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Thread #99635   Message #1991297
Posted By: GUEST,edthefolkie
09-Mar-07 - 07:31 AM
Thread Name: Shirley Collins, Womens' Hour 2/3/07
Subject: RE: Shirley Collins, Womens' Hour 2/3/07
The whole AOTW show is very professional - using a good PA and LCD projector controlled by Vic and Tina Smith, with Shirley and actor Pip Barnes doing the readings and voices.

A colour slide of the 1950s Buick which Lomax and Shirley used for the field trip is alone worth the price of admission - and as somebody said in a review, the sound of 20 year old Shirley's singing voice coming out of the PA brought tears to many people's eyes (including mine).

I believe they have got a bit more grant money for the show recently, so it has been revamped and further improved.

She's doing two more similar shows about Sussex song collecting and Romanies. Any club organisers in the English Midlands reading this - PLEASE book 'em!