Today's "Six Degrees Of Separation" challenge: Frederic Chopin to Britney Spears.

[bbernardini]

It CAN be done. Hint: you have to use some people not commonly known as musicians.

ON EDIT: I did it with 8 people between the two.

[PassingFair]

1. Well schooot, y'all.....

She goes chopin all the TIME!

[Tommy_Carcetti]

2. I've got five degrees

1. Brittany Spears starred in the movie "Crossroads", also starring
2. Justin Long, who is currently (?) dating
3. Drew Barrymore, who starred in "Music and Lyrics" with
4. Hugh Grant, who starred in the 1991 movie "Impromptu" as....(drum roll, please)....
5. Frederic Chopin!

[bbernardini]

3. No no no...to the REAL Chopin, not somebody playing him.

:)

[Tommy_Carcetti]

4. Oh, screw that!

Brittany Spears and Frederic Chopin both play music (well, loosely defined in Spear's case). Does that count?

[LynneSin]

7. I would think the Barrymore is a good direction though

I mean her grandfather was John Barrymore who probably had contact with some of the folks in Chopin's circle

[asthmaticeog]

13. Chopin died in Paris in 1849. John Barrymore was born over 30 years later in Philly.

Not much overlap likely, there.

[whistler162]

10. or..

1. Brittany Spears starred in the movie "Crossroads", also starring Drew Barrymore
2. Ethel Barrymore, Drew's great aunt, starred in A Night Song with Artur Rubinstein
3. Artur Rubinstein was credited with reviving Chopin's music.

Lousy connection.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

14. Arthur Rubinstein was a COOL DUDE!!

He was really neat.
I saw him play a recital when he was a pup of EIGHTY-TWO YEARS OLD.

That's a good connection.

[Tikki]

5. Both used the same wig maker.......n/t

[MrScorpio]

6. Don't use me...

That'll be cheating!

[Westegg]

8. You mean like, "Nixon once played the piano...

...on the Jack Paar Show?" Are we keeping it in the realm of Chopin did something musically which connects to so-and-so, which connects...down to Brit-Brit? Because let's face it, in a world where Obama is distantly related to Cheney, almost anything is possible. (Actually, that's not a good example. I assume all politicians are distantly related!)

[bbernardini]

9. Kind of, yes. nt

[bbernardini]

11. Kick!

[DarkTirade]

12. Britney Spears has tried to hit a middle C before, someone has played Chopin on an out of tune

piano and Chopin wrote a piece that used middle C before. :P

[bbernardini]

15. I can't take it anymore...THE SOLUTION:

Chopin was friends with Franz Liszt.

One of Liszt students (who was by his bedside as he lay dying) was Arthur Friedheim.

One of Friedheim's students was Rildia Bee O'Bryan Cliburn, mother and teacher of famed pianist Van Cliburn.

Van Cliburn recieved the Presidential Medal Of Freedom from Dubya.

Dubya also presented the Presidential Medal Of Freedom to Rita Moreno.

Rita Moreno was on "The Electric Company" with Morgan Freeman.

Morgan Freeman was in "Driving Miss Daisy" with Dan Ackroyd.

Dan Ackroyd was in "Crossroads" with Britney Spears.

[haele]

16. Britney was a mouseketeer - try the Disney route.

Bet ya can get it much closer that way.

Haele (who doesn't have time to do this right now...)