Colin's sayings - Gateacre play-day 1st. Feb 2003
'My, my,
there's lots of excitement in the ranks! They're only blobs you know.
'You won't
like it, I knew you wouldn't like it, but it's the only fingering there is.'
'I'm not entirely
convinced that the top F sharp is as sharp as it should be.'
'After
four quavers - how silly!'
'Tenors
you've spread the virus into the descants.'
'We're a
sophisticated enough group to do that…..or rather, to say that to.'
'I was
asked to find a memorable phrase for 7/4 time. "Let's all go to
Liverpool."'
'It's like
the twittering of blue birds isn't it?'
'Rather
than scrape you off the floor dead, you can breathe here.'
'The
descants sat there moaning to themselves - 'We haven't got anything to play. We
haven't got anything to play.'
'Even
someone like me, geriatric and all that, can do that.'
'That was
beautiful and pale like a Japanese print, but you need more vigour.'
'You
haven't got the strength and I haven't got the stamina.'
'So that
we know the limits of terror - afternoon tea is at ¼ to 3.'
'It
doesn't say 'undernourished'.'
'You know
what Mozart said don't you. There isn't such a thing as a dull part, only a
dull player.'
'Now I
want to see if the descants can make it sound romantic.'
'Ouch,
ouch, ouch! Did you hear that lovely
top G? Alright then, I submit.'
Collected by Judith Railton - Wirral Recorder Orchestra