Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/11/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Nov 6, 2012, at 7:56 PM, Ken Carney wrote: > Life is full of surprises. My wife and I were at a dinner party with > "strolling gypsy violinists". Everyone thought they were neat, but I was > in > a not-good mood and, as they say, would rather have poured some gasoline > down my pants and set my privates on fire. Anyhoo, one of the ladies walked > by and asked for any requests. I said, sure, the Chaconne from the Bach > Partita 2 would be great. My wife gave me an elbow to the ribs I could > feel > for weeks, but she said, great, that is one of my favorites too. So, for > about 14 minutes we heard a great performance of the Chaconne. All > conversation ceased, and about 70 people were listening intently. Turns > out > the strolling gypsies were all students from OCU, highly talented ones at > that. She finished and asked if we would like anything else - everyone was > after me for a selection so I asked for "Love For Three Oranges". What a > night and probably a record for gratuities for this young lady. I hope she > had a great career. I can barely play the hi-fi so I stand in awe of > these > artists. An absolutely W O N D E R F U L story Ken. Thank you! Regards, George Lottermoser george at imagist.com http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist