...cannot resist a puppet version of Rush's 'Tom Sawyer'.

No idea who wimp.com are, but this was the source of my goats-entertaining-themselves-on-a-wobbleboard video, which can't be bad.

These two movies were on back to back on Sunday. They both date from 1978 or so. They both feature John Williams' scores, which came up recently in the BBC4 feature about Music of the Movies (tying in nicely with the Proms ( Read more... )

 Dance moot in Harplestane was once more a lovely occasion. For me, it was a hugely relaxing event: pusscat was in good hands, and I had three days to enjoy good company and do nothing more strenuous than invite people to join in the next dance in the hall. ( Read more... )

Last Friday evening, Robert and I rounded out our week of culture with a concert at St Bartholomew the Great church (the one behind St. Barts hospital, featured in Four Weddings and a Funeral, and also where the KWHS tour stopped for an impromptu visit a couple of years ago).

This was a citole concert - the feature of a citole workshop going on ( Read more... )

I was referring to Lady Cecilia's Allmande, or Sosilla's Allemande, or whatever form you know.
Apparently the original instructions are to 'embrace your partner' at the end of the dance, so the embrace can take whatever form you feel comfortable with.
With the dance mob that Master Paul and milady Anne run with, it's snogging. :-)

I think we should ( Read more... )