“I want to finish off with a good song. Erm I, I won't tell you what the song is about. I'm singing it in French and then I shall go home; you'll have to guess.”
Site Statistics
 | 2866 registered |
 | 0 today |
 | 1 this week |
 | 5 this month |
 | Last: Albion01 |
Visitors: 1800678
Member Login
Online Now
We have 6 guests online| Torrington Baggsy List! (Updated 10th June) |
|
|
|
|
Yes, folks, it's that Baggsy List Time again and once more I have been afforded the humbling honour of trying to make sense of fifteen people all wanting to sing "Sister Josephine". To say nothing of five people wanting to sing "On Again ! On Again !" or just the two trying to sing "I Stayed Off Work Today"... So here we go then. This is a call for all players of all abilities to join in celebration of the songs of Jake Thackray by performing his songs at Torrington on the Saturday night. At the TramFest last year there was a small run-over, and several impromptu spotting people had to be disappointed on the night, so this Fest I'll start off by asking for... Up to THREE definite songs per performer/group, along with Up to TWO spare ones in case time allows or Swapping starts to occur, which it almost inevitably will ! Every attempt will be made to allow everyone to do the songs they baggsy, as usual, but as many performers have the same shortlist of 5 classic Jake songs, there will be several songs which are in demand for many performers. With this in mind... Can I ask everyone to try and do at least ONE song you haven't done at the last two JakeFests ? This should result in a more varied performance setlist, allow those of us less fluent with Jake's material to have a stab at the more famous numbers, and who knows, make us all better players (or at least make us practice !) The traditional process of Baggsying and Baggsy Barter has begun and at time of going to press, there are eleven separate acts so far sorted for the Saturday Night SarahFest. So there is loads of room yet for your opening bids. If you haven't mailed me yet but would like to sing in Torrington, please mail your THREE first choices and any spares you would like to do in case of duplication or extra time to malcolm (dot) jeffrey (at) virgin (dot) net. So far, the songs that are UNBAGGSIED are the ballad of Billy Kershaw the brigadier the cactus Caroline Diggeby-Pratte the cenotaph country boy country bus country girl dog family tree fine bay pony the girl in the window the girl with the fragile eyes the gravedigger the hole Isabella Isobel jumble sale the kiss lah-di-dah the last will and testament of Jake Thackray the little black foal lullaby Mrs Murphy nurse on again ! on again ! on the shelf One-Eyed Isaac one of them our dog over to Isobel pass Milord the rooster juice personal column the policeman's jig-jig the poor sod the rain on the mountainside remember Bethlehem romance Salvation Army girl Sophie the statues the tortoise Ulysses so pick your set from these ! If you would like to play but all of your possibles are gone already, tell me what you can do and we'll see if swapsies can be done. However, the value of shares can go down as well as up, your rhubarb may be at risk if you use it as security and the judges's decision will be final. Cheers - Malcolm Jeffrey Baggsymaster Total Torrington |