#Kings College Lessons and Carols

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What Happens in Bethlehem Doesn't Stay in Bethlehem

A sermon for Christmas Day.It is a time to celebrate the wonder of the holy birth. But the child will become a man, and he is going to ask some difficult things of us someday. 

Sandro Botticelli, The Virgin adoring the sleeping Christ Child (c. 1485), Scotland National Gallery, Edinburgh. What on earth happened last night—at that little stable on the edge of town? It was all so strange, so unbelievable. Some of us are still sleeping it off. Some of us didn’t get any sleep at all, or maybe we were asleep the whole time and it was all just a dream.  There was a really…

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Just here to ruin your King's College carol service with some penguin hunting ...

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The Festival of Nine Lessons & Carols is the highpoint of the Advent calendar, sung annually in King's College Chapel on Christmas Eve.

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Christmas Eve is the day we wake up at 7 am and stay up till at least 1:30 am and we’re insane for it.

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The Princess Royal’s Official Engagements in December 2023

05/12 With Sir Tim As President of the Mission to Seafarers Limited, attended a Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols at All Hallows by the Tower, followed by a Reception at Trinity House in London. 🎶🎄

06/12 As Patron of the Cranfield Trust, attended a Seminar and Reception at Freemasons’ Hall. 🏛️

07/12 As Patron of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, attended the Annual Diploma and Awards Ceremony at Central Hall Westminster. 🎓💊

13/12 As Patron of Catch22, visited Include London. ⚖️

As President of Racing Welfare, attended a Beneficiaries’ Christmas Luncheon at Epsom Racecourse. 🐎

As Chancellor of the University of London, attended a Dinner at Mansion House, to mark the 200th Anniversary of Birkbeck. 🎓🍽️

14/12 As Court Member of the Fishmongers’ Company, attended the Annual General Meeting and Luncheon at Fishmongers’ Hall. 🎣

20/12 unofficial With Sir Tim Attended the annual Christmas Lunch at Windsor Castle with other members of the royal family 🍽️🎄

24/12 unofficial Attended the Christmas Eve service at St Mary Magdalene church in Sandringham with her husband Sir Tim, King Charles and Queen Camilla. ⛪️🎄

25/12 unofficial Attended the 9am Christmas Day service at St Mary Magdalene church in Sandringham with her husband Sir Tim and other members of the BRF. ⛪️🎄

unofficial Attended the 9am Christmas Day service at St Mary Magdalene church in Sandringham with her husband Sir Tim and other members of the BRF. ⛪️🎄

Total official engagements for Anne in August: 11

2023 total so far: 467

Total official engagements accompanied by Tim in August: 2

2023 total: 92

[fullmetalanglican]

How times have changed

Didn't make it to church this morning, so I'm listening to the live broadcast of Lessons & Carols from King's College, Cambridge. L&C was first held in the aftermath of the First World War, as a rallying point of light, and first broadcast on the radio in 1928. It is held in the college chapel, which was founded by Henry VI in 1441 (yes, you read that correctly), and the readers of the nine lessons are drawn from the college and the town of Cambridge, beginning with a boy from the choir and going up the ranks to the head of the college.

When I started listening to this broadcast in the 1990s, all the readers were male. All the authority figures of the church, the college, and the town, male. That is no longer the case, though the choir remains composed of men and boys only. In 1983, the choir began to commission a new carol for the service each year. Many of the commissioned composers and other composed featured are also women.

If you want to know more about the service, you can find out here.

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Rituals hanging around the Christmas Eve within the UK’s Panorama

Christmas is a time of festive cheer and dazzling lights and is a wonderful time to pack your bags and embark on a journey. A vacation on Christmas holiday with your loved ones is one of the most thrilling year end break for all of us. From traditional gatherings, exhilarating events to seasonal markets, Christmas feasts, and the best carol singing. Christmas is a cherished custom, thus the days leading up to the holiday are among the busiest of the year at airports, railway stations, and bus terminals as people travel to visit their loved ones. Many individuals decorate their homes with colourful lights and display various Christmas decorations, such as a wreath made of evergreen branches, in anticipation of Christmas. Most families also put up Christmas trees. Giving gifts is a major Christmas tradition. Gifts are bought or made for all people. The gifts are wrapped and placed under the Christmas tree to be opened on Christmas morning. Special Christmas songs, or carols, are sung and heard throughout the holiday season.

