tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post1822328342483907576..comments2023-07-22T15:44:42.859+01:00Comments on More about the song - rambling with Rachel Fox: On recitingRachel Foxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-70120526081091725342009-01-28T07:52:00.000+00:002009-01-28T07:52:00.000+00:00Ken - I had seen your new post (totally confused m...Ken - I had seen your new post (totally confused me...being both new and old at the same time...and then having old comments on too!).<BR/>Your voice isn't odd, is it? It sounds as twinkly as your eyes and I'm sure it will make your neverending list of female readers swoon all the more! Warn the wife...Armstrong turns heartthrob alert...<BR/><BR/>friendlyxfrom person too lazy to learn all those smiley face things.Rachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-44709117026041670292009-01-27T23:40:00.000+00:002009-01-27T23:40:00.000+00:00Small girl has emboldened me to put my own voice i...Small girl has emboldened me to put my own voice in a post. And you *know* how odd I sound. :)<BR/><BR/>It really is a very good reading.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-11637697265399256742009-01-26T18:34:00.000+00:002009-01-26T18:34:00.000+00:00Yes Olga Korbut and Nadia Comaneci were big featur...Yes Olga Korbut and Nadia Comaneci were big features of our TV life in the 1970s. <BR/><BR/>Glad you liked both of our contributions. <BR/><BR/>xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-44458538840843811252009-01-26T18:26:00.000+00:002009-01-26T18:26:00.000+00:00Small Girl sounds so cute! What a lovely recitatio...Small Girl sounds so cute! What a lovely recitation. Tell her well done from me. <BR/><BR/>As for your poem... I had an almost identical experience, and can sympathise so much it may make me biased toward the poem itself. I *loved* it. The plucky Eastern Europeans and "chips and sympathy" bits were highlights. <BR/><BR/>What a talented little family you have. :)Fiendishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06427088675092430747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-22093397707794367402009-01-26T17:29:00.000+00:002009-01-26T17:29:00.000+00:00Yes, maybe I can get her the poetry slot at the ne...Yes, maybe I can get her the poetry slot at the next Obama inauguration!<BR/>xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-72459767970201619162009-01-26T17:13:00.000+00:002009-01-26T17:13:00.000+00:00Belated Happy Birthday! sweet to hear small girl r...Belated Happy Birthday! <BR/><BR/>sweet to hear small girl read, she definitely has a healthy scots tawng to her voice coming through.<BR/><BR/>sweet snow<BR/>to you.McGuirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03095242258892600138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-87169366597033863402009-01-26T12:46:00.000+00:002009-01-26T12:46:00.000+00:00Or she might have a proper steady job, ditch all t...Or she might have a proper steady job, ditch all that and then throw herself into the arts .. who knows?<BR/><BR/>xAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-56561824579987615102009-01-26T12:08:00.000+00:002009-01-26T12:08:00.000+00:00Yes, although of course I would like her to get a ...Yes, although of course I would like her to get a 'proper' steady job when she grows up...none of this poncing about in the arts! <BR/>xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-35756824683281738612009-01-26T11:38:00.000+00:002009-01-26T11:38:00.000+00:00Too cute! Absolutely brilliant. I think we have a ...Too cute! <BR/><BR/>Absolutely brilliant. I think we have a star in the making.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-44624602921671012512009-01-26T11:01:00.000+00:002009-01-26T11:01:00.000+00:00Glad you both enjoyed it, Jim. I've listened to it...Glad you both enjoyed it, Jim. I've listened to it about 20 times! She might not win the competition in class but she'll just have to make do with an international literary fanbase instead! She would like to win in class of course (and she'd quite like to win the 'best in school' shield too) but there's a lot of competition for that and lots of them are very good! <BR/>xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-44875176478611969982009-01-26T10:31:00.000+00:002009-01-26T10:31:00.000+00:00Well that recitation certainly put a smile on my w...Well that recitation certainly put a smile on my wife's face. She fairly glowed as she listened. She asked how old the reader was and I told her and that she was your daughter. "The apple falls not far from the tree," she said, "and you can tell her I said that." Well, now I have. And, okay, maybe I smiled a bit too.Jim Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786388638146471193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-80499984773737125072009-01-26T08:19:00.000+00:002009-01-26T08:19:00.000+00:00Hey Charlie! Yes she'll probably write better poem...Hey Charlie! Yes she'll probably write better poems than me too!