freda going to UK

Subject: RE: freda going to UK
From: freda underhill
Date: 11 Oct 04 - 09:11 AM

Hi guys, it took me a while, but here are some more photos from the trip, up on the mudcat events site!

freda


http://www.mudcat.org/photos/events_page.cfm?file_name_sent=fredauk&part_sent=2

Subject: RE: freda going to UK
From: freda underhill
Date: 01 Sep 04 - 11:11 AM

damn. of all the catters, she was the one....!

Subject: RE: freda going to UK
From: Dave Bryant
Date: 01 Sep 04 - 04:31 AM

It was great meeting you and hearing you sing, Freda. Sorry that you never got a chance to meet Avril Betts.

Subject: RE: freda going to UK
From: freda underhill
Date: 31 Aug 04 - 06:24 PM

thanks, Morty and Giok.

Morticia, I'll pm you my Loreena Bobbitt song when I get back. as the man said, i'll be back. and Giok, if you roll up in Oz, I promise to keep Ms ratched under lock and key. as well, if you and your family need any help, connections, info, or accom, just let me know! any lobster song sung by me can only be my Barbie Ellen song (about the barbie lobster, for Charley Noble's song challenge a few months ago!)

best wishes

fred

Subject: RE: freda going to UK
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 31 Aug 04 - 02:28 PM

I take it Freda that you will of course be singing The Lobster Quadrille, will you won't will you won't you, will you join the dance?
I'm so sorry not to have met up with you, and promise we will meet on my next trip to Oz. I haven't met all the people you've now met on your visit, but I second your vote of enthusiasm for them. I shall be down south next week, and hope that I might renew an acqaintance or two myself. Bon Voyage back to the Coat Hanger City.
Giok

Subject: RE: freda going to UK
From: Morticia
Date: 31 Aug 04 - 01:34 PM

It was an absolute joy to meet you Freda....and what a voice this lovely lady has, folks! Not to be missed if you can possibly help it!!! Hope to see you again sometime soon!

Subject: RE: freda going to UK
From: freda underhill
Date: 31 Aug 04 - 10:12 AM

hi charley

there will be some catters visiting before the end of the year, and i hope to return the favour if possible.

that lobster may be calling, but being a vegetarian for over 30 years, i'll sing to it, rather than eat it!

and i have to add, manitas is a very good musician, and i will no longer tolerate melodion jokes!

ps that goes for terry and banjos!

freda

Subject: RE: freda going to UK
From: Charley Noble
Date: 31 Aug 04 - 09:48 AM

Freda-

The hospitality to wandering Mudcats can be truly magical. Hope you invited all your new friends to Oz where you can make careful plans to amuse them.

When are you coming to Maine? Your lobster is still waiting for you, somewhere in the bay.

Cheerily,
Charley Noble

Subject: RE: freda going to UK
From: freda underhill
Date: 31 Aug 04 - 08:31 AM

meanwhile, back at the ranch...

hear i am back in austria after a sometimes hectic tour of sessions in london. the black lion, Herga, and Sharps will be great memories for me - i got to hear a lot of great singers, including El greko in person, and have come away with a bunch of excellent cds. more than that, singular momemts include dave bryant singing gladiator,micca moving me to tears of laughter with innumerable parodies, and to other tears on occasion with songs from his trilogy, phot singing some great songs, jacquic's traditional songs, morticia singing anything, including a great song with pixi. dave and essex girl are a great combo, and i got to hear sussex carole and crane driver singing in the mythical barn at towersey. Moses, i look forward to hearing more of your singing, jacqui c, your kindness and optimism are a pleasure to be around, it was great to meet at last. i was cared for with great kindness by micca and khatt, and had the great pleasure of being dive bombed by morgana, the super-gymnastic kitten who can leap from great heights at a single bound. she kept me company on my last night in london, and nestled on me through the night. i left a couple of days ahead of plan, torn away by conflicting loyalties to my daughter and my wallet.

the most outstanding thing about uk folkies (and about just about anyone i met in the uk) is their wonderful sense of humour - it has been great to be around a bunch of very whacky people. (I'm back in austria now ... hmmm)

i will have some photos to add to dave's, but not til I get back to australia, next week.

freda

Subject: RE: freda going to UK
From: Dave Bryant
Date: 31 Aug 04 - 04:43 AM

Pene has put three photos from the Black Lion session up on member's photos here. I'll send up the ones from the bar at Towersey soon.

