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15th September 2005

Two spotlight acts for the price of one - even better value. On the one hand Jim Wigfield provided astute observations and humour, on the other hand Tony Hamblin gave us great renditions of traditional songs.

As usual, there were floor spots covering many different genres - a grand night by all accounts.

You can Listen to an mp3 Soundbite of each performer, and...
Full piece performed by Jim Wigfield
Full piece performed by Tony Hamblin
1
 Getting the night off to a good start John Campbell gave us two John Lennon songs from 1964, 'No Reply' and 'You Can't Do That'.


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2
Northumbrian piper Alan Bailey was next. In fine style he played 'Rothbury Hills' and 'The Willow Tree Hornpipe'.


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3
 Alex Okon, relaxing after his recent Spotlight, played Ferdinand Carulli's 'Andante Grazioso' and followed this with 'Variation On A Theme' from 'The Magic Flute' - laid back and well received.


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4
 Next up were Old English with some fine vocal harmonies in 'Radcliffe Highway' and  'Bold Riley'.
5 Spotlight
 Jim Wigfield began his set with a 6-song medley of 'Blowin In The Wind', 'Mr Tambourine Man', 'Back Home Again', 'Caravan', 'Oh Lord It's Hard To Be Humble'  and 'Don't Stop Breathing Or You'll Die'. He then sang his own compositions: 'Dad', 'Landmarks', 'The Cold', 'Dilemma', 'Puerile Jokes' and a new song 'Wet Dreams'. Witty, astute, and great fun... thanks Jim.


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6
 Starting off the second half was Ray Derrick who began with a new song in traditional style called 'Victory'. He followed with 'Mines of Cramlington' reminiscing about the mines and shafts once in abundance.


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7
 Time for more Northumbrian pipes. Ann Sessoms gave us two sets of tunes first  'Owen' and 'The Wonder' and then two American marching tunes 'Lisa Jane' and 'Road To Boston'.


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8
 Peter Murphy, determined not to repeat himself at Ashington, sang 'Davy Lowston' and the Ewan MacColl song 'Thirty Foot Trailer'.
9
 In fine voice Pat Yeowart started with the classic Janis Ian song 'At Seventeen' and followed this with Nanci Griffith's 'Cold Hearts / Closed Minds'.


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10 Spotlight
 Tony Hamblin began with some very deft banjo playing in  the gruesome tale of 'Pretty Polly'. He continued in traditional vein with 'Poverty Knock', 'The Fair Flower of Northumberland', ''You Won't Get Me Down In Your Mine' and 'Blackleg Miner'. He finished in rousing style with 'Go To Sea Once More'.


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2 spotlight acts, 8 floor spots, 28 songs, medleys and tunes. Great stuff! We didn't have enough time to give our spotlight performers the encores that the audience requested - and, we still finished late... again!

  A spotlight double bill...
Double the enjoyment, double the fun.

Thanks to everyone for another smashing night.
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