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  • SalieriSalieri
    Posts: 3,177
    Will fried chicken be provided?
  • G
    Posts: 1,397
    Mrs. Melofluent holds all the cards.


    As is only right.

    (Save the Liturgy, Save the World)
  • Kathy
    Posts: 5,500
    Will fried chicken be provided?

    Good question! And, onion rings?
  • melofluentmelofluent
    Posts: 4,160
    Hostess Fruit Pies?
  • Andrew Motyka
    Posts: 945
    The big thing out here is pork tenderloin. Think of a fried piece of pork that's three times larger than the bun it comes on.
  • melofluentmelofluent
    Posts: 4,160
    Dass ist Schnitzel, ja? Ich liebe mich einsam Schnitzel!
  • Jani
    Posts: 441
    I happened to be in an elevator at the same time as Dan Giardot of GIA one time, and he said "I wonder what they're going to do to the chicken this year?" It was funny as hell. I guess there's always chicken at those things.
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  • Bob_Cook
    Posts: 4
    I'm going to Indianapolis and have a double room. If there is a Priest or seminarian who wants to share the room, there is no charge.
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  • fpf
    Posts: 2
    For those not averse to "roughing it" (we're talking American standards, not Afghanastan's): Indy boasts a solitary hostel, about 6mi. north of the activities.
    It has shared room options and would bring lodging costs into a much more affordable range. From the website pics, It looks fresh, bright, inviting. The prospect of hiking back and forth praying the rosary recalls what it would be like time-wise to pray before an abortion mill, so there's the thought of including some penance/reparation into what is otherwise counted by many as a thoroughly joyous event. Any prospective takers, let me know!
  • matthewjmatthewj
    Posts: 2,696
    Also, please prepare for White Suit Wednesday.
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  • Kathy
    Posts: 5,500
    Is that a gender-specific event, btw?
  • matthewjmatthewj
    Posts: 2,696
    No.

    All are welcome. All are welcome. All are welcome to wear white suits on Wednesday.
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  • BenBen
    Posts: 3,114
    Also, bow tie Friday.
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  • ClergetKubiszClergetKubisz
    Posts: 1,912
    Would you know my name, if you saw me in Indy?
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  • BenBen
    Posts: 3,114
    nope.
  • Adam WoodAdam Wood
    Posts: 6,451
    Also, bow tie Friday.


    I think that actually a moveable feast, moving anywhere Jeffrey Tucker happens to be feasting.
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  • WendiWendi
    Posts: 638
    I can't pull off a bow tie. Ladies should have a scarf option. Just sayin'.
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  • Adam WoodAdam Wood
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    I can't pull off a bow tie.

    You grab the unlooped part on each side...
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  • WendiWendi
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    Little Joe...sigh. :D
  • BenBen
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    LIES ADAM. You grab the looped part. LIES.
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  • Adam WoodAdam Wood
    Posts: 6,451
    to pull it off? really?
  • Adam WoodAdam Wood
    Posts: 6,451
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiQq3lO1l0I
  • Earl_GreyEarl_Grey
    Posts: 892
    You shouldn't pull it off unless you know how to tie it again. Seriously, no clip-on's at the conference...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zD9SWgodiek#t=172
  • BenBen
    Posts: 3,114
    Clip-ons are hopelessly tacky. AOM is cool, btw.
  • Adam WoodAdam Wood
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    I have a memory of my grandfather wearing a clip on tie (long style) , but clipping it to his shirt pocket instead of his collar.

    He's dead now. Probably a coincidence.
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  • melofluentmelofluent
    Posts: 4,160
    He was too cool for his time, Lil' Joe, same as you.
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  • WendiWendi
    Posts: 638
    I learn the most fascinating things on this forum.
  • David AndrewDavid Andrew
    Posts: 1,204
    I sent my checks in three weeks ago and they've not cleared my checking account, and I've not received my confirmation from Mia Coyne.

    Anyone else experiencing this?
  • melofluentmelofluent
    Posts: 4,160
    White Suit Wednesday, BowTie Friday.....?
    I knew it all along, we're just a club for nerds to aggregate now and then, making up stuff as we go along jes like ever'one else. Thusly, it follows that we're ALL Protestants! We doth protest too much about what it means to be Catholic, even though the creeds are fairly explicit. But, as some know, I try not to be a killjoy, so maybe I'll look for a white satin warmup suit like the late Raiders owner, St. Al Davis, and I do have a number of bow ties of all persuasions (ever the eclectic.)
    I might suggest to Janet and Arlene that as Ben is a real intern (at NLM, of course) he be assigned the duty to hand out duct tape bow ties to the Friday Vespers to all who didn't get the memo. Duct tape bow ties Ben personally will make, of course.    image
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  • matthewjmatthewj
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    Bow tie Friday is a silly and gimmicky idea. It is nothing like the wondrous event known as White Suit Wednesday.

