musicians. When I had my gigging quartet, the
first-call cellist was arguably the best
performer of the lot, and the second-call
cellist was arguably the second best performer
of the lot, and the third-call was arguably
the third-best (she taught at Hartt).

You had good cellists to pick from, then... :)

They don't get any respect, and if they spend most
of their lives grinding out the bass line of the
Kanon, they might lose it for themselves. My gigs
were more interesting, and I called real music, and
also if I charged a client 500 bucks, each person
would get 125; whereas by the union rules prevailing
at the time, the others would get 83, and the contractor
would get 250 (a full share as contractor and two shares
for being the performing leader). The second call cellist
was that self-effacing dame I might have mentioned who
once asked her husband to drive up to the concert hall
in Toronto to hear a concert, and it turned out she was
soloing the Saint-Saens concerto with the Buffalo Phil.

Did you mention what the piece was? If so I apologize
for forgetting; wasn't it something for recorder and
discontinuo (not my joke; Peter Schickele's I think).

I don't think I specifically named it... It's Greensleeves to a round,
by Anon. (XVII cent).... :) for descant/soprano recorder and

Greenfleeves. Isn't that a pretty unlikely title for a fong?

continuo... I think you're right, there's at least one P.D.Q. Bach piece
for something and discontinuo.... ;) Hopefully we'll be more continuo
than dis... ;) The show is tomorrow (Saturday) at 1 pm... we're
meeting for a practice at 11:30 up at church, first time with Eliot... I think we'll do creditably... :)

I knew a kid by that name. Played the cello, too.

There's to be a wide variety of different talents displayed... Lydia and
I saw the program when we went up to church to practice tonight... they
were laid out already.... :)

Anything else interesting?

... I'm not worthless. I can serve as a bad example

We all can, some of the time.

True... I found I have another similar one in my files.... see

below...

... If you can't be a good example be a horrible warning!

Beating up on oneself can be okay if it's not too
brutal.

Actually, I try not to beat up on myself... usually.... (G)

Rule one: No tipping in Germany. "Make no marks."

... Everyone is ignorant. It just depends on the subject.

Yeah, well. There's this big issue with people
pontificating on a subject and being listened to
on the strength of their being good at something
altogether else.

Nancy Reagan's m0nkey bread
categories: celebrity, sweet bread
yield: 24

1 pk rapid-rise yeast
1 1/4 c milk (any type; as needed)
2 eggs
3 Tb sugar
1 ts salt
4 1/2 c bread flour
6 oz butter, room temp
8 oz butter, melted
1 egg white

In a small bowl, mix 1/2 c warm (not hot) milk,
1 Tb sugar and 1 yeast packet until dissolved.
Let sit 5 min until frothy/bubbling. In a large
bowl beat two eggs. Slowly mix in 1/2 c milk,
2 Tb sugar and 41/2 c bread flour. Slowly add
remaining milk until a pizza-dough like texture
is reached. Slowly knead in 6 oz butter and
continue kneading for 6 min.

Lightly grease a large bowl and place the dough
in it. Cover bowl and place in a warm, damp area
and let dough rise 60 to 90 min until doubled in
size. While dough is rising, melt 8 oz butter in
small bowl. Set aside. Grease bundt pan. Set aside.

When risen, roll dough out onto lightly floured
surface. Gently roll dough into a 12x14" rectangle.
Cut rectangle into 24 pieces of equal size and roll
pieces into spheres. Fully coat each piece in melted
butter and place in greased bundt pan. Let dough
rise for 30 min.

Preheat oven to 375F. Lightly brush beaten egg
white on top of risen dough.

Bake monkey bread in oven until golden brown, 25 to
30 min. Let cool completely. Turn bread out onto
cutting board and pull apart to serve.

Adapted from the USO of Pioneer Valley Celebrity Cookbook
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Quoting Michael Loo to Nancy Backus on 03-27-19 10:47 <=-

musicians. When I had my gigging quartet, the
first-call cellist was arguably the best
performer of the lot, and the second-call
cellist was arguably the second best performer
of the lot, and the third-call was arguably
the third-best (she taught at Hartt).

