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Holy cow Geraldine!! This sounded delicious indeed!!! A good start to a Monday to read this. Hm . . . Sheffield. . . . intensifying smallness . . . E furnace room . . .singing . . .I am mighty curious!!! On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 2:36 AM, Geraldine Monk <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > Dearest All, > > I have only just recovered enough to write about the today's event. > The day's long performances, the insidious cold and the overpowering nature > of the venue have left me deliciously exhausted. I came home, fell deeply > asleep, awoke buzzing and will now probably be awake all night. > > The venue is extraordinary and to a degree intimidating. We did all the > Juxtavoices sessions (4 performances throughout the day) on the floor of E > furnace between the Big Melts show. The E furnace room alone is as big as a > cathedral - massive, shadowy, perishing cold (now) and full of the still > living ghosts of Sheffield's once magnificent steel industry. Like a > cathedral it inspires awe and intensifies our very-smallness. I have a > moments treacherous pang of wanting to be a 'real singer' and launch in the > Hallelujah Chorus or Allegri's Miserere but - phew - it passes. The moment > we begin and with each and every utterance the pretensions to other than > what we are doing melt away. We *are *the Big Melt between the Big Melt. > > > The vastness, the shadows, the echoes, the unexpected coldness and the > colossal collective past of those who worked in this hot and heavy > industry is probably as big a challenge as we'll ever have. I and we or we > and I rose to it and we certainly learnt a lot about tackling such an > awesome venue. > > The day was rounded off by a performance of Mick Beck's fabulous Gated > Community. As some of these performers were in Juxtavoices I can only > marvel at where they got their energy from to deliver such a stunning set. > Another cavernous room (Face of Steel) and another blast of shadowy cold but > hey what a performance. It was simply terrific and some of the pieces were, > quite frankly, hilarious. > > Whaddaday! > > Must try to sleep again, > > A very happy bunny > > x Geraldine > > >