First full string quartet rehearsal....

Hope it goes well, Dawnmc71!

Pick apples.

tidy up

Go to Rotherham to rehearse for tonight's concert, and then look out for Barry and Louise!

It did, thanks B-C!

Now I'm practicing - done violin, got singing and piano to do (got the flat to myself for a rare moment) and then parade at tea time...

Force myself to stop falling asleep at the pooter and go and teach on the Dalcroze course - 5-6.30pm - too much when I was up at 5.30!

I was going to do some violin practice as I have a pile of orchestral music requiring practicing but it is too hot. Instead I will watch the X factor.

Sleep.

Totally exhausted.

It's been a long, but good day........

I've just done that

hoping to get some clari practice in but still feeling sleepy....

Dry my hair, pack my bag and head off to the Kodaly Choir for a good afternoon's sing.

Pleasing thought.

Watch Top of the Pops 1976 on iPlayer

Bed. Knackered!

Ditto!

Fill a bag with 'stuff' then go out

rehearsal for concert next Friday - 3 solos, 2 duets and an encore!

Baz did indeed have a bag of 'stuff' when he arrived at mine this morning .

For me - getting to grips with some horrible paperwork that I've been avoiding doing for ages and now people are jumping up and down for...

Band parade

Hope it went well. And congrats on making it to forum virtuosity!

Head off to West Dulwich for orchestra practice. 1st concert of the season is tonight.

Teach.

Joy.

Skippity-Hop.

Joy-of-Life-Bag x

Travel around a large part of Central London

Learn some arpeggios.

Bath. Wine. Big plate of Food. Wine. C**p TV.

Well, that's me sorted!

Bx

PS - did I mention the wine?

ditto the tv bit!

I'll be going to a rehearsal, and after that, another one!
By the 4th of December I will have through seasons of 3 different shows! (Playing Keyboard in "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolored Dreamcoat", Trumpet and Keyboard in "Little Shop of Horrors" and Trumpet in "A Christmas Carol Musical")

Probably or do some arranging. haven't decided yet

Off to Trafalgar Memorial Service. Static parade for us, incidental music as people arrive and then a few naval marches and hymns. easy peasy (apart from the Slaves Chorus! ) but it's raining so might not actually happen yet.....

I should go into the garden - I have a lot of things to plant. But son's watching the rugby and I might join him instead.

Watch the 2nd half of the rugby final.

Teach.

Hoppity-Skip. Only 3 little lovelies today due to half term. Mwahahahaaaaaaaaaaa.

Part-time-Bag x

I am going to reorganise my living room/teaching area so that I can readily access my violin books and they are neatly ordered according to level. Yes, I am. No really, I am. No, I'm not going to **se around and then decide I can't be bothered to do anything productive after all...

Go cat/kitten shopping...

jealous!! Is this a friend for Bagpuss???
So want a little kitten!!! Shame my landlord doesn't allow pets...

LOL to the 'friend for Bagpuss'!!

I had two wonderful cats from 1995 and lost the second of them in July...so have started cat shopping...not quite sure but we might have found two very nice ones...

. Great news!

I might go celebrate the Mighty All Blacks' Victory!

Take my beloved little whippet to the vet

It's not a big deal really - she has a non-cancerous lump on her side that will be removed under sedation so I'll pick her up at lunchtime (And she'll have sardines for lunch in compensation for missing her breakfast.)

The down side is that she's nearly 11 had has learned that vet visits are NOT the best occupation of her time so she gets utterly miserable. She's the most stoic dog I've ever met so the vet will think she's fine but I can see in her eyes that she's panicking inside. She'll also have to wear a 'bucket' for the next ten days because we've learned to our cost that she will pull her own stitches out. The 'bucket' is sitting in the car waiting but I'll hide it from her until we get there.


Here she (her name is Jay and she's on the left) is on the sofa with my username-sake Lottie





(hope the photo isn't too big)

Go to work.

Get wet trudging around town doing paperwork...

Finish packing then drive up to Birmingham for our three-day Kodaly course at the Conservatoire.

Eeeeeeeeeee!

Will shut down at my office and drive over the M62 back to Wirral !

Have fun Cyrilla

I'll be doing my postie role in a bit, round the offices collecting the outgoing mail. Probably the most exciting part of my job at the moment.

Band late on though

Well, I was going to do some admin on my table but the table is fully occupied by my favourtie cat who is unwell at the moment so I haven't the heart to move her. So I suppose I will have to do some piano practice instead! About time I did anyway!

Go the pub with my cat-sitter and get trollied.

Booze-Bag x

Watch the Junior Apprentice. Theme tune by Prokofiev

The boys spent they whole show arguing and the girls were not much better!