Parade was there to see a young family member do his thing, but he also enjoyed seeing the school’s various bands show off their musical wares in songs that ranged from rock to pop.

And then there was Men At Work’s classic piece of Australiana, Down Under.

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Parade wants to give a tip of the hat to the young student whose job it was to recreate the flute line from that song (it’s the one that sounds like the melody from Kookaburra Sits In The Old Gum Tree) using just his vocal cords.

It wasn’t an easy ask: all the other performers would fall silent when it came to this young fellow’s bit, so he had the audience attention completely to himself. But Parade can report that he managed it with absolute aplomb.

In Parade’s opinion, it was one of the highlights of the night.

PARADE also showed his age when he had a look through the concert program and felt his heart leap when he saw Saturday Sun listed as one of the songs.

Your correspondent couldn’t believe how lucky he was: Saturday Sun is a lovely, languorous song from late-60s English folk artist Nick Drake, who is one of Parade’s favourites. It’s four minutes of musical beauty from a man who specialised in creating musical beauty (and melancholy and introspection, but that’s another story).

Parade’s private excitement built as the evening wore on and then, as the first notes of Saturday Sun were played, Parade realised it was a completely different song altogether.

The Saturday Sun performed on Thursday night is by modern Australian singer-songwriter Vance Joy and, Parade would estimate, is probably 250 times better known than the song of the same name written and performed by someone 50 years ago in England.

Parade’s not giving up, though. Maybe next year.