A SHOW … SO LONG AGO I HAVE FORGOTTEN

I can honestly say that if I have seen a live performance is so long ago I cannot remember having been to a show. Live performances do not appeal to me and I haven’t been to one since we came to the Northern Territory in 1975.

As the school principal, I did go to eisteddfods with students who were competing and also had students involved in an annual musical for schools in the Northern Territory called “The Beat”. In fact, I was on councils managing both these programs.

However, I’m not counting these programs as live performances in the way they are normally thought about.

I have never attended theatre performances as an audience member. I don’t like cabarets and modern comedy because its salaciousness does not appeal to me. I’m not interested in dance performances, circuses or anything else of that nature. I don’t watch them on television either.

Others may love live performances – but that’s not me.