Back in the world!

Back from camp today, it's only been the weekend but I seem to have lots of email and excitement!

So, what's going on...

I've sold my eBay item, hurrah! £5.50 for a badge that cost me 20p isn't bad going :) Better post that soon with the books that I seem to have had mooched while I've been gone...

I've got three books to post: The Wags Diary (Book Mooch), Jesus Freaks (Read It, Swap It) and Slam (Book Mooch).

Kinder came second in Llangollen last week, they sang Ubi Caritas which I mostly like except the very middle bit which is just unnerving. It's a very technical song. They also sang To Agni which I've liked ever since I struggled over learning it for the CD when I was in choir. Llangollen Eisteddfod has a very cool new website that lets you watch videos of the performances which I have spent much of this evening doing... the Kinder one is here. It seems that one of the set pieces for the Junior competition was Badgers & Hedgehogs... I remember singing that as a far too old member of the Kinder Juniors :) The choir in second was that nice Welsh choir that I like.

I have mistakenly booked for 20 males to go to Switzerland in August next year :)

And probably some other things... I'm very tired :)

Mary Stuart's Prayer

We sung this arrangement of Donizetti's Maria Stuarda at the concert on Sunday. It's always been one of my favourite choir songs and was easily my favourite of the three we sang on Sunday. I'd not found a recording of the arrangement before this (not that I'd tried hard), but here goes...



Or, from the original YouTube url: here. The recording is the Manchester Boys Choir.

Those Shoes

I wore the shoes with covered toes in the end and Pauline commented on them as we were waiting to meet the Duke of Devonshire after the concert so they were clearly a good choice (also, my toes didn't freeze :)).

The concert was good, I always come away from these things wishing I still sang. One day maybe...

A Grand Night For Singing

Yay!

Dress Shopping!

Yet more shopping, I really am a girl. Today I have been out to buy a dress for the concert on Saturday as I don't seem to have one I can get access to between now and then.

Given the requirements of it being a dress, preferrably plain, preferrably black, most of the shops in Lancaster were just useless (terrible punctuation there, sorry). Found lots of choice in New Look though which was excellent and most of it in the sale. Finally narrowed it down to two dresses and at £10 each I decided to buy both. I shall take them both home and let others do the deciding.

£10 for a nice evening dress - madness!

Once I'd got the dress(es) I moved onto shoes and also bought two pairs. I'll quite possibly take one back without wearing them though. I'm not sure. I think one pair goes slightly better but that pair have open toes and the others don't. Open toes in January might look a bit daft (apart from just being pretty darn chilly). Thoughts?

(I like my makeshift displayness!)