Other Choirs, Singers, Musicians that you like

[Rebecca (:]

Considering seeing these boys, plus the full choir, in concert soon. Think I should? It's a bit of a drive to get to the venue, but my mom thinks it'd be a good expierence.

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[Lexi]

Oh, and the best food, too, eh?

Lauren

Ok now you're officially a Canadian - you said "eh".

A lot of people from Wisconsin say "eh" also cause it's close to the border. Or maybe it's all the Canadian hockey players we import.

They also say "baig" instead of "bag."

Lauren

[Lexi]

Considering seeing these boys, plus the full choir, in concert soon. Think I should? It's a bit of a drive to get to the venue, but my mom thinks it'd be a good expierence.

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Definitely! They sound great!

Lauren

[Rebecca (:]

Oh, and the best food, too, eh?

Lauren

Ok now you're officially a Canadian - you said "eh".

A lot of people from Wisconsin say "eh" also cause it's close to the border. Or maybe it's all the Canadian hockey players we import.

They also say "baig" instead of "bag."

Lauren

Where as in Texas we say "baaaag"
I say eh sometimes, way down south, might be because my dad is Canadian though!

[BrightEyes]

You know Warwick is one of the few towns in England that I've actually been to visit. My friends and I stopped there to see Warwick Castle in 1983. Lovely town and I really liked it there.

1983 How old are you?

The good news is that the food has improved greatly since those days. We now have something called 'McDonalds' which serves really wonderful food. Oh, and Pizza Hut for genuine Italian grub.

Hey Yorkie,

Ok, confession time, I was born in Oct. 1962 just about the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis. So I'm 48. I know there's gotta be someone out there on these forums that's as old as me.... anyone?

<crickets chirping>

Oh well, I did like England and Scotland, and when we were there my friends and I ate at the Pizza Hut in London cause we had not had that fine cuisine in a few years. I was stationed at Spangdahlem Air Base in Germany, from 1981- 1984 and we went on a 10 day trip to see London, Canterbury, Warwick Castle and Edinburgh during Sept. 1983.

I sure wish I could go back cause I liked it there quite a bit. I'd really like to make it to Epsom for the concert but I just can't

You have beautiful churches and so much history!

Anyhow Yorkie, I don't know how old you are my friend, but I sure hope I'm not old enough to be your grandpa

[maartendas]

Oh, and the best food, too, eh?

Lauren

Ok now you're officially a Canadian - you said "eh".

A lot of people from Wisconsin say "eh" also cause it's close to the border. Or maybe it's all the Canadian hockey players we import.

They also say "baig" instead of "bag."

Lauren

Btw perhaps I should clarify how I know Canadians say "eh" - my brother married a Canadian, and I've been to visit them 4 times already My sister-in-law even has a T-shirt that has all the different meanings of "eh" written on it

Okay, back to the topic (sorry guys... )

[Yorkie]

You know Warwick is one of the few towns in England that I've actually been to visit. My friends and I stopped there to see Warwick Castle in 1983. Lovely town and I really liked it there.

1983 How old are you?

The good news is that the food has improved greatly since those days. We now have something called 'McDonalds' which serves really wonderful food. Oh, and Pizza Hut for genuine Italian grub.

Hey Yorkie,

Ok, confession time, I was born in Oct. 1962 just about the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis. So I'm 48. I know there's gotta be someone out there on these forums that's as old as me.... anyone?

<crickets chirping>

Oh well, I did like England and Scotland, and when we were there my friends and I ate at the Pizza Hut in London cause we had not had that fine cuisine in a few years. I was stationed at Spangdahlem Air Base in Germany, from 1981- 1984 and we went on a 10 trip to see London, Canterbury, Warwick Castle and Edinburgh during Sept. 1983.

I sure wish I could go back cause I liked it there quite a bit. I'd really like to make it to Epsom for the concert but I just can't

You have beautiful churches and so much history!

Anyhow Yorkie, I don't know how old you are my friend, but I sure hope I'm not old enough to be your grandpa

If it makes you feel any better, we were born in the same decade

I hope you make it back over some time my friend. Many things have changed, some even for the better

One of my small pleasures is visiting churches and Cathedrals - I get a certain thrill and sense of awe that I'm standing in a beautiful building that is 500, 600, or a thousand years old.

Mind you, I get the same thrill from a Big Mac

[BrightEyes]

If it makes you feel any better, we were born in the same decade

I hope you make it back over some time my friend. Many things have changed, some even for the better

One of my small pleasures is visiting churches and Cathedrals - I get a certain thrill and sense of awe that I'm standing in a beautiful building that is 500, 600, or a thousand years old.

