AV News 178 - November 2009
Perhaps
Valerie Rawlins FRPS
I cannot tell you how surprised I am that my
sequence "Perhaps" did so well in the National
AV Championships; Highly Commended and
Audience Vote for the Session.
It came about when I was looking for items for
a charity bag; you know the type that pop through
the letterbox on a regular basis. I thought of the
many books given as gifts years ago and never
looked at now, among them was "Hats Off" by
Joyce Grenfell. I flipped it open at page 60 and
read, "I'm in Love".
Immediately I though I could make this into an
AV. My usual short light-hearted style naturally, I
am not good at serious.
The first hurdle was to
record it as it was
written; I found even the
first two lines hard to get
right. Saying "I'm in love
wiv a werry unsuitable
man" did not come easy
and the line that goes
"he din't take no notice
at all" was never
achieved, it always
came out "he didn't"
I finally accepted that. The more I tried to get it right the more stilted it sounded.
The recording came first this time; I never have a set method. The music
was not chosen by me, it just appeared on a disc bought at the same charity
shop. I was looking for
music for an event to use
as background and the
disc was from "Miles of
film Themes".
I played it eventually to
check it through and
wow, Doris Day was
singing the same subject
as my sequence. Not
only did I have the track
but also the title.
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