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Music… and my favourite gigs
Music has always been an important part of my life even though I don’t play any instrument myself. You can read all about how I became a groupie (… there’s more of a story to those posts than you might guess from the title!) Music has also enabled me to meet the most wonderful people and make some great friends… and music has been an inspiration too!
Pearl fishers again
Here is an interesting recording of this wonderful duet from Bizet’s Pearl Fishers, sung in English by Richard Tucker and Robert Weede. I have to confess I’d never heard of either of them, but I’m going to be on the lookout now!
MorePirate metal
Have you ever heard of it? No I hadn’t either until my son’s friend Josh went to a gig: Alestorm – Keelhauled
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It takes me back!
From about the age of fourteen I had a French pen-friend called Nicole. When I was seventeen I went and stayed with her in Normandy, and then she came back to England and stayed with my family. I had a great time in France – her family lived next to a Camembert factory where her father […]
MoreDance for love
Wouldn’t this be the most amazing title for a novel? maybe I should ask if I can use it… in the meantime, have a look at this video, and enjoy it!
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Lois Elsden 