[Perform-talk] If I presided over the talent show

Mon Jul 18 08:40:11 UTC 2011

Julie:
Please E-mail me, off list.
I've sent you a few, that I haven't had any responses to.
Thanks, Joshua

On 7/17/11, Julie McGinnity <kaybaycar at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thank you Joshua.  The tallent show was really a lot of fun this year.
>  A couple of the performers even got everyone up and moving.  I think
> we should keep it run the way it is.  People seem to really have a
> good time.
>
> On 7/17/11, Ignasi Cambra <ignasicambra at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Unfortunately I wasn't able to be at convention this year, but I think
>> Denis
>> did a fantastic job in 2010 and I really don't feel as though he offended
>> anybody.
>> On Jul 16, 2011, at 2:06 AM, Dennis HR Sumlin wrote:
>>
>>> Nothing that I have done is meant to make fun of any performer. The
>>> things
>>> I do are all done to make fun of me. I usually copy the performer to show
>>> that I do not have the talent that they do. I have been around for a
>>> while, and you are the only one that thinks that I make fun of people. If
>>> others have thought this, they should have brought it to my attention. In
>>> all the years that the division has ran the talent show, this is the
>>> first
>>> time I have ever heard of such a thing, and I have been doing the same
>>> thing since the division took it over.
>>> The reason that it was less frequent this year is because I was using
>>> jokes that were sent to me.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message----- From: Joshua Lester
>>> Sent: Friday, July 15, 2011 9:14 PM
>>> To: Performing Arts Division list
>>> Subject: Re: [Perform-talk] If I presided over the talent show
>>>
>>> Dennis, you always have something to say, after some performances,
>>> that are kind of crude.
>>> This year, was better.
>>> Last year, in Dallas, what you did after the 7 year old girl's
>>> performance, wasn't my cup of tea.
>>> If I did tell jokes, it wouldn't be at the expense of performers.
>>> I have jokes that I've heard, from Joel Ostine, that I may use.
>>> These jokes are funnier, and they aren't crude, and they don't make
>>> fun of performances.
>>> One I'll post here.
>>> Two baseball players were debating amongst each other, about whether
>>> there would be baseball in Heaven.
>>> They made a deal, that one would die, and find out, and then he'd
>>> return to tell the other.
>>> Well, one of the baseball players died, and, as promised, he returned.
>>> He told his friend, I have some good news, and bad news.
>>> The good news is, that there's baseball in Heaven, but the bad news
>>> is, you're scheduled to pitch, next thursday.
>>>
>>> Blessings, Joshua
>>>
>>> On 7/15/11, Dennis HR Sumlin <DHolston at nyc.rr.com> wrote:
>>>> I do not make fun of anybody. Not sure where that comes from.
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Jessica
>>>> Sent: Friday, July 15, 2011 1:22 PM
>>>> To: Performing Arts Division list
>>>> Subject: Re: [Perform-talk] If I presided over the talent show
>>>>
>>>> Strange, the two talent shows I did perform in I don't remember Dennis
>>>> making fun of performances.
>>>>
>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>
>>>> On Jul 15, 2011, at 2:56 AM, Joshua Lester
>>>> <jlester8462 at students.pccua.edu>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Jokes are okay, as long as they aren't used, to make fun of
>>>>> performers, and performances.
>>>>> Join the Music Talk list, and you'll read about that lady, Ms Mentink
>>>>> was talking about.
>>>>> Dennis made fun of her performance, and now, she won't perform again.
>>>>> She's a classically trained singer, with a masters degree in music.
>>>>> This was her first time to perform, and this was her first convention.
>>>>> This happened, two years ago.
>>>>> You were probably there.
>>>>> Dennis needs to stop making fun of the performances.
>>>>> Blessings, Joshua
>>>>>
>>>>> On 7/15/11, Jessica <jessmonsilva2003 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>>>>> Hey I like the jokes lol. I don't aree with the idea about the tracks
>>>>>> because not everyone has heir track on cd, some have iPods and the
>>>>>> like.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Jul 14, 2011, at 9:50 PM, Joshua Lester
>>>>>> <jlester8462 at students.pccua.edu>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi, it's Joshua Lester.
>>>>>>> If I presided over the talent show, I'd do the following.
>>>>>>> #1. Not tell jokes, (which is obvious.)
>>>>>>> #2. I'd have the ladies performing first, and the men performing
>>>>>>> last,
>>>>>>> (nothing like being southern gentlemen.)
>>>>>>> #3. I wouldn't give away so many door prizes.
>>>>>>> This is a talent show, not a door prize fest.
>>>>>>> #4. I'd make a rule, that if a person isn't going to show up, they
>>>>>>> shouldn't sign up, to sing.
>>>>>>> Lastly, #5. the performers should give their tracks to the soundman,
>>>>>>> before the show, so that all of the tracks can be put on one CD, that
>>>>>>> way the performers can get on, and off the stage, and sing, within a
>>>>>>> reasonable amount of time.
>>>>>>> Blessings, Joshua
>>>>>>>
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> Theater's Artist in Training Program, and proud graduate of Guiding
> Eyes for the Blind
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