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fleetfootmike) wrote2011-11-30 09:02 pm
fleetfootmike) wrote2011-11-30 09:02 pm
"Well, I'm back..."
...or, to use another literary quote, "Ouf. Isn't it a blessing to be home?"
Not that I grudge the day, it being Keris' funeral.![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
demoneyeshas already said pretty much everything that needs to be said, but I will add that the venue was beautiful, if windswept, and that Filkdom Assembled was in spectacularly fine voice, especially in the final chorus of Many Hearts One Voice. I think even the funeral director was moved. And it was amusing watching the pallbearers (who by union rules are of course restricted to looking either lugubrious or dyspeptic) trying not to break into grins during Chocolate is a Vegetable. I should also add that bardling deserves tremendous credit for keeping everyone organised.
Suffice it to say thatwere_gopher and I made it back to Peterborough in time for her to catch the 18.50 back to Leeds, and Anne arrived home not long after me with Chinese, so all was well.
Since a couple of people asked: my cheat sheet (more a full script, to be honest) for Keris' eulogy is here, and the PDF of the Bucks Herald's article (the earlier version of the same thing, including a lovely photo properly credited tokitespirit) is here.
I think he would have been tickled by the fact that the app I was using on my iPad as autocue was OnSong, which allows you to scroll lyrics past at an appropriate speed, the idea being that it'd slow down my tendency to talk too fast. As a result, I can reveal that the recommended tempo for Keris' eulogy is 96 bpm. :)
Not that I grudge the day, it being Keris' funeral.
demoneyeshas already said pretty much everything that needs to be said, but I will add that the venue was beautiful, if windswept, and that Filkdom Assembled was in spectacularly fine voice, especially in the final chorus of Many Hearts One Voice. I think even the funeral director was moved. And it was amusing watching the pallbearers (who by union rules are of course restricted to looking either lugubrious or dyspeptic) trying not to break into grins during Chocolate is a Vegetable. I should also add that bardling deserves tremendous credit for keeping everyone organised.Suffice it to say that
were_gopher and I made it back to Peterborough in time for her to catch the 18.50 back to Leeds, and Anne arrived home not long after me with Chinese, so all was well.Since a couple of people asked: my cheat sheet (more a full script, to be honest) for Keris' eulogy is here, and the PDF of the Bucks Herald's article (the earlier version of the same thing, including a lovely photo properly credited to
kitespirit) is here.I think he would have been tickled by the fact that the app I was using on my iPad as autocue was OnSong, which allows you to scroll lyrics past at an appropriate speed, the idea being that it'd slow down my tendency to talk too fast. As a result, I can reveal that the recommended tempo for Keris' eulogy is 96 bpm. :)
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