You've WON, your choice of 1 Male & 1 Female musician
During André & the JSO's down time, LET'S PRETEND.
Let's pretend you've won a contest & as the winner of André's contest you now get to 2 hours of time with your favorite Male & Female musician, on an activity of your choice.
In your reply, please give us the names of 3 Male musicians & 3 Female musicians - then make your FINAL selection from your short list & tell us WHY?
Keep in mind your choice must be musicians who are in the Orchestra NOW, not Guest Performers, Soprano Soloists, or musicians no longer in the orchestra.
And finally, WHAT kind of activity would you plan knowing you will have 2 hours time with your FAVORITE Male & Female musician?
The activity I would choose would be something outdoor, away from the hotel. I would like to lead them up & down some trails & rock formations in & around Phoenix. They would be standing, walking, hiking & taking photos during the 2 hours I am showing them plants, rocks, rattlesnakes, scorpions & any other desert creature that puts in an appearance. They would definitely want to be wearing sunglasses, sun screen, & hiking boots. They will also have to carry their own camera equipment, water, & any food they wish to bring along - Dutch treat, unless they want to eat what they see crawling.
I would make an effort to create an adventure they will remember. I would attempt to talk about PHOTOGRAPHY, actually almost any subject EXCEPT music. Their 2 hours with me would be MUSIC FREE & devoid of PERSONAL QUESTIONS.
My short list of MALE musicians is: Cord Meyer (Violin), Arthur Cordewene r (Oboe), & Ruud Merx (Trombone) --- & my final choice is RUUD , on the strength of his entertaining skills, musicial ability, & COMPOSING & arranging music. Ruud composed some music for Melissa Venema (Guest Trumpet) which she plays on one of her CD’s. RUUD is the male musician I’d most like to match wits with in the game of OneUpManship.
My short list of FEMALE musicians is: Agnes Fizzano-Walter (Violin); Margriet van Lexmond (Cello); & Manoe Konings (multiple instruments) -- & my final choice is MANOE, on the strength of her versatility with a variety of musical instruments, her ability to blend her voice with others in duets & trios. MANOE is the female musician I’d most like to match wits with in the game of OneUPManship.
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Bill!!!!!. snakes, scorpions, desert creatures, bring your own food? you really are a romantic guy. I am glad I am not your girlfriend. This post posted in jest do not take seriously.
Regards
Philip
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Philip, one of the things I'd stick in my pocket before embarking on our little outdoor adventure, would be the rattle I have from a rattlesnake. At an appropriate time, I'd pull it out, start shaking it to make it rattle, & then take some photos of the musicians reactions when I warn them to "Do not move, until you see the rattlesnake, so you can go in the other direction". I would hope it would temporarily scare the wits out of Manoe & Ruud . Then I'd show them the rattle in my hand & enjoy their reaction, verbiage & laughter. That would definitely give them something to remember the adventure by.
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3 female musicians: Manoe Konings, Stéphanie Detry, Anne-Lise Parotte
1 male: René Henket because he is an extraordinary musician in his trumpet.
1 female: Manoe Konings , no doubt the JOY of the group.
Joaquim
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My three MALE musicians:
* Teun Ramaekers (flute) He gives me goosebumps when he plays and I am sure that wherever he plays, the people will follow him like The Pied Piper.
* Frank Steijns (violin and carillon)I will invite him to play the bells in the Cape Town City Hall near the Grand Parade where Nelson Mandela addressed the nation after his release. I am sure Madiba would love it!
* Roger Diederen (trumpet) He has a soft spot in my heart since he posed with me for a photo after our Cape Town concert and he plays the trumpet beautifully!
FAMALE musicians:
* Manoe Konings (clarinet, saxophone, guitar and lovely singing voice)She is my all time favorite. She is talented, funny and smart and has a zest for life. Never a dull moment with her on stage.
* Stephanie Detry (piano and violin) Together we will dance the Marina!
* Tanja Derwahl (cello) She always interacts with the audience(makes eye contact)and plays with her heart and soul.
SPEND 2 HOURS : With ALL of them. I will invite them to a concert on Nelson Mandela Square in Sandton City on a Sunday afternoon.Tanja and Stephanie will play 'The Swan', Teun and Manoe will play 'Amazing Grace'. Frank will play all the church bells around the square and Roger will take us out on 'The Last Farewell '.
MY CONDUCTOR: Magical ANDRÉ RIEU!!!! Who else
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I want to see, how you are going to manage this WITHOUT Jeanine Ann ?
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Bill please explain this statement
Regards.
