The Proms Season 2008 has been announced.

[tjwmason]

and it looks like one which will please me greatly. :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

There are anniversary celebrations for Messiaen (YAYS YAYS YAYS YAYS), Vaughan Williams, and Stockhausen. :bounce:

I'm now very excited about the summer.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/proms

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

1. Makes the American concept of "prom" seem downright silly

Of course, many things about America are downright silly!

Looks like you will enjoy yourself immensely!

[tjwmason]

2. The American use didn't occur to me.

It is an interesting thought to compare the two. :crazy:

[Critters2]

5. Actually, that's what I was expecting your post to be about,

and I couldn't figure what the hell you were talking about! :crazy:

[Lydia Leftcoast]

3. Envy-envy-envy

That schedule makes me want to get rich and move to London for the summer.

[tjwmason]

4. I'm just going to sit here

and say HAHAHAHAHAHA. :P

It does look like a great schedule, and having cast my eye over it briefly there's a few which I'm very interested in.

[ceile]

6. A Doctor Who Prom?

How cool is that?!

[tjwmason]

7. They've been trying to get a number of family concerts recently

as a good way of showing children that there isn't actually anything scary about classical music - which is very much inkeeping with the foundation of the Proms for bringing music to a wider audience.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

8. Yes, aren't the tickets for "promming" (basically a classical mosh pit)

only £5 or something like that?