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kandie said:
Thanks Kandi,
I'll make sure I get your stories on my list.
I've actully been pretty unwell lately. I managed to aquire that flu that has been doingthe rounds and actually ended up totally loosing my voice. A bit of a worry as Carmina is only a few weeks away.
I did get to rehersals last night even though my voice wasn't the best, I was able to sing through.
Do keep popping back as I have a few reviews to add.
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Just poping in to say Hi to a friend or two.
I'll probably be back soon, but it will be a while.
I'll probably be back soon, but it will be a while.
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Dragonteeth said:
Miss you sweetie, be well
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Well It's been a while since I was last here. I guess I'd better catch you all up on things.
Last time I was really here I was in the run up to Carmina Burana, it’s a great piece of music and I really enjoyed singing it.
The performance was in a church, which made for some interesting challenges in terms of staging and access but it could certainly have been worse. I think I was the only one who had a “Tied” bow tie, which was a bit of a challenge.
The Tenor Soloist suddenly appeared in a bit of a fluster just before the show to announce that he’d forgotten his cufflinks. No one had a spare pair, so I said I could sort something out if anyone had some kind of string or cord. Another singer volunteered a spare shoelace and I sat down to a speed challenge. You may have seen cufflinks in some shops that are made of an elastic cord consisting of a pair of knotted “Balls”. The knot is called a Monkey’s Fist and it’s not really very hard, but I’ve never tied one so fast. I knew there was no way I could do FOUR and besides the shoelace was not suitable for that type of solution. I did manage to do it, and he was seriously impressed, he said it was the coolest thing he’d ever seen. It wasn’t actually a big deal but it was an ego boost that did no harm at all in the last minutes before the performance.
Then I had a chat with one of the other soloists, the Baritone and he said some very complimentary things about my voice, which set me thinking. It raised an idea I have been toying with for some time and I’m hoping to have some news on that in the future, but he also suggested that I could look at turning pro. I’m not going to get too obsessed by the idea but I did give the idea some thought. It’s certainly an idea, which has some merit. The net result was that over the next few weeks I looked seriously into the possibility of taking singing lessons. I eventually settled on a nice lady in Maida Vale as someone both well qualified and reasonable in price, and I went to spend an hour with her a few weeks ago. She too was very impressed by my voice and said she could definitely “Do Something” with it. We shall see.
I also had some fun recently visiting some entertaining exhibitions. I managed to get to the Barbican to see the “Rolling Ball Sculpture” at the Barbican. It was a fascinating installation, which consisted of, a “track” and a collection of polypropylene balls a little smaller than a football. As the viewer entered the gallery a ball was released into a lifting mechanism that carried it almost to the ceiling where it began a tour of the space at just a little more than walking pace, (and I walk pretty quick). The curved nature of the space meant it was not possible to see the whole thing from any one position, but the ball ran almost the whole length of the room before it began a series of convolutions, spirals and loops that took it to the end of the gallery and then back to the beginning again. The track being made of steel was a dark silver almost black in colour and the balls were white with the room being largely white or raw concrete, and this resulted in some interesting effects of light and shadow as the ball moved through the exhibit casting shadows on the floor and walls.
Then over the bank holiday weekend I finally managed to get to the “Cabaret Mechanical Theatre Exhibition” I intended to go when they had their permanent exhibition at Covent Garden but one way and another I managed to miss it. So when I saw the piece on BBC news recently about a new exhibition in London I was determined to go. I tried to talk a couple of my friends into joining me but that proved impossible. I can’t say I REALLY enjoy going to things like that alone, it’s always nicer to have a friend or colleague to discuss it with. The exhibition was at “Kinetica” in Old Spitalfields Market. The ground floor was devoted to part of the general collection of automata. Anubis serving “the elixir of eternal wakefulness” to a naked lady, a mechanical cat operating another mechanical cat, Dragons that fly, and Breath fire, and chair that walks in an eternal circle. Complex and fascinating mechanisms, as well as humorous and thought provoking subjects. Upstairs was a video presentation of the ill-fated Ride of Life. Originally commissioned for the Meadowhall shopping centre in Sheffield, the ride was nearly complete when the business model for the shopping centre changed and the project was cancelled. It was intended that visitors would ride a sofa through a series of scenes from everyday life. Most of the scenes had been completed though the majority were to large to actually be assembled away from the venue. When the project was cancelled all the parts went into storage where, over the years, parts were lost and vandalised, until now there is only one scene that has been restored to tour with the other parts of the “Cabaret Collection”. Adam and Eves “Pubic” bar is an amusing piece, featuring four approximately life size figures. The landlord and landlady, the eponymous Adam and Eve, and a couple of customers, a business man who has drunk rather more than he should, and a Viking Biker playing the fruit machine and offering abuse to other patrons. It’s hugely amusing in the same vein as Benny Hill or the Carry On films.
