I'm just about to go to Blicking Hall with my mum, it's her birthday and she's in North Norfolk at a meeting, so it seems like a good way to spend a few hours. When I was a middle school, aged about 8 or 9, we had a day trip to Blicking Hall. We all had to dress up in period costume (i really loved this) and there were re-inactors who played early instruments like recorders (and I can't remember any others because I was obsessed with the recorder). I have such a vivid memory of the actor/musicians asking if anyone played an instrument and my hand shot up. "I play the recorder" (at this point I was about grade 3 and spent all my time playing), they let me play a tune (I played a Hornpipe by Henry Purcell, that I just happened to know from memory) and I remember being so happy. It is a big tudor house and gardens and now I live 3 miles away and have national trust membership so can go whenever I want. There's a fireplace in there which has the dates 1605 (I think!) and it's completely magical and inspiring.
For some reason, when I think about being a musician and performing and how or when it all started, this is the main event (apart from my excellent recorder teachers).... it all started in Norfolk in a funny costume.
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