Flip through the latest issue of Gulf Weekly.
Last week started with a lovely surprise. We received a last minute invite to St. Christopher's Junior School to watch the Year 5 and Year 6 Production of 'Alice in Wonderland'.
The show was full of energy, great singing as well as amazing costumes and scenery. Over 100 students sang and danced their hearts out on stage.
It brought back memories of when I was in a school play at about the same age as the Year 6s (eleven).
We performed a famous George Bernard Shaw play called "Androcles and the Lion". Probably because I was the scrawniest (you wouldn't believe it now 'eh?) I was chosen to be Androcles.
I will never forget my line when confronted by a ferocious lion only to discover he has something stuck in his paw; "aw diddums get ums thornums stuck in um pawums"!
The last scene was set many years later when Androcles is thrown into a lion's den. He is amazed to again meet the lion he helped so many years before and when they recognise each other they embrace and dance off out of the coliseum together!
But, going back to the St. Christopher's show; the professionalism was outstanding and a big hats off to all the people involved with putting on such a cracking night.
My little Hannah was captivated throughout. Many thanks for the invite Phil Hunter, but where was the popcorn?
During the week on my radio show I had two lovely ladies come in and see me (actually there were four, because they brought their sisters with them too). Their names were Bashaer Almahdi and Aysha Washi and they had won a competition run by the British Council by making an art work comprising of Bahraini and UK characteristics.
The winning prize was an all expenses trip to the UK from July 6 - 20 and they had both made collages.
They didn't bring them to the studio, however, but they sounded really very interesting. I had a good chat to them and asked what they were looking forward to seeing on this trip.
Bashaer said she couldn't wait to see the universities and countryside and Aysha said she most wanted to see Big Ben. They are also going to Scotland and I couldn't resist having a bit of fun by telling them to watch out for a dangerous three-legged animal called a Haggis'!
Later in the show I told them I was only joking. The girls were good sports and very nice. It's so good some of the youth of Bahrain get these amazing opportunities to visit different counties and cultures and broaden their horizons.
We had a good time and as it was Bashaer's mum's birthday so we all sang 'happy birthday' to her whilst (I was told), she was busy in the kitchen at home cooking Machboos.
Just thinking about that made us all feel hungry. The girls promised me that they would come back to the studio and tell everyone about their adventures in the UK. When they do I hope they bring some home cooking with them.
Back to my everyday adventures; On Friday night I dj'ed for Helen and Chris' 20th Wedding Anniversary celebration. The night was going well when a lady came up to me, and in a strong Scottish accent, said: "Hey, I am the dj's worst nightmare. Have ye got 5 Star?"
I said let me have a look for it ('cos my motto is the customer is always .........) A few minutes later she returned to ask "have ye found it yet"? I said "yes, I'll play it in a few minutes", which I did, and the lady (who I later found out is called Lucy) began dancing in the middle of the floor. The funny thing is that people moved slowly away from her until at last she was dancing on the floor all by herself.
But Lucy was not fazed even a bit. She energetically carried on with her own special way of dancing; I saw someone with a phone filming the whole sequence and said "I bet this ends up on 'You Tube' next week!
Lucy returned to me a few times during the night and I dutifully played her requests. She was unique with her dancing and her attitude and I found her fascinating and kinda wonderful.
The next day I read the GDN (the fun and games of the letters page) and there, staring back at me was a photo of me and a caption reading "sartorially lacking" next to it.
Michael O'man wrote the letter (why do folks never put their real names, 'eh?) It was about poor taste by disc jockeys and said "one simply has to look at Krazy Kevin's wardrobe to be certain that good taste evades them".
Now Michael, I'm just me and I wear the clothes that I wear because I find a bit of colour cheering. If you don't like my clothes; tough! Sorry, but it's me and it's my 'thing'! Just as Lucy's thing is her colourful way of dancing.
There's a great French saying: "Vive La Difference" which I think sums it up. My thoughts are each to their own. As long as you live your life happily without hurting others you will do for me!
Keep Happy,
All my love,
Krazy Kevin
