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• The She-Prisoner of Caucasus Trout

  

  The Olympic Ceremonies are divided into two segments, an artistic portion and a protocol portion. The artistic portion includes all of the elaborate feats of... Read more

  Posted on 27 January 2014 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Chewbacca Wake-up Call

  

  12 Days to go!6 Days until our first dress rehearsal with audience!4 Days until our first full dress rehearsal!It is a beautiful day in Adler and Sochi. There i... Read more

  Posted on 26 January 2014 CULTURE

• All Access Pass: Performance Secrets

  

  13 Days to go!7 Days until our first dress rehearsal with audience!5 Days until our first full dress rehearsal!Notice the earphone chord hanging from this... Read more

  Posted on 25 January 2014 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• All Access Pass: Performance Secrets

  

  13 Days to go!7 Days until our first dress rehearsal with audience!5 Days until our first full dress rehearsal!Notice the earphone chord hanging from this... Read more

  Posted on 24 January 2014 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• The Top 4 Olympic Ceremonies

  

  14 Days to go!8 Days until our first rehearsal with audience!6 Days until our first full dress rehearsal!Sitting several rows up from the middle of the playing... Read more

  Posted on 24 January 2014 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Ethnic Patterns

  

  15 Days to go!9 Days until our first rehearsal with audience!7 Days until our first full dress rehearsalI am often asked why I decided to come to Russia. Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2014 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• "La Grèce! Greece! Греция!"

  

  17 Days to go!11 Days until our first dress rehearsal with audience!9 Days until our first full dress rehearsal!Olympic Cauldron with Fountains (video... Read more

  Posted on 22 January 2014 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Secrets

  

  18 Days to Go!12 Days to our first dress rehearsal with audience!The night sky is filled with fireworks...And I know one very intriguing secret...CauldronToday... Read more

  Posted on 21 January 2014 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Vacation Day in the Mountains

  

  19 Days to Go!13 Days until our first complete dress rehearsal with crowd!Up in the MountainsToday was my first day off!Many of us were exhausted of trying to... Read more

  Posted on 20 January 2014 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• All Access Pass: Rehearsal Life

  

  20 days to go!14 days until our first complete dress rehearsal (with audience!)Police Horses walk along the beach outside of the Olympic StadiumAfter an early... Read more

  Posted on 19 January 2014 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Sickly Ritornello

  

  21 days to go!15 days until our first complete dress rehearsal!KSU! With a Ukranian, American, and Canadian!Plan for the day: Get my Olympic credentialsStatus:... Read more

  Posted on 18 January 2014 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Hello from Sochi!

  

  22 days to go!Give me a 'C'...Give me an 'O'...Give me a 'four'...Give me a 'backwards N'...What does that spell?Сочи!!!On Wednesday morning, I left my suite... Read more

  Posted on 16 January 2014 CULTURE

• Looking Forward: The Venue

  

  24 days to go!Stadium Floor - this morning!It is my penultimate day in America - I will spend it at a Vietnamese restaurant and perhaps with La Boheme at the... Read more

  Posted on 14 January 2014 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Cyrillic Emails

  

  25 days to go!Olympic Center in AdlerEvery day, usually every morning, I receive any number of emails for the Olympics. Unfortunately, this is the fastest... Read more

  Posted on 14 January 2014 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• The Countdown Begins!

  

  26 days to go!Sochi Olympic Stadium construction Dec. 20Sochi Olympic Stadium construction Dec. 20The smell of diesel exhaust is in the air, stern faces zoom... Read more

  Posted on 12 January 2014 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Loving K-State, Loving Music

  

  Lately, when I am asked where I live, I generally say "the most beautiful place in the world." There's something about Kansas that I get homesick for when I'm... Read more

  Posted on 17 October 2013 CULTURE

• Machaut, Machaut, Man

  

  If you didn't read my last post, I'm going to the Olympics! Tonight, after this posting, I will have a TV interview which will be my 21st media interview... Read more

  Posted on 10 October 2013 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Living a Dream

  

  Hello, world! It has been ages since my last post and frankly, I've lived a lifetime in the last several months. While my personal life was in turmoil, I have... Read more

  Posted on 03 October 2013 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Ceremonial Music 101: So, the Pope Resigned...

  

  February has come to an end, and there are several very exciting moments on the horizon. As many of you know, I have an obsession with ceremonial music and one... Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2013 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Dusti and Bryan Experience the GRAMMY's (video Episode!)

  

  Experience the GRAMMY's with us in this new blog Episode, which includes broadcast and audience-view video of the GRAMMY wins by Charles Bruffy and the Kansas... Read more

  Posted on 15 February 2013 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA