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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).
Nope, didn't know about Northside. I'll call them too. Thanks, Leslie. I am looking into First Presbyterian Church (where we had it last time), Kerrytown Concert House, and Green Wood Coffee House (where Katie has concerts).
We'll here is where it's at. Dates are tight. It looks like either Saturday, June 24th, or sometime in very late July or in August. On June 24th we lose a couple of people who aren't available, which leave only about five or six people who have stated an interest in performing. I'm not sure that's enough interest, actually. Do we go for something later in the summer and hope to round-up more interest? Take the June 24th date and just have it be a smaller deal? Whatchathink?
I've gone through and counted up the volunteers. Aruba, scott, remmers, orinoco, otter, davel & family, jules, arabella and katie have all said they'd be interested. But so far only aruba and remmers have confirmed they can make June 24th. I know arabella and davel & family can't make it that date. So I'm going to call and release the reservation. I'll ask about dates in August.
The 24th of June is fine by me. I thought Mary only wanted to hear from people who *couldn't* make that date. ?
Yeah, me too. It was fine with me. But so is anything after the first weekend in August. Mary, I will send you the e-mail address I check daily...
june 24 is bad for me, cause im gonna be probably catering to all of the musicians who perform at the frog island jazz festival, which is that weekend.
I'll be working at TOP on 24 June
I think I'll just have gotten back to Ann Arbor on june 24th.
I don't expect to be back in Ann Arbor until about August 23. I would really like to participate in the grex recital, so a date at the end of August or beginning of September would work best for me.
I mentioned this to Staci (she plays violin and mandolin) she said she might be interested, especially if she can convince Damon to play his trumpet in a duet with her.
Ooh, right, TOP. But we're talking afternoon, so that is still OK for people who aren't actually working TOP.
I know it's almost four months away but how would the afternoon of Saturday, August 26th, work for folks? That date is available.
I'll be gone from about August 10th through Labor Day.
Ack, I think you told me that in email once already, Mark. Sorry. I don't think this is going to come off this summer. People have full lives and lots going on. I know I only have two Saturdays free in the next 3 months, and I'm not unusual. And trying to get at least 10 people to be able to perform on either of those dates would be tricky. How about we come back to this in a few months, maybe planning a recital sometime in the fall?
Out of blatent curiousity, why does it have to be on a Saturday?
Tradition. ;-) The church has that space booked on Sunday's. Would there be more people willing to make a weekday evening recital? I rather thought not but I could be wrong.
The Kerrytown Concert House might be possible on Sundays
Yep, but they are a bit pricey. As is the Unitarian Church who wanted $200 for a small chapel that seats, maybe, 30 comfortably. The space we rented last time around is not available due to an extensive renovation project just getting underway. Greenwood Coffee house doesn't have a piano and won't rent to non-members.
I could do a weekday evening, I guess.
Mary, who did you talk to about Green Wood? Green Wood has 2 pianos (one electric, one upright) and does rent to nonmembers. 'Sides which, I am a member. I am majorly puzzled.
I spoke with the woman who said Rev. Eardly wasn't there but asked if she could help. She was nice enough but did say there wasn't a working piano and that they really didn't rent out the space to the public. I did mention you would be involved in the recital. Did I give up on this, for this summer, too soon? I'm certainly interested in seeing a recital happen but I'm not into pulling teeth to get folks to commit. There were enough performers expressing interest in general but not when specific dates were mentioned. Would a weeknight evening work, especially a Friday? What happened to our poets? Maybe somebody got wind of the fact I was going to be playing the cello? ;-)
Must have been an office volunteer who misunderstood. I'll check on it.
I'm pretty sure a Friday evening would work.
Can do a Friday evening. Will even use a bit of PT to leave work early. Let me know.
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