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[llywela]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, GEORGINA!!

In other news, this is the fourth day in a row that I have been completely unable to speak. Perhaps I should start to entertain the possibility that this might actually be a throat infection, rather than just a cold?

In other other news, llongyfarchiadau i femsc a Côr Rhondda am dod yn ail yn y finale Codi Canu yn Nheuadd Dewi Sant neithiwr - congratulations to femsc and the Rhondda Choir, who came second in the Codi Canu finale at St David's Hall last night. Codi Canu is a kind of reality show on the Welsh language TV channel, S4C, in which choirs are formed for competition - femsc and the Rhondda choir were one of four regional mixed choirs formed from scratch 6 months ago under the baton of Welsh celebrities, who had to learn conducting skills from scratch. Last night was the grand finale, won by the Rhosllannerchrugog choir.

I'm not sure going out in the freezing temperatures last night was the best thing for my cold, mind, but I'm glad I went. It was a fab concert - the singing was fantastic and I had an amazing seat, right at the front, best view in the house (took with me a friend who neither speaks a word of Welsh nor even has a television, so I'm not sure quite what she made of it all, but she loved the singing, at least!). It was also my first experience of being stageside at a live television broadcast, which was rather fascinating!

The concert turned out rather more dramatic than anticipated, however, when one of the choristers collapsed in the middle of a performance! Cue a hasty cut to commercials (although not until the song was over) while she received medical treatment and revived enough to walk off the stage. I sincerely hope that she is fully recovered now.

Overall, a highly entertaining evening - and best of all, the tickets were free!

Now, if only I could shake this cold and regain my voice, I will be completely happy...

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[llywela13.livejournal.com]

Ooh, I didn't think you'd have seen me among the crowd! I kept pointing you and the boys out to my friend, as the reason we were there. *G* I was well impressed with the seats I got and can't imagine how it happened - I just walked into St David's Hall one lunchtime, went up to the ticket office and asked for two tickets, and the lady just printed them right off without asking any more questions at all! Their designation as G20-21 wasn't what you'd call a clue regarding the right up front-ness, either! I was so fascinated by all the behind-the-scenes stuff, all the little production assistants running around passing notes back and forth (keeping well ducked down to avoid the cameras!) and the various debates over who would be cued in when they came back from breaks, and the way the presenter had to just stand around waiting during the adverts, etc. Hey, and you got a nice long close-up, as well, I noticed when I took my Mum to clic online to show her the various brief glimpses of me!

The lady who collapsed was very worrying. I didn't see her go down (in spite of the fact that she was right in front of me), so the first I noticed was when one of the other girls ran off the stage, which startled me rather until I realised why! When she didn't seem to be coming around quickly, I did worry that it might have been a heart attack, but couldn't see much of what was going on as there were so many people crowding around her by that time. It was a huge relief when she got up and walked off the stage! Then there was both an emergency response ambulance and regular ambulance outside the theatre when I left, but hope that was merely a precaution (they did say there was a paramedic in attendance) rather than an indication of anything more serious.

This cold is lousy, hit full force yesterday after teasing me with the voicelessness for several days, so I think I shall take a day off work today and stay in the warm!

[femsc.livejournal.com]

A member of Rhos choir posted on FB that he saw the lady sitting in the audience later, so presumably it wasn't anything too serious.

I'll post about the day in a bit. I was out on Sunday as well, so time hasn't yet been on my side.

[llywela13.livejournal.com]

Well, that's good to hear.

I suppose now you'll all be left with a great big choir-shaped hole in your lives, if the choirs were only formed for the duration of the show.