The afternoon saw boats arriving from near & far (“the hardy ones”!!), although
weather conditions were not ideal, with a stiff breeze threatening all day.
This for the first social
event of our new boating season following crane-in.
The committee (plus helpers)
prepared the hall for the evening, with fingers crossed, as this was to be
a new venture for the club. The village hall at Lechlade proved
to be a wonderful venue for cabaret, or any club function (maybe not for indoor
barbecues!!). The catering & stage facilities were superb, these were
to be used to their best advantage by the committee for the evening.
The food for the
night had been organised from the local “chippy” & turned out to be first
class, which is always a good start to any event.
By 7-30 p.m., the hall was buzzing with club members, approx. 90 attended
(we think). Food was soon being ferried by “the Chris Winter Haulage
Co.” with
Bob & Den riding “shotgun”. Three trips later, loaves & fishes had
been distributed to all & sundry!! A small intermission allowed
our Commodore to draw raffle prizes for adults & the children and introduce
the new season.
8.45 p.m. saw the beginning of
our entertainment.
Steve Memo
Proved to be all he had been
recommended to be, his singing, versatility & costume changes were superb.
The show continued for about 3 hours.
Various well known artists were
faithfully recreated including:
“Elvis
Presley”, “Roy Orbison”, “Jimmy Cricket”, “Tom Jones”
Finishing with a superb rendering
of “Tina Turner” This to the great embarrassment of
some of our male members!!
The only complaint heard all
evening was from Jill Hill, who complained that “Elvis” had not sung to her
personally!
A great night, & a super
start to another season.
MAYBE WE’LL DO
IT AGAIN SOMETIME??
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here for pictures (thanks to Fred Martin)