I took the opportunity to stay for the “Special Event” in the evening and had a chance to speak to Sue Jackson one of the founders of the collection. The event focussed partly on the history of the collection and there was an opportunity to discuss the Ride of Life, as well as a couple of innovative performance pieces by young artists. One, a sort of Shadow play was particularly clever, but the Punch and Judy “Bible Stories” was also very enjoyable with a unique finale that raised more than a few eyebrows and giggles all round.
http://www.cabaret.co.uk/
So what’s next?
I’m singing again in about 6 weeks, this time the concert is a selection of Viennese music, including “Tales of the Vienna Forrest” and some Waltzes by Strauss amongst others. You didn’t know there were words to the “Blue Danube” or the “Emperor” Waltz?
http://www.westbarnessingers.co.uk/
There’s also an interesting looking show coming soon at the Linbury theatre, part of the Royal Opera house. Stephen Sondheim’s “Into The Woods”. I remember seeing part of it on TV many years ago and it really captivated me, so I’ve been looking forward to a performance coming around. Once again though, it’s not something I’d want to do alone.
http://www.sondheim.com/shows/into_the_woods/
http://info.royaloperahouse.org/season/index.cfm?ccs=985&cs=2958
Last time I was really here I was in the run up to Carmina Burana, it’s a great piece of music and I really enjoyed singing it.
The performance was in a church, which made for some interesting challenges in terms of staging and access but it could certainly have been worse. I think I was the only one who had a “Tied” bow tie, which was a bit of a challenge.
The Tenor Soloist suddenly appeared in a bit of a fluster just before the show to announce that he’d forgotten his cufflinks. No one had a spare pair, so I said I could sort something out if anyone had some kind of string or cord. Another singer volunteered a spare shoelace and I sat down to a speed challenge. You may have seen cufflinks in some shops that are made of an elastic cord consisting of a pair of knotted “Balls”. The knot is called a Monkey’s Fist and it’s not really very hard, but I’ve never tied one so fast. I knew there was no way I could do FOUR and besides the shoelace was not suitable for that type of solution. I did manage to do it, and he was seriously impressed, he said it was the coolest thing he’d ever seen. It wasn’t actually a big deal but it was an ego boost that did no harm at all in the last minutes before the performance.
Then I had a chat with one of the other soloists, the Baritone and he said some very complimentary things about my voice, which set me thinking. It raised an idea I have been toying with for some time and I’m hoping to have some news on that in the future, but he also suggested that I could look at turning pro. I’m not going to get too obsessed by the idea but I did give the idea some thought. It’s certainly an idea, which has some merit. The net result was that over the next few weeks I looked seriously into the possibility of taking singing lessons. I eventually settled on a nice lady in Maida Vale as someone both well qualified and reasonable in price, and I went to spend an hour with her a few weeks ago. She too was very impressed by my voice and said she could definitely “Do Something” with it. We shall see.
I also had some fun recently visiting some entertaining exhibitions. I managed to get to the Barbican to see the “Rolling Ball Sculpture” at the Barbican. It was a fascinating installation, which consisted of, a “track” and a collection of polypropylene balls a little smaller than a football. As the viewer entered the gallery a ball was released into a lifting mechanism that carried it almost to the ceiling where it began a tour of the space at just a little more than walking pace, (and I walk pretty quick). The curved nature of the space meant it was not possible to see the whole thing from any one position, but the ball ran almost the whole length of the room before it began a series of convolutions, spirals and loops that took it to the end of the gallery and then back to the beginning again. The track being made of steel was a dark silver almost black in colour and the balls were white with the room being largely white or raw concrete, and this resulted in some interesting effects of light and shadow as the ball moved through the exhibit casting shadows on the floor and walls.
