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*Continues wondering what piece would contrast effectively with the 1st movement of Weber 2*

What song was it Katyjay?

It was a Norman Greenwood setting of a poem by Mary Baker Eddy. In our version of it, it had some interesting modulations....

You obviously did it convincingly

I am wondering whether to just stay in my pyjamas all day. Ok, ok, I probably still shouldn't be in them! But I woke up lateish, went adn had breakfast and decided that fluting was more exciting than getting dressed. And then I've done housework, and it's nearly 4, and there is no point me changing into clothes, to change back in a few hours. My brother has done hardly any housework since my parents have left..

looking totally staggered when the minister says afterwards "that was a really meaningful solo, you must have worked soooo hard at it....."

just smile sweetly and say ' thank you - I thought the same about your sermon"

Wonderful, maggiemay. I shall save that answer up to use next time....if there ever is a next time....

oh I'm sure there will be !

There's been a plane crash near where the Farnborough forum concert is planned to be . Have contacted deviless - she hasn't been affected...

Yes --- about half past two this afternoon. I was wondering if any forum-ites wre nearby.
Glad to know she is ok, Barry !

I thought of deviless as soon as I heard...sounds bad

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7321589.stm

Willard doesn't live very far from the crash site, I think...

I miss my old flute teacher

(she's not replied to my emails recently, and not seen her since July)

I just put a reply on the other thread before I saw this post

Hope there's nothing amiss and that you hear from her soon...

Well, I know she hasn't been 100% and I know she only recently went back to teaching. She's in a different county so the school holidays might be different so she just might be busy teaching. We'll see. In a way, changing was really good for me, my playing has been scrutinised from different aspects. But as a person I do miss her.

I've now got Brighton Royal Pavilion as my desktop picture, and the gardens at Benslow as my screen saver images

About a mile away as the crow flies. Very sad for those in the plane but amazing luck that the householders were on holiday.

My wife was closer, in the car, at the time, and noticed a pall of smoke but assumed it was (just) a house fire.

(I've not been keeping up as my main computer has caught a cold.)

Glad you and your wife haven't been directly affected Willard.

Yes, it's terribly sad and tragic for those in the plane, and their families and friends...

We have a new forum....

Have just been asked to be a bridesmaid.

Ooh, that's fun, Miss Ross. For a friend or a relative? And when is the happy day?

A friend I've known for what seems like forever. Unfortunately I'm a little sceptical as to whether it will go ahead. Time will tell I suppose.

I hope it all works out. My daughter was in a similar position about four years ago. The wedding was all arranged, daughter had paid halves on the bridesmaid's dress, and then the couple decided the bills were escalating, and called it off! Mind you, they then arranged a quiet registry office affair, and they now have two children, so it's a happy ending really.

The trouble is, a big wedding costs so much these days - you really need rich (and stupid?! ) parents to foot the bills.

Today I'm meeting an old friend (who lives abroad) and her two lovely children in the grounds of a beautiful castle and the weather is going to be great. We're going for a walk in the woodland then having coffee in the castle tea-shop. I have two 'goody-bags' for the kids, filled with easter eggs, badges and small toys which I had great fun putting together and I'm dying to see their faces. I just have to remember my camera

(and they call me Auntie Fee and give me big cuddles even though I don't see them that often and I could really use some cuddles just now )

Me: "Let's go out for a walk and feed the ducks"

Daughter: "After I've finished reading the Bible!"

I would have come and fed the ducks!

on Ilka Moor bah't 'at...
Ah would 'ave cumm an' fed the ducks
Ah would 'ave cumm an' fed the ducks
on Ilka Moor bah't 'at
on Ilka Moor bah't 'at
(rit) on Ilkaa Mooor baaah't 'at

Anytime, nicki!

It's a glorious day, we live next door to a nature reserve - and I can't get the kids to move! *sighs*

(edit: there is some movement....... )

The Tube strike has been called off...

Only just noticed this - we posted around the same time!

Looks like Skylark has been celebrating....or she may just be genuinely mad

Any idea what she's on about? Sounds like something Liddy might post!

oh that's ok - I can get over to Rotherhithe next week then ?? !

Hehe, where are you in the country


yay!!

Would've been April 6-9, so you'd have been fine even with a strike

I have no idea...just smile sweetly and say "Well done Skylark!"

Radishes, radishes...

Don't worry skylark, I understand.

I vaguely understand

(Came across a reference to it in a Tony Harrison poem *shudder*)

What are you all like!!! It's our national anthem in Yorkshire - On Ilkla Moor bah't 'at, and one of the verses goes...

Then we shall go an' ate oop ducks
On Ilkla Moor baht 'at
Then we shall go an' ate oop ducks
Then we shall go an' ate oop ducks
On Ilkla Moor baht 'at
On Ilkla Moor baht 'at
On Ilkla Moor baht 'at

When Nicki said "I would have come and fed the ducks", it reminded me of Ilkla Moor baht 'at and it fits in nicely 'an all

Home rule for Yorkshire

^ Yes, dear

Bed time for me I think!

QUACK

Perhaps I'd better go too and sleep it off!

Quack


What a coincidence!

We sang that in primary school! "and they've all got spots on Ilkla Moor Baht'at..."

They kept that quiet (cancelling it). That's good because I have to be at Embankment by 1pm on Wednesday, and I was wondering how to do it (walk from Liverpool Street was the likely answer )

I was born and brought up in sight of Ilkla Moor, from the Keighley end. To be accurate, the whole moor area is known as Rombalds Moor, a legendary giant Rombald lived there, and there is a statue of him in Keighley centre.
Ilkey Moor is really just a small part of Rombalds Moor on the Ilkley side, but the whole moor of Rombalds Moor is generally referred to locally as Ilkley Moor.

The complete verses are:-

1. Wheer 'as tha bin sin' ah saw thee. On Ilkla Moor baht 'at..... etc

2. Tha's barn ter cacth thi deeath o' cowd. On .................

3. Then we shall 'ave ter bury thee. On..................

4. Then t'worms'll come and eyt thee up. On...........

5. Then t'ducks'll come and eyt up t'worms. On................

6. Then we shall come and eyt up t'ducks. On............

7. Then we shall all 'ave etten thee !. On.........

Thank you FSM! It will make perfect sense to everyone now

Mad people.

I have no idea whether I am actually revising properly...I can just imagine turning up to the exam and being like

I've just filled out a load of forms...

...but seeing as they were all for forum events or other music courses, it was quite enjoyable!

I need to buy some A3 paper and trying to decide whether I can be bothered to go to the nearest big town...

Apparently today is World Rat Day. Petrat may be interested...

We've now got 2 bikes in the hallway that don't belong to us...

and there I thought I was early to be on a forum of any sort at half ten in the morning...