Dr Igneous Kathexy and his mum in attendance. This is what she
wrote:The evening at Souths Juniors went very well. We ate in
the snack bar. I had the special: T-bone steak and vegs. for
$5. We then moved to the nearly empty coffee shop for cake and
coffee. The show was supposed to start at 8, but didn't start till
8.40! I was surprised that the audience didn't get restless, and I
was very put out that we got no apology let alone
explanation. However, the "Voices of the Little River Band" put on
a great show. Only problem, inevitably, was the volume. I thought
I would have had a headache, but I didn't. Apart from the
discomfort of the noise level, there is so much distortion, and I
gave up listening to the words. I especially enjoyed the
instrumental bits e.g. the "duet" between 2 drummers, with one on
the bongo drums, the guitarist who played flamenco style for a few
minutes, and the man on the synthesiser who played the trumpet 3
times (what a great sound!). The lighting was very good too. The
show didn't finish till 11.15! I was resigned to catching a taxi,
but [Igneous] pointed out the courtesy bus. So, to my amazement,
the bus took me right home, and there was only one other
passenger, a woman who got out in Gardeners Rd., Eastlakes. The
driver started off quite friendly, but then he turned his radio
from a music station to a 2UE talk show, and turned up the volume
so high that I gave up talking. I got him to let me out in the
street outside [...], as the loud radio in the van would have
woken up people when I got out.
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