Re: [Finale] OT: names of kids

2006-06-17 Thread YATESLAWRENCE
In a message dated 17/06/2006 06:13:56 GMT Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I had another with an even more fanciful name, which I can't recall at the moment. Again, hippies. Yes, the couple who named their daughter "Frisby" were hippies too. All the best, Lawrence (who's

Re: [Finale] Plug-in dev. Jazz Tools and Chord Transposer

2006-06-17 Thread Michael Cook
PopCopy looks nice (maybe I'll buy it), but it won't help with copying sections of a Finale file: it will only hold stuff that the Mac system clipboard will hold. Michael On 16 Jun 2006, at 22:44, Eric Dannewitz wrote: If you have a mac, check this out

RE: [Finale] Channel Assignment, etc.

2006-06-17 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 08:54 PM 6/16/2006, John Howell wrote: Patricia: There are attachments to your last 2 messages that start with msg followed by a string of (different) numbers and ending in .txt. I suspect that they are viruses, but I'm not about to open them to find out. No, they're just text files. They

Re: [Finale] Kiss Me, Kate books

2006-06-17 Thread Chuck Israels
On Jun 16, 2006, at 5:12 PM, Christopher Smith wrote: I see it quite a bit in the shows I have done or checked out. Kiss of the Spider Woman, the Producers, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, all use violin/viola doublers. I think they really try to squeeze as many different colours out of the

Re: [Finale] OT: names of kids

2006-06-17 Thread Dean M. Estabrook
I once had a tooth pulled by a Dr. Ow, and one of our local dentists is Dr. Savage. Dean On Jun 16, 2006, at 5:33 PM, John Howell wrote: Forgot to mention: My Primary Care Physician is Dr. Payne! Makes you stop and think, right? John -- John Susie Howell Virginia Tech Department of

Re: [Finale] Kiss Me, Kate books

2006-06-17 Thread Christopher Smith
On Jun 17, 2006, at 11:44 AM, Chuck Israels wrote: On Jun 16, 2006, at 5:12 PM, Christopher Smith wrote: I see it quite a bit in the shows I have done or checked out. Kiss of the Spider Woman, the Producers, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, all use violin/viola doublers. I think they really try

Re: [Finale] OT: names of kids (with warning attached)

2006-06-17 Thread Raymond Horton
Warning: I'm taking this thread ridiculously OT with theoretical names: Every time I see an out of town couple I know named _Story_ I ask them if they've yet had their three kids: Short, Tall and Likely. Once when we played a work by _Jacques Ibert_, I told the Music Director that the

Re: [Finale] Kiss Me, Kate books

2006-06-17 Thread Carl Dershem
Christopher Smith wrote: On Jun 17, 2006, at 11:44 AM, Chuck Israels wrote: On Jun 16, 2006, at 5:12 PM, Christopher Smith wrote: I see it quite a bit in the shows I have done or checked out. Kiss of the Spider Woman, the Producers, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, all use violin/viola doublers. I

Re: [Finale] Kiss Me, Kate books

2006-06-17 Thread Raymond Horton
Like I said, we are getting a bit smart-ass for the original poster, who has a community orchestra that goes down to middle-schoolers. Some shows are published with school editions, but obviously this one isn't, or hasn't been yet. But John is used to making adjustments, and will have to

Re: [Finale] Kiss Me, Kate books

2006-06-17 Thread Chuck Israels
On Jun 17, 2006, at 10:07 AM, Christopher Smith wrote: On Jun 17, 2006, at 11:44 AM, Chuck Israels wrote: On Jun 16, 2006, at 5:12 PM, Christopher Smith wrote: I see it quite a bit in the shows I have done or checked out. Kiss of the Spider Woman, the Producers, Dirty Rotten

Re: [Finale] OT: names of kids (with warning attached)

2006-06-17 Thread Chuck Israels
Ray, Don't start, please! SF bassist Freddie Schrieber (died young of cancer, I think) who used to play with Cal Tjader, had an unending list of these. We'd need another email list to contain them, if we got started on that. Chuck On Jun 17, 2006, at 10:19 AM, Raymond Horton wrote:

Re: [Finale] Kiss Me, Kate books

2006-06-17 Thread Chuck Israels
On Jun 17, 2006, at 10:29 AM, Carl Dershem wrote: Most shows have long stretches of I'd be reading the paper now, but the conductor would get mad, middling stretches of just plain work, and a few instances of let's hope I survive this bit tonight, but they almost always have something

Re: [Finale] Kiss Me, Kate books

2006-06-17 Thread Andrew Stiller
On Jun 16, 2006, at 10:39 PM, Raymond Horton wrote: Perhaps you could rent your oboist an English Horn and a few lessons? He/she would be most appreciative, I'm sure. You don't need no steenkin' lessons! Anyone who can play the oboe can play EH acceptably on 1/2 hour's practice, max.

