We're going to make up an excuse to get the birthday girls to come round to the house – say we're going to help Sandra move some stuff, or something. It's at the end of October, so we're going to decorate the house with Halloween things, you know, spiders' webs and spooky things. One of my friends, Sandra, has a big house, and her parents say we can use it. Two of my best friends have their birthday in the same week, so some of us have decided to have a surprise party for both of them. So as we go up the river we're going to listen to music from the time my grandparents got married – the swinging sixties! My dad has borrowed an ancient gramophone player, you know, what they had before CD players, and some old records. We've got this huge picnic planned, with loads of different types of sandwiches and salads and an enormous cake. I'm really looking forward to seeing my cousins again. It's my grandparents' golden wedding anniversary, so the whole family is getting together. We're going to hire a boat for the day and take it up the river. But it's really good fun it's like London becomes a different country. And you have to watch out for pick-pockets when there are so many people in the same place. It does get quite crowded, so you have to make sure you stick together. We don't go in costume, but we do dance a lot. It's all Afro-Caribbean, with people in amazing costumes and these brilliant steel bands. We went last year and we had such a fantastic time. You've probably heard of it, the Notting Hill Carnival? So this year, me and my friends are going again. It's going to be cool.Įvery year there's a carnival in August in London. Ours is the best, because we've been together longest and we've got a great bass player, ( coughs) although I say so myself, so we're on last. Then there are three different bands lined up to play. And we've got Jo's brother, who's a professional DJ, coming along. Steve had this idea of projecting photos of everyone onto a wall, like a slide show. As soon as the last exams have finished, we're going to decorate the main hall at school with paper streamers and Chinese lanterns and things. It was Nicky's idea, but we all think it's going to be brilliant.
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