Re: The Prince's Trust incident

[dsr@lns598.lns.cornell.edu (Daniel S. Riley)]

In article <9602010729.AA00632@maui.theoinf.tu-ilmenau.de> 
Rolf.Peukert@Theoinf.TU-Ilmenau.DE (Rolf Peukert) writes:
Rolf.Peukert> Now it got worse, it got much worse, cause when poor
Rolf.Peukert> Kate had to do her song in front of her future king, she
Rolf.Peukert> went out on stage to begin singing, and the top of her
Rolf.Peukert> dress split open and came on down. And she had to run
Rolf.Peukert> off stage into the wings [??], with her dress falling
Rolf.Peukert> down, which is kind of embarrassing for a girl - [funny
Rolf.Peukert> voice:] even more embarrassing for a boy.

I think from Ian's later comments we can safely say his memory is not
to be trusted.  The Garden (a much more reliable source) says:

57. The Wedding List: sung live during the The Prince's Trust
    Gala, staged July 21, 1982; from the home video.

    This is an interesting performance, in that Kate is backed by an
    all-star band: Phil Collins on drums, Gary Brooker on keyboards,
    Midge Ure and Peter Townsend on guitars and backing vocals, and
    Mick Karn on fretless bass. Kate's movements are severely limited
    by the necessity of holding the microphone in one hand; and during
    her performance the strap of her top breaks--a minor emergency
    which she covers with admirable professionalism, never missing a
    beat.

I've seen the video; both straps break, but Kate manages to hold her
dress up with one hand, without missing a beat or adding a
quaver--really very impressively composed.  She did not run off the
stage in the middle of the song (or even after).

Rolf.Peukert> So I happened to be standing there, ready for anything,
Rolf.Peukert> and I saved Kate, because I had a piece of a tape that
Rolf.Peukert> we always use for fixing anything on stage in music
Rolf.Peukert> business, and I managed to fix her dress with a piece of
Rolf.Peukert> black sticky tape, and sent her back on stage to finish
Rolf.Peukert> the song.

I suspect this is just wishful thinking on Mr. Anderson's part.
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