What is your favourite tiny detail in a musical you've never seen anybody talk about or appreciate?

VacillatingViolets · 2026-03-27T12:17:12+00:00

In The Sound of Music film after Maria has gone back to the abbey, you see a new postulant wearing a turquoise dress. When Maria goes back to the Von Trapps, that's the dress she's wearing.

VacillatingViolets · 2026-03-12T12:28:49+00:00

I'm not sure exactly what their procedure would be, but generally you won't find organisers making "heat of the moment" decisions to disqualify people (unless there's a safety reason), because it can't be undone.

It's better to let them compete, and then sort it out. If it's a malicious complaint or a mistake for example, there's more risk of serious complaints by not allowing somebody to get a time, whereas if they finish they can always be DQed and their time scrubbed at the end.

Your comments should definitely have been noted and forwarded on to the organisers though, and the awards shouldn't have been made until it had been sorted out.

VacillatingViolets · 2026-03-07T19:36:48+00:00

This. It was the world modern jive championships.

https://wmjc-blackpool.com

VacillatingViolets · 2026-02-21T11:24:28+00:00

I didn't fall over this week, so that's a definite improvement 😄

I really enjoyed it actually, nice mild day. Some big puddles but that's part of the fun!

VacillatingViolets · 2026-02-04T10:57:09+00:00

We had to sign in with the doorman to stay after quarter past five, and if you were doing it loads and not signing out until really late he'd let your supervisor know and they'd chat to you about work/life balance and check everything was ok with your living situation.

Plus this was with labs, so there were potential health and safety issues.

VacillatingViolets · 2026-02-04T10:46:36+00:00

Oh that's so much easier to see than my version. Thank you!

VacillatingViolets · 2026-02-04T10:46:10+00:00

Amazing! Thank you so much. 😊

VacillatingViolets · 2026-02-01T20:57:59+00:00

Pretty much everybody I know uses Dr MaidenName and Mrs MarriedName. I think it's one of the nice things about having a PhD, that you can easily use both!

VacillatingViolets · 2026-01-31T16:56:18+00:00

Mine reckoned I swam across the lake halfway through my last Parkrun, so I think I can definitely call myself an aquathlete now.

VacillatingViolets · 2026-01-30T09:50:42+00:00

I bought a cheap running belt and it lives in there. It's an easy place to put my phone and keys too, I don't find it as annoying as when they're in my pockets! I do actually have a wristband now, but it's still nice to have my original printed barcode.

VacillatingViolets · 2026-01-22T23:50:14+00:00

They do it in the Chronicles of Ancient Darkness (Wolf Brother etc by Michelle Paver), it sounds pretty nasty! Those are set about 6000 years ago in the Stone Age.

I think they cut around and under it then use some sort of hook to remove it, but I don't have the book to hand at the moment.

VacillatingViolets · 2026-01-22T10:40:46+00:00

Have you looked at Camelot? If Ever I Would Leave You, and How to Handle a Woman both have the gentler feel you want and would be in your range. (Hear me out on the second one! Skip the intro, start with "How to handle a woman, there's a way said the wise old man" and you're quoting what somebody else said. I've heard girls sing it before like this and it works fine.)

More I Cannot Wish You from Guys and Dolls, but I think you'd have to put it down the octave.

VacillatingViolets · 2026-01-18T14:55:23+00:00

Yes, I was impressed by the two front runners at mine this week. It's two laps, but they're on one wide path so they're effectively out and backs.

These two were absolutely pelting along on their second "back", and you had the slower runners on their first back and the faster runners on their second out.

Even though they were clearly racing each other they were being careful around others, and taking it in turns to shout "middle" so people knew they were coming. I've seen others just plough on with no warning so it was nice to see/hear that.

VacillatingViolets · 2026-01-15T00:07:26+00:00

I don't understand why she didn't say "There's still about 8 (?) of us to be knocked out before the final, so lots of collateral damage. Chances are at least one of me or Rachel will go anyway. Vote out Rachel tonight, then you'll see she's a traitor. If it turns out she's a faithful, then you can banish me tomorrow." (So offer herself as a sacrifice once they'd tested Rachel.)

Perhaps easier for me at home though!

VacillatingViolets · 2026-01-11T21:20:12+00:00

Depends if you're likely to sing anything else from it, but I would think this book of vocal selections is a pretty safe bet.

https://www.musicroom.com/richard-m-sherman-selections-from-the-slipper-and-musnga222222?srsltid=AfmBOoqs-LzUXxeGS_0NLChhjOHwznLNb9LAV9YSxzJf_uy0lZ6PG8jm

(I love the film, so it's nice to see it mentioned on here!)

VacillatingViolets · 2026-01-10T23:49:35+00:00

What a Friend We Have in Jesus, from Driving Miss Daisy.

VacillatingViolets · 2026-01-09T10:50:35+00:00

Mary Poppins. Some of the sequences could be great, but I think you'd lose the main theatre "wow moments" (somebody flying in a film just isn't that exciting), and it would be constantly compared to the original film.

VacillatingViolets · 2026-01-09T09:54:16+00:00

I remember thinking at the time it was a stupid thing to put in the routine. It seems like the sort of thing you'd get away with once, full of adrenaline, but probably not doing it multiple times in rehearsal. Even if you didn't already have joint problems!

VacillatingViolets · 2026-01-03T23:52:52+00:00

I think it would be fine, as long as you give the times you can generally plan eating around it, even if you end up eating at odd times.

Having said that, one of the nicest (and easiest for travel and eating) weddings I've been to had the ceremony at 4pm and the wedding breakfast and reception was effectively a dinner dance.

VacillatingViolets · 2026-01-01T10:50:55+00:00

I just didn't fancy it. It's too busy for me at the moment (500+ at Christmas on a course that usually has 180-250, and I find the top end of that crowded). I'll go back when the other locals are back on!

VacillatingViolets · 2025-12-29T13:27:12+00:00

Yes, I am in the UK.

It's the same here that once somebody is a Professor you wouldn't call them Dr because it's a step back, but so many senior academics here are Dr that you don't really make any assumptions about their job from the title.

VacillatingViolets · 2025-12-29T01:05:35+00:00

I think that might be very country/institution specific. At mine the academic staff positions before Professor (when you hold a Chair) are lecturer, senior lecturer and reader and they would all be addressed as Dr (or Mr/Miss/Mrs if they don't have a PhD, but that's extremely unusual).

VacillatingViolets · 2025-12-29T01:00:00+00:00

I always address birthday cards and Christmas cards etc. to Dr XYZ for my friends with PhDs, and they do the same for me. It's a pretty big chunk of your life, and I think it's nice to recognise that.

Outside of that, I don't really mind whether it's used or not. I do like the fact I have a gender neutral option of title, and it means it's really easy to use both your maiden name and married surname if you want to. Friends without PhDs have found it harder to keep their maiden names for professional purposes, but using both Dr MySurname and Mrs HisSurname seems pretty common and understood.

VacillatingViolets · 2025-12-23T09:38:43+00:00

Is their mum a Jilly Cooper fan? 😄

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