Young Voices at the O2

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Has anyone's child done this before? How did they find the experience?

DS has been looking forward to it but we're on the fence about whether he's up to it.
I've been sick with a chest infection for a week and a half - awful flu symptoms and cough, on antibiotics etc. I think I'm worse than I would otherwise have been because I had to travel while I was getting sick so really got it full whack.

DS has been coughing the last two days. Last night he was just too tired and cold to do anything which is very, very unlike him. This morning he was still wiped out and was coughing so we kept him home from school.

He's probably ok in himself now and on a normal day he'd be back at school tomorrow but Young Voices is tomorrow night. It's going to be a looooong and exciting day and I'm nervous he'll just get sicker if he goes.
Plus since I'm not well enough to actually attend, getting him home is going to be a bit of a nightmare. (Although we do actually live in Greenwich so not a huge distance to travel). He'll be in bed late and probably wiped out.

So... What's it like for the kids? Long and boring day or exciting and full of energy?any experience with it?

The kids from my school have gone today and are allowed to come in late tomorrow as it’s a late night.
Last year everyone who went (was it Royal Albert Hall?) said they had a great time.

Ds2 is there today. He did it last year too. He really enjoyed it despite being quite apprehensive the first time. It is a long day but it's quite fun I think.
We live a distance away though so I won't be there, although I know a handful of parents driving up this afternoon. The children will be on a coach home so all I have to do is pick him up from school around 11pm.

And yes, we also don't have to be in til break tomorrow.

Hmm ours need to be normal time tomorrow but that might be because we are relatively local (right the other end of Greenwich but still technically in borough).

Is there anyone else who could bring him home for you? As you're local I assume a fair number of your class parents might be attending?

If he's up for it it would be a shame to miss out but if you aren't well it might be hard for you.

Was an experience very much lived by my little, especially the tube and train home late at night! Tube and train are treats normally for special days out. He had a blast and is doing it again.

I had a ticket to attend and yes, parental attendance is relatively high for it.
DS' best friend's parents don't drive so think DH might be able to swing in and park up somewhere and DS can be dismissed to his best friend's mum. So she hangs around and grabs the kids after the concert but gets a lift home in return. DH just can't attend as he has to run other DS around to activities.

That sounds like a good plan on both sides if you can swing it.

He will have a good time I'm sure and it would be rotten to miss out if everyone else is going.

@Pascha that's the thing, I'd hate for him to miss out.
My DH really really doesn't want him to go. To be fair he's had a week and a half of having to do absolutely everything at home - all drop offs and pick ups and activities and housework and somehow manage to do his job plus look after me all day and bring me to doctor etc. He's exhausted and run ragged so he really doesn't want one of the kids to now get sick. Plus he could live without having to schlep up to get him at that hour and deal with the pick up craziness. If it was up to me I'd send him and deal with it but I can't help right now.