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PERFORMANCE REVIEWS
Romsey Beggars Fair 2024
"Thanks for the wave Ali, loved your set, your harmonies, quality of singing, and interplay between you and Mary are wonderful to behold. I'll look forward to hearing you in a club sometime. Very best wishes". (Andy Howe)
Venue: Romsey Baptist Church, 22 bell Street, Romsey, 13th July 2024
Fund raising concert for Romsey Young Carers
"Well done. I thought I'd just drop you a line to say how much we enjoyed the evening. It was very entertaining, relaxing with the banter and so good to hear so many of Barry's superb songs. Brings back memories of the old Obelisk days (original venue of Woolston Folk Club)". (Barbara and Peter Bartholemew)
Venue: Romsey Town Hall, 1 Market Street, Romsey, 11th April 2024
Grove Place Retirement Village
"Thank you so much for such a wonderful concert last evening. I enjoyed every minute! So relaxing and calming to sit back to listen to all the lovely voices and instruments. You must be exhausted today after so much effort and energy. How do you remember all the words! Amazing! ". (Beryl Wythers)
venue: Grove Place Retirement Village, Nursling, Southampton, 21st March 2024
Fordingbridge Folk Club
"Thank you all so much for such a great evening! All the comments I received on the way out were positive - everyone said how much they enjoyed the evening. There was a lovely variety of songs and styles; the sound and balance were perfect; and the little chats introducing the songs were just right.
Thanks to you all the evening went perfectly!
With best wishes, and hope to see you again before too long". (David Brindley)
venue: Avonway Community Centre, Fordingbridge, Hampshire, 3rd November 2023
Fund raising concert for St.James Road Methodist Church
"Please pass on the gratitude of the SJR Fundraising Team to the band for your generosity in donating your full share of the donations to Connect. It will take us some time to clear the remainder of the debt so we will be busy for a while yet. If the other concerts this year go as well as yesterday, we will be delighted. Lots of church folk this morning told me how much they enjoyed your songs". (Rae Kibble)
venue: St. James Road Methodist Church, Shirley, Southampton, 22nd July 2023
Fund raising concert for Bakara Community Partnerships
"Wonderful performances by everyone; beautiful harmonies, very tight, creative and professional. Great that you raised so much money too". (Katie Galt)
"Great evening all .......you were fab!!". (John Rowe)
"That was a really fabulous concert tonight, with great variety and masses of really interesting songs. You must have put a lot of work into it and I hope you're sinking a drink or two right now with friends to celebrate!". (Jane Brambley)
"Huge thank-you to Beggar's Belief for performing last night in aid of our projects in Zambia. A fantastic sum of £......... was raised and a wonderful night was had by all".
(Bakara Community Partnerships)
venue: The Lantern Theatre, Mountbatten School, Romsey 31st March 2023.
Fund raising concert for St.James Road Methodist Church
"Thank you once again for performing tonight. Everyone I have spoken to has said
how much they enjoyed the concert. We made £.... which we are thrilled with". (Linda Austin)
venue: St. James Road Methodist Church, Shirley, Southampton,16th March 2019
Fund raising concert for Romsey Riverwalk Restoration Project
"Thank you So Much for a thoroughly enjoyable afternoon yesterday - and for helping RRR boost its coffers! It was a good turn-out with a lovely atmosphere due, entirely, to the hard work of Rums Eg staff and BB's relaxed and inclusive style - plus a delightful repertoire of course! Again, many thanks". (Mavis Sawdy)
venue: Rums eg Art Gallery and Cafe Romsey, 29th October 2017
Charity concert for Cruwys Global Trust
"Just a brief and quick note, to thank you so much for giving us such a wonderful evening this evening.....many many thanks, the group's playing was superb and it was obviously enjoyed by us all". (Penny Buddell)
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"Just a brief note from me to say a huge thank you for the Concert at RBC. Everyone I’ve spoken to says they enjoyed it tremendously. Well done". (Trevor How)
venue: Romsey Baptist Church, Southampton, 17th September 2016
And a reminder of some wonderful times....
April 2013 saw the tenth and last performance of the stage show "LOOK OUT! Southampton's Titanic Story in Song".
The show, performed by White Star Line Up, played to capacity audiences and received excellent reviews, as did the double album. The ensemble comprised eight, sometimes nine musicians and singers, including Ann, Ali, Barry and Mary and two narrators. What a privilege and a joy that was!
venue: The Hub Theatre, City College, Chapel Road, Southampton
The preview performance of LOOK OUT! (Southampton's Titanic story in song).
......."Just had to rush home and write to you all to say ‘well done, it was ****** fantastic’!!! Best thing I’ve seen in ages! ........
The songs were marvellous and so very powerful; poignant lyrics and wonderful melodies, and shivers went down my spine so many times. Put together as a song suite, ‘the whole’ was simply superb, telling a very sad story in a most moving manner. I learnt things I hadn’t known before.....It was well researched, sensitively handled, and incredibly emotive. It’s a long time since a performance brought me to tears as this one did". (Sandy Satyanadhan)
venue: St. Michael's Church, Southampton, 17th April 2010
The centenary performance of LOOK OUT! (Southampton's Titanic story in song).
.... "one of the best live performances I've ever seen. And I've seen some good ones. Congrats to all the performers, and to your sound man - the sound was awesome where I was sitting, the vocals sounded wonderfully smooth together. I've just finished listening to the CD. The last two songs are almost unbearable. Wonderful stuff". (George Benn)
venue: Turner Sims concert hall, Southampton University, 11th April 2012
