Four years ago Grex had a recital where a dozen or so talented folks
treated an appreciative audience to a sampling of their talents.  We had
pianists, singers, string players, poets, and math like you've never seen
done before.  It was a hoot.

Since then I've had a few people ask about maybe doing it again.  This
item is intended as a feeler - to see what kind of interest there would be
among performers. 

Too, last time I chipped in the money for the recital hall (a nice room
with a grand piano at the First Presbyterian Church of Ann Arbor).  If we
did this again I'm thinking of doing it a little differently.  Maybe
putting out a bowl for "whatever you can" donations?  I'd pay for the room
out of that and if we were short I'd make up the difference.  If the
donations more than covered the fee then the balance would go to the Grex
general fund. 

Whatchathink?

63 responses total.

I'm interested in participating.

I'd participate, and I'd be happy to donate a few dollars towards a venue.

(now linked to Music as item 246)

The last recital was a whole lot of fun.  I'd happily
participate again.

I missed the first one, and sorry I did.  I'd certainly enjoy attending a
second one. I'd like to participate, too, somehow, but I'm not sure how my
skill set translates into something I could present at a recital.

I would love to participate, if the recital took place over the summer or on
a weekend during which I could make it back to Ann Arbor.  This sounds like
a great idea.

Depending on schedules, I would be happy to perform.

I'd love to attend.  Not perform though - I can sing a baby to sleep
sometimes, but I think he falls asleep mainly so he won't have to keep
listening to me.

I second Jan's thoughts in every detail, except that the baby is a she,
and I know that she loves hearing my terrible singing.

I could provide some financial and technical support....

Thanks, other and others. ;-)

I'm going to mail katie and arabella and coyote to see if
they would be interested, but you know they are in a different
league when you even hesitate to ask for fear you'll insult them. ;-)

Too, I'm a real softie for kids performing so if any Grexers have
youngsters who could bring a talent to a general recital they'd
be more than welcome to join in.

And so far I don't think we've attracted any poets.  John mentioned
having this linked to poetry.  I'll ask.

Hey Eric (other)... you might also suggest a venue.  The church room Mary got
last time was good, but the carpet muffled the sound a bit (other than that
it was about perfect in size)

My offer to perform involves poetry and NO singing. 
Want a room cleared? Have me come in singing.

(We'll schedule your singing act for last... ;-)

If you want to have a crew of all Eric's, then I'll volunteer to help 
Eric B if needed.

Maybe the final act should consist of all us non-singing Grexer's doing
a few choruses to a song none of us know the words to.  That should
clear the room.

"Peas and carrots, peas and carrots, peeeeeaaaaaassssss aaaaannnnndddddd
caaarrrots!"

"ab da ab da ab da That's all folks!"

        direct from the Rutland:  "Cheese and Onions".

what is with all the damn eric/eriks around here?

They were on special, so we bought a large lot to save money.

hey, would ya let me know next time they run a special like that on boys?

yeah, I agree, no singing -- nobody would wanna hear me or arabella sing
anyway.  d=

Interested in doing something. Story-telling, and poems if no other poets show
up (don't wanna take up too many slots).

It's times like this when I regret being way down in Florida.

Re resp:23 - Heh. I'd love to hear arianna sing; hear she's quite
good. (I know first-hand that arabella is...)  Physical distance
from Ann Arbor might be a handicap, though.

It'll just test her lung capacity a little....

She could phone it in... Friday at the dojo banquet the keynote speaker missed
his flight, so one of the instructors held his cell phone up to the mic, and
we still got a nice speech.

resp:23 resp:28  I haven't heard either sing, unfortunately, and I 
didn't even know Erinn sang.  I've been known to sing, since I am 
studying as a baritone/bass, but I am also stuck here in Central WA and 
cannot quite afford a trip to A2 again.

*sigh*  This sounded nice, but I guess it's better not to toot my own 
horn.  I usually sing and play my classical guitar for my own enjoyment 
anyway.

Perhaps you could mail/email a recording?

i havent been doing my music for awhile, but i might consider at least
attending, if not participating in something liek this. but only if i can
change my name to eric or erik

Change it to "Ericka" and don't pronounce the /a/.

Maybe someone could set up a Real Audio connection so Lumen could play for
the recital even though he was in Washington.

well, if you could set that up, i would be willing to play recorder (soprano,
alto & tenor) from FL

re #24: me thinks John chides me for leaving a2. [:  How about if we all call
in on a donated cell phone.  <g>
re #26: if we get the poetry chapbook finished in time for the performance,
it might be interesting to have a few of the attending poetry cf'ers read from
it.
re #27: smart ass.
re #28:  surprising, lumen, that you've forgotten -- we've have a couple of
conversations about music, one was even in person when we were both in a2
last.  Gettin a mite rusty upstairs, ol' man?  d=

resp:35 Rusty?  No, maybe scatterbrained-- I have SO much to think 
about in one day, really, and it was a small chunk of data that somehow 
got forgotten.  Really, Erinn, when I was in A2, I was talking music 
with a lot of people, so I may have forgotten a few things.  *sigh*  
That reminds me, one day I'll get "Ann Arbor Rag" finished-- at least 
to a degree-- that John could play.  I feel bad that I have shelved the 
manuscript for so long since my music dictation is terrible (we can't 
transmit the data by MIDI from a Diskclavier).

I do miss you all terribly and do wish that I could be there in person.

resp:30 I can, although you'd have to listen to all the rest of my 
classmates in the guitar ensemble.  I don't have great recording 
equipment of my own, but if I can figure something out, I will try to 
pick my best guitar tune and my best vocal piece. 

I asked Jonathan whether he would like to sing a duet with me in such a
recital, and he said No, but indicated that he would like to play the piano.
(He's 13 now)  If the date doesn't conflict with our *full* summer schedule,
probably each boy would like to make an appearance as pianist.

Very nice.

I've done a little calling around to try to find a suitable
space.  I'm placing some follow-up calls tomorrow.  A space
that is priced right and comes with a piano seems to be
the sticky point.

I apologize ahead of time for not being able to post lots
of dates here and have a debate about which one works best
but by the time we decide the space would, no doubt, be booked.

So I'm probably going to just go with an open Saturday or Sunday
afternoon, in June, if I can get such a date.  If you are planning to
perform and know there is a day in there you can't make, please let me
know in mail ASAP.  Thanks. 

Mary, havwe you tried Northside Community Church?  They do
lots of recitals there, and only ask for a $50 contribution
(which I would be willing to help out with).

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