I was struck, also, by the fact, that underneath every one of these gestures was the idea of respect - of player for audience, audience for player, and, in this case, everyone for Julia Jones.Īnd this may have been on my mind because I have recently been thinking of the idea of respect: of its absence from where it once was and of the occasional attempt by somebody to bring it back to the stature that it once had. Their formality added a lustre to the event. I was struck by how dignified and eloquent these gestures were. Lipton were in white tie) the dramatic entrance of the conductor the handshake between conductor and concertmaster the bows of the soloist and his generous acknowledgment of his fellow players, the open arms of the conductor as he expressed his gratitude to both the players and the audience even the bouquet of flowers presented to Mr. But no.Īll the rituals of the concert hall were kept in place: the dark, formal attire of the players (Mr. Daniel Lipton, the conductor, could have sauntered down the centre aisle, while chatting with friends, and then leapt up onto the stage, as he might at a rehearsal. So many people on stage knew so many people in the audience there could have been a good deal of waving, and kibitzing, and calling out greetings. Given the nature of the concert and its friendly purpose, it could have been a very relaxed and homespun affair, all blue jeans and comfortable sweaters. I may have noticed this because the evening didn't necessarily have to be formal. A community, I guess, a community that, in another time and place and circumstance, might have rallied around to help a family rebuild a barn that had burned down.Īpart from the stellar performances of the generous musicians gathered on stage, and quite apart from the pleasure of listening to very spirited Mozart and Beethoven, what caught my attention was the formal ritual of a concert. All of us at the concert the other night - some, very close to Julia others (me, for instance), never having met her - found ourselves happily part of something. And this, so it is sometimes good to be reminded, is what friends and neighbours and colleagues are sometimes for. When they're sick, things can get difficult. Freelancers don't have much security when they are well. And although hers is not exactly a hand-to-mouth existence, it is an occupation that means that she is neither rich, nor covered by the protective wing of an employer or company insurance plan when medical emergency comes knocking. © 2023 NYP Holdings, Inc.Julia Jones goes where the work is. In a video posted on his website Thursday night, Jones again called the reduced award a major victory, while other clips pushing his company’s goods still said he was a “victim” of “rigged” courts. The parents had sought at least $150 million in compensation for defamation and intentional infliction of emotional distress. He finally admitted in court that the mass shooting was “100% real.” Jones was ordered to pay $4.1 million to Neil Heslin and Scarlett Lewis, whose son Jesse Lewis was among the 20 children and six educators who were slaughtered in Sandy Hook. “I know that he’s hidden money,” Kelly Jones told “Inside Edition.” “I think he’s got a lot of buckets under a lot of shelves.”Ī rep for Jones didn’t immediately respond to request for comment. Kelly Jones also scornfully dismissed her ex’s claim ahead of his costly court loss that he was bankrupt. The ex, who has had her own legal battles with Jones over child custody, smiled when she discussed the bombshell moment her ex was told in court that his lawyers had accidentally forwarded his cellphone records, told they proved he’d lied on oath in court.ģ “I think we definitely saw him getting caught committing aggravated perjury,” Kelly Jones said of her ex-husband’s most explosive courtroom moment. He lives in his own universe, and he is a very - in my opinion - delusional man.” To me, he should be protected from himself and others,” she said of the 48-year-old Infowars host, whom she was married to for eight years. Kelly Jones, 54, gave the damning verdict in an interview with “Inside Edition” just ahead of her ex being ordered to pay out $4.1 million for repeatedly calling the 2012 school slaughter in Newton, Connecticut, a hoax. Sandy Hook conspiracy theorist Alex Jones is “truly mentally ill” and a danger to society, his ex-wife insisted in a new interview. The age of ‘mavericks’ like Elon Musk, Donald Trump and Kanye West is overĮven Alex Jones was disgusted by Kanye’s ‘homoerotic’ Hitler ‘fetish’ Alex Jones pays own wife $15K a month as Sandy Hook families are yet to see a dime from himĪdidas says Kanye West split could cost company $1.3B as Yeezy shoes go unsold
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