March 2012
Newsletter No 171 - 27 March 2012
The fine weather set us up for an excellent evening of music and poetry hosted by Mark and Jan who started off with Hush Hush about the Highland Clearances, Paul Riley was next with The Coal Tattoo then Robin with Alan Bell's Wind in the Willows (Bread and Fishes). Newcomer Pete Roberts was up next with a Michael Chapman song, Rabbit Hills, and then we had a thought provoking poem from Doreen called Jeopardy all about the danger to the planet caused by the human race. Hopefully they were not serious when Ruth, Kath and Stan were saying their Last Goodbye but just in case more newcomers Stewart and Bill, all the way from Urmston, each splashed out on a Tequila Sunrise courtesy of the Eagles. Brian then sang a lovely version of Stevie Wonder's Wishes while Jo then entranced us with the lovely ballad, Both Sides of the Tweed, and was followed by the recuperating Banjo John Brown who was accompanied by the ever in demand John Condy on harmonica, with 2.19 Blues. Keeping in the blues vein was Ged with I Got Stripes, and then Janice Bell, accompanied by Pepper Street, sang a beautiful version of Mancini's Moon River before Rob had us in stitches, although we’re not quite sure why, with his story about GM foods, Qubarb! Pepper Street's retort to that was John Condy's excellent song, See You in the Sunset, closely followed by another newby Robert Jones with Man of the World. Jean Finney then sang an old English song which was a dark tale of the Easter Tree followed by Keep the Change Bob who sang Springsteen's This Hard Land. Ruth, Kath and Stan started the second round with the Night Visiting Song, Brian was a Desperado and Jan was in fine Welsh fettle with Ar Lan y Mor. Late arrival Eddie sang the Farmer's Boy then Ged followed with Richard Thompson's '52 Vincent Black Lightning and John Brown took us up to the interval with She Wears Red Feathers (to say nothing of the Hooley-Hooley Skirt)!
