December 17th 2009 MEL PAUL and MARY LACEY
No act is better suited to provide a party night than tonight's entertainers, Mel and Mary, and such was the occasion this evening as our members celebrated the festive season of Christmas. Starting with Raymond Froggatt's, Give Me A Call, they continued with Don Gibson's, I'd Be A Legend In My Time, a No 1 hit for Ronnie Milsap in 1974, Isla Grant's, Cottage In The Country, Marsha Thornton's, A Bottle Of Wine And Patsy Cline, and Freddy Fender's, Before The Next Teardrop Falls. More recent songs followed with the Reba McEntire/ Ronnie Dunn Duet, Does The Wind Still Blow In Oklahoma, Jon Bonjovi's, Whole Lot Of Leavin', The Lennerockers, High Class Lady, and The Eagles, How Long. After the buffet, for their final spot, Mel and Mary got the party swinging even more with songs from the sixties and earlier. Amongst these were Shirley Bassey's, Kiss Me Honey,Honey, Kiss Me, Joe Brown's, Picture Of You and a medley including, You Are My Sunshine, Down By The Riverside, It's A Long Way To Tipperary, Pack Up Your Troubles, Whiskey In The Jar and The Leaving Of Liverpool. In conclusion, they gave us Wizzard's, I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday and the 1924 hit, I'll See You In My Dreams, recorded by too many to name. The whole show was enjoyed by listeners and dancers alike and our members gave Mel and Mary the rapturous applause they so richly deserved. Cyril Insley May 7th 2009.. MEL PAUL and MARY LACEY
One of the most popular duos on the country music circuit, Mel and Mary were in splendid form tonight giving another fine show to a larger than average audience. Excellently attired for each of their three sessions they filled their concert with both familiar and lesser known songs, each of which received appreciative applause from our members. Starting with Merle Haggard's, Daddy Frank they followed on with Charlie Rich's,Rollin'With The flow, Gail Davies', Someone Is Looking For Someone Like You, Charlie Landsborough's,Irish Waltz and Gene Autry's, Have I Told You Lately That I Love You, more classic numbers were delivered including,Ricky Van Shelton's, Life Turned Her That way, Keith Whitley / Lorrie Morgans, Till Each Tear Becomes A Rose, Patty Loveless's, Mr Man In The Moon and Marty Robbins', My Woman, My Woman, My Wife, amongst many. More recent songs also prevailed, amongst them Steve Earle's, Galway Girl , Rodney Atkins', If You're Going Through Hell, and Mark Knopfler / EmmyLou Harris's, Love And Happiness. Mel and Mary once again gave us a show to remember and confirmed their popularity here at the Northern Renegades. Cyril Insley December 4th 2008 MEL PAUL and MARY LACEY
One of the most popular acts to entertain here, Mel and Mary kept the dancers on their feet all evening and listeners happy too With the content of the programme they provided their show was a lovely mix of old and new songs, classics and others lesser known, all delivered in fine style. They included Crystal Gayle's no 1 from 1976, I'll Get Over You, Have I Told you Lately That I Love you, an individual smash for Gene Autry,Tex Ritter, Foy Willing and Red Foley in 1946, Leroy Parnell's, We All Get Lucky Sometimes, Ricky Van Shelton's, I've Cried My Last Tear For You and Life Turned Her That Way, Patty Loveless, Mr Man In The Moon, Charlie Rich's, Rollin' With The Flow and Lorrie Morgan's, Far Side Of The Bed. As a tribute to Alan Cameron, Mary and Mel sang his lovely ballad, When You Fall, uptempo numbers also featured including Rodney Atkins, If You're going Through Hell, Rodney Crowell's, Lovin' All Night, Rick Springfied's, Speak To The Sky and Dolly Parton's, Salt In My Tears. To bring the super show to close, Mary and Mel gave us the rousing, Leaving Of Liverpool and Suzy Boguss', One More For The Road. Cyril Insley May 15th 2008.. MEL PAUL and MARY LACEY
Every show from Mel and Mary is a party night concert, but tonight's was extra special as surprise guests were invited to perform a few songs.
As always, for each of their three sessions, they donned different immaculate outfits and delivered their songs with warmth, fun and sincerity as appropriate.
Songs tonight included Mark Knopfler / Emmy Lou Harris's, This Is Us, Joni Harms', We Work It Out, Crystal Gayle's, Down That Wrong Road Again, and Darryl Worley's, I Need A Breather, all from their first spot.
Surprise number one followed when the Jerry Williams Duo from West Bromwich took centre stage. Jerry and Spade gave us five songs including Collin Rayes, You Can't Take It with You, George strait's, The Cowboy Rides Away and The Mavericks', There Goes My Heart.
