We have had a fantastic week thanks to various disability/ illness agencies.
The first was a call from the Starlight Foundation asking if Nico would like to go to the Hi 5 concert at the Drum Theatre. Thankfully it fell on a doctor/therapist-free day and I was able to re-schedule a play date to make it (thanks Goochi Ma for understanding). There was a bit of confusion with the tickets as they were both wheelchair tickets which means that the seats are removed so I woujld have been left standing. Luckily I called to see about Brooklyn coming along and this was fixed up by a lovely staff member of Drum along with another comp ticket for the princess.
I was a little worried how Nico would cope with the volume but when it came on, he went crazy with excitement. We were in the 3rd row of a theatre where seats literally meet the stage so had a great view. He danced to the music and giggled at Jup Jup and Chats puppets popping up around the stage. He wasn't bothers by the booming speakers at all.
It is hard to know what you can see from a stage with those lights blinding you from the audience but I got the feeling that a few times the cast memebers really were interacting with him and it made me quiet emotional to see him loving it. As the show finished, we were waiting for the theatre to empty out before manouvering the chair out when a gentleman approached us and asked if Nico liked Hi 5. I told him he loved them and had a fabulous time. "Would you like to come backstage and meet them? I will see what I can do"
Here is what he could do:
The entire cast was amazing. They chatted to Nico and asked about him, you could just tell that they had a genuine love of kids and enjoyed what they did. Brooklyn got the most enjoyment out of that bit, but I don't know if she quite knows how special that meeting was, I think she thought anyone who wanted to could just go and meet them. Thanks Tim, Dayen, Stevie, Lauren and Casey for making a good day into an unforgettable one.
The first was a call from the Starlight Foundation asking if Nico would like to go to the Hi 5 concert at the Drum Theatre. Thankfully it fell on a doctor/therapist-free day and I was able to re-schedule a play date to make it (thanks Goochi Ma for understanding). There was a bit of confusion with the tickets as they were both wheelchair tickets which means that the seats are removed so I woujld have been left standing. Luckily I called to see about Brooklyn coming along and this was fixed up by a lovely staff member of Drum along with another comp ticket for the princess.
I was a little worried how Nico would cope with the volume but when it came on, he went crazy with excitement. We were in the 3rd row of a theatre where seats literally meet the stage so had a great view. He danced to the music and giggled at Jup Jup and Chats puppets popping up around the stage. He wasn't bothers by the booming speakers at all.
It is hard to know what you can see from a stage with those lights blinding you from the audience but I got the feeling that a few times the cast memebers really were interacting with him and it made me quiet emotional to see him loving it. As the show finished, we were waiting for the theatre to empty out before manouvering the chair out when a gentleman approached us and asked if Nico liked Hi 5. I told him he loved them and had a fabulous time. "Would you like to come backstage and meet them? I will see what I can do"
Here is what he could do:
The entire cast was amazing. They chatted to Nico and asked about him, you could just tell that they had a genuine love of kids and enjoyed what they did. Brooklyn got the most enjoyment out of that bit, but I don't know if she quite knows how special that meeting was, I think she thought anyone who wanted to could just go and meet them. Thanks Tim, Dayen, Stevie, Lauren and Casey for making a good day into an unforgettable one.
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