Hey there you bee charming lemony woman you!! I've been wondering how you are doing. I told you - Tejano music will definitely turn you on to some accordian tunes. Good luck on your gigs and keep working on it. I'd like to hear some too so when you are in the mood call me and play them on the phone for me. Happy Holidays! Love Donna
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, December 10, 2001 9:07 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: JMDL Digest V2001 #580 Date: Fri, 07 Dec 2001 18:29:11 -0600 From: "Sharon L. Buffington" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Dear Group: It is nice to be back. After much traveling, a bout with the flu, three trials and a ton of legal work, and moving past the date of my Sheila's death, I am looking at my e-mails once again. :) I am looking forward to the next Fest. :) Thank you all (and you know who you are) for your loving e-missives, phone calls...and the playing of your guitars and piano's over the phone. :) It was and is much appreciated. After reading Mike's post I have to say I personally believe Bach is another example of those composers who will never fade. I enjoy music which corresponds to the mood I am in at the moment. Just now I am completely absorbed (besides legal matters) in preparing for two musical events which will occur here at my home. I will be playing piano on two pieces and accordion on three. So I am playing lots of Liz Story "The Gift" because I am playing "The Bleak Midwinter" from that CD ....by the way she also has a songbook so I can actually see the notes. It is a challenge for me because I am such a novice...it has 5 flats on the treble and 5 on the base clef. And I am a putz on the piano. Needless to say I will not be playing with two other friends...both of whom are concert pianists. They will play AFTER I play. LOL Then there is the accordion...so Flaco Jimenez and the Texas Tornados (hey Wild Woman Binkley... LOL) provide me with some jumping music. On the accordion we are playing "Under Paris Skies", "May I Have This Dance", White Christmas" (which even this Jewish girl knows) and if I learn it..."Spanish Eyes" Flaco style. I am playing these pieces with friends on the 15th and the 22. I wanted to mention another wonderful jazz pianist. Her name is Mary Louise Knutson and she has her first CD out. My friend Phyllis, who is a wonderful pianist whom I will be playing with, studied with Knutson for a bit. I went with a friend to hear Knutson last Friday night and she is a treat. Well, I am going to enjoy a nice evening home alone this night...it will feel wonderful to sit back with my music...enjoy a wood fire, have a glass of wine and relax. Thank you all once again for your kindness and patience. :) Love and Peace.......the bee charmer
