RE: [Paddlewise] music for paddlers

G'Day,

Just been listening on the radio to an Arabic piece on the Oudh called 'Dances
with waves' - wonder if the idea was cross fertilised from the kayaking book
of the same name.

Anyway the real reason for this email was to remember Wayne Langmaid a
Canadian who died last year and taught me most of what I know about kayaking.
Something he encouraged was to sing aloud when the going was tough and you
might be a bit nervous. It actually works, lends strength to your arm and your
paddle.

I remember one long crossing (40km) with John Wilde in the Whitsundays. John
has a magnificent voice and knows every music hall song ever written. So we
were halfway across and the seas were getting up and the sky going dark with
rain when John started us all of as a choir in the middle of the ocean with
"Who's yer lady Friend". John was perfectly comfortable as most of us were,
but he probably thought it was time to raise group morale. He then went
through his whole repertoire. I couldn't hear the bawdy bits because of the
wind so can't repeat them here, and we paddled the rest the trip in great
form.

If you ever meet John (he spends a fair bit of time in wild water in Nepal),
buy him a drink and ask him if he can recite a poem. He won't but he'll sing
you a grand range of songs instead.

For lovers of music hall - http://www.trasksdad.com/MusicHall/MusicHall.html

All the best, PeterO
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