Subject: RE: freda going to UK
From: GUEST,Ex MBS.
Date: 25 Aug 04 - 11:30 AM

It could have been worse if you sang "The Wild Rover"you would have been fined alot more than a quid.

Subject: RE: freda going to UK
From: Dave Bryant
Date: 25 Aug 04 - 11:02 AM

I got fined a quid in the Sidmouth MBS for "Gross Overacting" ! - thank God that they don't have the same rules at Sharps.

Subject: RE: freda going to UK
From: jacqui.c
Date: 25 Aug 04 - 06:19 AM

I'm just recovering from a great night at the Exmouth Arms. Freda was in very good voice, as was Mr Bryant who treated us to a rendition of 'I Live In Trafalgar Square', with dramatic enactments (I think they could probably hear him in Trafalgar Square as well!).

I just wish that it wasn't such a journey for me - didn't get home until 00.45 this morning.

Subject: RE: freda going to UK
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 24 Aug 04 - 11:37 AM

I'd rather lay on somebody elses stomach.
Giok

Subject: RE: freda going to UK
From: Scooby Doo
Date: 24 Aug 04 - 07:37 AM

Sorry Dave its worse than Brewers Droop,you got to lay on your stomach for several hours each night.

Subject: RE: freda going to UK
From: Dave Bryant
Date: 24 Aug 04 - 07:31 AM

I thought that was just another name for Brewer's Droop !

Subject: RE: freda going to UK
From: Micca
Date: 24 Aug 04 - 06:03 AM

Dave, get checked you might develope Limpetigo!!!

Subject: RE: freda going to UK
From: Dave Bryant
Date: 24 Aug 04 - 05:26 AM

Liz - after being well bitten by Limpit on Sunday, do you advise me to have rabies and tetinus jabs ?

Subject: RE: freda going to UK
From: Dave Bryant
Date: 24 Aug 04 - 05:19 AM

Great session at the Black Lion on Sunday, must post some piccies. Managed to gey to Gatwick to pick up Linda afterwards. We're hoping to see Freda tonight at Sharps (at "The Exmouth Arms").

Subject: RE: freda going to UK
From: George Papavgeris
Date: 23 Aug 04 - 02:25 PM

We're off too in a min (as soon as Vanessa has donned warpaint).
Sorry not to see you there Khat, hope you're not too uncomfy.

Subject: RE: freda going to UK
From: Catherine Jayne
Date: 23 Aug 04 - 02:10 PM

sorry...as we speak!

Subject: RE: freda going to UK
From: Catherine Jayne
Date: 23 Aug 04 - 02:10 PM

Micca and Freda are their way to Herga Folk Club as week speak!

Subject: RE: freda going to UK
From: Amos
Date: 23 Aug 04 - 01:47 PM

Sounds like a wonderful time!! Wish I was there!!


A

Subject: RE: freda going to UK
From: George Papavgeris
Date: 23 Aug 04 - 01:42 PM

So, are you coming to Herga tonight then?
Christine (Moses) and I are looking forward to seeing you there!

Subject: RE: freda going to UK
From: freda underhill
Date: 23 Aug 04 - 01:01 PM

its monday late afternoon, i've just had a wondeful meal - cat is a very good cook. yesterday lunch at Liz the S and Paul's place was a treat - an orgy of delicious items - liz has obviously been a professional cook at some time i think. we sat in the garden talking, drinking while items were baking, and as micca said it wasnt the strain you might normally have meeting and getting to know new people - we know each other already. i had a great afternoon, thanks, liz n paul, and thought i would not need to eat for the next week, until i saw the beautiful items cat presented today.

the black lion was a hoot - and how good to be with a bunch of folkies singing again. songs were swapped and glasses emptied for several hours - how good to hear new songs, new versions. the mudcatters i met there were all fines singers with a great repertoire - it has whetted my appetite for the rest of the trip.

freda

Subject: RE: freda going to UK
From: jacqui.c
Date: 22 Aug 04 - 05:25 AM

freda here - austria was beautiful but VERY NEAT - it's good to be somewhere normal again, i'm feeling much more relaxed! jacqui and i have been talking, laughing, mudcatting, and listening to music. its been great! see more of you soon

freda

Subject: RE: freda going to UK
From: jacqui.c
Date: 22 Aug 04 - 05:11 AM

Well, I picked Freda up from the airport - the plane was late but what's new there!

