rpvee 805 Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 1 hour ago, phbart said: What did you say that made him mad like that? Did you say Jerry Goldsmith was better? Ha! Read my post. The pic was taken before we were able to pose properly. So we both looked dumbfounded when really it was just bad timing. xD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post TJH132 47 Posted August 19, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted August 19, 2020 In the spring of 1994, I won a "You Pick the Oscars" contest put on by a radio station in my college town. The grand prize was two plane tickets to anywhere in the USA. It took a bit of research (no real web at the time), but I discovered Williams was conducting the Boston Pops with Itzhak Perlman as soloist. One of my friends had relatives in Boston, so I provided the plane tickets and he provided the accommodations! The concert was very good (and long) with Peter Schickele on the program, too. Afterward, my friend and I, as well as a few others waited outside the stage door to try to get an autograph. We waited for a LONG time before Perlman made his way up the elevator and out the door. He graciously signed the inside cover of the SCHINDLER'S LIST CD. We waited even longer and most of the people left. Stagehands and whoever else told us Williams wouldn't be coming out and to just go home. Somehow we thought to walk a bit down the street to the underground entrance and, lo and behold, John Williams was walking to a waiting car! We pleaded with security to get an autograph and, taking pity on us, Williams stepped forward and signed the outside cover of the CD. My friend brought "...by Request" and got it signed as well. By then there was only one other person hanging around and he signed something for her, as well. What little chit-chat there was consisted of talking about how far we'd come for the concert (Oregon to Mass.). I've seen two other Williams-conducted concerts since and never felt the need to repeat the experience! Naïve Old Fart, Canyoubay Liever, Martinland and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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