This is in the "Masterpieces of French Art Deco" the highlight of which was a floor to ceiling carved mirror from the Normandy (unfortunately the museum's website includes no pictures from the show).Late start this AM - the Pappoutsakis competition had 5 finalists & with a longer-than-usual program for each of them to play, it lasted from 7-9:45 with a short break (so I wasn't abed until after 11:30 - having wanted to finish Wolf Hall before retiring).* I didn't hang around to hear the results but I imagine it will be a Korean sweep since neither of the two Caucasian women competing came near to matching the grasp of the instrument (despite some good musical ideas) of the other three, all of whom were from Korea (and played on gold flutes). And all in gowns - the finals were nowhere near that formal when I was on the Board. Nor were the programs printed on such fancy paper - things have changed.
Cold here this AM 25F heading up supposedly to 35F (the widget on this computer doesn't five the "feels like" but apparently the wind, which was brutal walking the several blocks from where I parked last night to the site of the finals) apparently hasn't let up. Still don't have the mouse I ordered for the other computer when the left button stopped working and esp. on a MAC, a non-working mouse is a PITA). Off to a Melrose rehearsal tonight, some tootling (and toddling?), and stitching between now & then.
* http://www.themanbookerprize.com/prize/books/391
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