Topic: THE LAST OF AUGUST (Read 759 times)

singdaw · « **Reply #30 on:** August 31, 2024, 06:05:28 AM »

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singdaw · « **Reply #31 on:** August 31, 2024, 06:05:41 AM »

ChasSmith · « **Reply #32 on:** August 31, 2024, 06:06:12 AM »

Good morning, all.

singdaw · « **Reply #33 on:** August 31, 2024, 06:06:14 AM »

I slept until almost 8:00am this morning, which is practically unheard of.

singdaw · « **Reply #34 on:** August 31, 2024, 06:06:31 AM »

And no sore throat yet. Fingers crossed.

singdaw · « **Reply #35 on:** August 31, 2024, 06:07:01 AM »

Still, it will be a quiet holiday weekend.

singdaw · « **Reply #36 on:** August 31, 2024, 06:07:35 AM »

Here is Rebecca Luker's memorial bench in Riverside Park. [click to embiggen]

singdaw · « **Reply #37 on:** August 31, 2024, 06:10:41 AM »

I, too, loved the story from DR John G. about his mother's cookie recipe.

singdaw · « **Reply #38 on:** August 31, 2024, 06:11:21 AM »

After I read his mother's obituary, I went on a sleuth through the Internet to see if I could find a used copy of his mother's cookbook.

singdaw · « **Reply #39 on:** August 31, 2024, 06:11:32 AM »

I was unsuccessful.

singdaw · « **Reply #40 on:** August 31, 2024, 06:16:06 AM »

"And the horse you rode in on!..."

ChasSmith · « **Reply #41 on:** August 31, 2024, 06:18:54 AM »

Re Spitfire materials: I have the PDF piano-conductor score the MD sent me, but, inexplicably, it's a whopping 242 MB in size. I know this because I was going to see if DR Elmore needed a copy, and I couldn't believe it when I saw that. And it's not even a good looking copy.

I then tried compressing it, using Adobe's free website feature for that (I was amazed to see them offering any such thing for free), and it only came down a small bit.

When I scan these things myself, they can get up to maybe 60-80 MB, which at least doesn't break the bank or the PDF apps, but they're also beautiful clean copies. Because I am an arteest.

DR George: May I please have my hand out, as well, for whatever score you have? Check the file size!

I assumed my MD had made the scan, but maybe this, too, was one that fell off the back of a truck. I'll see what's what at the rehearsals.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #42 on:** August 31, 2024, 06:25:27 AM »

Today vibes for DR JOHN G.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #43 on:** August 31, 2024, 06:25:42 AM »

Health vibes for DR singdaw.

KevinH · « **Reply #44 on:** August 31, 2024, 06:58:23 AM »

Good morning!

KevinH · « **Reply #45 on:** August 31, 2024, 06:58:52 AM »

Thinking of JohnG today.

KevinH · « **Reply #46 on:** August 31, 2024, 06:59:09 AM »

Wordle: 4/6

elmore3003 · « **Reply #47 on:** August 31, 2024, 07:38:04 AM »

Quote from: singdaw on August 31, 2024, 06:07:35 AM

Here is Rebecca Luker's memorial bench in Riverside Park. [click to embiggen]

I miss her so much. I cannot play her recordings; all I do is cry.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #48 on:** August 31, 2024, 07:38:49 AM »

On a cheerier note here is Mr Milo, the world's most entitled cat. Turn on the sound.
https://www.instagram.com/p/Cz5PW_CMYMf/

Freddie · « **Reply #49 on:** August 31, 2024, 07:48:54 AM »

Quote from: singdaw on August 31, 2024, 06:07:35 AM

Here is Rebecca Luker's memorial bench in Riverside Park. [click to embiggen]

Beautiful remembrance!

Freddie · « **Reply #50 on:** August 31, 2024, 07:51:04 AM »

Health vibes for singdaw and easy recovery for your DH!

Freddie · « **Reply #51 on:** August 31, 2024, 07:51:51 AM »

More comfort vibes (and even anger-containment-when-needed) vibes for John G's family.

Freddie · « **Reply #52 on:** August 31, 2024, 07:53:50 AM »

Last night, BK wrote: "But I recently heard that I do not care for page seven."

So you've heard this, too? Maybe there's something to this rumor after all.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #53 on:** August 31, 2024, 08:56:41 AM »

British choreographer John Cranko was killed in a plane crash in 1973, as I recall. He had choreographed for the Royal Ballet (the Gilbert & Sullivan Pineapple Poll and Britten's The Prince of the Pagodas among others), the West End revue Cranks, and at the time of his death he was director of the Stuttgart Ballet. In summer 1973, I worked box office for the Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, and my two favorite ballet stars that summer were Richard Cragun and his then girlfriend Marcia Haydee, Cranko's two stars of the Stuttgart Ballet.

I found on YouTube recently, a German telecast of the original Stutgart production of Cranko's wonderfully comic ballet The Taming of the Whrew, starring Cragun and Haydee. I had seen around 1986 a production of the ballet by the Joffrey Ballet company and fallen in love with it. I think you might enjoy seeing Cranko's comedy with his original leads.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n25vKqyXQQU&t=9s

Jrand74 · « **Reply #54 on:** August 31, 2024, 08:57:55 AM »

That was fun DR ELMORE.

singdaw · « **Reply #55 on:** August 31, 2024, 09:21:07 AM »

Thanks, DR elmore3003.

singdaw · « **Reply #56 on:** August 31, 2024, 09:22:53 AM »

I'd try 'em.

Ginny · « **Reply #57 on:** August 31, 2024, 09:22:58 AM »

Saturday afternoon greetings! College football is back - Go, Blue!

singdaw · « **Reply #58 on:** August 31, 2024, 09:23:24 AM »

Can I borrow an egg?

singdaw · « **Reply #59 on:** August 31, 2024, 09:23:34 AM »

Too soon?

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