A Nations Tribute at Owd Martha’s Yard Hoyland’s Community Garden.
I am making a welcome return to Welshpool 1940s weekend this year and will be outside the town hall on Saturday 29th September and Sunday 30th September.
I am thrilled to be back performing at Leyburn 1940s weekend which is taking place Saturday 21st July – Sunday 22nd July.
The programme of events is amazing as usual and as Major Swing is elsewhere that weekend this year I am working alongside DJ UXB and for the third time at Leyburn the hugely talented Colin Bourdiec. (more…)
I am absolutely thrilled to be taking part in the Best of Thorne again this year. The whole town joins in as part of the 1940s event and there is entertainment taking place all over.
September 15th is marked as the commemoration day for the Battle of Britain so memorials were taking across the country both at RAF bases and in cities.
I was lucky enough to be involved in a local fundraising event recently where I met the team from Newark Patriotic Fund. The event I was at was also a memorial to a soldier who had lost his life 10 years previously in Afghanistan.
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On Wednesday 13th September I was invited to North Warren Residential Home to sing as part of their 1940s themed tea party. This was an event for residents but families and friends were also invited to attend. (more…)
On October 1st 2017, 9.30 am I have been invited to sing Requiem for a Soldier as part of a commemoration led by David Moore to remember those lost when a Lancaster Bomber crashed near Gunthorpe. Would be lovely to see people there.
A little late doing this post – have been so busy!
Woodhall Spa 1940s weekend in Lincolnshire was as busy as usual. The organisers estimate they had 45,000 visitors over the weekend – which is amazing.
On the Saturday I was performing outside the Book Fayre on the Broadway where we had a really good crown some familiar faces included Gary and Dave (the photographers), Pete Hibbard and Grahame Barrass. Following this in the afternoon we skipped across to the Inn for the evening set.
Here we were to do 2 sets of 45 minutes up to 8 pm at which point Steve Green and Damaris Jean were to continue with the evening. There were some familiar faces in the crowd from last year and plenty of dancers around.
This year we made the decision to stay over night as our friend Helen had found a great little B & B just outside of Tattersall – we even managed to fit Jim Purdey in the car!
Sunday was another lovely day and we joined Amanda, Steve and Lucy from the 40s Homefront on the bandstand in the park. I would have loved to have caught up with my fellow tall singer Paula Marie AKA The Vintage Vocalist but it’s impossible to get around.
Lots of highlights from the weekend but as always the flyover makes this event extra special.
See you next year folks!
