Do a little dance...

Well, Vanuatu’s getting closer and my preparations are really starting to soar, but of course I do sometimes have a life outside of this preparation. :0)
For example, you might be aware that there has been a cabaret festival running in Adelaide since the 9th of June. I’m a huge fan of theatre, singing and dancing (when I’m watching, not doing) and on Wednesday 21st they had a cheap day! Bring your friend for free, so Sarah, Alley, Mel and I all headed down to the Festival Theatre for singing, bands and laughs.
With all three of us being David Bowie fans there was really only one performance that was a must see: Jeff Duff’s ‘Ground Control to Frank Sinatra’. With a tagline, ‘What would happen if Frank Sinatra and David Bowie unwittingly turned up at one another’s concert by mistake and then took up the challenge of performing each other’s repertoires?’, who could resist?
The evening (well, afternoon) started with us meeting Alley and then catching the train to the city, unfortunately I don’t have any weird patrons to describe to make the train trip more interesting for you. Upon reaching the city we burned time going to Alley’s uni, camera stores, and Galactic Video. Galactic Video is a nerds paradise, with science fiction movies dating back to the dawn of movie making history, anime from all over Japan, and the classic horror films we’ve all come to love and detest. We, of course, had to rent a few: Dark Star (ultimate classic), The Fantastic Planet (French cartoon) and I Married a Vampire, which ended up being a lot more boring than the title promised.
Getting back on track. We met Mel for Chinese food (which was quite disgusting, we all blame Alley for suggesting the place), before rushing off to the Festival Theatre. I have to admit, descending those stairs was a thrilling experience. I’d always promised myself I’d go to that theatre one day and I could barely hold in my excitement at being able to go to the smallest of their theatres.
After toilet breaks we entered the theatre through the top door (very exciting) to take our seats on the balcony. That might sound impressive, but our view of the stage was almost cut in half and we ended up squashing the patrons next to us to get a better look. It was packed; every single table was full with only a scattering of empty chairs, still, Mel thought the audience was boring.
The show itself was anything but, with chorus girls, a fantastic band and Jeff was anything but shy on stage. We were thrilled by his many costumes: a sailor suite, black leather, a tight leotard, and who could forget his shiny, grey suite. The music sounded excellent, with twists on the old classics like ‘Fly Me to the Moon’, ‘It Was a Very Good Year’ and ‘My Way’. We particularly loved his impersonations of Frank Sinatra as an Arab and a German; he incorporated Springtime for Hitler perfectly with It Was a Very Good Year. I have to admit my face was split in a grin the whole night, and I let out my fair share of laughs.
Afterwards we went for coffee at the theatre café, which had great coffee and a tantalising selection of cakes, sweets and chocolates. Sarah then went back to purchase Jeff’s CD and we were thrilled to see he was still signing autographs, and that our coffee break had ensured a thinned crowd. Not only did Sarah get her autograph, but we had quite a good conversation with him as well. He was intrigued by the fact that we were twins and we played our mind games on him. If someone tells either Sarah or I a number between 1 and 10 the other can read their mind by placing their fingers on the temples. If you don’t know the trick I won’t tell you. :0)
Then we had our kisses, Alley got his hand shake, and we made our way back. Overall it was a fantastic night and very worthy of a blog. We plan on going back when they have another cheap night! But next time, we want to dress up for the whole theatre experience.