As the academic year speeds towards its conclusion (where has this week gone?!), my thoughts are turning towards the 6-week break. Obviously, the "sorting out where my money is coming from thing" is taking up brain space, but at the same time, I want to do something with the holiday. Where, at the end of it, I can go, "I did that ( Read more... )

As a patriot and something of a monarchist...

One of the many pieces I have now performed in choir.  I loved this one.  'Zadok The Priest', the coronation anthem.

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This is 'Feels Like Home To Me'.

Josh Groban sang a version of this...  But this one by Edwina Hayes is totes better.  Sorry Grobz.

I was just chillin' in front of the tv last night, channel surfing and came across a football match...  Only to see Gordon Ramsay being stretchered off...

England vs The Rest of the World.  LOL

Then Gerard Butler appears with his manly legs and little shorts...
Then WIll Ferrell limps off.
Then Edward Norton comes on.
Oh and there's cute James McAvoy.
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I'm just sitting here, browsing through Pinterest and random blogs, chowing down on a bag of seedless grapes (which has started to become a bit of a weekly thing - I buy a bag in my Sunday grocery shop and they are gone by Monday), doing nothing much.

Busy week coming up, with a job interview in the middle.  I am determinedly not getting excited by ( Read more... )

Number 15, 'Jerusalem'.

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Stuff:

1. I sang this in the last Newbury Choral Society concert.  It's a song sung in unison, and who doesn't know 'Jerusalem'?  So, 200 singers, blasting this out together was really cool.
2. The lyrics are completely ridiculous, but who cares?
3. I'm a very patriotic Englishwoman (I don't put British on forms if I can avoid it.  I'm ( Read more... )

Here's number 13.  'Va Pensiero' from Nabucco.

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Yabber, Yabber:

1. Another favourite.  I've sang this one a couple of times in various concerts.  It's a lovely piece for large choirs.
2. It sounds quite a simple piece but because it's simple it's easy to go wrong.  The timings can go all over the place, as can the tuning.  Whereas yesterday's 'O Fortuna' was ( Read more... )

Firstly, thanks to the folk who left me kind messages on my last blog or two about the job situation.  I'm over it now.  It wasn't unexpected news and while I'm disappointed at the hassle that is/will come in the next few months, I'm ready to deal with it.

Here's song 12.  'O Fortuna' from 'Carmina Burana'.

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Things To Say:

1. Even before I started doing " ( Read more... )

On we go with number 11.  'Fix You' by Coldplay.

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Stuff To Say:

1. I've loved this song forever, since I first heard it. 
2. It's been incredibly well covered by many people.  Some of the cover versions I have heard, I think, are better than the original.
3. You know you've got a pretty masterful song when that can happen.

Check out this video for an awesome and ( Read more... )