last tale from the place of the winged horse

...i promise.

if there were a sour note to the entire evening - literally - it would have to be the in-house tri-weekly entertainment group called - strangely enough - the music wisdom. (finally got the name off the invitation to our sponsor-officemate.)

they were a trio: one man and two women, one of the latter serving as the musical accompaniment on a programmable keyboard. to the keyboardist's credit, she was able to adequately simulate the music of the songs they were covering, late 70's early 80's stuff.

the lead female singer was also passable, with decent lung power when called for, never mind the mispronounced lyrics every now and again. the lead male, the less said the better, although here's a highlight i recall: "wish to thank the employees and the mungement..."

good thing that arriba took over. these folks were good.

and so that's it.