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Laughter in the Roar

Thursday, December 11th, 2008

A patient very kindly gave me a copy of his book ‘Laughter in the Roar’. It is about variety and music hall in the first half of the last century. It is also about his family and in particular his Father, who was one of the O’Gorman brothers.  I enjoyed it because it took me back to my childhood. I remember going to the Hippodrome in Brighton and also parties at Emile Littler’s house in Poynings. Emile Little was a famous impresario.

On Tuesday night my wife and I went to see St Agnes Fountain. Chris While sings and plays guitar, bodhran & percussion. Julie Matthews sings and plays piano, keyboards & gazouki. Chris Leslie sings and plays mandolin, fiddle, dulcitar & whistles. David Hughes sings and plays guitar. They are a great folk band that only gets together at Christmas. They play Christmas carols adapted to their own style. It is a lovely start to the Christmas season. They sang a very amusing song ‘I Got My Lights Up’ (He’s got his Christmas Lights up). You can down this from their website. I should warn you that it is a rap!

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Monday Morning

Monday, November 24th, 2008

I wish to thank the patient who sent me last Mondays Telegraph. There was a very interesting article on the opening, to rave reviews, of Billy Elliot on Broadway. The article is written by the creator Lee Hall. I quote from Oct 2 ” After the euphoria of the first preview night, I came to the theatre and wonder why the audience are still being seated at 8pm – the show was supposed to have started. I am told that the whole of downstairs has been taken by the American Arthritis Society and the Upstaires by the seniors of the Westchester County Country Club. Most of them are octogenarians and there is a buzz of hearing aids. The play eventually starts. Not a titter. It is a disaster. They clearly don’t get it. Yet at the end the place erupts. With immense difficulty they rise to their feet and applaud just like the first night. They had been watching it as a play, not as a comedy.”

I survived the sing along Mamma Mia at the Chichester Cinema on Saturday. It was good fun. I just hope the rest of the audience did not suffer too much from my singing.

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Hello world!

Friday, November 21st, 2008

This is new! I have never been known to write very much. In fact I only just scraped a pass at English O level on the 3rd attempt! I did pass English Literature first time. I am going to try and give you an insight into the goings on in a dental practice as well as after hours activities. Unfortunately its probably not going to be that racy.

Last week I attended the British Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry annual meeting in Birmingham.  On the Thursday I listened to Dr Tom Trinkner and Mr Matt Roberts. Tom is a dentist in Columbia, South Carolina and Matt is a very well known Dental Ceramist (he makes the crowns) in the United States. The full day lecture was very entertaining and gave an insight into the way they communicate when they are on opposite sides of the country. Matt works with a large computer screen in front of him which has an enlarged photograph of the patients teeth he is designing a crown for. They also use iChat on Apple Macs to communicate. Unfortunately I only have messenger on the PC. Not the same thing.

On the Friday the talk was on ‘Dawson Functional Aesthetics’ or how to make the teeth look good and fit well without causing the patient jaw problems. Very well presented by Dr William “Bo” Bruce and Dr Dave Newkirk, both very eloquent speakers.

On Saturday I should have still been in Birmingham but it was my Mothers 80th Birthday. So it was up to London to see Mamma Mia. I have seen the film and I did wonder if without the beautiful Greek scenary it would be as good. What you do not have in the film is the energy of the cast, which is amazing. The cast really comunicate with the audience. It was great. Unfortunately my wife  enjoyed it so much, particularly the end when we all got out of our seats for a sing along with the cast, she has booked us seats for the sing along at the New Park Centre!! Help!

The practice news is that Maureen’s back is getting better after falling over and injuring her coccyx. This has made it very painful for her to sit down. I know it is getting better because she is back to keeping me under control.

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