Topic: THE SPECTACULAR SOLD-OUT MATINEE (Read 5746 times)

Jane · « **Reply #60 on:** December 30, 2019, 09:56:16 AM »

Though my pre-diabetes is not what is currently making me sick. I had reduced my chocolate due to it, which was a good idea while I slowly reduced my other medication that allowed me to eat chocolate without getting sick.

youngreps@sbcglobal.net · « **Reply #61 on:** December 30, 2019, 10:15:16 AM »

Good morning HHWers. Yes it was a wonderful weekend for The Man Who Came to Dinner.
Friday night backstage Barry Pearl had dared me to put something unexpected in his cream puff. I fleetingly entertained thoughts of horseradish or Mexican hot sauce

but spared him. Instead, I ground up an Altoid mint into powder... which looked rather dubious....and sprinkled a bit on the croissant before filling it up with whipped cream.

Sunday matinee featured a 1/4 teaspoon of Grand Marnier

Hope everyone has a good week and advance happy new year wishes to all!

George · « **Reply #62 on:** December 30, 2019, 10:52:03 AM »

Quote from: Druxy on December 30, 2019, 03:58:31 AM

T.O.D.

Good health...and a little wealth wouldn't be bad either.

Ditto and Ditto!!

George · « **Reply #63 on:** December 30, 2019, 10:52:13 AM »

Quote from: elmore3003 on December 30, 2019, 04:26:31 AM

Last night surprisingly a very good night for these days. I was up only once, around 1:30, and that never happens.

Great news, Larry! Hopefully, this'll be a continuing trend!

George · « **Reply #64 on:** December 30, 2019, 10:52:22 AM »

Quote from: Michael on December 30, 2019, 06:02:43 AM

I’ve been under the weather for the last few weeks. Decided to take a break from Facebook by temporarily closing my account and will also do the same with my Twitter and my Instagram accounts. Just too depressing with the hateful political postings on both sides and all the antisemitism

~~~Feel Better Vibes for Michael!!~~~

George · « **Reply #65 on:** December 30, 2019, 10:52:32 AM »

Quote from: Jane on December 30, 2019, 07:08:03 AM

Quote from: elmore3003 on December 30, 2019, 04:37:53 AM
I am quite concerned over a couple of charges against me in an email I received this morning because it affects a friendship I would hate to lose.

Vibes you work it out.

~~~Ditto!!~~~

George · « **Reply #66 on:** December 30, 2019, 10:52:46 AM »

Quote from: elmore3003 on December 30, 2019, 09:05:06 AM

When I came out of therapy, there was a young man walking a beautiful bulldog. We talked about the dog, which was a rescue from the Manhattan shelter. When I got home, I checked today's dogs up for adoption. I love this little Pug named Oscar.

So cute!! Not including my friend named pug (yes, she prefers the lower case p), I have several friends who have and LOVE pug dogs.

George · « **Reply #67 on:** December 30, 2019, 10:53:45 AM »

Quote from: John G. on December 30, 2019, 09:28:40 AM

Quote from: Jane on December 30, 2019, 07:12:03 AM
Quote from: Jrand69 on December 30, 2019, 06:18:46 AM
Congrats on the reading DR MICHAEL.

Ditto.

And more congratulations.

Ditto, too!!

elmore3003 · « **Reply #68 on:** December 30, 2019, 11:50:29 AM »

Quote from: Jane on December 30, 2019, 09:54:08 AM

Quote from: elmore3003 on December 30, 2019, 09:32:56 AM
Quote from: Jane on December 30, 2019, 09:27:49 AM
Quote from: elmore3003 on December 30, 2019, 09:10:58 AM
Quote from: Jrand69 on December 30, 2019, 06:19:14 AM
DR JANE I will make the sacrifice and eat the chocolate that you are giving up......

I wish i had some chocolate!

Have you basically given it up because of your diabetes or can you eat it in small doses?

