April vanished so quickly, where is time going to….its almost a worry ….
So now in the month of May, weather has cheered up a bit and luckily it stayed that way while we were away in Windsor ..for the Platinum Jubilee…Looking back now it flew past…
It was a busy time madness in fact in some areas … Firstly Dougie made great progress from the the 1st of May until we went on the 5th … he had been so poorly, but his strength and determination is remarkable and he got through Windsor being Dougie ….in admiration of him
I was so happy to see my dear Friend Reece a bonus in spending time together and always great to work together .. I miss him so much as he keeps in line lol … and is a good friend to me and Dougie so lucky to have him in our lives … although he did lead me astray for a couple of drinking nights … and boy did we drink …
for me who who doesn’t drink very often I certainly made up for it in Windsor …. There to work and we certainly did … it was a tough one , costuming the production all period stuff which has been a learning experience for me and enjoyable (most of the time) not a showgirl in sight . it was a honour to be part of such a event, we created a team of wardrobe and make up artist for the Pageant and live entertainment at the south lawn during the day so it was none stop.. A privilege to work with Louise Gold who played Elizabeth the 1st from the wednesday till the saturday and the Dame Helen Mirren for the royal performance in front of her Majesty The Queen …I have to say so proud of how we achieved his ….
The Team were fabulous so a huge thanks to all of them lovely to work with Joan,Jackie,Judy and Jill and all the Wimbledon graduates ..from the art course in costume of theatre and screen Costumes lead by the amazing Kevin Freeman … But all went okay and everyone seemed pleased with what we produced
At times it was quite emotional … being there and what it was all about honouring the Queen really made you think.. behind the scenes was madness, from our unit of costumes and make up we were in the middle of the secret drummers … the military Scottish pipers , The Norwegian brass band can you imagine the noise it really got to you .How much walking did one do …. thank god for Dougie’ buggy is all I can say…
We did manage a few sneaky nice meals in Windsor and had some laughs along the way …meeting new friends is always something nice we met Danny, who was so cool to be around easy going calm never flusters and charming … of course he saw me at my worst lol, dread to think what he made of me … will we see
The show itself was perceived well, the Sunday show was very different from the show we had been running all week, with it going live it had the ITV celebrity touch … I have watched since on tv and Spun Gold did a good job I thought , Sue Andrews producer and Chris Power director really had the work cut out …
my admiration does go to H Power who not only produce this mammoth event and at the same time run the Royal Windsor Horse Show during the day , Its a vast team lead by Simon Brooks Ward, so many people to thank … and merit but special thanks to Jo ,Nick, Maddie Harry
Nice to work with JOANNA SCOTCHER a talented designer… and of course Debbie Wiseman the composer of the original scores and Ken music production boy did he have a lot on his plate
A memory that will still in my mind on the last show Dougie was sitting in the Royal Box, All the audience left and I went to pick him up, there he was alone watching the dancers and performers till the last minute dance away as the audience left .. it took me back and lucky i had my camera and caught that special moment
