Ever heard of Operatunity? We certainly hadn’t, although the company has been around for ten years. Their objective to “present an incredible concert, brimming with joy, delivered with profession and warmth and bucket loads of fun” was well and truly met. John, one of our SLG friends, organised for our group to attend the Razzle Dazzle concert at Southwards Theatre, Paraparaumu. We filed into the auditorium, found some seats amongst the hundreds of other mainly grey haired concert lovers, and settled down expectantly.
Waiting for the show to start
The five artists accompanied by the pianist kept our toes tapping as they delivered song and dance routines from well known shows. Bouncy routines from Chicago and Cabaret got the concert off to a rollicking start. Audience participation was required in the “Oom-pah-pah” song and we certainly did our very best. The tempo slowed and I was in heaven as the handsome young man on stage crooned the beautiful lyrics of “On the night of a thousand stars” from Evita. I just can’t help it, romantic love songs are my kind of music!
“Master of the House”, from Les Miserables was performed by a couple of real rogues, and a pair of frustrated American sailors lamented the lack of female company in “There’s nothing like a dame”, from South Pacific. Yet another lovely song which brought tears to my eyes was Leonard Cohen’s classic "Hallelujah", beautifully harmonised by the four younger members of the cast. (After the show had ended several of our group commented that this particular song gave them goosebumps).
Can you imagine what the elderly audience looked like when we were up on our feet and doing the moves to the song “Time Warp” from the Rocky Horror Show? We jumped to the left, and stepped to the right, that wasn’t so bad. But the words kept coming and we were exhorted to do the pelvic thrusts, which drive you insane! The mind boggles what those on stage were thinking as the audience dutifully did as they were instructed before collapsing back on their seats.
The final song
It was a wonderful show, but it didn’t end there. A light lunch was provided back stage as part of the ticket price, and the singers mixed and mingled as they took plates of food around. Would I go to another of their shows? Absolutely, I just loved it. Sadly, Robin had to miss out on the day’s outing as he was busy providing transport to take his Mum to her hospital appointment. But you can be sure that I told him all about it, and how much I had enjoyed the day. He was sad to have missed out, he said.
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