A happy thread

I am resurrecting this to say how excited I am that my youngest DGS will be arriving tomorrow. He lives in NL so we don't see him all the time. At 14 months he has learned to switch on the computer and shout "Anmaa". I have been having a lot of fun getting toys down from the loft and making everything ready.

Will be far too busy to come on here to say what fun we are having!

GA you are so right, and having a family of primadonnas I waited until only three years ago to sing in choirs, I was too busy watching the others dancing, singing, acting, playing various instruments!

burnette well done, I am heading for the shabby chic look without the chic.

Happy today because DBH has come back from the Drs looking happy, he is off competing (athletics) this evening so I shall head to choir happliy knowing he isn't at home being limp.

tried to get a decorator as home looked very tired, everyone busy at this time of the year. only thing for it D I Y big time, just finished my fourth room including hall and stair well etc. just two more to go, in a funny sort of way I shall miss it when I have finished, but I feel so pleased with the results so far and at 76 feel that is pretty good going in eight weeks, us golden oldies are made of some good stuff.

soon - glad you are enjoying those precious days off

Hear hear to you all !

ann

GA

Nonnie
I always say that if everyone were so talented there'd be nobody in the audience.

Hear hear Nonnie in every aspect of my life I also am an Indian and not a Chief, but they need us don't they? Should that be here here?

jane Barnum is next week!

ga I am also surrounded by musical people, not quite as talented as yours, and they all say I can't sing but I love to sing! I think I was put in this world so they would all know how talented they are. If it were not for people like me they wouldn't be so special

I can't sing or play a note, but one of my close friends sings and plays an acoustic guitar, usually folksy stuff, and also leads a gospel choir.

Another friend sings classics from musicals and has also recorded an album of Christian worship songs. (She truly sings beautifully.)

My mother in law accompanies ^^ that friend and many others, and also is musical director of both choral society and many amateur dramatic groups.

The Wonderful Man sings modern Christian music, some songs from musicals and a bit of other stuff and plays several instruments. (At my 50th birthday party he sang, 'Have I told you lately that I love you' to me and it made even my emotionless mother shed a tear.)

I'm spoilt for choice throughout the year when it comes to deciding which concerts/productions I'll attend.

For that particular choir, it's because a fair few of them are older than me!

It's an American themed night.

Deep River - a sort of slave gospel song.

Two versions of Summertime

West side story

Simple Gifts

Down by the Riverside

Ol' man River

Aha! Found it, Yes, the Broadway one. No, our men sound great actually.

Ching-a-ring Chaw. Defy your lot to be able to sing that one without making mistakes.

Shendoah

Buffalo gals

I had barely heard of any of them apart from Summertime, West Side Story and Down by the Riverside. I'm more of a Hair, Evita, Godspell, Barnum, Chorus Line, Cats generation!

jane perhaps you should tell them what far more interesting things you have been doing with your life!? We can't all know everything. I never know any of the TV answers in quizzes but it doesn't mean I'm stupid, just doing other things.

JaneRowena out of interest, is your "Oklahoma" the Broadway Choral series edition? We are doing this next Saturday amongst others. When our "men" started doing the "Oh what a Beautiful morning" they sounded so darn miserable all the women fell apart laughing at them. They sound a bit better now.
How does this list compare for yours as cheesy?

And all that jazz
Anthem (Strongly cheesy)
The Merry Widow waltz. (Strongly cheesy)
As time goes by.
Howard Goodall's ruin of the hymn Love Divine a new version with a pathetic tune. (Very cheesy.)
Oklahoma (enough said.)
Panis Angelicus (Franck) (cheesyish).
When de stars begin to fall.
Bohemian Rhapsody.
Joseph Medley
(For the 4th July) The Battle hymn of the Republic.
Well we have had worse.
No "Wherever you are" this year thank heavens.

Me neither! One of my choirs is singing a medley from it in a weeks' time - along with loads of other rather cheesy melodies and they were appalled that I didn't know it, nor Shenandoah.

Been having a chain saw massacre in the garden (well hedge trimmer really) then sat and enjoyed the sun. Now about to eat a sort of lunch/dinner in the garden before getting ready to head off to Brum to see Oklahoma. No, I've never seen it!

I have relatives that like nothing much more than a big bonfire. They dont live where they annoy people with them.
One of my relatives, tends to scoop up anything in sight, so people are wary around him!

Beach yesterday. Shopping today. A christian festival tomorrow. Hoping to drag my husband out somewhere on thursday.
I am not really very eventful when it comes to days off. If I am going with other people, I tend to let them do the choosing, as they have better ideas than me.

I had a lovely big bonfire. They always make me happy, I miss them if I live somewhere where I can't have one.

Nice week to be away.
soon what will you do on your days off this week ?

Have a lovely short break.

petallus

I am sitting in a lovely cottage in South Wales. Arrived an hour ago and am staying until Friday. There's a lovely old garden and and a swallow nesting over the door.

DBH felt able to do a little light mowing this morning - and is now cackling away to the recording of the last Top Gear, so I think I can safely say that he is feeling a lot better. DS barrowed two tons of topsoil for me, I don't know what I would have done without him, but my back feels better today so I am very happy about that.

Just about to phone DD and give her her daily peptalk, re her wait for biopsy results - three weeks is starting to feel like months away, but a friend says she is a lucky girl, my friend had to wait for five weeks.

Sorry should have been 'countries' and 'too'

Oh, glad the weather is good up there BiNtHeRe. We were a bit North of Morpeth and it was damp and dull. Think we picked the wrong week. Great it didn't rain on your son's parade.