For the second part of the show , mel took lead vocals on, Memories Are Made Of This, then Mary gave us, South Of Red Rock Texas, Suds In The Bucket and for the second surprise invited Tony Martyn to accompany her in, He Drinks Tequila.
Lots of songs followed, dancers filled the floor, listeners joined in with their singing and Mel and Mary concluded another super evening's entertainment with the excellent Chet Atkins / Suzy Bogguss number, One More For The Road.
Cyril Insley
November 22nd 2007.... MEL PAUL and MARY LACEY One of the most popular acts to grace our club, Mel and Mary always create a party atmostphere at any of their concerts. Always immaculately dressed, their presentation is lively and full of fun.
As usual their show included songs old and new, generally appropriate for dancing or listening to, and lots to join in with if you are well inclined to do so.
Tonight's programme included Don Williams', Shelter Of Your Arms, Patti Page's, Tennessee Waltz, Lorrie Morgan's, Do You Still Want To Buy Me That Drink ( Frank), Mark Knoffler and Emmylou Harris', Love and Happiness, Julie Robert's, Unlove Me, Karl Denver's, Voices of the Highlands, Jonie Harms', Catalogue Dreams, Colin Raye's, In This Life, Miranda Lambert's, I Can't Be Bothered and Garth Brooks', If Tomorrow Never Comes.
All numbers, as always, were delivered in fine style and received appreciative applause from our members.
Cyril Insley
May 3rd 2007... MEL PAUL and MARY LACEY  Tonight must have been one of the most enjoyable we have had at Shobnall. Mel and Mary in their usual way created a party atmostphere from their very first number. This was most appropriate as one of our regulars Tony was celebrating his 65th Birthdayand he had invited his family and friends from the nearby Arizona Drifters to join in the celebration.
Tony's partner Vera organised a most splendid buffet and capacity crowd wined, dined and participated in the super show all
evening.
The concert itself was a lovely mix of old and new songs, all suitable for Line / Partner Dancing, joining in with or just sitting back and listening to. Older songs included Crystal Gayle's, Wrong Road Again, The Jimmy Kennedy / Michael Carr classic, South Of The Border, a hit for Clay Baker and The Texas Honky - Tonk Band as recently as 1987, Marty Robbins', My Woman, My Woman, My Wife, and Don Williams', You're My Best Friend.
More recent songs included Joni Harms', Tear It Up, Rodney Crowell's No 1 hit from 1989, She's Crazy For Leavin', Steve Warriner's , Two Teardrops, Nancy Hays's, Dance with Me, Sara Evans', Suds In my Bucket, and Ricky Van Shelton's, I've Cried My Last Tear For You.
As is their custom Mel and Mary also included several Irish songs, some not heard often on the circuit. Amongst these were Fran O'Dwyer's, I Will Love You and The Clock On The Wall, both recorded by Brendon Shine, Pete St John's, The Fields Of Athenry, and the popular, Hometown On The Foyle, which has been covered by many including, Daniel O' Donnell and Hugo Duncan.
English composers were not forgotten as Mel and Mary gave us Froggy's, Somewhere Under The Sun, Alan Cameran's, A Single Red Rose and a personal favourite of mine from the catalogue of Geordie Allan Taylor, It's Good To See You, which incidentally has been recorded by Nana Mouskouri, Don Williams and the Furey's also.
The evening was brought to a superb ending with the upbeat Sammy King song, Penny Arcade, followed by the gentle ballad, White Rose Of Athens, a hit for the aforementioned Nana.
With shows such as this, one can easily see why Mel and Mary are so highly regarded and so popular on the music circuit.
Cyril Insley
May 18th 2006 MEL PAUL and MARY LACEY
As expected, we had a full house for tonight's show and immediately Mel and Mary started their first song, Isla Grant's, A Dream Come True, a party atmosphere evolved. An invitation to participate in their accompaniment with a tambourine, maracas etc was taken up by several members of the audience during the evening. Both Line and Partner dancers were kept busy. The former filled the floor to, Playing Every Honky Tonk In Town, One Night At A Time, Two Steppin' Texas Blue and We Work It Out, I Walk The Line-Revisited and I Need A Breather. Couples especially enjoyed, Working Man, Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain, There's No Heart So Strong, Crazy, I Won't Forget You, and He'll Have To Go. For Penny Arcade, Mary led a long line of members round the room and the climax of the evening came with the final song, Making Friends, when almost the entire audience joined in the finale. With shows like this it's easy to understand why this couple are so popular. December 22nd 2005MEL PAUL and MARY LACEY
|
|---|
