Dinner party

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There is little as fine as a dinner party. People, none more then one step removed, come together to share something. It starts with introductions and hugs of reunion. There is the catching up of those who have been absent. The uncomfort of the one or two who know only the host, who, due to decorem must share her time. The uncomfort brings them together though, to find what they might speak of together. The reunions break up as the drinks get poured and the conversations spread. Some envelop the group - a single anicdote told for the amusement of all, a topic hot enough that everyone must touch it. Some are localized - the two uncomfortable with large groups find themselves in a corner discussing the intricasies of a topic neither one knew anyone else cared about. The dinner brings everyone back. The seating has been planned (this is an old fashioned dinner party with old fashioned curtisies) so that everyone sits beside one person a little more familiar and one a little more strange. The food is presented and little more then compliments may be discussed for some time. As the courses and the bottles pass, time changes. It has ceased to be noticed, and not being the centre of attention it has left. Plans for the morning are forgotten....

ack still not working
trying to create a parallel metaphor for MfI for the program notes. something to introduce, to bring the audience into the world of the piece without laying down any laws.