Earlier in the year, I visited the Friends’ School in Saffron Walden, to take a look at the hall where the Words in Walden Family concert will take place. Suddenly, that concert is only a week away, and all my worries are rising to the surface. The hall has a lovely old stage that the orchestra will squeeze onto. And I will be in front, on a raised platform, with an easel and a large (A0) board to paint at. Book illustration it is not! I’m busy learning all the words and practising paintings. It’s going to be a full-on hour of music art and stories! And with only a handful of tickets left, it looks set to be a full house.
But I’m so looking forward to this event, I truly think it will be a really fun afternoon, not least because of some really mad music – like Patterson’s Rebecca. I rehearsed this for the first time with the orchestra on Friday. Oh my goodness! what a crazy piece! The conductor asked for me to be as mad as I can, suggesting Margaret Rutherford as a role model!
So I’d better practise a bit more. Now where are my tweed cape and sturdy walking shoes?
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