Download May/june 2012

Walrus Walk fund-raising finale – A “Charityoke”
by Geoff Martin photos by Mel
Karaoke is an emotive word-people either love or hate them.
Walrus bar owner Tony Waters - an avowed aficionado of karaokes - decided that a fitting end to his annual cancer charity walk
should be a grand “charityoke” to take place later that same evening, (March 31st) - after the walkers had recovered their breath.
After a quiet start, a collection of serious singers began to stack
up some memorable performances! Norma Trueman set a high
standard by blowing the roof off the bar with a pile-driving power
ballad. If they are looking to fill the vacant shoes of Whitney
Houston-they need look no further! Following a duet with her
grand-daughter Taniel (on a rare visit from South Africa); Norma’s
youngest son Haydon Trueman enthralled us all with an uncannily accurate interpretation of “Romeo and Juliet” by Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits.
Barbara Hanson kept up the pace with two virtuoso soulful solo
offerings.
The Blues Brothers (aka Jayson Muxlow and Neal Johnson)
made a surprise appearance, giving the spellbound audience renditions of “Shake Your Tail Feather” and “Rawhide” complete with
choreographed routines! Have you two been rehearsing this act
for weeks?
Rawhide? Yeeeehah! Whatever next?......
……The Western theme continued - Norman Wray whipped up a
musical frenzy with
his take on Doris Day
singing “The Deadwood Stage” from the
musical
“Calamity
Jane!” Wife Yvonne
(ably abetted by June
Joyce and Karen
Johnson) made up
the horses on his
stagecoach as Norman
wielded
his
whip!! Could thongs
get any better!? An amazing and20
amusing performance by all.