{"id":2055,"date":"2010-03-01T12:43:43","date_gmt":"2010-03-01T19:43:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/?p=2055"},"modified":"2010-03-01T13:55:45","modified_gmt":"2010-03-01T20:55:45","slug":"its-tradition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/2010\/03\/its-tradition\/","title":{"rendered":"It’s Tradition."},"content":{"rendered":"

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This was the Christmas present that instigated an extra Christmas present and I have Topol <\/a>to thank for it.<\/p>\n

A month before Christmas I received a phone call from Broadway Tucson with an automated recording for all ticket holders of Fiddler on the Roof<\/em>. Topol had been injured and he wouldn’t be performing for the rest of the season. This meant two things. I would never see Topol perform as Tevye and Richard’s Christmas present was no longer a surprise.<\/p>\n

I was faced with a dilemma. Should I tell Richard about the phone call? I decided to break it to him gently.<\/p>\n

“Topol has been injured and will be out for the rest of the season,” I said bluntly as he walked in the door from work.<\/p>\n

Now Richard was faced with a dilemma. Compensating for the loss of a Christmas surprise is serious business.<\/p>\n

His solution? Amazon.com.<\/p>\n

I love each of my Christmas presents. The show on Saturday was very good. I played along in my memory, and I wish the woman behind us had followed my lead. She sang and quoted the whole first act. I will always remember this performance because we heard it in stereo, with a raspy, crass voice behind us singing, “Do you love me?” etc.<\/p>\n

Fiddler on the Roof<\/em> was my first show as a performer. I soloed as the violinist at Sundance for one night when I was 15. My teacher congratulated me and reminded me that I was now a professional. (I smiled even then at the unlikely event that I would ever be a professional violinist). I played the show again when I was 16. Richard and I went to the show for our 5th anniversary. He was hoping to let me see Topol for our 15th.<\/p>\n

Clearly, the show is Tradition for us.<\/p>\n

As we drove home, we didn’t talk. I decided to ask Richard what song he had playing in his head.<\/p>\n

“Le Chaim,” he replied before starting to sing.<\/p>\n

The song in my head was Sunrise, Sunset.<\/p>\n

What song do you love from Fiddler on the Roof<\/em>?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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