at the Songs of the Sea recital we went to. As we were waiting for it to start in the room full of chattering people, DH, who was sitting behind me, leaned forward and said: "I've just realised it doesn't bother me any more".
"What doesn't bother you any more?" I asked.
"This noise of a room full of chattering people".
I knew he'd had difficulty as a child and as a young man entering a crowded room, or even a room containing a few people. He still tends to enter and cross a room without looking at anyone in it, but he had got over the terror it induced by the time I met him in his thirties.
It was a salutory reminder to me of just how shy (if that is the word) someone can be! As it was a local concert, I was stretching my neck gazing around, trying to see who I recognised. DD was gazing around looking for someone younger than her! She spotted a boy about the same age, possibly younger but girls tend to be bigger at her age so he could have been the same age. And there was DH sitting behind us (we were in a corner of the room) thinking Hey! this isn't terrifying! 
but 
DD, the boy and his older sister were the only kids which I thought a shame as the choral renderings of well-known sea shanties were great! There were two visiting soloists who sang other songs (Verdi, Tchaichovksy, Puccini) in the operatic style, which I'm not keen on (prefer Emma Kirkby's style of singing), and there was a local virtuosic flautist.
xBy special request, let’s discuss our favourite Classic Music and why?