Christians celebrate Christmas as the birth date of Jesus Christ, a spiritual leader whose teachings form the foundation of their faith. Mary, a young teenager, was living in the hamlet of Nazareth and was betrothed to Joseph, a Jewish carpenter.

Christmas is celebrated with rich fervour across the globe in different communities, which are absorbed deep within the Christian faith. And in the UK, the Christmas Eve is one of the best times for celebrating Christmas Holidays for its denizens amidst celebrating eventful days and nights surrounded in the undertones of traditional rituals and superimposed by the new age cultures. 

Christmas is the time when denizens in the UK are ready for celebrating the Christmas Holidays. Very often, if not always, these holidays are lived around across the colourful stalls where your fertile imagination is impounded for once by the sight of gift selling stalls. God sent the angel Gabriel to visit Mary one day. The angel informed Mary that she would have a son via the power of the Holy Spirit. She would have this child and call him Jesus. Mary miraculously became pregnant while engaged to Joseph, just as the angel had predicted. Then, in a dream, God sent an angel to Joseph to corroborate Mary's account. She had conceived a kid via the power of the Holy Spirit.

The idea of relishing in the delectable meals may even seem godlier and often motivational. Families in London and counties of the UK indulge in the activities like Carol singing, visiting to churches and cathedrals to attend the masses and night outs in the city pubs. Households in the UK often have Christmas Eve parties with a unique kind of attainment. Meat pies and sherry is arranged for Santa Claus, while carrots are served in the basket for the reindeers, which drive the Santa Claus.

Implanting the Christmas Fir Tree is still one of the common rituals, and further beyond embellishing the tree with petite gifts eventually makes entire celebration better than ever.  On many occasions, the households in the UK get around decorating the Mistletoe, Ivy and the Holly. The popular event happening around in the Oxford Street of London goes further ahead and translates into making the whole event of Christmas far more enticing than otherwise. 

The UK and Christian communities living out there have interesting motivations, while they involve themselves in the Carol Services, or go out rightly for the Nativity Plays.  One of the most popular Christmas Carol Service is broadcast from Cambridge’s Chapel of King’s College and titled as “Nine Lessons” and this service has its own dignity and vox populi.

Christmas Celebrated by Children in the UK

The taste of celebrating Christmas especially with respect to the children in the UK comes with lot of excitement of different kind.  Gifts from the Santa would find entry in Stockings or the Pillow-cases, or there may be the time when parents would get through a secretive moment in time where the packaged gifts are placed underneath the children’s beds.

Children in return may even try out to go for offerings like the mince pies, which are served with exotic Brandy for Father Christmas. But in general, children make sure to offer the best of Christmas gifts, which truly have non-alcoholic nature. 

Christian Meals and the Openings for the Day

Christmas meals have a special taste and momentous appeal, and the timings for these meals is often quite mystic. Usually, the Christmas meals are arranged on the regular times of lunch, or these may even be organised before afternoon. Meals like Brussel Sprouts is one of the best giving around. Cranberry Sauce and Turkey are often the best treatments to look around.  And for the people of the UK, Wassailing is still an amazing activity with the Christianenlightenment. Children find the time for themselves to get into the Christian feel.

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[debbiedeane]

Website: https://www.debbiedeane.com/

Address: Brooklyn, New York, USA

Debbie Deane hails from a musical world without boundaries, where singer-songwriters and top-tier jazz musicians breathe the same creative air. Born and raised in Brooklyn, Debbie grew up listening to Carole King, Stevie Wonder, Joni Mitchell, and Steely Dan. As a teenager she explored the fertile ground of the Great American Songbook. Introduced to folk, funk and fusion by her older brother, she studied the great divas of the jazz and pop worlds developing an intense interest in jazz harmony. Music was the ultimate refuge.

After earning a degree in English Literature from Harvard, Debbie embarked on a career in music. She studied jazz intensively at Boston’s Berklee College of Music, honing the piano skills that she continues to display as a singer-songwriter. At first her songwriting and singing came as an afterthought, but then took center stage.