Mind you, I get the same thrill from a Big Mac

Yes that does make me feel better I agree about the churches and cathedrals there. I've always been interested in British history, and to actually see Westminster Abbey, the Tower of London, and places like Warwick Castle and Edinburgh Castle was awesome!

Have you ever made it to the states, Yorkie? Not nearly so much history here, at least not for colonials. Ours goes back to the 1600's or so, whereas yours goes back centuries.

Oh and Europe is the only place I ever saw a two-story McDonalds, so of course we had to go up to the second floor to eat, cause it was there. Same way with the double-decker buses.

Anyhow, back on topic, that Warwickshire Choir sounds like they are having a tremendous amount of fun, and if anything is going to get more boys interested in choir, I think well this approach couldn't hurt. They certainly don't lack for membership!

Oh one more thing, Yorkie, I and I'm sure the other members also really appreciate the videos you're finding and posting. I don't know how you find such good quality stuff, but keep it coming, cause I'm hungry for more

[TullyBascombe]

Ok, confession time, I was born in Oct. 1962 just about the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis. So I'm 48. I know there's gotta be someone out there on these forums that's as old as me.... anyone?

Ah yes! The Cuban Missle Crisis! I remember it just like it was yesterday. I was in the 5th grade, close enough to walk home. We had air raid drills almost every day that week. They rushed together a packet of papers for us to take home to our parents in the event that the missles began to fly. My older brother tried to get me worked up about it, but I figured the closest place worth nuking was Washington, D.C., about 200 miles northeast, so it would probably take 4 or 6 hours for the fallout to reach our town and it would probably be attenutated at such a distance. My brother said that there was a closer target, a secret shelter for the government, less than 50 miles away. I thought he was just pulling my leg, but it turned out he was right. In the 1950's the Federal government built a secret bunker under the White Sulpher Springs Resort and in the 1990's they released the details of that "secret" which just happened to be common knowledge amongst school children throughout southwestern Virginia. So, like yeah, the Ruskies probably knew about it too.

My user name has a sort of relationship to the the Cuban Missle Crisis ... in a round about way. Do you know what it is?

Here's a hint, I use another username on other forums, "Dr. Strangelove", a name which has a personal link to my username here, but in a different "setting".

[BrightEyes]

Ok, confession time, I was born in Oct. 1962 just about the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis. So I'm 48. I know there's gotta be someone out there on these forums that's as old as me.... anyone?

Ah yes! The Cuban Missle Crisis! I remember it just like it was yesterday. I was in the 5th grade, close enough to walk home. We had air raid drills almost every day that week. They rushed together a packet of papers for us to take home to our parents in the event that the missles began to fly. My older brother tried to get me worked up about it, but I figured the closest place worth nuking was Washington, D.C., about 200 miles northeast, so it would probably take 4 or 6 hours for the fallout to reach our town and it would probably be attenutated at such a distance. My brother said that there was a closer target, a secret shelter for the government, less than 50 miles away. I thought he was just pulling my leg, but it turned out he was right. In the 1950's the Federal government built a secret bunker under the White Sulpher Springs Resort and in the 1990's they released the details of that "secret" which just happened to be common knowledge amongst school children throughout southwestern Virginia. So, like yeah, the Ruskies probably knew about it too.

My user name has a sort of relationship to the the Cuban Missle Crisis ... in a round about way. Do you know what it is?

Here's a hint, I use another username on other forums, "Dr. Strangelove", a name which has a personal link to my username here, but in a different "setting".

Hey Tully

Wow you have some great memories of that time.... come to think of it, that must have been a really scary thing to live through. I saw the movie "Matinee" with John Goodman and that gave a sense of the hysteria that must have been everywhere. I also saw "Thirteen Days" with Kevin Costner. We really came close to blowing up the planet!

So I had to cheat and use Google to look up Tully Bascom (sp?) and I guess it was the character Peter Sellers played in "The Mouse that Roared", and I know he was in Dr. Strangelove. My favorite role of his was Inspector Clouseau. I always liked the Pink Panther movies.

Anyhow thanks for the reply, and I'm glad there are a few of the older generation like me on the forums

[Yorkie]

Have you ever made it to the states, Yorkie? Not nearly so much history here, at least not for colonials. Ours goes back to the 1600's or so, whereas yours goes back centuries.