Philip
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Deirdré & Jeanine Ann are close friends, BOTH love André.
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Bill you are sooo smart! Deirdre and I are very close and we both love Andre sooo we will each have one hour.
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Jeanine,you need to think of another plan, there wont be an Andre left after Deidre has finished with him, There are the Andre sisters, you are the Andre smoochers
much love to the Andre smoochers.
Philip
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Oh did I forget to say that I have him first Philip. Love and hugs to you
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Deidre you are in trouble JA wants Andre first
Love Philip
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Philip this is only for a picnic haha! Hugs
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2 hours is a very short time to spend with beautiful people,my choice of female musicians are
Stéphanie Detry, Nadia Diakoff, Karin Hinze , all you need is a piano, a viola, and a cello to make beautiful music
Male musicians:
Ton (Jets husband), Roland, Noël
Regards.
Philip
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On this was so difficult Bill.
And only 2 hours
MALE CHOICE
FRANCO Double bass
TEUN Flute
MARCEL Percussion
FEMALE
MANOE Everything under the sun
SANNE Saxophone
STEPHANIE Piano
TOP MALE: FRANCO
TOP FEMALE MANOE
If I could have the company of all six I would love them to perform a private concert for myself and my closest friends. We would all dress for the occasion to match the JSO and dance to their beautiful music
MANOE only. I would love to have her in my home for tea. Just to talk to her. Listen to her. I would like her to be a friend as I think she would be a very true and loyal friend.
FRANCO . He was the one at the Maastricht Concert 2011 who smiled at us and acknowledged us. He has an interest in Tarot Cards as do I. I would love him to do a tarot reading for me and then I would return the compliment. (And I love his hair)
Josephine UK xxx
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Josephine, wasn't meant to be easy. We all have several musicians that we like for a variety of reasons. Making a choice of 1 Male & 1 Female, was very difficult for me, I had to really sit down & think it out before I could come up with my final selections.
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Hey Bill, if we are going to have this big getaway with all the musicians we are going to need a Conductor - I will bring Andre!!!!!!!
Okay now that I got that in -
My favorites sort of match Deirdre's choices
Male - Roger because he plays that trumpet so beautifully
Frank because he took so much time to talk about violins with me at the M&G
Teun because he always gets the flowers from Andre
Female - Tanya because she is always smiling and having a good time
Kremi because she too smiles so sweet and has the cutest dimples
Kalki (Choir) because I met her and she was so down to earth
Then for the two hours I would leave everyone and take Andre on a picnic!!
Bill, you knew this was coming.
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Do you see that Deirdré, JA wants to leave you behind & enjoy André all by herself.
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Bill why don't we have Andre CLONED then Deidre and Jeanine Ann can each have an Andre.that will through the cat among the pigeons
Regards
Philip
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PS Ooops missed a bit
FRANCO is Italian. MY favourite food is Italian.Maybe if we had time he could show me how to cook an authentic Italiam meal .YUM
Love Josephine xxx
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Hi Bill
My favourite male musicians are Frank and Teun and Roland of course the Frenchy. They are smiling and attentive and charming.
Marcel the "naughty man" always smiling to the women audience.
Gary Benet for his courtesy, always ready for a photo.
For the ladies my favourite is Tanja , she is very talented she is the music.
I love Manoe too with Sanne they are funny.
Kalki touch me with her voice. Stephanie so lovely.
Really it's difficult to make a choice they are all wonderful and talented.
I want to say them thanks so much for their disponibility with the fans.
I love all the JSO and André of course.
Regards.
Martine
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Three of the JSO guys I would select are: Marcel (need to learn his hobbies)
Teun (schooled in Belgium w/Andre)
Roland (blacksmithing is mutual interest)
Guy choice: Teun (my ancestor came from
Liege)(he can bring guest for balance)
Three JSO Gals: Freya (1st alternate Els); Mirusia (1st Alternate Giedre);
Agnes (1st Alt. Jennifer, 2nd Alt. Margriet , 3rd Alt. Karin Hinz-talk about
taking liberties!)
Gal choice: Freya - she seems to have an
interest in wild country (Africa & ??).
Two hour outing (with broken watch of course): JSO ladies choice: summer night
dinner/dance boat cruise(including choice of music); river raft scenic river float trip in Pacific Northwest or
Canadian guided fishing & shore lunch or
Hawaiian pig roast on Big Island after
scenic tour- all expenses paid of course. JSO Gal, party crashers welcome !!
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I really like the BROKEN WATCH.....nice!
