Posted: Fri Oct 27, 2006 8:22 pm
I can see this thread has digressed elsewhere, but i felt i just had to answer dtbs... sorry to interrupt the reminiscing!
I do admit a 'slight' bias though, singing with Grecians East (and listening to our plentiful applause
)
However, as a member (and only one of quite a few) of Schola and East, I do feel perhaps slightly offended by the ease with which it is alleged that West have all of schola, all the good singers, etc. Perhaps West 'ought' to have won, considering who they had - maybe the choice of song was not the best... BCWG was clearly more impressed by East, as shown by his immediate comments
Before measuring the winner by the volume of cheering though, the attempts of East and West to 'out-gracious' the other side, in the volume of raucous cheering, ought to be taken into consideration. Perhaps what mrs c. is in fact saying is that East were clearly gracious than West. Result!
Yes!DavebytheSea wrote:But Mark, I ask, were you actually there?
I do admit a 'slight' bias though, singing with Grecians East (and listening to our plentiful applause
)However, as a member (and only one of quite a few) of Schola and East, I do feel perhaps slightly offended by the ease with which it is alleged that West have all of schola, all the good singers, etc. Perhaps West 'ought' to have won, considering who they had - maybe the choice of song was not the best... BCWG was clearly more impressed by East, as shown by his immediate comments
Before measuring the winner by the volume of cheering though, the attempts of East and West to 'out-gracious' the other side, in the volume of raucous cheering, ought to be taken into consideration. Perhaps what mrs c. is in fact saying is that East were clearly gracious than West. Result!
