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Website Report for June 2005
Hi there! There's been such a lot going on what with our sudden loss of Sundown, and then his funeral, (see the obituary and separate 'Farewell to Sundown' report) that I'm afraid that my June report is a tad tardy. Anyway, here goes. We started the month at the 'Waterloo' with the Keith Shepherd Duo. Despite having wet feet Keith managed to rise above his discomfort and he and his friend provided us with an interesting programme of songs. I didn't know quite a few of them, for example Dean Dillon's 'I've Still Got A Crush On You' and Johnny Rodriguez' 'Riding My Thumb to Mexico.' Kalamitty was taking a break and his stand-in, Preacher, was off somewhere and so Frosty had his first attempt at DJing. Somehow I don't think it was quite his forte, but he strove manfully with his equipment, and made it through the night. There was quite a lot of banter, mostly Keith Shepherd against me, as I send him reports for his monthly piece in 'Country Music Round Up.' The evening ended with the CD for the trilogy not working for Snake Eye, (not even with Frosty's intervention), and Keith Shepherd singing it for us. The flag bearers got a bit confused, and without Rusty's intervention they'd probably still be standing there, flags raised. On the 11th July we were at Sterndale Moor Social Club with Natalie Diamond. Natalie comes from Ashby-de-la-Zouche, but she has recently become friendly with our old friend Travis Logan from Chesterfield. We hope that one day they will come and perform for us together. Natalie sings quite a lot of songs by women Country singers, as you'd expect, and so we got Reba Macintyre's 'Rumour Has It', Tanya Tucker's 'Two Sparrows', Emmylou Harris's 'Mexican Wind' etc etc. We did lots of dancing that night, perhaps partly because Crazylegs and Lyn had returned from holiday, although I'm sure the songs had a lot to do with it too. Preacher was our DJ on this and the next Saturday night, which was back at the 'Waterloo' with Jack Daniels. Jack is jolly and friendly and since he spent a weekend camping with some of our members is quite a favourite. His programme is made up of all different types of songs. We started with 'One Night At a Time', moved through 'It's Crying Time Again' and Don Williams' 'Some Old Times, Some Old Friends' and ended with 'Best Of Friends.' Jack also sang 'California Blue' in memory of Keith Manifold, and brought greetings from Ben Rees. During the gunfight a firework display could be seen across the valley through the big windows if you held your head the right way. The last meeting was on July 25th at Sterndale Moor. The singer was Ron Blythe, a true professional who didn't even smile slightly when Mule arrived as a large Hillbilly, (or was it Benny Hill?) However he sang some pretty good songs, such as 'She Thinks I Still Care', 'Vale Of Tears', 'Just Because' (with its Western swing) and 'I Fall To Pieces.' He's also quite a dab hand at playing the guitar. There was some pretty impressive dancing by Mick and Lyn to the instrumental 'Nashville Boogie', only rivalled by Alison and David's even more energetic efforts. We were all pleased to note that Kalamitty and Westie had returned so that the relief DJs were relieved, and Westie was once more dancing and shooting. And what of the fast draw in June? On 4th June it was 3rd Sundown, 2nd Curly and 1st Rusty. On 11th 2nd Curly and 1st Frosty. On 18th 3rd Frosty, 2nd Crazylegs and 1st Bronco. On 25th 2nd Frosty, 1st Bronco. On the last evening some new marshals were being trained up which made the fast draw even more interesting than usual. Unfortunately we heard on the next Monday, the 27th, that Sundown had passed away. I will end by mentioning that on July 2nd at Sterndale Moor there was a minute's silence and a toast for Sundown, our departed comrade, and there will be some pictures on the web site of this happening. To hear more about the evening itself look out for next month's report. Adios, Mrs Rusty |
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