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Joy,

I think the website housing the photos can only be accessed with a member password. But I'm no expert. Get gryphon on the case. He will have it solved in no time!

gryphon.........

John,

I suspect you are correct.

In the meantime, here's another way to view the photos --- it should work:


2004 Piano Party Pix

Joy,

That link worked perfect!

My, what a good looking group!

Joy, great job! Thanks.
I think a couple of people had left by the time we had our pile up.

Does anyone remember what Trish played?
I think it was a piece by Scarlatti.
It was very moving, and wonderfully played

And Joy, wasn't Barbara your son's former teacher?
It was amazing when she was sight reading, she sounded more polished than when I've worked on the same piece for two years.

what a great looking group of people, gorgeous piano, and penny, i love your sense of style/decor.

i'll just have to wangle me a press pass for next year's NAMM so i can come to the party.

it looks like real friendships are born out of a virtual universe. isn't that great?

I wish I could come to one of these things... Maybe next year I'll try to go. A great looking group!

And Penny.......

you're a cutie!!

Yes! That link worked fine. A very interesting looking group, too. On most of the photos, that beautiful red of the piano shines through very well too, although the grain pattern shows up clearly only on the picture of Penny playing. (Is that your "No Drinking at the Piano" card I see there right above C8?). I think she has another picture or two on the PW photo pages somewhere.

Penny, my son played the 3 Gershwin preludes at a recital last spring so I remember that piece with special fondness. I also happened to hear Joshia Bell (rhymes with "sp?" except its for the wrong word) play this on the violin, with piano accomp just 3 or 4 days ago on PBS. It does get into your system but you have to be careful. I was downtown Saturday and started walking to that slow mournful rhythm and 2 different little ol ladies offered to help me across the street. OK, I'm sorry. I exaggerated that. There was only one and she was a "lady of the afternoon" who thought I was checking her out.

Sounds like it was a great gathering......the one in So.California, not the one in downtown Topeka.

Larry's right, of course.

Bob

Kenny: I think a couple of people had left by the time we had our pile up.

Me: True. There were many more. Sorry we missed corralling the rest of the Party Attendees--- and you all know who you are.....

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Kenny: Does anyone remember what Trish played? I think it was a piece by Scarlatti.
It was very moving, and wonderfully played.

Me: Definitely Scarlatti. I'll see if I can find out what number or name. He wrote so many Preludes!!!
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Kenny: And Joy, wasn't Barbara your son's former teacher?

Me: Not exactly. Barbara is indeed a piano teacher, but not Max's. We met her a few years back during our own piano safari. We answered her ad when she put her one-year-old Petrof vertical up for sale. She had just purchased a used Petrof grand. She was moved by the way Max played Bach, and how much Max clearly loved his work. We became fast friends and stayed in touch. Later on, she referred Max to her own piano instructor, Dr. Peter Gach of Palomar College.

[A tangent for Penny: I wonder if Juliet knows Jennifer Canfield (now Marakovits). She attended Eastman too. Jennifer was Max's first piano teacher, and a most excellent one!]
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Kenny: It was amazing when she was sight reading, she sounded more polished than when I've worked on the same piece for two years.

Me: I'm always in awe of those who can sight-read, and I've told her so. She in turn tells me it amazes her to behold people who can memorize pieces.

Kenny, YOU were pretty amazing yourself. Your rendition of that Chopin piece --- aka THE-Nocturne-Everyone-Knows --- was awesome.


:p

Joy

Larry said:

"Maybe next year I'll try to go"

That means:

I'll have to bring Steve C. for sure...if need in.......

..... HANDCUFFS!!

norbert

Norbert,

I'll bet Steve would rather hide out in Mexico. That's what he did this year...

A few more details/follow up:

My husband played a Chopin prelude (op. 28. No. 4), my teacher played Mendellsohn's "Fleecy Clouds" from Songs Without Words; Bach's Italian Concerto, second movement; and, Schumann's "Carnaval," 1st thingie (her words, not mine!). I played Gershwin's "Blue Lullaby" (as Joy reported above) and "The Old Castle" by Moussorgsky. My son played "Drift Away," the version by Uncle Cracker which is found often on Top 40 stations theses days. Next up for him, "You're a Mean One Mr. Grinch."

The lyrics to "Oh Jingle" (which I refused to sing as I played and heretowith are copyright protected, all rights reserved ) are:

Oh jingle, oh jingle
It's Christmas holiday
Oh jingle, oh jingle
I'll wiggle your waggles away
Oh jingle, oh jingle
It's Christmas holiday
Oh jingle, oh jingle
Have a happy Christmas hol-i-day!

penny

Some postscript musical notes:

The Scarlatti piece Trish played is the Sonata in B minor, K87 (L.33). [Thanks for forwarding the info, Barbara!]

Among the several pieces Barbara played was the Scriabin Etude in D# minor, Op. 8, No 12, a gorgeous piece. My son is particularly fond of this one. Barbara played this one to perfection a year ago at her own Piano Party.

Oh, and a special thanks to Brian (Briguy 65) for thoughtfully providing the name tags for the party.

Joy

Oooooo . . . I hate to miss parties that look like this much fun! Happy people, gorgeous piano, what more could one ask? Once I get this computer up and running, I'm going to start saving for a plane ticket for the 2005 Piano Party . . . hope there will be one!

A note to John de Lurker: I was just looking at the photos again. If you had a fedora on, tilted at just the right angle, you'd look like Humphrey Bogart in "Casablanca." Or like Jerry Lacy impersonating Humphrey Bogart in "Play It Again Sam." Now wouldn't that be a kick to see in 2005's Piano Party photos. Just a thought. Besides, you play a lot better than Sam did in the movie. What a tinny piano he had!


And one more item to share: Rick mentioned to me that the Schulze-Pollman representatives at NAMM knew all about our Piano Party -- this was before it actually happened -- and they in turn told him they were very excited and pleased that the festivities would be centered around one of their pianos. It's further proof that this Forum is indeed followed by many professionals in the industry.


Joy