tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8757611109196983331.post5907855775012527004..comments2023-10-18T05:14:58.382-04:00Comments on I Can Fly, Just Not Up: Patriotic PrejudiceCandygirlflieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04402373358975538931noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8757611109196983331.post-57385917693947496902008-05-18T19:12:00.000-04:002008-05-18T19:12:00.000-04:00Having more than a fleeting knowledge of the vario...Having more than a fleeting knowledge of the various characters depicted in this posting - I must say, what I remember most about your childhood home was the omni-present music ... Your father in his little music room off the living room ... your sibs practising various instruments ... BUT ONE memory stands out ... your brother practising the piano in another room, while you and were having tea in the kitchen and your dear old mom was banging pots and pans and muttering under her breath while you smiled ... you later told unenlightened me that dear old Brother was using is immense talent to play cross handed (left hand playing the right notes and the right playing the left), playing the piece from end to beginning, and from time to time playing with the sheet music upside down ...<BR/><BR/>It was ALL part of the fun of your familial home that left me in awe.Reverend Shawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17592815717779408231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8757611109196983331.post-4899226434648788752008-05-18T17:48:00.000-04:002008-05-18T17:48:00.000-04:00We used to sing "God Save the Queen" at school as ...We used to sing "God Save the Queen" at school as a part of our National Anthems, but it has long since been abandoned... Alas.<BR/><BR/>"I Vow to Thee My Country" is also one of my favourites. When my eldest came home from school having just heard Holst's "The Planets" in music class at school, she was thrilled to discover that there were WORDS to go along with her favourite part!! It is, indeed, a lovely and stirring hymn.<BR/><BR/>Much love to you-- xo CGFCandygirlflieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04402373358975538931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8757611109196983331.post-91651842261270789022008-05-18T16:27:00.000-04:002008-05-18T16:27:00.000-04:00Oh Candy I did enjoy your You Tube clip. Yes those...Oh Candy I did enjoy your You Tube clip. Yes those three songs are so very stirring! <BR/><BR/>We would sing all three at school, the whole school assembly, and with 400-500 voices, raise the roof! <BR/><BR/>The other one we loved was 'I Vow to Thee my Country'. And 'Men of Harlech'.merinzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01950053039147788819noreply@blogger.com