Topic: MUSE MARGARET AND THE LAST BATCH OF PAGES (Read 713 times)

John G. · « **Reply #120 on:** February 05, 2026, 08:23:56 PM »

Five!

John G. · « **Reply #121 on:** February 05, 2026, 08:24:06 PM »

Good night, all.

bk · « **Reply #122 on:** February 05, 2026, 09:15:22 PM »

Very sleepy - dozing mostly since seven. Will do more proofing but boy do I need something sweet right now.

MichaelG · « **Reply #123 on:** February 05, 2026, 09:21:58 PM »

TOD: There's an El Pollo Loco near me, but I only went once because it was just alright and we have better options in the neighborhood.

MichaelG · « **Reply #124 on:** February 05, 2026, 09:23:14 PM »

I'm now scanning in the programs where I performed, starting from my trumpet days and just now starting with my vocal performances. First up were the student recitals that my teachers put on at Longy back in pre-Bard days where there was a great community program.

MichaelG · « **Reply #125 on:** February 05, 2026, 09:24:52 PM »

In one of the recitals I saw that my rendition of Lonely House was then followed by She Touched Me from Drat! The Cat! I hadn't realized I had heard anything from that score before bk directed it.

MichaelG · « **Reply #126 on:** February 05, 2026, 09:26:41 PM »

My very first recital song after taking about a year of lessons was Severin's revenge aria from Der Silbersee. Clearly my teacher was in the mode of "let them sing what they want to sing, it'll motivate them," though at least it's not ridiculously rangy or anything. I expect I did it in English; my German wouldn't have been very good then.

MichaelG · « **Reply #127 on:** February 05, 2026, 09:27:34 PM »

Der Silbersee was my introduction to performing Weill when we did the suite in my college orchestra.

MichaelG · « **Reply #128 on:** February 05, 2026, 09:28:09 PM »

So I'm thrilled to be finally seeing it on stage next month when Chicago Opera Theater does it.

MichaelG · « **Reply #129 on:** February 05, 2026, 09:28:30 PM »

Hope all is well with folks this evening. Vibes to those who need it.

MichaelG · « **Reply #130 on:** February 05, 2026, 09:30:04 PM »

Every so often I get a message when accessing the forums that it can't make a secure connection. When that happens I don't try to get it, I just wait a couple hours and it usually goes away, like it did now. I imagine this is part of the still-to-be-done updates for the forum that will then let them secure the site, but I wanted to mention it just in case.

MichaelG · « **Reply #131 on:** February 05, 2026, 09:32:24 PM »

Back to scanning. What did I do on those programs 30 years ago? Oh look, one number I still audition on, and another that I might audition on next year if they want songs from the show (which that company sometimes does).