Arts & Entertainment
Friday,
March 25, 2005
Volume 33,
Issue 12
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Members of the Seattle Mens Chorus mind their manners! |
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| Judith Martin, a.k.a. Miss Manners, joins the SMC for a lively spring concert | ||
| Saturday, April 2 at 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, April 3 at 2:00 p.m. McCaw Hall If youre not exactly sure when to give up your bus seat to the elderly or the infirm, or how to politely but effectively coerce the candy-wrapper-rustlers in front of you at the opera to wait for intermission, then Minding Our Manners, the Seattle Mens Chorus spring concert on April 2 and 3, will teach you, Gentle Reader, what you need to know. In a rare public event, the renowned Judith Martin (a.k.a. Miss Manners) will appear with the chorus as guest performer. She will read from some of her more famous letters while the chorus backs her up with songs about manners, etiquette and sticky social situations. The concerts will be highly entertaining, as audiences have come to expect from us, said Dennis Coleman, artistic director. At the same time, they will also offer actual tips on etiquette and good manners. Miss Manners appearances will be seamlessly interwoven with songs by the chorus. And though the overall theme of the concert is etiquette and social customs, there are parts that deal with specific quagmires, such as how to deal with rude people. In that section, the chorus will sing Getting to Know You from The King and I, interspersed with readings from Miss Manners on such topics as what to do when boors whose names you cant recall insist at cocktail parties that you dredge up their names. Miss Manners most trenchant advice is to say, flatly, How could anyone forget you? Though much of the music will be familiar, there will also be original songs written for the concert by David Maddux, the arranger who often works with the chorus. In a song he has specially written called -ish, he has set to music some advice by Miss Manners on what it really means when an invitation requests your charming company at 5-ish or 7-ish. More humor will come from the song Everyones a Little Bit Racist from the Tony Award-winning musical Avenue Q, the song Class from the musical Chicago and Marry Me a Little from the Stephen Sondheim musical, Company. Tickets to this concert of men behaving very, very well, can be purchased by calling (206) 388-1400 or Ticketmaster, or online at www.flyinghouse.org. |
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 GENERAL GAYETY Leslie Robinson |
 LESBIAN NOTIONS Paula Martinac |
