Blimey, what a monster weekend at Haworth 40's war event. The band headed up north to the pretty little village of Haworth for the resurrected 40's weekend. Im led to believe that the event was in decline or almost finished and then in stepped Brian and Andrea Leathley and a team of volunteers and friends to pick up the mantle and put Haworth firmly back on the map in the annals of the UK 40's scene. Clearly, there is a massive amount to sort out and arrange and then goes from the macro level of pretty much all the big things you see such as the vehicles, stalls, decorations, entertainment marquee, bars etc but it is the smaller details that take a huge amount of effort to get in place eg s
Well, a welcome return to Brooklands museum once again, last year was a belter and the weather was very kind to us, however, alas this year, the weather wasn't having any of it and it literally threw it down from mid afternoon. such a shame really since there was a huge marquee with Hoc and Mark Ewing running the dance classes, the swing shift bringing all the music in between sets and the beautiful and first class vocalist that is Noelle Vaughn singing some beautiful tunes in between sets as well. Moreover however was the fact that outside, all the lovely folks and stall holders had taken so much time to get their trade stands set up ready with some lovely displays with a really grand range
what a superb weekend - this was our second return visit to GWR and kindly invited by Donna and Mark. We started off with an afternoon Tea Dance which always goes down very well and also helped even further with the presence of the fantastic Lola Lamour - She sure is one heck of a class act and certainly knows how to work the audience and get them going and laughing and enjoying themselves. The weather wasn't the best and in fact was a tad chilly over the whole weekend and a slight drizzle meant it drew the folks into the big marquee which was all to the better. The Kalamazoo Dance band kicked off in fine form with a brilliant rendition of Count Basie's One o clock jump which always gets fo
