Alan Coady’s Musical Blog

Details of six rehearsals and the dress rehearsal for this year’s East Lothian Showcase Concert* have been posted on the Dates For Your Diary page.

* Friday 27th March at 7:30 in Musselburgh Grammar School

Those interested in the science of learning may be interested in The Biology of Learning (including tips) from Luminosity’s Brain Health Blog.

This is nearly my final blog post of the session before hanging up my quill for the summer holidays. There remain some recorded performances to edit and convert to mp3 before posting.

I’d like to thank:

• those who have looked in over the year
• the many contributors for their kind and thought-provoking comments
• fellow eduBuzzers for many an interesting read
• colleagues of every sort for their support
• parents for their support

but mostly, pupils for their hard work and for the many performances throughout the year – both live and recorded. I was proud to be part of it all.

Have a magnificent summer (when it arrives).

I’m taking the opportunity whenever I can to post at school as we’ve been offline for around three weeks at home. A very short history of events is:

• agree to upgrade – faster speed – unlimited downloads
• existing modem doesn’t work with new set up
• agree to buy wireless router (The Great Provider’s own make)
• that doesn’t work – a problem with the line?
• three days to check line – this isn’t the problem after all
• a new router is to be sent – but this takes more than a week to arrive
• throughout all the above, a great deal of time and money spent on the phone

The Great Provider (to whom I also pay £10.40 per month for my website) has agreed that we should be compensated for lost time and has suggested that the cost of each day offline will be deducted from the usual bill. Now, I hate to fuel the fires of our compensation culture, but somehow I feel that this is not enough. Is it just me?