Knowing you all to be enlightened, non-gullble, ever-questioning folk, a chance here to post your celebraTory intentions for the coming weekend.
Over to you!
Over to you!
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Watching the England bowling attack tear through New Zealand to the unwanted accompaniment of the worst karaoke singer ever heard at a jubilee barbecue down the road.Originally posted by Serial_Apologist View Post
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Putting my grand-daughters' hair into pigtails. Plaitin'em.
I wonder what uniform Charles will be wearing. Will he be an heir-dresser too?Comment
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Here, a neighbour is currently blasting out some Elton John.Originally posted by Ein Heldenleben View Post
Got some Scottish family down who me and my sister are meeting tonight at a restaurant.Comment
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Managed to drown the karaoke out with Act 2 Katya Kabanova playing very loudly indeed.Originally posted by Joseph K View PostComment
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We're apparently going to have special napkins at our monthly coffee (and cake) morning on Sunday.
Not sure what message/pattern they might have on them, though.
[Decidedly more Grauniad than Torygraph readers on our estate!]Comment
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Looking forward to granddaughter's first birthday party tomorrow then a walking weekend in Northumberland with friends.
Thankfully no karaoke hereabouts at the moment. Might just listen to Walton's Te Deum while I'm doing some sorting...Comment
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Did all my grocery and fruit & veg shopping yesterday in order to close my door for the next few days and venture out solely for the daily walk on the Common looking for wildflowers. (Own up: who's been growing papaver somniferum in the area?
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It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.Comment
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Well… I may have mentioned this one earlier, but I composed a jubilee march “Golden Reign” in 2002, dedicated to the a queen with permission. Sadly, the much heralded performance was subtly sabotaged, which was disappointing to put it mildly. It lay unplayed for the following 20 years, although I incorporated the “big tune” into a medley of marches I arranged for a grand finale piece for the local County Music Service. I resurrected the whole march for the Platinum Jubilee, arranging it for brass band.
Final rehearsal this evening. Performance on Saturday.Comment
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It's my birthday on Sunday and it's always nice of Her Maj to put on a good show for the occasion!"The sound is the handwriting of the conductor" - Bernard HaitinkComment
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Better late than never. Best wishes for Sunday.Originally posted by Eine Alpensinfonie View PostComment
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My father would have appreciated your loyalty, E A. Not many people know this, but my late father was a great admirer of Princess Elizabeth. He had a portrait of her hanging in our parlour. I remember wondering why. Perhaps it was because he was an RAF officer during the War. He did not live to see her crowned Queen. I could not help linking him with the current Jubilee celebrations and having some soft boyish thoughts.Originally posted by Eine Alpensinfonie View PostComment
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Originally posted by Eine Alpensinfonie View Post
The definite or indefinite article makes quite a difference here…
Let’s assume H.M.
"...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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Well done Alps! Hope it goes well. Is the brass band marching or static? I played the tuba in my youth (orchestral/static) but later a village in which I lived had a Coronation Silver* Band...the 'coronation' being that of Edward VII in 1902 ! It somehow became known that I played the tuba, and it was a tradition at Christmastide to march up (and I mean up) the village main street with those little music holders designed to fit on the instrument and a big leather strap around the neck. It was a double B flat instrument, bigger and heavier than the E flat instrument I was used to. Everyone played from the treble clef, and all the instruments were in the old fashioned sharp pitch. Playing on the march, especially uphill, is absolutely exhausting. And with the outside temperature being near zero, condensation frequently needed emptying. I've no idea if the band is still in existence. I hope it is. And if they're marching this weekend, at least the air temperature will be warmer, and I wish them well.Well… I may have mentioned this one earlier, but I composed a jubilee march “Golden Reign” in 2002, dedicated to the a queen with permission. Sadly, the much heralded performance was subtly sabotaged, which was disappointing to put it mildly. It lay unplayed for the following 20 years, although I incorporated the “big tune” into a medley of marches I arranged for a grand finale piece for the local County Music Service. I resurrected the whole march for the Platinum Jubilee, arranging it for brass band.
Final rehearsal this evening. Performance on Saturday.
*PS 'Silver' because the instruments were all plated and not brass-coloured. Many small local bands owned the set of instruments and the players merely had them on permanent loan. A sharp pitch was common in the early 20th century, but most brass bands had their instruments altered...by adding a bit of extra tubing. TMI? Sorry!Comment
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