Seeing none existing, I have decided to make this the Grexers On Stage item. Post announcements about upcoming performances starring You the Grexer!44 responses total.
I will be "appearing" on Syracuse University College Radio, WERW (1570am in Syracuse or werw.syr.edu on the web), Tuesday evenings from 7-9 pm. General selection is mostly Classic Rock, but I do take requests. I have been known to play some songs by groups that I heard about due to Grex (Arrogant Worms, Captain Tractor). If you want to send in requests, I will gladly accept them, and try to play them.
I will be appearing in a short play called 'Sightlines' on 12 January 2002 at Performance Network in Ann Arbor during the 12-hour theatrical marathon fundraiser for Heartleande Theatre Company. I will also be directing one or two other short pieces in the same event.
Stact (sea, dewshine) is the floor manager for "Goodnight Desdemona, Good Morning Juliet" put on by Community High, tonight is the last night. Since there is a balcony scene and the school has no balcony so they have to fudge it, Staci gets to come on stage with a couple of very short (one - three word) lines while they set up a kludge involving a defective stage light, a ladder and the actress coming out of character long enough to climb the ladder. It was well done and very funny. Staci is having a ball as are the other kids involved. She is being lightly pressured to audition for the next comedy. She hasn't yet decided which side of the stage she prefers.
That sounds cool.
Hmm. I was just last night having a conversation in which I was drawing some parallels between Juliet and Desdemona and the decisions they made and the reasons why.
((( Agora 121 <---> Music 51 )))
in real life i am playing the MostRotten desdemona _ever_! but then um likes to let poison drip into its ear whilst sleeping. ((i know i mixed them ... identify both for 10 extra credit points))
1. You have the wrong plumbing to play Desdemona in real life, though I doubt not that you might love a Moor. 2. Even Hamlet's father did not *like* to have poison poured into his ear, that was merely the means by which Claudius disposed of him. Your point being...?
Actually, I believe poison in the ear was used in other Shakespeare plays than Hamlet...can't *quite* recall if Othello was one. I want to say it was referred to in a peripheral sense, but it's been too long since I last read it.
Now I'm wondering if tsty's response to the previous item (120) was meant for this item (121) instead.. Perhaps: > (120) #13/13: TS Taylor (tsty) Sun, Nov 4, 2001 (10:01) > alwyas leave them wanting more ...... was meant to be: > always leave them wanting Moor ......
Im not much in to Hamlet and that sort of things. what else is spoken about here?
That depends on which version of "here" you are looking at. This item appears in both the Agora and Music conferences. Try "browse" for a list of subject headers, and "read since 11/1" to see what's been written in the last five days.
re #10 ..... great! that's too good an observation to be wrong! re #8 ... bzzzzt, you only identified one, and you let a non-issue of plumbing get in your way .... the plays are the reference points for today's, in real life, tragedies. re #9 YEHHHHHHH!!!! you named both othello and hamlet, the two i mixed, metaphorically speaking, to describe how i'm just a player in't. <wanna try for the third?>
Looks like I might be playing bass with a local cajun band at some kind of dance next weekend at the Pittsfield Grange.
Staci is floor manager for Community High's next play - "The Virtuous Burglar" play dates in approximately a month (exact dates to come later). She's having fun following in Daddy's footsteps.
Re #11: what is spoken about here is whatever YOU speak about here.
I will be dueting with Don White this weekend in Ann Arbor and in Pontiac.
Re #13: Looks to me like you're a few months too late -- summer's over, and it's now autumn. ;->
Tomorrow is Veterans Day, and two Detroit radio stations usually play my rendition of a song called "Names On A Wall" on Veterans Day and Memorial Day. The stations are WCSX 94.1FM and ALICE 106.7 FM, and if it is played on WCSX it will be between 7 am and 1 pm (Over Easy program) and on ALICE it would be between 8 am and noon (Alice's Restaurant). Heck, if you want to request the song, WCSX's # is 313-298-WCSX and ALICE 's is 313-298-ALICE.
Re #14: Yes, Scott has agreed to play bass for our Cajun/Zydeco dance on Friday, November 16 at the Pittsfield Grange Hall (on Ann Arbor-Saline Road, about 1/2 mile south of I-94). The band should start around 8:30pm, right after the dance lessons. I play Cajun accordion in the band Maison Bleue, and also have to find new musicians to play when other folks can't make it to gigs! :-) I'm really thankful Scott has agreed to play for us. I also have Cajun/Zydeco jam sessions at the Grange, usually on the 1st and 3rd Saturdays of each month, from 2-5pm. I even give out CZ sheet music and CDs (although I need to burn a new batch of CDs). Y'all come on out and pass a good time! Garry Kaluzny
I really do need to make it out to that thing sometime. I keep promising myself I will...
I'll be heading out to the West Coast Ragtime Festival in Sacramento, CA this weekend and expect to be involved in a few jam sessions...
Maison Bleue, what a great play on words. :)
I've been invited to perform at the annual Christmas Ragtime Bash at the Unitarian Church in Ann Arbor. It's on Sunday December 9 and starts at 7:30pm. Tickets at the door. Come early; it usually sells out. Other performers include William Bolcom, Joan Morris, Bob Seely, Terry Parrish, Kerry Price, and Mike Montgomery. I'll give more details as I get them.
