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"Czechs in the Mail" made its debut at the Meriter retirement home; catch my (Megan - viola) bow if you can; Amy Jo (horn) and Doris (clarinet) have starring roles in the Janacek; Parry is quite expressive on cello.

The weather was fantastic the entire week, allowing for many leisurely hours outside Edenfred; Steph (flute) always takes a great picture... even if she wanted to kill the photographer; Leslie (violin) and Stephanie (violin).

Megan couldn't escape this time; Jan (lovely host) relaxes, until called to duty by Jeffrey Sucker-For-a-Scalp-Message Sykes (piano); David (concierge and cook extraordinaire) wows the troops with his creations.

Lilly (assistant executive director) just prior to shoving an entire muffin in her mouth; you wouldn't know it from their stoic looks, but BDDS founders were extreme partiers; Steph dazzles on Dvorak (movie); Doris jams on Janacek (movie).

Jeffrey is a star on the triangle, playing an early Dvorak; Schulhoff was so energetic! (movie); some Fibich at Stoughton; the sushi at the Muramoto was fantasitic, but I (librarian) couldn't get into the sake. Was the sample Junmai then Ginjo then Daiginjo... or the other way around?

Samantha (exec director) sets the stage for another fantastic Music Hall concert; John Novak (musicologist) left no woodland creature behind when discussing Janacek's Concerto; Jeffrey and Steph hand out Czech-inspired goodies at half-time (I really wanted to win a Chekov action figure... you know, from Star Trek); more Fibich at Music Hall; Fibich - the Movie (can't wait for the sequel..... "Son of a Fibich").

Prints produced by Czech artists, set designed by David Wells, served as the backdrop at Music Hall; Ah, the Cafe Continental... leave all your cares, and yield to the unlenting photographer! Doris, Jeffrey and David; Megan and Amy Jo; and then there's JACK (center, Steph's dad).

Norton (Snorty Norty for short) is the very pleasant and quite headstrong son of the horn-player Amy Jo. Norty had more girlfriends than he could stand, and could be kept content with a fistful of Cheerios; Norty get jiggy (movie); Andy (yes, the librarian) minds the young Norty at Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin.

Stephanie practices out on Frank's front yard; BDDS supporter Mr. Bauman and audience take in the Taliesin evening show; did you say you wanted even more Fibich? (movie).

Back at Edenfred, Tony (cello) joins the gang after the closing concert; Bottoms Up! Andy steals Leslie's camera for this cameo; David and Doris mind the bar; one last Norty!

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