Its Sunday the sixth of December seven twenty five pm, palms are sweating, hearts are racing. It was five minutes before the dress run of our Christmas show Pinocchio. Back stage was manic, people where pacing with nerves, children running round with excitement, teachers getting stressed and trying to calm down over excited children and teenagers.

Finally we hear the all so familiar bing bing bong of the over head announcer, we get the call we had all been waiting for, beginners. A sudden silence sweeps the room. Interrupted by the voice informing us to make sure we have all our group together and to check that we all have the correct costume on. A burst of energy renters the room as people rush to find their group. Once everyone is assembled in their groups with correct costume, which for our group is rolled up skinny jeans, with white socks, tucked in white polo shirt, brown waste coat and a neck chief. Our costume and style of our character group based on the eighties pop group Madness. Once costumes have been checked, we start to head down to our starting positions back stage. Waiting quietly backstage we anxiously wait for our queue from the band, so we can enter and perform what we had been rehearsing for a month prier the show. All standing alert we hear our queue. We burst onto stage ready to perform our part of the story for the Christmas show Pinocchio.