Previous<\/a> – Book1 Page233 \u2013 Next<\/a><\/p>\n Chapter 28<\/strong> On an ordinary Saturday night the Noble Coliseum stages \u201cOpenMike Night\u201d, an amateur variety show, with song, dance, music, and other acts. However, once every quarter the show distinguishes itself by doing something special. This time it\u2019s a talent contest. It\u2019s a little tongue in cheek, because \u201ctalent\u201d is not a prerequisite to take part! Everybody is welcome. The amateur nature of the event is maintained, the judges are good natured, and the prizes are distressingly trivial! The performers and the guests come along to enjoy themselves, and the Noble Coliseum makes a little bit of extra money to help it function.<\/p>\n The \u201cpay what you can afford\u201d approach works well. Even the poorest people in town will add a penny or two to the collection box. There are some wealthy benefactors who put several sovereigns in the box every Saturday.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Mr Rafone and AuntSylvie are the co-conspirators, ably assisted by a collection of volunteers young and old. Tonight, there are six judges, Hayley and FullyCharged are sitting in the middle of the front row, flanked by two adults on either side. The school orchestra is here too, with special guests Karen Hall and James Powell, two of the musicians from the Garrison. Wearing their bright scarlet tunics Karen and James outclass CandiCrush who naturally is wearing civvies on a Saturday night. She introduces them to Mr Rafone.<\/p>\n \u201cWelcome to the Noble Coliseum,\u201d he says, \u201cI\u2019m so glad you could join the team this evening. This is Sylvie and I\u2019m Mike. You might have seen us around before? Sylvie, better known as AuntSylvie is the boss here.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cDelighted to meet you,\u201d she says, \u201cplease call me Sylvie. Though many of the kids just call me Auntie. The older residents call me all sorts of things!\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cAlmost everybody calls me Mr Rafone because I\u2019m a school teacher. But on a Saturday I\u2019m OpenMike, and the young ones are allowed to call me Mike!\u201d<\/p>\n Previous<\/a> – Book1 Page233 \u2013 Next<\/a><\/p>\n Previous – Book1 Page233 \u2013 Next Chapter 28 Talent Contest On an ordinary Saturday night the Noble Coliseum stages \u201cOpenMike Night\u201d, an amateur variety show, with song, dance, music, and other acts. However, once every quarter the show distinguishes itself by doing something special. This time it\u2019s a talent contest. It\u2019s a little tongue in … Continue reading “Chapter 28 Talent Contest233”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[4],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1755"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1755"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1755\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1756,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1755\/revisions\/1756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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