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Title: THE LITTLE THINGS
Post by: bk on May 22, 2021, 12:04:19 AM
Well, you've read the notes, the notes were little and had things, and now it is time for you to post until the little cows come home.
Title: Re: THE LITTLE THINGS
Post by: bk on May 22, 2021, 12:05:10 AM
And the word of the day is: SARTORIAL!
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Post by: George on May 22, 2021, 12:14:00 AM
I was just about to post this last night, but the day changed:

Shouldn’t Sorry, Grateful be sung with the wives, instead of Bobbi and the husbands?

What a coinkydink!  I'm reading Sondheim's first book of lyrics, "Finishing the Hat," and just tonight last night I started reading the section on Company and "Sorry, Grateful" was the last lyric I read before turning on my computer! ;D
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Post by: George on May 22, 2021, 12:26:13 AM
Topic of the Day:  getting back to doing theater!  I ushered the last couple of weekends, and will usher again in June, but I can't wait to be in Mamma Mia!  I was supposed to be in the ensemble of a production down in Centralia last year, but then Covid happened, of course. 
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Post by: George on May 22, 2021, 12:27:09 AM
Well, they just announced last week that the three shows that were cancelled last year (Next to Normal, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and Mamma Mia!) will be put on next year!  Everyone who was cast in all the shows are welcome to come back, and they'll only recast if the performers aren't available for the new dates.  Well, I'm available, so next May, I'll be performing again!  And it'll be the first time that I've performed at that theater, so that'll be fun, too! :D
Title: Re: THE LITTLE THINGS
Post by: elmore3003 on May 22, 2021, 04:01:44 AM
Good morning, all!
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Post by: elmore3003 on May 22, 2021, 04:02:23 AM
I wanted to sleep in, and the cats said, NO WAY!
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Post by: elmore3003 on May 22, 2021, 04:10:49 AM
I may ave mentioned this before, but Braunfels ran the Cologne Conservatory of Music and was the beloved teacher of my late great friend Trude Rittman, one of the greatest Broadway dance arrangers and composer of incidental music. Agnes deMille, who employed Trude as a pianist for her dance troupe, brought her to Broadway after the success of Oklahoma! I believe that One Touch of Venus was her first Broadway show.
Title: Re: THE LITTLE THINGS
Post by: elmore3003 on May 22, 2021, 04:11:36 AM
I must step out this morning and visit my pharmacy and the post office.
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Post by: elmore3003 on May 22, 2021, 04:13:08 AM
Last night we watched My Favorite Wife. I love Cary Grant and Irene Dunne, but I didn't much care for it, although it had terrific moments, but I thought it paled next to The Awful Truth. The character men were fantastic, especially the actor playing the frazzled judge.
Title: Re: THE LITTLE THINGS
Post by: singdaw on May 22, 2021, 05:33:13 AM
Good morning, friends.
Title: Re: THE LITTLE THINGS
Post by: singdaw on May 22, 2021, 05:33:29 AM
It IS the little things.   Elaine Stritch says so.
Title: Re: THE LITTLE THINGS
Post by: singdaw on May 22, 2021, 05:35:17 AM
Or sings so.
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Post by: singdaw on May 22, 2021, 05:38:20 AM
Reading lyrics, I'm always so taken by the difference in the experience, whether or not I know the associated music.

If I know the tune, I can't help but hear it in my head as I read along.

But if I don't know the tune, I am free to focus just on the lyric.

A trade-off, I guess.
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Post by: singdaw on May 22, 2021, 05:38:42 AM
 :)
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Post by: Jrand74 on May 22, 2021, 05:51:33 AM
LOL....very funny.  I enjoyed the cat meal cartoon and the cat box video yesterday as well!
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Post by: Jrand74 on May 22, 2021, 05:51:49 AM
Good news form MR BK RE: the non-event.
Title: Re: THE LITTLE THINGS
Post by: Jrand74 on May 22, 2021, 05:53:08 AM
TOD:

DOING THEATRE, REhEARSING A SHOW, SEEING AN AUDIENCE AGAIN....which is why I volunteered to take tickets EVERY night of Hunchback of Notre Dame....since I don't come on until more than an hour after the beginning of the show.

Of course I will wear a mask and use gloves just to make everyone comfortable.
Title: Re: THE LITTLE THINGS
Post by: elmore3003 on May 22, 2021, 05:53:51 AM
I screwed up last October when I winterized my bed. I took the comforter out of my cedar trunk and closed it up. I discovered yesterday, when I took the comforter off the bed, that I locked the trunk. I have no idea where the hell the key is, and I now have no idea where to store this damned comforter!
Title: Re: THE LITTLE THINGS
Post by: Jrand74 on May 22, 2021, 05:55:34 AM
I have not walked up to the pit to see if our musicians are using electronic music, but that may be the case.  When the pianist was playing down by the stage earlier, I don't remember seeing a music book there.

I shall have to investigate.  This is a most interesting development.

