Do it Joe, do it! Let me tell ya something about the "Senator": that man is a veritable WELLSPRING of compassion. Let me cite just 2 of many examples during the weekend, starting with 1) He may not know this but I was far back in the crowd when the lady slipped down the stairs and I watched him go right into action and express the utmost concern for her well-being as he assisted her off the carpet and then STAY to make sure she was okay; and 2) I saw him converse earlier with a nice pair of elderly ladies between acts, telling them all about how we ended up there in Detroit. They ate it up. Later, as the orchestra did the "Dr. Kildare Theme", the one sitting next door elbowed me and happily whispered "I know that one, too!" --in response to my own swooning. Mark, sorry if I'm embarrassing you but I call 'em the way I see 'em. You are the greatest. Do the whole world a favor. Don't change.

No sense of direction, James? Hey, we didn't BUILD the damn place! (Much less decline to fit it out with even the SIMPLEST "you-are-here" map!) Seriously, we're glad you had a good time.

I expect to start posting my observations on a separate thread sometime tomorrow.

I still have a few unsigned programs, if anybody wants one. Copies for Chris, Joe and Thor will be sent Saturday. Anybody else?

N.P. The End of Civilisation As We Know It.

Either way, I am glad you all had such an incredible experience. Hopefully something similar can happen in the future again. I Definitely would like to met you all at one time or another. Hopefully having a time such as this one.

One question I'd like to ask is, do any of you plan on putting up some photos online? I'd Definitely would love to see some of your "memories".

Live Long and Prosper. And listen to those scores.

Hope you got my e-mail about my computer shutting down all of a sudden last night. I was NOT cutting you off.

Which Poledouris was it? I have to know.

BTW, you're not the only one still on a high over the Detroit Pilgrimmage, man. You are a hell of a nice guy & I will look forward to seeing you again.

Shaun, you slay me. I smell Dickinson's influence lurking about. BTW, are you enjoying "Guy's Cinema Paradiso"? Will email you and several others what happened in Canada. And tell Tony I found the hard copy of the "snowy evening/Stepmom effect" thread. Am reading it again with relish. I will never forget Friday night & finally making my way from the "John Wilkes Booth" box to the staircase and bounding down a flight only to be intercepted by you, Shaun, and then escorted through the wilds of Wedgeville in search of The Composer.

Mark, yesterday (Tues.) I went to work & struggled to stay lucid until 5, went home, went to bed at 6:00pm, woke up, looked out the window at what I thought was dawn the next day only to discover it was 8:40pm the same evening. Brother, it was about time I crashed. Thank goodness I have Wednesdays off. Today I plan to clean the place & listen to Goldsmith music all afternoon. And remember. And map out plans for the Williams thing in August. To hell with finances. As Tom Joad/Mr. Fonda said, "I'll be there."

With a stop, perhaps, in Phoenix?

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I coulda been with y'all and had the privilege of meeting Mr G and instead I have to work on booking Britney Spears! (www.summerfest.com)

Elsewhere I see Daniel2 is still alive, as well. You should have dragged him along, to sit quietly by himself, and absorb the Genius known as Goldsmith.

The personal views and reports posted here, the evident enthusiasm, the friendships wrapped around the mutual admiration for this musical giant...I am jealous.

Missed you all, more than you know.

Shaun