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Tag Archives: Anecdotes
David Bruce: Doctors Anecdotes
https://pixabay.com/en/doctor-dentist-dental-clinic-1149149/ In 1980, speed skater Eric Heiden won five gold medals in individual events at the Winter Olympic Games in Lake Placid, New York. This made him the most marketable athlete of that Olympics, and he could have spent the … Continue reading
David Bruce: Death Anecdotes
https://pixabay.com/en/day-of-the-dead-colorful-make-up-1868836/ Gay author Michael Thomas Ford had an uncle named David who was also gay and whose lover was named George. David and George lived together for many years in a committed relationship, but after they died together in a … Continue reading
David Bruce: Death Anecdotes
https://pixabay.com/en/offering-colors-dead-2912287/ In the days before such things as Welfare and Social Security, people in this and other countries grew desperate because of poverty. A young mother — a struggling opera singer — who had been deserted by her husband grew … Continue reading
David Bruce: Dance Anecdotes
https://pixabay.com/en/dance-ballet-powder-girl-dancer-422699/ When he was a young boy, children’s book author Walter Dean Myers went with some other boys to a church gym, where they hoped to play full-court basketball. They were disappointed when they found half of the court occupied … Continue reading
David Bruce: Dance Anecdotes
https://pixabay.com/en/ballet-dance-people-girl-ballerina-2564266/ Soprano Joan Hammond once appeared on the BBC series Gala Performance on the same program as ballet dancers Margot Fonteyn and Rudolf Nureyev. Unfortunately, as she was singing, she caught sight of the dancers warming up their muscles … Continue reading
David Bruce: Dance Anecdotes
https://pixabay.com/en/ballet-ballerina-ballet-tutu-dancer-2789418/ Grover Dale started out poor, but became a millionaire through dance; however, he became involved in dance through accident. A neighbor wanted her son to have a companion in his tap-dance class, so she offered to pay for nine-year-old … Continue reading
David Bruce: Costumes Anecdotes
https://pixabay.com/en/costume-middle-ages-musician-2512106/ Canadian figure skater Toller Cranston once lived in a house located in a very bad part of Toronto. On the street outside his house could be seen pimps, prostitutes, drug addicts, and hustlers. Once, Mr. Cranston had made the … Continue reading
David Bruce: Anecdotes About Conversation
https://pixabay.com/en/old-man-old-men-elders-speaking-1739154/ When Ralph Nader’s mother, Rose, was in her eighties, he and she took a five-hour plane ride to San Francisco. Sitting in the row behind them was a young man who kept talking for the entire five hours, with … Continue reading
David Bruce: Conductors Anecdotes
When he was young, Clemens Kraus was asked to be a guest conductor of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, which the composer Johannes Brahms himself used to conduct. At the rehearsal of a Brahms symphony, the orchestra was perfect. The first … Continue reading
David Bruce: Competition Anecdotes
Early in his ice dancing career, Christopher Dean skated with Sandra Elson. Once, they won a bronze medal in Czechoslovakia, while Russian skater Andrei Bukin and his wife won the silver. After the medal-award ceremony, Mr. Bukin, who knew little … Continue reading
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