Sunday – 10/12/2017 – World Choral Day

PG, I’m watching “Vikings” just to keep up with the series as I started from the very beginning. Not as much fun without Ragnar and not much sight of Lagertha in Ep. 2. The history is totally off whack – but only by a few centuries here and there.LOL. And by a few details, ie Alfred’s father being Athelstan, and they do shoe Alfred as having a tad more compassion than the rest of the crew. Plus I get mixed up as to who’s winning the battles as they all look the same.

Watched 1st Ep of “Knightfall” and not all that impressed. Might keep watching for entertainment value. Well to me what’s the big deal about the “Holy Grail.” Then again lots of the scheming is actually over political/conquest issues.

I sang in choirs from the start in grade school. In Uni and for several yrs after purrformed with “Savoy Society” in efurry “Gilbert and Sullivan” operetta save one. Got one line at one point, some “business” as I so enjoyed being onstage and got to do lots of dancing! met ex-Mr. KJ there – can’t have efurrything. 😉

Good Sunday Morning! I’m listening to a little radio station out of Philadelphia that’s playing A-Z 70’s tunes. So much good stuff – songs that I haven’t heard in ages as well as tunes that make me say, “hey, I had this on 45!” When was the last time you heard, “The Air That I Breathe” by the Hollies?

Back in high school the choir did the final number at the holiday concert, at which time all alumni were invited on stage to sing. Every year, two senior students, a boy and a girl, were selected to sing the solo parts of Oh Holy Night. I can still picture Mr. Cromie, in his tux and tails at the end of the song, spinning around on his heels to face the audience and saying, “Merry Christmas!”

Oh Caddy, out all night, sleep all day, I know what you’re doing! (Lyrics from a tune from The James Gang.)

It’s a chilly 54, but sunny here right now. I’m loving this cold snap, seems like it took forever to get here! ….

Making one of my favorite meals tonight – black beans over yellow rice, and the Columbia’s famous 1905 salad, with fresh cuban bread I just bought from the bakery ….. sooooooooo yummy!

Scotty and Mr. AV have almost finished ‘Walter-proofing’ the 3rd floor, only two weeks til the house full of cats holidays! …. Dau says Walter showed them how smart he was by ‘unwrapping’ many of the gifts they are bringing with them …. apparently shiney paper and bows are irresistable to him! LOL … BAD!

Abby had a ‘tinsel butt’ last week, but thankfully, I see it’s passed through to the litter box ….. also BAD!

Got all my gifts wrapped, so a relaxing Sunday afternoon is in my future … hope everyone is having a great day!

Hi KZ – thanks for sharing similar happy memories from back in high school!

Oooh, your dinner sounds really good, AV! I’m glad some cooler air has moved in – now we need to move it in MS’s direction. Oh Abby, stay away from the tinsel, pay no attention to it’s sparkliness! Admire from a distance!

Looks like we got about 5″ of snow. The ground isn’t frozen so the roads are ok, even in these little mountain dead end streets. I’m happy to report that all the JJ cats came inside at one time or another yesterday during Winter Storm Benji. Star and Huey really made progress. They came in and stayed in for pets and belly rubs, in addition to a snack, of course. Berta knows her way around, but won’t stay in long. Mama Cat is quite skittish, but will come in to eat.

Bought some apples the other day, so I’m off to look up the recipe for apple butter while I listen to the tune KJ posted.

Another hot muggy day even though it is overcast. My gardens are so dry they won’t even hold water now, it just runs off. There is a slight possibility of a shower this evening. Yeeha ! I won’t hold my breath though.
I was in choirs all through my school days and then I moved to orchestra.
KJ, all but one of the Gilbert & Sullivan operettas, wow that’s a few and lots of fun too.
I met Mr MS when we were about 8 years old when our Mother’s were making costumes for the local Boys College production of The Mikado. We used to play under the trees. Music brought us together then and again ten years later at the same boys college with the orchestra and it wasn’t until many decades later that we realised we had been playmates. LOL.
AV, I’m with you on the night worry. HRH is still refusing to come inside at night but she seems to be fine out there and has let herself in one night so I will just have to be ok with it now. She is either at the door in the morning waiting for us to open it or she bounds out of a shrub as I get the paper in.
Great radio station JJ, we have one here that only plays 70’s and 80’s music and it’s great listening. Even the girls love it. Great memories of the holiday concert and of Mr Cromie.
KZ, great memories from you too. All good choir masters/mistress seem to be strict but fair. It brings out the best in us. Thank goodness the snow has stopped.
AV, I thought you had a typo there for a minute with Walterproofing but then the penny dropped and I realised what you meant. What a hoot that he likes unwrapping presents. Sounds like he needs some good old fashioned newspaper bows on a string to play with. oh Abbey, not the dreaded tinsel butt. Tickle much?
KJ, I love the intro to that song, very effective and now I have a great earworm.
JJ, that is really wonderful that all the JJ cats feel fine abot coming inside for a bit.

KJ, the boys and girls colleges would join together for the annual musical which back in those days were usually Gilbert & Sullivan. Mum was doing costumes as one of my brothers was in the show.
It was during rehearsals for My Fair Lady that I met Mr MS again and we did several more shows before we moved away to the country farming.
Still hot here but I have managed to plant out several dozen Spring onions(scallions) and water them in and cover them so cats can’t dig them out.

Hi TM, glad you’re enjoying XPN too! My voice isn’t very good either, and I didn’t make the choir, but had fun being in the high school chorus with all the other mediocre singers.