A morning spent catching up in the study. Every time you return from a holiday there is mail and e-mails to deal with, not to mention bills to pay and web sites to update... and still it's wet wet wet and gardening is out.
So now reasonably up to date on a few important matters I'm now off for an enjoyable afternoon and evening. This afternoon Hethersett Athletics Ladies Reserves team are playing Acle in the final of the Norfolk League Cup. It should be a good game as Acle won the league and we finished second but we are the only team to have beaten them this season. So the result is pretty hard to guess.
Then this evening it's off to Norwich Theatre Royal for the Yvonne Dance School bi-ennial dance show which should be colourful. I have to be careful when writing bi-ennial as most people confuse it with bi-annual. The first means every two years and the second twice a year - so quite a difference.
Every time I go to the Theatre Royal I feel the ghost of dear old Dick Condon there. Dick was general manager for many years, including the period when I was an arts correspondent for the local paper. Dick was a hard-nosed businessman but a genial Irishman at the same time who always looked after the Media and everyone who went through the doors. He was a showman in the Terry Wogan style - plenty of Blarney but a lovely lovely man who did so much to make Norwich Theatre Royal one of the top venues in the country.
There have been plenty of changes and re-building since Dick's day but the essence of the theatre stays the same and I can still picture him standing in the foyer announcing the arrival of anyone he knew. Being a shy sort I often tried to hide behind large people in an attempt to get into the building without being announced. It rarely worked. Will let you know tomorrow how my afternoon and evening went.
So now reasonably up to date on a few important matters I'm now off for an enjoyable afternoon and evening. This afternoon Hethersett Athletics Ladies Reserves team are playing Acle in the final of the Norfolk League Cup. It should be a good game as Acle won the league and we finished second but we are the only team to have beaten them this season. So the result is pretty hard to guess.
Then this evening it's off to Norwich Theatre Royal for the Yvonne Dance School bi-ennial dance show which should be colourful. I have to be careful when writing bi-ennial as most people confuse it with bi-annual. The first means every two years and the second twice a year - so quite a difference.
Every time I go to the Theatre Royal I feel the ghost of dear old Dick Condon there. Dick was general manager for many years, including the period when I was an arts correspondent for the local paper. Dick was a hard-nosed businessman but a genial Irishman at the same time who always looked after the Media and everyone who went through the doors. He was a showman in the Terry Wogan style - plenty of Blarney but a lovely lovely man who did so much to make Norwich Theatre Royal one of the top venues in the country.
There have been plenty of changes and re-building since Dick's day but the essence of the theatre stays the same and I can still picture him standing in the foyer announcing the arrival of anyone he knew. Being a shy sort I often tried to hide behind large people in an attempt to get into the building without being announced. It rarely worked. Will let you know tomorrow how my afternoon and evening went.
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