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'Do Something Funny For Money'
Mar. 12th, 2009 07:36 pmTomorrow is Red Nose Day - the main event for the Comic Relief charity fundraiser. The people running the choir-group I'm part of at work arranged for us to team up with the other companies in Cardiff they're also working with, assembling down on Roald Dahl Plass to sing 'Islands In The Stream' - this year's comedy charity single (ie. the one that's not some random chart hit they've chosen in the hope of generating as many royalties as possible)
We met up for a very quick rehearsal at noon today, and even managed to learn a little harmony for the chorus! Of course, had we been able to rehearse for longer we'd have nailed it - but that's the status quo for this project. We never seem to have enough time to fully learn the three+ part harmonies. Fortnightly rehearsals are just not enough.
Anyway, this was to go ahed at about two thirty this afternoon, and was being filmed by the BBC ready to show on the main programme tomorrow night. I arranged for Mam to collect Rowan from school for me, as I knew I wouldn't be able to get across the city on time using public transport.
There were close to a hundred of us, apparently, from six or seven different offices around Cardiff, and I think we did really well all things considered! I'll find out tomorrow *grins* Doesn't matter too much if we were a little out of tune though, since that makes it all the funnier.
Not that me in a red cowboy hat and one of those stupid noses isn't funny *laughs* Though I doubt anyone'll spot me, since I was at the back.
I'm a little pissed off though, if I'm honest, by the way my parents have reacted to all this. Or not reacted, I suppose is more appropriate. We did a little performance at the Winter Wonderland in December, and neither of them even asked me how it went, let alone made an effort to come watch. And the exact same thing happened tonight. Nor have they ever asked me how the rehearsals were going - not even after we made the local evening news, and the local paper!
It was the same last Saturday, when they looked after Rowan for me in the morning so I could attend my Welsh tutorial. Not one inquiry how I got on. It's very disheartening, really.
Meh.
We met up for a very quick rehearsal at noon today, and even managed to learn a little harmony for the chorus! Of course, had we been able to rehearse for longer we'd have nailed it - but that's the status quo for this project. We never seem to have enough time to fully learn the three+ part harmonies. Fortnightly rehearsals are just not enough.
Anyway, this was to go ahed at about two thirty this afternoon, and was being filmed by the BBC ready to show on the main programme tomorrow night. I arranged for Mam to collect Rowan from school for me, as I knew I wouldn't be able to get across the city on time using public transport.
There were close to a hundred of us, apparently, from six or seven different offices around Cardiff, and I think we did really well all things considered! I'll find out tomorrow *grins* Doesn't matter too much if we were a little out of tune though, since that makes it all the funnier.
Not that me in a red cowboy hat and one of those stupid noses isn't funny *laughs* Though I doubt anyone'll spot me, since I was at the back.
I'm a little pissed off though, if I'm honest, by the way my parents have reacted to all this. Or not reacted, I suppose is more appropriate. We did a little performance at the Winter Wonderland in December, and neither of them even asked me how it went, let alone made an effort to come watch. And the exact same thing happened tonight. Nor have they ever asked me how the rehearsals were going - not even after we made the local evening news, and the local paper!
It was the same last Saturday, when they looked after Rowan for me in the morning so I could attend my Welsh tutorial. Not one inquiry how I got on. It's very disheartening, really.
Meh.
