What else don't you know? (fun thread)

College Majors Music Major
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<p>mom4,
I’m sure many of us here relate. My husband and his brother -Brooklyn boys- went to the superbowl to cheer the Giants (someone knew someone whose friend knew someone who had tickets). S1 wanted to schedule a recording session during the game rather than watch it. We made him reschedule his recording, which unfortunately caused us to miss Binx’s S’s recital, but he then had no excuse for not watching. Turned out, his dad’s team won, so he enjoyed it. We may get him to watch another game in a few years.</p>

<p>S1’s horn quartet (in performance for 4 years) is called THE CONN ARTISTS.
S2 is on his 4th cello (they get bigger each time.) Currently he plays a 1/2 size cello. Only 2 or 3 more to go and we’re done!</p>

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<p>Certainly not in the literal sense of the word. I make no promises about the Shakesperean sense, however.</p>

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<p>The only horn we have is made of horn and was bought at a Renaissance fair. Came in handy for the Robin Hood costume for Halloween, and for King Kaspar in Amahl.</p>

<p>I can’t think of anything as interesting as BassDad’s beard. Here’s a little: My husband has had a mustache since before I met him, so I wouldn’t recognize him without it. I’m a writer and graphic designer, and I scored a 27 on the Are you autistic? quiz. (I do like libraries more than parties. And I like nonfiction far more than fiction. I would never have the guts to start a fun thread as Thumper as done, she who scored way low on the quiz!)</p>

<p>Music talent–must be from me! :wink: I sang Jenny Diver in Threepenny Opera in college but that was the end of that. I much prefer to listen to my son sing (my sons, I should say, although one sings for enjoyment alone and one sings because he can’t NOT sing).</p>

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<p>I also sang Jenny Diver in college!!</p>

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<p>DH once shaved his beard and mustache off and the kids cried. Would not go anywhere near him. Grew it back and never did that again. Still has the lovely well trimmed beard and mustache he had when we met, 35 years ago :)</p>

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<p>Such talented parents-
My kids are on their own. The only thing they can expect from us is an explanation of quantum theory.</p>

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<p>musicamusica—(what you dont know) she looks forward to the month
after Easter, because her secret indulgence is eating stale Peeps</p>

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<p>thumper! That is so cool! So did you tell your kids you played a w---- in college?</p>

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<p>My kids have had to endure my “scrapbook” with programs, newspaper articles, pictures, etc. from my many years doing high school, college and civic theater musical theater productions. They have even been “tortured” through some of the videos I have. Sadly, my Jenny Driver role was before video, but I think I have the program.</p>

<p>Other “important roles”…Catherine in Pippin, Elsa in S of Music, Sr. Amnesia in several Nunsense productions, Tuptim in K and I, Maria in West Side Story, The wife in I Do, I Do, Fanny Brice in Funny Girl, Laurie in Oklahoma (ok…a classic but yuck), Rose in Secret Garden…there are a lot more, but that’s where the music comes from here.</p>

<p>Lorelei…quite a vocal range…from Fanny Brice to Maria.</p>

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<p>Wow, Thumper, I am impressed. It’s great for kids to know their parents aren’t just nags and chauffeurs!</p>

<p>Do you still do theater?</p>

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<p>Actually, I haven’t done any theater for a few years…I do sing in a very fine choir, however.</p>

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<p>OK, If we are going to list our theater credits, I might as well come clean too…</p>

<p>Caiaphas in Jesus Christ Superstar, Lazar Wolf in Fiddler, Big Jule in Guys and Dolls, and just about every bass role in the Gilbert & Sullivan canon (favorites being The Mikado, Sir Roderick Murgatroyd and the Sergeant of Police).</p>

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<p>Oh Bassdad…I forgot Sarah in Guys and Dolls.</p>

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<p>Lets see about JD:</p>

<p>The voice you hear when calling several toll free numbers for a major national charity. (one hat I get to wear)</p>

<p>An expert hypermiler that is always willing to give free lessons on that skill, especially now with the price of a certain commodity climbing.</p>

<p>As for horn experience - well there was that time about thirty years ago when I did a photo shoot for a hot summer night - cool jazz concert..First froze the instruments after a quick water spray, then packed them in champagne buckets full of ice to get the effect that was wanted. I had no idea I would damage the instruments…really! Talk about some unhappy parents from where the donor instruments came from. The pictures were pretty good however.</p>

<p>JD</p>

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<p>Here’s a really embarrassing admission: I used to be a mime.</p>

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<p>JDOH – I can’t believe you are still alive.</p>

<p>jazzzmomm – I’ve known a few musicians I wished were mimes ;)</p>

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<p>Getting back to the Pittsburgh theme, I was born and raised there. However, after living in Wisconsin for the past 30 years, the Steelers are my # 2 team. </p>

<p>I also did a couple of plays in high school - chorus in Hello Dolly and Penny in You Can’t Take it With You. These days, I only act at my job…</p>

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<p>Well, I used to play the flute and piccolo but got tired of holding my arms in the air. Then I took up the string bass, but that was before stools, and I did not like standing through rehearsals or lugging the thing around. So…then I took up singing, so I could just be emotive. Meanwhile I am really good at reading the extremes of bass and treble clefs when I am at the piano.</p>

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<p>Binx, very funny! I am so non-musical that all I would be able to do is mime it. The closest thing to music on my side of the family is my grandfather who played piano in silent movie theatres in Wash DC!</p>

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<p>Well, jazzzmomm, that grandfather had a stronger talent than the fellow who plays piano silently and is dubbed in the present day movies.</p>