Lack Of Publicity Is Often Why...
an event is missed.
I spent a lot of my day surfing the net looking for a phone number to verify an event I wanted to attend was taking place.
Numbers were not on the internet. The couple I did have were not being answered.
I racked my brain to think of other organisations that may have a number or information on the event.
Eventually the source of much information in a community but under threat of closure came through...a library.
They gave me a phone number and looked on their system and said the concert was scheduled for tonight.
With little time to spare I hopped on a bus. It had been raining all day but I managed to hit a time where it had stopped. All the way to Durham I kept thinking should I stay on the bus or try and switch at some point so another bus would get me nearer to the venue and avoid a difficult walk.
That's what I did so a 35 minute journey became a 90 minute journey with an 8 minute wait between buses.
I had time and I decided to treat myself to a portion of chips before going into the concert and also thought whilst there I'd book for another concert on Friday. I am not going to very many theatre productions this year unless something is sneaked into the attractions at short notice. A lot of those announced are not of interest to me.
Many I am hoping to attend are likely to be amateur events and will be very inexpensive.
Tonight I was in a beautiful historic room in Durham town hall and a witnessed a Spring Prom performed by the Durham University Concert Orchestra.
I will get better images another time. And of the orchestra. I was too close to the front of the room and the lighting is too dim and getting a decent exposure tricky. Especially due to the lamps. The roof is interesting too.
Its a 60 piece orchestra. They were great. The programme was varied. We had Richards - Trailblaze, Whitacre - October, by chance on the day that producer George Martin passed away(associated with The Beatles)known affectionately as the Fifth Beatle, they played a suite of Beatles songs. The second half, Vaughan Williams - English Folk Song Suite, Elgar's Nimrod. Holst's Jupiter from The Planet Suite, Wood's - Fantasia on British Sea Songs.
When I came out it was cold, wet and miserable but I felt good having enjoyed the music. Now I know of the new place to catch buses I made it to a bus stop within a few minutes. Within 5 mins I was on one, back into the bus station and within 8 minutes on my way home and not waiting around in the bus station for up to an hour and I was home just after 10pm. It all went like clockwork. I will be watching out for another concert by this orchestra.
The Friday concert is based on American music including works by Copeland and Bernstein. You do miss having a car or being able to share events with a friend and sharing costs and yes a better bus service but it could be worse and it is doable. And I am making an effort.
Amazingly its almost 1am so I will go to bed and rest, listen to the radio, have a weak coffee and snuggle up to a hot water bottle.
I'm trying decaf coffee, someone who has had gout said that helped him. Its a bit more expensive I was paying 50p for 100g, this is around £1.29 for 100g but coffee lasts me ages. Will it help who knows? I have got rid of my gout at present so I cannot tell.
I spent a lot of my day surfing the net looking for a phone number to verify an event I wanted to attend was taking place.
Numbers were not on the internet. The couple I did have were not being answered.
I racked my brain to think of other organisations that may have a number or information on the event.
Eventually the source of much information in a community but under threat of closure came through...a library.
They gave me a phone number and looked on their system and said the concert was scheduled for tonight.
With little time to spare I hopped on a bus. It had been raining all day but I managed to hit a time where it had stopped. All the way to Durham I kept thinking should I stay on the bus or try and switch at some point so another bus would get me nearer to the venue and avoid a difficult walk.
That's what I did so a 35 minute journey became a 90 minute journey with an 8 minute wait between buses.
I had time and I decided to treat myself to a portion of chips before going into the concert and also thought whilst there I'd book for another concert on Friday. I am not going to very many theatre productions this year unless something is sneaked into the attractions at short notice. A lot of those announced are not of interest to me.
Many I am hoping to attend are likely to be amateur events and will be very inexpensive.
Tonight I was in a beautiful historic room in Durham town hall and a witnessed a Spring Prom performed by the Durham University Concert Orchestra.
I will get better images another time. And of the orchestra. I was too close to the front of the room and the lighting is too dim and getting a decent exposure tricky. Especially due to the lamps. The roof is interesting too.
Its a 60 piece orchestra. They were great. The programme was varied. We had Richards - Trailblaze, Whitacre - October, by chance on the day that producer George Martin passed away(associated with The Beatles)known affectionately as the Fifth Beatle, they played a suite of Beatles songs. The second half, Vaughan Williams - English Folk Song Suite, Elgar's Nimrod. Holst's Jupiter from The Planet Suite, Wood's - Fantasia on British Sea Songs.
When I came out it was cold, wet and miserable but I felt good having enjoyed the music. Now I know of the new place to catch buses I made it to a bus stop within a few minutes. Within 5 mins I was on one, back into the bus station and within 8 minutes on my way home and not waiting around in the bus station for up to an hour and I was home just after 10pm. It all went like clockwork. I will be watching out for another concert by this orchestra.
The Friday concert is based on American music including works by Copeland and Bernstein. You do miss having a car or being able to share events with a friend and sharing costs and yes a better bus service but it could be worse and it is doable. And I am making an effort.
Amazingly its almost 1am so I will go to bed and rest, listen to the radio, have a weak coffee and snuggle up to a hot water bottle.
I'm trying decaf coffee, someone who has had gout said that helped him. Its a bit more expensive I was paying 50p for 100g, this is around £1.29 for 100g but coffee lasts me ages. Will it help who knows? I have got rid of my gout at present so I cannot tell.
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