Hello everybody.

My name is John and, after reading and very much enjoying these fora for a little while since signing up to broadband, I've finally plucked up the courage to join. I hope I'm posting this correctly and not making too much of a mess of my first post!

By way of introduction, here's a bit of information about me which I hope won't be too boring. I caught the music bug early in life when my parents sent me away from home to be a boarder at a Cathedral song-school, where I became a choirboy. I took to this instantly - apparently I'd sing to myself even when I was a very young lad and had barely learnt to talk - and soon started taking piano lessons at the song-school too. It was a totally new world. I loved it and am very grateful to my parents for their giving me such an introduction to the wonderful world of music at such a young age. Later on I studied singing and piano at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, and after that at Trinity College of Music in London. I've played various instruments in my time, but playing the piano and singing have repeatedly been among my main loves in life.

Having taken early retirement after working for several years as Head of Music at a well-known school a little while ago, I'm delighting in having opportunities to enjoy making music with friends at leisure, and in being able to teach a small and select handful of promising and rewarding students without all of the rigmarole of lesson planning and inter-departmental meetings. It's lovely just being able to make music again.

I'm very much looking forward to getting to know people on these fora. Thank you for reading my introduction.

Best wishes,

John.

Hi John,

to the forum! Great to see another singer on board - look forward to your posts.

Welcome John I am sure you will enjoybeing on here, though it can get a bit addictive ! But with your experience I am sure your input will be valuable.

Hello to another forum newbie, although a much more experienced one than me! Look forward to seeing more of your posts

Welcome John! what a great start to your musical life. I am so envious - there weren't girls' choirs in my day like there are nowadays! I only found opportunities once I'd grown up.

I do sing in a choir now and we do cathedral-type repertoire so better late than never.

Hello!
Hope you have fun on the forums

to the forums! Hope you find it useful and informative.

Hello and welcome

to the forum! Hope your enjoy your time here!

to the forums and have fun, here. Looking forward to your input.
*whispers* watch out though, 'cause some here are a bit mad!

Mole

Anyone in particular, Moley?

Gosh...so many newbies!

Hello John and welcome to the forum. I'm trying my best to get my voice better than it is (I don't have a tutor, so I'm going it alone). I'm always interested in what the singers among us have to say. Looking forward to your input.

By the way, there seems to be great interest in inside leg measurements at the moment! If you include yours in your signature (if you need help with a signature, feel free to ask or check out the FAQ's!) you'll make a lot of ladies very happy I'm sure (29-31 inches seems the most popular! )

See you around.

Heavens, DaisyChain! What a welcome! You'll terrify the poor man before he gets started woman!

Hello John.
What a wonderful life! Welcome to the forums and may I echo what others have said about having another singer here.

I am so impressed! Welcome! And you're a singer -

On the contrary, it was a very interesting read - look forward to reading more of your experiences

Thank you everybody for such a lovely, warm welcome and for making me feel at home.

There certainly seem to be some fun characters around here who I think I'll enjoy getting to know. I don't know about posting my inside leg measurements until I've got to know people a bit better. Is it something which people tend to do around here?

I've been enjoying reading some of the writing people put in blue print at the bottom of their posts, which I'd not been able to read before I registered. Some are quite funny. I've tried to do it myself, but cant find out how to. Could anybody help, please?

Once again, thanks to one and all for making me feel so welcome. Its appreciated.

John.

Only when tempted to do so by the more brazen characters around here I would never dream of suggesting it myself



Go to My Controls at the top of the page and scroll down the list at the left hand side until you see Edit Signature. Look forward to seeing what you write

Click on "My controls" at the top middle of this page, scroll down the left hand side of your profile page, and you'll find "edit signature". Click on there and write whatever you want us to see in your signature.

Beaten to it!

That would be me I presume?
(don't believe her - skylark is much worse than me )

John,

being taken to task by Maledictis is the stuff of dreams!

I think not!!!!

You are tooooo kind...

welcome to the forums

Thank you again for your kind welcome. I appreciate it. I'm grateful for the advice about the "edit signature" control. I shall try that.

I guess that I need to keep an eye out for Skylark and Maledictis!!

John, I'm a mere novice compared with maledictis - I bow to her superior age experience every time

Had to read today's siggie twice Skylark to make sure it was an electric light you were talking about ...

See what you mean - I've rephrased it

I wonder what you said before!!

Your signature does work, and it shows so much more imagination than mine

Thank you Barry-Clari. I'll have to think of something more interesting to put in it now!!

Oh dear, that sounds like an opening shot across the bow...

Oh yes - be afraid, be very afraid...