning.

For a white Christmas? BAH, humbug!

It's less than an inch, but it's still cold enough and overcast enough that it's JUST SITTING THERE ON THE DRIVEWAY.

[ChasSmith]

The things you find...

Last night I was digging through a box of miscellaneous papers that I need to file and/or throw away, and out came a peso (a paper bill) from the Dominican Republic. Hot off the press. Unused. Un peso. Uno. One. No idea why I have it, and no memory of it. It must have come with something in the mail - like when Nielsen sends you a crisp new dollar bill to take part in a survey. Who the hell knows.

I just checked. Today's value:  eighteen cents.

[singdaw]

  Today's value:  eighteen cents. 

A cup of Christmas cheer for everyone!  On DR ChasSmith!!

[singdaw]

  It's less than an inch, but it's still cold enough and overcast enough that it's JUST SITTING THERE ON THE DRIVEWAY. 

The noive!

[John G.]

Starting to watch Bergman's film version of The Magic Flute. The local revival house used to show this every Christmas Day and I would  escape the family drama/trauma into a Mozart wonderland.

[ChasSmith]

I'm terribly remiss this year. I haven't watched any Nutcracker or Amahl or Messiah. I've just listened to parts of them. Or Hansel and Gretl, but that's really nice for between Christmas and New Year's. Well, all of these are. Growing up, I used to enjoy them throughout the season, right through New Year's Day at least. So I've got some catching up to do, but I shall bask in it through the coming week.

[singdaw]

  I'm glad to hear that Annabelle enjoyed a hearty breakfast this morning.   

This is indeed cause for rejoicing.

[elmore3003]

Starting to watch Bergman's film version of The Magic Flute. The local revival house used to show this every Christmas Day and I would  escape the family drama/trauma into a Mozart wonderland.

I really love this film.