Stand & Deliver Open Mic Night

14/11/2024

11/11/2024

The next Stand and Deliver open mics will be at the Eye community centre on Nov 29th and Dec 27th.

05/11/2024

https://www.debenhamsportsandleisure.co.uk/music.html

28/10/2024

Our Stand & Deliver Halloween edition took place on Friday 25th October in our old home of the Deben Lounge.
And what a great night it was, with some super performances & great inventive outfits for the occasion.
The evening began with a presentation to both Teresa & Les on becoming the latest members of our '30 Performances Club'. Well done you two - & great costumes too! The music then began from...
Teresa & Les accompanied by Steve: on a fang-tastic trio of 'Zombie', 'Werewolves Of London' & 'Devil Gate Drive'.
Pauline & Tony: firstly trick-or-treating us to 'Witches Hat', before Pauline took up the trumpet & Steve joined on bass for 'I Get The Blues'.
Tony: completed their set with the super 'Ghost Of The St. Louis Blues'.
Karen: flying solo this time for her great songs - 'Femme Fatale', 'Psycho Killer' & 'Hedgehog Poo'. Yes - that really is the song title.🦔
Neil C: with a super spooky trio of 'Every Breath You Take', 'Overseas' & 'If We Were Vampires'. Try to spot Neil in the group photo. (A big clue - he's somewhere near the spider!)
George: making a very welcome return now that the cricket season is over🏏with his super mature compositions 'Tide Is High' & 'The Sea', followed by old favourite 'Bad Moon Rising'.
Dawn & Kevin: after much toil & trouble, we brewed up 'Witchy Woman' & the illuminating 'Put Your Lights On'.
Neal H: with firstly 'Finer Things' - where Kevin joined on harmonica, followed by 'Wondering Why' & an absolutely cracking version of 'Castle On The Hill'. Thanks Neal! Great to see you at Stand & Deliver again.
Kevin: joined by Dawn, Tony, Steve & Joy to give 'Monster Mash' it's annual ghoulish outing.
Joy & Tony: firstly accompanied by Kevin, Steve & Dawn on 'Mary Jane's Last Dance', before...
Joy, Tony & Steve: continued with a very spooky - 'Spooky' & 'What A Beautiful Day'.
Derek: with a smooth trio of 'Sometimes When We Touch', 'Born Free' & 'Just Another Day In Paradise'.
John, Sarah, Sophie & Kevin B: with a bewitching set of 'Season Of The Witch', 'Witch Queen Of New Orleans' & the splendid 'Rhiannon'. We hope you will all join us again very soon.
Keith: firstly accompanied by Tony D. on the eerie 'Talking Vampire Blues', then Keith on his own 'This Guy At Night' followed by 'First Time I Met The Blues'.
Sarah & Peter: & their suitably dark choices of 'Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)', 'White Rabbit' - NOT the fluffy variety & 'The Mercy Seat'.
The finale' involved...
Dawn, Kevin & Steve: with 'our' version of 'Psycho Killer', before...
Keira & Neal: gave us their Boo-tiful rendition of 'Heather', & finally...
Teresa, Les & Steve: rounded off the evening with the haunting 'Spirit In The Sky' & 'When The Saints Go Marching In'.
Wow...what a night!
Thank you to all our super performers for joining in the 'spirit' of the occasion & thank you as ever to our sound wizard Brian.
It was great to see so many audience members joining us too.
We resume on Friday 29th November & we hope to see you then.
K & D

17/10/2024

This is being held in the dance studio at Debenham Leisure Centre. Halloween dress and songs encouraged but not obligatory.

05/10/2024

All performance spots for our next session on Friday 25th October are now fully booked, but audience members are very welcome to join us at Debenham Community Centre at 7.45 p m.

01/10/2024

September's Stand & Deliver took place in Debenham Community Centre on Friday 27th.
Kevin: kicked off edition number 104 with 'Ghost Of Tom Joad', followed by...
Steve & Nick: birthday boy Steve combining vocals & bass for the amusing & very enjoyable 'I Don't Look Good Naked Anymore'.
Margaret, Nick & Steve: followed on with the delightful 'Try To Remember'.
Nick & Steve: then continued with Nick on lead vocals for a super duo of 'Wonderwall' & 'Livin' On A Prayer'.
Keith: with a stylish trio of 'Cafe' Artistique', Muddy Water's 'Nine Below Zero' & then his own composition 'The Green Fingernail'.
The Brinkleys: with super vocals & various instruments - double bass, oboe, ukulele & mandolin ( although not necessarily all at the same time!) on their great song selection of 'The Galway Girl', 'Oh Watch The Stars' & 'Cousin Jack'.
Wendy: back with her shiny new ukulele & a polished performance of 'Songbird', 'What's Up' & 'Scarborough Fair'.
John & Sarah: John on guitar for his 2nd consecutive appearance , together with beautiful vocals by Sarah - who we haven't seen for quite a while. They treated us to a cracking trio of 'Use Somebody', 'Mary's In India' & this reporter's favourite song on the night - 'Titanium'.
Peter W: then stepped up - to take a seat, with 5 of his fine poetic compositions - 'The Watertower', 'The Animal Sculpture', 'My Dog Sid', 'In The Light Of The Headlamps' & 'The End Of Something'.
Joy, Tony, Steve & Eamonn: ( The Unexpected ) on vocals, guitar, bass & mandolin respectively & an excellent trio of 'Cider Rain', 'What A Beautiful Day' & 'Pay Me My Money Down'.
Following the interval...
Dawn & Kevin: began the 2nd half with a T Rex double of 'Children Of The Revolution'/ 'Get It On' followed by 'Budapest' ( on which Nick enthusiastically joined in with some high Oooohs! ) & then finally 'Flowers'.
Les: on this occasion without the lovely Teresa, but sporting another lovely colourful shirt & with his trusty electric guitar on a splendid duo of 'Eve Of Destruction' & 'Hero'.
Pauline & Tony: with super harmonies on 'Cod'ine' & 'Still My Thoughts Go Back To You', before...
Tony: rounded up with Buffy Sainte-Marie's 'Don't Know Much'.
Alan & Gerry: with their unique take on 'Maggie May', followed by 'The Boxer' & 'Wake Up Little Sister'.
Neil: on sparkling form with the great 'Goddamn Lonely Love' & 'Cleveland County Blues', before being joined by Sarah for a splendid 'Stockholm'.
The evening's finale' involved collaborations between Pauline, Nick, Steve & the 2 Tony's + brought some of us to the dance floor for firstly 'The Wonder Of You' & finally 'Achy, Breaky Heart'.
Thanks everyone!
Another splendid evening of entertainment, ably assisted as ever by Brian on the mixing desk.
Special thanks also to the 2 Steves - who regularly stay behind to help clear away the room. Your help is greatly appreciated.
We resume on Friday 25th October - which will be our annual Halloween special.
Spooky songs & outfits strongly encouraged - but are not compulsory.
We hope to see you there.
K & D

