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Title: I'm not sending Christmas cards this year.......
Post by: Philip. on December 20, 2019, 04:54:10 PM
......so I'm playing you all a seasonal tune from my recorder, Merry Christmas everyone  :D :D :D

Title: Re: I'm not sending Christmas cards this year.......
Post by: Newportnobby on December 20, 2019, 09:20:10 PM
Like Les Dawson playing the piano badly, you really have to be able to play the instrument well in order to play it badly, although I do wonder if that applied to the Portsmouth Sinfonia :-\

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmqBzFcHQis (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmqBzFcHQis)
Title: Re: I'm not sending Christmas cards this year.......
Post by: weave on December 21, 2019, 06:39:00 AM
Hi Philip,

Excellent. Thanks for that. Brought back memories of why I was banned by my father from EVER practising the recorder while he was in the house  ;D . My mother, on the other hand, tried to encourage me. The poor thing  :(.

Cheers weave  :beers:
Title: Re: I'm not sending Christmas cards this year.......
Post by: port perran on December 21, 2019, 06:56:11 AM
I wondered where that noise was coming from last week.
The SW gale blew it 20 miles up the road!
Great stuff though and Merry Christmas.
Martin
Title: Re: I'm not sending Christmas cards this year.......
Post by: chrism on December 21, 2019, 07:09:24 AM
Quote from: Newportnobby on December 20, 2019, 09:20:10 PM
Like Les Dawson playing the piano badly, you really have to be able to play the instrument well in order to play it badly,

By far the best playing the piano badly was the great Eric Morecambe with "Andrew Preview".

"You're playing all the wrong notes."
"I'm playing all the right notes - but not necessarily in the right order."
:D
Title: Re: I'm not sending Christmas cards this year.......
Post by: NinOz on December 21, 2019, 08:10:12 AM
Quote from: Philip. on December 20, 2019, 04:54:10 PM
......so I'm playing you all a seasonal tune from my recorder, Merry Christmas everyone  :D :D :D
Would have been better blowing through a Betamax instead of a VHS recorder. :o
Title: Re: I'm not sending Christmas cards this year.......
Post by: daffy on December 21, 2019, 10:27:32 AM
I clicked the link, turned on the volume on my iPad, and the immediate result was:

Wife (loudly):  "Oh my God! What's that! That's awful! Turn it off at once!" :o

To ensure I still get a visit from Santa this year, I complied.

Merry Christmas.  :D
Title: Re: I'm not sending Christmas cards this year.......
Post by: Corbie on December 21, 2019, 11:53:38 AM
A masterpiece. Hats off to you.
:admiration:
Title: Re: I'm not sending Christmas cards this year.......
Post by: Bealman on December 21, 2019, 10:57:37 PM
It's made me want to dig mine out and have a play!

Had to get one in high school. A wood one, not a crap plastic one. It was a quality brand, but the name escapes me.
Title: Re: I'm not sending Christmas cards this year.......
Post by: gc4946 on December 22, 2019, 12:16:02 AM
Quote from: Newportnobby on December 20, 2019, 09:20:10 PM
Like Les Dawson playing the piano badly, you really have to be able to play the instrument well in order to play it badly, although I do wonder if that applied to the Portsmouth Sinfonia :-\

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmqBzFcHQis (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmqBzFcHQis)

I vaguely knew one of the musicians involved in the Portsmouth Sinfonia in the 80s as he was a college lecturer, won't disclose his name. 
Title: Re: I'm not sending Christmas cards this year.......
Post by: joe cassidy on December 27, 2019, 12:50:17 PM
I remember in the 1960s all the kids had Dolmetsch recorders.

Was he one of Harold Wilson's friends ?