In her performing and recording life, Debbie had the good fortune to work with  acclaimed jazz musicians who share her interest in quality songwriting — people like drummer Brian Blade and the late, great bass player Jeff Andrews.  Moving back to Brooklyn, she lived in a ""jazz den"" with some of the city’s most promising jazz musicians, including saxophonists Seamus Blake and Terry Deane, drummer Marc Miralta and pianists John Stetch and George Colligan. ""Everyone came through our place,"" says Debbie. ""The people I’ve played with, they’re all my friends and they’ve known me, they’ve been my roommates and people I went to school with."" Their presence on Debbie’s recordings and at her live shows is a powerful endorsement.

Debbie continues to gig extensively in New York and beyond.

Piano Lessons:

Debbie Deane has been a piano teacher for over 20 years. She teaches out of her home in Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn, specializing in kids ages 6 and up.  

She teaches the fundamentals and basics - scales, reading music, music theory, and playing by ear. Her students play a lot of songs. Each student is different, and she tailors lessons accordingly. As a result, she teaches all styles of music. She does have a soft spot for Bach and Beethoven, so everyone has to try classical, which is great for technique.

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DebbieDeaneMusic

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/debbiedeanemusic/

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@debbiedeane8771/

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I love all these categories. Christmas Carols from across the world are fantastic and I adore them.

Little Children Singing (Happy Tears Time) - Away in a Manger, Little Donkey,

Older Children Singing - The Calypso Carol, Mary's Boy Child

Sorta Spooky - These are often very old, and the shivers are delicious. Sussex Carol, Coventry Carol get their titles from being used in what were known as Mystery Plays in the Middle Ages.

Long Gloria and/or Huge Chorus to sing fortissimo - What's not to love? Especially when outdoors carol singing - Hark The Herald Angels Sing, The First Noel, O Come All ye Faithful, Ding Dong Merrily on High, Go Tell it On The Mountains.

It's Night Time, Baby Jesus is Asleep - What can be sweeter than a lullaby for The Christ Child?

The humble simplicity of The Holy Family staying in the animal quarters, because they arrived too late in Bethlehem to get space in the guest quarters of a relatives home. - Silent Night, The Rocking Carol,

Plant Metaphors, Legends and Christmas Traditions- Good King Wenceslaus, I Saw Three Ships, The Holly and The Ivy, The Cherry Tree. Past Three O' Clock, Deck The Halls

Bethlehem is Where it's All Happening Tonight - Once in Royal David's City, O Little Town of Bethlehem

Angels and Bells - Angels From The Realms of Glory, When Shepherd's Watched Their Flocks by Night, Carol of The Bells.

Listen to it sung by the experts - O Holy Night

Latin - In Dulce Jubilo, Gaudete (Christus est Natus), Adeste Fidelis

The Visit of the Magi.- We Three Kings, Three Kings (From Persian Lands Afar)

And if you're into Christmas Olde Worlde English style (as I am) It doesn't get better than King's College Cambridge Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols.

Please note that these are illustrative examples, not the only songs I think fit those categories: if you have a favorite that's not listed, see if it fits in one of the categories and vote that way.

ETA: Realized I put "Hark the Herald Angels Sing" as a really long gloria song instead of "Angels We Have Heard on High." Whoops. (IMO "Hark the Herald Angels Sing" should be "repeat chorus at the top of your lungs")

[masterblackoak]

A Festival of nine Lessons & Carols by the Choir of King's College, Camb...

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Marla Lewis Mesmerizes with New Single "Te Quiero a Ti"

New Jersey-born sensation Marla Lewis, celebrated for her extraordinary career as a singer, songwriter, and educator, is back with her latest single, “Te Quiero A Ti.”

Available in both Spanish and English, this enchanting track is a testament to Marla’s versatile talent and musical brilliance.

"Te Quiero A Ti" has an irresistible groove and ambiance and beautiful vocals from Marla Lewis. The sophisticated arrangement features flute, piano, acoustic bass, electric guitar, drums, and rich backing vocals.

