Indeed! Thank you, Gilbert! -- R
On Dec 13, 2012, at 3:04 PM, WALSH STUART wrote: > On 13/12/2012 17:30, Rockford Mjos wrote: >> And I have gratitude for your continued presentations of interesting music, >> Stuart. >> >> Last night I ordered Isbin's two solo collections from the Lute Society, in >> part due to your fine performances of them. >> >> I have performed some of Isbin's easy pieces and announced the movements >> before I started each. I announced "Gift" and just a few notes into it I >> made some obvious mistake, so I stopped and said 'I think I will re-Gift' >> and then started over. (Does that joke translate beyond the US? Re-gifting >> here actually means to give as a gift something a person had previously been >> given as a gift -- usually unwanted. I, of course, meant that I would start >> over.) I liked that quip so much that I may deliberately make a mistake if I >> perform it again. >> >> Best wishes, >> >> -- Rocky > > Thanks Rocky. And many thanks to Gilbert for his creative investment in our > instrument. > > I don't think the joke would make any sense at all to UK audiences! > > > > Stuart >> >> >> >> On Oct 10, 2012, at 5:44 PM, WALSH STUART wrote: >> >>> [1]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8valGGZEQwM >>> Stuart >>> -- >>> >>> References >>> >>> 1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8valGGZEQwM >>> >>> >>> To get on or off this list see list information at >>> http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >> >> >> >