State Singers is having its fall concert this coming Tuesday, November 20th at Martin Luther Chapel in East Lansing. The address is 444 Abbott Rd, EL 48823, and you can get great directions from anywhere using mapquest. The concert starts at 7:30. (Yes, I'm in State Singers)
I don't know if this counts as "on stage" or not, but my piano playing can be heard on a new interactive CD-ROM from Archive Impact called "American Scrapbook: Detroit Memories, Volume 1". It's a retrospective of Detroit from the the turn of the century to World War II, told in words, photographs, and music. I perform "Ragtime Oriole" and "Princess Rag", both by James Scott. Another featured performer on the CD is ragtime pianist and historian Nan Bostick.
wellll... wehre can we buy the durn thing? i think that counts!
You can order it on the company's website: http://www.archiveimpact.com Be forewarned that it ain't cheap. A preview of the CD is available there too.
i have shockwave installed ... the preview doesn't work.
The University of Michigan's Life Sciences Orchestra is rehearsing
for a January 20th performance of:
Pelleas et Melisande Faure
Roman Carnival Overture Berlioz
Symphony No.5 Tschaikowsky
Re #29: The preview worked for me. I had to reboot Windows after installing shockwave to get it to, thought.
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Tonight I will sing 3 or 4 songs with Matt Watroba, Neil Woodward, and Gary Weisenberg in their concert at the Plymouth Arts Council. The PAC is located on Sheldon Rd, 2 blocks south of M-14, at the corner of Junction Street. We did the same last night, but I forgot to anounce it. The PAC is only a 15 minute drive from the north side of Ann Arbor. Tix available at the door.
Now you tell us...
re 31 ..... it only works with micro$loth explorer, it won't run with netscape ... and there are some errors on tha page evne with ie. and ie had to d/l some sort of patch/extention to shockwave.
Latest info on the Holiday Ragtime Bash:
Date/time: Sunday, Dec 9, 7:30pm
Place: First Unitarian Universalist Church,
4001 Ann Arbor Saline Road, Lodi Twp.
Tickets: $15 regular admission, $12 student & seniors.
Advance tickets at Nicola's Books in Westgate
Shopping Center, or after Sunday's service.
Or you can purchase tickets at the door.
Performers include William Bolcom, Joan Morris, Mike Montgomery,
Bob Seely, Terry Parish, Kerry Price, and yours truly, among others.
The first half is a "survey" of the ragtime era, featuring works by major
composers such as Scott Joplin, Joe Lamb, James Scott, Charlie Johnson,
Artie Matthews, and Jelly Roll Morton. I'll be playing "Pearl of the
Harem" (1901) by Detroit composer Harry Guy. The second half will be
more free-form; I may be performing in it as well.
I suggest getting advance tickets or arriving early (like, 6:45).
I believe it's not reserved seating, so you might want to arrive early
even if you do get advance tickets. This is a very popular annual
event and always sells out.
I'll be appearing with the Nick Strange Trio this Friday (12/7) at The Alley in Dexter. Should be starting around 9:30pm.
Tomorrow night (Sat Dec 8) I will sing 3 songs at Trinity House Theatre's "Christmas Around The House" benefit show. I will begin the second set, and will be accompanied by The Usual Suspects. I will do two Melanie Christmas songs (Christmas Lullaby" and "Tonight's The Kind of Night") and the traditional" Cherry Tree Carol." Fleming-Tamulevich agency called me today to ask me to perform at the Ark on Feb 1, and I said yes. When asked what compensation I require, I replied, "Just give me one of those big honkin' chocolate cookies." This show will be a triple bill with Robbie Schaefer (of Eddie From Ohio) and Seth Barnard. I will be accompanied by Mike Fedel on guitar. Trinity House Theatre is located on Six Mile Rd in Livonia, at I-275. Just 20 minutes from downtown Ann Arbor. The show begins at 8pm. The Ark is located in downtown Ann Arbor, just 20 minutes from Trinity House Theater. ;-)
Seems like a truly savvy negotiator could've gotten a chocolate chip cookie for her accompanist, too..
They're BIG. He may have half of mine.
You're underselling yourself, my dear! :)
From time to time it's useful not to sell yourself. Helps you remember that you're in it for the fun.
Ok, lissen up! I'm only going to say this here once, and then I'm
probably going to say it over and over again!
SATURDAY, JANUARY 12 2002 at Performance Network in Ann Arbor
Heartlande Theatre Company's PLAY BY PLAY Marathon
http://www.heartlande.com (click on EVENTS for all the info)
Yours Truly will be making his Directing debut with a short
piece by Jason Long entitled, "Defensive Aggressive."
In addition, I will be returning to the stage to perform in
Charles Hall's "Sightlines," directed by Mary Locker, director
of last season's award-winning production of "Wit" by Margaret
Edson.
Check out http://www.heartlande.com for info or call
Performance Network at 734-663-0681 for tickets.
We'll be there, Eric. This sounds wonderful.
You have several choices: