The steward

Shirley Feshitan At the Proms since… 2003

‘‘ I was so looking forward to my first Prom because I had always watched it on television. When I saw the people queueing I was amazed, especially by those who buy season tickets – it was so different to anything I’d come across before. I get to know the Prommers well, and we’ve become friends. One or two have passed away and I went to their funerals.

I love the addition of the Late Night Proms – they can be like a carnival. I’m not musical at all – I can’t play a tune, but I know a good one when I hear it. Bringing all these new styles of music in and including children and different groups of people has changed the essence of the Proms in such a great way.

My favourite night of the Proms is always the First, because it’s when I welcome the regular customers back and catch up on the last year. The Last Night is also fun, but it’s not a concert, it’s a party.

Favourite Prom: Daniel Barenboim conducting Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony in 2012. When I went home after the concert I turned on the TV and he was at the Olympics opening ceremony. He’d left the concert and gone straight there – I couldn’t believe it.