Just as I was finishing up my music degree, I did my first professional foray into conducting and music directing at the Gold Coast Arts Centre.
The production? Buddy – The Musical.
It was great, I never realised how cool Buddy Holly was. However, shortly after rehearsals started the original cast member who was going to play the Big Bopper withdrew due to poor health. So here I am only just learning the ropes of MDing a musical theatre production, and then I find myself taking on something for which I had no previous training: singing and acting!
I was freaked out half the time, lost a solid 15 kilograms from the stress….. but I had a blast. This time in my life did more for me professionally and personally than anything else to date. I look forward to that record being broken though.
The quality of the video is poor, but I watch it with joyful nostalgia every time. My friends laugh their head off and now….. you can too 
Adam