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                 B J Cole & Emily Burridge in Concert - Friday 14th October 2011

                                                     You don’t hear this everyday!

BJ Cole and Emily Burridge served up a treat at a recent Centre Stage performance at Stoke Golding  Village Hall. They may not be names you are familiar with, but you will almost certainly have heard them perform with the likes of  Elton John, The Verve, Sting, Jools Holland, Robert Plant, Roger Daltrey and Stereophonics to name but a few. They are accomplished individual musicians, with BJ on the pedal steel guitar and Emily on cello. They’ve played at many music festivals and concert venues so we felt pretty privileged to have them right here in Stoke Golding.

In truth most of the audience did not know what to expect (I certainly didn’t) – pedal steel guitar and cello duets are not the type of music you hear every day – but somehow it worked. They played a number of classical pieces including arrangements of Satie’s Gnossienne Suites and also some contemporary pieces including ‘Cry Me a River’. My favourite, however, was Emily’s own composition ‘Out of the Blue’ – a haunting melody played with much feeling.

So another great night of arts at the village hall.

Alan White

Previously in the Village Hall... 

Black Umfolosi 5 - September 2011

Valentines Dance - February  2009

Brass, Wind and Fire - March 2008

New Rope String Band - Feb 2007

Hank Wangford - April 2006

Pavlo -  November 2006

Daniel Smith Blues Band - January 2006

Black Umfolosi 5 - September 2011

The lucky audience, who managed to get hold of tickets for the recent Centre Stage Arts Event at the Village Hall, was completely mesmerised by the 5 men from Zimbabwe with their beautiful, energetic performance of a cappella song and dance. You could have heard a pin drop throughout the evening, apart from during the songs requiring audience participation.

Most of the songs were sung in local dialect or Zulu and their obvious passion for their country shone through the whole performance. After a standing ovation they were finally allowed to leave the stage and enjoy a meal prepared by the Village Hall Committee.

 Black Umfolosi formed nearly 30 years ago when they were at school in their home town of Bulawayo. They now tour all over the world raising vital funds for causes close to their hearts where they live. If you missed this performance you may be fortunate enough to catch them during their tour across the UK that goes on until November – it will be worth it as they really are amazing.

 A very brave member of the audience, Amy Vallis, was persuaded on stage to join in one of the dances and she put on a very creditable performance – an experience she won’t forget in a hurry!

                              

Link to Black Umfolosi's Website:  http://www.blackumfolosimusic.com/black_umfolosi_home.html

     and their Gumboot Dance:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnAxhQk4drM

 

Valentine's Dance - February 2009

Love was in the air in Stoke Golding on 14th February when the Village Hall was transformed with hearts, candles, flowers and soft lighting to create a romantic atmosphere. ‘Route 66’ provided fantastic music for dancing the night away and, as well as a very enjoyable evening, the event raised over £450 towards a new ceiling for the hall.

  'Route 66'

 

Brass, Wind & Fire

Saturday, 15 March 2008, Stoke Golding Jubilee Fund presented another superb evening of entertainment 'Swing into Spring'

with the big band sound of Brass, Wind & Fire at Stoke Golding Village Hall,

     

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The New Rope String Band

February 10th 2007

www.newropestringband.co.uk

Fiddles, mandolin, guitar, accordion & trumpet all featured in the recent brilliant performance by the New Rope String Band at the Village Hall. The fact that there was an accordion player in a string band paled into insignificance, as the show developed, with the addition of plastic pipes, beer bottles and even flippers!

Traditional music, expertly performed throughout the show,  played an equal part to facial expression, movement and ‘props’ resulting in a hilarious and eccentric mix that had the audience in stitches.   Musical tennis, with notes batted around off violins, and the accordion falling apart spraying feathers around the stage then being plugged into a vacuum cleaner are just two examples of theatrical performance provided by the four extremely talented musicians.

If laughter really does reduce stress levels (as in the words of one of their songs), then the audience must have been completely ‘chilled-out’ by the end of the  show!

Once again this was top quality entertainment in our local Village Hall.

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British Country Legend - Hank Wangford

 April 1st 2006

It hardly seems possible that The Hank Wangford Show was the 21st Village event organised by the Stoke Golding Jubilee Fund since their inception in 2002.  The show was part of Hank Wangford’s 'No Hall Too Small!' tour.  Hank was accompanied on the tour by Reg Meuross - one of the country’s greatest Country singer songwriters.  We were treated to world-class country music from Hank Wangford and Reg Meuross as well as an insight into Hank’s unique and humorous view of life.

We are most grateful to all our loyal supporters.  The Hank show coincided with two other popular village events and it is a tribute to the loyalty of the regular audience that we still had a good attendance. 

Centre Stage Events are subsidised by our District Council, Leicestershire & Rutland County Councils and Arts Council England East Midlands.

                                                      Hank & Reg at the Village Hall, Saturday 1st April.

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www.pavlo.net

 

 

A fiery blend of flamenco, classical, Latin and Greek music

PAVLO

A Mediterranean Beach Evening

 Saturday 26th November 2006

Stoke Golding Village Hall

Saturday night was beach party night as Stoke Golding Village Hall was transformed into a warm, balmy (or is that  ‘barmy’?) Mediterranean beach resort for the night to play host to Canadian musical genius PAVLO and his band.

The organisers created a summer holiday theme as the Village Hall became the beach-side entertainment venue in your favourite Mediterranean holiday resort. It was out with the flip flops, shades and dodgy Hawaiian shirts for the guys and on with the summer beach skirts for the ladies.

 

 

 

 

          

                 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Daniel Smith Blues Band  

 Saturday 7th January 2006

Stoke Golding Village Hall

No one had the blues at the end of another cracking evening spent at Stoke Golding Village Hall. Daniel Smith on piano along with John ‘T Bone’ Taylor on guitar, Jim Mercer double bass and bass guitar and Pete Miles on drums kept the capacity audience very happy with their exciting mix of boogie woogie, jazz and blues.

All accomplished musicians with their own very individual styles, the band treated us to original compositions as well as established favourites. They performed unusual variations including playing the piano with a lemonade bottle, drums on a fire extinguisher (shhh don’t tell Health & Safety!) and, at one stage, Jim Mercer lying on top of his double bass while he was playing it!

After the third encore and half the audience giving a standing ovation, the band were allowed to go home leaving everyone feeling lucky to have had the chance to hear them.

How brilliant is it that we can buy tickets for £6, walk to the Village Hall with wine & nibbles, sit with our friends and enjoy an evening like this? Thank you Jubilee Committee and please can we have some more!

 

 

 

Check out Daniel’s web site: www.danielsmith.co.uk

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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