I was quite surprised at how much I enjoyed all The Jubilee stuff on the TV . I really loved Kylie, The African Children’s Choir and The slum drummers, Robbie and The River Pageant, but I thought the most amazing thing was the lighting onto Buckingham Palace – it was beautiful. When Madness sang on the roof ,and all those house images were projected onto Buck House’s facade, it was stunning .The projectionist deserves a medal .
The fireworks were OK, but not a patch on the display Ian Stewart and John put on ,in the back of 20 Haslemere ,when the lit Catherine Wheel flew into the box of unlit fireworks .
I agree, Rach, the lighting design and the production values were incredible; I’ve just been raving to Alastair about the effects during Madness – and he tells me he’s been working on those techniques. I’ve told him he’s lighting up our house next Christmas!
Tell him to start planning something for when we come over …..When I retire I’m definitely having a gap-year . So he’s got 13 years to plan it !