Comments on: Singing For Your Supper http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2010/05/28/singing-for-your-supper/ I am not a has-been. I am a will be. Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we are here we might as well dance Tue, 22 May 2012 22:17:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Grannymar http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2010/05/28/singing-for-your-supper/#comment-32114 Grannymar Sat, 29 May 2010 08:39:47 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=7489#comment-32114 Baino - Check out the links below and they will lead to others. Gaelikaa - I drink warm water by the kettleful, the voice is gone squeaks and croaks at the best of times are all I get. To invite Iris Williams to be an Hon member of the Treorchy was indeed something very special! Baino - Check out the links below and they will lead to others.

Gaelikaa - I drink warm water by the kettleful, the voice is gone squeaks and croaks at the best of times are all I get. To invite Iris Williams to be an Hon member of the Treorchy was indeed something very special!

]]> By: gaelikaa http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2010/05/28/singing-for-your-supper/#comment-32112 gaelikaa Sat, 29 May 2010 06:50:14 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=7489#comment-32112 Grannymar, I'm sure your voice isn't gone. Drink warm water and practise your scales morning and evening. You'll get it back, I'm sure. I'm confident you could sing sing arias. Now as to Ms. Williams. I love music, but I'm more a Celine Dion person myself. And I'm not sure that it is such a great honour for a woman to be a member of a Welsh male voice choir. All those baritones for God's sake, would she not feel initmidated? Well, everyone to their own. Grannymar, I’m sure your voice isn’t gone. Drink warm water and practise your scales morning and evening. You’ll get it back, I’m sure. I’m confident you could sing sing arias.

Now as to Ms. Williams. I love music, but I’m more a Celine Dion person myself. And I’m not sure that it is such a great honour for a woman to be a member of a Welsh male voice choir. All those baritones for God’s sake, would she not feel initmidated? Well, everyone to their own.

]]> By: Baino http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2010/05/28/singing-for-your-supper/#comment-32111 Baino Sat, 29 May 2010 04:02:41 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=7489#comment-32111 Well I have a Welsh background so you can imagine there was always a lot of singing and piano playing. I don't know Iris but I'll have a You Tube search and a listen. Well I have a Welsh background so you can imagine there was always a lot of singing and piano playing. I don’t know Iris but I’ll have a You Tube search and a listen.

]]> By: Grannymar http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2010/05/28/singing-for-your-supper/#comment-32109 Grannymar Fri, 28 May 2010 19:17:37 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=7489#comment-32109 Ramana - I always loved to hear people singing, it is a talent I would have loved to carry. Alas that part of my voice is now completely gone. Magpie - I am not listening to you tease about your near neighbours! ;) Cleo Laine is good, I'll admit, but I prefer her singing Jazz. Sing-songs round the fire or on long journeys in the car were the norm in my young life. WWW - When the Box arrived in the corner it slowly killed the home grown talents. I too remember: The Old Rustic Bridge, Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair, and The Rose of Tralee were all regulars. Darlene - My Aunt and Uncle were a pleasure to listen to, in fact I heard Granny say they were often invited to weddings just for their singing! Ramana - I always loved to hear people singing, it is a talent I would have loved to carry. Alas that part of my voice is now completely gone.

Magpie - I am not listening to you tease about your near neighbours! ;)
Cleo Laine is good, I’ll admit, but I prefer her singing Jazz. Sing-songs round the fire or on long journeys in the car were the norm in my young life.

WWW - When the Box arrived in the corner it slowly killed the home grown talents. I too remember: The Old Rustic Bridge, Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair, and The Rose of Tralee were all regulars.

Darlene - My Aunt and Uncle were a pleasure to listen to, in fact I heard Granny say they were often invited to weddings just for their singing!

]]> By: Darlene http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2010/05/28/singing-for-your-supper/#comment-32108 Darlene Fri, 28 May 2010 19:05:49 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=7489#comment-32108 Your aunt and uncle sang two of my favorite songs; Till There Was You and This Is My Beloved. I would have loved to hear them harmonizing. I am still struggling to hear music since getting my cochlear implant, but I can tell that Iris has a beautiful contralto voice; rich and full. Your aunt and uncle sang two of my favorite songs; Till There Was You and This Is My Beloved. I would have loved to hear them harmonizing.

I am still struggling to hear music since getting my cochlear implant, but I can tell that Iris has a beautiful contralto voice; rich and full.

]]> By: wisewebwoman http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2010/05/28/singing-for-your-supper/#comment-32107 wisewebwoman Fri, 28 May 2010 18:28:06 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=7489#comment-32107 And oh, PS, my daughter shared a NEW Welsh singer with me when I was back in TO recently - Catherine Jenkins. She is amazing. XO WWW And oh, PS, my daughter shared a NEW Welsh singer with me when I was back in TO recently - Catherine Jenkins. She is amazing.
XO
WWW

]]> By: wisewebwoman http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2010/05/28/singing-for-your-supper/#comment-32106 wisewebwoman Fri, 28 May 2010 18:27:18 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=7489#comment-32106 Oh thanks for this, GM - Many, many musical memory nights pre-TV, what we have lost through that malignant box is unfathomable. I would "People will say we're in love" from Carousel. "We'll gather lilacs in the spring again", "The Old Rustic Bridge", I could go on and on. And I'd add Kathleen Ferrier to the magnificent female voices of Wales... XO WWW Oh thanks for this, GM - Many, many musical memory nights pre-TV, what we have lost through that malignant box is unfathomable.
I would “People will say we’re in love” from Carousel.
“We’ll gather lilacs in the spring again”, “The Old Rustic Bridge”, I could go on and on.
And I’d add Kathleen Ferrier to the magnificent female voices of Wales…
XO
WWW

]]> By: Magpie11 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2010/05/28/singing-for-your-supper/#comment-32104 Magpie11 Fri, 28 May 2010 17:00:09 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=7489#comment-32104 He was Beautiful was written (words) by Cleo Laine.... she of the 4 octave (minimum) range....... How cold i have missed her voice from my post? I'd agree, Iris Williams' is not a bad voice at all..... Better than most from Wales...dum de dum! There I go again. I have to say that I cannot recall ever hearing her before. I envy anyone who has Home Made Music in their family. He was Beautiful was written (words) by Cleo Laine…. she of the 4 octave (minimum) range……. How cold i have missed her voice from my post?

I’d agree, Iris Williams’ is not a bad voice at all….. Better than most from Wales…dum de dum! There I go again.

I have to say that I cannot recall ever hearing her before.

I envy anyone who has Home Made Music in their family.

]]> By: Rummuser http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2010/05/28/singing-for-your-supper/#comment-32103 Rummuser Fri, 28 May 2010 14:38:14 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=7489#comment-32103 Great minds think alike! I see that both of us have gone down memory lane with music to accompany us. Great post and truly a great singer. Great minds think alike! I see that both of us have gone down memory lane with music to accompany us. Great post and truly a great singer.

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