Is an electronic score included in the rental materials or available for download by those who do the show?  So many questions.
Title: Re: THE LITTLE THINGS
Post by: elmore3003 on May 22, 2021, 05:56:56 AM
When things open back up, I will be doing what I did most of last year, sitting about the apartment wishing I could move without the walker, hoping the phone will ring with work, looking for a literary agent, wanting a sherpa to help me in this apartment, and battling cancer.

The more things change, the more they remain the same.
Title: Re: THE LITTLE THINGS
Post by: elmore3003 on May 22, 2021, 05:58:07 AM
I have not walked up to the pit to see if our musicians are using electronic music, but that may be the case.  When the pianist was playing down by the stage earlier, I don't remember seeing a music book there.

I shall have to investigate.  This is a most interesting development.

Is an electronic score included in the rental materials or available for download by those who do the show?  So many questions.

We need more photos! Also, how large is your band?
Title: Re: THE LITTLE THINGS
Post by: singdaw on May 22, 2021, 06:07:24 AM
The Locked Cedar Trunk.

Wasn't that a Nancy Drew mystery?
Title: Re: THE LITTLE THINGS
Post by: singdaw on May 22, 2021, 06:30:38 AM
A member of my DH's temple turned 111 yesterday. I've seen her on Zoom; she's as spry and as with it as ever.
Title: Re: THE LITTLE THINGS
Post by: KevinH on May 22, 2021, 07:09:14 AM
Good morning!
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Post by: John G. on May 22, 2021, 07:23:57 AM
Good morning.
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Post by: Laura on May 22, 2021, 07:26:07 AM
Good morning.
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Post by: Laura on May 22, 2021, 07:27:47 AM
Vixmom, my Idea Soup is made with the prime rib bones and barley, carrot, onion, and celery.
Title: Re: THE LITTLE THINGS
Post by: Laura on May 22, 2021, 07:28:44 AM
TOD: Taking Wae-Ling up north to look at nature things.
Title: Re: THE LITTLE THINGS
Post by: Laura on May 22, 2021, 07:29:09 AM
Also, going to Disneyland at some point.
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Post by: John G. on May 22, 2021, 07:30:42 AM
It’s raining. It’s not supposed to be raining.
Title: Re: THE LITTLE THINGS
Post by: John G. on May 22, 2021, 07:30:51 AM
Two!
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Post by: ChasSmith on May 22, 2021, 08:02:04 AM
Good morning, all.
Title: Re: THE LITTLE THINGS
Post by: ChasSmith on May 22, 2021, 08:08:39 AM
TOD

Oh man, there are so many things for all of us. Obviously, live theater, from either side of the footlights. I found browsing in a couple of Half Price Books stores in Ohio a wonderful comeback, as it were. Hell, even sitting down to eat in a couple of ordinary jernts felt like I was really "doing something". I guess it feels better than I'd thought just to be out dipping one's toe in the water.

Hell, this afternoon's adventure is an important "first" for the likes of moi - watching a movie in a theater for the first time in I don't know how long.
Title: Re: THE LITTLE THINGS
Post by: ChasSmith on May 22, 2021, 08:11:28 AM
I may ave mentioned this before, but Braunfels ran the Cologne Conservatory of Music and was the beloved teacher of my late great friend Trude Rittman, one of the greatest Broadway dance arrangers and composer of incidental music. Agnes deMille, who employed Trude as a pianist for her dance troupe, brought her to Broadway after the success of Oklahoma! I believe that One Touch of Venus was her first Broadway show.

When are you going to write your book on Trude Rittmann, DR Elmore?  :)

(I'm 99% sure it's Rittmann with the German two n's - but is that correct?)
Title: Re: THE LITTLE THINGS
Post by: ChasSmith on May 22, 2021, 08:13:16 AM
The Locked Cedar Trunk.

Wasn't that a Nancy Drew mystery?

It's an Annabelle & Thatch mystery.
Title: Re: THE LITTLE THINGS
Post by: singdaw on May 22, 2021, 08:13:45 AM
Does anyone remember the board game "Careers"?
Title: Re: THE LITTLE THINGS
Post by: elmore3003 on May 22, 2021, 08:16:33 AM
I may ave mentioned this before, but Braunfels ran the Cologne Conservatory of Music and was the beloved teacher of my late great friend Trude Rittman, one of the greatest Broadway dance arrangers and composer of incidental music. Agnes deMille, who employed Trude as a pianist for her dance troupe, brought her to Broadway after the success of Oklahoma! I believe that One Touch of Venus was her first Broadway show.

When are you going to write your book on Trude Rittmann, DR Elmore?  :)

(I'm 99% sure it's Rittmann with the German two n's - but is that correct?)

I believe she spelled it with both two n's and one in the States. Check out her credits here!
https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/trude-rittman-12294
Title: Re: THE LITTLE THINGS
Post by: elmore3003 on May 22, 2021, 08:18:38 AM
The Locked Cedar Trunk.

Wasn't that a Nancy Drew mystery?

It's an Annabelle & Thatch mystery.

