The last night is a pain, it's true - a great deal of literal flagwaving,
and singing of 'Rule, Britannia' etc. But the rest of the Proms are great.
The original idea was that the audience walked round while listening.
Nowadays you can get in very cheap and stand in the arena, or pay slightly
more to be in the gallery (still no seats, but you can sit or lie on the
floor), which I've always preferred. I don't often get the chance to go now,
but they're on the radio every night. They had Renee Fleming singing Four
Last Songs last week. I have to admit I switch off at the interval when they
cut to the specially commissioned Proms poem by Armitage or whoever.
Best wishes
MA
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From: "roger day" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, August 13, 2001 7:54 AM
Subject: Re: Britnews
http://www.bbc.co.uk/proms/
some sort of musical festival where some of the audience stand or
"promenade" (cheaper than sitting). The worst is the 73rd where flags get
waved and stuff.
Roger.
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From: "Michael Snider" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, August 13, 2001 04:59
Subject: Re: Britnews
> On Sunday, August 12, 2001, at 11:51 PM, david.bircumshaw wrote:
>
> > And bad poems by social climbers have now become a feature of the Proms.
>
> In the States, Proms are dances held at the end of the last year of high
> school -- I can't imagine any sort of poem being a feature of these
> events. What is a Prom over there?
>
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