General Chat

The nativity thread last night, reminded me of the many school concerts we used to have to do. What are your recollections of school concerts?

I was in several, some singing in the school choir, some playing the recorder. They were all pretty much the same, just us lot singing or accompanying a selection of songs for the evening, with parents looking on, endless rehearsals and the music teacher nearly having a seizure at every one of them.

I do remember one, at primary school, where the music teacher stopped us singing at the actual performance and gave us all a dressing down for getting it wrong yet again. I don't know who squirmed most, us or the parents LOL

My favourite was in secondary, we did a sort of caberet. There were solo performances with guitar, folk songs, choral, orchestral, but our year did a long performance, where the girls had to wear long skirts and low-cut tops, and the boys wore neckerchiefs and flat caps, to look a bit Victorian working class. We sang well known songs, 'Gonna wash that man right outta my hair,' 'There is nothing like a Dam' Oom pah pah (from Oliver) among others. The stage was set like a pub, and I loved every minute of that one.

All I can remember is a girl called Monica Bonnie who played the xylophone, wore a short blue satin dress, white tap shoes and had a fake tan (yes in THOSE days!).....she played and tapped...and we all sniggered! lol BCXX

Fake tan? Was it tea?

Am not sure what those 'theatrical' folks wore in those days, TW. Probably Panstick:-)

I hated them concerts and refused to take part in them,plus I was to much of a rebel.....even making a prefect never worked,,,,,,I was a hopeless,strong minded case.:}}}}

plus under the stage was our smoking hidey hole,,,till we was caught and got 1000 lines,,,,that was criminal..:}

I can't think what concert I was in but I must have been about 6,and my parents were in the audience with my little sister aged 2.I was MORTIFIED when I heard .......I need a Wee Wee .Yes it was my sister.Everyone was laughing except me.She stole the limelight LOL.She is 50 now but I never let her forget !!!!!!!!! I love her bits now .