Comments on: My Dancing Day http://laniersbooks.com/2009/12/14/my-dancing-day/ antiquarian gems and gently-loved jewels Sun, 20 May 2012 20:19:47 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Lanier Ivester http://laniersbooks.com/2009/12/14/my-dancing-day/comment-page-1/#comment-1236 Lanier Ivester Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:46:21 +0000 http://laniersbooks.com/?p=409#comment-1236 Hello, Naomi! :) I'm so happy that you've enjoyed my blog. :) It gives me such joy to connect with sisters all over the world. To answer your question, we pretty much find our music all over the place. :) The Oxford Book of Carols is a favorite, and always the first place we start. And pretty much all of our pieces are done from music--"The King" is the only one I can think of that we did by ear. Another place that we love is the Choral Public Domain Library--lots of wonderful free sheet music!! (http://www2.cpdl.org) Hello, Naomi! :) I’m so happy that you’ve enjoyed my blog. :) It gives me such joy to connect with sisters all over the world.

To answer your question, we pretty much find our music all over the place. :) The Oxford Book of Carols is a favorite, and always the first place we start. And pretty much all of our pieces are done from music–”The King” is the only one I can think of that we did by ear. Another place that we love is the Choral Public Domain Library–lots of wonderful free sheet music!! (http://www2.cpdl.org)

]]> By: Lanier Ivester http://laniersbooks.com/2009/12/14/my-dancing-day/comment-page-1/#comment-1235 Lanier Ivester Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:39:59 +0000 http://laniersbooks.com/?p=409#comment-1235 It's probably more the American Southern corruption of the French: La-neer. ;) It’s probably more the American Southern corruption of the French: La-neer. ;)

]]> By: Lanier Ivester http://laniersbooks.com/2009/12/14/my-dancing-day/comment-page-1/#comment-1234 Lanier Ivester Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:39:00 +0000 http://laniersbooks.com/?p=409#comment-1234 Ooh, not we haven't tackled that one yet, Josie...maybe next Christmas... :) Ooh, not we haven’t tackled that one yet, Josie…maybe next Christmas… :)

]]> By: Josie Ray http://laniersbooks.com/2009/12/14/my-dancing-day/comment-page-1/#comment-1232 Josie Ray Fri, 18 Dec 2009 16:03:22 +0000 http://laniersbooks.com/?p=409#comment-1232 p.p.s. Thank you, again, for all the lovely music. I can just imagine Lanier and Friends singing Britten's ethereal Ceremony of Carols. I suppose....? Have you ever? "H o - d i - e ...." p.p.s. Thank you, again, for all the lovely music. I can just imagine Lanier and Friends singing Britten’s ethereal Ceremony of Carols. I suppose….? Have you ever? “H o – d i – e ….”

]]> By: Josie Ray http://laniersbooks.com/2009/12/14/my-dancing-day/comment-page-1/#comment-1231 Josie Ray Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:53:12 +0000 http://laniersbooks.com/?p=409#comment-1231 p.s. If you get a moment, would you please post the pronunciation of your name, so I can get it right in my head? Do you use the American-English or French pronunciation...or neither? Thanks so much. p.s. If you get a moment, would you please post the pronunciation of your name, so I can get it right in my head? Do you use the American-English or French pronunciation…or neither? Thanks so much.

]]> By: Josie Ray http://laniersbooks.com/2009/12/14/my-dancing-day/comment-page-1/#comment-1230 Josie Ray Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:51:36 +0000 http://laniersbooks.com/?p=409#comment-1230 How very, very sweet! Thank you for sharing these tender photos. The blurred action in the first one is so magical, brought to earth by the warm hug in the second. Lovely. How very, very sweet! Thank you for sharing these tender photos. The blurred action in the first one is so magical, brought to earth by the warm hug in the second. Lovely.

]]> By: Naomi http://laniersbooks.com/2009/12/14/my-dancing-day/comment-page-1/#comment-1229 Naomi Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:44:42 +0000 http://laniersbooks.com/?p=409#comment-1229 Dear Lanier, I've wanted to post on your blog for longer than I can remember but never had any success. I am so glad you've updated it to allow readers to share with you. Your blog has been such an inspiration to me, encouraging me to appreciate my England (I'm a London girl and only started venturing outside its borders into green and pleasant lands in recent years), treasure my childlike heart, and dance freely to the entirely different drumbeat that I've been hearing for years but tried in vain to suppress. Thank you for painting the depths of your heart onto this blog and allowing us to glimpse into the world of a daughter of the King who delights in beauty and purity. On a somewhat separate note, where do you find the music for all your lovely a capella recordings? Do you read from the sheet or do you hear it somewhere and then replicate it by ear? I sing in a barbershop chorus and am looking to start a singing group of 3 or 4 so any tips would be much appreciated! Naomi x Dear Lanier,

I’ve wanted to post on your blog for longer than I can remember but never had any success. I am so glad you’ve updated it to allow readers to share with you.

Your blog has been such an inspiration to me, encouraging me to appreciate my England (I’m a London girl and only started venturing outside its borders into green and pleasant lands in recent years), treasure my childlike heart, and dance freely to the entirely different drumbeat that I’ve been hearing for years but tried in vain to suppress. Thank you for painting the depths of your heart onto this blog and allowing us to glimpse into the world of a daughter of the King who delights in beauty and purity.

On a somewhat separate note, where do you find the music for all your lovely a capella recordings? Do you read from the sheet or do you hear it somewhere and then replicate it by ear? I sing in a barbershop chorus and am looking to start a singing group of 3 or 4 so any tips would be much appreciated!

Naomi x

]]> By: Deanna http://laniersbooks.com/2009/12/14/my-dancing-day/comment-page-1/#comment-1228 Deanna Tue, 15 Dec 2009 04:25:43 +0000 http://laniersbooks.com/?p=409#comment-1228 Oh, we just had an English Country Dance to celebrate Christmas! So much fun! I would love to hear more about your tradition and to see photos! The ones you shared are lovely - being of English and Scots-Irish heritage I loved seeing your father in his kilt! Oh, we just had an English Country Dance to celebrate Christmas! So much fun! I would love to hear more about your tradition and to see photos!

The ones you shared are lovely – being of English and Scots-Irish heritage I loved seeing your father in his kilt!

]]> By: Stacy http://laniersbooks.com/2009/12/14/my-dancing-day/comment-page-1/#comment-1227 Stacy Tue, 15 Dec 2009 02:15:11 +0000 http://laniersbooks.com/?p=409#comment-1227 I absolutely adore a man in a kilt! What lovely pictures. I absolutely adore a man in a kilt! What lovely pictures.

]]> By: Laura http://laniersbooks.com/2009/12/14/my-dancing-day/comment-page-1/#comment-1226 Laura Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:31:40 +0000 http://laniersbooks.com/?p=409#comment-1226 How special! If you're having a party, please post lots of pictures! :-) How special! If you’re having a party, please post lots of pictures! :-)

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