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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Debs. on 14 December 2010, 14:34:25
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....no, nothing to do with the weather; It`s final run-through tonight for Saturday evening`s local village 'follies' production.
Usually, it`s a selection of dubiously-amusing 'skits' based on notable local people`s activities during the year, along with some superb singing by our famous village-choir.
.....but this year a few of us have been planning a surprise; five of us have secretly learned some complicated piano performances; which with the help of a fake-delay in the arrival of the choir`s bus we`re going to perform 'flashmob' style. ;)
I`ve learned Arcadi Volodos` arrangement of Mozart`s Turkish March; it`s taken me 6 months of daily practice.....and I`ll be sitting quietly at the back of the auditorium until a few minutes after the M.C has announced a 30 minute delay due to the bus not arriving....when the crowd get fidgety, my 'stooge' will rise to his feet and say "it`s disgraceful, why doesn`t somebody do something".....cue Deb.! :D
...when I`ve done, another performer will quietly walk up to the stage and play their chosen and well-practiced piece.
I hope I remember everything and don`t get any more nervous.....I feel a bit queasy just thinking about it. :-/
This is how I`d like it to sound: :y
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imrbjNXnfBE&feature=related[/media]
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Sounds good, good luck with it and hope all goes well
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Anxious anticipation is often worse than the reality.....you'll be fine.....Ms Debs ;) :-* :-*
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Sure all will be fine on the night...All the best and good luck :y :y.
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That sounds a real treat, good on you. :y
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I hope I remember everything and don`t get any more nervous.....I feel a bit queasy just thinking about it. :-/
This is how I`d like it to sound: :y
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imrbjNXnfBE&feature=related
I have no doubt that you will turn in a performance of equal quality Deb. :y
Good luck to you all and well done for promoting such community spirit. 8-) 8-)
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You are very brave Debs and I sincerely hope you blow their socks off :-*
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Trying to emulate this one may prove a tad more difficult........
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=c25_1292284853
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And, if it makes you feel any better, my lad has a violin exam tomorrow and is positively crapping himself. ;D
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Well done and Good Luck Deb's..... :y :y :y
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Funnily enough I have been learning Auld Lang Syne and have just about mastered it (took about a week of practising). Played it to my wife and she said I'm playing all the wrong notes but I retorted that I was playing all the right notes but not necessarily in the right order. ;D
Good luck anway - I'm sure you won't need it :y
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If I'd have known you could play the piano, you could have stood in for Entwood at the Christmas Party. :-?
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The practice run-through went well (albeit to a tiny audience).....although the heating wasn`t on in the hall tonight and I was shocked how stiff my fingers were; `really slowed my transcription-arpeggios down! :-[
....but if all goes as planned and with the ham-acting help of our 'stooge' planted in the crowd, it should be fun on the night.......but no encores; once will be enough! :D
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i have been doing "new years eve"for a couple of decades, and i get as nervous now as when i started. once the fingers start, all will be well. :y
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Good luck with it - I can't play anything (unless you class Sammy used as a percussion instrument on a DLT drive)
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If I'd have known you could play the piano, you could have stood in for Entwood at the Christmas Party. :-?
:yI could`ve dipped into my Chas and Dave repertoire! ;D
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sgMjOJmdP4[/media]
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You'll knock 'em dead Debs & we'll ALL be there...no pressure then!!XX ::)
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You'll be great, I'm sure a woman of your calibre ...... ;)
now I'd have been really impressed if you'd played this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvapzt8FKLk) ;D ;D ;D ;D
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You'll be great, I'm sure a woman of your calibre ...... ;)
now I'd have been really impressed if you'd played this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvapzt8FKLk) ;D ;D ;D ;D
;D Hahahaha......`love it! :y
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How did this go then Debs?
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;) Tolerably thanks, James....I had a massive fit of nerves just before and (I was told) I looked so-ashen that some of my colleagues thought `I might pass-out, but I did remember the entire score and kept good-tempo throughout....I`ve done it once, now; `never again! :D
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I bet! Id be nervy as hell, useless in public, thought of speeches were enough to part spoil my wedding day.
Well done for going through with it, bet it went down a storm :y
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....no, nothing to do with the weather; It`s final run-through tonight for Saturday evening`s local village 'follies' production.
Usually, it`s a selection of dubiously-amusing 'skits' based on notable local people`s activities during the year, along with some superb singing by our famous village-choir.
.....but this year a few of us have been planning a surprise; five of us have secretly learned some complicated piano performances; which with the help of a fake-delay in the arrival of the choir`s bus we`re going to perform 'flashmob' style. ;)
I`ve learned Arcadi Volodos` arrangement of Mozart`s Turkish March; it`s taken me 6 months of daily practice.....and I`ll be sitting quietly at the back of the auditorium until a few minutes after the M.C has announced a 30 minute delay due to the bus not arriving....when the crowd get fidgety, my 'stooge' will rise to his feet and say "it`s disgraceful, why doesn`t somebody do something".....cue Deb.! :D
...when I`ve done, another performer will quietly walk up to the stage and play their chosen and well-practiced piece.
I hope I remember everything and don`t get any more nervous.....I feel a bit queasy just thinking about it. :-/
This is how I`d like it to sound: :y
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imrbjNXnfBE&feature=related[/media]
:o enormous effort.. :o
good luck Debs :y
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Debs....
Been performing on stage with my guitar for 35 years now, and STILL get nervous before goiung on stage, even if there are only a couple of hundred people........
BUT, once you've done it a couple of times........................
You can do it again and again.
Go on------you can do it more than once and enjoy it......!!
Mike. ;) ;) ;)
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Go on------you can do it more than once and enjoy it......!!
Thanks, Mike! ;)
......I probably would reprise the performance if called (and given a stiff-drink), the strange thing is I can remember very little of those three minutes on stage, for in my stage-fright, time seemed to become compressed. :D
Although I have seen "The Video" :o
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best of luck Debs :y
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Debs....
Been performing on stage with my guitar for 35 years now, and STILL get nervous before goiung on stage, even if there are only a couple of hundred people........
BUT, once you've done it a couple of times........................
You can do it again and again.
Go on------you can do it more than once and enjoy it......!!
Mike. ;) ;) ;)
I've been playing live for just over twenty five years and I'm fine with the bigger gigs, it's the smaller audiences if find myself more 'on edge'.
Wouldn't be bothered about playing to a packed stadium (not that I have mind), but a pub gig is more personal.