come on, babe, why don't we paint the town?

( The Wand Song )

final dress rehearsal tonight; the dance went v. well but the kids just won't sing! it was over in a flash, i don't know where it went at all - it's always seemed so long in rehearsals. i'm worried about the ensemble - still going ridiculously flat on the 'neon god' verse. but alex's solo is sounding so good, i can't believe i was ever considering someone else doing it!

also, i now own a purple ballgown. with a pretty, lacy, purple jacket which has an almost gothy overtone to it. now i just need shoes, bag, jewellry . . . on the one hand i feel so terrible spending my parents' money like this, but on the other i know this will do for the leavers' ball, and uni after that . . .