The fact is all the more discordant given the effervescent persona of the public performer: quicksilver comic, antic improviser, fountain of observational riffs, expressive actor, exuberant talk-show guest.
It was slightly longer than his wife's, perhaps because he was inscribing the book not only with an exuberant dedication (exuberance is his trademark), but with a quick Sharpie sketch, in blue ink, of each guest handing him the book.
The exuberant staff lead young guests on nature walks, shell-collecting expeditions and treasure hunts within Little Dix's gorgeous natural setting, and offer hands-on activities such as stone painting, Caribbean folk art and West Indian musical instrument crafts.
The fundraiser was held at The Griffin N.Y.C., and guests enjoyed a performance by Music Unites' exuberant PS 153 choir with The Bravery's Michael Zakarin.
Three guests from the Mozambique troupe have a particularly exuberant presence: Liria Raphael Guambe (Xiamora's mother), Maria José Gonçalves (Xiamora's friend) and the dancer-musician Rolando Alexandre.
Singing in an unfaltering voice, and projecting an exuberant air, Mr. John behaved more like a master of ceremonies than a guest of honor.
Guests were treated to a preview of the nearly restored salons of the exuberant 1900 Art Nouveau monument to architectural excess.
One exuberant dance lesson is all it takes to convince the conservative villagers to embrace their camp guests, and from then on neither the miners nor the activists learn anything new about themselves or anyone else.
It's a theme picked up two decades later by the American band They Might Be Giants: their exuberant 1988 track (She Was a) Hotel Detective is about a female investigator who spies on hotel guests.
