Henk van Aalten Posted January 8, 2005 Share Posted January 8, 2005 Yesterday evening I was watching BBC 1 News at 21:00. There was an item about the Football Club of Yeading (near London). They are playing for the FA cup tomorrow against New Castle United. Someone was asked for comment. The subtitle on screen indicated that it was "Alan Day". He was wearing a cap and moustache. Was it you Al or was it you in disguise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Day Posted January 8, 2005 Share Posted January 8, 2005 Well Henk this is the day of the FA Cup (football) where the little minnows take on the big boys.Sadly Henk that was Alan Day the football coach. I am however ready to play for Chelsea if asked and if you look at my Avatar you can see I have my boots on,but at my current level of fitness, if I ran to the centre circle to start the game,I would have to be substituted for being too tired to continue. I am also nothing to do with the Alan Day Mercedes dealer at the bottom of the M1 motorway or Day Aggrigates who have the registration DAY on all their lorries. I did however do a job for Day aggrigates and my contact name was Mrs Day.Imagine her suprise when I rang her "Is that Mrs Day,""Yes","Mr Day here" Luckily it amused her not sure about her husband though. Alan Day ( Part time Concertina player or PTCP) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Reid Posted January 8, 2005 Share Posted January 8, 2005 And for all those of you who have been wondering, I must confess that I'm not the Mike Reid who achieved All-American and All-Pro football honors, then went on to a second career as a country-western singer-songwriter. Both of us, though, play piano. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helen Posted January 8, 2005 Share Posted January 8, 2005 Wow Michael, at the same time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Barnert Posted January 8, 2005 Share Posted January 8, 2005 Wow Michael, at the same time? Yes. Michael sits on the left, playing bass, while Michael sits on the right, playing melody. It's a good thing they don't both play English Concertina. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samantha Posted January 8, 2005 Share Posted January 8, 2005 It's a good thing they don't both play English Concertina. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I've seen our very own Jim Lucas doing this with Erwin Pruss (Concertino-on-the-Road). Mind-boggling! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x_me_x Posted January 11, 2005 Share Posted January 11, 2005 i have seen 2 people both playing the penny whistle at the same time. it is quite amusing to watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Posted January 12, 2005 Share Posted January 12, 2005 I've seen pictures on one person (Cathal McConnell, of Boys of the Lough fame) playing two pennywhistles at the same time! Steven Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Day Posted January 12, 2005 Share Posted January 12, 2005 There was a guy at Sidmouth many years ago that played two whistles at the same time,the only difference was they were stuck up each nostril. Al Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Mills Posted January 12, 2005 Share Posted January 12, 2005 A performance by The Fayre Four Sisters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Day Posted January 12, 2005 Share Posted January 12, 2005 I am interested in your picture,as I have seen and heard these girls playing on an archive music hall TV programme ,but there was only two of them.They must have split up as a group. Thanks for showing it. Al Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Wild Posted January 12, 2005 Share Posted January 12, 2005 There was a guy at Sidmouth many years ago that played two whistles at the same time,the only difference was they were stuck up each nostril. Some years ago I saw singer/musician Vin Garbutt play THREE whistles. The technique was to use a piece of rubber tubing with one outlet at one end and two outlets at the other - something like an inverted doctor's stethoscope. One whistle was used as the mouthpiece with its other end stuck into the single tube outlet. The mouthpieces of the other two whistles were stuck into the ends of the other two outlets. One of these whistles was used for fingering the notes and the other was allowed to hang down and acted like a drone - in other words, the cheapest set of bagpipes you could buy! - John Wild Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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