Tonight I’ll be performing with my fellow London Gay Men’s Chorus members at The Shepherds Bush Empire for the Opening Ceremony of the International Gay & Lesbian Football Association World Championships 2008, which are being held right here in London.
It should be a really fab evening, just wish Bryan could have come as it means we’ll not be together on the Bank Holiday Sunday.
It should be really fabby! Here’s some details if you want have a look at the IGLFA World Championship Website…
I know this may be a slightly biased view when it comes to the Fringe and this particular performance… but I don’t care.
I was in Edinburgh on Business and couldn’t miss the chance to see Far From Kansas, the LGMC Commercial Choir, perform their show THERE’S NO PLACE LIKE HOMO. I’d missed the chance to see it performed at The Kings Head in Islington… so was really looking forward to it.
Well… I was not disappointed! The show was funny, well sung, well choreographed and had a glass of free champers to start it!
Of course I sat at the front, and a few of the chorus boys spotted me singing along to a few of the numbers I know… and yes… I sat on the Second Tenor side!
Hopefully the whole run has been a success, and I’d not have any trouble in deciding to go and see another one of their shows!
A guy fell asleep on the beach for several hours and got a horrible sunburn, specifically to his upper legs. He went to the hospital, and was promptly admitted after being diagnosed with second-degree burns.
With his skin already starting to blister, and the severe pain he was in, the doctor prescribed continuous intravenous feeding with saline, electrolytes, a sedative, and a Viagra pill every four hours. The nurse, who was rather astounded, asked, ‘What good will Viagra do for him, doctor’? The doctor replied, ‘It won’t do anything for his condition, but it’ll keep the sheets off his legs.
We’ve done two shows at Cadogan Hall, and when you count the number of standing ovations we got… total count is FOUR! Je Ne Regrette Rien went down a treat, and well, I have a feeling that I FEEL PRETTY will become a standard song in the chorus’ repertoire!
Aparrently we also managed to reduce the Deputy Mayor of London to tears… as well as my sister! Strangely enough though, my sister was balling when we sang JERUSALEM. I accept we sing it beautifully (no rugby here!), but I wouldn’t cry!
There was only one cringey part in the whole show. One of our small group songs “OH ROSE THOU ART SICK” had awful images of cruising boys being projected up onto a thirty foot screen behind the main chorus. Yeah… odd!
Anyhoo… I’d like to thank Mark, Anne, Samantha, (Sam’s friend), Simone, Raynee, (Raynee’s friend), Lesley (my sister) and of course my beloved Bryan for coming along on the Saturday night show to support me! I really appreciate it! Thanks also to my folks for raising your glasses high on the first night. I could feel you were thinking of me as I stepped onto stage for the first time ever!
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