At 07:00 PM 11/13/98 EST, [log in to unmask] wrote, drolly:
>Vernon deTar once spoke of a wedding at Church of the Ascension in Manhattan,
>for which the parents of the bride desperately wanted the choir to sing the
>Parry, complete with "Vivat Roberta," the bride's name. I believe he told me
>he actually did this, with some clever textual adjustments to make it all fit.
>I would like to have been there!
 
Oh, I think we've all been there.
 
I wonder what they substituted for "Elizabetha". "Arrivista," perhaps?
 
I know, I know, it doesn't quite scan; but the temptation must
have been well-nigh irresistible.
 
--Michael Smith
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