So as soon as I heard Emma Pask would be singing at an AWS event, I was like I'M THERE. Except it got postponed a couple of times, stoopid covid and crap. You see I actually went to primary school with Emma Pask. She was several years younger than me so I never really had anything to do with her, or even her brother who was a bit older. But David would have spent quite a bit of time with her, on account of he did the lighting for the various High School Musicals she was in. I vividly remember her as Miss Hannigan in Annie, but she was also in Chicago and Into the Woods. Also our mothers were pretty good friends because they helped at our primary school.
So last Thursday night was the first time I got to her sing again in person in nearly thirty years.
Oh and there was Ed Wilson, and the Australian Wind Symphony as well. You know. As backup. hehe.
Dr Geoff Grey
Ed Wilson on trombone
Ed Wilson could prolly be a standup comic if he wanted, he was pretty funny
Ed Wilson and Emma Pask and the Australian Wind Symphony
Emma Pask and Ed Wilson and the Australian Wind Symphony
I actually knew a lot of the music which was quite nice
Emma Pask
There was an intermission and as Emma passed by I said "We love you Miss Hannigan" and she was totally taken aback and went "what, omigod" haha. But she was focussed on talking to her family so didn't get to say anything more then. But I did then go out a bit later to go to the loo and she was out there so I said hi, and that you probably don't remember me but we went to primary school, but you would definitely remember my brother and she was like "and your mother - Sylvia!" omfg Emma Pask remembers my mother haha!! Very cool!! And she said I should go say hi go her parents, so I did (and it was only today that I remembered her Mum's name, whoops!) and they were a bit excited too and said to say hi to Mum .. hi Mum!!
After the show I totally had to line up for an autograph. I showed her my copies of her High School Musical programmes for Into the Woods, Chicago and Annie. She was a bit blown away that I still had them, and said that she didn't have them but maybe her parents had copies.
I got her to sign my Annie programme :)
A pretty awesome night :)
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