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Post by Andrew on Sept 25, 2008 9:08:39 GMT
Martin, Was that the Carly Simon " Nobody does it better"? Larry You mean this one Larry? That's one of my all time favourite songs!!! 'The Spy Who Loved Me' (1977) is a fantastic James Bond Film too...  WOWSERS... I would really LOVE to hear Hayley sing this song!!!  Andrew  |
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Post by Martin on Sept 25, 2008 9:50:24 GMT
Martin, Was that the Carly Simon " Nobody does it better"? Larry Hi Larry Sure was and for me it was the hightlight of the evening. Let's hope that Hayley either records it as some point in the future or includes it in a concert. Best wishes Martin |
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Post by larryhauck on Sept 26, 2008 1:40:10 GMT
Hi Martin,
This surprises me a bit that Hayley would sing this song at that venue. This is the kind of music that would be popular in the U S. Perhaps this was a trial balloon. Carly Simon has always been a favorite of mine.
I'd venture Carly would be happy to have Hayley sing her music. Hayley has the perfect voice to do it. Look what Dianne Warwick did for Burt Bacarach's music in the sixties.
Larry
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Post by pjrcorreia on Sept 26, 2008 21:45:37 GMT
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Post by postscript on Sept 27, 2008 11:27:03 GMT
Hi one and all.
Despite thinking I was running my own life again, in fact I have been overloaded and only now taken time out to post. As others have commented I did not have any intention of attempting a meet and greet because I guessed the scale of event would make it impracticable and my approach had been 'Hayley in context of the whole spectacle'. For that reason I have it in mind to book in two years time (If it becomes a regular it seems likely to be a biennial event)to book regardless of artiste's. The fireworks were stupendous including several new (to me) firework cascades and collective firework groupings. Also, the fireworks interacted with the music throughout the show, including magnificent son et lumiere using the college as backdrop. Many will remember the slides shone on the front of Buckingham Palace during those celebrations for the Queen. This is achieved by lightly framed supports holding a vast stitched sheet of muslin as a cinema screen. For those disliking the militaristic, the first half may not have appealed but for someone of my age, it brought back memories of my early music experience--the music hall songs (influence of grand parents), WWI songs from boy scout camp fire singalongs, etc. It evoked days when boys and girls were not supposed to liaise, even to the point of not fraternising with one's own sister in the high street! The headmaster of my day once suggested to the headmistress of the girl's school that there should be more social liaison and received the frosty reply from, needless to say, 'one spinster of this parish', 'There is no way I am having your boys near any of my gals, no way, no how, not ever! That attitude did not change until ten years ago when a woman was appointed head of the boys' school with orders to bring the two schools together which she has done very successfully. My mind wonders if she won't be offered a peerage to keep her expertise available in the wider world. She became the first woman to chair the Headmasters' Conference and is highly regarded in educational circles, being the author of a book on co-education, which I believe has become something of a bible.
I was brought to think on these things when my car was inspected by one very chirpy and bubbly but small-framed female soldier who was obviously enjoying her time in the army. Only a few weeks previously I had been at my old school as a party of 'Old Boys' (including 'Old Girls') were congregating outside the lych gate awaiting our coach when into the quad drove a short convoy of 3-ton army trucks, from the backs of which a bevy of army fatigues-dressed boys and girls tumbled with their kit. They had been on summer camp.
I am sure I would have enjoyed my time in the corps far more if we'd had the girls with us too! In my day the Governors managed to conclude it was cheaper to have two sanatoria rather than one sanatorium to serve both schools simply because they could not bring themselves to contemplate, boys, girls and beds in the same building!
The general air at Sandhurst was of a great camaraderie and fun but then the public was there. Arriving on foot at a junction I saw a sergeant directing traffic to park in the opposite direction to where I had just parked. 'Sorry, sergeant, have I parked in the wrong place?' 'Don't you worry about it, sir. Not your fault at all, someone forgot to put the direction signs out.' I can't imagine the sergeant speaking in that way to the chap who forgot to put the direction signs out! Although that would rather depend upon the rank! That incident was on top of an officer directing me wrongly en route. I thought I had gone round in a circle when the said officer said, 'Haven't I seen you before?' 'Yes, you told me to turn right.' 'Sorry about that sir, I should have told you to turn left!' I would have thought anyone in an army knew their left from their right especially at Sandhurst!
Being in one of my preoccupied modes I had not done any reccy work so was not aware one could sit out on the lawn with one's own deck chair which I had left in the car too far away to walk to it even in the interval. I used the pillar of a canvas screen as a back support. Actually for the fireworks you needed distance from the actual events and I had a superb view over all. Others obviously had been before or done a proper reccy for they had the foresight to bring a 'make-do' dining table and its accompanying centre candelabrum which was at least good quality silver-plate if not solid silver. Reminded me of my corps camp days when I discovered Eton's officers' mess tent had the dining table and the side-board as well as two cendelabra and their butler!
The sky dives were superb, the sky-divers wearing multifluorescing colours so they floated down like large butterflies--no, that should not be 'moths' I do not think there is any moth so colourful.
Completely unlike that washout performer in New York recently, this death diver literally dived head-first and at the really last minute swung himself horizontal causing his parachute to re-open and jerk his head up so his feet hit the ground bringing him standing up right. Incredibly he landed just six or so feet from the edge of the crowd. He left it so late you could hear the rush of air his falling body caused as he came to land.
This sense of awe and respect was uniform throughout the whole performance. All artistse, solo and banded delivered first-class presentation and clarity. As were all, Hayley was well-amplified. With such a crowd amplification was essential and `I do not think I have heard Hayley so well amplified with such clarity. I was at the back of what? A widely spread audience that must have amounted to 20,000 in total? Do I exaggerate, anyone? If so large their applause was extraordinarily quiet but then they weren't amplified! In contrast to where we were, other than the pre-show organisation needed which generally was excellent, it was a very relaxed concert. I did not see any problem with camera police. I also did not see any flash despite seeing many cameras used.
I, too was astounded at the principal seats being so far back, I had expected them to be much closer. I think the reason was the what I perceived were the bar facilities and waiter service. For me, irrelevant, what I wanted was the front rows.
Fortunately I expected a very cold night so came well-prepared. It had been a superb ALMOST Indian Summer day, when I took time to meander the countryside and we had a superbly clear night sky and a magnificent sunset. This was one really great concert for the concert itself! The whole day magnificent.
Peter S.
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