Exit: Stage Door

Posted by Alex on Mar 23, 2009 in Blog | Comments

Today is my last day in England. Early tomorrow i am heading for Heathrow airport set for Canada. So i thought i would take a post to reflect on my time back at home. Though just a light warning that this may get controversial. Some people will be reading this now and quaking in there boots. So you should be! When i came back just under 6 months ago, i never had any plans to run any events but it seems i was in for a surprise. Its quite obvious i am referring to the Pride of Central Somerset. It was great to present the awards to all those special people. A superb opportunity to bring the community together.

It has been a experience to work with some very talented and some not so talented people on this project. When i work on a project my team are the people i rely on to make sure things that i don’t have time to get my head round get sorted. These people are the backbone of the project. My special thanks to those who bothered, those who turned up on time and those who gave me a tap on the back and said ‘everything’s fine’. Those who were late, lazy and bone idol. Well i think my opinion of you will reflect in my letter of recommendation.. or should i say lack of reflection. It was rather funny because the people who did poorly were more interested to see what others recommendation letters said so they could compare.

The performers i have worked with have been very talented. Wells City Band gave a superb performance at the Pride of Central Somerset and i am thankful for them taking the time to come and perform for us. I also give my thanks to Poppy and Georgina for a superb performance but one of the performers in my eyes stands out more than many do. This performer is young, bright, and gifted but is heavily restricted by their ‘over protective parents’ which in my opinion could destroy everything that this person has and any successful career in the theatre they may have.

In respect to all the emails i have had in regards to all the problems we had with our media partner. Well what can i say. On the night as many people know i offered the olive branch to the Editor and i think its very clear he didn’t except it after the pathetic excuse for an article that was printed as part as the coverage of the event on Thursday 12th March. It seems that some people cant let things go but we all know who took the moral high-ground and who didn’t. Whatever has been said and done i created an event that was highly successful that gave to the community and now i am off for a well earned break. I wish you all a wonderful summer and hope you will follow me as i post from the other side of the pond.