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Clinton Tries Hand as Narrator for Ark. Symphony
Reuters ^ | 3-13-03 | Anon

Posted on 03/13/2003 11:03:20 AM PST by Pharmboy

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas (Reuters) - Can this man be Broadway-bound? Having established a role as a television commentator, former President Bill Clinton has found another show business front to conquer -- he will be a guest narrator for the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra.

Clinton will read from the speeches of a presidential predecessor, Abraham Lincoln, as part of the symphony's March 25 performance of Aaron Copeland's "Lincoln Portrait."

In his debut performance with the symphony in Little Rock, Clinton will also read from the "I Have a Dream" speech of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. during the orchestra's performance of Alexander Miller's "Let Freedom Ring."

Symphony officials said Clinton would appear without his trademark saxophone. "The works say a lot about Clinton as a person and a politician. They speak to the issues that he's been about," said David Itkin, the music director and conductor of the Arkansas symphony.

The one-night-only performance will benefit the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra and the William J. Clinton Presidential Foundation.

Clinton made a splash earlier this month when he became the first former president with a regular, paid, prime-time TV gig when he faced-off in a mini-debate with his 1996 White House challenger Bob Dole on CBS's "60 Minutes."

Early in his national political life, Clinton demonstrated a knack for television, appearing on MTV during his first presidential campaign to play the saxophone and gamely answer questions about whether he wore boxers or briefs.


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Are we NEVER to be rid of this guy?

The only way the music would be appropriate for him to be involved with would be the Incidental Music for a Visit to a Brothel by BJ Bach (the illegitimate son of Johann Sebastian)

1 posted on 03/13/2003 11:03:20 AM PST by Pharmboy
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To: Pharmboy
This is awesome. He should have taken a career in theater instead of politics. He would be much happier today, and so would we.
2 posted on 03/13/2003 11:05:13 AM PST by RightWhale (Theorems link concepts: Proofs establish links)
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To: Pharmboy
"The works say a lot about Clinton as a person and a politician. They speak to the issues that he's been about," said David Itkin, the music director and conductor of the Arkansas symphony.

In other words, the works are porn pieces.

3 posted on 03/13/2003 11:05:42 AM PST by EggsAckley ( Hannibal Lechter: "I love the French. They taste like chicken.")
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To: EggsAckley
What is he narrating? Peter and the Pussy?
4 posted on 03/13/2003 11:08:08 AM PST by JohnnyZ (I am just here for the beer)
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To: Pharmboy
Anymore BillyBoy elicits either a yawn or a laugh. How absolutely galling it must be to him that the world's biggest ego-maniac is not taken seriously about anything.
5 posted on 03/13/2003 11:08:22 AM PST by Joan912 (couldn't think of a witty line...)
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To: Pharmboy
gamely answer questions about whether he wore boxers or briefs.

???GAMELY???

Little did we know then that he would be remembered solely by the contents of those shorts!

Disgusting pig!

6 posted on 03/13/2003 11:08:25 AM PST by aShepard
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To: Pharmboy
"Rapists in Blue" by Strauss comes to my mind.
7 posted on 03/13/2003 11:10:18 AM PST by Moby Grape
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To: Pharmboy
Will he play a french horn?
8 posted on 03/13/2003 11:12:50 AM PST by HuntsvilleTxVeteran (chIRAQ & sadDAM are bedfellows & clinton is a raping traitor!)
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To: Pharmboy
The Arkansas Symphony Orchestra warms up:


9 posted on 03/13/2003 11:14:17 AM PST by TADSLOS (Sua Sponte)
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To: Pharmboy
nice to know he has moved his hand up... but it stills smells
10 posted on 03/13/2003 11:17:38 AM PST by hapy
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To: TADSLOS
LOL!! (With apologies to Freepers from AR)
11 posted on 03/13/2003 11:18:46 AM PST by Pharmboy (Dems lie 'cause they have to)
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To: Pharmboy
Well, the boy has done just about everything now.

Wonder if he has ever tried doing magic tricks? If not, he could start with making himself disappear.

12 posted on 03/13/2003 11:19:19 AM PST by leadpenny ( . . . . . and never reappearing!)
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Arkansas Symphony Orchestra?

He's probably going to be in charge of the kazoo section.

13 posted on 03/13/2003 11:31:46 AM PST by Alberta's Child
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14 posted on 03/13/2003 11:31:59 AM PST by Starrgaizr
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To: Impeach the Boy
"Rape of the Sabine Women" narrated by DIRT-XPOTUS42.
15 posted on 03/13/2003 11:34:17 AM PST by quark
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To: RightWhale
Let's not forget how many would still be alive
16 posted on 03/13/2003 11:34:30 AM PST by vnix
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To: Pharmboy
Wasn't Lincoln a Republican? Also, Clintoon's wife and Lincoln's wife had something in common--both were intensely disliked because both had crappy dispositions.
17 posted on 03/13/2003 11:34:55 AM PST by lilylangtree
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To: Starrgaizr
I'm on a dial-up and for a moment there, before the picture downloaded, I thought, maybe, he had disappeared. Wishful thinking. LOL.
18 posted on 03/13/2003 11:36:50 AM PST by leadpenny
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To: TADSLOS; coteblanche
BWWAAAAaaahahahahahaha! Hey, Miss Cote, get a load of # 9, best laugh I've had in a long time!
19 posted on 03/13/2003 11:37:25 AM PST by Argh
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To: TADSLOS
Here's the REAL Arkansas symphony


20 posted on 03/13/2003 11:38:04 AM PST by smokinleroy
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