LOL! What a good idea. I see a Northanger Abbey in their future.
Title: Re: THE LITTLE THINGS
Post by: ChasSmith on May 22, 2021, 08:21:22 AM
I have not walked up to the pit to see if our musicians are using electronic music, but that may be the case.  When the pianist was playing down by the stage earlier, I don't remember seeing a music book there.

I shall have to investigate.  This is a most interesting development.

Is an electronic score included in the rental materials or available for download by those who do the show?  So many questions.

We need more photos! Also, how large is your band?

Yes! Photographic evidence, IF YOU PLEASE. And definitely of the pit and band. Hurry up. We can wait.
Title: Re: THE LITTLE THINGS
Post by: ChasSmith on May 22, 2021, 08:23:01 AM
I may ave mentioned this before, but Braunfels ran the Cologne Conservatory of Music and was the beloved teacher of my late great friend Trude Rittman, one of the greatest Broadway dance arrangers and composer of incidental music. Agnes deMille, who employed Trude as a pianist for her dance troupe, brought her to Broadway after the success of Oklahoma! I believe that One Touch of Venus was her first Broadway show.

When are you going to write your book on Trude Rittmann, DR Elmore?  :)

(I'm 99% sure it's Rittmann with the German two n's - but is that correct?)

I believe she spelled it with both two n's and one in the States. Check out her credits here!
https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/trude-rittman-12294

Well, damn. In addition to her other talents, she knew how to thicken a plot.
Title: Re: THE LITTLE THINGS
Post by: Jane on May 22, 2021, 08:26:19 AM
From DR John:
Quote
But they had a professional photographer whose camera sounded like someone typing on an old Selectric typewriter. I was half the theater away and those acoustics made everything miserable. One of the service managers told her, and she ignored him.

 :o
Title: Re: THE LITTLE THINGS
Post by: Jane on May 22, 2021, 08:27:48 AM
Well, they just announced last week that the three shows that were cancelled last year (Next to Normal, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and Mamma Mia!) will be put on next year!  Everyone who was cast in all the shows are welcome to come back, and they'll only recast if the performers aren't available for the new dates.  Well, I'm available, so next May, I'll be performing again!  And it'll be the first time that I've performed at that theater, so that'll be fun, too! :D

Great!
Title: Re: THE LITTLE THINGS
Post by: elmore3003 on May 22, 2021, 08:29:20 AM
I may ave mentioned this before, but Braunfels ran the Cologne Conservatory of Music and was the beloved teacher of my late great friend Trude Rittman, one of the greatest Broadway dance arrangers and composer of incidental music. Agnes deMille, who employed Trude as a pianist for her dance troupe, brought her to Broadway after the success of Oklahoma! I believe that One Touch of Venus was her first Broadway show.

When are you going to write your book on Trude Rittmann, DR Elmore?  :)

(I'm 99% sure it's Rittmann with the German two n's - but is that correct?)

I believe she spelled it with both two n's and one in the States. Check out her credits here!
https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/trude-rittman-12294

Well, damn. In addition to her other talents, she knew how to thicken a plot.

I wonder if dropping an n had to do with anti-German sentiment during the 1930s and 40s? Frederick became Loewe, not Löwe in the USA. Speaking of that, Loewe and Rittmann were romantic partners whenever they worked together, and Trude's retirement funding was provided by Loewe's will.
Title: Re: THE LITTLE THINGS
Post by: Jane on May 22, 2021, 08:29:31 AM
A member of my DH's temple turned 111 yesterday. I've seen her on Zoom; she's as spry and as with it as ever.

Wow, what a lucky woman.
Title: Re: THE LITTLE THINGS
Post by: singdaw on May 22, 2021, 08:29:43 AM
   LOL! What a good idea. I see a Northanger Abbey in their future.   

I certainly hope so!
Title: Re: THE LITTLE THINGS
Post by: Jane on May 22, 2021, 08:30:04 AM
TOD: Taking Wae-Ling up north to look at nature things.

Lovely.
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Post by: Jane on May 22, 2021, 08:30:47 AM
Also, going to Disneyland at some point.

I am very exited about this trip.
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Post by: elmore3003 on May 22, 2021, 08:31:10 AM
I've been to post office and to pharmacy, and my legs are killing me. I'm going ot lier down and watch trashy TV with the cats for a couple of hours, maybe even nap.
Title: Re: THE LITTLE THINGS
Post by: Jrand74 on May 22, 2021, 08:35:23 AM
I am as spry and as with it as ever.....but that's not saying much.
Title: Re: THE LITTLE THINGS
Post by: singdaw on May 22, 2021, 08:37:01 AM
{{{DR Jrand70}}}
Title: Re: THE LITTLE THINGS
Post by: Jrand74 on May 22, 2021, 08:37:12 AM
At present it is more of a combo.....we have piano, percussion, and violin.

