Dobbin: The Red Nosed Reinhorse

There's been descent in the ranks ever since the read-through over the community song and what to sing with the audience and get the kids on stage etc etc. Jingle Bells was suggested originally but no one was keen, nor could they come up with anything better that anyone wanted to sing.

The original front end of Dobbin, the pantomime horse which we used for Cinderella, has been cajoling Director and I for weeks to have Dobbin in the show, preferably as Flora, the Sultan's ugly daughter's pet but we weren't keen. Dobbin went out on hire last week and when he came back the subject came up again and we were asked whether Dobbin could appear in the Community Song with the kids instead.

And, as usually happens, at this stage of the proceedings, imaginations have been running wild....

Dame texted me on Thursday am and so ensued a hasty phone call to MD who agreed that as long as the band can play the music in a style which the audience suggest on the night then it's ok by him.

The plan is that "Dame" mentions that Dobbin looks absolutely nothing like a reindeer, at which point Dobbin disappears off into the wings and comes back wearing a pair of antlers on a headband and a red nose on a bit of string.

Obviously this means that the back end of Dobbin has to be someone not in the last scene of the show so that they can get into the back legs in time for the Community Song and someone who is in the walkdown towards the end so they have time to get back out of the horse legs and do the walkdown as their proper character.

Hmmm. Like someone evil who has been killed in the previous scene, maybe? Yep You got it. That'll be me then!!!!!!!

And so it came to pass, that the original duo who first brought Dobbin to life in 2000 will be back. Hee Hee!

"Lyric of the Blog: "Dobbin, the red nose reinhorse, had a very shiny nose. And if you ever saw him, you would even say it glows" Trad.