Ah yes Malcolm.....there is indeed a Salle Pleyel in Paris.
We (an orchestra) arrived one day to do a concert there and because we arrived late, there was an air strike and we had to get from Bordeaux in the morning to Paris for an afternoon rehearsal...............anyway that's another story.
So we arrived at the "Salle" in time for a quick seating call and the French being the French set out tables for us all in the "green room" for a full however many course meal before the show. We were delighted of course but when the orchestral management saw that wine was on the table they asked that it be removed. After all, they didn't want their musicians being under the influence on a prestigious gig like this.
It was duly removed!
Enter Charles who already had a maison secondaire in France and knew the French way of things.
"Ou est le vin?" he asked.
"Mais le direction a dit......" le reponse
"On y va! Vin!" Charles
The wine arrived again. Concert an enormous success. Charles hauled before the management the following day.
Management "Et alors?"
Charles Gallic shrug.1 - 0
Charles
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