No, I wouldn't mind. But it's loooong
It was about 3 years ago. I was chosen to take part in an amazingly big show, something with homeless children, which took part in the biggest concert hall in Bucharest.
It was such a big show that a big part of the Parliament, the Prime Minister (at that time the ******* Adrian Nastase), and the President (at that time the ******* Ion Iliescu), were in the audience. Also all the important televisions were there.
The "great soprano, unique diva" (how she likes to be called - yes, she is a bit paranoid -
), Mariana Nicolesco, organized so many repetitions that we all got sick of them.
But of course, after organizing so many repetitions, something has to go wrong!
A group of dancers (the show wasn't only for music, it included dancing and mixed shows), had an
accident with their car, so they couldn't make it in time to participate at the show. Because only a part of the dancers that should perform that number where there, they couldn't dance (with gaps in the stage).
So Mariana Nicolescu, who knows me for a lot of time, decided that (these are exactly her words) "we should bring someone that can talk spontaneusly without a premade subject". So they brought me on the stage.
Mariana Nicolescu insisted that I have many activities, and prizes in 8 branches, and told me to recite one of my most recent novels.
Unfortunately, I was naive enough at that age to start reciting my most recent one, and when I said the first words everyone began to laugh so loud that they were talking about interrupting the TV transmition. The words were "One day, having nothing to do, the president of Romania decided to try to make some bread at his home" (well, sorry, it sounds strange in english, but it sounded so innocent in my mother language).
But when you thought the moment was over, I have to tell you it isn't. The story ends like this "But the president ran out of bread" (again, in my language there's an expression about running out of bread. It means something like "didn't have anything to eat") Imagine someone saying on a huge stage, in front of a 4000 people audience, with the president, the prime-minister, and a lot of the Parliament listening, and being transmitted at tv, something equivalent to "But the president didn't have anything more to eat".
Edit: It took me so long to write this that I crossposted with the 2 posts above.
