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I lied. There is one more episode of Call-Back, albeit a brief one:



So what did I do this week during my time off? Well, Monday night I saw local actress Kristin Netzband in a touring production of The Drowsy Chaperone at Stocker Center. Tuesday was the violin/piano concert with Amy King, which went very well. I might post some sound clips later. Last night I got caught up on laundry and TV shows I've been missing for weeks. And this morning I'm going in to work late so a Levin Furniture technician can get my magic table in full working order. (One of the drawers was broken upon arrival, then the replacement drawer they sent me had no holes for the handles. The handles which I had to remove from the broken drawer because the new one didn't come with them.)

In other news, only 29 days until Kings Island opens, with its new roller coaster, Diamondback! Some friends and I are driving down for the weekend. Meanwhile us poor slobs in the northern part of the state have to wait an additional month for Cedar Point. :-\

violin/piano concert: six decades of Tony-winning musicals

You may remember three years ago I took part in a Lenten violin/piano concert at my church ("Hosanna!"). Amy King and I are teaming up again in a program for the Elyria Musical Art Society. It takes place this Tuesday (March 17), 7:30 p.m. at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church in Elyria. There is no admission charge and it's open to the public.

I've chosen songs from Broadway shows that won the Tony Award for Best Musical and Best Original Score in 1950, 1960, 1970, 1980, 1990, and 2000. As it happens, City of Angels won in 1990, so I'll get to plug my show at the same time. :)

The program includes

• Some Enchanted Evening (1950 - South Pacific)
  
• My Favorite Things (1960 - The Sound of Music)
  
• Applause (1970 - Applause)
  
• High Flying, Adored (1980 - Evita)
  
• Rainbow High (1980 - Evita)
  
• The Tennis Song (1990 - City of Angels)
  
• You Can Always Count On Me (1990 - City of Angels)
  
• Written in the Stars (2000 - Aida)
  and... just because it's my favorite musical of all time and the song makes for a nice closer...
  
• Prologue from Ragtime (1998).

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Obviously I've been too busy to post lately, but we have the third and final edition of "Call-Back" online now, so I thought I'd share it:



I did manage to get some things done at home last weekend, however. The last of the Christmas decorations are put away. I tore up and threw out the mountain of boxes and packing foam that came with the "magic table" (lift-top coffee table I bought), along with a couple other empty boxes I had stacked near the door and easily could have disposed of weeks ago. Took out the recycling, did three loads of laundry, cleaned the entire apartment for the first time in well over a month. And that's all thanks to taking last Friday off work. :) I actually got a full night's sleep three days in a row. I can't say the same for this week.

So yeah, the show opens this Friday night, and it's going to be good. At this point we're just tweaking and polishing. I'm very glad I agreed to do this show since, as I said before, not many theaters attempt it, and I have friends in the cast (and have made new ones, as usual). I'm a stronger singer than actor, so I was more engaged with the challenge of learning the City of Angels music than I was with learning how to act with Company last year.

I still plan to stick to my summer hiatus, but I hope to get back into the orchestra pit and possibly music direct for a while. Part of my wanting to be on stage was to get some experience from both sides of the piano, and see how other music directors work. I've done that, so I'd like to get back to the keyboard again soon.