Comments on: Family, meet violin my new best friend…

By: Old Midhurstian

Old Midhurstian — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:17:55 +0000

Oh Ryan! I guess someone had to say that, thanks

By: aguyinlove.blogspot.com/

aguyinlove.blogspot.com/ — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:54:08 +0000

memories are great when your feeling blue or whatever sometimes a memory is just want a person needs to put a smile on there face.

you said holding a superior instrument omg that brings up a memory for me hehe!

kisses

By: Old Midhurstian

Old Midhurstian — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:48:48 +0000

Hi Andy
Yes, the good bits are worth remembering as an antidote to the bad stuff and that woman was probably the most important person in my whole school life. The car was a real mess though

By: andy

andy — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:36:04 +0000

hi mac
I find comfort in knowing that you are enjoying some pleasant memories from your past to help offset some of the less than comforting ones.

>>” I’ll always remember her rather battered but fairly serviceable Renault Dauphin which had ferried me to all my grading exams and would soon do the same job for my audition with the County Youth Orchestra.”
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By: Old Midhurstian

Old Midhurstian — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:58:15 +0000

Even by my standards thet would have been outrageous! I did indeed still sing then and continued to do so until I left school at 18 by which time I was a tenor, at 14 I was still a soprano, being a late developer was just one more thing target for the teasing and bullying. In those day I “proudly” wore my school scarf fro protection.

By: Micky

Micky — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:33:23 +0000

Had you been the young Quentin Crisp, of course, you’d have put the silk scarf around your neck, as a cravat at least, and told everyone up to the Head Master that it was on the orders of your music teacher – perhaps to keep your throat warm against the cold winter winds (you could, and did, still sing just then, I hope?)

Heart-warming story – thanks!