Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne was the venue for this game and Netball Australia again used Alison Rae Jones NZ to sing the NZ anthem and Sarah deBono, with her disturbingly un-natural scarlet hair as the Australian representative. Not much difference really, the Kiwi nearly had her vibrato under control a couple of times and the hair colour of the Australian chartreuse was an ongoing distraction. Whatever I said for the Kiwi last week and a repeat for the Australian girl as well.
Monday, October 7, 2013
Friday, October 4, 2013
Australia / New Zealand Netball Test
The vibrato queen of the South Pacific warbled her way through the Kiwi anthem. She may have been nervous, but only rated a 3.5. There were a couple of patches of vibrato which would have worked as an anti-tank weapon.
The Australian anthem was done by a young person with distractingly scarlet hair and matching shoes. I am told she is/was a contestant on the X Factor or some such talent show and we really got the idea she wanted to launch into a modern R'n'B version, slipping and sliding all over the notes, but didn't dare. A 6 for this effort.
Others thought I was being overly generous with these ratings, but they were are least mostly in tune, which is always a good start.
The Australian anthem was done by a young person with distractingly scarlet hair and matching shoes. I am told she is/was a contestant on the X Factor or some such talent show and we really got the idea she wanted to launch into a modern R'n'B version, slipping and sliding all over the notes, but didn't dare. A 6 for this effort.
Others thought I was being overly generous with these ratings, but they were are least mostly in tune, which is always a good start.
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