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alan20 · M
For some reason as a teenager I had a horror of what we call bow-ties over here.I must have seen them as snobbish or effeminate or something. When my Belfast piano teacher organised an anniversary concert I refused to take part unless it was tieless. My teacher held out to the bitter end and even appealed to my father to intervene but in the end had to give way. No bow-tie or I wasn't appearing.