![]() Now before there is a mad rush for Club Mary, let me point out that Amber, like her not too distant ancestor Carmen, is not running a charity operation here. Let’s just say that it is a one-on-one situation, and yes, there is some body contact, and yes, it is all perfectly legal. And in a magazine that may find its way into the hands of your grandchildren, perhaps it is better not to describe it into great detail. Now, the word “dance” does not really adequately convey exactly what it is that Amber does. ![]() Maybe they just made each girl responsible for her own hair. Did the opera hire a hairdresser to do all of them? There must be 16 or 18 of them. Chatterbox notices they all have the same hairdo. ![]() They seem to be vying with each other to see who can fling her long tawny ringlets with the greatest abandon. If Carmen really lived in Sarasota, just think how those bare feet would go over at the Field Club-and that incessant smoking. C dwells on the thought that here all these fancy people are in total sympathy with this woman who is, well, a tramp. Onstage Carmen and the cigarette girls are lounging around in some tavern, sitting on soldiers’ laps and hustling the booze. C’s writings as the “vaporings of a hyperpedanticized iconoclast.” That hurt. He is a power to be reckoned with in this town and he just wrote a letter to Mr. 1 benefactor, the man who paid the $50,000 down payment on the Opera House. During the intermission, he has noted Leo Rogers out in the lobby, working the room, so to speak. Chatterbox sits in Row P he finds himself… brooding. The spectacle and music are all but overwhelming, yet as Mr. Maybe tonight, Ginny thinks to herself.Ĩ:40 p.m.: The second act of “Carmen” has just begun. The world-famous Rockette synchronization isn’t quite there. Props are always the dancer’s nightmare and every night it’s been the tiniest bit off. It involves these giant plumes, like Sally Rand used in her famous fan dance. Fortunately, nothing was wrong but it was a close call. He finished the performance but afterward they took him to the hospital. It seems that back in Chicago the half moon that Peter makes his entrance on fell on his head and ever since then there’s been no end of problems. But where did he put it? In that box with his Les Elgart records? He begins to rummage around. What about that cummerbund and bow tie he got at the Woman’s Exchange for a dollar? Would that work? Maybe if he stood in dark corners all evening. The invitation said “Black Tie” but on his meager salary a tuxedo rental is out of the question. Chatterbox feeds the cat and wonders what to wear. ![]() “Wouldn’t it be great if it happened here in Sarasota?”ĥ:49 p.m.: At his home in one of the less fashionable sections of Colonial Gables, Mr. Just three days ago, flying up on the plane from Miami, she had turned to Ray. ![]() That’s when she won her very first tournament. If she wins this one, it means induction into the LPGA Hall of Fame.īack in the kitchen, Nancy is thinking how it all started here 10 years ago July. Tomorrow the tournament concludes and Nancy is five strokes ahead. In the living room, Nancy’s husband, baseball player Ray Knight, last year’s World Series MVP with the New York Mets, and her father Domingo (who first taught her the game when she was a little girl) are watching the TV news replays of Nancy’s stunning success that day in the Bent Tree classic. 5:32 p.m.: In the condo out at Bent Tree that has been arranged for her by the LPGA, Nancy Lopez is preparing dinner for her daughters, three-year-old Ashley and nine-month-old Errin. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |