Snipits of ASYO Rehearsal - 4.24.10

Me: Ricky, would you eat a ham and jelly sandwich?

Ricky: What?...well, it depends. What kind of ham?

Me: Like...smoked, sandwich ham.

Ricky: No. Absolutely not. Although there's the pineapple and ham combination - sweet and salty thing, you know...and there's other kinds of jelly that might work, like marmalade and --

Mr. Flint: Is there a problem here?

Me: We're discussing jelly.

Mr. Flint: Oh.

Ricky: She was telling me about how she had to eat a ham and jelly sandwich and we got into a discussion.

Mr. Flint: (hands to temples with his eyes closed) See, you have to have these philosophical musings...philosophical revelations when it comes to jelly...

Mr. Flint: Not good. Again!

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Mr. Flint: Not good. Again!

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Mr. Flint: Not goo--oh, Robert Spano is here! Help us! Please!

Mr. Spano: Buh-oh. Buh-oh.

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Mr. Spano: Da DWEE da dwa dummm.

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Mr. Spano: HELLO! EXCUSE ME BACK THERE!

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Mr. Spano: Ba-deem!

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Mr. Spano: Can it be...more gooey?

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Mr. Spano: You won't rush. (points) You will not. You will not rush. (still pointing)

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Mr. Spano: It's gotta be cool. See I grew up with "cool"; you guys probably don't know what that means but --

ASYO member: We still say cool.

Mr. Spano: You DO? You still have "cool"? I can't believe it! "Cool" still got it! That's so cool!

Mr. Flint: That's not right. You all should be in octaves. Everyone play that note.

-(teeennntthhhhh)-

Mr. Flint:...what.

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Congrats to Ray Kim on an amazing concert! He's not only a talented musician, but he's very talented at eating. You're done with Elgar; DONE DONE DONE!