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At the High Peak CWC in August
Hi there! Every month as I write this I have that sinking feeling that there's no way we are going to be able to keep the high
standard of the club activities up during the next month. But so far, fingers crossed, the club's been going from strength to strength.
O.K. then, so what's been happening?
Well, on the 7th August our old friend Ben Rees returned to 'The Waterloo.' Rusty says he reminds him of Rolf Harris, and I
must admit I have to agree. In looks anyway. However, his singing is nothing like because he renders Country songs in a wonderful baritone. I particularly like songs with stories, and so I really appreciated such
songs as 'Coward of the County, 'Long Black Veil' and 'Sunday Morning Coming Down.'
Not only did the dancers have a great night but the Westerners didn't want to be left out either. This is my only explanation for
Ben Rees singing Johnny Cash's 'Forty Shades of Green' while being accompanied by Frosty and Kalamitty on blow up air guitars and Sundown on the harmonica! (Something that has to be seen to be believed!)
Unfortunately I then missed two weeks. The first week the club was closed because a lot of members went to the 'Blue Rodeo' in
Lichfield.
The next week we had a family party and so I missed another familiar artist, Alan Westwood. Apparently he went down extremely well.
Also there was more than one birthday, (I believe Frosty has now reached the grand old age of 60!! It must be terrible to be that old! - and it was Moonshiner's birthday as well.) The result was that there was a lot
of cake consumed. Pity I missed it.
The highlight of the month was, of course, the Bank Holiday Weekend at Sterndale Moor.
On the Friday there was a return visit by Les Payne. He's a great one for repartee and he and Preacher and Sundown were soon
crossing verbal swords. He's a pretty good singer too and of course we enjoyed 'Blue Wing' and 'Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind.'
The next evening our scheduled singer couldn't come and so 'Country Code' galloped in to the rescue. He gave us a fantastic show
with renditions of such songs as 'Okie from Muskogee' and 'Lonesome Me.' The ladies in the audience were charmed when he sang 'If Tomorrow Never Comes' to several of them personally.
I can't necessarily say the same of Buckshot and Phil from Telford when Country Code serenaded them on stage with 'If I said
You Had a Beautiful Body!'
On Sunday our artists were another great act, Mel Paul and Mary Lacy. They wore traditional Country gear and looked very
appropriate. In addition the male members of the audience were rather taken with Mary's garter. Their songs were traditional too, and the dancers were up once again to such favourites as 'Louisiana Way' and 'He
Drinks Tequila.'
I should mention at this point that there was much partner and line dancing throughout the weekend. Those who couldn't get enough
were able to do more dancing on Saturday and Sunday afternoon.
Now, back to Sunday evening. The singing cowboy dolls just had to get in on the act and at one point joined in the singing,
although 'Achy Breaky Heart' wasn't quite the song our artists were singing. By the way, when did Frosty turn into a singing doll? (Well, it looked like him, anyway.)
The audience was quite tickled when Mary dressed as Tina Turner and sang 'Steamy Windows' to some of the men while sitting on their
knees.
On the same evening one of the Telford visitors had to be punished by our resident Texas rangers after some misbehaviour in a field.
I believe he was handcuffed, marched out at the end of a Winchester and shot, much to the delight of his wife who erupted into wild cheering. That'll teach him not to do it again!
Of course there were Western sports on Saturday and Sunday afternoons for those so inclined. Awards were presented on Sunday evening.
What next, you are probably wondering. Well, just keep visiting our website and you'll find out what ha happened and what's going to
happen. Better still why not mosey on by some time and pay us a visit; you will be made more than welcome.
Speak to you again next month! 'Bye for now,
Mrs. Rusty
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