Tonight's Prom was one of the best I've ever seen.  What a fantastic mix of cultures.  I loved every minute.  All credit due to those young South African  performers who have been playing for so little time and yet were excellent, polished and exhibited the highest musicianship.

It just shows what enthusiasm and motivation can do.  How many people in this country do you think would knock on someone's door and demand, beg and plead to learn the violin?  That is what one young boy had done who was interviewed in the interval.  That's motivation. 

The choir and orchestra were superb and the dancing was quirky, athletic and hugely entertaining.

I suppose it won't have been everyone's cup of tea but it was certainly mine.  I loved it!