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Report for Website November 07
Hi there! Well, November has come and gone and everything is just fine and dandy at Rebels Retreat. Jenny's 'relatives' are still winning all
the prizes in the raffle, but how come Ann was suddenly identified as her mother?
And as for the dancers, Madison and Crazylegs are still doing their 'Strictly Come Dancing' routines, and the other week Nora did amazing
variations on 'The Crystal Chandeliers' line. Unusually she was in front of me so that I could appreciate her performance. She is to that dance what Les Dawson was to piano playing!
The Fast Draw is still going on, and the other week David bagged the winner's trophy – well done David! I'm not sure who's in line for
overall winner of the year at the moment, but we'll find out who's placed where later in December.
And of course we're still performing the American Trilogy and the Mexican Trilogy. Lately we've sometimes had different people taking part, which
shows how adaptable and willing many of our club members are.
Mind you, we've also been visited by some real friendly people too – sort of keeps the atmosphere going even when we're a bit short of our
usual people.
The artists have been really interesting too. Firstly Pedro, who was new to me, arrived from Devon on his way home to Stevenage, some detour! He was a
nice easy going fellow, who played loads of songs that we knew and liked, such as 'There Goes my Heart,' 'If Tomorrow never Comes,' 'What Colour is The Wind?' and 'Louisiana
Way,' often encouraging folk to sing along with him. His one liners added to the cheerful atmosphere.
The next Saturday evening Katie Rhodes arrived from Middleton, over and against Oldham, Preacher's home town. She is young, slim and blonde, and has
some superb outfits, along with a great voice, and a wicked sense of humour. When she complained that she couldn't yet have her supper Bronco gave her some chips, and that's how we learnt that she could eat
and sing at the same time!
Seriously though, she had a really great programme, and her performance was enhanced, if that were possible, by the work of her sound man and partner,
Adrian. Among songs I've noted, (and I hope I've got the words right), were 'I'm A Walking, Talking, Crying, Belly Beating Broken Heart,' 'I'm Gonna Hate Myself In The Morning' and
Reba McEntire's 'He Gets That From Me.'
On 17th November it was the birthday of the two Micks, Mick Riley and Dakota. The night was cold, but along came Jack Glass to warm our spirits with some
real sentimental Country songs, like Willie Nelson's 'Time Slips Away,' Johnny Cash's 'Folsom Prison Blues,' Dwight Yoakam's 'Inside The Pocket Of a Clown' and Don Williams'
'Tulsa Time,' and there was plenty of scope for dancing and singing along too.
The last Saturday evening saw a return visit of that mine of Country experience and information, Dean Austin. Dean has a wonderful singing voice, and the
accent is just great, no doubt because of his Canadian roots. Suddenly the US of A seemed to have come to Sterndale Moor. We had all sorts of songs, line dance like 'I Need A Breather,' soulful like
'Give It away,' funny like 'I Ain't as Good as I Once Was' and completely new to me like Rodney Crowell's 'Stuff That Works.' Another great night!
Now we've reached December and more real special artists and events in store. Tell you all about them next time.
Ciao!
Mrs Rusty
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