OK, so the last Scottish person named Colin that I was excited about was racing cars around dirty tracks all over the world... and then he was taken from us way too soon... however, I am happy that tomorrow I get to replace Mr McRae with a new Scottish Colin. Colin Currie is a Scottish Percussionist which means he bangs on lots of things, and for all intents and purposes, he is renowned for doing this very well.
I checked out this
awesome video from Good Morning which Colin links to from
his Twitter account. All I can say is WOW!!!
He is soooooo very very good that I think former Defence Force Chief Scientist Mr Wince must have taught Colin everything he knows (Mr Wince seems to be very good at a lot of things)... Or more likely Colin is actually benefitting from many years of practice and hard work...
Tomorrow's show is with the NZSO and is GRATIS - that means free in Latin... We should use Latin more I think so we can say things like "Nulli Secundus" instead of "Second to None"... and "Nihil Boni Sine Labore" instead of "nothing good without hard work". OK, so I only know enough Latin to recall translations of 2 old school mottos, but there would be times that speaking Latin was awesome I am sure... How many of us would be able to sum up a night of triumph over our mates by saying Vini, Vidi, Vici and NOT feel very very good about ourselves.
I am taking my family with me again as this show is particularly suitable for kids who will LOVE the visual display that is inherently present in a percussion performance! Hope to see you there!!!
Colin Currie Family Recital
Saturday 11 September, 2:00pm
Great Hall, Auckland Town Hall
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