Janusz Sliwinski Mr Shehu English
Bus
23rd July, 1984
I'm on the bus with my Dad heading back home to Durham. Dad's snoring and his head is jumping up and down as the old bus drives over the bumpy uneven road. I'm trying to write this entry on the biggest day of my life, the day that decides whether I start off a new life doing a thing I am good at and like, or whether I return to the life that my dad, my brother Tony and I are destined for. This is the day that could change everything for me. Who would've thought two months ago that I would be allowed to come to London to audition for the Royal Ballet School?
What does dancing mean to me? I only know that I feel good when I'm dancing and it makes me feel close to my Mum.
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