tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8704984.post2110477388078707114..comments2023-09-25T12:03:00.637+01:00Comments on Tom Morton's Beatcroft: Competition - the nature of the beastUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8704984.post-66144027080821903812007-04-24T15:37:00.000+01:002007-04-24T15:37:00.000+01:00Thanks for that, folks.Sunday school was my first ...Thanks for that, folks.<BR/>Sunday school was my first experience of an audience, reciting a memorised text aged five. Except I hadn't memorised it at all.Setting the tone for an entire career, I just wanted an excuse to stand at the front...Tom Mortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08221836843714189735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8704984.post-57562675077936956792007-04-24T02:35:00.000+01:002007-04-24T02:35:00.000+01:00I know the fear children go through all too well. ...I know the fear children go through all too well. It wasn't that long ago it would have been me up there (not playing the fiddle, and usually never on my own, but in front of an audience none the less, which always terrified me).<BR/><BR/>There were various points of the year I dreaded...<BR/><BR/>March/April was always music festival and drama festival.<BR/><BR/>Christmas time was always school play and Sunday school performance.<BR/><BR/>Bizarrely now when I wouldn't mind getting up and speaking in front of people, I never do anything like this... probably just as well, I can almost sense the fear coming back to me.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05863834570166299072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8704984.post-48770764877523517572007-04-23T18:02:00.000+01:002007-04-23T18:02:00.000+01:00What a star! Kids are amazingly resilient. Let's...What a star! Kids are amazingly resilient. Let's hope life doesn't knock it out of her and Martha will grow into a strong confident young woman, I'm sure.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03919143162051678558noreply@blogger.com