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  • David AndrewDavid Andrew
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    I will only where a white suit if (if) Pimm's Cup Cocktails are served and a decent round of croquet is played.

    Whoever decided that bow ties would only be worn on Friday is clearly a philistine.
  • BenBen
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    Whoever decided that bow ties would only be worn on Friday is clearly a philistine.


    I never said "only." :D
  • matthewjmatthewj
    Posts: 2,696
    We're not here to make everything happen for you, David. If you want Pimm's Cup and croquet, then you will have to make that happen. Take the initiative! (purple bold)
  • Earl_GreyEarl_Grey
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    We could just wear albs all week, and really draw attention to ourselves.
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  • Adam WoodAdam Wood
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    We could just wear albs all week,

    Get a haircut and a choir cassock, you hippie!
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  • CharlesW
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    All those white suits will look like a convention of Philippine gangsters.
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  • WendiWendi
    Posts: 638
    (That's what I told him Little Joe.)

    See...I told you Darling, you are going to have to bring the croquet set along with everything else. Borrow a bigger car or something.

    Dearest...this is not the 1970's. Pony up for a nice white linen three piece suit with a straw hat. Although David has enough he could probably lend you a hat.

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  • ClergetKubiszClergetKubisz
    Posts: 1,912
    Adam, you're account reminded me of my own grandfather, who insists on wearing bolo ties instead of a regular neck tie. God love him.
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  • melofluentmelofluent
    Posts: 4,160
    Dearest...this is not the 1970's. Pony up for a nice white linen three piece suit with a straw hat. Although David has enough he could probably lend you a hat.

    MOW, I'm flying coach. How much suffering must I endure via baggage fees to indulge a Canadian expatriate? A warmup suit fits in an overhead.
  • matthewjmatthewj
    Posts: 2,696
    Much suffering, my friend. Much suffering is required to indulge me.
  • melofluentmelofluent
    Posts: 4,160
    You want suffering, my dry climate lord, come up here and try chanting the Passion voices with 100% allergens as Narrator or Voice; pflegm hovering just below the larynx when you least expect (or could expectorate). I know you, MJM, don't tempt providence!
  • Adam WoodAdam Wood
    Posts: 6,451
    who insists on wearing bolo ties instead of a regular neck tie.

    My wife's grandfather wore one of those to our wedding.

    He is also dead now.

    Coincidence?
  • matthewjmatthewj
    Posts: 2,696
    I kinda enjoy bolo ties.

    Not enough to wear one.

    But kinda.

    It's against everything Canada stands for.

    Rebelling against my youth, perhaps.
  • WendiWendi
    Posts: 638
    A linen suit would fit in the overhead too...you'd just have to steam it when you get here. If David doesn't know how...I do. Besides, with the linen you'll look SO much more dapper.
  • Adam WoodAdam Wood
    Posts: 6,451
    WEAR IT ON THE PLANE
  • melofluentmelofluent
    Posts: 4,160
    Yes, yes indeed. Why not look like Sydney Greenstreet in CASABLANCA strolling through TSA, the full body scan/patdown, and then while squeezing into da plane, da plane whilst some five year old savant yells out, "Daddy, look! Ahoy, there goes Moby Dick!"
    Great fun.
    On the way to
    Indianapolis.
    Oh yes, I know how to get steamed.
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  • Francisco_Carbonell
    Posts: 9
    Dear all.

    My name is Francisco Carbonell and I am the new Director of Music and Organist at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church in Indianapolis since October 2013. As you know, our church will host some of the most important events of the Musica Sacra Colloquium this coming summer.

    I will be glad to help you with any question you have regarding the activities of the Colloquium at St. John, as well as questions regarding the city.

    I wish you a great Colloquium and the holiest Holy Week!

    In Christ and Mary.

    Francisco Carbonell.
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  • kenstb
    Posts: 369
    Thanks, Francisco. I'm hoping to make the trek from New York to Indianapolis if I'm not on trial. I have a nice white summer suit AND a Panama hat to wear!! Maybe some shades too.. : )
  • G
    Posts: 1,397
    Thank you, Francisco, looking forward to meeting you!

    Anyone, what's in a Pimm's cup, anyway? Would the Queen drink one?

    I'm too fat and impure to wear a white suit. A bowtie might be possible.

    Also, the pork tenderloin sandwiches in Indiana are a wondrous thing, and Indianpaolis is said to have the very best pizza in the state, Barbeaux or something like that?

    (Save the Liturgy, Save the World)
  • OlbashOlbash
    Posts: 314
    Is a white jacket sufficient for White Suit Wedneaday? With white piquee bow tie and vest of course. Black tuxedo pants seem in order, tho. Unless we are going on safari.
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