It makes you sing? Must have been good!

Getting a compliment from my teacher about my tone when i played on a scraped 3 and a half reed. He thinks i can play on a 3. It doesn't half hurt my lip though.

Going to a kennels near Doncaster and collecting Alfie - our latest rescue dog. He's a Bedlington terrier, and so far he's proving to be a boon companion for Monty (our dog who is about 12 years old, stone deaf and a little set in his ways).

Aw, hope he settles in ok


Have been informed that I'll get a full refund and a free return trip courtesy of East Coast due to the delay we had getting back from Benslow

I'm rather pleased about this

Me too now, where shall I go with my free ticket....................

ummm.....

Thank you Louise!

Does anyone watch salvage hunters on Quest? I've just been on Drew Pritchard's website and want to buy sooooooo much of his stuff lol -
http://www.drewpritchard.co.uk/newstock.php

Very into the Gothic lanterns, marble fireplace, opaline globes, petrol station lights, x frame chair, victorian oak hall chairs, french mirror and the glazed double doors.

Now just to buy an old manor house in which to put it all in ... In reality, I'll probably stick with my 1980's semi and buy an E-type ...

Looks like the junk in my garage might be worth something after all.

As for the manor house idea, I would forget it unless you don't mind draughts, the lack of double glazing (not allowed by EH), being cold from October to April, if you can afford the heating bills and are happy to argue with English Heretics every time you want to put a picture, or calendar on the wall or hang curtains.

Oh, and don't get me started about the pineapples on the either side of the gate that English Heretics insist must only be replaced with hand carved York stone at a cost of GBP 20,000 each, and not with a cast replacement that looks identical to everybody else in the world. And their refusal to allow C 20th century scaffolding when re-pointing is needed. (They even specify the cement, mortar and lime mix).

There is also the matter of not being allowed to replace stolen lead with a lead lookalike. Never mind that the interior is being destroyed by rainwater whilst they procrastinate for nine months. Their job is "to preserve the originality and historical authenticity of the building" - even if it does fall down as a result.

Believe me, you just don't want to go there. Maybe forty years ago, but not now.

SB

Gosh, sounds awful! In all honesty, I'm not really into houses and there are far too many cars to buy firstly!

I do have a friend who owns a Grade II listed property (I think it's a II) and he has had some bother with it.

a good rehearsal for my concert (should mean that the concert goes well )

Had a rubbish day, than goodness for music, clari lesson tonight has really cheered me up

The concert actually went fantastically.

Not been in long from the first rehearsal of the new concert orchestra. About 20 of us for starters - hopefully it wil grow. Played completely through Haydn symphony 100 - Military.

Will OH ever realise ...... you cannot drive a house!

Dream car - http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C302858

Hurrah! Pleased to hear that, Rach!


But you can't put a piano in a car!

I got to sit with James Ehnes and chat with him in a masterclass, a few days before having front row tickets to his concert
He's my hero! Even though I now look like a bit of a stalker...

A picture of me and him is now in my case for inspiration

Having been forced to spend the night in a car on one occasion, I can tell you that I wouldn't want to live in one for too long either.

SB

Two exams down - that's drama exams for my degree finished!!

Two exams left = MUSIC

1st. Is an event I co-ordinated and created based on "World Music"

2nd. Is called 'Hollywood Night'

30's keilworth plays in tune and subsequently is being fixed!!!!

And just got myself a really nice haircut (which for some reason has made me really happy )

glorious sunshine, walking into town and not getting soaked, a good clari practice, and an afternoon of chilling out

Football - York City winning at Wembley AND

Cricket - Yorkshire beating Gloucestershire.

Nice double

Going to my daughter's graduation ceremony.

the prospect of seeing lots of forumites later

2 and a half hours worth of piano practise done

A fab day of music-making with many forum friends

I need a 'like' button now

The event was fab, and have had a lovely few hours in Edinburgh today

My Year 5 Recorder Group bouncing in and saying in chorus "good afternoon, Miss Razzle-Dazzle!!"

