{"id":588,"date":"2007-12-13T08:11:12","date_gmt":"2007-12-13T16:11:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2007\/12\/13\/wife-swap\/"},"modified":"2013-02-07T18:24:54","modified_gmt":"2013-02-08T02:24:54","slug":"wife-swap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2007\/12\/13\/wife-swap\/","title":{"rendered":"wife swap?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I just got an email forwarded to me from a friend – it’s almost impossible to describe, so I’ll just quote it extensively below:<\/p>\n

I’m a Casting Assistant for ABC’s Primetime show, “Wife Swap.” I hope you don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t mind me contacting you. We are currently gearing up for our 4th season and are searching for one-of-a-kind families with amazing personality and strong family philosophies! Specifically I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m looking for families that are passionate about playing their instruments and classical music!<\/strong> Do you bring your passion for the harmonious and refinery<\/strong> into your household? If so, I would love to hear from you.<\/p>\n

Please feel free to forward this email on to anyone you think would be interested in taking part in this once-in-a-lifetime experience. We are not simply looking for one type of family; all are welcome to contact me if you feel your family would be great on the show. Anyone who refers a family that appears on our show gets a finder\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s fee of $1000 as a ‘thank you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 from us.<\/p>\n

In case you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re unfamiliar with the show, the premise of \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Wife Swap\u00e2\u20ac\u009d is simple: two moms from two different families get the opportunity to swap lives for one week to experience what it’s like to live a different lifestyle – and to see what they can teach each other about their own! \/\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Wife Swap\u00e2\u20ac\u009d\/ airs on Disney owned ABC television on Mondays at 8 pm- the family hour!<\/p>\n

Potential families can live anywhere in the U.S. Families must consist of two parents with at least one child, between the ages 7 and 17 living at home. (There may be other children living in the home who are older or younger than the required age, as long as one child is in the required age range.) Families featured on the show receive a $20,000 honorarium to thank them for their time.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

My favorite part is “Do you bring your passion for the harmonious and refinery [sic] into your household?”<\/p>\n

If you meet the criteria (alas, we don’t have any children) please respond and say that I referred you – at least I could get the $1000 finder’s fee!<\/p>\n

ABC’s Wife Swap website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Text file w\/ contact information for casting agent<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I just got an email forwarded to me from a friend – it’s almost impossible to describe, so I’ll just quote it extensively below:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":303,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[143,115,220],"tags":[67,3675,3660],"class_list":["post-588","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-miscellaneous","category-music","category-television","tag-classical","tag-television","tag-viola"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa8kC-9u","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":949,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2008\/04\/30\/brilliant-criticism\/","url_meta":{"origin":588,"position":0},"title":"brilliant criticism","author":"Charles Noble","date":"April 30, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Throughout history, the great works of literature (whether well-received or not) have sparked equally great works of literary criticism.\u00c2\u00a0 Alex Ross' brilliant history of music in the twentieth century has sparked criticism of the highest order - most lately by the great British tenor Ian Bostridge, writing in the Times\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "appreciation"","block_context":{"text":"appreciation","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/category\/music\/appreciations\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":494,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2007\/10\/16\/alex-ross-outs-the-classical-internet\/","url_meta":{"origin":588,"position":1},"title":"alex ross outs the classical internet","author":"Charles Noble","date":"October 16, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"Alex Ross, the classical music critic for New Yorker (and blogger par excellence), wrote a column (which I spotted in the online version today) about the effects of the web\/internet on classical music.\u00c2\u00a0 It sounds as though there is a clear new golden age of classical music emerging these days\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "the orchestra world"","block_context":{"text":"the orchestra world","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/category\/music\/the-orchestra-world\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":5441,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2010\/10\/16\/two-kinds-of-music\/","url_meta":{"origin":588,"position":2},"title":"two kinds of music…","author":"Charles Noble","date":"October 16, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"There is two kinds of music the good and bad. 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