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Subject: Re: CRIT awards code of conduct
Date: Thu, 4 Jul 2024 23:10:01 -0400
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On 7/4/2024 8:16 PM, Scott Dorsey wrote:
> Gary McGath  <garym@mcgath.com> wrote:
>> On 7/4/24 8:54 AM, Scott Dorsey wrote:
>>> Gary McGath  <garym@mcgath.com> wrote:
>>>> On 7/3/24 12:15 PM, Cryptoengineer wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Its perhaps interesting to compare this to moves to
>>>>> exclude Russians from many competitions, out of (wholly
>>>>> justified) horror at the invasion of Ukraine.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Tchaikovsky has been removed from some concerts for that reason. Since
>>>> he died before the invasion started, not to mention before Putin was
>>>> born, it's quite a stretch to blame him.
>>>
>>> He DID write an opera glorifying the secret police after all.
>>
>> The Oprichnik? That one's so obscure I never heard of it before doing a
>> search just now on "Tchaikovsky secret police". Perhaps for good reason.
> 
> It's one of those things that gets performed in Russia but not here.
> It doesn't have any really catchy tunes but it's musically okay.

Regardless, The Boston Pops just completed the 1812 Overture, in their
annual July 4 concert in the Hatch Shell, immediately preceding a
massive fireworks display on the Charles River.

This the is 50th consecutive year they've done it.

pt