The subject refers to me, myself and I. For lo, on Sunday I took part in an attempt to break the record for the world's largest orchestra: So I drove down to Ashford with some other intrepid musicians, waited in a queue for parking for aaaaages, got sorted with some sheet music and sat down to await the call to arms. Christ, how many 5-year old recorder players and mini violinists can there _be_ in Kent? All confused about where to stand and needing their music rescued from the evil clutches of the wild Kentish wind every 10 seconds. Due to the bizarre weather, I got a sunburnt nose and then simultaneously drowned and whiplashed by the wind and rain. Anyway, after an hour or so of rehearsing, we actually played the piece (specially composed for the occasion and not much cop, frankly. "Music for Multitudes"? Sheesh...). 9 minutes long, and the heroic conductor managed to keep everyone together by way of being 20ft up in the air on a scaffold and waving his arms in increasingly large circles for beat indications. We did it! Yay! 2212 players (beating the record of 2049). I've got a nice certificate and everything... Ecch, and then I had to hang around for another hour to play with my windband in the VIP tent. Never mind, it was a good day. I just thought you should know, see... ByeBye, Liz. ************************************************************* Love without hope, as when the young bird-catcher Swept off his tall hat to the Squire's own daughter, So let the imprisoned larks escape and fly Singing about her head, as she rode by. Robert Graves ************************************************************* ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". . For subscribing, unsubscribing and other list information please see . http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister@majordomo.net . Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa -----------------------------------------------------------------------