Sunday, July 09, 2006

Raisins. Remember that great song they had in the mid 80's, taken from some classical piece, where they were naming all the things you could do with raisins? Always loved that. I used to request of Alice that she play the Raisin Song and she knew which that was. She'd taken a year or so of piano when she lived with Keith. I never had enough money but I rented a piano for her and it came with these dumb lessons (melody + chords) and it kept her happy for a while. She'd get an odd tip from various friends of mine and then in high school [age 12-14 at that point] her homeroom/English teacher who is a great pianist gave her a lot of help and she did some serious classical pieces--one was the "Raisin Song”, Rondo Alla Turca. I've had to ask her what it's real name is. I'm terrible about names of things. No music, literature, authors, movies, actors, or anybody sticks in my head. I love music but can't buy it! Alice and I had a deal, I'd do dishes if she'd play piano. Got her to practice. She thinks she got the better end of the deal. I disagree. I got to hear her play!

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