WOW II

There was a queue.

Damian Ryan was there too.

They waived to the crowd.

Then they had a media huddle.

 They were mobbed by the crowd.

 They were hi-fived, 

...and mobbed some more.

There was a Red one,

And a Blue one...

And a Purple one.

And of course we can't forget the Yellow one.

The local area command was called in for crowd control. (LAC also handed out balloons and bracelets to the pre-schoolers in the audience).

Welcome Wiggles On Wednesday...W.O.W.

They came to put a smile on the faces of some children affected by the recent fire storm. 

They presented Serge Rosato, the principal of the school with a new guitar to replace the one he lost when the family home was destroyed. 

Not only did the children smile and get in on the act, but so did the parents.

Thank you to the Wiggles for helping with the emotional recovery of our children.

And afterwards...while Yellow Wiggle, Purple Wiggle and Red Wiggle signed autographs for the pre-schoolers, Blue Wiggle rushed off incognito, carrying his own guitar, to meet other obligations.

Footnote:

Although the children at St Thomas Aquinas School range in age from five to twelve years of age...the Wiggles made it age appropriate for all the children by introducing 

Justin Bieber and 1 Direction into their act...ingenious...

Also, the Wiggles were once known as the Cockroaches...yes that's right...and during the eighties the Cockroaches played to adoring crowds consisting of many a teacher in training...so as you can imagine - some old memories were revived for a number of the school teachers present this afternoon.

Day 336/366

Only 25 day to Christmas and the countdown begins.

In true Australian fashion, December's weather has been sweltering.

My poor Grand Daughter's ballet school had their concert early tonight and had to perform in 38 oC temperatures.  Luckily their usual venue (which does not have air conditioning) is out of action for renovations. Today's venue was air-conditioned but it was pre-set so it only just managed to to keep everyone comfortable while outside it was reaching scorched earth proportions! 

Unfortunately,photo opportunities were not great and the only photos I was able to snatch was of the school group.

The school has organised photographs so I'm hoping to get a pretty shot of our Grand Daughter in her blue tutu.

After the concert we came home to a oven-like house, threw open all the windows and doors with security screens and then went to our Daughter's for coffee, tea and snacks which was also attended by a multitude of beetles, spiders and what ever other bug could squeeze through the tiniest gaps around windows and doors. 

  

Ballet

The layers of the petals of this camellia japonica remind me of a ballerina's tutu.

Tomorrow, my four year old Grand Daughter is to perform in her first ballet concert ever.

It seems like only yesterday that her mother performed in her first ballet concert as a three year old.

My Daughter's entire ballet class performed  a dance dressed as ponies.

In some ways it was more comical than anything, because the budding ballerinas were so intent on watching the audience that they kept running into each other.

I can't wait to see what my Grand Daughter is to perform tomorrow.

None of us, not even her mother have any idea of what Grand Daughter will be performing!