tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5164100025139495762.post7650802264066449299..comments2023-09-18T13:23:41.372+01:00Comments on Wonder and Wondering - Attentive to Rhythms of Grace: Tranformative encounters with the arts at an early ageGeoff Colmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05399306737741865827noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5164100025139495762.post-71536006424458262432008-06-20T22:11:00.000+01:002008-06-20T22:11:00.000+01:00It is always interesting to see where posts take o...It is always interesting to see where posts take our minds... and the word 'Tring' instantly transported me back to childhood train journeys from Northampton to Euston, most probably go to the museums at South Ken. which remain one of my favourite haunts if I am in the 'smoke.' Ah, the prickly seat covers and stuffy smell of the British Rail commuter trains and the endless recitations of R L Stephenson's 'From a Railway Carriage' that accompanied those journeys.<BR/><BR/>Not so formative, really, but I do recall watching the Last Night of the Proms (in glorious black and white)for the first time and resolving that one day I'd play at the Albert Hall. Never achieved that, but did get my Girls' Brigade Queen's Award and London University Presentation there, so I have trodden that carpet as a 'performer' twice.<BR/><BR/>As for early encounters with the arts per se, I think it was 'The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra' played on a prehistoric PA system in a small primary school - still one of my favourite pieces, probably because of its associations.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for stirring up many happy memories.Catrionahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00468626701017307017noreply@blogger.com