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Hey, I love it when I鈥檓 asked to be a part of Friday Night is Music Night and this one鈥檚 going to be special!

A tribute to the Good Old Days and听 the great British tradition of Music Hall. FAB!!

Chat through possible material with Producer Bridget Apps and after the OK from Maestro Gavin Sutherland we鈥檝e got a programme.

THURSDAY: Rehearsal at Watford Colosseum

听WOW 鈥� what great acoustics.

Met the lovely Alexander Grove whose tenor voice sounds amazing. Such a treat to sing this material with a full orchestra!听听 With just a few tweaks in tempi and听 impromptu听 final bars of Vesta Tilley tribute we鈥檙e good to go.

FRIDAY: Hackney Empire.

With frocks and wigs in tow for the live audience, felt a real buzz at the afternoon rehearsal. Barry Cryer and Bernard Cribbins arrive and do their sound-check.听 A treat to be reunited with Bernard after 23 years since a season at Regents Park Open Air Theatre!!

8pm 鈥� Curtain up! The crowd is buzzing. First spot 鈥� a Tribute to male impersonator of the era Vesta Tilley in 鈥榙rag鈥� 鈥� black tux and hair slicked back. Great buzz on and offstage,

QUICK CHANGE: for G&S and Ship Ahoy 鈥� the audience are in fine voice singing along with gusto!Backstage everyone smiling and watching from the wings. Time for a few photos too!

Another change into Marie Lloyd costume and wig.

Ace spots from ukelele player and comedian Mark Walsh and the enigmatic Martynas along with the soaring Tenor Alexander Grove.

Bernard听 brought the house down with his monologue and banter with 鈥淢r Chairman 鈥� your own, your very own Barry Cryer.

Last spot 鈥� a tribute to Marie Lloyd 鈥楺ueen of the Halls鈥欌��.

鈥榃as everybody happy?... 鈥榊ou bet your life they were!!...

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鈥淔RIDAY NIGHT IS MUSIC NIGHT SALUTES THE GOOD OLD DAYS鈥�

We invite you to join in the choruses if you fancy a singalong whilst listening at home

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After the Ball

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After the ball is over,听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听

After the break of morn 鈥�

After the dancers' leaving;

After the stars are gone;

Many a heart is aching,

If you could read them all;

Many the hopes that have vanished

After the ball.听听听听听听听听

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The Marrow Song

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(Ooooh! What a beauty!),

听I've never seen one as big as that before

(Ooooh! What a beauty!),

听It must be two feet long or even more

It's such a lovely colour, and nice and round and fat

I never thought a marrow could grow as big as that

(Ooooh! What a beauty!),

听I've never seen one as big as that before

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Ship Ahoy

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All the nice girls love a sailor,

All the nice girls love a tar;

For there鈥檚 something about a sailor -

Well, you know what sailors are!

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Bright and breezy, free and easy,

He鈥檚 the ladies 鈥榩ride and joy -

Falls in love with Kate and Jane,

Then he鈥檚 off to sea again

Ship Ahoy! Ship Ahoy!

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Swanee

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Swanee - how I love ya, how I love ya

My dear old Swanee.

I'd give the world to be among the folks in

听D-I-X-I-E-ven though my mammy's waiting for me,

praying for me down by the Swanee.

The folks up north will see me no more when I get to that swanee shore

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California, Here I Come

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California, Here I Come

Right back where I started from

Where bowers of flowers

Bloom in the spring

Each morning at dawning

Birdies sing at everything

A sun kissed miss said don't be late

That's why I can hardly wait

Open up that golden gate

California, Here I Come听听听听听听听听

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My Old Man

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My old man said: "Foller the van,

And don't dilly-dally on the way".

Off went the van wiv me 'ome packed in it.

I walked be'ind wiv me old cock linnet.

But I dillied and dallied,

Dallied and dillied;

Lost me way and don't know where to roam.

And you can't trust a "Special"

Like the old-time copper

When you can't find your way home.

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The boy I love

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The boy I love is up in the gallery,

The boy I love is looking now at me,

There he is, can't you see, waving his handkerchief,

As merry as a robin that sings on a tree.听听听听听听听听

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The Old Bull and Bush

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Come, come, come and make eyes at me

down at the Old Bull and Bush,

Da, da, da, da, da,

Come, come, drink some port wine with me,

Down at the Old Bull and Bush,

Hear the little German Band,

Da, da, da, da, da,

Just let me hold your hand dear,

Do, do come and have a drink or two

down at the Old Bull and Bush!听听听 Bush! Bush!

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Conductor, composer/arranger and pianist, Gavin Sutherland鈥檚 career takes in many of the world鈥檚 top orchestras and artists. With a catalogue of over 80 commercially available compact discs and his compositions and arrangements played and broadcast frequently around the world, Gavin鈥檚 dedication to the production of high-class music is of considerable importance.

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Tonight鈥檚 interval

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Relive the heyday of the Good Old Days in the company of Barry Cryer, Bernard Cribbins and Leeds City Varieties鈥� Rachel Lythe.

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