The violinist is gone ALL next week - but I shall see if I can get a photo of the duo.....    Morgan is looking for a keyboard player, but no one asked has stepped up - but then this is an unpaid gig - and June is big on Weddings and other events.....that pay $$$$.
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Post by: singdaw on May 22, 2021, 08:37:31 AM
There should be an Annabelle, Thatch, and Stella version of this:
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Post by: Jrand74 on May 22, 2021, 08:37:32 AM
LOL DR singdaw.
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Post by: Jrand74 on May 22, 2021, 08:38:08 AM
I suppose I shall now get on with creating the slides.....I have procrastinated long enough.....
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Post by: Jane on May 22, 2021, 09:17:07 AM
We have already done one thing this year we couldn't do last see, see our children and grandchild.  We did not like flying and Craig said he isn't getting on a plane again in the near future.
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Post by: Jane on May 22, 2021, 09:18:33 AM
We are doing the June road trip going as far as Montana.  We thought of going the distance to Chicago but it is really far.
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Post by: elmore3003 on May 22, 2021, 09:24:12 AM
At present it is more of a combo.....we have piano, percussion, and violin.

The violinist is gone ALL next week - but I shall see if I can get a photo of the duo.....    Morgan is looking for a keyboard player, but no one asked has stepped up - but then this is an unpaid gig - and June is big on Weddings and other events.....that pay $$$$.

I was hoping for more rehearsal photos!
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Post by: John G. on May 22, 2021, 09:54:37 AM
I'm going dancing tonight. I think that's one of the biggest things I've been looking forward to.
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Post by: John G. on May 22, 2021, 09:55:07 AM
I'm taking a tray of Kahlua brownies, which are just finishing up in the oven. The house smells heavenly.
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Post by: John G. on May 22, 2021, 09:55:13 AM
Three!
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Post by: John G. on May 22, 2021, 09:55:26 AM
Hello, 1 guest!
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Post by: John G. on May 22, 2021, 09:56:24 AM
Finishing listening to The Dictionary of Lost Words this morning. It's not what I had expected, but I am enjoying it.
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Post by: John G. on May 22, 2021, 09:57:31 AM
Has anyone read a mystery writer named Ruth Ware? The Woman in Cabin 10 is one. Her books have come highly recommended. Guess I'll try her soon.
Title: Re: THE LITTLE THINGS
Post by: John G. on May 22, 2021, 10:02:08 AM
But I'm going to listen next to a collection of Dorothy Parker short stories read by Elaine Stritch.

Does anyone still read a Parker? 
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Post by: Jane on May 22, 2021, 10:07:02 AM
I'm going dancing tonight. I think that's one of the biggest things I've been looking forward to.

Have fun.

Will you wear a mask or only dance in a vaccinated crowd?
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Post by: Jane on May 22, 2021, 10:09:40 AM
Has anyone read a mystery writer named Ruth Ware? The Woman in Cabin 10 is one. Her books have come highly recommended. Guess I'll try her soon.

My book group, on the whole, did not think much of The Woman in Cabin 10.  It was ok but not worth the attention it received, IMHO.   I almost didn't read The Death of Mrs. Westaway after Cabin 10 and was very glad I did.
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Post by: Laura on May 22, 2021, 10:30:47 AM
We welcome our new minister tomorrow. I will be baking several things for the celebration coffee hour from my new cookbook. Procrastibaking: 100 Recipes for Getting Nothing Done in the Most Delicious Way Possible.
Title: Re: THE LITTLE THINGS
Post by: TCB on May 22, 2021, 11:22:21 AM
A list of Dolly Gallagher Levis:

Carol Channing
Ginger Rogers
Martha Raye
Betty Grable
Pearl Bailey
Phyllis Diller
Ethel Merman
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Post by: TCB on May 22, 2021, 11:23:55 AM
Part Two:

Mary Martin
Carole Cook
Barbra Streisand
Dorothy Lamour
Eve Arden
Mary Ellen Ashley
Ann Miller
Danny LaRue
Jo Anne Worley
Tovah Feldshuh
Karen Morrow

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Post by: elmore3003 on May 22, 2021, 11:27:27 AM
A list of Dolly Gallagher Levis:

Carol Channing
Ginger Rogers
Martha Raye
Betty Grable
Pearl Bailey
Phyllis Diller
Ethel Merman


I've seen Carol Channing, Ginger Rogers, Mary Martin, and Bernadette Peters.
Title: Re: THE LITTLE THINGS
Post by: John G. on May 22, 2021, 11:27:51 AM
Madeline Kahn played Dolly.
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Post by: TCB on May 22, 2021, 11:30:43 AM
And Three:

Ruth Gordon
Shirley Booth
Mimi Hines
Jenifer Lewis
Marilyn Maye
Michele Lee
Sue Ane Langdon
Edwina Lewis
Nancy Sinclair
Betsy Palmer
Rachel York
Dora Bryan
Anne Russell
Ruta Lee
Judy Norton
Yvonne DeCarlo
Lainie Kazan



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Post by: TCB on May 22, 2021, 11:33:21 AM
And Four:

Jacquelyn Piro Donovan
Toni Lamond
Vicki Lewis
Cady Huffman
Ruth Williamson
Madeline Kahn
Thelma Carpenter
Carol Swarbrick
Sylvia Syms
Randy Graff
Alison England
Leslie Becker
E. Faye Butler
Ellen Travolta
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Post by: TCB on May 22, 2021, 11:34:46 AM
And Five:

