Community theatre at its spectacular best.

 

For the second year running I have managed to get up to Brecon for the community ballet. It is a mixed professional, semi professional and community venture and it is both wonderful professionally and also has so much heart it is irresistible. This year I got a double dose as I went to the dress, which went well, only once or twice did the director hurtle to the front to ask the live orchestra to speed up,  and the Saturday evening performance. As a result I also got to compare the leads which was really interesting. After the event, we went to the Patrons get together with the performers, as my brother, who also appeared in the production, is a Patron. I felt too shy to speaker to many of the performers, but the Director came round obligingly and the one dancer I spoke to said it was worth coming over from Portugal because of the community element of the production. He said he really loves the party scene as it comes alive.    

Little local treats.

One of the good things about Broxbourne is that so much is going on here and often I miss things by being away, but recently I have been to a play with a friend in it and a poetry evening where I knew lots of people and last Saturday for the first time in years I went to music event. It was an account of the love affair between Ralph Williams and his second wife with music and performers.  I used to go to similar things when Figur'd Shade was operating, indeed I even co-wrote and performed in one of their pieces, but this event was much more professional than my efforts.  So lovely to be in a relatively small hall, able to hear everything and just be feet from the performers so a big thank you to Hoddesdon Music Group for putting on the event.    Even better having walked there and back despite the cold I also his my steps target.   And I followed up on this Sunday by walking to the Scouts Christmas event where my art group had a stall.