{"id":22197,"date":"2021-02-11T14:26:30","date_gmt":"2021-02-11T14:26:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mcclellandmedia.com\/blog\/?p=22197"},"modified":"2021-02-11T14:26:30","modified_gmt":"2021-02-11T14:26:30","slug":"greetings-from-the-frozen-north-warm-up-with-sketch-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mcclellandmedia.com\/blog\/2021\/02\/11\/greetings-from-the-frozen-north-warm-up-with-sketch-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Greetings from the Frozen North! Warm up with Sketch Up!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ey up from the Steel City!!!\u00a0Hope you’re all doing okay, staying warm and staying safe.
\nI write this on the 39th day of Lockdown 3. It just goes on and on doesn’t it?<\/p>\n

But, thankfully, I have something to tickle your funny bones on these cold nights.
\nI’m a member of Sketch Up!<\/strong> – a group of Actor’s, Writers and Voice Artists, that got together to record comedy sketches, directly from the mind and nimble fingers of Rachel E. Thorn<\/a><\/p>\n

We were due to perform these LIVE!!! Yes, LIVE!!!<\/em><\/strong> with an audience<\/em>, at the renowned Leicester Comedy Festival<\/a>.<\/strong> But, alas, a Global Pandemic thwarted our bid for Global Sketch Comedy Stardom.
\nLive comedy’s loss is, however, your gain…
\nThanks to the power of T’interwebs, you can enjoy our sketches in the comfort of your very own home\/car\/van\/tent\/workplace\/ears… \u00a0via the\u00a0Leicester Comedy Festival<\/strong>\u00a0 – <\/a>until Feb 21.
\nWe\u2019ve already had a 4-STAR REVIEW <\/a>\u00a0(\u201ca delight…with a bit of bite!\u201d)\u00a0<\/strong>and lots of lovely feedback which is great. Its free to listen<\/strong>\u00a0(you bloody old misers) online \u2013 45 comedy sketches<\/strong> \u2013 listen all in one go or individually.
\nThey range from the surreal to the domestic and sometimes incorporate a bit of both but nowhere will you find even the vaguest reference to the dreaded pandemic!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"Sketch Up!<\/strong> Comedy sketches written by Rachel E. Thorn<\/a>, Produced by Gerard Fletcher<\/a> & Melanie Crawley<\/a>, Performed by Ali Mylon<\/a>, Gerard Fletcher, Letty Butler,<\/a> Melanie Crawley, myself, and Rachel E Thorn.<\/p>\n

Here’s the Soundcloud link<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Happy Birthday Benjamin!<\/h4>\n

Last weekend was a happy\/sad one… My eldest son Benjamin<\/strong> turned 19. He lives just outside Blackpool, and with Lockdowns and Tiers, etc, we haven’t seen each other in person since last August.
\nSadly Benjamin, my daughter Sophie and my youngest son, Joseph, lost their mum, my ex-wife Jane, to Covid just before Christmas. It’s such a difficult time for everyone. And it’s really hard not seeing my children, when all I want to do is hug them.<\/p>\n

I posted a link to my Ko-Fi account in case anyone wanted to send Benjamin a bit of birthday love. And many of you did, thank you so very much<\/strong>! It made his day!<\/p>\n

\"\" Benjamin has now created his own Ko-Fi Page<\/a>, so if you’d like to check it out and send him the price of a a coffee, cake, or even more, the link is here….<\/p>\n

Buy a coffee for Benjamin McClelland <\/a><\/strong>
\nAll\u00a0contributions are very much appreciated.<\/p>\n

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Check out my Lockdown Logs<\/h4>\n

A reminder, I post daily Twitter<\/a> and YouTube Lockdown Log<\/a> updates, featuring 2 Minute\u00a020 Second updates on the boring minutiae of my Lockdown life. Really selling that, aren’t I?
\nHere’s the YouTube Playlist…<\/p>\n