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From: "Gallaher, Brenda ." <>
Subject: RE: [WHITNEY-L] Reunion
Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2003 08:11:23 -0600


Thanks for the laugh. I have performed Shakespeare and you never want that
to happen, but when it does it is hilarious.

bbg





I can add another fun experience. Our family was visiting friends in
England and they got us tickets for the Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford on
Avon. We were enjoying a performance of MacBeth, which included a scene
where the army was camped out at night. To lend versimilitude, one of the
stage planks was retracted in order to produce a "campfire." When it was
time for the next scene, however, the stage crew could not get the plank to
go back into place.

So here they were in the middle of the play, and the stage crew had to come
out and hammer the plank back into place before the play could go on!
Not quite as written by the Bard, but it provide a bit of comic relief to an
otherwise serious performance.


On Tue, 10 Jun 2003, Mike and Annette Poston wrote:

> Brenda Gallaher wrote:
> "The best part was when the sprinkler system went off unrepentantly. Talk
about people running. It was hilarious. Just a thought for the next one."
>
> I don't know that we can match the excitement here in Washington, but
there was a concert at the National Cathedral involving a newly available
portatif pipe organ. One of the pipes began to cypher (sound continuously
without regard to the organist's wishes). The organist and the canon
precentor (Cathedral officer) dismantled the organ in front of the audience,
cured the noisy pipe, reassembled the organ, and continued the concert. I
suspect the audience had an enhanced appreciation for the skills and courage
of the organist and for the patience of the chorus that had to wait to
complete their performance.
>
> Mike Poston
> Rockville, Maryland
>
>

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