Hunedoara Musical Autumn 2006

At the festival mentioned above, I was supposed to show up with Einuiea. I also played for Byzantine Stories last year, and this year we had the intention of presenting the Japanese Stamps to our audience. But Silviu had told us about leaving for England, so we had to call off the concert.

Now Gais appears on the scene. He tries to find the members of the Pogany quartet, who, by the way, haven't spoken a word nor sung a song for about a year. Alecu says yes. Radu as well. Razvinte does too. I am the last to receive a call. There was no other choice but for me to say yes. We would sing in Hunedoara! I felt as if I was in an American movie, one with a happy ending, of course.

The skating girl has a training accident just before an important competition. She becomes blind. Nevertheless, her mother is a damn good looking old lady, her old man has a sun-tanned face and perfect teeth, like the guy in the Marlboro ads - and, of course, her loving man doesn't have any regret about her blindness; on the contrary, he is over excited because their sex life has improved after the accident. Anyway, the girl's gang convinces her to come back. So she comes back. She even wins the gold medal to the applause of an audience in tears and in defiance of the Soviet and Chinese teams which, finally, show their admiration toward such an extraordinary example of will power. A life lesson. Our rehearsals take just a few days. We separate from Razvinte, therefore, our trip to Hunedoara seems compromised. But we adopt Steaua's goalkeeper, Carlos, and after a splendid concert, the audience gives us a standing ovation. Just like our skating girl.

We drink a lot and have arguments with Gais, but just for the
sake of making up. We hold a small concert in the city train station,
at 11 o'clock in the evening, bringing joy to our audience. We finally manage to overcome our weakness. Pogany breathes again.
We even have a rehearsal in the evening. Remind me not to
forget to call Carlos!

Calin