Being Friday the 24th of May, 2013 ...

 

 

 

"Where is everybody?"asked Moseley.

Well, Berry turned up as MC.
He demonstrated these accessories ...




A guitar pick ...

 

 

A capo ...



A baby bath ... ??!

By 2037hrs.37secs. we were ready to entertain ourselves.

• Berry began proceedings from his back passage ... catalogue.

• Paul regretted the passing of adolescence.

 


Suzanne led us in choral, harmonic whistling,
including counterpoint!

Molly drank tea.



 

 

Berry was permitted to caress Elsie.
Actually, Elsie is Mick's pretty, new guitar, described as
'a parlour jumbo'.

 

Mick fiddled for the ballroom.

 

 

Fortunately, this notice was not regarded
as an instruction.
(Thank you, Nigel.)

 

Parish notices ...

•  BeHeld will be performing at Evershed Arts Centre, Billingshurst on Saturday, 1st June. Some of us will be going along. 

• 'A Bang on the Ear' have been booked to play on Saturday 15th June at the ...

I Love my Village Festival.

That's at ...

Manor Farm, Church Lane, Eastergate.

2.00pm - 11.00pm.

• The Guide Hall will be available to us every Friday throughout June and July.



Being Friday the 17th of May, 2013 ...

 

 

Here's the latest wall-hanging, of uncertain significance.

 

 

This was another cosy gathering off 11 bodies, MC-d by Angela, fresh from her Way out West gig with Paul in Washington (UK).

Objective accounts indicate that the gig went well.

 

This is the shirt that Angela
bought in a charity shop
for that event.

 

 

We asked, “Did you get paid?”

There followed an interesting and indignant observation from Berry that organisers of ‘open-mike’ sessions capitalise on performers … who get nowt. 

 

The early proceedings had the flavour of a respiration workshop.

Everyone agreed that breathing air was quite a good thing.
Here are the graphic instructions...
 

 

Only occasionally did Paul forget.

 

 

We talked about history, demographics, health and money.

Berry commented, “We’ve got all these supermarkets and people are obese.”

Molly observed that people in their 70s appear to be stronger than those 10 or 20 years younger.

Dogsbody resolved to grow up!

 

Between all this irrelevant banter we were encouraged to perform songs and music.

 



 

Look out, Rangers,
those redskins are coming!

 

 

 

Roger builds a railroad.

 

"Come along, Johnny,
it's time to go home."

 

Roger asked about ‘Claudy Banks.’

Some commentators claim that the song refers to the River Clyde.

Others, however, observe that there is the village of Claudy in Co. Derry, Northern Ireland. It lies on the banks of the River Faughan.

Now, that makes sense ...



 

 

Cumber Bridge crossing R. Faughan at Claudy, N.I.

 

 

Berry sang a song addressed to his mother ...

 

Why should this be so?
Was it because the lyrics refer
to kissing?
 

 

Apart from all that there was the customary death-count, one talking bird, references to love, something about the Romany community and ... at least ... TWO trains!

 

 

70 years ago ...

It's an anniversary today.
I intend no disrespect, but this is for ukulele lovers ...

 

BOMBS AWAY!

 

 



Despite it's regrettable function, the Avro Lancaster was a particularly beautiful piece of British engineering ...

 

 

No, this is not my Airfix model.

 



 





Being Friday the 10th of May, 2013 ...

Songs of ...

• domestic violence,
• divorce,
• addiction to illegal substances,
• at least six human deaths,
• two lost limbs,
• one small dog’s funeral and
• an exploding goat …

what more light entertainment could you possibly desire on a Friday evening?

 

You could, of course, have stayed at home to listen to Friday Night is Music Night on BBC Radio 2.

10 of us didn’t, and enjoyed one of those cosy evenings of music and banter at the City Folk Club.

 

The new table-illumination was explained, discussed, admired and criticised … nobody got burnt.

We welcomed Elayne's friend, Rosie, who sang to what, in Dogsbody's humble opinion, is one of the finest folk melodies ever composed ...

 

 

No, we didn't have a brass band.

The obscure conundrum for the week was, “What did Sylvester say to Sweetie-Pie?” Paul replied in tongues, before yodelling something that had recently been described elsewhere as 'truly dreadful' with Angela.
It wasn't dreadful, at all.

Elayne managed to include the word 'effluvium' in a song.

 

Pearl of wisdom: “Symmetry is everything.” Mike said that … not sure why.

 

 

Look out, ladies, here comes Gomez!

 

 

In life I belonged to Mr. MacGinty.

"I am going a-walking by
yon clear crystal stream."
WHOOPS!

No, they are not ice-creams!