<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">In a message dated 08/03/03 02:06:59 GMT Standard Time, snargi01@yahoo.com writes:<BR>
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<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Can you imagine going to a Broadway show and hearing prerecorded<BR>
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Things have gone further in some case over here with the `Sing a long`<BR>
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We have `Sing a long with Abba`. Sing along with The sound of music` etc touring and in the West end at the moment.<BR>
The shows are tremendous fun, if you are into that sort of thing, but really cheap to put on.<BR>
The ingredients are<BR>
)! Some actors who can learn the stage moves. They do not have to sing.<BR>
2)Some tatty wigs<BR>
3)Some even worse costumes<BR>
4) a bag of Accesories which is given to each member of the audience.<BR>
5) A tape of the songs to which the actors can mime Usually very badly.<BR>
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In the case of the Abba show the accesories bag contains a roughly printed £5 note. This is to be waved in the air during the performance of `Money,money`. A pair of printed cardboard dark glasses. Apparently this has some relevance to the words of another of their hits. Plus a few other gew gaws to be similarly employed.<BR>
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There is also a competetion to select `A Dancing Queen` by popular applause. Participation is the name of the game. This nonsense is playing to packed houses complete with dancing and singing in the aisles. In fact a great time is had by all. But cheap, cheap, cheap!<BR>
This is the way to make money.<BR>
Cheers<BR>
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PatL<BR>
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Ps.I happen to know all this because my sister was elected `Dancing Queen` in London last week. Now Peg is great fun, full of laughter , but at 71, `dancing queen` she aint. However she had the majority of the family with her in the secong row and their sustained applause was enough to get her elected. </FONT></HTML>