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Saturday 7th January 2012 - Foxton's Bar, Glenrothes

A Saturday? The week after New Year?! I was amazed to be booked at all in January, what with the economic climate, but to have four bookings in the diary this month is amazing!

Foxtons is a relatively new venue, having been taken over recently.  It's lovely inside, as I'm sure I have mentioned, and the customer service is excellent.

The stage area is a bit of a pain though - it's a raised area to the back of the restaurant where it's really difficult to sort out sound. That and the fact that we had to set up across the far corner of the raised area made Al's job as my sound man a wee bit of a challenge.  but hey, he knows his stuff, and we managed to get everything as good as we could before I started.

I decided beforehand that this would be an upbeat, modern gig and that went down well on the night, with much dancing about and singing along.  The crowd started off being a bit reserved, but as the night wore on they became more laid back, and started to enjoy themselves a bit more.  I had a standing ovation for "Someone like you" by Adele, although I'm surprised they heard me over their singing!

The Adele tribute is coming along now, and it won't be long until I can start to take bookings.  Please keep an eye on my new website at www.absoluteadele.co.uk, which should be filled with photos and song samples soon.

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Friday 18th November 2011 - Foxton's, Glenrothes

This pub has just reopened under new management, and it is lovely. The stage area has moved from the Jahangir days, and is now in the far corner. As this is predominantly a bar and grill, we understood that we might have to wait a while for the area to be clear. One table of people were just receiving their main course at 8.45! Ach well, we do what we can, and we have to go with the flow.  Al always makes sure that we are set up as quickly as possible, so no harm done.

The times for this gig were 9.30-12.30, which suits me, but the crowd started to peter off around 11.30, leaving a wee group of punters for me to entertain. I had a lot of applause the whole night, and was told by one very nice young guy that he enjoyed my "style" .  Braw.

One wee niggle though - one that no doubt plagues singers all over the country - people who want to sing.  I will now make myself perfectly clear.

NO, I WILL NOT ALLOW YOU TO SING WHEN I AM WORKING.  IT IS NOT A KARAOKE, AND I AM NOT A KARAOKE COMPERE. BEGGING AND PLEADING, OR STANDING RIGHT NEXT TO ME FOR LONGER THAN IS NECESSARY WILL ONLY BE MET WITH A FRIM "NO" . YOU MAY BE "ENCOURAGED" TO LEAVE THE STAGE AREA.

There you go. 

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