FrozenDreamer

As many of you know, I’m a member of The London Gay Men’s Chorus, and every year, the chorus puts on a Christmas show for it’s ‘fans’. This year was a show directed by the fabulous Stuart Burrows, entitled, ‘For Christmas Sake’. The idea behind the show was ‘traditional’… and that’s what you got. Beautiful arrangements of Silent Night, Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas and my personal favourite  of the season, Over the Skies of Yisrael. Simply stunning.

The choralography this year was also very good. Simple, but effective movement backed up by some fiery dance moves and very witty link material provided by the chorus’ very own Angel Gabriel, Michael Mangion.

Pictures from the season can be viewed by clicking on the picture below…

A fantastic season, and the next one should be even better, with the chorus participating in an International Chorus Festival called Various Voices… as well as an international trip to Helsinki planned for the middle part of the year! Fantastic! See you there!

For an ex-mall-rat like myself, the chance to go to a new shopping centre is like dangling an iPod in front of a MAC geek!

It’s a great place… really huge and more importantly, not full of the ‘usual’ culprits that you get on every high street and in every other mall. I’d really recommend you go if you have a chance, but I have a feeling that Westfield will become the shopping destination for most Londoners. 

Oxford Street, with it’s tiny sidewalks, dingy shops, weather (rain) and muggers… no more… I know where I’m spending my money from now on!

Oh, and when I was leaving, I passed the BBC Television studios… which was quite fun as there was a queue outside the place for the audience, going in to see Strictly Come Dancing. They all looked very smart in their outfits… but that said, they also looked bloody freezing waiting outside like that. 

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…

Today, London became Johannesburg! I’m not sure what the actual temperature was, but when I sit in the office and actually STICK to my chair, you know it’s hot.

So uncomfortable! 

That said though, it was quite nice to go out to Soho and watch the really sexy boys walking about in their skimpies! Yum!

So the workers came yesterday to start fixing the floor. Ofcourse there had been confusion as to what it was they were supposed to be doing… fix bits of the floor vs. replace the whole thing. In the end, we all decided that we would fix bits of the floor. Quicker! Of course, Muki, the owner of the Parquet Flooring company will be charging the Insurance company for the full lift and replacement… because he’s a sheister.

So this is the floor and downstairs as of last night….

As you can see… the flat is a tip! Hopefully, after today we’ll get the flat back into a livable space tomorrow! So Bryan and I are heading out today to get haircuts and eat food on Upper Street (Islington)