Initially, Marla composed the melody but struggled with the lyrics until her friend Dave Kinnoin provided the perfect words. This collaboration was first featured on her debut "Songbook" album. Marla always dreamed of a Spanish version, which became a reality when she met Melissa Sanley, who used the original instrumental tracks:

"My life was touched by a real-life angel -- that's the best way to describe it! I signed up for a Peer Networking program offered by the Grammy organization (I'm a voting member), and they paired me with Melissa Sanley. Talk about Divine intervention! A superb singer, songwriter, recording artist -- she speaks four languages, and now she is my voice teacher! But I digress -- I played her a song from my first Songbook album to see if she liked it enough to translate it into Spanish. It had some Spanish words in the lyrics that were written by Dave Kinnoin (I wrote the melody). She told me the title was not correct Spanish! OMG! She changed it to "Te Quiero a Ti," translated the lyrics, coached me on every line, created the cover art, sang backup vocals, and made the lyric video!”

Marla's music is a rich blend of styles and she takes influence from big band, global folk music, and some of the musical big names like Ella Fitzgerald, The Beatles, Laura Nyro, Carole King, James Taylor, Michael Franks, and Phoebe Snow.

Watch the accompanying music video to the song here:

"Te Quiero a Ti" was written by Marla Lewis, Dave Kinnoin, and Melissa Sanley and produced by Bob Stander.

About Marla Lewis

Marla Lewis' musical journey began in 1953 when she played "Chopsticks" on the piano and started taking piano lessons. That same year she sang "S'Wonderful, S'marvelous" on the TV show "Live Like a Millionaire." In 1961, she wrote her first song, "Hopeless Love," and by 1963 began taking guitar lessons at the YMHA and dedicated herself to music.

From 1977 to 1987, she was performing solo in clubs, coffee houses, and colleges, but felt like I was going nowhere. In 1987, she started teaching English as a Second Language in NYC public schools. During this period, she wrote songs to help children learn English, released three critically acclaimed children's albums, and which won numerous songwriter awards.

In 2004, Marla met producer Bob Stander, who played a pivotal role in her artistic development. After retiring from teaching in 2010, and returning to her musical roots she began writing prolifically. In 2012, she co-wrote "Leap of Faith" with Nancy Schimmel, which was featured on the GRAMMY-winning album "All About Bullies...Big and Small," winning Best Children's Album.

In 2019, she started working with Modern Musician and gained 1.2K fans in her Facebook private group. She released her first smooth jazz album, "Songbook," in 2021. Two years later, Marla released "Songbook Vol. 2," with the single "Enchantee" reaching #1 on the World Indie chart and #2 on the Euro Indie chart.

The English version of "Te Quiero a Ti" is currently #24 on the World Indie Charts!

Connect with Marla Lewis:

Website // Facebook // Instagram // Twitter // Spotify // YouTube

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Custodi di arte e fede: Chiesa della Trinità a Boston

Una della chiese simbolo del Nord America… La chiesa della Trinità, situata nella Back Bay di Boston, nel Massachusetts , fa parte della diocesi episcopale del Massachusetts, che conta circa 4.000 famiglie e venne fondata nel 1733.  Ogni domenica nella chiesa si tengono cinque servizi e tre volte alla settimana,  da settembre a giugno,  vengono offerti una serie di servizi nei giorni feriali, inoltre è attivamente impegnata nel servizio alla comunità, nella cura pastorale, nei programmi per bambini e adolescenti e nell'educazione cristiana per tutte le età. La chiesa ospita numerosi cori di alto livello, tra cui il Trinity Choir, Trinity Schola, Trinity Choristers e Trinity Chamber Choir e l'edificio, progettato da Henry Hobson Richardson , è un punto di riferimento di Boston. Dopo che una prima chiesa della Trinità su Summer Street fu rasa al suola dal  Grande incendio di Boston del 1872, l'attuale chiesa venne eretta sotto la direzione del rettore Phillips Brooks (1835-1893), uno dei predicatori più noti e carismatici del suo tempo. La chiesa e la casa parrocchiale furono progettate da Henry Hobson Richardson e la costruzione del complesso avvenne dal 1872 al 1877, quando fu consacrato. Situata in Copley Square a Back Bay, la chiesa della Trinità è ll simbolo dello stile romanico richardsoniano, caratterizzato dal tetto in argilla, policromia, pietra grezza, archi pesanti e una massiccia torre, poi adottato per numerosi edifici pubblici negli Stati Uniti. Secondo LC Norton, l'inventore dei controlli delle porte, le pesanti porte d'ingresso principali della Trinity Church furono le prime ad essere dotate di un mezzo silenzioso ed efficace per resistere allo sbattere, che portò a un controllo della porta pneumatico, ideato negli anni 1880-1910. Il dispositivo di controllo della porta di Norton poi si sarebbe evoluto nel moderno chiudiporta, oggi venduto delle società Norton Door Controls che LCN. Ogni dicembre, i cori del Trinity offrono tre perfomance di Candlelight Carols,  che attirano quasi 5.000 partecipanti dal lontano Maine  e in Copley Square c’è sempre una lunga fila di persone in attesa di entrare in chiesa per l'evento gratuito, che  si basa sul modello Nine Lessons and Carols, ideato al King's College di Cambridge. Read the full article

