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Re: FAIREY and daft things said by Adjudicators or rather SEEN.

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Subject: Re: FAIREY and daft things said by Adjudicators or rather SEEN.
From: simon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Simon Stonehouse)
Date: Thu, 02 Jul 1998 20:58:34 GMT
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On Wed, 01 Jul 1998 12:41:44 +0200, you wrote:

>I'll never forget nor understand what happened at the European
championship in
>Montreux 1994.
>
>I had a seat very near to the box of the adjudicators, which were
blinded by a
>curtain in light pink.
>With the lamp in the box, you could easily see all the movement and the
gestures
>inside the box. Very smart and funny to see. It was Roy Newsome (you
even could
>easily see who was doing the gestures and Roy is easy to recognise since
 he was
>the only wearing glasses and * you know), who was putting his fingers in
 his
>ears different times when Fairey played their own choice, Masquerade.
Indeed, it
>was unbelievable how rough Fairey and especially the timpani player
were/was
>banging their way through a piece full of ff,fff,ffff. Embarrassing and
the
>worst performance I ever heard from them, even for me being a Fairey
fan.
>
snip
>An adjudicator putting his fingers in his ears while giving 99, can you
>understand it , I CAN'T ?! Or was it English protectionism (don't shoot
me for
>that) and Roy having good relations with Fairey, as e.g. their former
conductor.
snip

mmm...thanks for your kind comments Eddy........l take your comments
on board, BUT...let me ask a few questions....why would Roy be "having
good relations" with us when we sacked him for the Major in 1989...Roy
is as far as I know an excellent judge, in comparison with some
others..and does have an excellent ear...also if Faireys were SO ROUGH
at that contest, what does that say about the standard of brilliantly
balanced/controlled European performances (listen to the
recordings!!!) and about all the audience who clapped/screamed etc.
etc. for minutes more (maybe they were just glad we had
finished!!!!).....or have i got the wrong year.....

ahhh well...couldn't not respond to that one!!!

Simon
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- FAIREY and daft things said by Adjudicators or rather SEEN.
  - From: Edy Van Asch

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