"Having to speak in public has become my tone or clap of thunder, " she writes, during which, Hustvedt suspects, she is not consciously aware of fear but her subconscious is indeed fearful.
What they want is to clap along to the big cheesy numbers, Jump In My Car, Leave Your Hat On (which persuades a young Spanish fan on to the stage to sit on his knee) and Do The Limbo (which sees about 50 members of the audience up on stage doing the limbo).