Idyllwood Duo - Randolph Historical Society 12-8-12

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Idyllwood Duo - Randolph Historical Society 12-8-12

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Its that time of year again!
Wishing Happy Holidays and a Great New Years to One and All!

Kris Lamb http://www.earlymusicplayers.org/ and I are playing 4 sets this year over 4 hours

I'm hoping that we can record some pcs soon, while I'm in practice. :D
Have to get back to home remodeling after that :roll:

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That looks like it should be a lot of fun. Good luck and do record some more soon.

Some years ago, when I was right out of college, my wife (piano) and I (flute) played period background music for holiday tours through the Moses Myers house. (http://www.chrysler.org/about-the-museu ... ers-house/)

That was a lot of fun, but I have to tell you a story about our experience doing that. When we arrived, we were shown to a parlor room where they had a period harpsichord. My wife and I got ready to start and since we were supposed to play for several hours, I looked for a chair to sit on since they didn't place one near the harpsichord. Now, all of the furniture in this house is authentic and dates back to the late 1700s and early 1800s, so I wasn't sure which of the chairs would be appropriate for me to use. I looked around and saw one rather ratty looking chair and thought that would be a good one to use since many of the others were so finely upholstered. We started playing and some people were wandering through while others were escorted by a tour guide who explained some of the various pieces. Well, this one group came into in the parlor and we stopped playing so that the guide could explain about the parlor, the piano, the furniture, etc. Well, the guide explained that Moses Myers was an entrepenuer who did well in the Colonial and post Colonial shipping industry. In addition to being a patron of the arts and music, he collected a lot of music and nice furninshings from around the world. The guide started talking about a particular set of chairs that he transported back from France. It seems that Myers acquired this set of chairs from the court of Marie Antoinette shortly after she was beheaded. Myers kept some of them for his house but gave the others to the President and those still reside in the White House. So the guide then gestures toward the wall to point out these chairs and then she turns pale because one is missing!!! Then she looks around the room and spots a certain flutist sitting on one of Marie Antoinette's chairs. Without out missing a beat she then said "Oh here it is" pointing to me and then continues and says: "Well, we all know what happened to the last person who sat in that chair!" Everyone roared and I must have turned as red as an apple. :oops: Shortly afterward, they found me another more suitable chair to sit on for the rest of the afternoon...

So, the moral of the story is: If you are performing in a museum-like setting, be sure to ask which furniture you are allowed to sit on. :roll:
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That's a great story! Thanks
What a beautiful building, must have been a great show too!
I wish I could have a problem like that, its a small farming community museum, we get planted near the plow and the ice saw

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