"There are two questions people have been asking me continuously since the news broke that I would be Company's Official BRIT girl at the 2011 awards. "Are you nervous?" and "What are you going to wear?"
'Yes' has always been my response to the first question - because I feel like I should be, I feel that to not feel nervous conveys an un-caring and aloof attitude towards this prestigious role. However, the truth is I just still don't feel that I am really going to be there, that something like this would ever happen to a person like me. From a small northern town, not particularly confident nor startling, no Alexa Chung or Fearne Cotton, not a size 6 and I still cannot apply make-up properly!
I don't know when I will realise that I'm actually going; it didn't sink in that I had been to the BRIT Launch until I was lying in bed afterwards and I'm fearful that the same will happen this time. I know that it will be a ' blink-and-you'll-miss-it ' experience and that if I don't throw myself into every emotion, every second and every breath whilst I'm there , it will all be gone too soon and I'll never be able to get that back .I'm not nervous or worried, I just still feel shocked and stunned that I have been given this amazing opportunity by a few talented and ambitious individuals at Company magazine.
Amidst the abundance of emotions running through my body at the moment, I am defiantly feeling pride. Not only for myself, but because this opportunity will allow me to speak to girls like myself about the things I have always wanted to know about big British music events. Putting myself, an average Company reader, into a situation like that will allow me to not only bring all the gossip from the night , but also illustrate the feelings, sights and smells to make the readers feel like they could be there and really create an atmosphere. That's what I'm aiming for!
My answer to the latter question "What are you going to wear?" is a bit of a sore point at the moment. A shopping trip produced me with the perfect pair of shoes with lots of long black tassels, black velvet and heels as thick as a Mars Bar Chunky. However, the Lord giveth and the Lord takeath away(!), when it came to light that I had been sold two right feet. Three weeks of searching later and I still have not managed to find the same style complete with one shoe for each foot. My leopard print fluffy slipper boots are looking like a remarkable possibility, which may actually make me more fashion forward than Lady Gaga - if I'm not mistaken she has yet to step out in such a controversial fashion piece as a slipper boot? Back to the drawing board five days before the big day then!
One thing I have got nailed down is the dress, however I still have the ole' tights or no tights debate. No tights may seem too try hard, but its the BRITS - can one really look too try hard!? I'm with the press rather than a recognised star and so does this mean I should wear all black, equal to 'stage hands' at the theatre...?
Screw it, I'm only going to be there once and I am a northern lass which means I laugh in the face of the supposedly 'cold' London weather. Dress, bare legs and slipper boots it is then!!
Outfit and emotional balance revealed, I'll move on to the night . Take That is an obvious highlight, because to me they are just legendary - to hear them live (& possibly meet them) would just be incredible, I'd feel so privileged. Adele and Mumford & Sons are two of my current British favourites and so I cant wait to hear them live - especially if Adele's live lounge performance is anything to go by ! Then there is Rihanna, two years younger than me and so quite intimidating, she may be entertained with me waffling on about nothing and making no sense due to my nerves taking over. Either Rhianna or Take That will possibly be involved in the "I carried a watermelon??!!' moment of the night if I cannot control my nervous tongue!
Anyway, with only hours to go I better sign off and start my preparations in the way all of the BRIT stars will be.... YouTube-ing make-up tutorials, trying to peel off my old nail polish and putting the kettle on. Hmmm, however will you recognise me from the stars ...?!"
Sara won our BRIT Girl competition and will be backstage with us on the night - keep checking www.company.co.uk for all the latest BRITs gossip on the night.
