On Saturday evening we had a cabaret night at our Church. Various members of our congregation performed, songs and instrumental solos, a band played a couple of numbers and we finished the whole thing off with a sketch based on Grease but set in Ancient Greece - work it out for yourselves.
Well when I saw all the talented people who had come forward to perform I thought that there would be no one in the audience who would think "What that night really needed was a Tuba solo". However this does not mean I was not performing, this was a chance to let another side of me out, I was Master of Ceremonies for the evening. Not quite like Emcee in Cabaret, but still quite a large part of the evening requiring me to stand up in front of people, talking, telling jokes, and no impressive piece of plumbing to hide behind. I have done this a few time before but each time I get more nervous than when I am playing, it's great fun, but way out of the comfort zone.
Best bit of the night, for me having my daughter sing. She has a special talent, and it's great on a night like this to have others confirm this so that it's not just a doting father getting carried away, although I may have a bit when I introduced her.
This week the old German Band career may be revived, I have a gig on Tuesday with a band I haven't played with before, this is most welcome since by the end of this year all of the professional bands I used to play with will have called it a day.
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