Re: [Finale] Kiss Me, Kate books

2006-06-17 Thread Carl Dershem
Chuck Israels wrote: Most shows have long stretches of I'd be reading the paper now, but the conductor would get mad, middling stretches of just plain work, and a few instances of let's hope I survive this bit tonight, but they almost always have something associated that's good for

Re: [Finale] Kiss Me, Kate books

2006-06-17 Thread Eric Dannewitz
No no, you need 5 hours of practice on English horn. And that is just to get the reed working right ;-) Andrew Stiller wrote: You don't need no steenkin' lessons! Anyone who can play the oboe can play EH acceptably on 1/2 hour's practice, max. Same goes for the various different sizes of

Re: [Finale] Kiss Me, Kate books

2006-06-17 Thread Christopher Smith
On Jun 17, 2006, at 1:37 PM, Chuck Israels wrote: On Jun 17, 2006, at 10:07 AM, Christopher Smith wrote: The worst of these I saw (in my book) was in Company. My old friend Johnny Tunick orchestrated that show. Ooh, he is spectacularly great! What a fantastic musician he is! I have

Re: [Finale] Kiss Me, Kate books

2006-06-17 Thread Carl Dershem
Eric Dannewitz wrote: No no, you need 5 hours of practice on English horn. And that is just to get the reed working right ;-) It's possible for an English Horn reed to work right? cd -- http://www.livejournal.com/users/dershem/# ___ Finale mailing

Re: [Finale] Kiss Me, Kate books

2006-06-17 Thread Carl Dershem
Christopher Smith wrote: If you think that little trombone passage is a challenge, how about that I'm not Gonna Get Married Today song for the actress that preformed that! (Pamela Meyers, I think. She was sensational.) Fastest pronunciation in the Western hemisphere! My wife does an

Re: [Finale] OT: names of kids (with warning attached)

2006-06-17 Thread Andrew Stiller
On Jun 17, 2006, at 1:19 PM, Raymond Horton wrote: I need one more for a good comedy rule of threes but I don't have it right now. Group? When I was living in Buffalo, several local stores refused to display a poster advertising a university production of _Venus and Adonis_ because

Re: [Finale] Kiss Me, Kate books

2006-06-17 Thread Christopher Smith
On Jun 17, 2006, at 2:18 PM, Carl Dershem wrote: Christopher Smith wrote: If you think that little trombone passage is a challenge, how about that I'm not Gonna Get Married Today song for the actress that preformed that! (Pamela Meyers, I think. She was sensational.) Fastest pronunciation

Re: [Finale] Kiss Me, Kate books

2006-06-17 Thread Christopher Smith
On Jun 17, 2006, at 2:17 PM, Carl Dershem wrote: It's possible for an English Horn reed to work right? In theory. It's kind of like those elements at the end of the periodic table that nobody has ever seen. C. ___ Finale mailing list

Re: [Finale] Kiss Me, Kate books

2006-06-17 Thread Raymond Horton
I've heard the oboists who play EH after a half hour, max, and I've heard the ones who spend real time on it and take lessons. I'll take the latter, thank you. RBH Andrew Stiller wrote: On Jun 16, 2006, at 10:39 PM, Raymond Horton wrote: Perhaps you could rent your oboist an English

Re: [Finale] Kiss Me, Kate books

2006-06-17 Thread Carl Dershem
Raymond Horton wrote: On Jun 16, 2006, at 10:39 PM, Raymond Horton wrote: Perhaps you could rent your oboist an English Horn and a few lessons? He/she would be most appreciative, I'm sure. You don't need no steenkin' lessons! Anyone who can play the oboe can play EH acceptably on 1/2

RE: [Finale] Channel Assignment, etc.

2006-06-17 Thread David W. Fenton
On 17 Jun 2006 at 7:14, Aaron Sherber wrote: At 08:54 PM 6/16/2006, John Howell wrote: Patricia: There are attachments to your last 2 messages that start with msg followed by a string of (different) numbers and ending in .txt. I suspect that they are viruses, but I'm not about to open

Re: [Finale] Re: OT - names of kids

2006-06-17 Thread Phil Daley
At 02:07 PM 6/17/2006, Mariposa Symphony Orchestra wrote: I had a math/science teacher in junior high whose name was Jack Hoff. And who, rather than go by John or some other cowardly escape, PROUDLY was Jack Hoff. Few things as embarrassing to a 13-year-old kid than when your teacher

Re: [Finale] Kiss Me, Kate books

2006-06-17 Thread John Howell
At 1:38 PM -0400 6/17/06, Raymond Horton wrote: Like I said, we are getting a bit smart-ass for the original poster, who has a community orchestra that goes down to middle-schoolers. Some shows are published with school editions, but obviously this one isn't, or hasn't been yet. But John

Re: [Finale] Re: OT - names of kids

2006-06-17 Thread Phil Daley
At 04:26 PM 6/17/2006, Phil Daley wrote: [Settings] Ooops.sorry about that. I must have typed some ctrl-key by accident. Phil Daley AutoDesk http://www.conknet.com/~p_daley ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu

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2006-06-17 Thread baton1
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Re: [Finale] Re: OT - names of kids

2006-06-17 Thread Adam Taylor
My husband's father worked with a guy named Mickey Mouse. His real name was Michael, but instead of Mike, he went by Mickey. So upon introductions, my father-in-law replied Yeah. And I'm Donald Duck. What's your real name? Adam On Sat, 17 Jun 2006 17:38:17 -0300, Phil Daley [EMAIL

Re: [Finale] Re: OT - names of kids

2006-06-17 Thread Carl Dershem
Adam Taylor wrote: My husband's father worked with a guy named Mickey Mouse. His real name was Michael, but instead of Mike, he went by Mickey. So upon introductions, my father-in-law replied Yeah. And I'm Donald Duck. What's your real name? Adam Strange names are nothing new. After