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 Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 5:48 PM, George Lottermoser <imagist3 at mac.com> wrote: > > 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! > Even better, because OCU is where Eric just graduated in Music. Those were his classmates! > > Regards, > George Lottermoser > george at imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com/blog > http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Regards, Sonny http://sonc.com/look/ Natchitoches, Louisiana USA