Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2020/04/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Great story, great photo. On 4/21/20 9:32 PM, Bill Clough via LUG wrote: > In 1980, on a cultural exchange assignment to Guatemala, I was paired > one evening with the first-chair cellist of the Guatamala City, Mr. Manuel > Alvarado. In high school, I held first chair cello in the orchestra, but I > never learned how to read music. My mother was a trained concert pianist, > so I had her play the music and then I played it mostly by ear. At the > start of my senior year, I was hit with a sight-reading challenge and I > went from first to fourth chair in 20 minutes. I looked at the class > schedule and discovered the same time period for orchestra was a journalism > class. The rest is history. I told Mr. Alvarado the story. After dinner, he > asked me to play his cello. It had been 21 years since I had held a cello. > It took me 15 minutes just to get the fingering for scales. ?You have music > in your soul,? he said. ?Let me show you something.? He got a flashlight > and illuminated the inside. I had been playing scales on a Stradivarius. > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Bill1941/RETROSPECT/Manuel+Alvarado_+Guatamala+City_+1980+___+02107.jpg.html > > > ?Bill > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA