Not really sure if that is true as I was only away for a day and the weekend which made it seem longer than it actually was. A Friday in France as Sue is working virtually every weekend until Christmas. Anyway a smooth ferry crossing and some shopping ws what we had. As I am standing outside the CitiEurope shopping centre who do I meet but Chris the Chair of HVA's Management Committee who is also on a day trip. This coincidence is proof that it would be virtually impossible to do a Lord Lucan-esque disappearance from HVA you would always run into someone you knew. Anyway a big task at home over the weekend (clearing out the basement which has not been done since jimmy Carter was in the Whitehouse!).
By the time we got to the end we decided that a treat had been earned and we go to a real musical gem seeing Ladysmith Black Mamboza at the White Rock Theatre. Ladysmith Black Mambazo is a male choral group from South Africa that sings in the vocal style of isicathamiya and mbube. They rose to worldwide prominence as a result of singing with Paul Simon on his album, Graceland. They were formed by Joseph Shabalala in 1960 (Shabalala still leads the group today) and has now become a mobile academy, teaching people about South Africa and its culture. Many years ago I was very involved with the Anti Apartheid movement and first saw LBM in about 1986 or 87 when Apartheid was still engrained with very little prospect of change. How wonderful to see them in concert again celebrating a free South Africa and equality under the law! Anyway it was a wonderful performance and I caught up with Enda and Leslie LSP Coordinators past and present who were there. If you don't know just how good these guys are click here http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=J85QrbR5oUE the guys in question are LBM rather than the LSP Coordinators - although they are not bad either).
Our lyric is the fab four and here is local lad Mr McCartney doing it http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=GhRu9yzlTRI
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