[merlinband-archive]

The Merlin File

Source: Melody Maker

Date: Late 1974

From my own collection

(Transcript Below)

The MERLIN File

EVOLUTION: Merlin’s manager, Derek Chick, and Allan Love decided in May 1973 to form a new London-based group that would incorporate three basic essentials: musicianship, image and stage presentation. After extensive auditions and rehearsals the band was gigging by July under the name Madrigal, which was changed in February 1974 to Merlin.

PERSONNEL CHANGES: Jacob Magmusson (keyboards) left in October 1973 and Paul Taylor (bass) in September 1974.

ORIGIN OF NAME: Scully Wagon-Lit’s idea in the van going to a gig.

FIRST PUBLIC APPEARANCE: Zero 6, Southend, 17/July/1973.

FIRST BROADCAST: BBC Radio One David Hamilton Show and Radio Luxembourg Power Play consecutively in March 1974.

FIRST TELEVISION: Scottish TV’s Showcase in November 1973.

MANAGEMENT: Derek Chick, Chic’s Own Music and Management Ltd, 246/248 Great Portland Street, London W1 (01-381 6192/3).

AGENT: Barry Collings Agency Ltd, 15 Claremont Road, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex (0702-47343/43464).

RECORDING COMPANY: CBS Records Ltd, 28-30 Theobalds Road, London WC1 (01-242 9000).

RECORD PRODUCER: Roger Greenaway.

MUSIC PUBLISHING COMPANY: Shapiro, Bernstein and Co Ltd, 246/248 Great Portland Street, London W1 (01-387 6192) and Grenyoco Music Ltd, 108 Park Street, London W1 (01-493 6439).

FAN CLUB: Ling, 17 Gladstone Park Gardens, Cricklewood, London NW2.

BRITISH TOURS: 47 dates 1/March-28/April/1974 Top Rank ballrooms, clubs and colleges. Solo tour.

AMERICAN TOURS: None.

TRANSPORT: Ford DO607 3-ton truck for the equipment and Audi 100 for the group.

STAGE MANAGERS: Iain Ward (Sound Engineer), Chris Taylor (Lighting Engineer), “Speedy” (Stage Roadie), “Crystal” (Assistant Lighting Engineer).

SINGLES: “(Let Me) Put My Spell On You” c/w “Just ANother Fish On My Hook (CBS, 1/March/1974), "Alright” c/w “Pictures In My Mind” (CBS, 28/June/1974), “Wild Cat” c/w “Half A Man” (CBS, 1/Nov/1974).

ALBUMS: “Merlin” (CBS, 25/Oct/1974).

P.A.: 1400-watt JBL system comprising Kelsey 16-channel stereo custom mixer, 4 x DC3000 Crown amps, 4 x bass bins with 2 x 15 inch JBL speakers in each, 2 x mid range JBL horns, 2 x high-frequency JBL boxes with lens horns, two bullets. Microphones are 8 Sure Unidyne III 545, 2 AKG 190C, one AKG D12, 4 Calrec condensers, 4 Sims Watts condensers, 3 Sure Unisphere B. Binson Echorec and Mavis 3-way active stereo crossover with stage boxes, cables, etc. Lighting comprises 6 x 100 watt Strand Floods on stage, 30 x 200 watt Strand Floods on stage scaffolding, 3 x Strand 1,000-watt follow spots and stands, 2 x Strobes and a Strand dimmer board.

ALAN LOVE: Vocalist

BORN: Hampsted, North West London. 13/Dec./1952.

EDUCATED: Challoner School, Finchley, North London.

MUSICAL TRAINING: None.