I dunno why they call me this, they jus' do.

They're fab actually - playing in 4 parts and I love them (but don't tell 'em )

Bazzle-Dazzle-Razzle-Bag x

Mrs Razzle-Dazzle is the teacher in My First Piano Adventure. She wears a big skirt with treble clefs all over it

You've not been covering yourself in sequins have you?

It's nice when something like that happens

Having a productive day has made me happy.

And swimming 20 lengths of the pool.

And sticking to the diet....

....so far!

Tenor Viol - yeah, OK, RUMBLED.

But I nicked them off one of YOUR shirts....

Bazzle x

One thing I can say is not in my wardrobe is a be-sequinned shirt. Yes, some worryingly florid silk ones suitable for tropical climes - so they never get worn - but definitely no sequins

Off of, shurely?

1) seeing the photos from the Glasgow event what a fab event that is, well done again muzikalbadger
and 2) a weather forecast for the weekend that isn't too bad

Using the "ignore" button...

Cheesed-Off-Going-To-Bed-Bag x

Playing bits of the piano part of the Brahms Horn Trio which now seems only "very difficult" rather than "blasted impossible"

Sight reading effectively, Chopin's Op. 67 No.4. OK I know it's not that difficult as Chopin goes but a year ago I couldn't even contemplate learning the piece, never mind sight reading it to a passable standard.

......... A joke sent to me by a family member.

A coffin was gently lowered into the ground at a Traffic Warden's funeral, his cap balanced on the polished wood casket.

All of a sudden there was a scream and banging from inside the coffin. "Let me out, I'm not dead, I'm not dead!"

The elderly Priest leaned forward over the grave, and with a wry smile said, "I very sorry Sir, but the paperwork has already been done. You'll just have to explain it to the Judge".

SB

A great band rehearsal, finally did some concert band....played yorkshire overture amongst others.....I played attempted to play that in my first rehearsal with the band, 18 months ago. Lets put it this way, I've come on a bit

After a really rubbish day, the buses finally co-operated and I got home an hour earlier than I usually do - which meant I had an hour to catch up on some violin practice and it was lovely

Agree with all the above

Black coffee.

booking a couple of nights to test my new tent

and a musicroom voucher that must be used by end of July

nothing in particular, just a happy day

Another amazing concert at college. Still got one more of this year left tomorrow.

Penultimate essay ... EVER! DONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well done and good luck

Further down the academic food chain, 1st week of GCSEs over (son's, not mine )

Ok.....

Good news - BG heating engineers turned up more-or-less on time and made a lot of banging and clattering and assure me that the wailing banshee has been removed from the boiler.

Meanwhile, ADSL issues....

Call to ISP to provide update (system works if I use the test socket in the BT master socket). They say it's then a domestic wiring issue - even if that is to replace the (BT) master socket. BT call out, inclusive of one hour's labour is a very generous GBP150

So, go to my local high street where there are two electrical goods shops (both local firms) both have electrical contracting arms. They say - hang on, I'll chat to our chaps. Hands me the phone and I have a chat. His view (they are licensed to install telecoms equipment) is the the master socket is extremely unlikely to be the issue - more likely to be a) faulty micro-filter (GBP7), b) problems with a Sky box connection, c) faulty phone d) faulty socket, e) faulty cabling. Recommended a systematic check through before booking an appointment. If they do come out it's GBP45 for first hour plus parts.

So, I reconnect router to main socket and disconnect both phones and sky boxes.ADSL works - so it is NOT the master socket that has failed.

Connect lounge micro-filter. Still working. Connect lounge phone. Still working. Connect Sky box - not working.

So it's either the very lengthy cable between the sky box and the socket (about 30 ft and before you think I live in Tenor Viol Palazzio, the cabling goes around the door frame, so there's 15 ft ) or it's the Sky box.

So, it's a big to the local electrical retailer for both saving me an extortionate BT fee and good advice.

I now just need to work out if it's the cable or the Sky box - that won't be an easy one to determine.