You had good cellists to pick from, then... :)

They don't get any respect, and if they spend most
of their lives grinding out the bass line of the
Kanon, they might lose it for themselves.

I'd hope they'd find a way to get gigs that were better than that, at
least for a good portion of their performing... ;) Most of the cellists
I've known (friends and family), tended to find venues, even if
performing gratis, that let them play more interesting music than
that... church groups, family chamber groups, and so forth... :)

My gigs were more interesting, and I called real music, and
also if I charged a client 500 bucks, each person
would get 125; whereas by the union rules prevailing
at the time, the others would get 83, and the contractor
would get 250 (a full share as contractor and two shares
for being the performing leader).

I'm glad you were more equitable with your musicians than the normal...

The second call cellist
was that self-effacing dame I might have mentioned who
once asked her husband to drive up to the concert hall
in Toronto to hear a concert, and it turned out she was
soloing the Saint-Saens concerto with the Buffalo Phil.

She hadn't even told him....?

Did you mention what the piece was? If so I apologize
for forgetting; wasn't it something for recorder and
discontinuo (not my joke; Peter Schickele's I think).

I don't think I specifically named it... It's Greensleeves to a round,
by Anon. (XVII cent).... :) for descant/soprano recorder and

Greenfleeves. Isn't that a pretty unlikely title for a fong?

It's a well-known folksong, after all (like La Follia), that lends
itself to variations... ;) This version had 14 variations... and the
tune was nicely distributed between the three players... I had it in the
right hand a couple of times, and there were a couple more that it was
in the continuo line, so even the cellist had a shot at it... ;) It was
a fun piece to play... :)

continuo... I think you're right, there's at least one P.D.Q. Bach piece
for something and discontinuo.... ;) Hopefully we'll be more continuo
than dis... ;) The show is tomorrow (Saturday) at 1 pm... we're
meeting for a practice at 11:30 up at church, first time with Eliot... I think we'll do creditably... :)

I knew a kid by that name. Played the cello, too.

Coincidence, no doubt... (G) We did pretty well.... at least we weren't embarressed by our performance, and lots of people thought we did
great... ;)

There's to be a wide variety of different talents displayed... Lydia and
I saw the program when we went up to church to practice tonight... they
were laid out already.... :)

Anything else interesting?

A wide variety of things... a 4-5 year old did a karate exhibition, and actually broke the board at the end... cute kid... Eliot accompanied one
of our teens with a Piano Guys song (A Thousand Years, I think it was called)... Eliot also accompanied (along with a guitarist) our pastor
who sang a Christian pop song... he used his electric bass guitar for
that one... Some of the kids got together to perform the Who's On First skit.... One of the adult males did a martial arts demonstration (I
think he might actually teach some of that at a studio)... A young lady
who teaches physics at MCC gave a mini-lecture on special relativity and
the speed of light... quite entertainingly, too, I might add... she kept
the audience's attention, and had them laughing at the proper points...
and I think there were a few that actually went up to her afterwards to
get more information... Along with kids doing piano, ballet, guitar,
mandolin, recitations, etc, at various levels of competence... Whole
program lasted about an hour and a half... at which time we went
downstairs to look at exhibits of photography, needle work, painting, a dinasaur display (put together by another 4-5 year-old), jewelry, and
other crafts, along with the culinary arts I mentioned a couple of days
ago... also for refreshments of various sorts...

... I'm not worthless. I can serve as a bad example

We all can, some of the time.

True... I found I have another similar one in my files.... see
below...
... If you can't be a good example be a horrible warning!

Beating up on oneself can be okay if it's not too
brutal.

Actually, I try not to beat up on myself... usually.... (G)

Rule one: No tipping in Germany. "Make no marks."

Right. :)

... Everyone is ignorant. It just depends on the subject.

Yeah, well. There's this big issue with people
pontificating on a subject and being listened to
on the strength of their being good at something
altogether else.

True... Some listeners know better than to accept that.... ;)

Nancy Reagan's m0nkey bread

So, I left out the place in the recipe itself where you didn't change
the o to a 0... lest it become mx'ed... ;)

ttyl neb

... BBS? Yeah, I do bbs. But I can control it ...

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