March 14th - Double Header Review

Comic Relief Double Header

The first double header of the year coincided with our Red Nose Day fundraising efforts. It was a great atmosphere with great dances from Julie, great music from Broadcaster and Kay D and quite possibly to longest raffle in history.

Julie kicked off the day at 1pm with 3 hours of line dancing. It was mostly a review of the dances taught over the last three weeks plus the addition of a fun dance for the day that Julie has especially written to the comedic parody of Leonard Cohn’s Hallelujah. Comedy Dave from the Chris Moles Radio One Breakfast Show (well done Chris for getting up that mountain) had sung a version about an Indian Take-a-way called My Lamb Bhuna. The dance went down as good as the dish does in a top restaurant. The afternoon session included a short raffle that raised £80 for the fund.

On now to the evening and Live music from Kay D and Broadcaster. The later doing an hour set each side of Kay D. There’s no doubt about it, Broadcaster seemed to have found another gear of late and are producing as good a sound than any other duo one the circuit. They also keep both listeners and dances happy. It was great to hear them sing everything from Rascal Flatts to Tracy Byrd for the country lovers and dances like Human Dancer and Little Red Book to keep the floor full through the night. As well as having a pair of fine voices, their ability to make the guitars sing complimented each other in every song.

Feedback from both the floor and the seats was extremely positive and if you haven’t seen Broadcaster for a while, go now, they will not disappoint.

Kay D first appeared on our stage last year. She had an hour slot in our Peter Dula Support Day. She took everyone’s breath away with her very accomplished performance. So it was only right that we invited her back for an evening slot. This very young lady (still in her teens!) has a voice and personality way beyond her years. Kay’s performance included classics like Blue Roses and Carlene Carter’s Every Little Thing to current female standards Closer and a splash of Gretchen Wilson. It is incredible to think that Kay D can perform like this at her tender age. I think she could be destined for great things in the future.

The longest raffle in the history of raffles also took place. It was so long thanks to the wonderful amount of donated prizes kindly given by local businesses, dancers and staff at The Viking. After the last ticket had been pulled and the money counted, we had raised another £214 for the Comic Relief Fund. Making a grand total of almost £300. Thank you all.

Next week it’s The Mad March Party. See you there!