{"id":230,"date":"2013-05-19T23:27:17","date_gmt":"2013-05-19T22:27:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.elainespires.co.uk\/journal\/?p=230"},"modified":"2013-05-19T23:27:17","modified_gmt":"2013-05-19T22:27:17","slug":"an-elegance-of-elaines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.elainespires.co.uk\/journal\/2013\/05\/an-elegance-of-elaines\/","title":{"rendered":"An Elegance of Elaines"},"content":{"rendered":"

I found myself in a “never before” situation on Saturday when I went to the wedding of my lovely friend Michelle and her new husband Trevor.\u00a0 It was a really smashing day.\u00a0 Knowing it was to be held in the RC Church of St John the Evangelist in Horsham, I was a little apprehensive as previous Catholic weddings I’ve been to have all been a bit physical: “Please stand.”\u00a0 “Let us kneel,”\u00a0 “Please be seated,”\u00a0 “Now stand for the blessing”.\u00a0 <\/em>You get the picture.\u00a0 But there was no kneeling involved at all, although we did have to stand for rather a long time which resulted in me having to hobble to the car in new three and a quarter inch shoes while the photos were being taken to slip into something a little flatter and more comfortable.\u00a0 But the service was simple and intimate and the reception held at a gorgeous little venue and it was great to see Michelle looking so beautiful and happy and to be inspired by her parents Peggy and Charles,\u00a0who at 93 and 96 are just AMAZING..<\/p>\n

So what was the situation?\u00a0 Well, all my life I’ve usually be the only Elaine or one of two.\u00a0 In my primary school, there was me and Elaine Orchard – but she left in first year juniors leaving me as the only Elaine in the whole school. (How can I remember that when I can’t remember what I did last Wednesday?)\u00a0 At grammar school Elaine Day joined in the first form when I’d already enjoyed five years of solitary Elaine-ness\u00a0and was going into lower sixth.\u00a0 During all my years in Ibiza there was only one other, who came\u00a0just about a year before\u00a0I left\u00a0and she was known as Scottish Elaine for obvious reasons.\u00a0 And in\u00a0twelve years\u00a0of working with the singles; groups I only ever came across two other Elaines.\u00a0 So, it was a little strange and somewhat disconcerting on Saturday to find that in a group of\u00a0thirty women who were at the wedding, THREE were called Elaine.\u00a0 Every time someone said the name I turned round assuming it was me.\u00a0 After all, up until then it usually had been.\u00a0 And the question was asked “What do you call a group of Elaines?”\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0I quite liked An elegance <\/em>(and it was quite fitting as we were in our finery – me in a Katie Vale\u00a0fascinator!) and I also liked\u00a0an eloquence<\/em> and an eminence<\/em>.\u00a0 <\/em>I was even quite taken with an explosion.\u00a0 <\/em>I wasn’t so keen on an\u00a0erruption <\/em>or an ejection\u00a0<\/em>(or an ejeculation<\/em>!)\u00a0\u00a0 So, any suggestions for a collective noun for a group of Elaines?\u00a0 I look forward to your replies and suggestions.<\/p>\n

And some news from the Actors’ Factory – we are now opening the waiting list.\u00a0 This\u00a0is for a new group\u00a0which will start in the autumn – day and time to be confirmed later.\u00a0 If you want to come onto the waiting list for a place please contact me through my e-mail on this website or through Stages Studios (01708 744001).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I found myself in a “never before” situation on Saturday when I went to the wedding of my lovely friend Michelle and her new husband Trevor.\u00a0 It was a really smashing day.\u00a0 Knowing it was to be held in the … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[146,186,185],"class_list":["post-230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-actors-factory","tag-elaine-day","tag-elaine-orchard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elainespires.co.uk\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elainespires.co.uk\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elainespires.co.uk\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elainespires.co.uk\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elainespires.co.uk\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=230"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.elainespires.co.uk\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":231,"href":"https:\/\/www.elainespires.co.uk\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230\/revisions\/231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elainespires.co.uk\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elainespires.co.uk\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elainespires.co.uk\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}