Theatre Volunteer – “All Ages Concert”

Last fall we signed up as volunteers for Western Canada Theatre Company which includes ushering at Sagebrush Theatre and the Pavilion Theatre. We have seen some good plays, some not so good plays, a variety of entertainers including the Symphony. It’s been great and we have certainly got to see a lot more culture and entertainment than we would have normally taken in. Well last night at the Pavilion Theatre we volunteered to work an “All Ages Concert”. We headed out expecting to have an evening that included a variety of local talent and the audience made up mostly of Mom’s, Dad’s and other family members. Well were we wrong. From the moment we showed up something didn’t quite look like your average evening of entertainment. There wasn’t the usual group hanging around the various areas of the theatre. There was however an interesting mix of hair styles, hair colors, clothing styles and the evenings entertainment was tuning up and the volume was similar to a Boeing 747 during take-off. Amanda was the Guest Services Director and she filled us in on the evenings events; this included 5 Bands performing. The music was Punk, Punk/Rock, Heavy Metal, Yelling, Screaming and it was extremely loud. I took the opportunity to step inside the theatre area and listen to one of the local bands. The lead singer introduced the song and said it was something to do about Police and the fact that we all hated them…… the lyrics went something like this; Bleep you you bleeping, bleep, bleep we think we are a bleeping, bleep off and need to be bleeped so we can bleep your bleeping, bleep, bleep, bleep. This was followed up with words that were sung so loud that I couldn’t completely understand them but it sounded like; @#$%&^%$#@!^&* and finally &^%$#@!!#@^^&&** be free from your &*^%^&*()()(*&^%%$$##%^&*oppression. Or something like that. A rough rendition of this song is posted on YouTube //www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIzw084VQ-U&feature=response_watch. Overall everyone was very polite and it was certainly a life experience………. L&B