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After more than 55 years as an entertainer, Milnerton resident Alvon Collison has a head filled with melodies, a home full of memorabilia and a history of fulfilling memories. Entertainment is so much a part of his life that he and partner of 25 years, Faried Swartz, also a singer, have two theatre spaces right in their own home.

All through their grand old house, besides the personal treasures, you will see the people special to Alvon and this is elaborated on as he speaks about his journey. From his mother and father, grandmother, sister and her children, to all those who have played a part in recognising his talent and putting him on stage, Alvon is most generous in his praise.

I loved them and want to pay respect to them. They were good for me. They allowed me to be who I was. They must have realised from a young age that they had a different son, and they allowed me to be. All they did was add water to the flower. My father was very proud of me, and that made me very happy. The song was originally from the musical Annie Get Your Gun and became the title of the movie made in its tribute.

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The movie starred Marilyn Monroe. It was at 16 that Alvon left Coronation Road, Woodstock, and headed to Salisbury in the then Rhodesia, where he stayed for the next 10 years, getting involved in amateur theatre. Here his career found direction, and he credits the late theatre producer, Adrian Stanley, for helping him but says it was when the late Joan Brickhill, referred to as the first lady of musical theatre, came backstage and told him that she would help him turn professional that his life changed.

She had singled him out of a cast of As a year-old boy he had seen American Johnny Ray perform there, and now, at 28, he was on that same stage.