September 8th - 11th

Wednesday;
Today we had a matinee performance so we needed to get up a bit earlier so we could get ready. We had breakfast and got dressed. We walked to the theater which took exactly 17 minutes. After warm-up we got into costume. I was going to be Annie in the afternoon and I was excited. The show went very well but the audience were pathetic. Halfway through the bows they stopped clapping and Su Pollard said from in the wings 'Carry on you fools' she didn't mean it though! When I came for my bow they managed to start clapping again and stifled a small cheer. Poor David and Simone hardly got a clap at all. The evening performance went very well and there was a good audience too. Simone and David got a bigger cheer which made them happy. We got a taxi home and went straight to bed after an IChat with mum and dad.

Thursday;
Today we could once again have a lie in but not for too long because the tutor was coming. She was half an hour late so we finished at 3:00. After tutoring we went to the pool we went to on Tuesday. Sadly they were in the middle of draining it for the end of summer holidays. The man draining it stopped draining so we could have a paddle. After our paddle we went into the park where we went on swings and poles. I was Annie in the evening performance and the audience were much much much better I was so tired I went straight to bed ready for the tutor in the morning. Provided she was on time.

Friday;
We only had another evening performance today so we had almost a free day. We had the tutor who was late again then we spent some time just hanging around in the apartment. We got ready early because Lydia wanted to go to Claire's Accessories. When we were there Lydia and Susan got us both a friendship bracelet and locket. We then went to the fabric shop where Lydia chose a string for her new purse so she could tie it around her neck. We went to the pound shop so Susan could get some cans of coke before we went to the theater. I was Annie and we had another great performance.

Saturday;
The last day in Reading. We had enjoyed Reading a lot. It was a really nice place but the theater was a bit small. The performances had not been the same without the stairs and the car. We didn't have the tutor because it was the weekend but we had a matinee so we had to get ready early. Lydia was Annie in the matinee which went well and I was sad to be playing Tessie for the last time because i wasn't going to be able to spend much time with the 'awesome orphans' when I was playing Annie. Dad took me to Nando's for tea before the evening performance. We made it into the theater just in time for the half call. We speedily got ready and had a fab closing show.