Foster war memorial arts centre

The team come in the morning to set up 250 chairs in the hall. One of them says, “You might think we’re a bunch of middle-aged women, some might even say elderly, but we have a good time.” As they arrive they leave a lovely collection of hand baskets in the foyer. One is the Chair of the festival committee and she jokes about being the chair arranging Chair. They all very much appreciate our Rock’n’Roll hits of the fifties list and one of them does a stunning chair-arranging interpretive dance to ‘smoke gets in your eyes.’

the chair arranging Chair post show

Afterwards, my favourite overheard comment: “It was perfect. who wrote it? It was perfect.”

We bumped out fast and caned it back to get to Preston Clarkes Rubber in time to pick up mats for Kapow! bunkbeds