Gee folks, I was just having a bit of fun.  Yes, I guess I was just being
a cheering squad but if you knew me, you'd know the Pom-Pom reference is
WAY wrong.  It is just that after so many years of being a shameful thing
to be gay (yes, I am of that generation) I was just acknowledging an out
mans achievement.  By the way, I am not that big a Corigliano fan, but an
achievement is an achievement, no? And you mean to tell me he's NOT German!
Himmel.

Gretchen Ehrenberg
Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Germany