Rock Tour 2 - Kidderminster

And so to Kidderminster for the last performance of the tour. It has been an excellent tour - performances have been good, audiences big, and more conversations and prayer taking place afterwards than ever. It has been a joy to be part of, and what better place to conclude it all than Kidderminster - organised by Sue Stinton and Katy Cornwell. The New Life Together choir have been meeting and performing together for years, and they have been friends with CMM and regular attenders at events for just as long.

We all arrived at the Kidderminster Town Hall in time for a team meeting, where we spent quite a bit of time in prayer, as one of our cast members, Clair, had had an accident on the way to the venue. But thankfully she was ok and Martin was able to go and fetch her. They then got caught in West Bromwich Albion traffic, but still made it in time to have a quick bite to eat and then rehearsal with the choir.

Tickets had been going pretty well for the performance, and so many went on the door that they had to open up the balcony, which was excellent news.

We have been performing at the Kidderminster Town Hall for the last few tours, and had always struggled a little for dressing room space - there was only really one room available - the bar - and there were no mirrors. This time we were delighted to discover that there were a whole suite of rooms we had never discovered before, the King Charles Suite. It is rather a grand banqueting room with comfortable rooms and even a fully equipped dressing room with full length mirrors. Wonderful! This did however mean that the girls and boys had to share makeup facilities. The girls received a fascinating insight into life in the men's dressing room - particularly the rousing renditions of 'chestnuts roasting on an open fire' (in homage to Jonathan's 'chestnut' coloured makeup) and also 'We love you Brenda, we do', whenever Brenda delivers the freshly ironed costumes.

The final performance of the tour passed without any mishaps. The choir sang really well, and it was lovely to finish the tour among friends in front of a full hall.

Thanks again to Sue and all her helpers.