Yep, sure have but only the East coast. I've been to Boston, New York (a few times), D.C. and, erm, Orlando To be fair Orlando would be low on the list of my chosen destinations but one of my sisters lives there so what can you do?

Funnily enough my first trip to New York was also in the 80's when my (other) sister worked there. New York is probably my favourite city (I love London but it doesn't have that excitement you get from being in a different city and culture. Well, different for me).

[Yorkie]

My older brother tried to get me worked up about it, but I figured the closest place worth nuking was Washington, D.C., about 200 miles northeast, so it would probably take 4 or 6 hours for the fallout to reach our town and it would probably be attenutated at such a distance. My brother said that there was a closer target, a secret shelter for the government, less than 50 miles away. I thought he was just pulling my leg, but it turned out he was right. In the 1950's the Federal government built a secret bunker under the White Sulpher Springs Resort and in the 1990's they released the details of that "secret" which just happened to be common knowledge amongst school children throughout southwestern Virginia. So, like yeah, the Ruskies probably knew about it too.

Well, should things ever turn bad with the Ruskies I'm in deep doodoo.

I live about 25 miles away from the US NSA communications monitoring station at Menwith Hill. It is known to be a priority target for the Russian military. I'm not sure what a 'safe' distance is from a nuclear detonation but I suspect I would prefer to be more than 25 miles away!

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/po ... 60057.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Menwith_Hill

http://www.ayup.co.uk/shuttup/shuttup1-0.html
http://www.fas.org/irp/facility/menwit ... urn false;

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[Yorkie]

As much as I like the tone of a treble, I've come to the conclusion that the beauty is in a group of trebles singing. William Dutton had an excellent voice, but I think I would prefer to hear him with the support of, oh lets say, 24 boys from a small church in South London.

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[BrightEyes]

My older brother tried to get me worked up about it, but I figured the closest place worth nuking was Washington, D.C., about 200 miles northeast, so it would probably take 4 or 6 hours for the fallout to reach our town and it would probably be attenutated at such a distance. My brother said that there was a closer target, a secret shelter for the government, less than 50 miles away. I thought he was just pulling my leg, but it turned out he was right. In the 1950's the Federal government built a secret bunker under the White Sulpher Springs Resort and in the 1990's they released the details of that "secret" which just happened to be common knowledge amongst school children throughout southwestern Virginia. So, like yeah, the Ruskies probably knew about it too.

Well, should things ever turn bad with the Ruskies I'm in deep doodoo.

I live about 25 miles away from the US NSA communications monitoring station at Menwith Hill. It is known to be a priority target for the Russian military. I'm not sure what a 'safe' distance is from a nuclear detonation but I suspect I would prefer to be more than 25 miles away!

I worked at the Pentagon for a while in 1985. That's definitely ground zero. And while I was there we visited one of the underground bunkers where we would evacuate if the missiles ever flew. I remember it was in Pennsylvania or Maryland I think. Unbelievable security!

Thank the lord it seems like the tension between the U.S. and Russia is a thing of the past and the nuclear holocaust hopefully never happens! I think it may not matter where you are if there ever is a massive launch. You're probably better to be near a target so it's all over quick. I would hate to die slowly and watch the world struggle to survive after such a disaster.

Now all we have to worry about seems like the U.S. and China/North Korea and Iran, and India and Pakistan.... crud! I wish the world's peoples got along better

Anyway... I'm glad you've visited some to the states, Yorkie. Though I think you should visit our national parks such as Yosemite and Glacier Lake. I think they're our best asset.

Oh and I liked the videos, particularly the 3rd one. I enjoy hearing the behind the scenes interviews and the interaction they get with the queen. Really cool. We need to steal some of them St. Georges kids and get them into Libera!

[liberavieve]

As much as I like the tone of a treble, I've come to the conclusion that the beauty is in a group of trebles singing. William Dutton had an excellent voice, but I think I would prefer to hear him with the support of, oh lets say, 24 boys from a small church in South London.

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Whenever I see 'Come, Sing at St George's!' I can't help but hear it as a cheesy television jingle sung by overly-happy choristers— not unlike Will Dutton in the SoP video of 'Happiness' with Ken Dodd, actually!

And, boy; how I wish I'd had the opportunity, as a child, to attend a school like St George's on a choristership. These behind-the-scenes videos make me more than a bit wistful!

(And would you look at that? It seems that today is Will Dutton's sixteenth birthday! Good timing, Yorkie.)