reviews...

after months of exam-induced cultural drought, had a double dose of the arts today when i went to both a matinee of Lord of the Dance at Kallang Theatre and the night performance by this French group called the Checkers Choir at Jubilee Hall...
Have heard lots about Lord of the Dance, and basically wondered what was all the fuss about, especially since its not the only one of these Celtic dancing shows, not with Riverdance and others whose names evade me currently...
But anyways, realised that all this hype is pretty justified... Won't go into detail, but suffice to say they really were impressive. Just wonder for how many years longer will their knee joints hold out... And it is so wonderful to realise how the true Lord of the dance has blessed these people with such marvellous talents...[On a side note, Kallang Theatre really is in desparate need of repair. It smelt horrible, a musty odour which just made me think 'retro 80s' straight away. I was wondering how they could have chosen such an ugly muddish brown colour for the carpet, till i saw a step where the metal rim at the edge of the step had been removed, then i realised that the original colour of the carpet (hidden for decades under that metal strip) actually was a bright red... Yuck... They should take a leaf out of the S'pore Conference Hall's book, and renovate, extensively... Now it actually looks quite decent.]
And tonite's Checkers... Ils sont tres magnifiques! While they were not technically perfect, with occasional flat notes and timing problems, the way that you could see them feeling the songs in their entirety (these were gospel songs sung in English, yet these French folk still looked like they really felt every word of what they sang) and most importantly, singing them for God's glory. [this was a charity performance too, by the way] There were some really outstanding voices too, like this lady who looked quite a bit like CSI's Jorja Fox (Sara) and another guy who looked like a tall and blond Seth Green (Dr Evil's son)...
Oh but i digress, bottom line was, they were really good. Alas, would love to honour them by reviewing their concert en Francais, mais malheureusement, je ne peux pas parler assez du langue (sheesh, not even sure if that was gramatically correct)
Wow now that exams are over there are so many things to do, that i have been deprived of during term time, movies, concerts, cycling (nite cycling on the 8th, yay!!!), other exercise, reading newspapers, watching tv, driving(?) and the list goes on...