Bronx County Chorus Concert 12/8/19

Here was the program for the concert

Here are some pictures taken by Che'Francois Photography.

This is a picture of me singing "You're a Mean One Mr. Grinch."  I tried to sing it from the perspective of the Grinch, as if he were talking to himself

Here are some pictures of me singing with the choir

Here is a picture of the whole chorus

Here is a FB page with more information about the photographer 

https://m.facebook.com/pages/category/Media-News-Company/Che-Francois-Modern-Wedding-Photography-ConnecticutNew-York-155704284538078/

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I had 3 solos. Two were in our Messiah rendition in the first half.  I sang  "Then Shall the Eyes of the Blind be opened" and the alto part of "He Shall Feed His Flock Like a Shepherd."  The second was in our Hollywood portion in the second half.  I sang "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch."

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Here are some screen shots from the Bronx County Chorus instagram page.  They"re @bronx_county_chorus on Instagram.  These show me rehearsing for my Grinch solo. I like these childrens' comic book villain roles.  I blogged about that before About my Fascination with Villain Roles These pictures were taken by Denise Carrier Wharton.

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My son was there and took a photo and two videos.

My Messiah solos

Grinch solo 

articles about plastic degrading

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/28/science/plastics-preservation-getty.html

https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/sniffing-out-museums-decaying-plastic-artefacts/3008645.article

https://insider.si.edu/2009/08/problem-plastics-in-museum-collections-have-conservators-on-alert/

I first noticed that plastics degrade when I put a bunch of hair restraining devices into a large glass jar., then got my hair cut.  When I went back to look at the devices, I opened the jar and smelled a strong chemical smell -- clearly outgassing from the plastics.

This idea that plastics last forever is crazy.

To the reader: some of these blogs are for my own future reference.

Tulsi disinformation

Here's some information about the rumors that Tulsi is somehow supported by the Russians

here's a video that shows the kind of statistical distortions that go into alleging that Tulsi has Russian backing

Source of Russia hacking rumors

https://theintercept.com/2019/02/03/nbc-news-to-claim-russia-supports-tulsi-gabbard-relies-on-firm-just-caught-fabricating-russia-data-for-the-democratic-party/?fbclid=IwAR29m1CvnW1vCU3EJmURL8AeqmGbS09Nj1VX54IP9n4ny8yFQiSXeRLyzzI

discussion of disinformation regarding Tulsi's missed votes

https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/presidential-candidates?fbclid=IwAR1rrGM03ldw3wzUff5INz95fbrfmQ3uoSjXMa9bMu6iWe4SuSWwONiSLlM

I'm not a big fan of Jimmy Dore, but he has some insightful comments about how main stream media distorted Tulsi's anti-war positions.

Impeachment related data

Kavanaugh wrote that hiding evidence from Congress is impeachable

2016 Irish article stating that the EU wanted Shokin removed