[Magdalen] Happy Christmas!

[Jay Weigel]

Night at the Museum 3, in which he plays Teddy Roosevelt again. It was just
as much fun as the other two, and I teared up at the end, thinking of no
more  of his inspired craziness. Later on we happened to catch one of his
lesser-known films on HBO ("RV"). Neither of us had seen it, and although
it started out pretty much like a lot of Hollywood comedies, he managed to
inject his own brand of sweetness into it so that it ended up not being
just another one of "those". I will miss him very much.

As for the big out-of-control tenor, he's one of those that would be good
if someone would just rein him in! I was reminded of a soprano of my
acquaintance in the town in TN where I lived for years, about whom a story
was whispered. She is from a prominent local family and the story goes that
her father sent her off to the Cincinnati Conservatory to develop her
voice. She was sent back after 6 months with a despairing letter from the
head of the conservatory..."Sorry, but we can't do a thing with her!" It
was always assumed that this was about her, erm, strength of will and not
her voice.

On Fri, Dec 26, 2014 at 10:31 AM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
wrote:
>
> Maybe he figure he needs more prayers, Jay!  ;^}
> What s the title of Robin W's last movie, Jay? I can't remember.
>
> > On Dec 25, 2014, at 2:30 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Does loud count? My new church has one of those big, out-of-control
> > tenors......
> >
> > Jay, g/d/r
> >
> > On Thu, Dec 25, 2014 at 2:25 PM, Marion Thompson <
> marionwhitevale at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> He who sings, prays twice.
> >>
> >> Marion,  a pilgrim
> >>
> >>> On 12/25/2014 1:14 PM, Joseph Cirou wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Well, to my surprise, the pastor served the Divine Liturgy of St.
> Basil.
> >>> It
> >>> is about 10 minutes longer than St. John Chrysostom.
> >>>
> >>> I walked into church, and there was no chanter.
> >>>
> >>> So I got vested and was joined by the Arabic chanter.Our voices match
> >>> well, so we had some good two part harmony.
> >>>
> >>> So much for a day off from  musical responsibility.
> >>>
> >>> When you can't find the Melkite Hymnal it is always good to have
> someone
> >>> who  knows the Arabic chant from childhood.
> >>>
> >>> Listening to Morehouse/Spelman Christmas program. (The organist was my
> >>> table companion at one of our centennial events)
> >>>
> >>> Joe
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
>