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[seymoure]

Two things come to mind, day after day at White Hart. First, damn why aren't there more people? Secondly, I am humbled by the talent, commitment and spirit of those performers around me. We have seasoned professionals who are giving just that little bit more than they would ever be thought to be asked for, and why? Because this place means something to them. Family, hope the wish to return to the reason we all got started in this in the first place. In the newbies I see all of us at the start, only better than most of us were at that stage. I remember Fagan's line in "Oliver!" as he put the young orphan to bed and says, "If you go on the way you started out today, you will be the greatest man in history." If these young people continue in the way they have begun they will outshine us all. To all those who have given us this festival, Di, Susi, Charles et al, may the heavens bless you.