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HAPPY BIRTHDAY KEIRON
9th October 2008
Hope you had a great day and the doggies are both getting better too.
Amanda
Keiron says:
thank you they are
HOLLAND and NSW
29th September 2008
Its Gnu time again and i 'm looking forward to another successful trip and also confirming my availability for concert 18th oct with bp on sun 5th. c u in gnuville
brian winter
Keiron says:
I gnu you'd say that!
Long lost friends
11th September 2008
Colin and Doris Manson (nee Wiseman) would love to hear from you. Saw your website, you have done very well with your music.
Colin & Doris Manson
Keiron says:
Colin and Doris met at a party at my place in or around 1971. doris was in my class at school and Colin played football with my brother. I played too and was just as bad as I am now only faster!
Queensbury v Ilkley the weather!?
6th September 2008
Is the rain in Ilkley as bad as here in Queensbury? I was wondering if I will need my wellies on Tuesday or should I put a call in to Noah!
Looking forward to getting back on the treadmill of work and I may even get back in practice. Oh just realised YWO is the day before Ooops! Never mind I'll blame the bum notes on Nicky. See you there.
Jayne
Keiron says:
Rain is least of my problems at te moment. I it floods in Queensbury, we are all DOOMED!. I look forward to you coming on Tuesday; wellies? Oh go on then!
Austria Tour
11th August 2008
You don't have to be a tall man to cast a long shadow. Well Done Keiron
Paul Tombs
Keiron says:
All you need is a box to stand on! Cheers
Paul
NSW Austria Tour
10th August 2008
Hi Keiron
Just to say thanks from us all at Nottingham Symphonic Winds for helping to make last week’s Austrian tour such a success. We really pulled together as a team (musically, socially and van-packing-away-ingly!) and your leadership and participation made a real difference. I had a great time and feel sure everyone else would say the same.
See you in September!
Nicola, NSW
Keiron says:
I was impressed during the tour by many aspects of the event. The organisation, the planning, the attitude of the players, the social atmosphere, the teamwork and I have to say the orchestra. Your continued success is no accident!
Banjo Playing Hedgehogs
3rd July 2008
I found you hedgehog saga amusing and informative. That is until you started to enter the realms of fantasy. Anyone with a modicum of fretted instrument knowledge would know that when the hedgehog rolled into a ball the neck of the banjo would be sticking out quite a way. This would to a certain extent negate Rule One. Therefore the hedgehog MUST have been playing a Ukelele banjo.
Paul Tombs
Keiron says:
Now that's just silly! How can he play a banjo or a uke when he's clearly on the phone. It is against hedgehog law to use amobile whilst in control of a banjo; if anyone is ever in control of a banjo!
Re. Prickly situations
26th June 2008
In my capacity as the unofficial mascot of the Yorkshire Wild Orchestra (or should that be Wind Orchestra?) I am bitterly disappointed that a small defenceless (ok, not entirely defenceless) animal has been mindlessly used as a subject of humour without the slightest concern for its wellbeing. It may have been physically unharmed but what about the emotional damage?
Basil
P.S. I am a little confused, is Amanda suggesting the hedgehog is a musician, if so, what does he play??
Basil the YWO Squirrel
Keiron says:
I have researched this and he plays the banjo; or at least he seems to be playing it. He does appear to be attracted to the instrument in some fashion. He has also become very attached to a clothes brush.
The hedgehog could have had a much worse situation to deal with if the dog took him too close to the main road.
Hedgehod strategy No.1 is not too effective under the wheels of a moving vehical. However, hedgehog strategy 1 a reads:
If you hear a car coming roll up into a ball. Then tightly close ear, nose mouth and eyes. It is essential that the arse muscles are tight too.
"What happens if they're not?"
"Well your brains shoot out your ass!"
It's tough being a hedgehog.
Keiron
Dealing with prickly situations!
25th June 2008
A typical musician! When the going gets tough stick your head up your arse and hope it all goes away :o)
Amanda (non musician)
Keiron says:
Now Amanda do you really expect me to put your "typical musician" thing on the site? Remember the song "When the going gets tough the tough..............." Phone a friend!
Oh I did put it on the site.
Let's see if we get some feedback.
Keiron
World premier
23rd June 2008
Hi,
We were all very privileged to have heard last night's premier of Closure in its original form, it is a very intense piece in parts and I think would improve even further with subsequent listening - which would also give Dave a chance to decide whether he agrees with you ending or not…….. Harlequin Dances by the way is great; very immediate - the sort of piece that makes you smile as you listen (and I now have extreme high note envy!).
L.
Lindsay
Keiron says:
I was glad that you came to hear the concert. I know that the group appreciate the support and play all the better for it. I wanted the piece to be intriguing and worthy of more than a single listen. Harlequin Dances uses simple ostinati and thematic development to drive home the point, making it more of an impact piece; which programmes need.
It is heartening to know that you enjoyed it all.
Keiron
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