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Happy Birthday My Son
A magical night of theatre
My son’s seven year old birthday took me by surprise
Our birthday tradition, the birthday boy can choose,
Either go somewhere special or have a birthday party
Both options are enjoyable, so he has nothing to loose.
My oldest boy chose to have a party with his friends
For the day that he was to turn seven years of age,
The surprising part of his decision was his request
Turn our house into a theatre, complete with a stage.
The setting was not hard to achieve to his satisfaction
As our spacious lounge room had plenty of room to spare,
I used a large mat to pretend to be the staging area
And in front I set up bean bags and some sofa chairs.
On the ‘stage’ the set up consisted of a large screen TV
A stereo system with large surround sound speakers,
And lastly a video tape machine to play the chosen show
I even included movie trailers to play before the feature.
I do understand that none of this sounds out of the ordinary
So you’re probably waiting for the, ‘Took…