<BR/><BR/>And Juliet...acting yes...I remember drama more from secondary school. We used to have a drama competition and we had to write the plays and everything. I do remember writing the play once (when about 12 or 13?) and we even won! Very exciting! But then I got all teenage and self-conscious and badly behaved and did more acting up than acting...<BR/><BR/>xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-35337879057624898002009-01-26T08:14:00.000+00:002009-01-26T08:14:00.000+00:00oh well done Small Girl! I'm like you I'm afraid, ...oh well done Small Girl! I'm like you I'm afraid, English schooling and lack of reciting, though at least I did do some acting at schoolCrafty Green Poethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02486633917197181851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-87124666072479720572009-01-26T04:10:00.000+00:002009-01-26T04:10:00.000+00:00Rachel, what a star you have in the making. Brough...Rachel, what a star you have in the making. Brought a tear to my eye, I'm a bit soft that way.<BR/>Hope to see you at next Folk Club,<BR/>CharlieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-427540402187398422009-01-25T20:08:00.000+00:002009-01-25T20:08:00.000+00:00Oh well...it may have put you off Burns but at lea...Oh well...it may have put you off Burns but at least it didn't put you off poetry altogether!<BR/><BR/>xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-7675188274582816882009-01-25T19:52:00.000+00:002009-01-25T19:52:00.000+00:00Aww that is so sweet, and so well done!! Yes I rem...Aww that is so sweet, and so well done!! Yes I remember the school recitations well, probably why I've never read much Burns since, lol!Marion McCreadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04657757253873577465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-64369838617979992092009-01-25T18:14:00.000+00:002009-01-25T18:14:00.000+00:00I know bits of Shakespeare by heart...and some Hil...I know bits of Shakespeare by heart...and some Hilaire Belloc and a few other bits. I probably know a lot more Morecambe & Wise routines and pop song lyrics though!<BR/><BR/>Ah, the olden days...maybe we should devise a computer game that encourages poetry recitation (one for the wii or something). Not sure how it would work though...might just be unbearable!<BR/><BR/>xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-73836059685791126472009-01-25T16:12:00.000+00:002009-01-25T16:12:00.000+00:00That's lovely Rachel. Well done to SG. I think you...That's lovely Rachel. Well done to SG. I think you're right about the Burns tradition encouraging the reciting of poetry in Scotland, but I can still recall big chunks of Gray's Elegy, Wordsworth and Shakespeare too. It's what we did in the olden days. Or is that too TOGgy?Colin Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15627539650929533832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-16845081286223409632009-01-25T15:50:00.000+00:002009-01-25T15:50:00.000+00:00Liz - Mark recorded it on his i-phone but we have ...Liz - Mark recorded it on his i-phone but we have also used other MP3 players in the past. He says you can record straight into your computer too using whatever recording software you have. Best thing is to find a friend with an i-phone - quality is really good.<BR/><BR/>As for performing paranoia...I would say learn to love it and be confident...if someone has asked you to read then they WANT to hear you so go and give them your best shot. If you love your work (which I'm sure you do on some levels, if not all) then give the poems the most help you can! Someone who had been a comedian said to me 'audiences don't want to see you fail...they want you to do well' and I try to remember that when I am reading/performing and it works. If you look terrified it makes people nervous - look relaxed and they relax (though of course certain poems require different atmospheres....but that is another tutorial!). <BR/><BR/>And Weaver...I was a cocky kid who did well in school and games so I think it was probably good for me to fail at something! I do find it quite surprising though that it is the thing I did badly at as a child that I have chosen/ended up doing as an adult! I love reading poems out to audiences now...definitely one of my favourite activities. I like watching people's faces as they listen...hearing what they say afterwards. Sometimes it's the last person I expect to like a poem who comes up and tells me how much it moved them etc. Fascinating.