30/09/2024

Coming up at the community centre in October. https://www.debenhamsportsandleisure.co.uk/music.html

07/09/2024

All performance spots for 27th September are now fully booked, but audience members are very welcome to join us at Debenham Community Centre.

05/09/2024

Friday 30th August - Stand & Deliver number 103 - began with a double presentation to Karen & Karen!
Karen W on her 50th appearance with us + Karen E on her 30th. Well done girls, we really appreciate your support for our open mic evenings & we love to hear your songs. Therefore, starting off had to be...
The 3 Brinkleys: with a super trio of numbers - the 2 Karens joined by Eamonn on guitar for 'Kiss From A Rose', 'Summertime' & 'Sailing'.
Neil: following on superbly with 'Watch Over You', 'St. Peter's Autograph' & the topical Oasis number 'Talk Tonight'.
Sarah & Peter: with a cracking set of the not-quite-so-fluffy 'White Rabbit', followed by 'Taking My Business Elsewhere' & 'The Ship Song'.
Alan & Gerry: with their offerings of 'Africa' & 'Solsbury Hill' as well as being bolstered by Tony & Joy on 'Creeque Alley'.
Steve & Marcia (Soncraeft) : on a fine folky journey of 'Long May You Run', 'You Can't Take It With You' & 'When I'm Dead And Gone'.
Peter Warren: joining us after quite a break, with 7 of his own poetic compositions over the course of the evening which included 'Reflections', 'Eric The Cockerel', 'Love Bug' & 'At The End'.
Tony D: beginning with the very amusing 'It Was Only A Gypsy' & an extremely short poem reflecting on his grandchildren's recent stay, followed by Dylan's 'Mr. Tambourine Man'.
Dawn & Kevin: making it a Dylan double with 'Is Your Love In Vain', followed by 'Love On The Rocks' & the Stereophonics' 'You're My Star'.
Les & Teresa: with Teresa's beautiful vocals on 'I'll Be There' & 'A Little Respect', before Les gave us a great rendition of 'Dakota'. (The Stereophonics strike again!)
Derek: making a surprise but welcome appearance with 'I Love You Baby', his own Costa Rican inspired composition 'Pura Vida' & then 'It's Another Day In Paradise'.
Margaret & Nick: with a lovely rendition of 'Moon River' & then...
Nick & Steve: following on with a super 'Who Knows Where The Time Goes' & then 'Parisienne Walkways', which saw the anniversary couple + Tony & Val up on the dance floor.
Wendy: after a lengthy absence she returned for a performance spot with a new ukulele (no doubt less pricey than the previous Xmas gift) & with her song choice of 'My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean', 'Jolene' & 'Dreams'.
Tony, Joy, Steve & Eamonn: with the latter on slide guitar, Tony on guitar & a touch of harmonica, Steve on trusty bass & Joy on vocals for a very enjoyable 'Doctor My Eyes', 'Just Can't Get Enough' & 'Harvest Moon'.
Keith: in mellow mood for his trio of 'Devil's Daughter', 'I've Got News For You' & 'In The Wee Midnight Hour'.
John Chapman: on his Stand & Deliver debut with a fine duo of 'Buy Dirt' & 'What A Beautiful Day'. It's always good to welcome along a new face to add to our regular performers. And then finally - an old face...
Myself: with a song especially chosen & performed for my lovely wife (who writes this stuff??) ...'If I Were A Carpenter'.
The evening's finale' involved:
Nick, Marcia + the 2 Steves: for an excellent rendition of 'While My Guitar Gently Weeps'.
What a great way to end the night - a session that went into extra time & almost to penalties...with 42 songs + 7 poems in all.
Many thanks to Brian on the mixer (aided by Ollie) & to our bumper audience who joined us in the Community Centre - especially those who stayed on to the end.
We should be back there on Friday 27th September & we hope to see you then.
K & D