tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post3604642161344141399..comments2024-03-28T12:01:31.049-04:00Comments on Writers Who Kill: At the Boston BalletJim Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15090252530437277145noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-18509699161204905492018-02-12T15:41:01.330-05:002018-02-12T15:41:01.330-05:00Warren, it was cool! I'm still floating when I...Warren, it was cool! I'm still floating when I think of it!<br /><br />Hi KM! I hope I did the dancers justice. They work so hard!Shari Randallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16425493627354028820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-7413281120614741332018-02-12T14:25:58.900-05:002018-02-12T14:25:58.900-05:00What an adventure! I'm sure the experience shi...What an adventure! I'm sure the experience shines through in your work.KM Rockwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03973749764907859829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-39097354669957485022018-02-12T13:58:02.491-05:002018-02-12T13:58:02.491-05:00Cool!
Cool!<br />Warren Bullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07789270258599769915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-42863295780638162582018-02-12T12:02:11.460-05:002018-02-12T12:02:11.460-05:00Hi Gloria, I would have loved to see you clogging!...Hi Gloria, I would have loved to see you clogging! And your students would have LOVED it!Shari Randallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16425493627354028820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-22902998416935802652018-02-12T12:00:40.929-05:002018-02-12T12:00:40.929-05:00Hi Grace, Thank you! I love your idea of a touring...Hi Grace, Thank you! I love your idea of a touring company visiting Mystic Bay. I have to get Allie back on stage somehow!<br />Shari Randallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16425493627354028820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-30841402565265648362018-02-12T11:45:55.352-05:002018-02-12T11:45:55.352-05:00Shari, what an experience. The only dancing class ...Shari, what an experience. The only dancing class I ever took was clogging with a friend, and when we had to go onstage with our other two people in sort of a clogging square dance, neither my friend or I told our families. I lived in fear that some of my third graders would be there on stage or in the audience. I'm very uncomfortable dancing in public at weddings or anything else, but I love dancing at home in my living room with my only audience a confused Maggie wonder what I'm doing. I do love watching ballet dancing on the TV. So graceful.<br /><br />I'm ordering your book today and can't wait to read it.Gloria Aldenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13581719606924364447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-4261346511193123482018-02-12T11:22:17.745-05:002018-02-12T11:22:17.745-05:00Oh, Shari, this was charming. Your book was wonder...Oh, Shari, this was charming. Your book was wonderful, and I look forward to learning more about ballet dancers in a future book. Perhaps you could have a touring ballet company visit Mystic Bay. Grace Toppinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10291304815273486038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-45537450691789513192018-02-12T09:59:03.035-05:002018-02-12T09:59:03.035-05:00Sasscer, what an incredible story! I will totally ...Sasscer, what an incredible story! I will totally have to crib that one! I know your horse racing stories are full of details and experiences that are so vivid - must be pulled from your own life and love of horses.Shari Randallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16425493627354028820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-5863340266154310772018-02-12T09:16:39.157-05:002018-02-12T09:16:39.157-05:00Shari, what a great experience you had with that b...Shari, what a great experience you had with that ballerina! I love the way so many people from so many different occupations are helpful to writers. They really enjoy doing it, and that is very lucky for us!<br /><br />Though it had nothing to do with research, when I was 25 I was so lucky as to meet a ballet dancer from the Royal Canadian ballet while I was at a party at the Iranian Embassy. He invited me to the Kennedy Center to watch the performance the next evening, but from the most incredible location. I stood in the wings and watched Rudolph Nureyev and Margot Fonteyn dance. A young ballerina, who could have been your gal, was also dancing with Nureyev that night. She came into the wings after a dance with Nureyev, and she was crying. A friend stood near her and the ballerina said, "Why is he so mean to me. I hate him!" I think he had made her look bad during her dance, but that was a really, really, long time ago and a bit shrouded by the past.Sasscer Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05855348330942561488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-74039974132933415172018-02-12T09:09:07.815-05:002018-02-12T09:09:07.815-05:00Hi Margaret - I can just picture that ring of keys...Hi Margaret - I can just picture that ring of keys! I hope we'll see her in one of your next stories.Shari Randallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16425493627354028820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-58920729565396936722018-02-12T09:08:30.821-05:002018-02-12T09:08:30.821-05:00Hi Kait,
Someday I'd love to see Iliana's ...Hi Kait,<br />Someday I'd love to see Iliana's shoes! I kept my last pair of pointe shoes for WAY too long - but it was so much fun to slip them on once in a while and play!<br />Miss Debbie's Plie? How did she pronounce it? We could have a whole blog about past dance teachers.Shari Randallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16425493627354028820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-1355146320165637982018-02-12T08:27:56.322-05:002018-02-12T08:27:56.322-05:00I recently asked my local librarian where she'...I recently asked my local librarian where she'd stash a body. Her face lit up like a thousand watt bulb as she grabbed a fat ring of keys. "Come on, I'll show you."<br /><br />And gave me a guided tour of potential spots in the library building.<br /><br />Love your behind-the-scenes look at the Boston Ballet!Margaret S. Hamiltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07979191318652199350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-57417760413364311792018-02-12T05:04:08.288-05:002018-02-12T05:04:08.288-05:00I'm midway through Curses, Boiled Again and lo...I'm midway through Curses, Boiled Again and loving it. <br /><br />Sounds like you had a fabulous trip to Boston and at the ballet. There is something heady about the dancer's life. I still have a pair of my pointe shoes - but the ones I cherish most belonged to Iliana Lopez. They are painted for her role in Prodigal Son and she gave them to me as a remembrance after her performance when I was leaving Miami City Ballet where I worked in administration.<br /><br />Why are ballet teachers always named "Miss"? Mine was Miss Debbie, and the dance studio was named Debbie's Plie-no accent on the e.Kaithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07758348842858993203noreply@blogger.com