I have given nothing up because of diabetes, and my doctor seems happy with the quarterly test results. I also suspect the weight I lost is a help as well. I just don't have any chocolate handy.

What changed after your bouts in the hospital? Are you on medication?

What hospital bouts? Do you mean the two ER trips in around Labor Day in 2008 for insulin? I've been on meds since then.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #69 on:** December 30, 2019, 11:59:35 AM »

I lay down on the heating pad for about two hours. I may have dozed, but I didn't really sleep. Stella curled up beside me and slept quite soundly.

Jane · « **Reply #70 on:** December 30, 2019, 12:43:01 PM »

Quote from: youngreps@sbcglobal.net on December 30, 2019, 10:15:16 AM

Good morning HHWers. Yes it was a wonderful weekend for The Man Who Came to Dinner.
Friday night backstage Barry Pearl had dared me to put something unexpected in his cream puff. I fleetingly entertained thoughts of horseradish or Mexican hot sauce but spared him. Instead, I ground up an Altoid mint into powder... which looked rather dubious....and sprinkled a bit on the croissant before filling it up with whipped cream. Sunday matinee featured a 1/4 teaspoon of Grand Marnier
Hope everyone has a good week and advance happy new year wishes to all!

Jane · « **Reply #71 on:** December 30, 2019, 12:44:07 PM »

Quote from: elmore3003 on December 30, 2019, 11:50:29 AM

Quote from: Jane on December 30, 2019, 09:54:08 AM
Quote from: elmore3003 on December 30, 2019, 09:32:56 AM
Quote from: Jane on December 30, 2019, 09:27:49 AM
Quote from: elmore3003 on December 30, 2019, 09:10:58 AM
Quote from: Jrand69 on December 30, 2019, 06:19:14 AM
DR JANE I will make the sacrifice and eat the chocolate that you are giving up......

I wish i had some chocolate!

Have you basically given it up because of your diabetes or can you eat it in small doses?

I have given nothing up because of diabetes, and my doctor seems happy with the quarterly test results. I also suspect the weight I lost is a help as well. I just don't have any chocolate handy.

What changed after your bouts in the hospital? Are you on medication?

What hospital bouts? Do you mean the two ER trips in around Labor Day in 2008 for insulin? I've been on meds since then.

Right. They were kind of scary. I thought you were eating a special diet since then.

Jane · « **Reply #72 on:** December 30, 2019, 12:44:20 PM »

Quote from: elmore3003 on December 30, 2019, 11:59:35 AM

I lay down on the heating pad for about two hours. I may have dozed, but I didn't really sleep. Stella curled up beside me and slept quite soundly.

Nice.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #73 on:** December 30, 2019, 01:10:28 PM »

Quote from: Jane on December 30, 2019, 12:44:07 PM

Quote from: elmore3003 on December 30, 2019, 11:50:29 AM
Quote from: Jane on December 30, 2019, 09:54:08 AM
Quote from: elmore3003 on December 30, 2019, 09:32:56 AM
Quote from: Jane on December 30, 2019, 09:27:49 AM
Quote from: elmore3003 on December 30, 2019, 09:10:58 AM
Quote from: Jrand69 on December 30, 2019, 06:19:14 AM
DR JANE I will make the sacrifice and eat the chocolate that you are giving up......

I wish i had some chocolate!

Have you basically given it up because of your diabetes or can you eat it in small doses?

I have given nothing up because of diabetes, and my doctor seems happy with the quarterly test results. I also suspect the weight I lost is a help as well. I just don't have any chocolate handy.

What changed after your bouts in the hospital? Are you on medication?

What hospital bouts? Do you mean the two ER trips in around Labor Day in 2008 for insulin? I've been on meds since then.

Right. They were kind of scary. I thought you were eating a special diet since then.

Maybe for the first couple of months; after that, not really.

bk · « **Reply #74 on:** December 30, 2019, 01:12:05 PM »

I'm up, I'm up - got up at noon after eight hours of sleep.

bk · « **Reply #75 on:** December 30, 2019, 01:12:33 PM »

My tummy has not been "right" for several days now - I can eat and stuff, but I'm slightly queasy.

Jane · « **Reply #76 on:** December 30, 2019, 01:20:52 PM »

Maybe you also ate too much chocolate.

Ginny · « **Reply #77 on:** December 30, 2019, 01:52:29 PM »

Monday afternoon greetings! We’ve had a lot of family swirling around us the past couple of days, with Rob, Mary Linda, and the cat hanging out here while their house was being shown yesterday and today. Niece Lauren and her son J came over to visit yesterday and today Mary Linda and I went with them and Lauren’s sister Amy and her daughter Rachel to see Frozen II.

Ginny · « **Reply #78 on:** December 30, 2019, 01:55:13 PM »

Quote from: John G. on December 30, 2019, 09:27:39 AM

Just made it to Atlanta.

DR John G, my deepest condolences to you and your family. I’m hoping the rest of your journey goes smoothly and the storm has calmed in Louisville.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #79 on:** December 30, 2019, 02:27:41 PM »

The day continues to be interesting and rewarding. More in a bit. I must think about some dinner.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #80 on:** December 30, 2019, 02:41:36 PM »

Sudden bad and slick weather here. Rehearsal canceled!

ChasSmith · « **Reply #81 on:** December 30, 2019, 02:41:56 PM »

Quote from: elmore3003 on December 30, 2019, 02:27:41 PM

The day continues to be interesting and rewarding. More in a bit. I must think about some dinner.

Sounds nice...

Jane · « **Reply #82 on:** December 30, 2019, 02:58:01 PM »

"more in a bit"....I am excited.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #83 on:** December 30, 2019, 03:10:43 PM »

Even though I was the staff arranger for the New York City Gay Men's Chorus between 1981 and 1999, my relationship with later musical directors has been, to be kind, prickly. The Chorus now has a new director from the Los Angeles Chorus. His tenure began in September 2019, and I will not miss the person he replaced.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #84 on:** December 30, 2019, 03:15:37 PM »

This afternoon I got an email from a horrible licensing bully, Trésona, located in Arizona, who has in the past decade become the clearing house for licensing music and controlling singers and orchestras. The email wanted info from me about an arrangement of "Over the Rainbow" submitted by the New York City Gay Men's Chorus and its new musical director. My first question was, has anyone from the Chorus asked me to write an arrangement? So I went to the Chorus' Facebook page and asked.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #85 on:** December 30, 2019, 03:20:09 PM »

The new MD, Gavin Thrasher, called me. He wanted to program an arrangement of "Over the Rainbow" that I had written - and completely forgotten! - in 1998. Well, during the Chorus years I was grinding out arrangement for all occasions and concerts so I'm not completely surprised I had forgotten it. So, we had a pleasant conversation and made plans to have lunch in the New Year.

He sent me a pdf of my arrangement, which the Chorus wants to sing in its March 2020 concert. It's much better than I thought. And that was my afternoon. The Chorus celebrates its 40th anniversary this year, so I suspect more forgotten tems will be showing up.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #86 on:** December 30, 2019, 03:20:44 PM »

It may lead to more work. Who knows?

Jane · « **Reply #87 on:** December 30, 2019, 03:52:04 PM »

Very nice DR elmore. Vibes it leads to more work!

Jane · « **Reply #88 on:** December 30, 2019, 04:01:22 PM »

The TOD is an easy one for me. I hope for a healthy, beautiful granddaughter and a safe easy delivery for our daughter in-law.

Then to stay healthy & not break anything so I can enjoy this perfect granddaughter

ChasSmith · « **Reply #89 on:** December 30, 2019, 04:04:45 PM »

An excellent turn of events, DR Elmore.

Is that a purely vocal arrangement, or what? Now I want to hear it.

I have no real knowledge of this licensing bully, but from what little I’ve heard about them, their reputation is.....mythological.

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