Last Wednesday, the lady wife and I attended (part of) a concert given by this choir at the hotel in Llandrindod Wells at which we were staying. After some pretty good singing and a couple of numbers from a charming young harpist, the compere went into a routine that started with a very unfunny joke involving Camilla Parker-Bowles, a vet and a dog, and continued with a (to us) very offensive and arguably actionable joke featuring a cringe-making impression of somebody called 'Rastus' who had the misfortune to be impotent. Is this sort of 'interlude' peculiar to this choir, or to part, or all, of Wales? We've never heard anything like it at any previous choral concert that we have attended. (I don't know whether there was more of the same later in the concert, as we left at that point).
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Originally posted by Ofcachap View Post
But then again:
....indeed:
Sounds like a very good decision to walk out!!"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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If you follow this link, Ofcachap, the choir invite you to send them your comments in an e-mail box. You have to scroll down the page a bit to find it.
I look forward to reading their reply!
Last edited by bach736; 10-04-11, 16:12.Comment
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Originally posted by bach736 View Post
Let's all send something! 
"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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Comments there go to the BBC, not direct to the choir!Originally posted by bach736 View PostComment
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I have actually emailed the choir's Secretary at: jb.morris2@homecall.co.uk (I'm waiting for a reply).Comment
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It does sound very insensitive and lacking in good taste. I've said elsewhere that the people of Llandrindod Wells are right up there in the Premier League in my experience, for their kindness and helpfulness. So I'm a little shocked.Comment
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I have now also sent a message via the BBC TV link (for which thanks). This crude outburst by the choir's compere was all the more shocking as everything else about the town, those of its residents with whom we came in contact, and the hotel staff embodied the kindness and helpfulness which you mention.Comment
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It would be interesting hear of the response.Comment
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I'll keep you informed!Comment
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Here we organize a three month cycle of Sunday Evening Welsh Choir Concerts in our local church every year, but something like this is completely unthinkable here and in the surrounding North Wales choir concerts.
Really unbelievable -also given the fact that I don't think the Llandidrod Wells public, be it locals or be it tourists, is expecting something like it.Comment
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Unbelievable or not, I was there, and we certainly weren't expecting it. To give you a flavour of the material, the first joke ends with the vet saying to HRH: 'Well, I've examined her. Perhaps that sick dog of yours isn't such a challenge after all". The second ends with 'Rastus' all dressed up, saying 'the doctor says I'm impotent, so I's gonna make sure I looks impotent'.Comment
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Fascinating thread.
On Sunday lunchtime, the Gardeners Question Time panel discussed bonking gnomes with sado-masochistic preferences. What is the problem with people these days about appropriate contexts? At a rugby club dinner, fine. In Viz magazine, great.
In the wrong situations, I just find it terribly dismal. Not the content as such but the deliberate intention of offending the unexpecting. It will be interesting to see the reply.Comment
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...assuming there is one! The company with whom we booked the break owns and runs the hotel, which is also open to non-residents, so I hope neither they nor the choir try to fob me off with talk of 'private functions' and 'club rules'. Fear not, I will keep you informed of developments!Comment
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