Happy Birthday to Lance

[Seán]

Our great friend and mentor Mister Lance G hill celebrates his birthday today:



Happy birthday Lance.

[Donald Isler]

Hope it's a great one!

[SONNET CLV]

What? A birthday?
Lance! What are you doing? Don't you know these things start to add up?
Some things it's good to collect: records, CDs, friendships, bank accounts ...
But birthdays!
For God's sake, man, slow down before it's too late. Believe me. Once you're over the brink there's no coming back. Stop this birthday nonsense immediately. I'm tellin' you. No good comes from it. I'm evidence to that point.
I stopped having birthdays thirty years ago ... and I haven't felt better.

But if you're so foolish as to continue on, then have a good one. Maybe listen to some George Szell recordings today.

[Ricordanza]

Lance, best wishes on your birthday!

[lennygoran]

Happy Birthday Lance--thanks for this forum! Regards, Len

[maestrob]

Lance:

Many happy returns of the day!

Thanks for all you do.

What an appropriately sunny and beautiful day to celebrate, fellow Gemini.

[Wallingford]

Thanks for all the great work in keeping up this site and happy B-day!

[Holden Fourth]

Happy Birthday Lance - hope it's a good one

[Ted Quanrud]

Happy Birthday and best wishes for many more to come. And thank you for maintaining this site and keeping this occasionally unruly mob in line.

[Agnes Selby]

Have a Happy Birthday, dear Lance! Enjoy every minute of it!

Kind regards,
Agnes.

[jbuck919]

Birthday lauds to Lance our leader.

[barney]

And, appearing after deadline as usual, barney says: nappy burpday, Lance. whirrrr. clunk. happy burpday. clunk. squawk. HAPPY BIRTHDAY.

[Allen]

Lance

May all your wishes come true.

Thanks for looking after this forum.

[THEHORN]

Happy birthday and many happy returns of the day !

[IcedNote]

Have a great one, sir!

-G

[Chalkperson]

Congrats Mr Hill, may you have many more...

[Lance]

Many thanks for all the good wishes! It was, indeed, a very happy birthday. As long as they keep coming, I'll be happy about it. I know I owe quite a few people some correspondence (Donald Isler for one), but I must tell you this has been probably the busiest season I have EVER had with regard to doing piano work for so many functions, concerts, etc. The winter played huge havoc with pianos and they still haven't settled down. I am behind with reviews and spending time on CMG, but be assured, I keep watch! Thank you for your patience with me. I am always available to keep things smooth, friendly, and quiet, so feel free to send me a private message at any time. Again, a huge THANK YOU for remembering the day I came into existence! And I am a "true" Gemini, too!

[josé echenique]

Happy birthday Lance!

[stenka razin]

Been away, but now that I am back, Happy B Day, to our great leader and many more to come.


Regards,
Mel

[Lance]

Believe-it-or-not, I'm STILL celebrating. My daughter has arranged for me to have a HUGE party at a major restaurant here with lots of musicians present, this on July 1st. I must say, however, that once you get to a certain age with birthdays, it becomes LESS exciting as the years climb. (You know the feeling, I'm sure!!!) As is often said, having birthdays is better than the alternative.

7/2: Update: It was a wonderful success. Lovely memories.

[karlhenning]

Believe-it-or-not, I'm STILL celebrating.

In that case, I can skip the participle belated, and just with you a happy birthday!

Cheersissimo,
~k.

[Lance]

Thank you, Karl ... it has, indeed, been a memorable one.

Believe-it-or-not, I'm STILL celebrating.

In that case, I can skip the participle belated, and just with you a happy birthday!

Cheersissimo,
~k.

[RebLem]

Happy Birthday, Lance.

Ordinarily, I post some kind of card, but when I saw Sean's at the beginning of this thread, I knew I couldn't compete with it, so I didn't try.