Been working on The Spitfire Grill for the couple of rehearsals I'm playing next week, and it's really grown on me.The little I know of its history and its story is that it takes place in rural Wisconsin. But prior to knowing that, the songs and the scoring said "Appalachia" to me from the get-go. They still do. Am I so wrong? I'm sure I'm not supposed to think that a "rural" sound in music is always supposed to mean it's Appalachian, but...DR Elmore, do you know this one?EDIT: I've never yet seen the original movie, but will make a point of doing so.
Quote from: Jane on August 30, 2024, 11:32:25 AMQuote from: MichaelG on August 30, 2024, 10:34:43 AMTwo of my great-grandparents had siblings who settled in London, so I've got lots of 3rd cousin-y folks in the area. I've met several of them on my Mom's side but not the ones on my Dad's side yet.The Liberal Jewish Cemetery. Is that possibly the same cemetery. I googled it and it says Willesden.No, but it’s next to the one I meant, the United Synagogue cemetery. I haven’t been to the Liberal Jewish cemetery, I wonder if I have relatives there too?
Quote from: MichaelG on August 30, 2024, 10:34:43 AMTwo of my great-grandparents had siblings who settled in London, so I've got lots of 3rd cousin-y folks in the area. I've met several of them on my Mom's side but not the ones on my Dad's side yet.The Liberal Jewish Cemetery. Is that possibly the same cemetery. I googled it and it says Willesden.
Two of my great-grandparents had siblings who settled in London, so I've got lots of 3rd cousin-y folks in the area. I've met several of them on my Mom's side but not the ones on my Dad's side yet.
Interesting. My father's mother's first cousin was religious. I wonder if he was buried at the United Synagogue Cemetery. My grandmother, my mother's mother, was not Jewish. My Jewish stepgrandfather buried her there, which I'm sure she was fine with. It is a very nice place. There were green glass stones in a decorative area in front of her headstone. I have one on my desk I brought back with me.
Yesterday the gentleman playing the lead brought in the "hospital bed" that is used in one scene - to bring him in after the operation.As I was talking before the rehearsal I said thanks....and he mentioned that it came from his job. I kept talking....and then I realized.....and hesitated.....His job is at a funeral home.....which means....that the device he brought.....is used for......well.....II stopped another moment....and told him I just realized what he said and he replied...."It's the most action it has ever or will ever see......"
Quote from: Jane on August 30, 2024, 01:21:42 PMInteresting. My father's mother's first cousin was religious. I wonder if he was buried at the United Synagogue Cemetery. My grandmother, my mother's mother, was not Jewish. My Jewish stepgrandfather buried her there, which I'm sure she was fine with. It is a very nice place. There were green glass stones in a decorative area in front of her headstone. I have one on my desk I brought back with me.Yes, United Synagogue is Orthodox so your maternal grandmother wouldn't be buried there.You can find who is buried at United Synagogue cemeteries online: https://theus.org.uk/what-we-do/burial/find-a-grave/I'll have to see if there's something similar for the Liberal Jewish cemetery; I suspect there is.
DR RON PULLIAM the program copy has already been submitted, so it will have to be announced in the curtain speech or on a notice in the lobby......
Their office colleagues tried not to get enmeshed in the work drama.
