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Thanks to all of you who came to the Brighton gigs last week AND bought my albums - you were wonderful. It was good to see some familiar faces particularly Ez and Christine from Rochdale Labour Party days and meet up with some great new characters. I promise to do my Cher encore when you organise the Northern Ireland leg of my tour Karen and you can provide the strings Barney! Hope the Conference went well. And congrats to my sister Doreen, who won her Union's election!! Next week sees me playing in Didsbury, Manchester at the Rescue garden party...this gig came about after doing a set on Alan Keegan's show at the BBC earlier in the year...my gigs are nothing if not varied! I'm recording most of the rest of the week - some new songs for the next album. Enjoy the sunshine and have a good week. Love, Claire
I was asked to sing at Ted Rowlands' funeral (see previous blog) during the week. It was completely nerve-wracking. Not only was I concerned I'd blubber throughout the song that had been requested but that I'd not do it justice. Luckily it all went well and the acoustics in the church were fabulous so I sounded like I was carrying my own PA system in my lungs! It was a wonderful send off. RIP Ted. Funerals, for all their sadness, have a magical way of putting the rest of life in context...so I'm desperately trying to retain my sense of humour as the film project continues to set all sorts of challenges. I found myself having to pick on some unsuspecting girl and her dad at Sports City last Friday as the crew we were expecting to film cancelled, and the time we have left for this project is very limited to say the least. Sophie and her dad Tony were absolutely fantastic though and put up with us filming take on take on take. Thanks to both of you (hey, this could be the start of a whole new career!) and thanks too to the Sports City staff who gave us access to the the outdoor track despite it being used for the para games this weekend. I just love people who have that 'can do' attitude and help you to make things happen (wish it could happen all the time on this project but hey!). Happy Birthday to my partner for tomorrow. Have a great week ahead, Love Claire
Thanks to everyone who came to the Last Tuesday event at The Nursery, in Stockport last week. Cheers for the encore and for buying the albums. After I'd finished the set I was asked by one member of the audience if I'd play at her wake! Massively complimentary to be included in your big farewell, Margaret, but be great if you could put your funeral off for a bit! The Nursery have this Last Tuesday event every month, with a different special guest, so check it out if you can. The rest of the week has been taken up with filming, editing and writing musical scores for the shorts film festival. This project is certainly setting some amazing challenges. The outdoor location shoot we did in a particular part of Manchester really did feel like we were doing a scene from 'Shameless' (non-UK readers should check this TV programme out for details!) - what was particularly brilliant was the amount of attention we got... I think the residents thought we were from 'Despatches' or the Nine O'Clock News! Very interesting, for me at least - I learnt a whole new vocabulary! Happy May Day for tomorrow. Have a great week. Love, Claire
