Rock Tour 4 - Wimborne

After a week back in the office the Rock team (back to full strength) headed out on the road again, accidentally most people meeting up for lunch at a garden centre just off the A34.

Wimborne is a regular part of our tours, but this time we are sadly without Peter Lawrence, who died earlier this year. In the past Peter has been a great advocate of the performances, encouraging many to be involved and to come and watch.

This time we had the wonderful assistance of Hilary Shenton, who made sure everything went to plan, and looked after us brilliantly. The choir was trained by Clive Allen, and they were a pleasure to sing with. They were also all very patient with the Rock team who had accidentally taken over their changing space to eat dinner!

The Tivoli is a lovely small theatre right by the centre of Wimborne, and as the weather was so lovely the team took time to explore. Many of the team could be found in the Fat Face trendy surfer clothing store, but even with 70% off, the clothes were still too expensive! The stage was a good size, and the techies used the starlight background to great effect!

The performance began in a special way. Roger presented Carol Lawrence with the first copy of Peter's book "Squidgy Bod at Easter" - the third and final edition in the 3 part series of Squidgy Bod stories. Peter lived in Wimborne for the last decade, and many of those in the audience will remember him.

The performance went really well, and the theatre was completely sold out, which was wonderful. It is a little difficult getting down from the stage at the end to talk to the audience, but many of the cast made it without too much problem.

Thanks so much to Hilary and Clive, who worked so hard to make the performance possible. It was a wonderful day.