What do you know? The summer break is now upon us - what to do with our Monday nights? For me, it meant a glass (or two) of white and watching 5 sets under a new roof at SW1. Will the week end with the young lad from Dunblane being labelled (as Sir Terry has commented) the 'Dour Scot' or a British tennis great??? Time will tell.
Our last gig of the year was up in Carrickfergus in front of the Castle as part of the NI Armed Forces Day celebrations, and i have to say - i certainly enjoyed it! A nice mix of pieces ranging from wartime medleys and mixing some of our recent repertoire with an ultra current (and hastily arranged) little nod in the direction of the late Michael Jackson - i trust it came accross ok on the night :)
BUT - the summer shall be broke up just a little as we get to sing at the wedding of our Lucy - at the Culloden, don't ye know! Good luck with the last minute preparations.
And sure - if the notion takes me, there might just be some more updates on here!
Onwards and Upwards!
DT
Monday, 29 June 2009
Saturday, 27 June 2009
Word for the Day
The word for today is "mawkish"
The meaning:
1. Excessively and objectionably sentimental
2. Sickening or insipid in taste
My thesaurus adds these thoughts:
Adj. 1. mawkish - effusively or insincerely emotional; "a bathetic novel"; "maudlin expressions of sympathy"; "mushy effusiveness"; "a schmaltzy song"; "sentimental soap operas"; "slushy poetry"
hokey, kitschy, maudlin, schmaltzy, schmalzy, bathetic, sentimental, slushy, soppy, soupy, mushy, drippy
emotional - of more than usual emotion; "his behavior was highly emotional"
Thanks to banjo for bringing this word to our attention - i have learnt something today
:)
... i shall try to keep my interpretation to the upper side of mawkish ;)
DT
The meaning:
1. Excessively and objectionably sentimental
2. Sickening or insipid in taste
My thesaurus adds these thoughts:
Adj. 1. mawkish - effusively or insincerely emotional; "a bathetic novel"; "maudlin expressions of sympathy"; "mushy effusiveness"; "a schmaltzy song"; "sentimental soap operas"; "slushy poetry"
hokey, kitschy, maudlin, schmaltzy, schmalzy, bathetic, sentimental, slushy, soppy, soupy, mushy, drippy
emotional - of more than usual emotion; "his behavior was highly emotional"
Thanks to banjo for bringing this word to our attention - i have learnt something today
:)
... i shall try to keep my interpretation to the upper side of mawkish ;)
DT
Sunday, 21 June 2009
Nearly there - July approaches!
It's nearly the holidays but then again, unless you're a teacher or a student (of which there are some number in this choir ... bluffers, all of them of course ;) nothing really changes for the rest of us, except for getting Monday nights off practice at Grosvenor.
But it's nice to get a break. Just the choir dinner at Eight South to contend with tomorrow night - i have no idea what i ordered, but i'm assured Thomas does, thankfully. Grosvenor dinners are always fun - especially when it comes to working out the bills - make sure someone brings a calculator, and watch for the fiends who order drinks and add them to the total bill - like i said - never a dull moment! :)
***Stop Press*** Another gig has landed in our laps though at the last minute, and an open air one, none the less! We've been asked to sing at the final night of Armed Forces & Veteran's Week Celebrations at Carrickfergus. That should be fun as long as the nice weather come's out to play on Saturday evening (27th June) There may well be fireworks in the air later that night, and while on that subject, i hear that a certain percussionist is coming to partake in performances - fun fun, though all escape routes to establishments of refreshment are cordoned off til well after - i don't think there's any mentions of green eggs and ham this time anyway gordy ...!
Onwards and Upwards
DT
But it's nice to get a break. Just the choir dinner at Eight South to contend with tomorrow night - i have no idea what i ordered, but i'm assured Thomas does, thankfully. Grosvenor dinners are always fun - especially when it comes to working out the bills - make sure someone brings a calculator, and watch for the fiends who order drinks and add them to the total bill - like i said - never a dull moment! :)
***Stop Press*** Another gig has landed in our laps though at the last minute, and an open air one, none the less! We've been asked to sing at the final night of Armed Forces & Veteran's Week Celebrations at Carrickfergus. That should be fun as long as the nice weather come's out to play on Saturday evening (27th June) There may well be fireworks in the air later that night, and while on that subject, i hear that a certain percussionist is coming to partake in performances - fun fun, though all escape routes to establishments of refreshment are cordoned off til well after - i don't think there's any mentions of green eggs and ham this time anyway gordy ...!
Onwards and Upwards
DT
Tuesday, 2 June 2009
Here comes the sun ...
Well, i suppose it actually already here ... finally!
And that means we're almost at the end of the choir year. A well earned break approaches, but we have another couple of engagements before the end of the month and there's always the choir dinner to enjoy, once somebody organises it!
So - what plans has anyone for the summer then? (just to see if anyone ever reads the blog?) All those poor teachers get a well earned break while the rest of us continue the torture :)
Anyway, i'm off to a sunny spanish island in just over a month - can't wait!
DT
(oh - almost forgot to mention - the new committee was voted in last night ... and there's even room for a dodgy tenor - times must be tough! Thanks to last year's committee members for all their hard work)
And that means we're almost at the end of the choir year. A well earned break approaches, but we have another couple of engagements before the end of the month and there's always the choir dinner to enjoy, once somebody organises it!
So - what plans has anyone for the summer then? (just to see if anyone ever reads the blog?) All those poor teachers get a well earned break while the rest of us continue the torture :)
Anyway, i'm off to a sunny spanish island in just over a month - can't wait!
DT
(oh - almost forgot to mention - the new committee was voted in last night ... and there's even room for a dodgy tenor - times must be tough! Thanks to last year's committee members for all their hard work)
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