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Lots of good stuff lately
Spidermonkey went on a school trip to Paris and Normandy. Came back with lots of new goth accessories obtained by haggling (in English) under the Eiffel Tower. But used his French to order a pizza at Parc Astérix, so that's OK.
Squirelmonkey passed his Grade 1 cornet exam with Merit. He scored 20 out of 21 for scales and arpeggios, which has to be borderline robotic, but in a good way.
The busking stall at the school summer fair reached new highs - or possibly lows - with Spider and several friends returning from Big School to play a mean guitar gig. They lack a singer, but Squirrelmonkey did a fine job of Green Day's American Idiot with no rehearsal, while Musicmonkey stunned the crowd with his Anarchy in the UK. It's not ever day you see a middle-aged punk straining to read the lyrics from a printout in front of a crowd of waist high pogo-ers. The cool guitar players coped splendidly.
We're off to France soon for ten days camping in Brittany - or further south if the weather is cold.
And I have a new (part time) job! More of which in a friends-locked post.
Spidermonkey went on a school trip to Paris and Normandy. Came back with lots of new goth accessories obtained by haggling (in English) under the Eiffel Tower. But used his French to order a pizza at Parc Astérix, so that's OK.
Squirelmonkey passed his Grade 1 cornet exam with Merit. He scored 20 out of 21 for scales and arpeggios, which has to be borderline robotic, but in a good way.
The busking stall at the school summer fair reached new highs - or possibly lows - with Spider and several friends returning from Big School to play a mean guitar gig. They lack a singer, but Squirrelmonkey did a fine job of Green Day's American Idiot with no rehearsal, while Musicmonkey stunned the crowd with his Anarchy in the UK. It's not ever day you see a middle-aged punk straining to read the lyrics from a printout in front of a crowd of waist high pogo-ers. The cool guitar players coped splendidly.
We're off to France soon for ten days camping in Brittany - or further south if the weather is cold.
And I have a new (part time) job! More of which in a friends-locked post.
