August Blog 2011-08-22
Hi There ...
Once again, it's been too long a time between updates. Please accept my apologies.. I think I could do with a good secretary, one who would organise me and keep me on track and on time.. But then, God love her, how could I ever inflict on some unsuspecting good person ... such an obviously bad person as I? ... Doesn't even bear thinking about...
Spent January thinking about February and my planned adventure to Canada. My crazy madcap, one man concert tour trying to raise some funds for Bobath Wales. (Supporting children with Cerebral Palsy). It was so badly organised by myself.. And yet turned out to be such an epic adventure.. It ended up bordering on success, due to the graciousness, endeavour and generosity of others.. I shall call them 'Angels' from here on ..
The venues were..
Courtybella Club, Newport, South Wales.(The Bobath girls, Michael Bellamore 'Angels' all)
Blackwood Little Theatre, Blackwood, Monmouthshire (Neil Maidman 'Angel')
The Riverside Arts centre, Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada (Cheryl Albert, THE 'Angel')
The Astor Theatre, Liverpool, Canada (Chris Ball..'Angel' with feathered wings?)
The Neptune Theatre, Halifax, Canada. (Gwen Dawson 'Angel')
The Factory Theatre, Toronto, Canada (Elizabeth De Grazia & Harriet Chung..Huge 'Angels')
The Academy Theatre, Lindsay, Ontario, Canada (Arlene Gray Awesome 'Angel')
Without the 'Angels' mentioned above it would have been an absolute disaster.. Thank God for 'Angels' such as these.. Having said that, it was an amazing experience.. Like jumping off the diving board without knowing if there's any water in the pool ...
I enjoyed it so much am now about to depart for a Canadian concert tour part two.. This time to The Okanagan Valley in BC , Canada. There we are performing four more concerts at the following venues
The Mary Irwin Theatre, Kelowna, BC.. Friday the 9 th of September
The Cleland Community Theatre, Penticton, BC.. Saturday the 10 th of September
Sagebrush Theatre, Kamloops, BC.. Tuesday 13 th of September
The Powerhouse Theatre, Vernon, BC .. Saturday the 17 th of September
Once again these concerts would not be happening without the support, enterprise and enthusiasm of some wonderful people and their respective associations.. I shall tell you all about them and how the adventure goes in my next blog..
I fly to Kelowna this coming Wednesday, the 7 th and return on the 20th of September..
Only to leave on the 23 rd when flying to Crete where I shall be performing a series of four full concerts accompanied by an incredible WELSH Brass Band.. The Parc & Dare brass band and at their helm Mr Craig Roberts..Ah yes now theres an 'Angel' of music, if ever there was one!
We are there not only for the four concerts but also to take part in an enormous festival Tattoo where 2000 performers will entertain, in all manner of ways, around 6000 spectators a night, in an open air environment amongst the ancient Greek ruins of Heraklion.. What an experience this will be for all.. The dates for the tattoo shows are The 28 th /29 th /30 th /1 st /2 nd/ and 3 rd of October. The dates for my concerts are the 26 th /27 th /3 rd & 5 th October
Being part Greek (I'm not sure as to which part is the Greek part but hey, I'm not complaining?!.) it somehow means a hell of a lot to be performing once again in Greece.. I love the place.. And the last time I was working over there I seemed to meet an awful lot of Greek relatives? But there again my Greek family name is the equivalent to Jones in Wales? .. And by all accounts my original ancestor was a pirate called (In English) Black John.. He loved warm blooded women, loud voiced singing and drinking copius amounts of red wine.. Okay! Moving swiftly on ..
The Crete concerts and festival all finish on the 5 th of October . We fly back on the 6 th .. But then I am off again on the 10 th this time to Ontario.. where we have another concert tour in the process of being planned .. (Not just by me .. Thank God!)
The present dates in the book are as follows
October 8 th Acapela Studio, Pentyrch, South Wales.. concert
A 3 day workshop on performance and vocal techniques is being held by me in Etobicoke,Collegiate on the 12/13/14 th of October for a huge amount of students.. I am really looking forward to that.. After which I shall be setting several castings of musical theatre scenes for them to learn and perform with me in a concert presently planned for the 29 th of October
So briefly the dates are
October the 12 th /13 th /14 th .Etobicoke Collegiate, Etobicoke, Toronto, Canada .. Workshop
October the 16 th .. The Academy Theatre, Lindsay, Kwartha Lakes, Ontraio.. Concert
October the 20 th .,. The Roxy Theatre, Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada.. Concert
October the 24 th .. The St Francis Centre, Ajax, Ontario, Canada.. Concert
October the 29 th .. Etobicoke Collegiate Centre, Etobicoke, Toronto, Ontario.. Concert
November the 10 th ..The Grand Theatre, London, Ontario, Canada.. Concert
November the 12 th ..Guelph Little Theatre, Guelph, Ontario, Canada.. Concert
November the 18 th ..Brockville Arts Centre, Brockville, Ontario, Canada.. Concert
November the 26 th.. Courtybella Club, Newport, South Wales, UK
There are other dates pending and will be added as and when they are confirmed..
On other fronts .. There is a new album coming out in October
The track list will be selected from the following
Being alive (Company)
Maria (West sside story)
In a very unusual way (Nine)
Till I hear you sing.. (Love never Dies)
Suddenly Seymour .. (Little shop of horrors) (Duet with Just Harrie)
I am Joby Churchill.. (The Contender)
Standing Alone (The Contender)
My funny old lovely old Wales
Working Man, I am
Music of the night (POTO)
The Curse (Rigoletto)
My little Welsh home
Lifes such a game.. (Original)
Only heaven knows.. (Original)
Put your hand on your heart (Original)
Gonna be a star (Original)
Mary Jane (Original)
There are 17 tracks listed ..But we only need 14 .. Maybe 15 at the most.. So the finalised track list will be chosen after the final mix's have been completed..
There are other projects in the planning stage.. mostly to do with writings.. Which every time I mention the possibilities of them ; something goes drastically wrong and results in nothing being produced or published.. So suffice to say.. 'Rasputin' (Small cast play with music) and 'The Room' (A fantasy stage production for children with music) and 'The Boy Alex' (A Welsh novel for children of all ages) are still bubbling away with hopes and dreams still intact.. Watch this space..
So having finished my little blog.. I shall end with my regular promise to do much better with my blog writing next time .. and hopefully I shall see you all soon? x
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