Mon, 13 Oct 1997

One chignon short of a costume

JAKARTA (JP): A last-minute call of nature caused by opening ceremony nerves left one of the high school dancers humiliated and almost cost her dear.

Rina, performing the Gebyar Nusantara dance, was worried she would not be able to last until after the performance so rushed to the bathroom just before she was due to go on.

But in her panic she parted company with her Balinese chignon and left it in the restroom.

She only realized the problem moments before her big moment when her friends asked her where it was.

Luckily a makeup artist found a spare scarf for her but she said it was still humiliating because she had walked all the way from the sports hall to main stadium without it. (08)