Since WordPress recently added a ‘poll’ feature to its blogging software, I briefly considered rerunning the vote for last night’s Strictly semifinal here, thereby discounting the Beeb’s mealy mouthed decision to keep in the admittedly delicious but off-form Tom Chambers. However, to try the thing out, I’m doing a different one (if I can get it to work). … Continue reading Strictly – let bloggers decide!
Despite last week’s bad mood, I thoroughly enjoyed an hour or two of glitz and glamour (if not actual stardom) when the East Bristol Chorus took to the stage for our Christmas Concert. As far as I know it didn’t even make the local press, so here’s an impressionistic view of the proceedings at Emersons Green Village Hall as we … Continue reading Last choir standing
Hello everyone and sorry it’s been a while. The sad truth is that I have been caught up in a job interview situation which has completely messed with my writing head and taken up all mental space for a good couple of weeks. Having fallen at the final hurdle it now seems like a so … Continue reading Not so light relief
Best mate and I recently joined a choir – strictly for fun – and fun it thas been, though now that the night of our first ever concert is approaching and I still haven’t really grasped the alto line of Bohemian Rhapsody (!), I am starting to get butterflies. Now a bad throat has also … Continue reading Musical Interlude
A hasty post so that you can all read Shirley Wright’s prize-winning poem in the Sunday Telegraph Poetry for Performance competition. All the prize-winning poems were printed in yesterday’s paper (p.20!) where Shirley’s was highly praised by Ben Okri. All the short-listed poems can be read on the website. Shirley’s winning entry, ‘My Father’ is … Continue reading Poetry for Performance
Ali Bacon, Author 