Putting on a show

The year-end celebration takes place at Emily's school this evening, with each class performing a song, dance, sketch or other routine.

Yesterday they told us that they want all the girls to wear a white blouse and blue denim skirt tonight. It's a good thing they gave us so much advance warning. I wouldn't have wanted to find myself rushing around the shops at the last minute, having completely rearranged my schedule, cancelled work I'd arranged to do, and so on...