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This photo is unretouched, and the lighting plays a trick on Diane. The caption was inevitable.
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A hasty explanation for certain "inside jokes" alluded to in the slideshow:
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The mysterious booze bottle: MR, as a gag, brought a big sack of giveaway treats to choir practice one Wed. The plan was: as each singer showed up, the bag was given to that choister to let them choose the confection or libation (bottles of water, etc) of his/her choice, the earliest to arrive getting the biggest selection. Among the "treats" was a tiny (old) airline bottle of,..uh, the real stuff. Dave, a tenor, enthusiastically selected this item and it was gone before the first downbeat.
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The contraband licorice: Dirk was Dutch (he will never be forgotten), and the licorice was extremely potent. He handed out the powerful stuff to fearless (and unsuspecting) choristers.
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The Official IDC Cap: Once in rehearsal, when MR carped about some triviality in the music, Beverley, the soprano soloist, suddenly snapped, "I don't care!" This put us all on the floor. Chris subsequently had the cap made, and thereafter, when anyone dared complain about anything at all, including the actual collapse of Western civilization, they were handed The IDC Cap.
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"The forearm chord" was a pianistic device cedited to Diane (always unjustly) that was her supposed solution to playing any music that was technically difficult.