Paul & I All Set to Go On Stage at The Lion!

Once again I’m in something of a dash tonight as I burn the midnight oil to get my blog out to you this week. I’m currently working two shows daily with little to no time in the office to catch up with my paper work and social media.

Firstly I’d like to begin by thanking every-one who came and supported us at The Lion in Waddesdon on Remembrance Saturday. It was a wonderful night as Paul Marsden and I sang the very best music from the 1940s. Many people came in costume and it was great to see so many of our audience up and dancing, entering into the spirit

Back on Stage for My Glamour Set!

of the evening whilst singing along with all our favourite wartime songs . It was also an opportunity for me to try out a couple of my new arrangements including “Babies of the Blitz” which has been going down extremely well this season.

It’s hard to believe I first began my professional singing career back in 1992 and I’ve now been singing the 1940s for 25 years of it. As you would imagine my forties acts ( all 11 of them) are well polished. To keep my shows fresh I’m constantly adding new arrangements and it’s important to think a little bit out of the box from time to time

We’ll Meet Again!

which maintains the magic and keeps me sharp.

Music just gets better and better and I’m so fortunate to have Richard Whenell as my musical arranger. “The Wizard of Oz”, “Be Like the Kettle and Sing” along with “Babies of the Blitz” have been great additions and really sparkle along with all my usual war time sing-along favourites.

This year is rapidly drawing to it’s close and due to a reschedule I was able to grab some valuable time with Peter yesterday to finish the edits on my latest video “That Man”. If you know your

Paul on Sound!

music then you will know this song was originally recorded by Caro Emerald in 2010 and was featured in Marvel’s season one of “Agent Carter”. As soon as I heard the number I knew I wanted to sing it.

“That Man” has a wonderful vintage sound and where Agent Carter is set in the 40s I wanted to set my accompanying video a little earlier in the 1920s. It’s taken me 10 months to realize my vision and where I’m so often associated with having a Mary Poppins voice and persona I wanted to go slightly dark and dangerous and give my video a gangster/moll feel. For this video I though it would be fun to play both the male and female rolls having taken much of my fashion inspiration from the popular TV series Peaky Blinders and the movie Chicago.

As yet I wont be officially launching my video until this weekend but here on my blog you get to see my video first as I become “That Man”. My still shots were shot on location at Milton Keynes Museum and Stoke Bruerne thanks to top photographer Angela Addams. Enjoy Watching!

I shall also leave you with a few photos from Saturdays show at the Lion.

Land of Hope and Glory!

Must dash – Keep Following Toodle Pip and Bye for Now! 😉