Rosemary Ceravolo wrote:

>How about getting the Bush/Cheney/Rumsfeld Trinity to cough up the extra
>$4 million out of their own deep pockets or from the billions approved
>for their Iraq Operatics?  But it's not likely that any of them have
>ever heard of the Sat.  matinee broadcasts from the Met in the first
>place.

I think Rumsfeld and Cheney are savvy, educated guys, so don't be
overly sure about the above statement.  Cheney's wife Lynne is definitely
arts-aware.  I didn't catch the White House Douglas-fir lighting ceremony
this year on C-Span, but last year, an Asian soprano from The Met appeared
and sang "O Holy Night" and aced all the high notes.  W appeared impressed.

Laurence Glavin