Martin depping. Marita and Jacqui decided to accompany me and we had a good run over to Norwich rolling up at the gig at 6:30pm. Nige and Martin (depping) arrived just as I was opening the car and we reconnoitred the hall first and were a little surprised to find it open at the back. But Nige and I had a sixth sense things weren't right, and we went to the front to check we were expected before bringing the gear in. Shock horror! Someone had written a notice showing 'Just Kevin appearing tonight'. Nige resolved it courageously over the phone with Bob the entertainments man who gave us the go-ahead to get the gear in. Got set up OK and briefed Martin on the probability of a barn dance. Once again I elected to just use the 6 string. Got off to our usual start and a good reception from a full enough room. We soon had them barn dancing and then Nigel made a good call for Kevin to come up and do a couple of numbers with us. Off we went into “Three Steps to Heaven and Halfway to Paradise”.
In the middle of the set Jenny arrived to sit with Jacqui and Marita. She looked OK until towards the end of the set when Martin sang “Three Times a Lady”. She looked a bit upset at that one and had to leave the room for a while – Jacqui followed to look after her. After the Bingo we resumed with “Under the Sun” for Dave and (with the consent of the club) Nige informed the crowd of the forthcoming Tribute day. Having bravely put in an appearance, Jen said she would head off home after a couple of numbers. We played along set 2 and had a very short break to finish with a final 20 minute spot through to the end of the night which Martin wrapped up with a great rendition (again) of “You'll Never Walk Alone”. Lots of applause and shouts for more, but we were over time so decided to call it a night. The ladies helped me pack and load and then we had good run home satisfied with a well done weekend!