MUSICAL CAREER: Has been professional for seven years, playing in Opal Butterfly from 1967 to 1969 with Simon King (Hawkwing) and Tom Doherty (Sting). Referendum from 1969 to 1973 and Madrigal/Merlin from 1973.

OTHER OCCUPATIONS: None.

MUSICAL INFLUENCES: Mick Jagger, Joe Cocker, Little Richard.

COMPOSITIONS: “Half A Man,” “Space Raider” and co-wrote with Gary Hardwick “Getting Involved” all recorded by Merlin.

FAVOURITE SINGLES: “Something In The Air” (Thunderclap Newman), “McArthur Park” (Richard Harris).

FAVOURITE ALBUMS: “Tapestry” (Carol King), “Court Of The Crimson King” (King Crimson), “Bridge Over Troubled Waters” (Simon and Garfunkel).

FAVOURITE MUSICIANS: Paul McCartney, Steve Howe, Tom Doherty.

FAVOURITE SONGWRITERS: Lennon and McCartney, Cat Stevens, Carol King.

FAVOURITE SINGERS: Joe Cocker, Neil Diamond.

RESIDENCE: Bachelor flat in Wandsworth, South West London.

INSTRUMENTS: None.

GARY ALICE STRANGE: Bass, vocals and guitar.

BORN: Hampsted, London. 26/Oct./1952.

EDUCATED: Whitefield School, Barnet.

MUSICAL TRAINING: Three classical guitar lessons and then self taught.

MUSICAL CAREER: Various semi-pro bands and wrote first song aged 16 featured on ATV programme “Come Here Often.” Former band with Dave Martin called March Hare and recorded LP for MAM. Group then changed to newly-formed Kinks Production Company, but after few months of touring with Kinks and recording, split up. Joined Merlin.

OTHER OCCUPATIONS: Director of La Starza Palace Studio.

MUSICAL INFLUENCES: Beatles, Stones, Free, Average White Band.

COMPOSITIONS: “Gipsy Rose Lee” and “Lay Me Down” for March Hare both issued as singles by MAM.

FAVOURITE SINGLES: “I Am A Walrus” (Beatles), “Need Your Love So Bad” (Fleetwood Mac), “Little Bit Of Love” (Free), “Amoureuse” (Kiki Dee).

FAVOURITE ALBUMS: “Elf” (Elf), “Sgt Pepper” (Beatles), “Talking Book” (Stevie Wonder).

FAVOURITE MUSICIANS: Andy Fraser, David Martin, Peter Green, Liberace.

FAVOURITE SONGWRITERS: Lennon and McCartney, Holland, Dozier and Holland, Lional Bart and Paul Simon.

FAVOURITE SINGERS: Paul Rodgers, Elvis Presley, Tina Turner, Rod Stewart.

RESIDENCE: Single and lives in Hampstead, North West London.

INSTRUMENTS: Fender Precision Bass with thin maple neck. Hagstrom six-string guitar with pick-up. Kemble baby grand piano. Rotosound Roundwound strings. Orange 120-watt amp with 2 x 15 inch reflex cabinets.

JAMIE MOSES: Lead guitar and vocals.

BORN: Ipswich, Suffolk, 30/Aug/1955.

EDUCATED: Schools in America and Japan. Shirley High School and Redhill Technical College in Surrey.

MUSICAL TRAINING: Self-taught.

MUSICAL CAREER: Given first guitar when ten, formed first band at 11. Formed the Inferno, 1969-71, in Japan, doing gigs, radio, TV. Came to England in 1971, worked with semi-pro bands and at a music shop in Croydon. Formed Angel with Scully 1972 and recorded LP of original material. Joined Madrigal July 1973.

MUSICAL INFLUENCES: Jimmy Page, Paul Kossoff, Beatles.

COMPOSITIONS: “Just Another Fish On My Hook”, “Gypsy”, and “He Thinks About You All The Time” all recorded by Merlin. Co-wrote “Angel” LP with Scully.

FAVOURITE SINGLES: “Livin’ For The City” (Stevie Wonder), “Can’t Get Enough” (Bad Company), “Joybringer” (Manfred Mann’s Earthband).

FAVOURITE ALBUMS: “Foxtrot” by Genesis.

FAVOURITE MUSICIANS: Genesis, Steve Howe, Free, Scully Wagon-Lits.

FAVOURITE SONGWRITERS: Paul McCartney, Genesis, Stevie Wonder.

