Absent Friends & Missing Persons

[EdgeleyRob]

I love the Forum exactly how it is.
Any threads that dont interest me (eg jazz,TV,lieder) I don't read.
I do wish the Annas,Roehres and others would come back though.

[teamsaint]

...and further to my last previous post, it takes about 90 minutes to do the Saturday football report, that ER so lovingly compiles, even on days when county have a shocker.....

[P. G. Tipps]

I love the Forum exactly how it is.
Any threads that dont interest me (eg jazz,TV,lieder) I don't read.
I do wish the Annas,Roehres and others would come back though.

Yes, the more active contributors, whether they be informative or entertaining ( and maybe hopefully even both!) the better on any admirably educative online forum such as this, surely ... ?

[Jonathan]

I love the Forum exactly how it is.
Any threads that dont interest me (eg jazz,TV,lieder) I don't read.
I do wish the Annas,Roehres and others would come back though.

I agree!

[oddoneout]

I love the Forum exactly how it is.

My feelings also. There is much that I don't read, but I like knowing it is there should I wish to find out more. I enjoy the mix of detailed subject knowledge, irreverence, occasional prickliness, and have learnt to adopt suitable protection when venturing into the Choir region. As is the case when joining any group that's been around for a while there are always times when references are made to things, people and events unknown and not shared by the newer members, but I don't see that as a problem. It's no different to joining a long-established choir such as the one to which I belong where past events, politics,relationships have left their mark, but are constantly being added to by newer versions also leaving their mark . In both cases so long as new people continue to join and the shared history doesn't become something which excludes them then the group concerned can continue to flourish.

[antongould]

My feelings also. There is much that I don't read, but I like knowing it is there should I wish to find out more. I enjoy the mix of detailed subject knowledge, irreverence, occasional prickliness, and have learnt to adopt suitable protection when venturing into the Choir region. As is the case when joining any group that's been around for a while there are always times when references are made to things, people and events unknown and not shared by the newer members, but I don't see that as a problem. It's no different to joining a long-established choir such as the one to which I belong where past events, politics,relationships have left their mark, but are constantly being added to by newer versions also leaving their mark . In both cases so long as new people continue to join and the shared history doesn't become something which excludes them then the group concerned can continue to flourish.

Well said that member .... IMVVHO of course ....

[eighthobstruction]

Well said that member .... IMVVHO of course ....

.....curr yeah pwaa....lets get on with it....<delhia>....

[Hornspieler]

It seems a long time since I saw a 'missing persons' thread and we have a lot of new members who won't know what I'm talking about.

I happened to chance on Sigolene Euphemia's home page [ in a tasteful blue instead of pink] and see that she has been ill. We wrote quite a lot at one time.....has anyone news of her?

I also thought of King Christian II [John Davis of Devon] the Sibelius fan. Any news?

Please add any others you wish to have news of.

My dear friend, Salymap took over this discussion which was started by me when this was still a forum run by the BBC and suddenly discontinued.

Well done, French Frank and Salymap (I joined in later)

Over the succeeding years, I see that I have contributed no less than 1,647posts - some critical, some informative and some ill-advised.

But no more. I shall continue my membership and follow what people write but will make no comment on the content of any post.

I was a prfessional musician as horn player, manager and teacher(coach) for 74 years, but my interest in music goes back to 1939 when war was declared and I was a five-year-old about to be evacuated with the rest of my school (from Croydon to Redhill - they both had fighter aerodromes )

My parents took we three children to say farewell to the local piano teacher and she played something for us. I suddenly realised that I was crying (No! It wasn'because of her playing , it wa the beauty of the effect of music on me. In Redhill my brother and I were billeted with two ther boys who came from East London. They were Salvationists and their father came to visit, bringing his euphonium with him. When he played some tunes, I found that I was crying again. I resolved that I was going to learn how to play and to read music and to enjoy the sensation of not only listening but also performing this wonderful medium.

I have written all of this to explain why I am going to resist replying to the likes, dislikes and prejudices of others but to advise that I am very willing to answer any questions from fellow members regarding not only music, but what a musician's career involves.

It is very interesting that, as we grow into old age, it is our memory of recent happenings that fades, but we can remember very clearly what we did, who we met and what we thought in those far distant years.

There must be many questions that members would like to ask about performances, conductors and musical events in those long gone years and I am happy to answer questions from other forumites.

So PM me and I too will answer your queries by private message, but I will make no comment or voice any opinion on the content of any forum post although I will continue to read them.

Hornspieler

[Padraig]

" Does it matter if anyone knows the how and when of your demise or mine?"

Matter? Maybe not. Just human curiosity. If people disappear, where are they? Why aren't they posting? If not posting, what are they doing?

Just a note to say that I shall be absent for a while. I'm going to hospital for surgery tomorrow. It's lung cancer, but I'm fit. I'll be out in time for my 81st birthday. Absent but not yet missing.

[Pianorak]

My best wishes for a full and speedy recovery, Padraig.

[french frank]

Padraig, my friend

(it's a book of poetry )

[Serial_Apologist]

" Does it matter if anyone knows the how and when of your demise or mine?"




Just a note to say that I shall be absent for a while. I'm going to hospital for surgery tomorrow. It's lung cancer, but I'm fit. I'll be out in time for my 81st birthday. Absent but not yet missing.

I do so wish you well, Paddy.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

My best wishes for a full and speedy recovery, Padraig.

Mine, too, Padraig.

[ahinton]

" Does it matter if anyone knows the how and when of your demise or mine?"

Just a note to say that I shall be absent for a while. I'm going to hospital for surgery tomorrow. It's lung cancer, but I'm fit. I'll be out in time for my 81st birthday. Absent but not yet missing.

The best of good luck!

[Richard Tarleton]

Good luck padraig I'll be thinking of you (as will my wife, who's from the old country and enjoys it when I share your posts with her). Thank you again for the gamba solo yesterday.....