Thursday, November 23, 2006
The March of Time and the Cattle-dog
I needed a photo for the Boring Maudlin Mail (or the Boring Mail as it has become) as they will be printing a SUPPLEMENT of all the people singing in Carols by Candlelight, Wodonga and Albury versions, with photos and bios and all manner of things.
Yes, I'm in a Christmas Carol Cattle-dog. It's bizarre. Even more bizarre than the Caroloke incident.
Anyway, apparently this supplment excites the local populace so much that they turn up in droves, to the tune of 10, 000 for Wodonga and 12,000 for Albury. Ye gods and little fishes.
In one of those interesting twists, my little niece Isabel has already been in some of the publicity for the ALBURY one, (she's the one with the antlers) which apparently is not so much a CBC but a "Concert at Christmas time" sort of deal.
Or so sayeth the musical director for the Wodonga one, who rang me today about carol versions. There is nothing more fun than to listen to a musician with an economy-sized axe to grind. The normal social filters fall off and the bile doth spew forth. The Wodonga one is much more your traditional Have A Bash At All The Choruses sort of deal, apparently, hence much more christmassy. I'm now having visions of families across the Albury-Wodonga region rent asunder and a-feudin' and a-fussin' over which one they go to.
My family has no choice - my Dad and Isabel are in the Albury one and I'm in the Wodonga one so we should be all Caroled out by the time we get to actual day!
Anyway, the photo - Melinda and I betook ourselves to the cloisters here at the Uni about 7pm last night and had a bash at something suitably-soprano-headshot-like.
Yergh - when DID I get so OLD??? Digital cameras are very unkind. Still, this is the best of a bad lot, and it's not TOO bad if you look at it quickly.
One shall be enthralled to see what comes out in the supplement. My bio is a bit longer than some people's but what can you do? I been around.
Verdi Requiem update soon!
Yes, I'm in a Christmas Carol Cattle-dog. It's bizarre. Even more bizarre than the Caroloke incident.
Anyway, apparently this supplment excites the local populace so much that they turn up in droves, to the tune of 10, 000 for Wodonga and 12,000 for Albury. Ye gods and little fishes.
In one of those interesting twists, my little niece Isabel has already been in some of the publicity for the ALBURY one, (she's the one with the antlers) which apparently is not so much a CBC but a "Concert at Christmas time" sort of deal.
Or so sayeth the musical director for the Wodonga one, who rang me today about carol versions. There is nothing more fun than to listen to a musician with an economy-sized axe to grind. The normal social filters fall off and the bile doth spew forth. The Wodonga one is much more your traditional Have A Bash At All The Choruses sort of deal, apparently, hence much more christmassy. I'm now having visions of families across the Albury-Wodonga region rent asunder and a-feudin' and a-fussin' over which one they go to.
My family has no choice - my Dad and Isabel are in the Albury one and I'm in the Wodonga one so we should be all Caroled out by the time we get to actual day!
Anyway, the photo - Melinda and I betook ourselves to the cloisters here at the Uni about 7pm last night and had a bash at something suitably-soprano-headshot-like.
Yergh - when DID I get so OLD??? Digital cameras are very unkind. Still, this is the best of a bad lot, and it's not TOO bad if you look at it quickly.
One shall be enthralled to see what comes out in the supplement. My bio is a bit longer than some people's but what can you do? I been around.
Verdi Requiem update soon!
