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The drawings for the cards began on sheets of music,
doodled during Symphony rehearsals. Most of the pictures were of conductors or soloists, and they
usually resembled animals – one conductor in particular seemed to always end up as a dog.
Enthusiastic reaction from colleagues and even the staff librarians (who photocopied the drawings
for posterity!) encouraged the production of still more drawings.
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Grin-n-Barrett
Cards:
To fill the income gap while the
Honolulu Symphony sits in silent limbo, Paul Barrett, the Symphony’s Principal
Bassoonist, has introduced a new line of greeting cards, Grin-n-Barrett Cards.
Paul Barrett is also a Lecturer in
Bassoon at the University of Hawaii at Manoa Music Department since 1977.
He is married to violinist Judy Barrett,
Assistant Concertmaster of the Honolulu Symphony.
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Mix in the amazing powers of computer art programs and the
whimsy of an eccentric artistic with a humorous imagination, and Grin-n-Barrett Cards was
born.
 
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