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Dudamel on 60 Minutes
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I have a friend who was in Chavez's cabinet as minister of culture.

Does he have any good Sean Penn stories?

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Sounds like one of those guys who drinks a lot of Chateau Faucet.

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At times, military planes took the youth orch. to their venues.


Great image!

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At times, military planes took the youth orch. to their venues.


Great image!

Sometimes there were "special forces" on those planes when they were playing concerts near a border.

When that started happening my friend left the country.

It is unfortunate that el sistema was at times misused there. That doesn't change the fact that it is a great program that will work here as well.

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Yes, excellent program.

It hadn't occurred to me that there might be military on the plane. I liked the idea of military plans dropping of musicians.

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I liked the idea of military plans dropping of musicians.

Sounds like it would make quite an impact!

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I liked the idea of military plans dropping of musicians.

Sounds like it would make quite an impact!

Especially the tympanist

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Yes, excellent program.

It hadn't occurred to me that there might be military on the plane. I liked the idea of military plans dropping of musicians.

The military weren't supposed to be, it was an "oh, BTW moment"

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Another story I was told:

Chavez was on live TV with 1st graders talking about the importance of school.
He misspelled a word and the Minister of Education corrected him........

On Live TV !!

Chavez laughed and made it into a joke but shortly after the Education Minister vanished.

Don't piss off the dictator.

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