Doing what you LOVE to do - before, during & after BC! What's YOUR favourite?
Hi guys I am really lucky in that I have 2 BIG passions that consume a lot of my time ..... and (no surprise to some of you ....) Ukulele Playing - this was a library gig we did last year .... (...
Great pic, @Blondy - what a cool looking Love Machine, too! ;)
Gosh, if you ever make it up to NSW (Mid North Coast in particular) let me know - if you were up to it, I'd LOVE to have you give a singing workshop to my Uke Group!! (Whenever I organise a Uke one, everyone usually pays $20 to go to the 'Speaker' i.e. you!)
Enjoying your own performance & Engaging with the audience is SO important for any performers, yet a lot of my guys are so stuck on their song sheets (we don't have good enough memories to remember all the lyrics & chords) ..... and working on Harmonies as well, would be just terrific if you could give us some pointers there!! We have 2 ladies that are good at it & I do 'some' but I would LOVE to get them to be more confident in adding to our songs in that way! I tell (and show them) that the note is 'in the chords' and to just hold one of the notes & change it to the next one when the chord changes .... but they have difficulty understanding that theory! LOL (most of us are over 65!)
This was doing a Probus Gig this week ..... I am in the blue/black shirt (bottom right corner) next to the lady with the white hair! ;) There were about 150 people there & they told us we were the best entertainment they'd had EVER!! :)
(Uke is my OTHER passion, in case you only thought it was fishing! ;) )
I must try the 'cornflour' thing @"Annie C" - I often just use light breadcrumbs (no flour or eggs - as the damp fillet, if done straight after filleting and skinning, will cling nicely to the flesh.) Keith always reckons if something is crumbed, they are trying to hide something! LOL But he knows with MY fish, it is protecting the delicate flesh from the heat of the oil! ;) My sister likes just plain ordinary flour.
Believe it or not - Cat Fish are actually the 'preferred Xmas Dinner meat' in Europe (whereas we like Chicken, Turkey & Ham!) They order them months in advance, to get the 'best one'!! Yet we rubbish them!! (There are professional Fishos who net them, for the Australian 'European and Chinese Market!) Personally, I kill them & put them in a bin - cos if you leave them on the riverside, even after they degrade, the eggs inside still hatch & infest the waterways! At some of our dams here, they have special bins to put them in - and the Charlie Carp people (plant fertiliser) pick them up & use them in their product!! WIN WIN
