March 6
‘A triumph’ - Baz Bamigboye, Daily Mail
‘Utterly stunning, who was that boy in the tiger outfit?’ - Andrew Lloyd Webber, a large country pile somewhere in the home counties
‘Superkid clearly has natural rhythm and an innate feel for the choreography’ - Undercoverdad, at his computer
The annual Festival of Dance has come and gone in a blaze of glory and without any major mishaps whatsoever.
Okay, so some parents had ignored the warning that tickets were limited and taken up valuable space by applying to bring toddlers along. The toddlers became bored – that’s what toddlers do. Other mothers had missed out on a ticket altogether and were in danger of missing their loved ones perform.
That didn’t seem right, fair or just but it can happen when touts start selling blocks of seating on Ebay and the like.
Anyway, forget the ticket allocation scandal.
Each primary school in the town had put together its own dance sequence and the entire collection was to be premiered at the leisure centre on not one, but two nights of heady showbiz.
There was a 200 strong sell-out crowd, tiered grandstand seating, a lighting rig and everything.
If we’re going to be overly critical, perhaps a couple too many troupes had elected to work on a jungle/Lion King/Disney theme for the true dance purist to be totally at ease but, hey, you can’t have enough homemade giraffe suits.
Being a seasoned professional, Superkid had an elephant suit for opening night and a lion suit for closing night.
That, my friends, is how you keep your demanding public happy.
Just remember how many times Madonna has changed her image over the years and she’s still moving plenty of product. And Kylie. And Christopher Biggins.
