Every time we say goodbye

This was my favourite moment of Thursday night's ladies' sectional, although the whole of it was great fun (the sectionals usually are!) It was when Jamie was pointing out the change from major to minor just before the "Ihr stürzt nieder" bit in Beethoven 9. This reminded him of the song, so he played it on the piano and we all sang along. Lovely :-)

There was also a slightly bizarre rambling Jamieism that started with the phrase "Who was it I was talking to in Singapore? Unruffled Ruffles..." and went on to describe a tablecloth being pulled out from underneath a pile of stuff including Maggie's teacup. It went on to include "Let's get physical!" and "It might not even occur to Mark to ask you to do tablecloths!" Sadly I can't actually remember what all this was trying to illustrate, nor did we ever find out who he was talking to in Singapore!

Other stuff I wrote down: Jamie's impression of a worm drinking rain (this was totally visual, but did amuse me at the time!) Also "Woo hoo! ... Can you write that in?" (there'd been a whole string of complex, very specific instructions to get the sound he wanted... you had to be there...) And finally, advising on how to pronounce "muss", "Moose! ... That's not an accusation."

Also there was news of two recordings - our English landscapes CD (that includes As torrents in summer) is due out very soon (possibly October), and discussions are taking place about the recording of our a cappella concert from earlier this year. At the very least we should be able to hear it ourselves eventually, and there's a possibility that it may get a wider release. Whee!