We had a relatively quiet evening talking nineteen to the dozen over a takeaway curry and are now readying ourselves for an assault on Liz the Squeak's for lunch and then the session at the Black Lion.

Subject: RE: freda going to UK
From: GUEST,JennyO
Date: 21 Aug 04 - 01:07 PM

Thought I'd bring this to the top to say hello freda. Can't access PMs or anything because I have snuck in the back door. Hope you have a great time at the Black Lion tomorrow, everybody. Wish I could be there!

Jenny

Subject: RE: freda going to UK
From: freda underhill
Date: 20 Aug 04 - 12:02 PM

here i am in austria typing on that strange euröpean kezboard.

austria is the most beautiful country i have travelled to - it is unspoiled, traditional, and very environmentally aware. karala and i have done quite a bit of walking and talking thru the beautiful fields nearby. its hard to get time at the computer as i am continually being wined and dined. they took me to a castle for dinner last night, and a medieval festival. Today i saw two different arty towns nearby and karala was in a film shoot this avo.
i spent yesterday with karala and the family that she nannies for, walking and sunbathing by a beautful lake, surrounded by mountains. the gardens here are incredible. tonight alex and karala are entertaining business contacts (a film photographer and a
theatrical designer, who is also making karala's wedding dress) and so i have just finished dinner and snuck into the office.

alex's dutch father Freddie is fit, sun bronzed, and gregarious. He works every night at their pub nearby in the village, anneleise looks after it in the day. she is a very kind, sweet woman. they are both keen gardeners, anneliese does the flower garden and freddie the vegetable garden (he has a glasshouse and a smokehouse for smoking fish).

x freda

Subject: RE: freda going to UK
From: Ellenpoly
Date: 20 Aug 04 - 08:40 AM

Refresh

Subject: RE: freda going to UK
From: Micca
Date: 18 Aug 04 - 01:22 PM

So!! it IS true!! The hills ARE alive with the Sound of Music!!!! enjoy Freda, tell us all about it on Sunday, pass our best wishes and Viel Gluck to Bugface and fiancé

Subject: RE: freda going to UK
From: Ellenpoly
Date: 18 Aug 04 - 01:22 PM

Any chance you'll have some pics for us by the time you get back here?

Subject: RE: freda going to UK
From: freda underhill
Date: 18 Aug 04 - 01:18 PM

last night had dinner at my daughter's place outside, with friends & family - with the faint sound of - accordion floating heartily across the hills. have spent today with her and friends walking swimming, sunbaking by a huge lake surrounded by green parks beautiful gardens and mountains.

off to a castle for dinner!

freda

Subject: RE: freda going to UK
From: Scooby Doo
Date: 17 Aug 04 - 03:21 PM

Glad your save,enjoy Europe and tell us more when you can Freda.

Subject: RE: freda going to UK
From: JennyO
Date: 17 Aug 04 - 01:49 PM

Cool, you're there! I'm just about to crawl off to bed myself. I'll send you a PM tomorrow.

Jenny

Subject: RE: freda going to UK
From: freda underhill
Date: 17 Aug 04 - 01:31 PM

hi all

i have just spent a wonderful day in Ferndorf, Corinthia, southern austria. the trip here was a wipe out - the flight to shanghai was late in and i arrived late at night. due to the late arrival i missed seeing shanghai celtic at his irish pub there - i have a cd for you frank, so will have to deliver it another way ! i spent a morning in the markets in the city, and then another 12 hr flight to london, to cat and miccas. we raved until i crawled off to sleep - and I heard some beautiful music including linda kelly singing a song of miccas, and a stunning version of lowands by Morticia. i look forward very much to the singing and the company! thanks dave for your thoughtful offer - london is a biig place!!!

my bottom is just starting to feel normal again after two days in a torturous airoplane seat (yes, I'm sure you were concerned)and i have spent the afternoon walking with my daughter through a very beautiful landscape where chamomile and apple trees grow wild, past fields of corn, and surrounded by mountains, mountains and mountains, and talking, talking talking . austria is a dream - very beautiful - and i am pleased for her that she has a wonderful life here.

jenny - as you can see i am logged in here and receiving pms - over and out!

cant use the compüter much here so....

talk soon!

xfreda

Subject: RE: freda going to UK
From: JennyO
Date: 17 Aug 04 - 09:41 AM

I know that Dave, but she was a bit doubtful about putting cookies on other people's machines. She was concerned about whether they would mind, so if she doesn't do it, she won't see any PMs.

