Sheffield and Oxford – I hardly knew ya!
April 14, 2009
Thank you to everyone who came along to my gigs at Jazz @ The Picture House in Sheffield last Monday, and at the Oxford Jazz Festival on Friday. Both were a blast, and I’m enormously touched by so many people turning out for me. Especially when it’s a Monday/it’s raining. You people are saints. Saints, I tell you.
Here I am in on stage in Sheffield, looking not unlike Ginormica in Monsters Vs Aliens. And yes, that’s my Pocketed Launch Gig Frock I’m wearing – the same one I wore at Oxford. (And to anyone who sees any photographic evidence of that performance, I would just like to point out in my defence that I’m going through a particularly bad time right now, ie. growing out my fringe.)
But enough of the frocks and hair - hopefully everyone enjoyed the music, too. Because that’s what it’s all about, right? Well, that and the between-song chatter… which is all a bit of a blur, although I do remember producing a compass at one point, and insulting Jacqueline Du Pré. Did that really happen? Oops!
Yes indeedy. Pointing to a 3 foot high bronze of Ms du Pre you said ‘wow I knew lot of things about her, but I dodn’t realize she a midget!’.
A midget!!!!!!!! On Stage! In the Jacqueline Du Pré building! Love it
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Comment by Sarah GIllepsie — April 15, 2009 @ 1:33 pm
Might it be that a very wee person took the photo?
Comment by Mark Cooper — April 15, 2009 @ 8:10 pm
haha! of course, I’m so sorry: a photo credit must go to Mark Cooper. Thank you, Mark.
Comment by Andrea — April 16, 2009 @ 4:06 pm
I can’t remember you dissing Ms Du Pre? Was that early on? I do remember you producing the compass, taking photos, tap dancing in your primark shoes, and wondering what happened to the Blue Peter time capsule. Oh, and you sang a couple of songs too.
Talk about value for money
Comment by Darrell — April 17, 2009 @ 8:08 pm