upside of ushering

Am trying to earn some money by ushering for the college shows. It pays very little but the upside is that I sometimes get to catch some of the shows. We basically take turns to be stationed inside the theatre. I got the watch half a jazz concert tonight.It was absolutely fab! The percussionist was brilliant.He was even playing on drainpipes with flipflops at one point. But generally its a realy boring job with lots of sitting around. Good time to look at scores tho altho I usually need a piano to bash notes on. Looking to get a metronome. Need something to keep time with the more complicated scores I'm looking at. Have decided to wear my purple dress for the recital in Leeds next weekend. Italian friends are warning of impending doom. Appearently purple is bad luck for the italians. Sheeesh...hope not:)