[Dixielandjazz] When To Pack It In

[Harry Callaghan]

I just heard this morning that physical fitness guru Jack LaLanne has died
at the age of 96

Should that be interpreted as a message to Richard Simmons to "keep on
truckin" ??

On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 1:43 PM, Judy Eames <jude at judyeames.co.uk> wrote:

> On 23/01/2011 21:30, Robert Ringwald wrote:
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>> P.S.  How in the hell do you spell clashay, anyway?
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> Cliche (with an acute accent on the e...) how the hell d'you do acute
> accents?:-)
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> It isn't just jazz people who don't know when to stop.  Promoters like the
> money that big names attract.
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> I remember  Leopold Stokowski at the age of 94 conducting a concert  at a
> packed Royal Festival Hall; I was in the choir.  The poor chap really didn't
> seem to know where he was, and it was fortunate that the programme was made
> up of repertoire pieces that more or less played themselves.  He really
> didn't seem compos mentis (sp checked :-) ) and I could only think that the
> booking decision had been made on his behalf.  The next day the papers
> eulogised the performance; but there really wasn't one
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> As a contrast; seeing Spiegle Wilcox, at a similar age play a very short
> programme and talk to the audience at Sacramento was a privilege.  If
> Stokowski had been invited to conduct a short piece as part of a programme,
> the audience would probably still have packed in and a short appearance
> might have been less bewildering.
>
> DISCLAIMER..... I'm not saying that All people in their 90s have lost their
> marbles!!
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> Jude
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>> --Bob Ringwald
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