FAVOURITE SINGERS: Paul Rodgers, Peter Gabriel, Mario Lanza and David Coverdale.

RESIDENCE: Is single and lives with his parents at Sanderstead, Surrey.

INSTRUMENTS: White Les Paul Deluxe (1973) and black Les Paul Custom (1974), both with Rotosound ultra-light strings and Gibson plectrums. EKO 6-string acoustic guitar with La Bella strings. Hiwatt 100-watt amp fitted with half power switch for distortion and sustain at almost any volume. Two 2 x 15 Fender Dual Showman JBL Cabinets. A cheap Japanese fuzz box with a three-tone fuzz switch.

SCULLY WAGON-LITS: Keyboards, guitar and vocals.

BORN: Balham, South West London, 20/Dec./1953.

EDUCATED: Henry Cavendish (Balham), Bec School (Tooting) and Archbishop Tennison (South Croydon).

MUSICAL TRAINING: Guitar lessons at night school for one year aged eight, cello at school for three years and double bass for two months, but is self-taught on keyboards.

MUSICAL CAREER: Played guitar in band in Balham (1964-65), joined Angel with Jamie (1972-1973) as semi-pros and recorded an album. Turned pro June 1973 with Big Wheel in South France. Joined Madrigal October 1973.

OTHER OCCUPATIONS: Organ salesman at Western Music and Selmer.

MUSICAL INFLUENCES: Harry Stoneham, Miller Anderson, Keith Emerson, Christian Vander.

COMPOSITIONS: “Marina,” “Takin’ Part,” “Pictures In My Mind,” etc.

FAVOURITE SINGLES: “Rock Man” (Elton John), “Space Oddity” (David Bowie).

FAVOURITE ALBUMS: “Tarkis” (ELP), “Fire And Water” (Free), “Dark Side Of The Moon (Pink Floyd).

FAVOURITE MUSICIANS: Keith Emerson, Tony Banks, Steve Howe.

FAVOURITE SONGWRITERS: Paul McCartney.

FAVOURITE SINGERS: Paul Rodgers, Stevie Wonder, Peter Gabriel, Greg Lake

RESIDENCE: Single and lives in Surrey.

INSTRUMENTS: Hamond RT3 with additional height plynth and customised guts driven through Hiwatt amps and put out through one Leslie 145 and two RSE 1 x 15 inch JBL bins and three custom-made Werlin Bat rotating horn units. Muri-Moog (modified) through Hiwatt 100-watt amp with JBL Showman Cabinet. Hagspiel grand piano, with scaffolding, miked through PA. Black Gibson SB Les Paul Junior (1960) plugged into Moog.

DAVID WIGHTWICK: Drums and vocals.

BORN: Dunstable, Bedfordshire, 25/August/1950.

EDUCATED: Priory Secondary School, Dunstable.

MUSICAL TRAINING: Self-taught.

MUSICAL CAREER: Former member of Madrigal from 1967 to 1973. The band split and was reformed with new members and retitled Merlin.

OTHER OCCUPATIONS: Varied from soldier to postman.

MUSICAL INFLUENCES: Beatles, The Move, Genesis.

COMPOSITIONS: None.

FAVOURITE SINGLES: "Say You Don’t Mind” (Colin Blunstone), “Motet Overture” (Abors), “Eleanor Rigby” (Beatles)

FAVOURITE ALBUMS: “Dark Side Of The Moon (Pink Floyd), "Erismore” (Colin Blunstone), “Tubular Bells” (Mike Oldfield), “Moving Waves” (Focus).

FAVOURITE MUSICIANS: Carl Palmer, Jon Bonham, Simon Kirke.

FAVOURITE SONGWRITERS: Lennon and McCartney, Colin Blunstone, Genesis.

FAVOURITE SINGERS: Ian Billan, Colin Blunstone, Karen Carpenter.

RESIDENCE: Flat in London.

INSTRUMENTS: Hayman see-through drumkit comprising 1 x 22 inch bass drum, 1 x 12 inch and 1 x 13 inch mounted tom-toms, 1 x 16 inch and 1 x 18 inch floor tom toms, 1 x 14 inch snare drum, Ludwig/Paiste 22 inch cymbal, 1 x 22 inch and 1 x 20 inch Zildjian ride cymbals, 1 x 18 inch Zildjian crash cymbal, 1 x 14 inch Zildjian hi-hat, Ludwig and Hayman accessories and Premier C and Selmer sticks.