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Though not technically a member of the
orchestra, without a doubt, the most interesting conversationalist would be
MARJORIE . She knows it all from day one.
Same for Pierre but Marjorie would know more.
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Dear wonderful friends.
It could have been fun to be part of this, but since there is no message on my PC with this, then I could not keep up.
I can not figure out how it works, because sometimes I get a mail and other times not .... hmmmm, what am I doing wrong. ??
I do not know the names of the wonderful musicians, but the girl in the blue dress (Moderator Note: The musician is Manoe) that can both sing and play the bagpipes, I love that she is a musical genius. Then there's the guy with the trumpet. Do not know what he says but I have never heard a more pure trumpet. He is clever.
I wish you enjoy and hope that I can learn to use this blog
You are all just so lovely and I would be sad if I mess around too much in this.
Take care of you
Hugs and kisses to you from me.
Anitha
Moderators Note: There are 2 trumpet players, one wears glasses. Which of the 2 do you like?
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Oh, where is the sweet. Thank you for your help. Finally, I found this thread again and I have now figured it out with your help, so thank you dear friends. The female musician whom I admire a lot is Manøe Konings . Never before have I seen so much talent on several instruments and a good singing voice. Then I would choose Tanja Derwahl (cello) It is a joy to see what emotions she puts into the music. I am deeply touched by looking at her.
Of male musicians would I choose Roger Diederen (it was his name) An incredibly talented trumpet player. Then there is Frank Steijns as his skill is very inspiring.
I would invite all the wonderful musician on Hamlet's castle Kronborg, but because the floors are so big I will have to invite everyone's "Prince of Wals" and will then dance to the music from the wonderful musicians.
For everything to be perfect, I would invite all of you wonderful friends from the blog so we could all dance the largest fællels Wals and then eating in the great king floor. But should not we just invite them all? ..... I did not think we can afford to lose anyone from JSO or soloists ...... Ha ha what a party, so I may have used my dress ... .
Dreams are wonderful.
Hugs and kisses to you all
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I find it rather hard to choose I do think Stephanie & Manoe & the lady who plays the drums Miurelle I think her name is, the males no 1 would have to be Tuen , Rene , The guy on the base, Roland , who is sometimes playing the anvil. I like all the singers but especially Mirusia , & Carmen , but most of a;; there is 1 guy I really care for who does so much can you guess who that is His name of course is Andre' Rieu , without Him alas it would just be a nice concert;
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only 2? That is not enough. There are several who I like although Andre has the very best, including the choir ladies Judith, Ann, Kalki, Virgenie, Karin & Nicolle . Several certain musicians do catch my eye though & I do like very much. In no particular order, there has to be Ward with his playing of Whiter Shade of Pale, that was fantastic, then there is Frank , with his sweet smile, I'd just like to pinch his cheeks, & his talent on the carrillons is outstanding!, then there's Marcel , with his flirty little wink & smile, then Tanya , love it when she & André do their little fake kiss. Love too the harpist when she gets a little crazy, love Tuen when he gets a little jazzy too.love the antics of Roland & Noël & their strengh test. Love Manoe as one of the André sisters & her talent on the bagpipes is amazing. All in all, they are all multitalened in many ways & very loyal to their boss. He expects the best & he gets it. I can't pick just a few & 2 hrs is too much for me, just a few words to each to let them know how much I admire them all. There, that's my thoughts on the matter, ok?
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Stand by Shirley , I have some thought on the choir that I'll be posting in a new topic in a few days. I agree, the choir is an integral part of any André concert.
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I WOULD LIKE TO SPEND TWO HOURS WITH ANDRE', SOMEWHERE PRIVATE AND JUST VISIT WITH HIM.IT WOULD BE A THRILLING DREAM COME TRUE. SHARE OUR VIEWS ON LIFE AND IT WOULD BE SO INTERESTING.
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Platin Tenors - I see them as one
Franz Heinz - he is such a friendly person and Andri always gives his violin to him to look after it.
Best of all is ANDRÉ himself because he is just an incredible person, with so much charm and such dreamy eyes, WOW!!!
Manoe because she is a very cheery person.
Stephanie - I like the way she play the paino
Carmen Monarcha is my favorite because she has an incredible voice and sings with so much passion.
If I could spend two hours with them I would like to take them to a game farm where they can see the white lions, go for a game drive on an open vehicle to get near to the lions and I will take them to go on an Elephant ride (themselves on an elephant). Love you all!!!! Looking forward to see you in South Africa in August!!!
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Sweet Alta, Good choice!! I posted my email address on the blog. Love and hugs, Norma xxx
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