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thompson1780
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« on: 10:52:07, 25-07-2008 »
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7524619.stm

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« Reply #1 on: 11:11:06, 25-07-2008 »
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Clare said: "The worst problem is being blown over.

"As soon as the wind gets up, because the top of the cello is quite high above your head, if the wind catches it basically I've got a good chance of just going straight over."

But she added that fortunately in training she had usually managed to fall on her front.

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« Reply #2 on: 12:01:40, 25-07-2008 »
A distant and remote mountain-top is definitely the perfect place for a three-cello recital.

I bet they played "Kol Nidrei"...
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« Reply #3 on: 13:06:00, 25-07-2008 »
I hope the weather wasn't anything like it was last week, otherwise you definitely wouldn't want to be taking expensive instruments up there - my other half managed to kill both his mobile and his camera on Helvellyn because of the wet weather conditions...



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« Reply #4 on: 15:37:12, 25-07-2008 »
Strangely enough I used to know one of those cellists.
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« Reply #5 on: 15:40:26, 25-07-2008 »
Ooh, I met them last year (*) when they were doing this ...

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They have played on the rooftops of every Anglican cathedral in England


 ... and a very cheery and friendly trio they were too. This was noble of them in the circumstances since I regret to say that at least one Anglican Cathedral Health and Safety Officer had just vetoed their plan to play on the roof. They had to make do by playing on a balcony inside. But very nice it was too and they got a warm reception from the Extreme Cello Trio enthusiasts gathered below.

[(*) Their website says it was two years ago, 2006  Sad. Time's bluddy winged chariot getting faster and faster again for the final furlong  Embarrassed ) ]
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