<BR/><BR/>xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-41800032155822430232009-01-25T15:35:00.001+00:002009-01-25T15:35:00.001+00:00O Rachel - such a sad little poem.Glad your small ...O Rachel - such a sad little poem.<BR/>Glad your small girl had a much more positive poetry reciting. As children we used to recite poetry at our Sunday School anniversary. We practised for weeks and every girl had a new dress for the occasion. I can still remember some of the poems I recited.<BR/>Faster than fairies, faster than witches.<BR/>Abou Ben Adam may his tribe increase;<BR/>Up the airy mountain down the rushy glen.<BR/>Old Meg she was a gypsy and lived upon the moors.<BR/>Memories, memories - thanks for reviving them for an instant!The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-49106839410086744352009-01-25T15:35:00.000+00:002009-01-25T15:35:00.000+00:00Rachel, brava for 'Small Girl'! She's got rhythm a...Rachel, brava for 'Small Girl'! She's got rhythm allright and a gorgeous voice - like the mix of English and Scottish accent.<BR/>Would dearly love to sound so full of gusto and pride...will be calling on Small Girl for reading tips! <BR/>Rachel, as an aside and into the tech-y side of things...what did you use to record her...? Was it complicated? I have to get my own skates on with practising and may need to record myself similarly... <BR/><BR/>And I never did take to the stage as a kid but would suffer terribly for my class-mates who had to go up and sing or whatever...which has left me with an acute sense of 'performing-paranoia'! ; )<BR/>xLizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05990807765195683301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-33612452446979856052009-01-25T14:14:00.000+00:002009-01-25T14:14:00.000+00:00And the chips and sympathy...we were always cheere...And the chips and sympathy...we were always cheered up with food by my Mum...chips, chocolate, cakes...it's a wonder I'm not the size of several houses.<BR/>xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-33063213660084028642009-01-25T14:12:00.000+00:002009-01-25T14:12:00.000+00:00I thought you might like it, Hope. In fact I put i...I thought you might like it, Hope. In fact I put it up with you in mind. She did this particular recitation in the front room this morning...I have no idea how brave (or otherwise) she sounds when she does it at school. <BR/><BR/>Ken...I'm sure your first place is on its way. Maybe you're just saving it for the time when it really matters!<BR/><BR/>And Kat...yes, I was surprised at how Scottish she turned all of a sudden. Her Grandma says she is more actress than anything! Now there's a competitive field to go into...<BR/><BR/>xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-53716973509133172992009-01-25T14:09:00.000+00:002009-01-25T14:09:00.000+00:00Brava! Brava! She sounds delightful! She's got th...Brava! Brava! She sounds delightful! She's got that Scots inflection down, that's for sure.<BR/><BR/>I loved your poem too, Rachel. (Home for chips and sympathy - made it much better, I expect.) Too bad about the cold - we never forget those moments, do we?<BR/><BR/>I never recited as a child, but I did sing, "My Grandfather's Clock" for a class and parents once.<BR/><BR/>KatKat Mortensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16877694888419628533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-2315065472135652672009-01-25T13:50:00.000+00:002009-01-25T13:50:00.000+00:00She is as charming as I imagined! Standing Ovatio...She is as charming as I imagined! Standing Ovation to my little friend. :)<BR/><BR/>For some reason we only had to recite in one English class in 7th grade. I was always shy and standing up in front of a group terrified me..probably more than forgetting the poems! I still remember parts of them. "O Capt. My Capt." by Walt Whitman and "If" by Rudyard Kipling.<BR/><BR/>Small Girl sounded much more brave than I did.hopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03306622656461205674noreply@blogger.com