A VIP
visited the school. Jennie Lee, Harold Wilson’s newly appointed Minister for
Arts, just happened to arrive as 1A1 were having a Drama lesson in the hall. Though
she was unknown to me and probably most of the class, her arrival brought great
excitement. Not for the lady herself, but for the TV cameras that followed her
around. Drama usually meant half an hour of poncing about but for the next few
minutes I put everything I had into my best ‘branching tree’ routine. Olivier
couldn’t have done it better but sadly, my efforts went unnoticed. After a
quick chat with Miss Fyshe, our famous guest scuttled off. So much for
opportunity knocks.
1A1’s
brush with stardom lost even more bristles when the event appeared on the regional
news that evening. In reporting the visit they showed barely ten seconds of Ms Lee entering
the hall from the canteen. I think I caught a glimpse of Lindsay Hawkes doing
her thing but in the days before video, freeze frames and endless replays, the
clip ended before I could focus on anybody else. Oh the frustration.
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