Luckily my arthritis is playing up, I have a nail in my new tyre, the dog has an eye condition and the fireplace door broke, or my life would be just too unbearably fabulous!
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Fourteen-year-old Yasinta tried out for the children’s community choir who will perform with Opera Australia in Horsham in early August.
Heading into the audition with four of the other 60 students applying for the opportunity, a selection panel put the youngsters through their paces for 15 minutes on the Town Hall Theatre stage.
Auditioning for Madame Butterfly provided plenty of butterflies for Yasinta, but waiting for the response was the exhausting struggle for me – I knew how desperately my daughter wanted the part.
When the results came through less than 24 hours later I was thrilled, then immediately drained from my efforts.
Receiving the invitation was simply marvellous and I’m sure that having received rejection messages in the past makes any success so much sweeter.
Now Monday night volleyball will be bumped for a couple of months while Yasinta takes her place in the 20-piece group who will perform a couple of songs in the show.
Naturally, tickets have been purchased for all parents, siblings and grandparents.
I’m not sure how Kym will cope with an opera … at least it’s in English.
Meanwhile, Tiani had the good fortune of taking part in the Inaugural Annual Dance Affair in the old Town Hall last Friday and Saturday night – and what a blast that was.
Part of the ‘Art is...’ festival, this event introduced imported talent to collect and retell the stories of our region, and to showcase an abundance of local talent.
Tiani’s input was to gallop and glide her way through a classical ballet number, Green Lake.
Held in the gorgeous old town hall, beautifully displaying all the features of its art deco design and festooned with incredible floral sculpture, the musicians, actors, dancers, storytellers and even the audience members themselves, came together under the influence of lights and a smoke machine to celebrate all things dance hall.
They then tangoed their way to supper as a fitting end to the show.
Okay, so all that dancing has made my arthritis play up, but Buster’s eyes, the nail and the broken glass are just bad luck.
