Travel, Theatre, Music, Cricket, Tennis, Writing, Life
This was an afternoon concert at the V&A. I’m not sure how we got on to this one. Daisy wasn’t yet a member of the V&A – perhaps one of her clients suggested it.
The Sephardic music was very sweet and interesting. A relatively small room/small audience at the V&A, I recall.
We very much enjoyed the experience.
The programme follows:
Tony and Phillie stayed with us over new year that year and we went to see this exhibition on new year’s day.
We had the idea for it when we went to the V&A with Z/Yen a few week’s earlier – an event that will be Ogblogged in the fullness of time.
Tony and Phillie really enjoyed spending the day with us and also enjoyed this exhibition – Tony especially enjoying the V&A and its artefacts.
There is a good V&A resource about it – here.
I remember being astonished by Phillie’s energy, although she was very poorly by then, as she wanted to explore some other bits of the V&A before we left.
For some strange reason we have no pictures from the 2009 Z/Yen seasonal event. I find it hard to believe that none were taken, yet there is no sign of anyone uploading a batch to the Z/Yen server, although that habit had become established by the end of 2009.
The headline picture “Z/Yen In Hats” was actually taken the previous year, but was the December 2009 picture in the Z/Yen calendar, so it will have to do.
Our friend and client (through Charity IT Leaders), Sarah Winmill, was CIO at the V&A at that time. She very kindly gave us a private viewing and “backstage look” at the highly popular Decode Exhibition which was “the thing” at the V&A that season.
The following video gives a good idea of the fascinating stuff on show.
Needless to say, many Z/Yen folk were as happy as Larry at that show. Even an arty technophobe like Janie found lots to enjoy there and all enjoyed the behind the scenes tour.
Then on to the Notting Hill Brasserie.
I do hope that someone who attended did take pictures and keep them – a stack of pictures from that dinner would be good. I remember it was a lively crowd and the private room there was a good venue for our do.
The seasonal song that year was our first (but not last) attempt at “ExtZy” to the tune of Branle D’Official (Ding Dong Merrily On High) – click here for a pdf or read below:
EXTZY
(Song to the Tune of “Ding Dong Merrily On High”)
Buy/sell merrily at Z/Yen,
In market games we’re trading;
Buy/sell heavily, you ken,
Z/Yen coffers we are raiding.
ExtZy,
For prizes or donations;
ExtZy,
For prizes or donations.
This lark isn’t just a game,
We’re Z/Yen Communitizing;
Building membership’s our aim,
And benchmark analyzing.
ExtZy,
For prizes or donations;
ExtZy,
For prizes or donations.
Play you doughtily, we’ve made,
Z/Yen peoples’ role as ringers;
Let’s just hope that when we trade,
We’re better play’rs than singers.
ExtZy,
For prizes or donations;
ExtZy,
For prizes or donations.
This exhibition was about contemporary/recent artists and their relationship with books.
Janie and I had both heard/read good reviews about this exhibition and ensured that we took a Monday off at a suitable stage in the exhibition’s life to have a quiet look at it. This plan worked very well on the first Monday in June.
Also this scholarly article by Dr Rowan Watson – click here for V&A link to pdf...
…or here for the Ogblog upload of same.
Interesting reviews/articles on the exhibition in:
The above picture, from Cambio de Tercio, is possibly the last photo taken of me before I grew my beard over that Christmas break. I suspect I should be “crediting” Monique for it, or possibly Jez given the proximity of the photographer to Sarah.
Earlier in the evening we had all enjoyed a cultural time at the V&A. Most people followed Linda’s lead to The Golden Age of Couture, but I was keen to see photography instead; The Art of Lee Miller. I think Janie had already seen the couture, so some folk joined us for the photographic exhibition.
Cambio de Tercio is a fine restaurant and we indeed had a very fine meal there.
The song that year was, ♬Santa’s Using PropheZy At Z/Yen♬ to the tune of Santa Claus is Coming To town:
SANTA’S USING PROPHEZY AT Z/YEN
(Sung to the tune of “Santa Claus is Coming To Town”)He’s made an edict!
He needs to know why!
He’s out to predict,
He will classify;Santa Claus Is Coming To Z/Yen,
PropheZy has done it again,
Santa’s using PropheZy at Z/Yen!Santa’s making a list,
He’s checking it twice,
His model works out
Who’s naughty and nice.Santa Claus Is Coming To Z/Yen,
PropheZy has done it again,
Santa’s using PropheZy at Z/Yen!He predicts when you’re not sleeping,
He predicts when you’re serene,
He computes if you’ve been bad or good,
In Support Vector Machine!A Santa index,
A Santa Claus game,
A Santa benchmark,
The answer’s the same;IndeZy is coming to Z/Yen,
ExtZy is coming to Z/Yen,
PropheZy is coming to Z/Yen.The boys and girls in Z/Yen-land,
Want to know the reason why,
Each name has got to start or end,
With a Z and then a Y.They’re eaZy to use,
They’re peaZy to play,
No sleaZy abuse,
When done the Z/Yen way;IndeZy is coming to Z/Yen,
ExtZy is coming to Z/Yen,
Here’s Bruce Springsteen’s version of Santa Claus Is Coming To Town:
I seem to recall that a very good time was had by all that evening.
Janie and I tended, even in those days, to take a day off work on the Monday after going to an international cricket match on a Sunday. We went to the ODI at Lord’s on the Sunday and I’m pretty sure we walked back to the flat after the match.
We had been talking about going to see the surrealism exhibition at the V&A for some time, so the Monday after the match seemed an ideal opportunity.
Here are some on-line artefacts about the exhibition:
We both really liked this exhibition. I can’t for the life of me remember what else we did that day. Probably not a lot.
