STOMP

[ElizabethB]

I have been feeling very punnie the last few days and have been hibernating in bed with a book. I had tickets for STOMP last night. I have seen the show before which is why I drug myself out of bed and ventured out into a very stormy night. Coughed, sneezed and blew my nose all through the show which I am sure the people around me did not appreciate. I am SOO glad I went. What an amazing invigorating performace. It was a sold out show. Absolutely incredible. If you EVER have the opportunity to see this show - please do so. Guys gals - doesn't matter - you will totally enjoy the amazing routines. Making music with no musical instruments.

[rainbowgardener]

Have to look for it sometime, I've never seen it.

In the meantime your spelling of puny reminded me of an old line:

If I were pun-I-shed, for every pun I shed, I wouldn't have a puny shed, in which to lay my punished head.

So you were feeling punny! (and puny)


(I almost never correct anyone's spelling or typos, I just liked this one! )

[ElizabethB]

Thanks Rainbow - do look for the show - totally awesome. My only complaint about the forum is no spell checker - or have I missed it? The funny thing is that I love language but my spelling is extremely bad. Missed something in grammer school.

[LA47]

I hope you get to feeling better soon, ElizabethB. I can really sympathize as I'm on my 3rd day of the old fashioned flu. Starting to feel slightly better. Yuk!
Sounds like a nice show. I'm glad you enjoyed it but hope you don't get any sicker from your excursion.

[Jardin du Fort]

Elizabeth,

Spell checker only works if the word you spell is NOT a word. If it is the WRONG word, spell checker won't notice, and is no help.

[rainbowgardener]

We do have spell check though, at least we do on my computer. If I type arouound, a little red line appears under it in the window, alerting me to the fact that it is spelled wrong. Punnie would have had a line like that, since it is not an actual word (it is red underlined as I type it now). Those lines disappear when you hit submit, they are only present when what you type is still in draft form.

[applestar]

STOMP is great though I've only seen videos not actual performance.

I bet you would also like KODO drummers. I've seen them live twice... Three times? In between their US tours, we go watch/hear three local groups in the tri-state area that perform at various summer festivals though far from KODO caliber of course.

Oh wow, thanks for the reminder they're coming this way!
https://www.kodo.or.jp/oet/oet2013b_en.html

[lorax]

Another one to watch out for, although I don't know that they tour outside of Canada, is KITA-NO-TAIKO. Absolutely amazing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lavx0e_KfwY

[ElizabethB]

Brooms is the typical opening act. Comparing the video to a live performance is like comparing plastic fruit to the real thing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CEwnXt-zk4

A MUST SEE if you ever have the opportunity.