[HPFGU-OTChatter] Dan at Evening Standard Awards

[rvotaw at i-55.com]

Sophia wrote:

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> and can I just say, that kid impresses me like...like...like I don't know 
> quite  what, but like ANYTHING. This thirteen-year-old got up and gave a 
> speech as though he'd done nothing but present awards his whole life--
> confident, cool, no hemming and hawing, and with a large dollop of stage-
> presence plus a brilliant dead-pan delivery of a broom-stick quip. WoW! Is 
> this kid for real?

Yep, I believe so.  And don't forget, he only said "Um" once.  Very impressive 
for a 13 year old. :) I'd say um more than that in the given situation. 

Of course, he doesn't schmooze (sp?) properly yet.  Which is also refreshing.  
I hear that before and after (you know, during the schmoozing time), he pretty 
much stood around with his parents and didn't talk to anyone.  Actually had 
celebrities asking for his autograph (I guess they didn't dare go home to their 
kids without it!).

Richelle

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