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backstage pass: Candide
” A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” Lao-tzu, Chinese philosopher. Note by note, bar by bar, page by page the expedition has begun. I’m grabbing your hand and pulling you...
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backstage Candide: progress
Week #2 working in the chorus of CANDIDE. Been taking antibiotics and steroids all week to knock out the remnants of a lingering upper respiratory problem. Some days I sound like I should be banished...
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Candide: costumes
Repetition, repetition, re-PE-ti-tion. The characteristics of the music implant in the brain first. Next, the words of each song tumble and sift through the gray matter until they fall into proper...
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Candide: countdown
Image from freedigitalphoto.net by digitalart. Candide feels like a pile of colorful jigsaw puzzle pieces tumbling in my brain right now. Everything I need is there. Now it’s time to put the irregular...
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Candide: sneak peek
howl (Photo credit: sillydog) My morning began with this. The Texan: Kathy, wake up! Do you hear dogs barking? Me: Go back to sleep. It’s only my feet. Sore feet (Photo credit: dreadpiratejeff)...
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Candide: a love letter
Dear Maestro Bernstein, I’ve been thinking fondly of you lately. You see, I’m involved in a small way with Amarillo Opera’s production of Candide. Saying I’m involved implies I’m someone who recognizes...
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Candide: epilogue
I STILL don’t understand why cast and crew were excitedly whispering ‘toy, toy, toy’ and patting me on the back before the opening curtain. The mysteries of the Opera, I guess. The remnants of Candide...
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beginning
I could call this post the end, but that perspective seems glass-half-full, doesn’t it? Wanted to write this missive to my chicken-wingers today. We can cackle about the happenings around the coop in...
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