Jenny

Subject: RE: freda going to UK
From: Dave Bryant
Date: 17 Aug 04 - 04:46 AM

You could always PM her.

Subject: RE: freda going to UK
From: JennyO
Date: 16 Aug 04 - 11:24 PM

Hey cats and Micca, when she wakes up (I assume she's sleeping), could you ask her if she will be able to access her email (the usual home one) while she is away? I forgot to ask her. I have an interesting little titbit of news for her about a certain ex of mine, for one thing, and it would be handy to know anyway.

Jenny

Subject: RE: freda going to UK
From: Catherine Jayne
Date: 16 Aug 04 - 05:45 PM

Freda is here safe and sound but shattered!!! I am sure she will post sometime soon.

Subject: RE: freda going to UK
From: jacqui.c
Date: 16 Aug 04 - 04:02 PM

I'm picking her up on Saturday at lunchtime and she will stay overnight with me.

We'll be going to Liz's for lunch on Sunday and then on to the Lion.

See you there!

Subject: RE: freda going to UK
From: Catherine Jayne
Date: 16 Aug 04 - 11:49 AM

Dave thanks for the offer. freda is only here tonight then flying out to Austria to be with her daughter tomorrow morning. She willbe cack either friday or saturday and she will be staying with acqui c then back to London for the session on Sunday then on to Towersey on Thursday next week.

Subject: RE: freda going to UK
From: Dave Bryant
Date: 16 Aug 04 - 11:37 AM

Micca/Khat - is Freda planning anything for evenings this week ? - if you need any driving around during evenings let me know as with Linda in Spain (probably sunbathing topless and chasing after hunky guys) I'm at a loose end anyway.

Subject: RE: freda going to UK
From: JennyO
Date: 16 Aug 04 - 08:53 AM

100 thank you

Subject: RE: freda going to UK
From: JennyO
Date: 16 Aug 04 - 08:52 AM

99

Subject: RE: freda going to UK
From: el ted
Date: 16 Aug 04 - 08:50 AM

98!!

Subject: RE: freda going to UK
From: Catherine Jayne
Date: 16 Aug 04 - 08:12 AM

Yes the Black Lion Session is still on on sunday 22nd from 3pm. Andy (Fiddler) if you want to stay over we have room for you...let me know!!

Micca is picking Freda up from the airport this evening. She lands about 7pm so should be with us in East London about 9pm...ish.

Subject: RE: freda going to UK
From: Dave Bryant
Date: 16 Aug 04 - 07:46 AM

Fiddler - just to point out that the 22nd Aug is next Sunday, not Saturday.

I assume that the Black Lion session is still on - I don't need to get to Gatwick to pick up Linda and family until about 10.30pm - so I should have plenty of time - in fact my main time restraint will be that Blackwall Tunnel closes southbound at 9pm.

Subject: RE: freda going to UK
From: Scooby Doo
Date: 16 Aug 04 - 07:01 AM

Yes Freda have a great time in the UK.It was good talking to you the other day.

Subject: RE: freda going to UK
From: JennyO
Date: 16 Aug 04 - 06:47 AM

Well, I expect that freda would be on a plane heading UK-wards even as we speak, having had one night's stopover in Shanghai. I believe there was a possibility of her meeting up with Shanghaiceltic.

Now I'm not sure when she said she was landing at Heathrow on 11.50 on the 16th, whether she meant am or pm - and I assume she meant UK time. If it was am, she'd be landing in the next few minutes, actually.

Anyway freda, I've refreshed this thread for you, in case you have a chance to get on here tonight, even in chat. We are 9 hours ahead of the UK here in Sydney - it's about 8.40pm here.

Jenny