Florence Lacy
Mary Robin Roth
Melissa Hart
Vivian Blaine
Deborah Jean Templin
Christine Toy Johnson
Karla Burns
Victoria Clark
Bibi Ferreira
Samantha Rehr
Leslie Alexander
Klea Blackhurst
Sally Struthers
Joan Brickhill
Karen Ziemba
Monica M. Wemmitt
Lee Roy Reams (Director)
Bette Midler
Loretta Ables Sayre
Betty Buckley
Carolee Carmello
Nancy Opel
Jill Perryman
Betty White
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Post by: John G. on May 22, 2021, 11:35:23 AM
I would watch most of those.
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Post by: ChasSmith on May 22, 2021, 11:35:45 AM
A list of Dolly Gallagher Levis:

Carol Channing
Ginger Rogers
Martha Raye
Betty Grable
Pearl Bailey
Phyllis Diller
Ethel Merman


I've seen Carol Channing, Ginger Rogers, Mary Martin, and Bernadette Peters.

I saw Ginger Rogers, Carol Channing on tour (1960s), and Bernadette Peters.
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Post by: TCB on May 22, 2021, 11:36:28 AM
I am not sure how Lee Roy Reams (director) made the list.
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Post by: John G. on May 22, 2021, 11:36:51 AM
I've seen Carol Channing, Barbra and Monica M. Wemmitt
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Post by: TCB on May 22, 2021, 11:36:57 AM
These include THE MATCHMAKER.
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Post by: John G. on May 22, 2021, 11:37:09 AM
I am not sure how Lee Roy Reams (director) made the list.

I believe he did it in drag.
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Post by: ChasSmith on May 22, 2021, 11:37:59 AM
And now, ladies and gentlemen...

For my next act... and my encore...

I am off to watch Rear Window with a real live audience. This should be interesting.
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Post by: John G. on May 22, 2021, 11:38:19 AM
And now, ladies and gentlemen...

For my next act... and my encore...

I am off to watch Rear Window with a real live audience. This should be interesting.

have fun.
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Post by: Jrand74 on May 22, 2021, 11:38:21 AM
DR ELMORE when Brian the photographer from Thursday posts his photos, I'll add some.

Here's our set all lit up.

(https://scontent-ort2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/190725763_10226406890023758_7345115620728965356_n.jpg?_nc_cat=108&ccb=1-3&_nc_sid=730e14&_nc_ohc=lfwwAsHKTWoAX9gaq3U&_nc_ht=scontent-ort2-1.xx&oh=d7446fd763d8065854b671ce8803783f&oe=60D0A651)
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Post by: John G. on May 22, 2021, 11:38:34 AM
No spoilers, please, if you write about it later.
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Post by: TCB on May 22, 2021, 11:39:20 AM
Hmmm, my friend Sharry did not make the list.
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Post by: John G. on May 22, 2021, 11:39:23 AM
That's a very nice set, JRand.
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Post by: Jrand74 on May 22, 2021, 11:40:42 AM
Twenty slides are done.....all the photos I have.....so work will continue as more people come in to get photographed.....
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Post by: John G. on May 22, 2021, 11:41:43 AM
Door-to-door Dolly!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W6hyk6V_rw
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Post by: Jrand74 on May 22, 2021, 11:42:54 AM
If I am looking out my rear window, I see a house that is on the market for $199,900.

Out my front window is a house - the moved out yesterday - selling for $119,000.  After they left, I saw White Kitty wandering around, but I haven't seen her today.  I am hoping they came back for her last night.

And they are very similar houses.
Title: Re: THE LITTLE THINGS
Post by: Jrand74 on May 22, 2021, 11:43:51 AM
Thank you DR JOHN G.....if folks like sets they will like the show....if they are looking for dancing or acting (from everyone) they prolly should have stood in bed.
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Post by: TCB on May 22, 2021, 11:43:56 AM
I saw Danny La Rue do HELLO, DOLLY! in London with Lionel Jeffries as Horace.
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Post by: TCB on May 22, 2021, 11:46:59 AM
I love the set, Jrand.  I am very impressed.
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Post by: singdaw on May 22, 2021, 11:48:33 AM
Yes.  Quite atmospheric.
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Post by: singdaw on May 22, 2021, 11:50:04 AM
Concerto.   Braunfels, or Pfitzner?

#nailed it
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Post by: singdaw on May 22, 2021, 11:50:41 AM
That is quite a string of names, DR TCB.
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Post by: singdaw on May 22, 2021, 11:52:45 AM
I could use a good Kahlua brownie right about now.
Title: Re: THE LITTLE THINGS
Post by: elmore3003 on May 22, 2021, 11:57:05 AM
DR ELMORE when Brian the photographer from Thursday posts his photos, I'll add some.

Here's our set all lit up.

