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| Watch, Listen and Singalong: Part 23: Minnesota blues meets St Kilda | May 10, 2009 | Last night at the Paul Kelly concert he sang so many hits from his back catalogue. Sadly, this wasn’t one of them and it’s one of my absolute favourites. Never mind. The rest of the performance was loud, fabulous, polished and just all round fantastic. I enjoyed every minute. Vika Bull was stunning on back […] |
| Day 5: One Day More | May 7, 2009 | How to rally yourself for the final day of a week long community musical event. Think of a song from a musical that has the same title as how you are feeling. One day more….Of course I’m not readying myself for a revolution. I just want a nap. Look for Alun Armstrong as Thenardier. Treat. […] |
| Day 5: One Day More | How to rally yourself for the final day of a week long community musical event. Think of a song from a musical that has the same title as how you are feeling. One day more….Of course I’m not readying myself for a revolution. I just want a nap. Look for Alun Armstrong as Thenardier. Treat. […] |
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| Day 4: formally known as the mother of all headaches | Day 4 of the Eisteddfod and one more full day to go. By 9am I had the mother of all headaches that no amount of panadol, black tea, green tea or coffee was shifting. In spite of this I did spend a very enjoyable session this morning listening to young pianists. Some very impressive 8-12 […] |
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| Day 4: formally known as the mother of all headaches | Day 4 of the Eisteddfod and one more full day to go. By 9am I had the mother of all headaches that no amount of panadol, black tea, green tea or coffee was shifting. In spite of this I did spend a very enjoyable session this morning listening to young pianists. Some very impressive 8-12 […] |
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| Queen of the Stairs | May 6, 2009 | Yesterday and today were “yuge”. If I walked up the backstage stairs at the Civic Centre once I did it a 100 times. If walked up the foyer stairs at the Playhouse Theatre once…the same. I am the queen of stairs. The sort of queen who really hates her inanimate subjects. I am sick of […] |
| Queen of the Stairs | Yesterday and today were “yuge”. If I walked up the backstage stairs at the Civic Centre once I did it a 100 times. If walked up the foyer stairs at the Playhouse Theatre once…the same. I am the queen of stairs. The sort of queen who really hates her inanimate subjects. I am sick of […] |
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| Emergency accompanying Plan B | May 4, 2009 | I have a little headache after Bundaberg Music Eisteddfod Day 1. Hmmmmm let’s see…what of excitement happened today?Well, to start with at 8am I got a call from the accompanist in town who plays for let’s say 80% of the competitors. She had a severe attack of vertigo on Sunday evening and was incapable of […] |
| Emergency accompanying Plan B | I have a little headache after Bundaberg Music Eisteddfod Day 1. Hmmmmm let’s see…what of excitement happened today?Well, to start with at 8am I got a call from the accompanist in town who plays for let’s say 80% of the competitors. She had a severe attack of vertigo on Sunday evening and was incapable of […] |
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| Watch, Listen and Singalong: Part 22: Souful Sunday | May 3, 2009 | I was going write a long and witty post about the minor trials and tribulations of readying myself for the first day of the Eisteddfod tomorrow. I could have told you about shopping for necessary stationery, complete with an initial rant as to why officeworks isn’t open on a Sunday up here. I could have […] |