Re: CRIT awards code of conduct

On 7/4/2024 8:16 PM, Scott Dorsey wrote:

Gary McGath  <garym@mcgath.com> wrote:

On 7/4/24 8:54 AM, Scott Dorsey wrote:

Gary McGath  <garym@mcgath.com> wrote:

On 7/3/24 12:15 PM, Cryptoengineer wrote:
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Its perhaps interesting to compare this to moves to
exclude Russians from many competitions, out of (wholly
justified) horror at the invasion of Ukraine.
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Tchaikovsky has been removed from some concerts for that reason. Since
he died before the invasion started, not to mention before Putin was
born, it's quite a stretch to blame him.

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He DID write an opera glorifying the secret police after all.

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The Oprichnik? That one's so obscure I never heard of it before doing a
search just now on "Tchaikovsky secret police". Perhaps for good reason.

 It's one of those things that gets performed in Russia but not here.
It doesn't have any really catchy tunes but it's musically okay.

Regardless, The Boston Pops just completed the 1812 Overture, in their
annual July 4 concert in the Hatch Shell, immediately preceding a
massive fireworks display on the Charles River.
This the is 50th consecutive year they've done it.
pt