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Jeremiah 46:14

“Stand ready and be prepared….” ~Jeremiah 46:14 “At 10:00 a.m., every December 24, our family gathers around the radio to hear the service of Nine Lessons and Carols, broadcast each year from Kings College Chapel in Cambridge, England. The moment I like best comes at the beginning. The hymn is always the same, the first stanza sung unaccompanied in the high treble of a twelve-year-old boy. “Once…

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No. There are some great trans people that I admire and I've learned a lot from.

English culture that I love...Now we're talking!

Maypole dancing, Morris dancing, Clog dancing, Egg Rolling, Cheese Rolling, Pancake Racing, May Queens, Rose Queens, Well Dressing, Beating the Bounds

Christmas Pantomimes, King's College Nine Lessons and Carols, The Proms, Wassailing, Mummers Plays, Blackpool Illuminations

Shakespeare, Marlow, Jane Austen, The Brontë Sisters, George Elliot, Thomas Hardy, Frances Hodgeson Burnett, Edith Nesbit, Elizabeth Beresford, (The Wombles) Michael Bond, (Paddington) A A Milne, (Winnie The Pooh) J R R Tolkein.

Keats, Byron, Coleridge, Wordsworth, John Milton. Lancashire Dialect Poetry, English Nursery Rhymes and Fairy Tales.

William Walton, Edward Elgar, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Alfred Lord Tennyson

Movies and TV Shows made and set in England.

Fish and Chips, Cottage/Shepherds Pie, trifle, Spotted Dick (a steamed pudding with dried fruit), fruit crumble, fruit cakes, sones with cream and jam, Victoria Sponge.

English Muffins, Lardy Cake, Kentish Huffkins, Crumpets, teacakes/barm cakes/oven bottom muffins, Staffordshire Oatcakes

Full English Breakfast, Porridge (thanks to our neighbours in Scotland. But it's well loved in England.) Beans on Toast, Bacon Butties, Poach Egg on Toast.

English grown fruits and vegetables, Cider and English Ale, loads of British Cheeses

Lancashire Foots (similar to Cornish pasties but filled with Lancashire cheese, onion and ham/bacon) Eccles/Chorley Cakes, Parkin, Goosnargh cakes, Manchester Tart, Lancashire Hot Pot.

Loving my own culture doesn't detract from my respecting other cultures.

It actually makes me more curious to learn what other cultures have.

Sharing culture is a big leveller. We may have different languages and cultures. But we're the same human beings underneath, with the same needs being expressed.

It's perfectly true that members of my country have been destructive of others cultures.

Which of course is wrong!

But let's move forward with curiosity. Let's learn to appreciate what can be shared from other cultures.

Especially those of countries whose borders join with ours.

Seeing as I've been blocked for daring to say this on other posts.

I'll put my point over right here.

Yes. Our English leaders have done some shitty stuff across the world over time.

Including to our nearest neighbours in Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Cornwall and The Isle of Man.

But as the biggest majority of our English ancestors didn't even get to vote on the running of our country, until the early 20th Century.

I don't see why we have to be constantly wearing sack cloth and ashes.

That does diddly squat to build a better future. And nothing changes the past.

Being English doesn't come in only two 'flavours'

1. English Supremacist

2. English Self Loathing

Neither of these is good, either for ourselves or the rest of the world.

But they're the only two that are focused on.

Many more of us have a healthy love of our country, whilst being aware of the failings in our history that need healing.

We want the countries that used to be under British Empire rule to do well in their independence. Whether they chose to remain with us as Commonwealth Cousins, or broke ties completely.

We respect that Wales, Scotland and Ireland aren't exactly the same as us. And they have their own languages that they want to preserve. I wish them the best with that.

The Cornish and Manx languages aren't quite so well known. But I hope they have enough supporters to survive.

Yes. We have our share off assholes that make us all look bad.

But they don't have the support of the rest of us.

For decades we've been a multi cultural mix of peoples united by calling England the land of our birth.

And that's been good in many ways.

But we should be able to celebrate this, whilst also preserving the customs and traditions practiced by our forebears for hundreds of years.

[cosmogyros]

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