{"id":6125,"date":"2024-06-02T09:02:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-01T23:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/librariansmatter.com\/blog\/?p=6125"},"modified":"2024-06-01T21:14:24","modified_gmt":"2024-06-01T11:44:24","slug":"she-speaks-and-she-shanties-blogjune-2-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/librariansmatter.com\/blog\/2024\/06\/02\/she-speaks-and-she-shanties-blogjune-2-24\/","title":{"rendered":"She Speaks and She Shanties. Blogjune 2\/24"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

ONE PIC FROM TODAY<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Five<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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ONE THING I DID TODAY<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Long-form improv performed by an all-female sea shanty group anyone?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yes please!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Totally unintended. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I HAD intentionally attended a concert presented by the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra of conservatorium students performing contemporary classical works by female composers at 4pm, part of the She Speaks<\/a> programme. You know, something like an incredibly rapid and intricate flute piece with trills like birdsong, or a composition for cello and eight terracotta flowerpots, or a toy grand piano frentetically accompanying a pre-recorded track of static on a computer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I did intentionally share a fabulous Greek meal with friends afterward, eating too much fried cheese with no regrets at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BUT, this is Adelaide. Where the Fringe has finished. And the Cabaret Festival, of course, has its own Fringe<\/a>. So, two minutes before the She Shanties<\/a> show, instead of walking past, I popped in for a rollicking ride where the audience suggested a profession useless on a desert island (management consultant), something you would take on a ship (parrot) and a catchphrase (“Oh, my leg!”)… and then there was much call-and-response chorusing between audience and performers amid imaginary cannon-ball fights; Madame Pachinko’s Circus drumming up business; an failed canine dental hygienist…. concluding with a lover’s ballad extolling the virtues of being unsuccessful together.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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