FASHION SHOW

I have to be the worst blogger of all time - I manage to find any excuse not to sit down and record it all. How people twitter and face book all the time I can't imagine - however not blogging since the 27th Feb is definitely 'not on' especially since so much has happened and I shall now never be able to record it all. The big event has been the Fashion Show. I asked Toni (Antonia Coles) at the end of Feb if she would ever choreograph a fashion show made up of golfers in aid of Marie Curie - she said yes, so the imagination got going. Toni and I go back a long way - our first show was in 2004 - 50s Rock and Roll! Anyway I decided that frankly modeling golf gear would be pretty boring but to do a ' show ' with a sort of theme to each number would be fun. The idea was that we did 2 thirds golf and 1 third apres golf. I secured the apres stuff with 2 upmarket shops in Cheltenham and then cast the company. I cast them because I knew they could dance having seen them on the dance floors at various 'doos' all except Alison and Paddy who I could tell were good movers anyway! Mark, the club captain agreed to model and so did Gareth , one of the Pros and 2 others. I spent hours devising the musical schedule endeavouring to make a kind of link to the numbers so that Toni could interpret the music for the action.So that done we arranged the first meeting on 20th March and decided to swing them straight into the numbers. Their faces were a picture when they realised that they weren't just going to just mince down a catwalk. Toni got them into full dance routine mode and we could see from that brief first practice that they would be able to do it. The first number was 'Here Come The Girls'
where the 8 girls come swinging on to the cat walk and pushed aside the boys!
We divided the group into 2 to have rehearsals on Tuesdays and Fridays and some Saturdays.
It gave us only 8 rehearsals in all. 2 of the boys fell out and Gareth was unable to attend for ages but he recruited a friend, Dean, and the 2 of them proved to be fast learners and very good.
Paddy was clearly horrified that it might not work at all despite the fact that she knew Toni and I were very expeprienced. Anyway it did and they all worked so hard - real credit to them all in what they achieved - they'll certainly never forget it. My biggest worry at the end was the sale of tickets and were we going to get the audience they deserved. Well PHEW, we did - they just kept piling in. We're having a reunion on 7th May to pool the photos!
The 2010 Day the centenary of the course on 5th May looms large - I was asked to take part but after the Fashion Show and then a weekend away with the girls in Devon I said no. Trouble is I get so nervous now and unless I'm absolutely sure of the script and I've rehearsed it properley I'm too chicken.
But I'm certain they don't need me anyway and I'm also sure its going to be a good show tomorrow night - I will report in due course!.