Mr Badger is at Not the last Knight of the Proms!

Mr Badger has been enjoying some cultural experiences. 

Last Saturday, we took him along to the performance I was playing in, entitled "Not the last Knight of the proms!"

This was an event put on by the church in a village a few miles away from us and I was playing a flute duet with my friend A.

We rehearsed in the afternoon and then in the evening, we arrived to find the church decorated in merry splendour!

Mr Badger saw lots of events including a harp version of 'It's a small world'.

He enjoyed watching the choir sing Disney medleys in the first half.

He looked askance when he saw how many fast notes I had to play towards the end of the flute duet with nowhere to breathe! He joined in with the applause at the end.

After the interval, I think what he loved best was the Hygge created by the loving affection with which the church was decorated in a riot of colours- flags, balloons, bunting for the recreation of the British Last Night of the proms! There was a comfortable, enjoyable vibe throughout!

Everyone came back to their seats happily and saw the change in decor!

And Mr Badger gleefully saw that party-poppers, screaming balloons and squeakers had been placed on the pews!

He grabbed a squeaker instantly! The fun thing about it, was everyone was encouraged to misbehave during this part of the concert, letting off balloons, party poppers, squeakers whenever they wanted.

Britannia came in triumphantly ready to sing 'Rule Brittania'

as did Mr Brittania.

The words were in the programme and Mr Badger joined in with all the classics such as
Jerusalem, Brittania, All through the Night, there's no place like home, Auld Lang Syne, Battle Hymn of the Republic and the Sailor's Hornpipe.

Lots of fun with squeakers!

and balloons!



And he was very impressed that I discovered that I could use my party squeaker to emulate the last part of the tune of the Sailor's hornpipe!


Mr Badger decided that he'd very much like to come back in two years for the repeat performance!

xx