Thanks again for organising it petrat

And another good day today too.
Thanks again Petrat.
And well done to all the performers.

An excellent time was had by all! The ensembles were good fun!!

I thought all your singers were very brave and they all did really well. What a lovely girl your baby singer is.

I think some of the forumites are the extended family the girls don't have, thanks to you all.

Petrat we are already talking about coming back for a weekend so we'll see Eddie then. If I ever get rid of this virus.

Had a fantastic time. Thanks, Petrat.

you did us proud Petra, thank you! A really enjoyable day on Saturday and a lovely experience playing at Plas Newydd this afternoon. Thank you ever so much for organising everything, it went brilliantly! Will load some photos soon

Hi Ratty!

Have just got home! Thank you very much for organising such a great weekend. I thoroughly enjoyed singing Panis Angelicus accompanied by the wonderful Arwel And this afternoon at the house was lovely too.

Well done to everybody who took part. It was good to see all of you again.

Thanks to The Old Lady for being good company at the B & B! And you danced very well on the table, dear!

Looking forward to Leeds now


*Petra...thanks for your text but you sent it to my old mobile! Will PM with my new number xxx)

I'm the first of the katyjay taxi service to make it home.

Thanks so much, petrat, for a lovely weekend. My piece of glass is now in my sitting room to remind me of the trip, but everything else is waiting to be unpacked. I enjoyed everything very much, especially the opportunity to play (and sing ) in Plas Newydd today.

I'm already looking forward to next year's event.

Thank you.

No, the number you have already I thought I had told Petra, but couldn't have

And me!

Glad you're all home safely! Now Daisychain has made it, I reckon you all must have Thanks for a great day.

What a lovely weekend

Thank you to Petra for all her hard work organising the weekend, and to all the participants for contributing to what was a fab couple of days. Good to see sbhoa and OTHC making good progress on their clarinets, and good to meet you for the first time carys. The weekend was just so lovely, laid back and relaxed.

notmusimum : get well soon - good to see the girls progressing well!

Like others have said above - I'm looking forward to Anglesey 2009

I am glad that you enjoyed it all. I have just got up for a hot drink after crashing out as soon as I got home. (After feeding the ponies and putting the hens to bed of course) Nice to read all of your lovely comments and to read the pms too. Thanks for helping to make it such a success everyone.

You too Barry

Feeling relaxed and refreshed after a good night's sleep.

Thanks to Petrat for organising a splendid weekend, with an excellent concert venue and superb evening entertainment, not to mention the pleasure of making music at Plas Newydd.

It was great to see people again, and to meet some of Petrat's pupils

Looking forward to next year.

Thanks very much for organizing a wonderful weekend Petra.
The whole thing was superb.
It was good to see old faces, and meet some new ones........HillyB, Carys and Over The Hill Clarinetist.
Thanks too to Daisychain for her company. Do you know, I couldn't shake her off, she followed me nearly all the way home I managed to shake her off by sneaking off the M6 to the M5
I don't know about dancing ON the tables, more like asleep under them
Beverley.

You seemed to be the only person out of the Benllech/Moelfre contingent who had any sense of direction, no wonder we followed you Never have so many people got lost so many times in so small an area



I was going to pick up on that comment too with a similar riposte but decided it would lower the tone

Sorry to've missed it, but I got back from a 10 day work trip at 10:30 on the Thursday (complete wityh huge bag of washing) to find loads of work realted things to do - I'm afraid the thought of driving to Wales was too much. Very sorry not to attend, but also glad I had a weekend to sort myself out a bit and catch up on piano playing.

Really does sound like a good time was had by all! Well done Petrat and hopfully I'll be there next time!

Charmed, I'm sure! I only stayed in the B & B with you because no one else would! Ner ner ner-ner ner!

*Hope to see you in Leeds, Stumac *

You were missed StuMac! I don't blame you for not feeling like making that long journey though, straight after the work trip. Hopefully I'll see you at another event later in the year!

Hello carys. It was nice to meet you on Saturday. I hope your sister hasn't had too much storm damage where they are. We have had floods and trees down a mile or two away from me, but nothing here.

Please play To a Wild Rose in Leeds Stumac. I love that piece. It would have worked so well at Plas Newydd.

*looks at petrat's signature*

Book now for 2009...

When you tell me your preferred date, I'll book now

Hello Carys - haven't seen you since the very first Forums event - I'm not planning on mising any others so will hopefully meet up again!

Hi Daisychain! It was good to meet you too. It took my sister much longer to get to work this morning because of the weather, but it was fine coming home. No damage luckily. Glad you have escaped it too!

*takes leeks out of her ears*
so have the garkleins stopped now ?
Sorry to have missed the rest of it all though.

The Garks were brill!! Great fun....I think they totally bemused Petrats students they'll probably all want to take them up. King Rat better look out

Luckily King Rat never has to listen to lessons as my studio is at the other end of the village! The garks were so good that the accompanist took the copies home to use in his school. Not on garks though!

