Miscellaneous Musings

[vinteuil]

My dad told me about Lew Stone's regular appearances at the Thé Dansant afternoon events (if that was the correct nomenclature) held at the Strand Palace hotel in the 1930s. "We used to politely ask young ladies for a dance, then return to the table and at the very most hold hands. None of that "Why not come back to my place after this" nonsense you get today!" Well, not for Dad, at any rate!

... I think things were a bit racier at the Hammersmith Palais. According to my ma. Well, there was a war on...


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[bluestateprommer]

We vacation in Sarasota and I’ve seen them a few times. I hope they have a concert when we are there in February. Neeme Jarvi is the biggest name conductor we’ve seen there.

Well, it turns out that I sort of guessed correctly about Giancarlo Guerrero and juggling two jobs, as you'll get to see more of GG in Chicago over the next few summers, at the least, as GG just got named principal conductor of the Grant Park Music Festival:

https://www.grantparkmusicfestival.com/about/artistic-executive-leadership/giancarlo-guerrero

[richardfinegold]

Well, it turns out that I sort of guessed correctly about Giancarlo Guerrero and juggling two jobs, as you'll get to see more of GG in Chicago over the next few summers, at the least, as GG just got named principal conductor of the Grant Park Music Festival:

https://www.grantparkmusicfestival.com/about/artistic-executive-leadership/giancarlo-guerrero

interesting. i'm recently returned from several weeks abroad so I missed this. We didn't make it to Grant Park at all this past summer, due i8n part to the time I spent on the East Coast with a relatikve passing away. Hopefully next summer