Speaking of accordions....
Our next show
Re: Our next show
A couple of months ago my cousin posted this same joke on Facebook, only it was they left more Red Sox tickets next to the pair he had in the car. I replied it could have been worse, they could have left Patriots tickets.
For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.
~ Carl Sagan
~ Carl Sagan
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Sue U
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And I'll be glad not to hear it that way again. 
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Bicycle Bill
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Re: Our next show
You know what having perfect pitch is, don't you?
That's the ability to throw an accordion into a dumpster so it lands on top of the banjo without hitting any of the sides.
-"BB"-
That's the ability to throw an accordion into a dumpster so it lands on top of the banjo without hitting any of the sides.
-"BB"-
Yes, I suppose I could agree with you ... but then we'd both be wrong, wouldn't we?
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Sue U
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Re: Our next show
Our Holiday Pops concert is always a bit goofy and often includes Hanukkah Habanera, a mash-up of the Carmen aria with The Dreidel Song and Hanukkah O Hanukkah. It's a love-it-hate-it kinda thing but it always makes me laugh; if you've never heard it, here's a version:
Because apparently that's not silly enough, this year we're doing A Winter Miracle, which is the same concept but using Vivaldi's Winter as the base. Here's the Cincinnati Pops doing it in their Christmas show last year:
Still not sure which one I love/hate more.
Because apparently that's not silly enough, this year we're doing A Winter Miracle, which is the same concept but using Vivaldi's Winter as the base. Here's the Cincinnati Pops doing it in their Christmas show last year:
Still not sure which one I love/hate more.
GAH!
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You're right Sue, that is a quandary, although I will say I don't like, let alone love, either. But I guess there will be some in the audience who love both. FWIW, I usually avoid pops concerts when I can as they usually contain a lot of music I don't care for. I will song them, if I have to, but try not to because of silly music like that. Often it takes just as much, if not more, effort to learn these pieces, ad that it time I'd rather not spend.
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Sue U
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Re: Our next show
With our 2024 Holiday Pops show now in the books, my stand partner sent me a link last week to the recording of "Minor Alterations" below, which we agree should be on next year's program:
Rehearsals start again next week, so it's a five-week sprint to the next concert. I started working on Dvorak 8 over the Christmas weekend because the parts are available on IMSLP, but the Price piano concerto and Coleridge-Taylor's Bamboula are not, so
Rehearsals start again next week, so it's a five-week sprint to the next concert. I started working on Dvorak 8 over the Christmas weekend because the parts are available on IMSLP, but the Price piano concerto and Coleridge-Taylor's Bamboula are not, so
GAH!
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Nice.
We start the 13th rehearsing an all Copland concert.
We start the 13th rehearsing an all Copland concert.
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I haven't seen it yet, so i'm not sure. I'll let you know.