(https://scontent-ort2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/190725763_10226406890023758_7345115620728965356_n.jpg?_nc_cat=108&ccb=1-3&_nc_sid=730e14&_nc_ohc=lfwwAsHKTWoAX9gaq3U&_nc_ht=scontent-ort2-1.xx&oh=d7446fd763d8065854b671ce8803783f&oe=60D0A651)

I'm impressed!
Title: Re: THE LITTLE THINGS
Post by: John G. on May 22, 2021, 12:06:21 PM
Starting to watch The Return of the Musketeers, Richard Lester's attempt to film 20 Years Later and with the same brio he brought to his Three Musketeers films. The start is good, but too many actors are dubbed, and not well.
Title: Re: THE LITTLE THINGS
Post by: John G. on May 22, 2021, 12:14:57 PM
Gratuitous post No. 99!
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Post by: John G. on May 22, 2021, 12:23:46 PM
The reviews for In the Heights are across the board, but even the critics who found holes in the plot still found it fun and an eyeful.
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Post by: bk on May 22, 2021, 12:25:26 PM
I'm up, I'm up - eight hours of sleep.
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Post by: Jrand74 on May 22, 2021, 12:34:56 PM
Thanks everyone!  If only some of the rest of the show was up to it....I shall say no more.

My responsibility does not include the things I am not happy with. 
Title: Re: THE LITTLE THINGS
Post by: Jane on May 22, 2021, 01:13:23 PM
We welcome our new minister tomorrow. I will be baking several things for the celebration coffee hour from my new cookbook. Procrastibaking: 100 Recipes for Getting Nothing Done in the Most Delicious Way Possible.

It sounds like a fun cookbook.
Title: Re: THE LITTLE THINGS
Post by: Jane on May 22, 2021, 01:14:58 PM
If I am looking out my rear window, I see a house that is on the market for $199,900.

Out my front window is a house - the moved out yesterday - selling for $119,000.  After they left, I saw White Kitty wandering around, but I haven't seen her today.  I am hoping they came back for her last night.

And they are very similar houses.

Oh no.  I hope they returned for her.
Title: Re: THE LITTLE THINGS
Post by: Jane on May 22, 2021, 01:15:52 PM
DR Laura what are you baking?
Title: Re: THE LITTLE THINGS
Post by: Jane on May 22, 2021, 01:43:42 PM
At the gym today I hesitantly took off my mask.  It is very warm up on top floor where the treadmills are.  It wasn't too crowded.
Title: Re: THE LITTLE THINGS
Post by: bk on May 22, 2021, 02:38:54 PM
Had a Gelson's chicken Caesar for food - very good - a bit smaller than usual, which is fine.
Title: Re: THE LITTLE THINGS
Post by: bk on May 22, 2021, 02:39:58 PM
Listening to Gounod's Faust, which I'm really enjoying - a great recording with a great cast in great 1958 stereo. I haven't listened to an opera recording in over six weeks, so it's fun to hear one again and I want to hear some more of Gounod's operas.
Title: Re: THE LITTLE THINGS
Post by: John G. on May 22, 2021, 03:15:51 PM
Listening to Gounod's Faust, which I'm really enjoying - a great recording with a great cast in great 1958 stereo. I haven't listened to an opera recording in over six weeks, so it's fun to hear one again and I want to hear some more of Gounod's operas.

At one point in time, I was supposed to have seen Giorgio Tozzi in a production of that. It was playing in Cincinnati. But the trip never came to be.
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Post by: John G. on May 22, 2021, 03:17:50 PM
Making my second soup of the day: Butternut Squash and Gremolata. I won't really eat it until tomorrow. I need to figure out something as a low-carb crouton substitute.

Earlier, I made Savoy Cabbage and Chestnut, which was quite good and will be better tomorrow.
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Post by: John G. on May 22, 2021, 03:19:20 PM
That leaves 10 recipes left in the book. One is a fruit soup that I might make tomorrow. It's the only sweet or dessert soup recipe in the book. I'll make it with raspberries, blueberries and strawberries because I can never find fresh red and black currants, which it calls for.
Title: Re: THE LITTLE THINGS
Post by: Ginny on May 22, 2021, 03:33:27 PM
Saturday evening greetings!  I was up early today to deliver several boxes of odds and ends to the site of AAUW’s June garage sale.
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Post by: Ginny on May 22, 2021, 03:34:11 PM
Does anyone remember the board game "Careers"?

Yes, DR Singdaw it was one of my favorites and I still have mine!
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Post by: Ginny on May 22, 2021, 03:34:48 PM
I'm taking a tray of Kahlua brownies, which are just finishing up in the oven. The house smells heavenly.

That sounds delicious!
Title: Re: THE LITTLE THINGS
Post by: Jrand74 on May 22, 2021, 03:38:22 PM
I loved CAREERS!
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Post by: Ginny on May 22, 2021, 03:38:29 PM
TOD - I signed up to work 2 shifts at the AAUW garage sale next month.  They had a couple of fundraising events last fall but I elected not to participate in person.
Title: Re: THE LITTLE THINGS
Post by: Jrand74 on May 22, 2021, 03:40:05 PM
Well, White Kitty has been abandoned - again.  She lived with the former owners who moved away years ago....but the people who bought the house kept her.

