Dear Reader –
Thanks for all your theme suggestions last week! One of them has been picked as the theme for October’s show. It’s announced below, but first see can you guess it from this picture!
Last week’s answers:
Answer to the questions in last week’s letter:
1 - 4
2 - 3a, 4, 4+, 4a
**All hyperlinks in bold.
The Big Thing
Theme Night #32 - The Power of Love.
3 nights SOLD OUT.
Tickets for 4th show (Wed 4 Oct) on sale here from 11am next Tuesday April 25th.
And the last shout on this - if you haven’t filled out my short survey on how to improve these letters you can do so here - thanks!
Where else but Sligo?
Love takes many forms of course, and showcasing the variety of love (and sometimes lack of it) in our world through music is something that really excites me about the upcoming show.
My favourite love story of the last week happened on Saturday night - not in Sligo (!) so please forgive me for including it here. I was standing outside a Dublin pub in the evening sunshine, enjoying a quiet moment (and the fact that my brother had gone inside to buy me a pint). There were a few dogs around, and two of the smaller ones were having a go at each other.
They were both on leads and their owners were making small talk and doing a good job of ignoring them. Until a youngish man with dreadlocks came along and asked could he take them both for a short walk. The owners were delighted I think, and so off the three of them went to a nearby green, tails and dreadlocks wagging. I watched with interest to see how this would go, but the dogs immediately became the best of friends and returned a few minutes later to sit beside their owners (and each other) happily and peacefully!
You see if you look for it, I’ve got a sneaky feeling you’ll find that love actually is all around!
What’s New?
PADDY KEYES: This young Sligo singer (and Teenage Theme Night graduate) has not only made the last six in the nationwide Local Hero contest, but also released his new single last week.
PETCU O’LEARY DUO: Check out this exciting gig - next Sat April 29 in The Dock, Carrick-On-Shannon.
RIP AHMAD JAMAL: Miles Davis once said: “All my inspiration comes from Ahmad Jamal.” Among other things, he was the king of space, and The Guardian wrote these words about this great American jazz pianist..
Finally…
Surely we’ll have to include this…???!!!
Questions:
Difficulty Level 1 - The first chorus starts at 0:57. In what key is it?
Difficulty Level 3 - The verse is in a different key however. How do we know this?
Till next time - Kieran.
