Evening Blog fans. After a day of Canadian Literature (preparation for a course rather than a sudden unexplained obsession with the cultural exports of our friends across the pond) here I am to fill you in on the joys and japes of last night. We began with a short group rehearsal of 'She Moves Through the Fair', one of the Blogstresses' favourite ditties. It is a really nice version too, though lyrically it is largely dominated, in the best tradition of the modern pop song, by 'nah, nahs'.
Warm-up was led by Alison with a new, super-stylish haircut. We did a few 'coming down the octave' (and yes, that is a technical term). The highlight for me was definitely Monsieur Wexler's eyebrows which rise and descend with the music. Brilliant! We then did a maths challenge, counting up and down the scale and then substituting numbers for claps and stamps a la 'Grand Old Duke of York'. Actually this wasn't quite as 'car-crash warm-up' as you might expect. The Rudsambeelets are obviously closet Einsteins (oh, he was a physicist...you get the idea).
Next, we moved on to a new piece of early music by old friend Victoria entitled 'something Latin'. Apparently there are no rolled 'rs' in Latin. Jen told me that - she is so very clever. The altos were accused of being a bit 'man-y' (not in appearance you understand, but vocally) and advised by Maestro Boy to move closer to the sopranos. As everyone knows, sopranos are extremely girlie, liking nothing better than wearing pink ribbons, ballet and making sweet cupcakes. Hopefully we will rub off on them.
We then moved on to 'Dormi Jesu'. Maestro Boy made the classic comment, 'then we'll break it down a little'. Fantastic, the image is wonderful. Obviously with my love of rap music this means something completely different to me (NB I think in rap lingo there is also a rude association - I don't mean that...Christopher). 'Dormi Jesu' with gold chains, suped up cars and 'homeboys'. Brillig.
We concluded with good ol' 'Margot' just so that Claire 2 could be tormented by it all week. Maestro Boy is even considering throwing in a slow verse. Mixin' it up - oh man all that rapper stuff is beginning to take over, I'm dropping my word endings.
Anne took a night off from saving the world and dealing with important governmental issues (or whatever else the world's most organised woman does in her spare time) to inform us that she has already booked St Giles for Christmas next year...getting in ahead of the 'Mild Wyrtles'. If Barak is ever looking for a PA Anne is the lady.
Well, that's it for now folks and folkesses. Thanks for reading and 'respect homie'
CSW
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