By Euan Duguid
A GROUP of enterprising youngsters had an instant sell-out on their hands after deciding to turn the tables on their teachers at a talent show.
 Somehow, 10 fourth-year girls at Knightswood Secondary, Glasgow, persuaded eight teachers to be stars of the show instead of leaving it to the pupils.
Co-organiser of the big night, technical teacher Liz McShane, explained how the sight of teachers in school uniform became a real crowd-puller.
“When we heard of
The Sunday Post Hospice Appeal, the S4 girls decided they wanted to help, but to do something different — anything that would put the teachers at risk of ridicule, I think,” Liz said.
“Their idea of a Mr & Mrs competition really caught the imagination, but when the pupils found out there were going to be teachers involved, the whole thing snowballed.
“Before we knew it, all the tickets for the big night were sold, and there were eight willing contestants, four male and four female, ready to strut their stuff and pit their wits against each other.
“The night was divided into three categories — school uniform, where the teachers had to dress in their old school gear, talent, where they had to show their singing skills, and evening wear, giving the teachers a chance to get glammed up.”
With acts from teachers Mr Pratt, who performed a comedy routine, Miss McElroy who sang Madonna’s
Like A Prayer — “cone” bra and all — and an Elvis impersonation from
Mr Leonard, the crowd was rolling in the aisles.
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Home Economics teacher Ruth Kelly in her school
uniform and (right) PE teacher Dougie Morgan became Roger The Dodger
for the night.
The brains behind the Mr & Mrs competition.
Back — Lauren Docherty, Mhairi Ballantyne,
Emma Curran. Middle — Alison McDonald,
Terri Palmer, Debbie Allen.
Front — Fiona Carmichael, Emma Gallagher
and Fiona McCormack. Toni Goode was absent
the day the photo was taken.
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