tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post1116989429594787303..comments2024-03-26T15:57:13.443+00:00Comments on On An Overgrown Path: Are they being relentlessly fashion driven, or what? Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-52331943233534364782013-04-19T13:39:08.312+01:002013-04-19T13:39:08.312+01:00Thanks, Bob. I switched off the closing ceremony a...Thanks, Bob. I switched off the closing ceremony after ten messy minutes.<br /><br />Re the Festival in the Desert, which had become debased by the hordes of wealthy young tourists of a certain sort who descended upon it, I had heard from my dear friend Sophie Sarin - who still runs a mud hotel ini Djenne - that there were plans to mount an alternative in Segou. But I must check with her what became of that - there are still dangers even in southern Mali.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-33577552749840200252013-04-19T12:22:52.148+01:002013-04-19T12:22:52.148+01:00"But STILL the LSO didn't get to show the..."But STILL the LSO didn't get to show the wider world what it can do" - David, I totally agree, which is why - plus your observation about the opera award - I ran this as a post.<br /><br />Have now amended my erroneous reference to the LSO playing at the closing ceremony.<br /><br />Perhaps you and me are the only two people in the world who did not watch the entire opening and closing ceremony!Pliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-61094534367819453422013-04-19T11:54:26.552+01:002013-04-19T11:54:26.552+01:00Bob: I gulped and checked - the 'Chariots of F...Bob: I gulped and checked - the 'Chariots of Fire' spoof with Atkinson WAS at the Opening Ceremony, but I must have missed the bit with Roth, which is obviously a worthwhile thing. But STILL the LSO didn't get to show the wider world what it can do.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.com