Volgograd children's symphony orchestra

[Sky Blue Pete]

Concert at the cathedral

The standard of the kids is phenomenal

Just had very interesting conversation with Ann Lucas. Js has no interest in CCfc just Ricoh, land and hotel.

 

[Otis]

Ohh bugger.

Was that tonight? My missus is going to be rather annoyed when she finds out.

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

70th anniversary of Coventry and Stalingrad uniting against a common tragedy of civilians being taken up in a war not of their making or choosing

 

[Otis]

Even more annoyed she'll be.

We didn't know a thing about it and my missus is from Volgograd.

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

Ohh bugger.

Was that tonight? My missus is going to be rather annoyed when she finds out.

Otis

Amazing utterly amazing!!

Great story too

Our city has a lot to be proud of for its gift of reconciliation still spreading to this day with the work of the reconciliation ministry at the cathedral

 

[Otis]

Bet if my missus had let the council know she'd have been a VIP for the night.

Could have bagged myself a bottle of champagne and 4 poster bed at the Formula 1 hotel.

No idea where my wife would sleep though.

 

[wingy]

70th anniversary of Coventry and Stalingrad uniting against a common tragedy of civilians being taken up in a war not of their making or choosing

Not a metaphor here Pete.

 

[Otis]

There is actually a Volgograd Place in Coventry. It is under the ring road on the way to the Swanswell.

 

[wingy]

There is actually a Volgograd Place in Coventry. It is under the ring road on the way to the Swanswell.

Where all the Dossers hang out?? God bless em.

 

[Otis]

As I say, I'm having the 4 poster bed and my wife has to sleep somewhere!

 

[derbyskyblue]

just wondering otis, whats your wife's view on putin and the crimea stuff?

 

[Otis]

just wondering otis, whats your wife's view on putin and the crimea stuff?

Not good. :facepalm:

Despite what the press say, the Russian people are mostly completely blinded by him over there by all accounts and they pretty much all like the bloke and think he can do very little wrong.

We've had a fair few arguments over this. She can't understand all the sanctions over the Ukraine situation and I explained it's because Russia broke international law and invaded a sovereign country and she says they didn't, the Russians only went in to protect the people of Crimea.

She doesn't believe any of the 'Western world stories' as he puts it.

I did keep explaining to her that the Russian people have been lied to for over 70 years, but she's having none of it. She says I am biased towards the West. I am not though and as I said to her, how come then I didn't support Blair in invading Iraq and was totally opposed to our government's decision on this at the time and heavily criticised my own country?

I always try to keep a balanced view on everything and if any country is in the wrong they are in the worng, be it Russia, China, the US or indeed, ourselves.

All my wife's family are still in Russia and my wife is in regluar contact and gets the word off the street and feeling from over there from her conversations.

She thinks of Putin as brave, war hero leader rather than the Butcher of Chechnya.

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

That's the thing for me Otis.

It would be so wonderful of our past wasn't littered with military action that violated international law so that with clean unbloodied hands we could speak to Russia but we can't because we acted in Iraq for our own needs but not in Rwanda. We were too late in Kosovo and impotent in Syria.

The sanctions are pointless and counterproductive. I would be saying to Putin it is all well and good using the democratic process in crimea so why not use the same pattern in Chechnya

 

[Otis]

The whole situation is daft. Let's be honest here, if Crimea really wanted to rejoin Russia it could be easily done by diplomatic means anyway.

And if the Chechyens want independence then let them be independent.


Think the world could be a so much simpler place at times if we applied a bit more common sense.

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

Was a high level event. Lord Mayor, representative from Russian ambassador. Hell even pru perretta was there

There was even a world premiere that included the sky blues and Ricoh in the same sentence :-(

 

[Otis]

Was a high level event. Lord Mayor, representative from Russian ambassador. Hell even pru perretta was there

There was even a world premiere that included the sky blues and Ricoh in the same sentence :-(

Excellent.

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

Forgot to say it also included yours truly singing

 

[Otis]

Forgot to say it also included yours truly singing

Singing? Okay. Am now intrigued. :thinking about:

Solo? Chorus? Classical?

In the words of Olivia Netwon Johh, tell me more, tell me more!!

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

I sing bass in holy trinity choir but I was singing with my daughter in the blue coat school choir who were excellent as always, do you sing?

 

[Otis]

I sing bass in holy trinity choir but I was singing with my daughter in the blue coat school choir who were excellent as always, do you sing?

Sort of. I write songs, so do put my vocal to those, but they are for other people to actually sing.

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

Excellent. For a job or hobby?

 

[Otis]

Excellent. For a job or hobby?

Both.

I usually write comedy musicals and then theatre groups pay me to put them on.

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

Brilliant. That's really cool. What was your last one about?

 

[Grendel]

Just had very interesting conversation with Ann Lucas. Js has no interest in CCfc just Ricoh, land and hotel.

Nice to see they have something in common then.

Did the old croak keep having to nip outside for a fag break?

 

[wingy]

Sort of. I write songs, so do put my vocal to those, but they are for other people to actually sing.

Did'nt you sing with a couple of bands back in the day or was that your brother??

 

[Otis]

Did'nt you sing with a couple of bands back in the day or was that your brother??

Yes, me.

 

[Otis]

Brilliant. That's really cool. What was your last one about?

My last one was about an hour and a half.

 

[derbyskyblue]

which band was you in otis?

 

[Otis]

which band was you in otis?

A band called Blownfuze. We didn't have much success, but my drummer joined King and my bass played joined Dexy's Midnight Runners.

We were only a 3 piece so after that there pretty much was no band!

 

[derbyskyblue]

you must know colin heanes then, he was an old skool mate, was in a band called reluctant stereotypes.

 

[Otis]

you must know colin heanes then, he was an old skool mate, was in a band called reluctant stereotypes.

Probably. Not sure. I knew Tony Wall and Jim Lantsbury.

 

[derbyskyblue]

used to work with tony at the jag,in fact i gave him my copy of the album (the label) by reluctant stereotypes, think he played bass in that. It was the only album or recording he didn't have from his time in the music scene.