On-Line Christmas Party

I applied for a ticket to the Radio 3 In Tune Christmas Party, and succeeded in getting one.

On the radio for two hours, the first time the BBC has tried having a live virtual audience at an event. So whilst the radio audience were listening, 1200 of us were on Zoom watching.

The deal was that we were a real audience, so had to react to everything live. Headphones essential. The music a mixture of folk, jazz and classical, with lots of Christmas overlaying it.

To my surprise - I thoroughly enjoyed it. It actually felt like attending a live event. Which actually - was what I was doing. Swapped over with J a few times, who was listening on the radio, so she could experience “ being there”.

Well done the BBC engineers who sorted out the technology which made this work. I’ll have another listen on catch up.