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Sun, Dec 16, 2007

Revels 2007

Posted at 8:40 pm MST to Media

The concert/event was very nicely done. The local Revels company has made great strides over the years: we attended a performance the first or second year they had them here, and it was a bit rough around the edges. Last year's version (Scottish music) was fun, but this year's version (Irish music and 1890s texts, with step dancers) was well staged and performed and just clicked.

They brought a guest artist in from out of state this year -- a first for the local Revels group, I think. And the local soloists and dancers were impressive, too.

For next year they are trying to do an original Revels based on early settlers in Colorado 150 years ago, not one based on Revelses (I don't think there is a good plural for a Revels) that have been done elsewhere. It will be interesting to see how that turns out.

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Naked Tree

Posted at 9:33 am MST to Code

Yesterday I tok a break in the afternoon and went out to do a little shopping. I ran into Nanette and our friend Susan at a store that sells Christmas Village pieces, which was fun.

I now have my third building: Scrooge and Marleys Counting House (too bd modern accounting companies don't call them selves Counting Houses) and some landscaping pieces. And I totally need to reorganize my village to fit the new pieces in.

Both places I know of in town that seel Department 56 are sold out of Dickensian street lamps. I'll have to shop for them early next year.

I also have a small, naked Christmas tree sitting in my living room. I don't know when it will be decorated: this weekend that I had planned to spend on Christmas stuff is being eaten by software. No baking. Naked tree.

I will go to a concert with Nanette this afternoon, but can't really spend time before and afterward just having fun..

The normal mode of the package I'm trying to recreate is getting close to working right. The CGI package is going to be a problem. There is one key subroutine mentioned in a truncated file that doesn't exist anywhere and probably hasn't for 25 months. Gaaah.

I wish I'd noticed the truncations 2 years ago when all of this was fresh in my mind.

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