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Subject: Re: Careers Author: Robin [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 13:40:30 02/18/03 Tue In reply to: Debbie 's message, "Re: Careers" on 22:57:35 02/17/03 Mon Excellent idea, as long as Alan can book Doc, not Luciano! [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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[> [> [> [> Subject: Re: Careers Author: Alan D. Valentine [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 04:53:25 02/20/03 Thu Believe me, Robin - Luciano is a jerk and Doc is a really nice guy. The last concert I did with Luciano was in Nashville three years ago, and he was impossible. He brought a HUGE entourage with him, and our joke around the office was that he needed all the extra help to carry his food supply. Seriously, after the black tie dinner which followed his performance, he got in the elevator with the hotel manager, and asked him to send up TWELVE - count them - 12 - more desserts, ALL of which were for him! The only saving grace about that weekend, was that he sold out a 17,000 seat arena with a top ticket price of $300! [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> Subject: Re: Careers Author: Robin [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 13:35:08 02/20/03 Thu I'm a huge fan of Doc and his "boss," Johnny Carson. Someday, when all TV shows are available on cable or DVD or via some uninvented format, I want the entire series of the Tonight Show (including Jack Paar and Steve Allen, my hero) up to the night that Johnny left. Plus, it was always my fantasy to play in the Tonight Show orchestra. Sad, I know, but I never WANTED to play the flute in the first place!! (Obviously still pissed off about that.) I presume you've thought about writing a book about your experiences, Alan. Need an editor...? [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> Subject: Re: Careers Author: Debbie [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 14:04:58 02/22/03 Sat Alan, let Robin design your website, because I'll write the book for you. Suggestion for a working chapter title re: the fascinating LP incident you described -- "Operation Dessert Storm." And how about a competition among Band Hall website devotees to suggest the book's title? Have your people call my people and we can do lunch. Sans Luciano, of course. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: Re: Careers Author: Alan D. Valentine [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 19:42:00 02/22/03 Sat Actually, Debbie and Robin, My wife, Connie, and I are planning to write the script for a new daytime soap opera when we retire called "Symphony." All we have to do is change the names to protect the guilty, because the truth really is stranger than fiction. Connie, by the way, is also a symphony manager, who now manages the Nashville Chamber Orchestra, another group here in town. I've known her for 20 years, but the romantic relationship developed more recently. We were married last summer, and to do that she gave up a position as Executive Director of the Florida Philharmonic and a great high-rise apartment right on the beach in Fort Lauderdale to move to Nashville. Between the two of us, we have some pretty interesting material for the script! And believe me, the dessert story is so dull by comparison to most of the others, it probably won't even make the script. - Alan [ Post a Reply to This Message ]