My pupils had a really great time. They all loved their day out.

I'm going to use the raspberry band music in some of my school work.

We want PHOTOS!!!

Skylark...have you developed the photos yet, or have you spilt all the developing fluid everywhere...

If anyone doesn't want their picture loading, let me know; otherwise I'll load the ones of forumites this evening I'd better not load the ones of Petrat's students unless she tells me they've given permission.

No problem with that Skylark. They are all looking forward to seeing themselves.

Not meee!!!

Hi everybody, here's the photos you've been waiting for... and apologies to anybody who I didn't manage to capture, I did my best!

THE OLD LADY, LOOKING NOT VERY OLD


NOTMUSIMUM'S ELDER DAUGHTER AND BARRY-CLARI


THE OLD LADY AND CARYS


SBHOA


THE NEXT THREE ARE PETRAT'S PUPILS




HILLYB, PLAYING SOPRANO SAX


PETRAT'S PUPIL


THE "RASPBERRY" BAND
andante-in-c, DaisyChain, petrat, hillyb, katyjay, The Old Lady, barry-clari, notmusimum's younger daughter, notmusimum's elder daughter


THE FLUTE CHOIR
notmusimum's younger daughter, katyjay, andante-in-c, barry-clari, The Old Lady, hillyb


DAISYCHAIN SINGING 'PANIS ANGELICUS' AND LOOKING SUITABLY ANGELIC


NOTMUSIMUM'S YOUNGER DAUGHTER


NOTMUSIMUM'S YOUNGER DAUGHTER, NOTMUSIMUM'S ELDER DAUGHTER, BARRY-CLARI



THE GAGGLE OF GARKLEINS
Front Row: andante-in-c, katyjay, barry-clari, notmusimum's elder daughter, hillyb, notmusimum's younger daughter, petrat
Back Row (on percussion ): sbhoa, The Old Lady, skylark, DaisyChain




THE GRAND FINALE
hillyb, notmusimum's younger daughter, DaisyChain, petrat (standing - petrat's pupil)

katyjay, andante-in-c, carys, The Old Lady, barry-clari, sbhoa, notmusimum's elder daughter, hillyb, notmusimum's younger daughter, DaisyChain, petrat's pupil (standing), petrat



THE POST-CONCERT MEAL, WHILST EVERYBODY WAS STILL SEATED *AT* THE TABLE RATHER THAN DANCING ON IT OR SLUMPED UNDER IT



DAWN BREAKS ON ANGLESEY... VIEW FROM MY BEDROOM WINDOW



PLAS NEWYDD WHERE WE PLAYED IN THE MUSIC ROOM ON THE SUNDAY... A REALLY MEMORABLE EXPERIENCE, THANKS PETRAT!

They look great but the only one I know is Skylark ! Oh I think I also know KatyJay, and I assume the clarinettist is Barry ?

Great pictures!

Great photos, Skylark. Thanks for taking them and sharing them with us.

One minor amendment to the captions, though.

The picture you've labelled as the Rasberry Band is, in fact, the world-famous Gaggle of Garkleins

And the picture of the Raspberry Band is actually labelled "Recorder Ensemble"


EDIT: Thanks for fixing those

Thanks, Skylark. The pictures are great.

Gosh those garkleins really are tiny aren't they?

The pictures look like everyone had lots of fun!

But what is Barry-Flutey saying to Notmusicmum's elder daughter in this picture?

"And it was this big!!" As in, the whale he was swallowed by. Just a theory...

Has he just been fishing by any chance?

Eldest daughter is saying

"Why do men exaggerate? I can see his Garklein isn't that big!"

Great pics skyers!

Ha ha, the pics are great Skylark! Thanks

Lovely photos Skylark. The back of my head is famous now
I think Barri Clarri was saying " if you feed your garklien enough, it will grow into a tenor recorder"
Bev

From left to right...

Katyjay on bass recorder
Andante_in_c on piccolo
Carys on flute
The Old Lady on flute
Barry-Clari on flute
sbhoa on clarinet
notmusimum's elder daughter on clarinet
hillyb on soprano sax
notmusimum's younger daughter on oboe
DaisyChain on tambourine
Petrat on bass recorder

Standing far right is one of petrat's pupils.

Great pics skylark!

Great pics - thanks!

Glad you all like the pics - I ran out of time yesterday to label them all but I've done it this morning

I'm disappointed about the people who I haven't got photos of - sorry... I didn't realise I'd be the only one taking them otherwise I'd have been more organised


PS. Love the captions put forward for Barry's pic

PPS. notmumusimum - do you think your daughters could have forum names, it's a right bind (as they say in Yorkshire ) having to type out "notmusimum's elder/younger daughter" all the time

PPPS. shouldn't you change your name to "alittlebitmusimum" now

lovely pictures! thanks Skylark.

And great to 'meet' a few more faces. I'd guessed a few - and got some of them right

Thats great , now I know what some of you look like !
Now who would I like to bang a tambourine with ???.........