Jennifer who lives next to the house fed her and gave her water today.  She said that she has several folks who are ready to give White Kitty a new loving home.....so it will be okay.

(https://scontent-ort2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/187945880_10226408385541145_1719545568358752140_n.jpg?_nc_cat=101&ccb=1-3&_nc_sid=730e14&_nc_ohc=QQ0dsrW0-hUAX9NJlw1&_nc_ht=scontent-ort2-1.xx&oh=cc84736d09919a4cd43cc1f2b6717b99&oe=60D0D2F6)
Title: Re: THE LITTLE THINGS
Post by: singdaw on May 22, 2021, 03:40:31 PM
it was one of my favorites and I still have mine!

Well, then you have a collector's item!  It's going for at least $50 used on Amazon!
Title: Re: THE LITTLE THINGS
Post by: singdaw on May 22, 2021, 03:41:34 PM
  Well, White Kitty has been abandoned - again.

I will never understand the callousness and cruelty of people.
Title: Re: THE LITTLE THINGS
Post by: singdaw on May 22, 2021, 03:43:00 PM
FIVE.
Title: Re: THE LITTLE THINGS
Post by: Jane on May 22, 2021, 03:55:31 PM
Well, White Kitty has been abandoned - again.  She lived with the former owners who moved away years ago....but the people who bought the house kept her.

Jennifer who lives next to the house fed her and gave her water today.  She said that she has several folks who are ready to give White Kitty a new loving home.....so it will be okay.

(https://scontent-ort2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/187945880_10226408385541145_1719545568358752140_n.jpg?_nc_cat=101&ccb=1-3&_nc_sid=730e14&_nc_ohc=QQ0dsrW0-hUAX9NJlw1&_nc_ht=scontent-ort2-1.xx&oh=cc84736d09919a4cd43cc1f2b6717b99&oe=60D0D2F6)

Thank goodness for Jennifer.  I hope White Kitty finds a good home.
Title: Re: THE LITTLE THINGS
Post by: Jeanne on May 22, 2021, 04:18:57 PM
Hello, everyone.
Title: Re: THE LITTLE THINGS
Post by: Jeanne on May 22, 2021, 04:35:15 PM
Does anyone know of a good way to clean leather tennis shoes or used one of the commercial shoe cleaning products? I tried shoe cleaner a couple years ago and it didn't help at all. I read the reviews for a couple of the shoe cleaners available on Amazon. Some say they're great, others say dish detergent works better. Today I tried dish detergent. No luck. I was able to clean the midsole using just an inexpensive stiff brush and some water, but couldn't make any progress on the leather.

There's a shop here in LA that will clean your sneakers for you, but I'd guess we're looking at at least $50 and I can buy a new pair for not much more than that.

Any suggestions? 
Title: Re: THE LITTLE THINGS
Post by: Jeanne on May 22, 2021, 04:36:18 PM
Jrand, I, too, like the set. It's full of intrigue.

Vibes you're (relatively) happy with the show.
Title: Re: THE LITTLE THINGS
Post by: Jeanne on May 22, 2021, 04:37:30 PM
I have no news, just a dirty pair of sneakers.

TTFN.
Title: Re: THE LITTLE THINGS
Post by: ChasSmith on May 22, 2021, 04:39:47 PM
Listening to Gounod's Faust, which I'm really enjoying - a great recording with a great cast in great 1958 stereo. I haven't listened to an opera recording in over six weeks, so it's fun to hear one again and I want to hear some more of Gounod's operas.

Which 1958 stereo recording?
Title: Re: THE LITTLE THINGS
Post by: ChasSmith on May 22, 2021, 04:44:50 PM
Rear Window was beautiful - as always, but projected to perfection at this place.

It's so great to watch a favorite movie in a perfect setting, and to pay attention to details and things you've never really noticed or thought about or concentrated on the zillions of other times you've seen it.

Today I counted at least three lines (there might even have been another one or two) that were nearly blown, but the actor sails through it and it still comes out naturally and perfectly and the director leaves it. Pros, man. Pros who are at the top of their game.
Title: Re: THE LITTLE THINGS
Post by: Jane on May 22, 2021, 04:57:38 PM
I have no news, just a dirty pair of sneakers.

TTFN.

I am sorry I can't help you with that.
Title: Re: THE LITTLE THINGS
Post by: singdaw on May 22, 2021, 06:25:33 PM
 :)
Title: Re: THE LITTLE THINGS
Post by: singdaw on May 22, 2021, 06:26:02 PM
Good night, friends.
Title: Re: THE LITTLE THINGS
Post by: Jane on May 22, 2021, 06:39:37 PM
'night
Title: Re: THE LITTLE THINGS
Post by: vixmom on May 22, 2021, 07:49:06 PM
Vixmom, my Idea Soup is made with the prime rib bones and barley, carrot, onion, and celery.


