Oh good lord....
I've been known to do the odd bit of dancing and singing and at school I would be in every show going if at all possible. Anyway one such particular show myself and 6 others ended up doing the song and dance to Sclub7's 'Dont Stop' (yes i know...i hate them too but this was all in the name of art and I was young and stupid!). Well we performed at the school concert, huge applause, teachers all impressed etc etc all good.

A few months later a friend was producing a show in a theatre on the otherside of town. A concert. Guess what he asked us to do? No problem, we thought. It went so well last time it should be a doddle. How wrong we were.

During the rehearsal period everyone steadily dropped out until there was only 2 of us left. Then the producer introduced us to a small 10 year old girl that was going to dance in the background. Again - no problem.

Myself and my friend set up for a rehearsal and in came the said-girl...armed with pom-poms. She put on the music and started doing to most godawful dance I have ever witnessed. Remember when you were a kid and you'd fling yourself madly around in the mistaken belief that you are the next Darcy Bussel? Well thats what it was. I immediatley begged the producer to pull her out, which he agreed would be the best idea but cue lots of tears from the girl and shouted abuse from the mother that we wouldnt let her 'play'. (this was NOT a game!).

Producer promised every rehearsal that he was working on getting her out. Every rehersal she was there, pom-poms madly flying. Right up to the night. We were the very first act on and on the night we stepped out on stage and the little girl followed us on...

We performed our best, but we could see the unimpressed, bored faces of the audience and when we finished there was....silence....absolute silence. Nothing. We walked off. The girl cried. Havent been able to listen to it since.



Yes its long, and its girth is mighty, but you love it!
(Mogg Questioned her own sanity on, Mon 18 Oct 2004, 12:53, Reply)