There were people at our school taking photographs today. They wouldn't tell us what they were there for. Conspiracy ( Read more... )

Well, I'm back ( Read more... )

So long, everybody! I'm off to Glasgow and Loch Lomond tomorrow morning with the orchestra. We're staying in a huge castle-type place, which looks like marvellous fun!

I'll be back on Monday evening. Hope everything stays comparitively sane around here (I'd hate to miss the madness.)

Tinkerty tonk!

The Feis was today. I had a bad dream about it a few nights ago where I was on a stage in this huge hall, an enormous desolate wooden stage, and the judges were staring loftily down at me from a big high podium, and I had to play for about five hundred people ( Read more... )

I found my Pirates of Penzance CD yesterday, and a book with the words of all the Savoy operas in it! So now, from the pens of Messrs. Gilbert and Sullivan, I bring you my favourite opera song:

( He is the very model of a modern Major-General! )

The practicals went quite well, as far as I can tell. The examiner obviously didn't tell me. He seemed nice ( Read more... )

I'm Moving Up to the Concert orchestra in April! Whee! *dances some more*

The Concert orchestra get fancy light shows at their performances, and John Finucane is a cool conductor. I'll miss the Inters crowd, of course, but sacrifices must be made.

The Scotland trip is next Friday, Stargazy is excited!

Wow, I'm busy at the moment... for some reason every authority in this country even remotely connected with music holds their Great Occasion at the end of March. I have a Feis coming up next week, my Music Mock on Saturday, a trip to Scotland with the orchestra, and then my music practical and my concert with the other orchestra, not to mention the ( Read more... )

Well, that was a good weekend. Mad, certainly. Chaotic, even. But great ( Read more... )

I kept this separate from the previous entry, for obvious length reasons ( Read more... )