Ooh that sounds delicious
Title: Re: THE LITTLE THINGS
Post by: Ginny on May 22, 2021, 07:51:22 PM
I just binge-watched the entire HALSTON on Netflix.
Title: Re: THE LITTLE THINGS
Post by: John G. on May 22, 2021, 08:43:17 PM
I just binge-watched the entire HALSTON on Netflix.

I gather that's akin to a rave.
Title: Re: THE LITTLE THINGS
Post by: John G. on May 22, 2021, 08:43:44 PM
Back to Return of the Musketeers. It is Richard Lester at his most frantic.
Title: Re: THE LITTLE THINGS
Post by: John G. on May 22, 2021, 08:47:44 PM
Dancing tonight was fun, but also strange. Yes, a lot of it was jostling the memory banks to remember different steps. But the sound system was unreliable for most of the evening. It wasn't just that a song skipped as it played, throwing you off the beat, but the rhythm also changed while you were dancing to something. It would speed up or slow down randomly, so trying to keep up was futile.
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Post by: John G. on May 22, 2021, 08:49:32 PM
Still, it was fun. A couple of the women just followed, instead of leading (how delightful).
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Post by: John G. on May 22, 2021, 08:49:52 PM
So, this might become a Saturday treat again.
Title: Re: THE LITTLE THINGS
Post by: John G. on May 22, 2021, 09:21:50 PM
Kim Catrall is the villain in Return of the Musketeers, and her out-of-place, 20th century mannerisms may be where the main area one can blame for the movie not measuring up to its beloved predecessors. Granted, one is supposed to dislike her (Madame de Winter's daughter), but I find I dislike her for all the wrong reasons. I can't wait until she is dead, in hopes that the movie would get better without her. No such luck, I'm afraid.
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Post by: John G. on May 22, 2021, 09:22:21 PM
But I am surprised at how closely the movie sticks to the novel.
Title: Re: THE LITTLE THINGS
Post by: John G. on May 22, 2021, 09:46:53 PM
I'm off to bed.
Title: Re: THE LITTLE THINGS
Post by: John G. on May 22, 2021, 09:47:00 PM
Good night, all.
Title: Re: THE LITTLE THINGS
Post by: bk on May 22, 2021, 10:24:43 PM
ChasSmith - Andre Cluytens, with Victoria de los Angeles.
Title: Re: THE LITTLE THINGS
Post by: bk on May 22, 2021, 10:24:52 PM
Finished with my viewing.
Title: Re: THE LITTLE THINGS
Post by: bk on May 22, 2021, 10:25:32 PM
Still don't know if I can announce today - completely frustrating. He'd done the pages for Tonight's the Night but not the book and I still haven't seen it.
Title: Re: THE LITTLE THINGS
Post by: TCB on May 22, 2021, 11:17:34 PM
Thank goodness for page five.
Title: Re: THE LITTLE THINGS
Post by: TCB on May 22, 2021, 11:18:15 PM
It did my heart good to see the post total.
Title: Re: THE LITTLE THINGS
Post by: TCB on May 22, 2021, 11:18:43 PM
Perhaps I can move us forward.
Title: Re: THE LITTLE THINGS
Post by: TCB on May 22, 2021, 11:19:02 PM
Last post this page.
Title: Re: THE LITTLE THINGS
Post by: TCB on May 22, 2021, 11:20:13 PM
PAGE SIX!
Title: Re: THE LITTLE THINGS
Post by: TCB on May 22, 2021, 11:21:29 PM
I guess George must be off playing Old Maid with the family.
Title: Re: THE LITTLE THINGS
Post by: TCB on May 22, 2021, 11:21:50 PM
I hope he is winning.
Title: Re: THE LITTLE THINGS
Post by: TCB on May 22, 2021, 11:22:16 PM
Boy, I can’t stop sneezing.
Title: Re: THE LITTLE THINGS
Post by: TCB on May 22, 2021, 11:22:31 PM
Good night.
Title: Re: THE LITTLE THINGS
Post by: George on May 23, 2021, 12:00:26 AM
Boy, I've got a lot of ketchuping to do!
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Post by: George on May 23, 2021, 12:01:02 AM
I first saw the movie Clue with friends of mine at the Capitol Mall movie theater.
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Post by: George on May 23, 2021, 12:01:37 AM
One friend, Debbie, and her husband bought a showing and we watched it on the big screen and thoroughly enjoyed it!
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Post by: George on May 23, 2021, 12:01:54 AM
Then several of us stood out in the mall and chatted for a bit.
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Post by: George on May 23, 2021, 12:02:13 AM
It was great to see theater friends and ketchup on things. :)
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Post by: George on May 23, 2021, 12:02:49 AM
Then, I went to my mom's and had some spaghetti and sauce with vegan crumbles.
Title: Re: THE LITTLE THINGS
Post by: George on May 23, 2021, 12:03:11 AM
The sauce was vegan, but we had some actual parmesan cheese and it was all quite tasty!
Title: Re: THE LITTLE THINGS
Post by: George on May 23, 2021, 12:03:52 AM
Since I got there after they were done eating, they had started a game of Quirkle that they finished, so I ate while they were playing.