Then over the bank holiday weekend I finally managed to get to the “Cabaret Mechanical Theatre Exhibition” I intended to go when they had their permanent exhibition at Covent Garden but one way and another I managed to miss it. So when I saw the piece on BBC news recently about a new exhibition in London I was determined to go. I tried to talk a couple of my friends into joining me but that proved impossible. I can’t say I REALLY enjoy going to things like that alone, it’s always nicer to have a friend or colleague to discuss it with. The exhibition was at “Kinetica” in Old Spitalfields Market. The ground floor was devoted to part of the general collection of automata. Anubis serving “the elixir of eternal wakefulness” to a naked lady, a mechanical cat operating another mechanical cat, Dragons that fly, and Breath fire, and chair that walks in an eternal circle. Complex and fascinating mechanisms, as well as humorous and thought provoking subjects. Upstairs was a video presentation of the ill-fated Ride of Life. Originally commissioned for the Meadowhall shopping centre in Sheffield, the ride was nearly complete when the business model for the shopping centre changed and the project was cancelled. It was intended that visitors would ride a sofa through a series of scenes from everyday life. Most of the scenes had been completed though the majority were to large to actually be assembled away from the venue. When the project was cancelled all the parts went into storage where, over the years, parts were lost and vandalised, until now there is only one scene that has been restored to tour with the other parts of the “Cabaret Collection”. Adam and Eves “Pubic” bar is an amusing piece, featuring four approximately life size figures. The landlord and landlady, the eponymous Adam and Eve, and a couple of customers, a business man who has drunk rather more than he should, and a Viking Biker playing the fruit machine and offering abuse to other patrons. It’s hugely amusing in the same vein as Benny Hill or the Carry On films.
I took the opportunity to stay for the “Special Event” in the evening and had a chance to speak to Sue Jackson one of the founders of the collection. The event focussed partly on the history of the collection and there was an opportunity to discuss the Ride of Life, as well as a couple of innovative performance pieces by young artists. One, a sort of Shadow play was particularly clever, but the Punch and Judy “Bible Stories” was also very enjoyable with a unique finale that raised more than a few eyebrows and giggles all round.
http://www.cabaret.co.uk/
So what’s next?
I’m singing again in about 6 weeks, this time the concert is a selection of Viennese music, including “Tales of the Vienna Forrest” and some Waltzes by Strauss amongst others. You didn’t know there were words to the “Blue Danube” or the “Emperor” Waltz?
http://www.westbarnessingers.co.uk/
There’s also an interesting looking show coming soon at the Linbury theatre, part of the Royal Opera house. Stephen Sondheim’s “Into The Woods”. I remember seeing part of it on TV many years ago and it really captivated me, so I’ve been looking forward to a performance coming around. Once again though, it’s not something I’d want to do alone.
http://www.sondheim.com/shows/into_the_woods/
http://info.royaloperahouse.org/season/index.cfm?ccs=985&cs=2958
monique1971
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Thanks for the update...it's great to know what you're doing.
hugs,
monique
hugs,
monique
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monique1971 said:
Yay!!!
Monique
Lovely to see you.
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Comming out of Hibernation
Time to poke my head out of my cave again...
The clocks change and the weather improves, and the dragon stirs.
Winter's been rough this year, but I've been doing some courses and assorted other stuff, and maybe I'll find more time this year to spend on writing and sharing things here.
Time to poke my head out of my cave again...
The clocks change and the weather improves, and the dragon stirs.
Winter's been rough this year, but I've been doing some courses and assorted other stuff, and maybe I'll find more time this year to spend on writing and sharing things here.
OneLustyWench
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Happy to see you back and posting. Can't wait to see more of your choices, reviews, pics and anything else you'd like to post.
TxRad
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Welcome back
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Thanks for the greetings people.
I hope I'll be able to spend more time around here.
I hope I'll be able to spend more time around here.
