The Big Play
for Oxjam - (for Ox .fam !)
Wednesday 25 October 2006
at The Tass bar, 1 The High Street, Edinburgh
9.15pm (approx.) to 11.45pm (exactly !)
Thanks to everybody who supported this successful evening - in whatever way.
We raised £381.48 !!!
Here are some pictures from the night.
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| Here's a general view of the bar, with Patty's big banner at the end. The session's under way. | This is our first star turn.
Sandy Brechin looked in briefly and gave us
a smart wee set before he had to head off north in the rain. (Can you see the thought bubble above Hilary's head ? It says "Aw, he makes it look so easy !") |
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| Some more session music, a few more tunes, then next up was Charlie Munro. Here he's giving the operatic treatment to Ol Man River. | All through the evening the
collecting buckets were doing good business. That's Helena just
checking there's no dud coins. (We had one Canadian cent, actually.) |
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| Nigel Gatherer came along from
the Bennett's session and whistled his way through a few tunes - as
well as bringing some money collected there. Thanks, folks ! Just in front of him is Cameron Gaskell, who did a sterling job as "set-starter" whenever required. |
Another welcome visitor was
Robin Harper MSP. Here he's singing us Will Ye Go, Lassie, Go ? -
and getting a great sing-along response from the bar on the choruses;
lots
of nice harmonies too ! |
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| You think it's impressive
getting an MSP to sing at your gig ? How about two ? Cathy
Peattie gave us a couple of songs. Fine singer. |
Roy blows the samba whistle and
tells us how much money we've got so far (about £200 at that
point). |
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| By this time people could hardly
contain their excitement due to all the juicy raffle prizes on the
shelf here. And then the Tass management gave us another armful of
bottles, and we sold more tickets . . . . |
It wasn't just end-to-end music.
Here's folk just getting together for a good chin-wag. |
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| Another general scene of
merriment. With their backs to us here are John Morrison (grey shirt,
who sang us The Broom o the
Cowdenknowes - very nicely, by the way), and Kevin Parker (blue
shirt, Gae Bring Tae Me a Pint o Wine,
appropriate for our venue). |
We're just about finished, and
I'm leading the singing of the Freedom
Come All Ye -that's why I'm cut out of the picture :-( |
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| Ah, that's better, I'm in this
one. The night's almost over, we're at the last verse of Freedom Come All Ye, we're mellow
and reflective, and we've done a dashed good job for Oxfam. |
Everybody enjoyed themselves.
Even Larsson the Tass Wednesday Session dug ! |
Odxfam GB is a registered charit y (no 202918) & a member of Odxfam International. Odxfam works with others to find lasting solutions to poverty and suffering.
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Edinburgh Established 1977 Retail shop, auctioneers, mail order www.stamp-shop.com |
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